He Tianran was walking on campus, saying he wanted to contact Wen Liang, but he still hesitated, scrolling through his mobile phone in his hand, and scrolled through WeChat for a long time before he found Wen Liang's profile picture in the chat bar at the bottom.
The chat history between the two is still from last year.
Reminiscing about the excitement and tossing and turning that night when he first got Wenliang's WeChat message, now that time has passed, He Tianran feels a little emotional.
He clicked on Wenliang's circle of friends, hoping to find some opportunities to meet and chat later, but then he was startled because he saw this sentence——
"Friends only display the Moments of the last three days"
This is really a sensitive rhetoric for contemporary young people to socialize online.
Most people have a conventional mentality, that is, the circle of friends is only fully open to close friends, and the contacts who are unfamiliar or disliked but must be kept absolutely private. The translated meaning of this sentence is——
"I didn't delete you, don't worry, but we're not familiar enough, so don't keep coming here to look around."
By the way, He Tianran also has this setting, and the tree hole for otakus is no longer a tree hole. Especially after falling in love, only Cao Aiqing, Xue Yong and a few others are listed in the option of fully opening the circle of friends.
Putting aside these thoughts, he sent Wen Liang a WeChat message.
"Are you free today? Let's discuss the welcome party?"
When the message was sent, the boy felt uneasy. Maybe he was amused by his own reaction. He shook his head and was about to put down the phone, but the other party's message was quickly replied to.
"I just arrived at the open-air parking lot outside the school and am getting ready to go home. If you want to find me, just come over. I will only wait for you for ten minutes."
He Tianran was confused and kept pointing: "Parking lot? Did you buy a car?"
However, after this message was sent, the other party never responded.
Not daring to delay, He Tianran walked quickly out of the school gate and looked back and forth in the parking lot. Finally, a white Highlander honked its horn, drove slowly, and stopped next to him.
This car looked familiar to He Tianran. He must have seen it somewhere before. The window slowly rolled down. Wen Liang held the steering wheel with one hand and leaned against the window edge with the other. She turned her head slightly and looked at He Tianran without saying a word.
Obviously, the girl has no intention of reconciling yet.
"Ahem...you drove your dad's car out?" Only then did He Tianran remember the origin of this car.
"He has been driving this car for almost ten years, and he finally got a new car recently." Wen Liang replied calmly.
"Oh, that's it... By the way, it's our business..."
"If you want to talk to me about the party, we will talk on the phone tonight, but if you want to see my dad and talk about whether you want to learn boxing this year, you can just get in the car. I can still I'll pick you up along the way."
Wen Liang got straight to the point, and He Tianran was not shy. Anyway, we were all in a hurry, so we might as well solve it together, so he walked to the other side, opened the car door and got in the passenger seat.
The car started and drove onto the road.
Wen Liang wore a loose denim suspender jumpsuit today, paired with a beige T-shirt and a white peaked cap to make the complexion on her face more fair and attractive. This combination weakened her appearance. Her aggressiveness and sense of strength make her look like a soft girl, and she seems to be easier to talk to.
He Tianran subconsciously looked for a topic:
"When did you get your driver's license?"
"summer vacation."
"Then...is it okay to live in subjects two and three?"
"Divide people."
The warm and cool answer was not in line with her image today. He Tianran was almost embarrassed and could only force out one sentence:
"Oh... then... then you can still drive quite steadily..."
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words were spoken, Wen Liang stepped on the accelerator, and an SUV suddenly drove out with a push on his back. He Tianran leaned forward and fell into the seat, which scared him so much that he quickly fastened his seat belt.
"He Tianran, if you have nothing to say, it's better not to say anything."
"..."
Okay, this is not the content of her annoying words. She is clearly annoying me. It seems that the quarrel that happened last time will not be overcome if there is no way to apologize or coax.
He Tianran thought clearly, he thought about it for a while, and finally lowered his face and said in a low and sincere voice:
"Last meeting... I'm sorry, because I had a little misunderstanding with Ai Qing before, and I was worried about the start of school, which made me a little more sensitive, and I spoke to you more harshly without realizing it. I'm sorry."
Wen Liang listened silently, sighed slightly, and said to himself with lip sounds:
"Just coax your girlfriend..."
"What?" Because the voice was too low and the car was making loud wind and tire noise, He Tianran didn't hear it clearly.
Wen Liang shook his head: "It's okay. I can't blame you entirely for that. I was in a bad mood at the time. We should take half and half of the blame..."
"Then...then let's make peace?"
"……Um."
Wen Liang made a nasal noise, and after saying that, the two of them fell silent one after another. They had reconciled, but they had nothing to say. It had been a long time since the two of them had seen each other. Even if they went to the same university now, they would still understand each other tacitly. Keeping a distance, in fact, thinking about it, this is the norm between them. The night chat during the last military training was nothing more than an exception under the delicate situation at that time.
"you……"
This kind of atmosphere is especially obvious in an independent space like a car. People always want to say something to relieve it. After a while, the two of them spoke in unison and stopped at the same time.
He Tianran smiled: "You speak first, otherwise I'm afraid I'll say something useless."
