"Let's go." Jiang Huai reached out his hand to me again. This time I didn't avoid it, but put my hand in his palm.
We walked into the designated passage and after about ten minutes, we finally saw the light at the exit.
"There!" I looked carefully and found a person standing in the light. That person was Dujuan.
I waved at her, not caring whether she could see me or not, and shouted, "Dujuan, I'm here!"
"She can't hear you from such a distance." Jiang Huai said, "Do you have any more questions for me?"
"Yeah." I nodded, "No more."
I don't want to ask why he and Xu Chenxi were in the hall that night. Because if you trust someone, don't doubt them. And sometimes, some things, since they are in the past, let them stay in the past.
"It's so far away." I walked for a few more minutes, but the exit still seemed far away. I couldn't help but be a little surprised, "It turns out that eyes can deceive people."
“So sometimes it looks very close, but it is actually very far away. Sometimes it seems out of reach, but you can touch it with your hand,” Jiang Huai said.
Yes, for the five of us, in the eyes of others , we must be close friends, but only we ourselves understand that the past estrangement has left a rift between us.
I once thought that I would never see Jiang Huai again in this life. But now, I am holding his hand and walking towards the light together.
Life is really wonderful. It cannot be arranged, and no one knows where we will go next, but at least we can grasp what is in front of us.
I continued walking forward for another quarter of an hour, and this time I was finally close to the exit. Du Juan waved at me, and for some reason, my eyes suddenly turned red. This guy had painstakingly planned this seaside adventure, probably because of me.
To help me get out of the maze I had set for myself.
We continued walking forward, and finally the exit was within reach. I looked outside and found that Ming Qinghe and Xu Chenxi were not there. I was a little surprised. Could it be that Jiang Huai and I were the first to come out?
Just when I was confused, I saw a flash of light behind Du Juan. I realized that Du Juan was standing on the beach, and the exit of the cave was actually on the beach!
Those swaying and flying into the sky are fireworks.
"Su Shan'er." Jiang Huai suddenly held my hand tightly. I turned back to look at him. His eyes were very warm. He said, "I...you..."
"Bang——" fireworks bloomed in the sky, I looked into his eyes, at that moment, the fireworks in his eyes were incredibly beautiful.
Amid the sound of fireworks, I didn't hear what he said to me. I pursed my lips and smiled. Although I didn't hear it, from his eyes, I think I knew what he said.
I let go of his hand and ran out of the cave. The exploding firework was so big that it seemed to cover the entire sky.
A moment of beauty can leave a mark in the pupils.
I looked back at Jiang Huai and he was smiling at me.
"Shan'er!" Xu Chenxi's voice came from behind me. She and Ming Qinghe came out from another cave. "It looks like we're tied."
"Huh?" I was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that whoever caught Du Juan first would win the game, so I quickly reached out to grab Du Juan. At the same time, Xu Chenxi also reached out and grabbed Du Juan's other hand.
"Hahaha!"
The three of us looked at each other and then started laughing like crazy.
I know that the lost happiness has finally returned to me.
"What beautiful fireworks." I pointed at a firework that suddenly exploded in the sky and said, "How can there be so many fireworks?"
Du Juan smiled and pointed at Jiang Huai behind me and said, "These fireworks were brought by Jiang Huai."
I suddenly remembered that Jiang Huai did not come with us. At that time, Xu Chenxi said that Jiang Huai came a day earlier to familiarize himself with the environment, pack up things, and do preparatory work.
"This is a new environmentally friendly variety that my family has developed. I brought it to the beach to try it out and see the effect." Jiang Huai looked up at the sky, "It seems that the trial effect is good."
"There are still firework sticks!" Du Juan took a few firework sticks from the open space behind him and gave one to each of us. "However, originally it was planned that the loser would be responsible for cleaning up the debris of the fireworks, but now there is no loser. After the fireworks are over, everyone can clean up together before leaving!"
"Got it!" I said with a smile, "Dujuan, thank you, the adventure was fun, the only regret is that you didn't join us."
"I'm the planner," Du Juan said. "As the planner, when I wrote down the rules, I already had the answer in my mind. There's no suspense in participating, and it's not fun."
