Across the rusty guardrail of the playground, several figures rise and fall under the basketball stand, and the shadow of the basketball stand is stretched diagonally under the dusk sunlight.
The antennas above the old city were still intertwined. The bus slowed down slowly on the ramp and stopped on the halfway slope. The few people under the stop sign crowded onto the bus and breathed a sigh of relief when they felt the cold air hitting their faces.
Late July this year seems to be extremely hot.
After putting in the coin, the boy holding the basketball wiped the sweat from his face. Perhaps it was because he was covered in sweat and his clothes and pants were soaked. He stood by the rear door and did not sit down.
He always inadvertently glances at the last row of seats on the bus, with envy and longing in his eyes.
The boy sitting in the last row leaned on the shoulder of a bright girl.
How wonderful, the scene before him was exactly the beautiful high school life he longed for.
He didn't know if other people had fantasized about it like this, but he had really imagined that when that day came, he and the girl he liked would sit in a place with only two seats, where no one else could interfere, maybe in the library.
A corner or the last row of a bus.
The bus swayed around the familiar streets and alleys. They were in the last row shoulder to shoulder. The sunset fell in their eyes. The city under the twilight was breathtakingly beautiful. Finally, they got off at an unfamiliar stop sign.
, looked at each other and smiled, holding hands and walking on the long street that seemed to never end, with parasol trees planted on both sides...
Well, maybe the sultry summer will suddenly usher in a shower. They ran hand in hand in the rain. Even if they were soaked in the rain, they looked at each other and smiled and it didn't matter at all...
The boy's mind was filled with random thoughts, and then he sighed.
It's just a fantasy after all.
In fact, he also likes a girl who is from the same community and goes to the same school, just in a different class.
Their route home is the same, which is the No. 9 bus at their feet.
After school, he stood in front of the stop sign with his schoolbag on his back. The No. 9 bus came swaying around the corner, but the girl hadn't come yet. He hesitated for a few times, looking at the car that was almost full, and thought that he could only sit down.
One shift.
Several times, the uncle driver looked stuck at the door and refused to move. He asked angrily if you were sitting or not. He laughed dryly until the girl who was running all the way from the school gate gasped and stood behind him.
He got into the car numbly...
It's a pity that he never took the initiative to talk to the girl.
He also doubted whether he fell in love at first sight or fell in love with her.
But every day he would look forward to what would happen today. He would subconsciously look for that beautiful figure at the platform, and look back towards the school gate when every bus arrived...
This should be like it, right?
The bus stopped passing by, and the shadows of sparse branches jumped on the boy's face. He was stunned, as if he was poked into the center by the couple in the last row.
Until the bus slowly stopped in front of a platform, the short-haired girl carrying a shoulder bag put in a one-yuan coin. When she saw the boy standing in a daze in front of the rear door, her thin lips pursed slightly, and a light flashed in her eyes for a moment.
She silently walked to the row behind the rear door, but it was not the seat immediately to the right of the door, but the farthest left seat.
The boy's body became tense at some point. He subconsciously raised his chest and tightened his abdomen. He stood as straight as a street tree, but he did not dare to look back.
The girl sat by the window, holding her chin with one hand, looking out the car window on the other side in a daze.
Time passes bit by bit, and the twilight on the horizon gradually deepens. The city is truly breathtakingly beautiful at dusk, as if it is covered with a layer of dim yellow curtain.
The boy couldn't tell whether time was passing slowly or quickly. Every minute and every second seemed like a year. But at this moment, he felt that every inch of time was worth savoring. Paradoxically, he sincerely hoped that the remaining journey would last.
Slow down a little bit, and the red light in front of you will light up quickly...
At this moment, the boy found that the couple at the back was pointing at him and whispering.
But the voice was too soft. Even though the car was so quiet that he could hear his own heartbeat, he couldn't hear clearly what they were talking about.
What are they talking about?
His heart suddenly tightened. Could it be that he was sweating all over his body just after playing ball and his body smelled like sweat?
He quickly looked at the girl's profile through the glass of the rear door. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the girl didn't raise her hand to cover her nose. He thought to himself that he had better get to the station quickly. The smell of sweat was indeed not bad...
As the setting sun disappeared below the horizon, dusk finally came to an end, and the bus arrived at the terminal amidst the hum of the engine.
The boy hugged the basketball tightly and prepared to get off the car.
The short-haired girl also stood up with her bag on her back, and slowly moved to the boy's side. She lowered her head and looked at the pink-covered mobile phone, her hanging bangs covering her expression.
It was still a return trip in silence.
The couple in the last row also stood up, after all, this is the final stop.
