Cao Aiqing saw He Tianran cry twice.
One time was when I went up the mountain during the autumn outing, and the other time is now.
And both times, it was not for her.
The girl has a delicate mind, and it would be a lie to say she doesn't care. She sometimes hopes that her boyfriend can show his weak side in front of her, not for other women.
"It's all over...it's all over...Ai Qing...I..."
He Tianran wiped the tears from his eyes, and his eyes and nose were a little red. Cao Aiqing knew that he must be sad, but in front of her, he had to restrain his emotions. The girl could even guess how her boyfriend would explain this next step. He never lied to himself about the cause and effect of his sneaking out with Wen Liang. As long as she asked, he would definitely tell her.
In fact, every time Cao Aiqing saw He Tianran frankly confessing in front of her, for fear that she would be angry and jealous, she could feel the importance that the other party attached to this relationship.
To be honest, no woman in the world likes to hear about the emotional entanglement between her boyfriend and another woman, even a kind-hearted person like Cao Aiqing.
However, this pair of young lovers are so similar. They both have extremely sensitive hearts, and also possess a kind of compassion but the ability to easily empathize. This has created He Tianran's love in love. The frankness that is almost persistent also gives Cao Aiqing a kind and gentle approach to things.
The relationship between these three people, to use a difficult to pronounce but accurate metaphor, is -
He Tianran is the gentle Cao Aiqing, and he is also the gentle Cao Aiqing.
This triangular relationship is subtle and unbalanced, because in love, the relationship between people has always been a seesaw. Only by constantly ebbing and flowing can we find a rare balance. Now with the addition of a third person, Then "balance" is destined to be transformed into "imbalance".
"Okay Tianran, it seems that you are also a 'crybaby' in front of Wen Liang..." Cao Aiqing stroked He Tianran's cheek and gently wiped away his tears with her thumb.
He Tianran was startled. He looked at the tender Cao Aiqing in front of him with a lump in his throat.
"So...don't explain this time, I feel you are already very tired..."
With just a soft and considerate word, in an instant, Cao Aiqing felt another force coming from the hands behind her back, and He Tianran once again held her tightly in his arms.
"Ai Qing... I really love you... I didn't do anything to feel sorry for you... I just... I just..."
He Tianran couldn't stop sobbing and spoke intermittently. Cao Aiqing gently carried his back. The girl understood that when her boyfriend chose to hug her twice, the triangle relationship was completely over.
Did she win?
Cao Aiqing didn't feel anything about this, because she had been passive from the beginning of this triangle drama. From the beginning to the end, she just did one thing that an ordinary little girl should do, but it was difficult to do. Contentment.
He Tianran is so outstanding in Cao Aiqing's eyes. He will stand up to protect and comfort himself when he is bullied. If he likes him, he will risk being expelled and give himself a grand confession. When he is angry and insecure, he will think of tricks to coax himself and prove how much he loves himself...
He has given a lot to himself, and Cao Aiqing is really satisfied.
Although sometimes she is really angry when she is angry, being sour and jealous is really not something this girl is good at. She actually doesn't want to show He Tianran the coldness that others say, just like her classmates back then. They say her boyfriend is withdrawn, but he has never been like this to me.
"Tranquility, can you promise me something?"
Cao Aiqing raised her head in He Tianran's arms. She stared at the lover in front of her and couldn't help but whisper in a sincere tone:
"You gave all your sadness to Wen Liang, then can you leave all your happiness to me?"
Hearing the words, He Tianran was extremely moved. His lips trembled slightly and he couldn't help but carefully examine the innocent face of the girl in front of him. There was only infinite tenderness in her eyes. He Tianran recalled that autumn outing in his mind. What my girlfriend said to me——
"Don't worry, I will always be behind you and you won't get lost. You can see me when you look back."
Over the past year, He Tianran has changed, so has the warmth and coolness. Everything around him seems to be changing, but only Cao Aiqing in front of him has always been the beautiful appearance he had before...
At this moment, the man seemed to have become that boy again. He held back tears, nodded vigorously, his expression was extremely serious, and he uttered one word:
"good!"
Under the night light, on the orange plastic runway, the shadows of the two people merged again. Cao Aiqing looked at them with sweetness and happiness in his heart.
Sadness will pass, and happiness will eventually become the key word for their future.
