As the truth came to light, all the memories of that drunken day became clear bit by bit.
The short-haired girl in the dream was not "Wen Liang" who disappeared, but Cao Aiqing, who had already cut off her long hair and was always taking care of herself by the bedside. She was busy and did not dislike her for being drunk.
And the thing that I felt was very important, but I couldn't recall, was that this girl who was by his side silently, as gentle as water, wanted me to confess again.
She said she would definitely agree this time.
But just now, she said again that she couldn't do it anymore.
Regret, sadness, grievance, self-blame, and a little bit of joy, all kinds of emotions flooded into He Tianran's heart.
He resented his indecision, but if it happened again, he didn't know whose name he would call out that night...
This is a fact.
He Tianran is not a piece of wood. In the past six months, he couldn't help but fall in love with Cao Aiqing again. He liked her understanding, her incomparable beauty, her smile, and the way she looked at him. The eyes, I like everything about her.
Therefore, during these days when he did not receive a response from the other party, he was also extremely anxious and worried about gains and losses.
However, that memory in September is also the most irreplaceable part of his life.
He never thought about keeping this matter in his heart.
The rain seems to have lightened up.
"I... Wen Liang and I are no longer possible..." He Tianran said with difficulty.
"So you just settle for the next best thing?" Cao Aiqing refused to give in.
He Tianran, who noticed the ambiguity in his words, quickly redeemed himself:
"Ai Qing, that's not what I meant! What I want to express is that I like you, and it has nothing to do with Wen Liang. You are you, not the next Jiang Xixi, nor a substitute. The person I like is You."
Just last month, this was what Cao Aiqing wanted to hear from He Tianran, but now, instead of seeing any joy on the girl's face, there was unspeakable bitterness.
"If... it had been before, I would have been very happy now... But now... how do you expect me to believe you..."
Yes, the girl no longer believes in herself.
He Tianran stopped talking. He walked slowly into the rain, raised his head and let the rain wash over him. He had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but after only a few breaths, he exhaled and patted himself heavily with both hands. Cheeks, when he looked back again, he no longer had the hesitation he had before.
You must make up your mind to do something!
He smiled again at Cao Aiqing under the eaves.
"If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have kept things between us so long."
"you……"
Cao Aiqing was surprised that He Tianran had swept away all the sloppiness just now. Seeing him approaching slowly, the girl was immediately at a loss and gradually backed away, pressing her body against the wall until she could no longer retreat.
"Ai Qing, please believe me again."
The boy slowly stretched out his hand in the rain and said sincerely.
In Cao Aiqing's eyes, the current boy is really hateful and repulsive. This expression makes it seem as if everything is not a problem for him. It is like this when he helps him ask for a visa, when he encourages himself to skip class and watch his performances, and after being bullied. This is also true when comforting oneself, when instigating Bai Tingting to confess her feelings, and even more so when the results of the art exam are announced.
But it is this gesture, precisely this gesture, that is the moment that the girl cannot refuse the most.
Cao Aiqing was so filled with hatred that she wanted to bite him again, but even though she wanted to give him another chance, the stubbornness in her heart still prevented her from reaching out.
He Tianran's hand was hovering in mid-air, and now only raindrops fell on his palm.
Seeing that the other party did not intend to accept him, He Tianran did not show any discouragement. He retracted his hand, lowered his head and said softly:
"I didn't rush into your life fearlessly. In fact, I have been very restrained..."
After saying this, he suddenly turned around and walked out of the woods.
Cao Aiqing looked at the limping back of the boy in front of him, forgetting to vent the resentment in his heart for a moment, and said anxiously:
"You...where are you going?"
He Tianran turned his head and glanced at the nervous girl. He responded with a loud smile:
"Ai Qing! You wait for me here, I will go and prove it to you now!"
His figure drifted away and soon disappeared in the rain.
The maple forest returned to calm. Cao Aiqing was stunned for a while. She squatted down against the wall again, her mouth and nose buried in her arms. Only a pair of eyes were exposed, looking at the direction where the person left just now. .
"Let's see what he does later...if he still disappoints me...I will...ignore him again..."
A small thought came to the girl's mind, and the light rain fell in her ears.
As time passes, five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour...
During the time when He Tianran left, Cao Aiqing felt tortured.
Will he come back?
What would he do?
He said he likes me, is it true?
There were countless questions and conjectures in the girl's mind. She began to hold on to a small expectation that should not have appeared, and began to wait for the "proof" that a boy said.
However, her patience was worn away bit by bit by time. She looked at the sky that was gradually becoming clearer after the rain, with disappointment and helplessness in her eyes...
"The rain will stop..."
The girl buried her entire head.
