My head hurts so much it feels like it's going to explode.
In a daze, Jiuqiu felt as if his body was trapped in a huge ball of cotton wool. He felt extremely relaxed, but his head felt heavy.
Jiuqiu rubbed her dizzy head and slowly woke up. What caught her eye was a velvet quilt with the hotel logo.
She sat up in shock and realized that she was indeed in the hotel. She found that she was not wearing any clothes. This... This... Could she have been...
This is so scary! Jiu Qiu screamed “Ahhhh” and shouted in panic: “What should I do? What should I do!”
"What are you shouting for?" A familiar voice suddenly came. Jiu Qiu was startled to see Jiang Han holding a blanket and appearing at the bedroom door.
"Jiang... Jiang Han?" Jiuqiu was unable to recover for a moment.
Jiang Han stared at her depressedly: "What the hell?"
"What the hell!" Jiu Qiu stretched out a hand, pointed it straight at Jiang Han, and said angrily, "How dare you take advantage of the situation to rob me!"
Jiang Han stood at the door, like a pine tree.
Jiuqiu wrapped herself in a quilt and cried, "You actually did this to me... Jiang Han, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. You have to be responsible for me, wuwuwu... My innocence..."
"Okay, I didn't do anything to you." Jiang Han said lightly, "I'm not interested in you."
"What did you say? I have a good figure and good looks, but you are not interested in me?" Jiuqiu was unhappy and blamed Jiang Han for having no taste.
Jiang Han really didn't know how to respond to Jiu Qiu's strange words, so he just asked calmly: "Did the alcohol make your brain swollen?"
"What do you mean?" Jiu Qiu asked unhappily.
The school dormitory has curfew regulations, and the curfew time had passed last night. Jiang Han had no choice but to book a room in a hotel outside. As soon as she helped this annoying person into the bedroom, she began to take off her clothes one by one and threw them on Jiang Han.
Jiang Han simply went to sleep on the sofa. "If I tell Lu Jiuqiu about this, I'm curious about how she will react." Jiang Han thought, but said, "Hurry up and get dressed. You have classes this morning and you're already late." After that, he closed the door and went out.
Jiuqiu turned his head and took a look at his clothes folded on the chair, including his underwear, and felt so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
She should wait until she gets dressed before questioning that guy!
Jiuqiu thought about it, and quickly got up and put on all her clothes. Then, she pulled back the quilt on the bed and found that the bed was clean and empty. If Jiang Han did something to her, how could there be no traces left?
Is she really that unattractive? She couldn't help but wonder.
Jiuqiu walked out of the bedroom door and saw Jiang Han rubbing his eyes, apparently because he did not get enough rest last night.
Jiu Qiu walked up to Jiang Han and asked solemnly, "Did anything happen between us last night?"
Jiang Han raised his head, still looking a little tired, and said, "I'm not interested in you."
"Really?" Jiuqiu was very confident about her figure and appearance. She said, "Since nothing happened between us, why did I wake up in the morning without any clothes on, and all my clothes were neatly folded and placed on the bedside? Do you dare to say that you didn't do anything to me?"
This woman has such a serious delusion!
Jiang Han rubbed his brows and simply told him everything: "You missed curfew last night because you drank, so I had no choice but to bring you to the hotel. Originally, for the sake of our old classmate, I wanted to help you take off your coat so that you could sleep more comfortably, but I didn't expect you to suddenly lie on the bed and take off your clothes one by one, until..."
At the end of the conversation, Jiuqiu's face turned red, but Jiang Han didn't seem to intend to stop. He said, "I was helpless and restrained myself for a long time. Then I calmly helped you fold your clothes, left the room like a gentleman, and slept here." As he said that, Jiang Han patted the sofa under his butt.
Jiu Qiu retreated repeatedly as if avoiding a snake or scorpion, holding his chest and shouting: "You are talking nonsense!"
"I recorded it with my phone. Do you want to see if I'm talking nonsense?"
"What did you say!" Jiuqiu shouted angrily.
Jiang Han's eyes darkened, and he said calmly: "I lied to you."
"you……"
"I'm so mad!" Jiuqiu yelled in frustration, then quickly turned around and left the room that made her angry.
Jiang Han, who stayed in the room, breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but recall the scene of last night. Jiuqiu kept taking off her clothes, and he pressed her into the quilt for a long time, but the guy still threw the clothes out and hit him on the head.
Jiang Han, with a red face, silently picked up the clothes on the ground, folded them, and hurriedly ran out of the room.
