The management of the dormitories of the University of Hong Kong is very user-friendly. The doors are usually locked at 11:30 pm. Students who return late can use the campus card to enter the building through the emergency door. This is equivalent to saying that there is no access control, and the double dormitory where He Tianran lives The Hong Kong apartment building is open 24 hours a day, so the two of them had time to watch the entire movie.
By the time the movie ended and the two of them walked out of the library, it was already midnight.
The HKU campus has a different feeling at midnight. The street lights on both sides of the campus streets have already been lit. The orange light gives the streets in the golden autumn a rouge-like blush, making it a blur.
The cool golden breeze blows through at night, sweeping up the fallen leaves, which are as crispy as sandwich biscuits. Such a breeze can always lift the good mood of night walkers.
He Tianran and Cao Aiqing were walking leisurely like this. They were once strangers, and now that they can come together again, it can be regarded as the help of fate.
The man suddenly became interested and suddenly asked: "Ai Qing, besides Shen Qiuxu at HKU, what other things are black and white in your eyes?"
Cao Aiqing said calmly: "This road back to bed is black and white in my eyes."
He Tianran paused and asked, "Why?"
The girl continued walking, leaving him a silhouette, and then some words floated over and reached He Tianran's ears:
"I used to be troubled by your rumors for a long time. Many people looked at me wrong when I walked on campus, so in order to avoid those eyes, the place I usually went to most was the library.
It takes five years to study architecture. During these five years, I walked this path back to bed no less than a thousand times at night. It can be said that it witnessed the days and nights I spent walking alone throughout college.
I don’t know if it’s because this road carries too many memories for me, so it has lost its color in my eyes, but this does not put any burden on me, because I am familiar with every corner of it and this road. I know the location of every streetlight, when the maple leaf trees on both sides of the street will turn red, and when they will bloom their young leaves. It can be said that I can walk back on this road with my eyes closed. "
He Tianran was stunned on the spot.
He did not dare to delve into the stories behind the keywords such as "no less than a thousand times", "five years", and "familiar with every corner of it" that appeared in these sentences. He was just moved by the fact that he could now retell this incident in a calm tone. Cao Aiqing from the past...
At this moment, the man felt that he should do something.
Realizing that He Tianran had not come forward for a long time, Cao Aiqing turned his head, as if he could see his thoughts at a glance, and said politely:
"Why, do you feel guilty after hearing this? It's okay to feel guilty, but I don't want to hear any pretentious words now. If you want to say something like an apology or sorry, then stop it right now. I've already heard it. Enough is enough.”
He Tianran scratched his head, stepped forward, and asked:
"Listen, why do I feel like I can do nothing but apologize to you?"
The two started walking again, and Cao Aiqing took it as acquiescence to this statement without saying a word. The man suddenly grabbed her arm and pulled her under a street lamp, standing in the middle of the circular light and shadow.
"What are you doing? Why are you so crazy?!"
Cao Aiqing didn't know why, so he broke away and yelled angrily.
He Tianran touched his chin and said with a smile: "I won't apologize this time. Didn't you say that I have read so many books that it is useless to write down unwritten texts? I just combined our situations and I will give you a Write a poem~!”
"you!"
After hearing this, Cao Aiqing really didn't even know where to get angry. There were so many flaws. It was late at night, and she was forced to stand awkwardly in the middle of the street lamp just to listen to your whim. poem? !
The girl gritted her teeth and said fiercely: "What situation are we in that allows you to compose a poem immediately?"
"Ahem, listen~"
He Tianran cleared his throat, pretended to be polite, and recited seriously:
"Girl, you are too beautiful. You should not be alone in admiring yourself. I want to turn into a firework when you walk at night..."
He suddenly stretched out his imaginary hand, his fingers blossomed in front of Cao Aiqing's eyes, and he spat out a blast sound in his mouth:
"Boom~bang——!!"
The girl was so frightened that she shrank her head back. When she was stunned, she heard He Tianran say the following words in an angry tone:
"Suddenly, it will fucking explode above your head!"
"..."
"..."
"Gone?"
"Gone!"
He Tianran retracted his hand and chuckled "hehe" without any embarrassment.
Cao Aiqing's eyebrows trembled slightly...
This is still...
What a broken poem.
For Cao Aiqing, who comes from a scholarly family and has been influenced by poetry and articles for a long time, hearing this so-called modern poem is undoubtedly pouring garbage into her ears...
At this time, He Tianran still asked in a sultry tone:
"How's it going? Do you feel like your world has become a lot brighter all of a sudden?"
Cao Aiqing stared at him and squeezed out two words from between his teeth:
"No!"
He Tianran pretended to be surprised:
"No, the name of my poem is "Illuminating Your Beauty"!"
"..."
Girl, you are too beautiful, you should not be alone in admiring your beauty. I want to turn into a firework when you walk at night.
Phew~bang!
Suddenly, it will explode above your head!
Poem title "Illuminating Your Beauty"
Cao Aiqing recited the whole poem silently in her heart again. She lowered her head, pursed her lips, and clenched her fists on her lowered arms. She suddenly turned around on her toes and walked away quickly.
Even though there was no one around at the moment, if she stood under the streetlight for one more second, she would faint from embarrassment.
He Tianran waited until she walked a little further and saw that her back was no longer calm but shy, and he smiled knowingly, then stepped forward to catch up and deliberately teased:
"Hey Ai Qing, please evaluate and comment."
"rogue!"
Cao Aiqing walked forward and responded loudly.
"No, there's nothing wrong with this. By the way, look at this trail now. Have you seen any changes?"
"……No!"
"Don't worry, it doesn't matter if there is no change this time. I will accompany you on this road a few more times. Maybe one day you will be able to see colors again?"
"I don't want it! Rogue, get out of here!"
"I'll take you back and send Buddha to the west."
"He Tianran, you are so annoying, can you just leave me alone?!"
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore. I'll zip up my mouth and see you off with you behind me."
"..."
"Hey Ai Qing, do you think we should keep in touch frequently in the future? You can tell me in detail what else you see is wrong so that I can have an idea in advance, don't you think so?
"Hey! God! Ran!"
On this night, this quiet road that carried countless dejections and sorrows in Cao Aiqing's memory finally had something new that made her feel strange and warm at the same time.
(End of chapter)
