Cao Aiqing communicated with Bai Tingting on the other end of the phone for more than five minutes and then came back.
Shen Qiuxu asked, "Is there something urgent?"
The girl shook her head: "It's nothing serious. It's just that a good friend of mine received an invitation from her crush to go out together today. She didn't know what to do, so she asked me to accompany her."
Shen Qiuxu was obviously taken aback: "Uh... wouldn't it be better to let her go alone for this kind of thing?"
"Girls must give priority to safety issues. Besides, she and her sweetheart haven't seen each other much since they graduated from high school, and they have a crush on each other, so they are a little panicked. After all, they were in school... We haven’t communicated much with each other.”
In this world that has been restarted by He Tianran, in the original four-person study group, Xue Yong was replaced by Guo Huai. Not only did the former fail to get into the police academy, but he repeated it for two years. His original love affair with Bai Tingting also disappeared. For bubbles.
If Wen Liang is relieved, who is the biggest victim in this butterfly effect, it is undoubtedly Brother Yong, who is still in his sophomore year...
Shen Qiuxu, who figured out the situation, said with concern: "It's true. If the other party is a male, you two girls may not be safe. Do you need me to go with you?"
"No need... at least I know this boy somewhat... and I understand his character."
Cao Aiqing hesitated and replied.
The last time she saw Xue Yong was when she and He Tianran were investigating the truth about her online abuse a year ago. She has not seen Xue Yong since then, but He Tianran seemed to have continued to meet him during the year. He kept in touch with this "newly acquainted" good brother, perhaps because he felt he was indebted to him, and occasionally heard Xue Yong's name from his lips.
However, why Xue Yong could interact with Bai Tingting again was not very clear on the phone just now, but when he thought that these two people might be able to "renew their relationship," Cao Aiqing was still happy to add fuel to the fire, so it was their first date, My identity as my best friend and high school classmate is okay, but if I call him Shen Qiuxu, a stranger, it would be really inappropriate...
After declining Shen Qiuxu's kindness, the other party was very measured and did not continue to pester him. He just sighed slightly and said sadly:
"Oh, I really want to know what kind of person you will fall in love with in the future, Ai Qing."
When the man said this, he opened the book again, seeming to hide some of his thoughts.
Cao Aiqing was slightly startled, and then smiled.
"Let's talk about the future in the future..."
She also opened her own book, and the two of them did not communicate much after that, and they started the reading time before separation in a tacit understanding.
When adults judge whether love has come, they test back and forth in this kind of daily dialogue and reaction between you and me. When everyone no longer has the unscrupulousness of adolescence, they naturally begin to understand some conventional communication rules.
Falling in love at first sight is not unheard of, and falling in love over time is also very common. However, the word "decent" has replaced the innocent and stupid look on the faces of young girls. Some questions are just clicked, and the answers are something that everyone It's good to know everything. Asking questions will only make the situation awkward.
An hour later, Cao Aiqing received a call from Bai Tingting again. The other party had met Xue Yong and had driven to HKU. She would be there in about ten minutes so that she could go out now.
Cao Aiqing packed up her things, said goodbye to Shen Qiuxu naturally before leaving, and walked out of the library.
But what she didn't know was that Shen Qiuxu, who had originally said he was going back to the city to take care of something, after she left, studied alone in the library until it was closed before leaving.
Of course, these are irrelevant things.
…
…
Cao Aiqing, who had just walked out of the school gate, saw a black Grand Cherokee slowly approaching from a distance, and then waited in front of her without hesitation.
The car window was rolled down, and Xue Yong, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, grinned widely. A row of white teeth highlighted his extremely coquettish face. He pushed up the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose to reveal his eyes, and said with a smile:
"Classmate Cao, long time no see."
"Long time no see, Xue Yong."
As soon as Cao Aiqing finished speaking, he heard Bai Tingting in the back seat of the vehicle excitedly saying: "Aiqing Aiqing, get in the car quickly, come quickly."