That girl, this is what she does when she's drunk. Don't let her drink so much again in the future.
Jiuqiu swore silently in his heart when he left the hotel: Next time, I must not get drunk!
That would be so embarrassing.
Jiang City, thousands of miles away.
After Jian Yingfei was driven away in anger, Liang Xia felt a little uneasy and couldn't sleep or eat.
After thinking for a long time, Liang Xia sent a message to Jian Yingfei: "Jian Yingfei, I'm sorry."
After a full six hours, Jian Yingfei replied stiffly with the three words "It's okay".
There must be a connection, right? Liang Xia thought to herself. She didn't know why she became like this, shutting everyone out, isolating others and hurting herself.
As for Jiuqiu, she clearly missed him.
"Senior Liangxia." Xiao Ke suddenly appeared behind Liangxia.
Liang Xia was stunned for a moment and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"What is Senior Liang Xia doing here?" Xiao Ke sat down next to Liang Xia and looked at the scenery in front of him. "Senior Liang Xia really knows how to choose a place. Sitting here, the view is very broad."
This is a park opposite the school. They are located halfway up the mountain in the park. Sitting here they can have a panoramic view of the school.
"Are you following me?" Liang Xia asked.
Xiao Ke looked at Liang Xia, smiled and said, "Senior Liang Xia, don't be so fierce. I didn't follow you. I just accidentally saw you here, so I came to see you."
"What do you want to do now?" Liang Xia was already a little impatient. She didn't like to associate with Xiao Ke because she didn't like conceited boys like Xiao Ke.
Xiao Ke did not answer Liang Xia's question, but asked: "That girl named 'Jiu Qiu' is very important to Senior Liang Xia, right?"
Liang Xia was startled, and turned to stare at Xiao Ke, her eyes full of confusion. Xiao Ke said honestly: "Last time, I heard your conversation with your so-called 'boyfriend'."
Liang Xia did not answer, but just uttered a cold "humph" from her nose.
"I know that you don't like me, Liangxia Senior, and even hate me a little, but Liangxia Senior doesn't know that people like you who think you are the most hurt in the world and disguise yourself with a cold appearance are the most annoying."
Liang Xia opened her eyes wide, a hint of embarrassment appearing between her brows.
"Things have already happened, and the ending is already in front of us. Who is worth cherishing and who is not worth cherishing, can you really tell the difference, Senior Sister Liang Xia?" Xiao Ke asked.
Liang Xia was so angry that her fingertips turned cold, but she couldn't refute Xiao Ke's words at all, because she knew that she couldn't say anything strong to refute except "It's none of your business".
"The pain you experience is meant to make you grow, not to make you abandon all those who truly care about you. After all, Senior Sister Liang Xia, you were just deceived. But in this world, there are obviously many people who are worse off than Senior Sister Liang Xia, but they are still trying very hard to change their situations." Xiao Ke said slowly.
Liang Xia said with a hint of anger: "What do you know? You are not the person involved!"
"Only the person involved can understand? I also have things that make me sad." Xiao Ke looked at Liang Xia and said, "Everyone has their own pain, whether in their heart or in their body. If you can let go and be free from the pain, why don't you let yourself go? Why do you want to magnify the pain?"
Liang Xia didn't say anything, but the bitterness in her heart was faintly surging.
Xiao Ke stretched out a hand, as if feeling the cold air of Jiang City, and said: "Do you know? Senior Sister Liang Xia, it will start snowing in Jiang City. Snow can bury all the bad past events, waiting for the sun to bring them up to the sky along with the water vapor, and then, disappear into thin air..."
It’s going to snow in Jiang City…
She has been in Jiang City for so long and has never seen snow. Is it going to snow now?
Liangxia looked up at the gray sky, and the agreement with Jiuqiu emerged in her mind.
They agreed to go to Hokkaido, Japan to see the snow when they turned 20, and the end of this winter was Jiuqiu’s 20th birthday.
The beginning of next year will be her twentieth birthday.
Their twentieth birthdays were so close, but now, their hearts were so far apart.
Liang Xia's eyes blurred, and soon, her eye sockets could no longer bear the weight of the tears. The tears all fell and dripped onto the back of her hands, leaving behind water stains of various shapes.
A tissue was handed to Liang Xia. Liang Xia took it and wiped away her tears, but she couldn't wipe away the tears that kept flowing.
Xiao Ke smiled slightly: "Senior Liang Xia, I was wrong just now. In fact, Senior Liang Xia is not annoying at all. I really like Senior Liang Xia."
