The bustling university town is full of pedestrians, shops and restaurants of all kinds, and it is very lively.
Sheng Qidong held Li Wang with one hand and scrolled through her cell phone with the other, looking down at nearby Japanese food stores with high star ratings.
"A-Liang, how about we go eat sukiyaki? The instructor has a meeting tonight, so we should eat this faster."
Sheng Qidong didn't hear a response for a long time after she finished speaking. She looked back and saw Wen Liang following the two of them with a look of confusion on their faces, showing no reaction to the suggestion just now.
"A Liang? A Liang!"
"Ah? What's wrong?"
The angry little artist abandoned her boyfriend, ran to Wen Liang, stared at her for a few seconds, then suddenly opened her address book and said:
"I'm going to call He Tianran and ask him to come over and accompany you immediately!"
After regaining consciousness, Wen Liang smiled and said nothing, while Sheng Qidong browsed for a while and said with a grimace: "I don't have his contact information..."
After saying that, she didn't give up. She turned to Li Wang and said angrily: "Do you have her man's phone number?"
Li Wang shook his head and said helplessly: "We are all on the island, how can we have any chance to exchange contact information? When I came back, the guide created a group, and I added Director He's WeChat account, but his mobile phone must have run out of battery. So it never passed.”
Sheng Qidong was furious, "You guys were in the same car when you came back! Can't you just go up and follow him?"
Li Wang had a dark look on his face, "I was so tired in the car... I fell asleep."
"..."
"Okay Dongdong, naturally the problem with his dormitory has not been resolved yet. He told me to resolve this matter first when he comes back, otherwise he won't know where he will sleep at night, so he won't accompany us for dinner. Anyway, we have a meeting at night. I will see him when the time comes, and I was thinking about something just now, not because of him..."
Seeing his best friend complaining to him, Wen Liang made an excuse for He Tianran and said pleasantly.
"Then...Okay, tomorrow! The four of us will eat together tomorrow, and let He Tianran pay for it alone! Come on, Ah Liang, let's go eat sukiyaki~"
Sheng Qidong held Wen Liang's hand and was about to go have a feast with her good sisters, when Li Wang said:
"Then what... our instructor just posted the electronic version of the course schedule to the group chat. Our directing department will have one day of classes tomorrow. How about another day..."
"Li Wang! You heartless man! Don't you love me too? I'll bite you to death!"
Sheng Qidong abandoned Wen Liang and chased her boyfriend for a while. Wen Liang looked at the two of them and felt lost...
She can find reasons for He Tianran today, but what about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow? What about the days to come?
In a daze, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar man and woman at the other end of the street.
She turned her head and looked as if she was being electrocuted. Her gaze passed through the numerous figures in the middle of the street. Her eyes reflected the two people who were as gluey as each other.
The girl held the boy's arm, her face full of happiness and smile, and seemed to be talking about something, while the man smiled and nodded in agreement with the girl's topic, with a doting look on his face.
The two of them looked so happy as if no one was around...
The man and woman didn't notice Wen Liang standing on the other side. They kept walking until they passed the corner of the street, leaving the girl's back as she drifted away and slowly disappeared.
When they finally meet, will he tell what happened to him?
Why didn't he see himself? Why can he still laugh at this time?
Has he already made his choice?
Wen Liang didn't know the answer. She had no other choice but to pretend that she hadn't seen the scene just now...
In the crowd, Wen Liang was devastated and filled with sorrow...
…
…
"By the way, who cut your hair? When I saw your back for the first time just now, I almost didn't recognize you!"
In the restaurant, after ordering a few signature dishes, Cao Aiqing folded his hands on the table and asked happily.
"Ah... the instructor in our military training didn't like my long hair, so he asked someone to cut it shorter. He really pissed me off. How about it? Isn't it ugly?"
He Tianran was panicked, but he immediately pretended to care about his image and asked.
Cao Aiqing smiled and shook her head, "It's not ugly. It suits you quite well. Did the girl cut it for you?"
He Tianran's mind turned and he half-truthed and winked: "That's it, a few girls gathered around me to discuss the scissors for more than half an hour before I cut them. If a boy cuts them, they can't just push them into a flat head. I'm sorry. But I won’t agree.”
Cao Aiqing knew that He Tianran was teasing her, so she pursed her lips and let out a "hum". Then she opened the packaging of the cups and bowls on the table, pulled off the plastic film outside, and pushed it in front of her boyfriend, looking at it with watery eyes. he.
He Tianran felt a little guilty after being stared at, so he immediately picked up the sleeves of his hands and prepared to eat for a while.
"Ai Qing..."
"What?"
"Ahem...ah, it's nothing, I just wanted to call you."
He Tianran didn't know how to speak for a moment.
"Tell me, I feel like you just told me something." Cao Aiqing held her chin with one hand and looked at her boyfriend with a smile.
"Ah? When?"
