The hazy sky and the faint thunder.
He Tianran ran out of the gymnasium and after making several phone calls to no avail, he had no choice but to rush back to the classroom to look for the girl. But his only gain was that he found Cao Aiqing's phone with his number on it in her seat. cell phone.
Outside the window, the clouds were low and the wind was blowing. Hearing the sound of lectures and the sound of rain from the second grade students downstairs, the boy stood by the window and pondered. Suddenly, he looked through the window and saw the back of a girl slowly walking towards the maple forest of the school.
The gloomy sky was very low, and the woods in front of the girl were desolate and lonely, as if they were about to engulf her in the spring rain.
He Tianran's eyes were still looking in that direction, but his steps were already turning and running involuntarily. In a panic, his calf hit the table leg with a bang, and the quiet classroom made a squeaking sound as the desk scraped the ground. The sudden severe pain made him breathe coldly, but he did not dare to hesitate, forced himself to limp and ran downstairs, and rushed into the rain again.
Gradually, the tiny water droplets in the sky turned into rain curtains and poured down. He Tianran finally found Cao Aiqing hiding from the rain under the eaves outside an old teaching building in the maple forest.
The girl buried her face and leaned against the wall, squatting with her hands on her knees. The rain wet her hair, and the water droplets fell on the ground along the ends of her hair.
As if she heard someone coming, she raised her head, revealing a pair of absent-minded eyes.
The boy stood in the rain and the girl squatted on the ground.
The two were in a stalemate for a moment, and the kind girl couldn't help but look away and said:
"You...come here and hide..."
"……Um."
He Tianran walked unnaturally to the eaves, leaned his back against the wall, raised his head and looked at the rain scene in front of him in silence for a few seconds.
He took a few breaths, took out the other party's mobile phone from his bag, handed it over and said:
"Your cell phone...has been left in class again."
The girl ignored her and remained silent in a daze. Seeing that she didn't answer the phone, He Tianran had no choice but to put the phone back into the bag for safekeeping.
"I just want to be alone for a while."
Cao Aiqing said silently.
"Do you always behave like this when you are unhappy?"
He Tianran asked.
"I still want to have dessert, but school isn't out yet..."
"Then we'll go together later."
"...No, I want to go alone."
In Cao Aiqing's mind, if she eats with a boy now, no matter how sweet or delicious the food is, it will still be mixed with a touch of bitterness.
She hates the smell.
He Tianran was choked up and couldn't help but explain:
"Actually...actually it was not what you thought just now..."
"I don't want to hear this."
What she wants to hear now is indeed not what she wants to hear.
"Then...you...I...I'll stay here with you for a while..."
"I don't want you to accompany me either, I want to be alone."
The girl's hasty interruption made He Tianran feel aggrieved, and some words made him uncomfortable. He remained rational and patiently said:
"I don't know what has made you unhappy recently. You have been deliberately alienating me. Ai Qing, we are friends. We can talk openly about anything. If I am wrong, I can apologize...but you don't Let me guess, I can’t guess.”
"I don't need your apology, and I didn't ask you to guess! I said it! It's just... you just forgot."
Cao Aiqing suddenly raised her head, her eyebrows were crystal clear, the grievance in her eyes almost overflowed, and she didn't know whether it was rain or tears hanging on her wet eyelashes.
"Forgot? What did I forget?"
Following He Tianran's question, the girl stopped talking and returned to silence.
The boy was completely anxious: "Look, you didn't say anything! I don't know what you are thinking. You are like this every time, even when you are bullied, and it is also the same for me. Ai Qing, I don't always have a solution, how about you?" Speak up and I'll help you solve the problem..."
"You're the problem!"
An outburst in the rain interrupted He Tianran's annoying reason. Cao Aiqing closed his eyes and buried his head deeper.
The boy froze and remained motionless.
"If we were just 'friends'... I don't want to know anything about you, and I don't want you to be nice to me at all. I was living a good life alone, both in study and in life. You said you liked me before, that's right. I rejected you, but you can't rely on my guilt for you to continue to break into my life with confidence!"
The girl was choked with sobs. She kept wiping away her tears. Her words were filled with tears and she continued emotionally:
"Why are you so nice to me... Why do you keep teasing me... Why do you have to tell me everything... Why do you keep getting close to me... Is this what 'friends' should do?"
"No...no, Ai Qing, I didn't..."
"You messed everything up... My life has become a mess... I admit that I have been very willful recently. I know this is wrong, but I will think of you in everything I do, so I want to keep my distance from you, but And I'm afraid that you will completely ignore me... I just want to go back to the way we were when we first sat together. You haven't confessed to me, and I don't like you that much..."
He Tianran's mind went blank.
The girl's emotions were like the rain in the sky, all pouring out. She cried so hard that she stood up. Her palms and backs were full of tears. She wiped her eyes with her wrist for the last time and pretended to be strong:
"Of course, that time we watched the sunrise together... I still think we will get better slowly... I will always wait for you to like me again... I will never find any other reasons, I will Promise you..."
At this point, her voice suddenly choked because of crying. Seeing this, He Tianran subconsciously reached out to comfort her, but there was a sudden "pop" and the girl shot back.
Cao Aiqing was also frightened by her own actions. She retracted her hand and took two steps back, her eyes filled with tears, and her expression of confusion and helplessness was very pitiful.
"Ai Qing, please don't get excited. I...I like you!"
He Tianran calmed down and no longer hesitated in his heart, but the answer he received was -
"No! You lied! The person you like has always been Wenliang!"
In the distance, a spring thunder exploded, and the silver light reflected on the faces of the two people with different expressions.
This name was rarely mentioned between the two of them.
"I...I...why did I get involved with her again...I have nothing to do with her anymore, really!"
He Tianran explained anxiously. When he took a step forward, Cao Aiqing took a step back. In the end, the boy had no choice but to stop.
"Let's... stop lying to ourselves..."
Cao Aiqing looked pale and murmured.
"What...what do you mean?"
"When I heard you shouting Wenliang's name in your sleep..."
He Tianran felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
Cao Aiqing recalled the scene that night, and her heart was still painful like needles, but she still expressed her feelings and said decisively:
"From that day on, I knew that even if we were really together, I would still become the next Jiang Xixi... If we were together in that way, even if I like you and can't let you go, I would... …Can’t do it!”
Cao Aiqing, a girl who is usually gentle and kind, but at this moment, facing the half-heartedness of her beloved, she is still as proud as a lily on a high mountain.