Liang Xia smiled self-deprecatingly and slowly opened her heart: "But, I really hate myself."
"Senior Liangxia hates herself, just because she lacks the courage. Once a person has the courage to face all difficulties, he or she will become extremely powerful. If you can overcome everything, you will not hate yourself." Xiao Ke said with a smile.
"Don't be like this." Liang Xia turned her head and looked at him, saying, "You are so confident that I almost suspect you are out of your mind."
Xiao Ke touched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "This... I just washed my hair before coming out. Maybe water did get in when I was washing my hair."
Hearing this, Liang Xia burst into laughter and said unhappily, "You are so annoying."
When Xiao Ke smiled, he was like the warm sun in winter. He was usually careless, but even the most careless person could be very careful sometimes.
For example, when comforting Liang Xia, Xiao Ke didn't seem like a junior, but more like someone older than her.
"Thank you, Xiao Ke." Liang Xia felt that some things in her heart were slowly coming to an end, and she thanked Xiao Ke sincerely.
Xiao Ke smiled brightly and said, "Senior Liang Xia, please don't be polite to me."
Liang Xia thought that she must have done a lot of good deeds in her previous life, which is why she met people like Jian Yingfei and Xiao Ke who were wholeheartedly trying to do good for her in this life.
After that, Liang Xia called Jian Yingfei and said she decided to look for Jiu Qiu.
Jian Yingfei seemed even happier than Liang Xia on the other end of the phone. He had been waiting for this day for a very long time.
Liang Xia has been waiting for a long time, from the age of eighteen to twenty...
Jiuqiu, are you okay? I'm coming to see you.
December, midwinter.
Because his birthday was approaching, Jiuqiu invited many people to the bar to party in advance.
Liang Xia didn't accompany her on her 19th birthday, and she thought that Liang Xia wouldn't come on her 20th birthday either. But they had a promise on their 20th birthday...
On her birthday, Jiuqiu was not in the mood to attend class and kept her phone in the most conspicuous place, hoping that Liangxia would send her a message. But the whole day passed and the phone screen never lit up.
Jiuqiu decided not to be sad anymore, but to immerse himself in the carnival and numb the regrets in his heart.
When the birthday party was held in the bar, she was the most active one. She invited everyone to play games and dance on the dance floor.
It was Jiuqiu's first time to dance closely with a strange man, but she enjoyed the feeling very much.
Jiang Han walked onto the dance floor and pulled Jiu Qiu back.
Jiuqiu blamed Jiang Han: "Why are you ruining my fun?"
"You can't go crazy." Jiang Han's words clearly carried a commanding tone.
"I'm not drunk!" Jiuqiu retorted.
"And he said he was drunk."
At this time, Jiuqiu's eyes were blurred and he was half lying on the sofa in a very ungraceful manner.
Seeing Jiang Han looking at him, Jiu Qiu pulled up the collar of his clothes and pointed at Jiang Han: "You hooligan, you are so bad."
As she spoke, she stood up again and said to the people on the dance floor with a smile on her face, "Ah! My beloved concubines, I am here!"
Jiang Han reached out and grabbed Jiuqiu, pulling her in. Unexpectedly, that pull caused Jiuqiu to lose her balance. Jiuqiu spun around and fell straight into Jiang Han's arms.
At that moment, Jiang Han was stunned.
Jiuqiu's face was very close, and her face, flushed with alcohol, looked somewhat tempting.
Jiuqiu was drunk and weightless, so she simply pressed on Jiang Han. Jiang Han half leaned on the sofa, staring at Jiuqiu approaching, and lost the ability to speak for a while.
Jiuqiu seemed to want to say something, but at that moment his stomach suddenly churned violently. Jiuqiu retched a few times. Jiang Han suddenly stood up and held Jiuqiu steadily.
But Jiuqiu still vomited, and the sofa was covered with dirt.
"It hurts so much." Jiu Qiu wiped his mouth with his hand, leaned weakly on Jiang Han, and said, "Jiang Han, I have a headache."
Looking at the time on his wrist, Jiang Han said, "Let's go back first."
As he spoke, Jiang Han pulled Jiu Qiu onto his back, carried her across the dance floor, and left the bar.
It was windy and cold outside, and Jiuqiu's drunkenness was blown away. It was very comfortable to be carried by Jiang Han, and Jiuqiu didn't want to get off. Suddenly, Jiang Han felt a hot and wet touch on his neck. He guessed that Jiuqiu was crying, it must be because Liangxia hadn't said happy birthday to her yet.