"It was just when you were in school, before your two friends came." Cao Aiqing helped He Tianran remember.
"Oh... that time... I was interrupted by them and I forgot about it for a while."
"Yeah?"
"yes!"
Cao Aiqing took her chopsticks and made circles in mid-air towards her boyfriend, "Hello, classmate! Your behavior now is very suspicious!"
Along the way, He Tianran no longer had the same emotion as before. In addition, the two of them had just met. Could it be that he told Cao Aiqing from the very beginning, "I'm sorry, I cheated. I have to choose between you and Wen Liang?"
People who love each other deeply do not do this.
Or...be a little more tactful.
After thinking about this, He Tianran considered it and said: "Yes, yes...it's just that it's a bit...uh...how to put it...just think that I'm talking nonsense, Ai Qing, let me ask you a question..."
"Well, you ask."
Seeing her boyfriend suddenly becoming serious, Cao Aiqing put down her chopsticks and pretended to listen carefully.
"Have you recently... heard something for no reason... or dreamed of something... strange? For example, the future or something."
"Pa~"
The moment He Tian finished saying these words, the package of cups and bowls that belonged to her in front of Cao Aiqing was opened by her without knowing when!
At this time, there was an expression of surprise that was difficult to conceal on Cao Aiqing's face!
Seeing this, He Tianran stood up and asked urgently: "Ai Qing... you, have you dreamed about it?"
Cao Aiqing looked at her overreacting boyfriend in disbelief for a while, then she slowly lowered her head and rubbed her fingers over the hole in the packaging that she had dug, as if she was panicking and feeling very helpless...
He Tianran opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. He was at a loss and could only sit down again.
"I'm sorry... I, I might have scared you."
"natural……"
"Wha...what?"
The girl spoke slowly. Although her eyes were full of confusion and uneasiness when she looked at her boyfriend, she still smiled and asked:
"Just now...why didn't you introduce our relationship to your two friends?"
If it were normal times, He Tianran would be able to make up a reason casually, but at this moment, he could only remain silent because he didn't know what Cao Aiqing in front of him... knew.
Seeing that her boyfriend was silent, Cao Aiqing's eyes became even more hesitant.
The waiter in the hotel served hot food, which made some noise between the men and women who looked at each other.
He Tianran couldn't hold himself any longer, so he opened his mouth to explain: "Ai Qing, it's just... between boys, you can understand things with just one look... Didn't they guess our relationship in the end?"
"It's not like this...it's different..."
Cao Aiqing whispered, her eyes gradually turned red, but she still stared at He Tianran's face, her eyes becoming unfamiliar.
Now, He Tianran was frightened by his girlfriend's serious look. He quickly apologized and said with a smile:
"What's wrong? The crybaby is crying for no reason this time..."
"I have indeed had some recurring dreams recently..."
He Tianran's smile froze on his face.
"But...but I just dreamed about my cat. I was playing with it all the time in the dream..."
Hearing what the girl said, He Tianran was ashamed and relieved at the same time.
"That cat's name is 'Bodhisattva', right? I'm just asking, Ai Qing, you...just say it. Oh, it's my fault. I shouldn't ask these questions to scare you. Come on, come on. Come, let’s eat food.”
"Every time I dream about Bodhisattva, he will mention something to me..."
"Your dream is really cute. Cats can also talk? Hahahaha..."
He Tianran forced himself to smile a few times, picked up the vegetables and wanted to put it into his girlfriend's bowl, but the next words that followed made his hands freeze in mid-air.
"It said...it said...if one day you ask me if I remember anything about the future...it means...you have come back from the future...you...you have abandoned me in the future...and...if it is true... On such a day...it asked me to hand this thing over to you..."
The boy was horrified, and his face was even more uncertain.
Later, Cao Aiqing took out a bunch of things from his bag with tears in his eyes. He Tianran took a closer look and saw that it was the Buddhist beads that had disappeared when he started traveling!
According to the current time point, it should indeed be in Cao Aiqing's hands.
"That cat...what else did it say?"
He Tianran's expression was extremely complicated, and when Cao Aiqing saw her boyfriend's reaction, her heart sank little by little. The girl struggled in her heart for a long time, and finally said sadly word by word:
"It also said...if you don't deny it, let me convey this message——
He Tianran, I gave you a chance, but you messed it up yourself. I have never influenced your Ai Qing, nor have I tarnished your love. When we were on the boat, you said that the people you love most are the people around you. I believed you, but what about now? How do you explain it now?
Since you choose to test your love, can I test human nature?
In other words, we have always been the same kind, no one deserves it, and no one has changed..."
The words were spoken like a knife, and He Tianran felt that the world was spinning before his eyes, and an indescribable feeling swept through his body. Suddenly, it was like a cold wind passing through the boy's heart, and there was no more vegetation, only a mess.
In his ears, Cao Aiqing's sad question came again:
"Is this true... Naturally... have you really... abandoned me?"
(End of chapter)