"Ai...Ai Qing..."
At this time, the boy's slightly nervous words rang in her ears.
"Um?"
"Today...tonight...you...don't go back, okay?"
The girl blushed instantly and buried her head in her generous chest again.
"……Um."
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That night, in a hotel far away from the university town, He Tianran and Cao Aiqing checked into a room for the first time. Neither of them had much experience. When the front desk asked them whether they wanted a standard room or a king bed, He Tianran pretended to be sophisticated. , he opened his mouth and said "Standard room". He probably didn't have time to think about it carefully. He just wanted to get away from the ambiguous sight of the front desk clerk.
So, there was a room with two beds, and the two of them sat on their own beds. The gap between the beds was like the 38th line drawn on the desk in childhood, and no one dared to cross it.
The feeling in He Tianran's heart at this moment can only be expressed in five words——
So fucking nervous.
"I...I went to take a shower..."
Cao Aiqing lowered his head and stood up.
He Tianran looked up and quickly stood up. Cao Aiqing noticed his movement and subconsciously stepped back.
"I, I, I, I, don't, don't, don't be nervous, I, I, I, I went out to buy something, horse, horse, horse, horse, horse, be right back..."
He Tianran stuttered when he spoke and advised Cao Aiqing not to be nervous. After he finished speaking, he walked straight out without even daring to look at Cao Aiqing.
The girl looked at her boyfriend's back as he left in a hurry. After a long silence, he smiled.
Outside the hotel, there is a chain convenience store on the street.
He Tianran rushed in in a hurry. The boy who was checking his cell phone at the counter was startled. He blinked and looked at the young man in front of him looking for something on the shelves, but he couldn't find it. He asked:
"Classmate, what do you want to buy? I'll help you find it."
He Tianran turned to look at the cashier. The cashier boy was startled. When he saw the other person walking quickly, he flashed one of his hands among the small shelves in front of the counter with lightning speed, and then there were two more items on the counter. box of stuff.
The cashier boy looked down at the box with the word 0.03 printed on it. He almost burst out laughing when he realized it. He suppressed the corners of his mouth twitching, suppressed his laughter, and reminded him kindly:
"Classmate, what you got is a pack of ten, you don't need two boxes..."
He Tianran frowned and said seriously: "Why are your mouth so broken? Don't worry, you can use it up."
Oh, this young man sounds like a fledgling at first sight.
The cashier knew that this classmate was thin-skinned, so he stopped joking and was about to pay, when the classmate said again:
"Ahem... you... you are giving me a lighter, and then you are getting a pack of cigarettes... just... um... that one, Yuxi."
The cashier turned around and asked casually towards the cigarette cabinet: "Soft or hard?"
"Then it must be hard!"
He Tianran's voice suddenly rose a bit.
This made the cashier nervous.
Afterwards, He Tianran went to get two bottles of water and wet wipes, and put the purchased items into a plastic bag in one go. It is worth mentioning that the cashier gave him a lighter for free.
"Why?" He Tianran didn't quite understand.
"Happy."
He Tianran walked out of the convenience store confused.
The convenience store was only two hundred meters away from the hotel. He Tianran walked for half an hour in a daze. From the first step he left the store, the cigarette in his mouth never stopped. He walked a few meters to smoke one. , walked a few meters away and smoked a bar. Most of the time he smoked half of it and threw it away, and then inexplicably continued to smoke it. Those who didn't know thought he was holding a chocolate bar in his mouth.
Along the way, He Tianran thought about many things. Although he asked Cao Aiqing to stay sincerely, he really didn't expect that the girl would actually agree...
At a new year's party, in such a short period of time, great sorrows and great joys came one after another, and they all came so suddenly. He Tianran didn't know whether it was from smoking or being stimulated, and his whole expression was slightly numb.
Many images flashed through his mind. The images of Wen Liang and Cao Aiqing appeared one after another. They were normal at first. His emotions were not completely separated from Wen Liang's farewell. The sadness was still there, but as time passed, His imagination jumped more and more, and he thought of Cao Aiqing in the hotel, Cao Aiqing in the bathroom, and...
"Snapped!"
He Tianran suddenly slapped himself in the mouth, and his brain suddenly cleared up.
Sometimes, people are just so complicated and cannot be explained clearly.
(End of chapter)