They were walking back and forth holding hands, when suddenly the bus made a sharp U-turn. The boy walking in front seemed to be unsteady and lost his center of gravity. He stumbled and fell forward amidst the screams, and was about to hit the short-haired girl.
At the critical moment, the boy grabbed the short-haired girl and pushed his body forward to block the girl.
At the last moment, he grabbed the handle. The man who didn't really fall took a long breath, stood up and patted his chest and said, "I was scared to death. Master, you made such a big turn without even saying hello. You almost fell on me!"
The car door opens slowly.
The young man who almost hit someone smiled kindly and pulled the girl behind him out of the car.
At that moment, before his brain could react, the boy who took the first action clearly saw the other party smiling narrowly at him!
This is……
What's the meaning?
"Hey, we've arrived at the terminal. Don't just stand there like that. I've been driving for so many years, and you've only been waiting for a long time to get in the car. What's wrong? Did you wait to get out of the car this time?"
The driver stood up holding the tea cup and left the driving seat. He suddenly said, "Why does this girl look so familiar? Tsk, I said you kid keeps the door jammed every day and doesn't get in the car. It turns out you are waiting for the little girl. Alas, now
You are so young, so..."
With an unbearable sigh, the driver holding the teacup took out the key, shook his head, and walked towards the guard lounge with a figure-footed step.
Amidst the noisy chirping of cicadas, the boy wanted to die.
"Su Yuanchen, thank you for standing in front of me just now." A voice as light as a mosquito.
"Uh, you're welcome." Only then did the boy realize that his hand was still holding someone else's arm, and he hurriedly let go, waving his hand and saying that it was a trivial matter not worth mentioning.
He suddenly froze for a moment and blurted out, "How do you know my name?"
The girl pursed her lips and smiled.
The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the aluminum fence of the parking lot, coating it with a bright edge, which was magnificent yet magnificent. The evening breeze slowly blew through the empty parking lot, sending their voices into the ears of a certain two people.
"How did Sakura know they liked each other?"
"One is peeking at the girl through the car door glass, and the other is peeking at the boy through the reflection in the car window. It's so understandable."
"Eh?" Eriki paused slightly and asked doubtfully, "Is this the case between people who like each other? Why don't you tell each other your love?"
"It's not all like this, but most of them probably won't say what they like in their hearts in the end." Lu Mingfei thought for a moment and said.
"Is it because of timidity?" Eriyi asked curiously.
"Timid? It's more about fear." Lu Mingfei shrugged, "Thinking about what to do if the other party rejects your confession, will it end before it even begins? Thinking about this, I also feel that as long as the other party rejects my confession, it will be over.
I was very satisfied just by secretly liking him. Confession seemed to only ruin the current relationship, so I couldn't express my love until the end."
Eriki wrinkled her little nose: "How can you know if the other person likes you if you don't try?"
"Yes, how can you know that the other person likes you if you don't try?" Lu Mingfei said with gentle eyes, "Some people have known each other for a long time, but they may not be very familiar with each other. Maybe they are just acquaintances, but some people see each other's
At first glance, you will feel very close, as if you have known each other for a long, long time, forever."
Eriki suddenly smiled: "I saw Sakura like this."
"Me too, after all, we have known each other in this life from the previous life." Lu Mingfei chuckled and squeezed Eli Yi's weak and boneless hand, "But the vast majority of people don't have our experience, and they are far from it."
We are not as lucky as us. Human beings are not creatures that are good at expressing their feelings frankly. They look forward to new changes in their lives every morning. Those who daydream will fantasize about heroes saving beauties and directly winning the hearts of girls.
The timid one will look forward to bumping into the girl he likes at the next corner. At that moment, he may gain great courage, because it was fate that made them meet here, and the boundaries of fate were shattered in that moment...
Before that, they often don't take action and just wait quietly for their 'fate' to arrive, but in fact... they often never wait for such an opportunity in their lifetime."
Eriyi's eyes were slightly lowered, just like the dusk on the horizon was getting slightly darker.
"Have you never had this opportunity in your life?"
"Yeah." Lu Mingfei responded softly, his eyes slowly turning from the sunset in the girl's eyes to the terminal behind him.
Another bus drove into the terminal. How many people pass by each other through the front and rear doors every day, and how many people sit by the window, looking out the window at the familiar city and familiar life, in the dull and ordinary life.
Do you daydream about a different life?
He was once one of those people, sitting on the rooftop and looking at the extraordinary life in the distance that was as magnificent as the gems guarded by snakes. Then when he gradually walked down this road, he realized that he didn't seem to care about such a life.
He has a cold. He is just too lonely. Lonely people always imagine standing in the center of the world. At that moment, the eyes of the world are on them, but when the lights fade away, he still has nothing.
Fortunately, he finally figured it out and got what he really wanted.