It is now the rush hour for get off work, and the road to the city is blocked. Vehicles can only crawl slowly. Wen Liang looked ahead, paused, and said:
"Do you... feel... uncomfortable being with me?"
Hearing this, He Tianran slowly turned his face towards the window. After asking the question and before answering the question, the two of them chose not to look at each other.
"I...well, yes, but I can't say I feel uncomfortable...To be honest, I can't find the right words for this feeling. If we are too familiar with each other, it would feel too strange. If we are as unfamiliar as we are now, , and it feels too fake, you must have the same feeling, right?"
Wen Liang's chin nodded slightly, He Tianran answered the question honestly, and then he continued in a joking tone:
"Do you think we are friends? Strangers? Or each other's exes? It seems that these three titles cannot accurately define my relationship with you, so this leads to me not knowing which one to use when meeting you. A way of getting along.”
Wen Liang: "Are you confused?"
He Tianran: "Well, I'm very confused. What about you?"
Wen Liang also answered truthfully: "I was fine when I was busy taking the art exam, but now that I hear what you say, I feel like I'm not much better."
The two looked at each other briefly, then smiled at each other.
"I have always thought that you should be the kind of person who can still be friends after breaking up with your ex." Wen Liang said softly.
He Tianran wrinkled his nose and shook his head, "I'm definitely not. The reason why I can still be so calm with you is because your name is Wen Liang. If Ai Qing breaks up with me one day... I really can't imagine that I can still sit with her. I can't stand the sight of us talking and laughing together. By the way, why do you have this impression of me?"
Wen Liang thought about it and replied: "How you treat me...or your attitude towards feelings. Sometimes your overly frank character made me at a loss what to do, and I even doubted whether the influence that my other self had on you. It’s a bit overkill.”
"Hahahaha~" Hearing these words, He Tianran was very happy. He kept smiling and said, "Isn't this bad? You should be glad that she didn't raise me to be a scumbag."
"Indeed, but without the frankness of preference, sometimes it seems cruel."
Wen Liang said this out of emotion, and He Tianran didn't know how to answer.
The girl glanced at him and knew that this sentence was inappropriate, so she smoothed things over and said:
"Uh... I... I just said it casually, so don't mind it too much."
"Ah... no."
There was another brief silence, and the traffic flow finally became smoother. When passing a supermarket, He Tianran specifically asked Wen Liang to stop and get out of the car.
"I'll get off the car and buy some fruit. Do you know what Master usually likes to eat?" He Tianran asked as he unbuckled his seat belt.
Wen Liang was slightly startled, but did not stop He Tianran's behavior. As smart as she was, she almost instantly realized that this was not a polite courtesy for visiting an elder's house. The boy had been learning boxing for a year, and he was tired from the warm-up exercises from the beginning. From being in such a mess on the ground to becoming Qingying's apprentice in the boxing gym, even Wenliang's father sighed several times that He Tianran was very talented and should start practicing boxing from an early age.
The relationship between the master and apprentice is very good. When Wen Liang returned to his hometown last year, they probably met more often than father and daughter. Now they have to buy gifts and come to visit. The reason is not difficult to guess...
"You... don't plan to continue learning boxing?" Wen Liang asked.
He Tianran scratched his head and put on a smile: "Well, Master usually takes good care of me, so suddenly he stopped learning, and I feel very sorry for him. Go buy some things, and it will be easier to talk to me when you get to the boxing gym..."
Wen Liang, who already knew the answer in his heart, was not very emotional, but he still gave some advice: "If it's tuition fees... you should tell my dad, he shouldn't make it too difficult for you..."
"Tuition is the second most important thing..." The boy waved his hand, sorting out his thoughts and said: "The main reason is that the university town is a little far away from the city. You see, we have to drive here for more than one, and I also have a part-time job at the bar. I am a freshman. There are too many classes, and the time spent traveling back and forth is really too much for me if I continue to learn boxing.”
In fact, He Tianran was planning to quit his job at the bar and find another job around the university town. However, this was related to daily life, and he did not dare to move around until he had a real job.
The directing department and the photography department are both very expensive majors. The cost of video homework for a student can range from a few hundred yuan to tens of thousands. If you want to save money, actors can find classmates to do it. You can borrow the most basic free equipment from the school, but the production and purchase of some props, the rental and decoration of the scenes, how to do things through favors, at least the catering and other things need to be reimbursed, right?
Therefore, when it comes to shooting operations, there will definitely be actual financial expenses. This is an unavoidable problem, and this is the biggest headache for He Tianran now. Fortunately, he is now a freshman, and they mostly take theoretical classes.
Not only did I study an expensive major, I fell in love and now I have to support myself. With the title of No. 1 in my major, the classmates around me called him "Director He" and "Monitor" and "rich second generation" In the hustle and bustle of status, even if He Tianran doesn't care about these false reputations, he still has to truly learn to deal with the pressure of reality in the seemingly glorious university life.
"I'll go with you."
Wen Liang didn't say anything more, just turned off the engine and got out of the car with He Tianran.
(End of chapter)
