"Who drew this world? And he drew me and you, so that we can fall in love with each other like this; who made us cry? And gave me a surprise, so that we can just like this... eh?" Xiao Yao forgot his words: "Love each other. Dependent on each other?"

"You have a good voice, it sounds nice." Shen Jie sat on the back seat of a tandem bicycle and clapped her hands.

"I don't sing well, I'm always out of tune." Xiao Yao was a little embarrassed. This Shen Jie is too... too considerate, right?

"Don't be modest. It's me who always sings out of tune." Shen Jie insisted. Her hands gripped the armrests of the back row and stepped hard on the pedal: "I don't know who wrote this song, but it's a bit dragging. Damn you, your voice is not suitable for such vicissitudes of tune."

Could it be that I really wasn't out of tune just now? Did I perform beyond the ordinary?

"This is Xu...hey, I just sang casually. Do you have a favorite song? I will sing it for you."

Xiao Yao was in a good mood. On the one hand, it was because of Shen Jie behind him: this girl was a perfect sweet girlfriend, which made the tension of the first date disappear; on the other hand, it was because of the surrounding environment.

He didn't know what fun there was in "Forest Park" before, but at this moment, he wanted to applaud Shen Jie for choosing this place.

At this moment, they were in a vast green wilderness. Apart from the road they were riding on, there were almost no traces of man-made artifacts. The air was fresh, the land that was still wet after the rain was fragrant, and the wind was gentle. ... As far as the eye can see, there are only those giant trees in the distance. Behind the giant trees, there are undulations... Should it be said to be hills or mountains? Xiao Yao thought.

"But, it seems that I have never heard the songs you sang." Shen Jie added: "They are all old songs, right?"

"I'm not very old..." Xiao Yao said: "I mainly like these campus ballads, and I don't really like today's pop songs."

"School song?"

"It's not a campus song, it's a campus folk song, a music genre... Campus songs don't have so many love stories between men and women." Xiao Yao explained carefully: "Representative figures include Lao Lang, Pu Shu, Shuimu Nianhua, Ye Bei... The song I just sang was by Xu Wei, so it can be considered a folk song."

"So that's it."

This park is good, but it's too expensive - the tickets are already expensive, and renting bicycles also costs money, it's charged by the hour, and a deposit is required.

Xiao Yao gave up resistance and allowed Shen Jie to pay all the expenses.

At noon, they had lunch at the barbecue area in Forest Park.

"Don't you need to return the bike first? I'm still calculating the money." As soon as Xiao Yao said this, he felt a little regretful.

Sure enough, Shen Jie shook her head: "No, it's too troublesome, and I have to come over again."

In the erected tent, Shen Jie squatted next to Xiao Yao, grilling the newly skewered meat on the charcoal fire stand.

"I'll do it..." Xiao Yao reached out to pick up the iron sign, but was pushed away by the girl.

"I'll do it this time," Shen Jie said with a groaning smile on her face: "The good lamb will taste better if it is roasted a little more tender."

"Hey, hey, it's my first time, so I have no experience." Xiao Yao scratched his head: "Why do you know everything? You really don't look like a young lady."

"What age are you still a eldest lady? I don't live in the Forbidden City." Shen Jie put a few grilled meat skewers on Xiao Yao's plate: "Our family sometimes has a barbecue in the back garden to entertain guests."

Back garden? Isn’t it really the imperial garden?

"Speaking of which..." Xiao Yao's eyes fell on Shen Jie's ankles - because of squatting, her socks were exposed from the trouser legs and the uppers of her sneakers. The original white socks had almost turned gray: "Why are there so much mud on your socks... Oh, even on your trouser legs!"

"Hey? Is there one?" Shen Jie turned her head and looked down: "Yes, how could this happen?"

"Could it be because...when riding a bicycle," Xiao Yao thought: "This car has no fenders, and you are sitting in the back?"

Shen Jie nodded: "Probably so."

"I didn't expect it," Xiao Yao said apologetically, "I should have let you sit in the front."

"It's okay, it's nothing," Shen Jie stood up, clapped her hands, walked to sit opposite Xiao Yao, and said, "You are quite good at caring about people."

Xiao Yao thought for a moment, whether this was true or ironic.

"Want some pepper?" Shen Jie picked up another small jar at hand.

"Okay, okay, I'll do it myself," Xiao Yao filled Shen Jie's disposable plastic cup with beer, and the foam almost popped out: "I'll give you a toast first."

——Separating line——

In the classroom of St. Francis Amateur School - which is actually the usual classroom, the last math class has ended. In the noisy classroom, students are packing their schoolbags.

"Yingying, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" the deskmate asked with concern.

"It's okay... I'm just a little dizzy." Yu Luying's face was red, and she was still a little wobbly when she stood up. There was a vague smell in her mouth that lingered, making her very uncomfortable.

