Some words are joking, but there is some truth or falsehood in them, and even the person who said them may not be able to tell clearly.
This question is easy to imagine and very tempting. He Tianran's throat squirmed, but he only hesitated for two seconds before resolutely saying:
"If you really agree, I will still choose Wenliang."
After hearing this, Cao Aiqing didn't feel too disappointed. She looked at the ground unusually calmly and said slowly:
"Really...then you must like her very much..."
He Tianran took a deep breath, nodded and said: "Huh... um... by the way, why did you ask this question?"
"Because I'm very curious." Cao Aiqing turned his head and smiled.
"ah?"
"We had a pretty good relationship at that time, right?"
"Um."
"You said that you have had a crush on me for almost three years. We finally got closer, but now you fell in love with someone else. I was thinking, what did Classmate Wen do to you to make you so upset? Are you completely determined to... have a different love?"
She started joking.
This question is actually not difficult to answer.
"I like her...actually just a little bit..."
"What?"
It was the first time that He Tianran mentioned the relationship between him and Wen Liang to others. It was also the first time that the trauma behind this relationship had an outlet.
He lowered his eyes and said solemnly:
"She was the first person to take the initiative to enter my world. It was like a hole was opened in the shell of my dark world and a beam of light shone in."
In the late autumn sky in the mountains and fields, white clouds float slowly like spun wool.
Cao Aiqing couldn't help but ask: "Then...why aren't you together?"
"Do you believe that a person can suddenly disappear and reappear as someone else?"
He Tianran murmured to himself.
"I believe it!"
"Do you believe it?"
He Tianran didn't expect Cao Aiqing to answer so simply.
"You~ aren't you the best proof? Since October, you have completely changed."
The girl looked serious, but the boy laughed dumbly, and then listened to her continue:
"But think about it, it's really hard to accept that the person you like suddenly turns into someone else. So it's not incomprehensible for you to have some changes in your personality...but..."
She paused here and asked cautiously: "Is there really no room for maneuver between you two?"
He Tianran shook his head, "I... don't want to like her anymore."
Isn't it because you can't, but because you don't want to?
Cao Aiqing was thinking in her heart. She didn't dare to continue asking about the story of He Tianran and Wen Liang, for fear of arousing the boy's sadness. The girl herself also knew little about hazy love. She wanted to be comforted, but she didn't know where to start.
She suddenly remembered something, took out her mobile phone, flipped through it, and said:
"There's something I've always wanted to tell you."
"What?"
"Originally that day...Classmate Wen asked me to buy you sunflowers. I wanted to give them to you at the end of the party, but the scene was very chaotic that day and I couldn't find you, so I had to take the flowers home. It became a flower arrangement, you see..."
After saying that, she handed over the phone.
It was a sunflower in full bloom on a desk. The sunshine was just right, and the flowers were bright yellow. They faced the sun and bloomed brilliantly.
"Their flowering period is very short, I don't have time to give it to you, but some things don't have to be held in your hands to be considered valuable. What's precious is that you witnessed the moment it blooms. This is the best, right?"
Cao Aiqing's words reached He Tianran's ears softly.
It doesn’t have to be held in your hand.
Do you really want to let go?
He Tianran's eyes were a little misty. He stood up, turned his back to the girl, and said in a hoarse voice:
"Ahem... let's... blow... go up the mountain."
"Um……"
Cao Aiqing had no more comfort. She silently followed the boy, stopping and going.
The boy in front walked very slowly, pausing every time he climbed a few stone steps. His back was trembling slightly, and his hands and sleeves touched his face from time to time.
He made no other movements, and just kept repeating these actions. Occasionally he would stop, raise his legs and then shrink back, not daring to step forward. Sometimes he would step up two or three stone steps at a time.
The girl just walked with him, the two black spots slowly winding upward along the mountain road. The last warm sun of autumn spread tenderly under the sky, looking weak and intoxicating.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, He Tianran turned around, his expression normal, except for his eyes, which were slightly red and swollen.
Beads of sweat appeared on the girl's forehead. She looked up at him and asked:
"Why don't you leave?"
He Tianran was stunned for a while, shook his head, and turned around again.
He set off again, but Cao Aiqing saw a sense of helplessness and confusion in his fleeting eyes just now.
"Did the classmate Wen you are familiar with... suddenly disappear somewhere you can't see?"
He Tianran's footsteps stopped in mid-air for a moment, then walked up the steps in silence.
Then, he heard the girl behind him say this softly -
"Don't worry, I will always be behind you and you won't get lost. You can see me when you look back."
Her words were carried by the wind into the dense woods in the mountains. The wind blew up the yellow leaves and seemed to disperse He Tianran's chaotic mood.
This is the only feeling of peace I've had in recent months.
"Do you want... to go together?"
He Tianran asked carefully, and received a cautious response.
"May I?"
Cao Aiqing slowly walked to He Tianran without looking at the boy's face.
"You don't need to care about my emotions, and don't worry about me. I can handle it." He Tianran whispered.
Until then, Cao Aiqing glanced at him quietly, not daring to look more. She suddenly sneered:
"Actually, I have been thinking about whether to play "Above the Moon" just now."
He Tianran's eyes widened, Cao Aiqing quickly stuck out his tongue and moved his eyes elsewhere:
"After all, this is a good opportunity for revenge!"
"How about I bite you too?"
He Tianran closed his teeth twice, making a "click" sound, and also moved closer.
"you dare!!"
Cao Aiqing ran away and said unconvinced: "You always tease me like this when I cry!"
"If you were heartbroken, you would cry harder than me!"
He Tianran retorted, and he walked with long strides. The two resumed their position one behind the other, but this time, their steps were much more brisk.
"I've never been out of love, and I won't let you see me cry! Oh, don't chase me!"
Cao Aiqing was walking in front, and she couldn't help but turn around and keep walking. She was probably really afraid that He Tianran would lose his mind and bite her.
"I'm going my own way, why am I chasing you? You have the ability to stop!"
"I don't!"
The two chatted and chased each other for a while. He Tianran himself was a little tired. He stopped and looked around at the clouds. The surroundings were bright and fresh. Not far away from him, the sunlight filtered through the leaves and turned into bunches. , the mountain forest is quiet and deep, and a warm wind blows, seeming to bring new life.
"Where are we? Why is there no one there?"
Cao Aiqing also noticed something was wrong and walked over and asked softly.
"We seem to have taken the wrong way up the mountain..."
He Tianran had a dark look on his face.