"Buzz——"
Just before her heart completely cooled down, the radio in the old teaching building suddenly buzzed. Then, the radio in the entire Hong Kong seemed to be turned on. There was still class, so why did the radio ring?
She pricked up her ears and listened, only to hear a burst of noise and faint yelling coming from the loudspeaker——
"This brat, which class are you in? Open the door quickly... hurry up and call a few more people, this brat has blocked the door!"
"He Tianran! Dudududu... He Tianran! Open the door. You are violating school rules and will receive a major demerit, you know!"
Cao Aiqing vaguely heard the boy's name from the loudspeaker, but before she could figure out the situation, a familiar broadcast sounded in the school:
"Ahem~ What's that... Everyone, put down your pens for a moment, stop looking at the blackboard, and listen carefully to the emergency announcement that's being broadcast now."
Listening to He Tianran's cynical tone, Cao Aiqing covered his mouth. Why was he at the radio station?
"He Tianran from Class 2 of Grade 3, cough, hear me clearly, it's He Tianran from Class 2 of Grade 3. He wanted to play "Sunny Day" by Jay Chou to his class monitor Cao Aiqing on this rainy day, and I would like to take this opportunity to say to classmate Cao Aiqing..."
The girl's eyes widened and she stood up from the ground, her heart pounding.
"Every time he talks to you, he likes to call your name, because it is like calling for love, and it is also the secret of his always liking you. He hopes that after this song, his love will I can also respond to him..."
The music that was gradually picked up covered his voice until it resounded throughout the campus——
"The day I skipped class for you
The day the flowers fell
The one in the classroom
Why can't I see
The disappearing rainy day
I really want to get wet again
I didn’t expect that I still have the courage I lost.
Will you wait or leave? "
At the same time, the originally quiet campus suddenly became boiling. In the gymnasium, all the senior high school students were listening to the radio. Who would have thought about taking any psychological counseling classes at this time?
Just this one moment, isn’t it much better than some kind of counseling class?
They gathered in confusion under the loudspeaker in the library, listening to songs, chatting with each other, and their eyes flashed with enthusiasm. It was a kind of youthful restlessness that even the teacher could not control.
Xue Yong looked around and then looked up at the speaker, sighing:
"I'm a~fuck~ Brother Tianran, brother Tianran, I really can't figure you out, awesome~beep..."
Bai Tingting also walked up to him, and the two of them smiled at each other. During the singing, the backs of their hands that were naturally hanging down touched each other intentionally or unintentionally.
"On a windy day, I tried to hold your hand
But unfortunately, the rain gradually became so heavy that I couldn’t see you
How long will it take until I can be by your side?
Maybe I’ll be better off when the weather clears up.”
On the other side, in Jiang Xixi's class, many people were leaning on the windows and sticking their heads out. This situation was not limited to their class. In fact, countless curious and excited people were leaning out of the windows of the entire teaching building. Heads, their eyes were all directed towards the small radio station next to the playground.
"Senior He is so romantic! Xixi, don't you think so?"
Beside the window, a friend was shaking the petite Jiang Xixi like crazy. The little girl was shaken to pieces by her, and she turned her head to look out the window.
The genial senior in her memory, the mature boy who acted too rationally and understood the importance of importance, the person who exuded brilliance in her eyes and needed her to look up to, turned out to have such a side.
This may be a side of her that she will never see.
"Hey, Xixi, why are you crying?"
Jiang Xixi scraped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her fingers, shook her head, and said with a smile:
"It's nothing, it's just... I just feel happy."
The friend smiled: "You are still serious... I am not confessing to you, why are you happy?"
Jiang Xixi pouted: "You are also dancing!"
A group of little girls soon started fighting again.
"Once upon a time, there was someone who loved you for a long, long time
But unfortunately, the rain gradually blew away the distance
Finally, I can love one more day
But at the end of the story, you seem to have said..."
The lyrics stopped abruptly at this point.
On the playground, more and more security guards and teachers gradually gathered. The students on the teaching floor who witnessed all this were sweating for He Tianran in the broadcast room.
"Ai Qing, now everyone in the school believes that I like you, you are the only one who doesn't believe me..."
On the radio, He Tianran's voice came out again, echoing in every corner of the school.
"Believe him! Promise him!"
In the teaching building, an unknown person suddenly shouted something like this.
"Believe him! Promise him!" Jiang Xixi stood by the window, her hands around her mouth. She closed her eyes, with tears still streaming from the corners of her eyes, and shouted in the direction of the playground.
The students around her looked at her, and then turned their attention to the window.
From twos and threes to a fire starting a prairie fire, overwhelming echoes surged up like ocean waves, and the whole school was shaken by the students' excited shouts.