"Are you anemic?...Hey, slow down, slow down." Her deskmate reached out to support her.

This similar strange symptom has become more and more obvious recently, and Yu Luying thought to herself: She can no longer ignore it.

——Separating line——

"Nan Lin is sinking to the north, east is Yan to the west... I can't remember, and there is Zhong Ouyang, right?"

"Xizhao, this kind of gossip spreads quickly." Shen Jie Yanran smiled: "Actually, it's just some boring boys from other schools posting on the forum..."

"It seems that the legend is true."

"Well, Nan Lin is Lin Wanxiang, Yan is Yan Xiaoxuan, and then Zhao Xiaomei and Ouyang Youyou." After Shen Jie drank a little beer, she was also a little excited: "Actually, I think Ouyang Youyou... is average, the reason why I photographed her in the middle , just because..."

"Because she is two characters, which correspond to magical powers." Xiao Yao understood: "But I have been thinking these past two days, who is Beishen?"

"Oh, are you bothered?" Shen Jie took out a tissue and handed one to Xiao Yao: "It's all spread by boring people. In fact, there are many pretty girls in our school. The reason why we have this East, West, South, North, and Middle are actually just because of family background."

"Five major families?" Xiao Yao rubbed his face.

"Change the subject, change the subject."

"Then...you should be quite popular, right? Have you ever hung out with boys before?" Xiao Yao felt a little regretful after asking these words.

Fortunately, Shen Jie didn't feel dissatisfied: "Often... no way. In fact, I'm quite busy with various things, but I used to go out with my classmates in junior high school... Do you mean alone?"

Xiao Yao nodded.

"Yes... there will be. Why do you ask?"

"……fine."

"I've never had a boyfriend," Shen Jie said simply, "Is that what you want to ask?"

"Why?"

"No reason," Shen Jie said matter-of-factly: "There are so many more important and interesting things to do in the world than falling in love, and... in the future I should listen to my family's arrangements and marry someone. "

"Marriage?!" Xiao Yao almost spit out the Sprite in his mouth: "You still said you don't live in the Forbidden City? I always thought this was something that only existed in ancient times or novels, but it turns out that it's really in the 21st century? "

"Why not?" Shen Jie explained: "But generally there is no such thing as mandatory, or getting engaged without meeting... It's just that your parents will draw a range for you, and then it will be like a blind date."

"Then a commoner like me, with a flat head, is definitely not among the choices?" Xiao Yao said pretending to be relaxed.

"There is such a thing as recruiting a son-in-law, but our family..." Shen Jie held up her cheek: "But who can say for sure what will happen in the future?"

Xiao Yao was thoughtful.

"I didn't take everything the child said seriously," Shen Jie added: "Although I did go through the mirror and saw some things that science can't explain, and she did know a lot of things about me, but I still took it. Isn’t it safer to do a blank blood test?”

"Test it."

"Don't just talk about me, let's talk about you too." Shen Jie winked mischievously.

"What did you say about me?"

"Do you have any good female classmates?"

"That's right... I have a god-sister in school, and I go skating with her and so on. But she has many boyfriends, and I'm very innocent."

"You and that little girl who had dinner at your grandma's house that day, Yu, have never been here before?"

"I've never been here, but I've been to Peace Park..." Xiao Yao admitted, "We often... played together during the last semester."

Shen Jie nodded: "I can see that you like her, and she also likes you. So, there is no need for you to do it because of what the child said -"

"Not later," Xiao Yao interrupted her: "She doesn't like me."

"You know again?"

"We had a very good relationship before." Xiao Yao fell into recollection: "Later I confessed to her, and she said that I was a foreign teacher, so she rejected me, and then she became estranged from me. Later, the relationship changed. It was very stiff at one time, but it has only gotten better recently."

"Oh, yes, I saw her praying before cooking that day," Shen Jie was slightly startled: "Then she might not like you, which is usually an excuse. There are also classmates in our class whose families are religious. It’s usually done before getting married...baptism? That’s fine. In our generation, very few people really take this seriously..."

"Um...really?" Xiao Yao nodded: "What you said makes sense. Later I told her that I could also join the church, but she didn't agree."

"That's it..."

——Separating line——

At the same time, Yu Luying really dragged her tired steps home.

"Have you been drinking?" Yu Luying's mother is a thin, short-haired woman with a stern look.

"How... how is it possible," Yu Luying said with her tongue hanging out: "I... have been attending classes at school this morning."

"Why don't you answer the phone?" Yu's mother asked dissatisfied.

"I was riding... a car... I didn't hear you." Yu Luying kicked off her shoes irritably and entered the door wearing only her socks.

"Wear slippers!" Yu's mother chased her through the door with a shovel.
Chapter completed!