Suddenly, some small pieces of things fell from the sky. Jiang Han stopped, looked at the sparse white snow in the sky, and murmured, "Jiuqiu, it's snowing..."
Jiuqiu slowly raised his head and saw the white snow flying in the night sky. He hurriedly said, "Come down, put me down."
Jiuqiu sat down on the side of the road and looked up at the fine snow in Haicheng like a child.
It's snowing... Liangxia, did you see it? It's snowing on the day I turned 20. God wants us to meet. Liangxia, where are you...
Jiuqiu suddenly lowered his head, hugged himself and burst into tears.
Such snow made her extremely sad and reminded her of the agreement she had made with Liang Xia, but Liang Xia was not with her now.
Jiang Han stood behind Jiuqiu, took off the scarf from his neck, and gently tied it around Jiuqiu's neck: "Jiuqiu..."
Jiuqiu wiped away her tears, looked up and said, "Liangxia and I agreed to go to Japan to see the snow when we are twenty years old. Jianghan... are we really never going to be reconciled? Look, it is snowing in Haicheng, a city that has never snowed in ten years... Is it because God is feeling sorry for me..."
"Don't think too much, everything will be fine." Jiang Han squatted beside Jiuqiu and gently pulled her into his arms.
Jiuqiu leaned in Jiang Han's arms and felt very warm.
"Okay, Jiuqiu , let's go back. It's very cold here and you will get sick." Jiang Han advised gently.
Jiuqiu said in a wayward little girl's manner: "Carry me..."
"Yes, I'll carry you, Your Majesty." Jiang Han smiled helplessly, walked to Jiu Qiu and squatted down, "Your Majesty, come on up."
Jiuqiu sniffed and climbed onto Jiang Han's back. Jiang Han lifted her up, weighed her and said, "You've become heavier."
"Nonsense." Jiuqiu hugged Jiang Han's neck tightly.
"I can't breathe." Jiang Han deliberately livened up the atmosphere and diverted Jiu Qiu's attention.
Jiuqiu hugged Jiang Han's neck tightly without saying another word.
Jiang Han did not say anything else, his eyes became very gentle, "Walk slowly, just like that..."
The snow was still falling, and the city became white because of the snow.
This was probably the heaviest snow Liangxia had ever seen in her life. She waited downstairs of Jiuqiu's dormitory, reaching out her hands to welcome the snowflakes dancing in the air. The snowflakes fell into her palms and quickly melted.
Because it was snowing and late, there were few people walking around the dormitory. Everyone was either hiding in the dormitory to keep warm or running out to play in the snow. Only Liangxia was standing there alone, occasionally taking a few steps to avoid freezing her feet.
Jiang Han carried the sleepy Jiuqiu to the downstairs of the girls' dormitory. As soon as he walked past the shadow of the street lamp, he saw Liangxia waiting ahead.
Seeing Liang Xia, Jiang Han was a little surprised and couldn't help but stop.
Liang Xia saw that Jiang Han didn't show any emotion. She remembered that Jian Yingfei once said that he and Jiu Qiu were in the same school.
Jiang Han paused for a moment, then said softly to Jiuqiu, who was lying on his back: "Lu Jiuqiu, you...get up and take a look, who is here."
"Who could come..." Jiuqiu said in a daze. She rubbed her eyes and raised her head reluctantly. The dim yellow light blurred her vision for a while, and Liangxia's figure immediately became clear in her eyes.
Jiuqiu saw that under the brightest street lamp, Liangxia was standing in a short white down jacket. She stood there calmly, her eyes looking in Jiuqiu's direction. There was a light layer of white snow on her head, and she looked very elegant and quiet.
"Liang...Xia..." Jiuqiu stuttered a little, as if he hadn't called this name for a long time. When he realized that it was indeed Liang Xia, Jiuqiu struggled to get off Jiang Han's back.
Jiang Han quickly put her down, and because of his hasty actions, Jiuqiu almost lost her balance after landing. Liangxia quickly walked over and stretched out a hand to support Jiuqiu.
Looking at the familiar face that was enlarged in front of him, Jiuqiu's eyes suddenly felt sore, and then he began to sob, but his eyes never left Liangxia.
Is this a dream? If I take my eyes off Liang Xia, what will I do if she suddenly disappears in the snow? "Why do you become so tearful?" Liang Xia asked, looking at Jiu Qiu.
"Liangxia..." Jiuqiu murmured her name, and unknowingly, lines of hot tears flowed down his face.
Liangxia cupped her hands, blew a few breaths of hot air into them, and then placed her warm palms on Jiuqiu's red face.