The girl smiled, opened the car door and sat next to Bai Tingting. Her nose sniffed slightly, and she seemed to smell a familiar smell. However, before she had time to think about it, she heard her best friend beside her saying hurriedly:
"A new coastal amusement park opened on Zhaoxia Road last month. I haven't been there yet, so Xue Yong suggested that we go there in the afternoon. Ai Qing, what do you think?"
Cao Aiqing looked at her best friend and joked: "You have already decided on something. If you ask me my opinion again, how else can I answer? Of course I will follow you."
Bai Tingting's face suddenly turned red.
The vehicle restarted, and Cao Aiqing's eyes swept back and forth between Xue Yong and her best friend. She squinted and asked curiously:
"What's going on with you two? I didn't even know you were still in contact."
Xue Yong, who was driving, responded carelessly:
"What's the point of contact? We are all classmates anyway. Isn't it normal to hang out together when we have time? But speaking of it, it was Brother Tianran who suggested that we hang out together today."
After hearing the information revealed by Xue Yong, Cao Aiqing was suddenly shocked:
"Who are you talking about?"
Xue Yong turned his head and glanced at her quickly, and repeated again doubtfully:
"Brother Tianran, congratulations to Tianran."
"..."
Cao Aiqing found it incredible to hear this name from someone else again. Could it be that what happened this morning changed again after he took a nap? Or is this all just his suspicion after giving out the beads?
"You...you remember him?"
"Pfft... Classmate Cao, although I don't have much contact with you, but after He Tianran and I had a boxing match at our school last time, we often discussed each other in private. Now we are very familiar with each other. He didn't Tell you?"
Cao Aiqing shook his head and nodded dully. What Xue Yong said was consistent with his memory. Bai Tingting asked her worriedly what was wrong, but she didn't reply and just fell silent.
Chaoxia Street by the sea, the newly built amusement park, Bai Tingting and Xue Yong, as well as herself and...
Various clues are put together, and a picture of the past emerges in the mind. The girl's heartbeat speeds up for no reason. Now there is only the last piece of the puzzle...
She seems to have a premonition of what will happen next, but having learned from past experiences, she is not sure that it will really be what she thinks...
Xue Yong and Bai Tingting were chatting with each other in the car. They had a very interesting conversation. From sharing their experiences in college in the past few years to planning on going to the amusement park next time, they seemed to have endless topics to talk about. .
The scenery outside the car window is reflected on Cao Aiqing's meditative face through the window, from the tall buildings and surrounding elevated highways to the endless blue sea with waves reflecting the sky.
"Buzzing..."
The cell phone the girl had been holding suddenly vibrated twice.
She lowered her head and lit up the screen. It was a familiar remark name, and a simple but enough to make her heart palpitate——
"Azure Sky: Are you here?"
"..."
Cao Aiqing looked at this sentence in trance, and she didn't know how much time had passed until she felt the vehicle stop, her body leaned forward slightly, and Xue Yong's voice came from the front:
"We're here!"
The girl raised her head, and her best friend beside her took her hand and said excitedly:
"Ai Qing, let's go!"
In a daze, she nodded blankly, and was pushed out of the car by her best friend.
Appearing in front of our eyes and ears are tourists who were thrown high into the sky by the jumping machine and firmly fixed in their positions. They were either screaming or laughing; the Ferris wheel was slowly climbing up, and the roller coaster behind it whizzed by. Under the blue sky, the sea not far away is like a dream.
And just at the entrance of the amusement park, Cao Aiqing could see a person from a distance, seeming to be waving to them.
As he slowly came closer, she saw more and more clearly.
He was a young man, wearing a beige waffle cardigan jacket, lined with a pure white T-shirt and a pair of simple casual pants. His clothes looked a bit casual, but The human feeling is very... clear.
He put one hand in his pocket, raised the other hand and shook it a few times, then put it down and walked over.
There were obviously a lot of people on the beach, but that person was the only one walking towards me, like Xing Kai who pushed through the crowd and ran out from a group of cursive scripts.
Xue Yong and Bai Tingting went up to greet him. The three of them gathered together and talked and laughed, but Cao Aiqing couldn't hear a single word of what was said specifically...
Until the man looked at himself, and then showed a hearty smile.
Behind him, everything is colorful.
(End of chapter)