Tong Kong, who is looking at the sky in the distance, is lost and sad.
She thought, how lonely would it be if she couldn't meet Sakura for such a long time in her life?
It turns out that not all people who love each other will come together in this world. Maybe you love him but he doesn’t love you, maybe you love her but she loves him...
Such intricate relationships are as difficult to sort out as the staggered antennas above the old city.
Lu Mingfei looked back to where he came from.
The boy and the girl finally walked out from the terminal one step at a time.
Life is always full of absurd drama, drama that makes people feel helpless every time they think about it.
For example, some people are far apart, but they are only a few feet away; and some people are far apart, but they are far away.
Without today's "coincidence", how many more days would the boundaries between them continue to remain?
A collision at a corner may not really inspire courage, but may just be a subconscious escape in panic.
You may not happen to be right next to the girl when a hero falls from the sky to save her.
To hold the delicate softness in your hands, sufficient strength, matching courage and even luck are all indispensable.
And he no longer lacks all of this.
A pair of delicate hands suddenly wrapped around his waist, hugging him tightly, and the fragrance surrounded him.
Lu Mingfei was startled.
This action made the passers-by on the roadside couldn't help but look sideways, watching the beautiful and tall girl hugging the boy who seemed to be an ordinary boy, tiptoeing slightly, and gently pressing her forehead against his forehead, the distance between her lips was so close.
"I will be very sad if I never meet Sakura in my life."
Lu Mingfei couldn't help but thought, my silly girl, if we have never met in our lives, how can you know me? And if you don't know me, how can you be sad because you haven't met me?
But he was still happy from the bottom of his heart.
Eriyi raised her head, her clear eyes were so bright, reflecting the burning afterglow of the setting sun, as if they could penetrate all living beings, and she could find the boy in her heart immediately even in the bustling crowd.
"I'll be sad."
she repeated.
So, in this luxuriant and endless street of parasol trees, the boy had no choice but to block the girl's mouth in order to prove that he could also be sad.
Pedestrians on bicycles flicked their bicycle bells and sped by on the roadside.
One after another, the street lamps inserted between the sycamore trees lit up one after another as the sun set on the horizon.
Dark night falls.
Under the bright yellow light, Lu Mingfei pulled Eliyi and ran forward along this long street.
They stopped at a downhill place. This was a snack street. At this moment, the lights on the stalls were on, and pedestrians were constantly coming and going.
The sizzling sound of mutton on the grill at the barbecue stall adds a bit of heat to this summer night. The sound of clinking iron spoons and pots at the fried noodle and rice stall makes people appetite, and the fish on the iron plate is sizzling.
The sound of the boss skillfully cracking eggs on the pancakes and fruit...
There was an obvious smell of fireworks in the air.
Hui Liyi's eyes lit up and she turned her back on the customers, dragging Lu Mingfei through different food stalls.
The freshly fried potatoes were poured with secret chili oil. Eriyi clumsily picked up a potato with a slender bamboo skewer and put it into her mouth. Her pink lips were inevitably stained with a layer of red chili pepper.
Oil, she inserted another potato and put it into Lu Mingfei's mouth, and Lu Mingfei ate it in one bite.
The stall owner was smiling happily.
He has been working here for several years, and couples stop in front of his stall almost every day, but this is his first time seeing such a beautiful girl. This boy is so lucky.
They bought a mango smoothie at a smoothie shop, and the clerk gave them only a spoon with a narrow smile.
They went to the teppanyaki squid shop stall and packed up two skewers of large squid. They stopped in front of the shop selling octopus balls and bought two fried glutinous rice cakes smeared with sweet sauce and spicy sauce respectively...
Hui Liyi raised the cone in her hand and handed it to Lu Mingfei, who was covered with all kinds of snack bags. Lu Mingfei swallowed the whole ice cream ball in one gulp. Hui Liyi looked at the empty crispy cake and was stunned, slightly salivating.
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The bright yellow light above her head outlines the girl's perfect waistline. As she lingers, her eyes only stay on the food and the boy.
The summer night was light and gentle, and the evening breeze carrying the smell of fireworks went all the way to a very far place.
The two finally left the snack street with a full load, took a taxi and went to the large square next to the city hall.
There was already a sea of people there, and the fireworks festival was about to begin. They sat in an open space far away on a round stone pier, feeding each other the steaming snacks they had just bought.
Suddenly there was an exclamation from the distance.
As loud noises exploded in the sky, the comet's trajectory in the night sky was no longer lonely, and the sky turned into a sea of brilliant flowers.
Everyone raised their heads and looked at the fireworks blooming above their heads. The firelight illuminated the world and their eyes, making the girls around each boy look like a dream.
This summer night, the fireworks festival ushered in a grand carnival.