The song rang again, the volume reached full volume, and the iron door of the radio station was finally opened by the teachers. A black figure jumped out of the window and fell to the ground in twos and twos. After getting up in embarrassment, he started to walk on the huge playground. He ran away.
"Believe him and promise him!"
"Believe him and promise him!"
"Senior! Come on!"
"Senior, run! They are chasing us!"
The sounds of cheering, cheering, and echoes came from all directions.
"On a windy day, I tried to hold your hand
But unfortunately, the rain gradually became so heavy that I couldn’t see you
How long will it take until I can be by your side?
Maybe I'll be better off waiting until the weather clears up. "
He Tianran was injured in his leg and couldn't run fast. The security guards who came to surround him were divided into two groups. He managed to dodge several times without any danger, but he would definitely be caught if he kept running like this. At this time, seven or eight students suddenly burst out from the direction of the gymnasium!
He Tianran looked at Xue Yong who was running towards him and shouted for help:
"Dad! Help me!"
Xue Yong almost stumbled. Without saying a word, he passed by He Tianran and immediately pounced on the security guard who was close behind He Tianran.
Soon, Xue Yong was restrained by security guards and pinned down on the lawn. He looked up at He Tianran's retreating back and shouted:
"Director He! Run to his door! I'll ask someone to open the door for you! Can you let me rehearse what you do in the future! I'm sorry for you!"
As expected, the group of people brought by Xue Yong blocked the security guards and teachers for a moment. He Tianran ran across the playground and ran into Cao Aiqing running out of the woods.
The girl's face was flushed, whether from exhaustion or shame. She was about to stop when she saw He Tianran, but the boy kept walking, took her hand and started running again.
"Naturally...I...I..."
While running, Cao Aiqing wanted to say something, but He Tianran took the lead and pointed at the clear sky after the rain and said excitedly:
"Ai Qing, look, hahahaha, even God is helping me!"
It was the first day after the rain, and a brilliant rainbow hung in the sky above the campus gate.
The girl couldn't help but be fascinated by the beautiful scenery on the horizon and the people around her.
Bai Tingting wandered nervously at the school gate. When she saw the two people running from a distance, she put her hands on her waist and glared at her best friend who had disappeared.
Cao Aiqing was particularly nervous, but He Tianran held her hand and couldn't let go no matter what, so she could only hide behind the boy, thinking that she was going to be teased again.
"The guards have been called to arrest you. I've opened the small door next to you. You two should quickly settle the matter between you. He Tianran, I'm warning you, you won't be stingy after you get admitted to university. , if the school punishes you, you must shoulder all the responsibilities for me. If Ai Qing is implicated, I will take care of you if I don’t take care of you!"
Bai Tingting said something fiercely, and when she saw Cao Aiqing's obedient appearance following He Tianran, her serious face suddenly couldn't help but smile.
Cao Aiqing was embarrassed by her smile. She originally wanted to lower her head and follow He Tianran out of the school gate, but her head suddenly hit someone's chest. She looked up and saw that this bastard was looking at her with a smile and had no intention of leaving. .
"Where is the response I want?" The young man's body blocked the small door and said with a playful smile.
The girl's face was so charming that she didn't know what to say.
"You guys come back! Don't run away!"
Behind him, the teachers were already chasing him from a distance.
"You still don't believe me? Well, it's all a waste of time, I might as well surrender."
He Tianran let go of Cao Aiqing's hand, let out the small door behind him, and walked in the direction where the teachers were running, pretending to be depressed.
The girl who was so excited in her heart was about to burst into tears when she saw this. She grabbed He Tianran's arm with both hands and said in a crying voice, angrily and panicked:
"You...why do you still bully others at this time..."
"I bullied you because I liked you. Do you believe me now? Do you still like me?"
He Tiantian was shameless and asked knowingly.
It can be seen that he has really restrained himself for a long time.
Cao Aiqing looked at him looking like a rogue, nodded his head slowly and involuntarily, and said in a voice like a mosquito:
"I believe... you... also... like you..."
He Tianran was ecstatic, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise, but he still came closer and asked:
"What? I didn't hear it."
Bai Tingting on the side couldn't stand it anymore. Looking at the teachers getting closer and closer, she stamped her feet anxiously and shouted:
"Oh, everyone knows today that he likes you! You should go quickly, I'm full, really!!"
The next second, He Tianran pulled Cao Aiqing and rushed out of the door.
Once upon a time, there was someone who loved you for a long, long time.
But unfortunately, the rain gradually blew away the distance.
Finally, I can love one more day.
And this day, we all hope to be called "forever".