Jiuqiu burst into tears and rushed over to hug Liangxia, repeating: "Liangxia, Liangxia..."
At this moment, nothing she said could express how she felt.
Nothing is more important than Liang Xia coming to see her.
"Happy birthday, Jiuqiu." Liangxia stroked Jiuqiu's hair and said very gently.
They haven't talked like this for two years. In the past two years, Liang Xia has been brooding over Tang Cheng's matter and has never been kind to Jiu Qiu. She thought that by doing this, she could feel relieved for being deceived, but in fact, she has not been happier than Jiu Qiu in the past two years.
"Liangxia, I'm not dreaming, am I? Is it really you?" Jiuqiu grabbed Liangxia's hands, looked at her steadily, his voice still a little sobbing.
"It's not a dream, Jiuqiu, I'm sorry..." Liangxia said the three words "I'm sorry" with great difficulty.
The burden that had been hanging on my heart for the past two years because of her indifference was finally put down.
Jiuqiu shook his head and said, "You didn't do me any wrong...it was my fault..."
Liangxia smiled slightly, brushed the snow off Jiuqiu's shoulders, and asked, "Do you still remember the agreement we made when we were twenty?"
"I'll never forget it..." Jiuqiu said, "When we were twenty, we were going to Japan to see the snow."
Liangxia lowered her head and rummaged through her bag, then took out two pieces of paper and placed them in Jiuqiu's palm.
Jiuqiu opened her palm and saw that it was a ticket to Sapporo. She stared at Liangxia blankly, not reacting for a moment.
Liang Xia looked at Jiang Han who had been standing behind Jiu Qiu, and said to Jiu Qiu: "You can't let me stand here forever."
Jiu Qiu came back to his senses and said, "The bed in the dormitory is too small. I'll go out and book a hotel for you. That..."
Jiu Qiu looked back at Jiang Han and was about to thank him for accompanying her back, but Jiang Han took the lead and said, "Old friends meet, and I am half your friend. I will go to the hotel with you. It's too late now, and it's not safe for two girls."
Liang Xia keenly sensed Jiang Han's thoughts and smiled slightly: "Okay."
Jiang Han accompanied Liang Xia and Jiu Qiu to find a hotel. Along the way, Jiu Qiu held Liang Xia's arm tightly, as if he was really afraid that she would get lost.
Even though the two girls had not had close contact for two years due to the estrangement, when they were together again, those two years seemed like just a nightmare. Now, the dream is over and everything should go back to the way it was before.
Jiang Han sent Liang Xia and Jiu Qiu to the hotel. Jiu Qiu opened his arms said to Jiang Han excitedly, "Jiang Han, go back. It's too late! The two of us can handle it here."
Jiang Han didn't want to stay any longer, so he said, "I'll leave first. Please be careful and don't open the door if someone knocks."
"I know, I know. We are not children anymore." Jiuqiu leaned his arms on the hotel front desk counter and said without turning his head.
Jiang Han could hear her happiness, so he turned around and prepared to leave.
Liang Xia said: "Let me see you off, old classmate."
Jiang Han did not refuse. When he reached the door, Jiang Han suddenly turned around and looked at Liang Xia and asked, "Do you have something to say to me?"
"As expected of Jiang Han." Liang Xia smiled, looked back at Jiu Qiu who was lying on the counter, and asked, "Are you here because of Jiu Qiu?"
Jiang Han paused for a moment without saying anything, and then he smiled helplessly: "After not seeing you for so long, you have indeed become much smarter. I can't hide my little thoughts from you."
Liang Xia shook her head indifferently, still smiling slightly. She put her hands behind her back and said, "Don't worry, if you don't want to talk about it, I will naturally not mention it to Jiuqiu. In addition, thank you for accompanying Jiuqiu for the past two years. If it weren't for you, I can't imagine how she would have spent the past two years."
Liang Xia thanked Jiang Han, but he felt that it was unnecessary because he did all this voluntarily. Before leaving the hotel, Jiang Han only said one sentence to Liang Xia: "Now that you know how important you are to each other, don't argue for so long next time."
Looking at Jiang Han's back, and listening to Jiuqiu calling out in the hotel lobby, "Liangxia, come quickly," Liangxia silently said in her heart, "There won't be a next time..."
Liangxia turned around and walked towards Jiuqiu. Jiuqiu, who was standing opposite waiting for Liangxia, immediately showed a bright smile on his face.
It has been twenty years, and fate has bound them together since they were born.
Twenty years have passed, and they have become inseparable from each other's lives.