"Fan'er." Xu Chenxi walked over to me and took out a very cute hairpin from her pocket. "Don't move." She stretched out her hand and pinned the hairpin on my hair. "Sure enough, this hairpin suits you best."
"Huh? This hairpin looks so familiar." Du Juan looked at the hairpin, as if lost in thought, "I feel like I've seen it somewhere."
"Think about it again." Xu Chenxi said with a smile.
"Ah!" Du Juan's eyes suddenly widened. "I remember now. This was brought back from abroad by Shan'er's mother when we were in elementary school. How did you get this?"
"Because I like it too, I went to many places and secretly bought one, but I never wore it once." Xu Chenxi said, taking out another hairpin from his pocket. This kind of hairpin comes in a pair, so you have to buy two together.
She pinned the hairpin in the same position as me and said, "That's great. I finally mustered up the courage to bring the hairpin to you."
Yes, that’s great, just like I am finally no longer confused, Xu Chenxi is also finally no longer confused.
The last firework went out in the sky, and we picked up garbage bags and picked up the debris from the fireworks that fell on the beach.
"Little Apple, you're not scared, are you?" Ming Qinghe walked up to me with a garbage bag in his hand and asked me with a smile, "Were you scared to tears? The flashlight suddenly dimmed. Was it exciting?"
"So you knew!" I glared at him, "You knew but you didn't tell me in advance."
"Of course I know, because I was the one who prepared the flashlight." Ming Qinghe said with a somewhat smug look on his face, "If I had told you earlier, it wouldn't have been fun."
"You and Dujuan are really in cahoots." I said with a smile, "But it's really not easy for Dujuan to come up with such a big adventure."
"To be honest, I was really shocked when I heard her idea! It's not easy for a little stupid bird who never uses his brain to come up with such an alternative adventure." Ming Qinghe laughed, " Of course ."
"Du Juan is not stupid," I retorted. "In fact, she is very smart."
Because she would do the right thing at the right time. Compared to someone like me who always chooses the easiest way, Du Juan obviously thinks much more. She just disguises herself and becomes a silly girl who laughs and laughs. This Du Juan is probably to protect herself, and of course, to protect me.
"Little Apple, have you ever thought about where you want to study in the future?" Ming Qinghe squatted down beside me and helped me clean up the fireworks debris on the ground. "South or North, or... somewhere else?"
"Uh..." I thought about it and didn't know how to answer him for a moment. "Actually, I haven't really thought about it. I think at least let me relax before the scores come out. It's okay to think about the choices and the future in a few days."
"The scores should be out soon." Ming Qinghe said, "But what you said makes sense. I really don't want to think about the future."
"What are you talking about? It seems very lively!" Du Juan ran over and said with a smile, "Chenxi and the others have already cleaned up, you guys should speed up too!"
"That's good." Being interrupted by Du Juan, Ming Qinghe and I had to end the topic of where to study.
I was actually relieved because I didn’t think I was ready to choose my future.
"Once I'm done cleaning up, I'll put these in the trash can over there." Ming Qinghe picked up the trash bag and walked away.
Du Juan stood in front of me, looked at me with a smile, and said, "Shan'er, are you happy now?"
"I'm very happy." My eyes were a little wet. Dujuan, who was as cute as a doll, cared so much about me.
Du Juan grabbed my hand and pulled me forward. The night sea breeze blew on my face, which was incredibly comfortable and made my heart calmer than ever before.
Du Juan said: "I suddenly feel that it is so great to be able to come to the beach."
"Yeah, that's great."
Originally, I just wanted everyone to go back to the past and come here. Although the current result is still some distance away from my goal, the most important thing is that I have been able to face my own heart.
"Ah, I really want to keep walking like this." Du Juan sighed, "Following this coastline, keep walking, what will be at the end?"
"There is no end." I laughed, "Because the earth is round, if we keep walking, we will return to the starting point and then continue to move towards the next starting point."
"Maybe life is like this too. In fact, every end is the next starting point." Du Juan suddenly said, "Shan'er, does that mean that our relationship seems to have come to an end, but in fact, everything has just begun?"
"Yes." Du Juan said this, and I also felt like something was suddenly revealed. "If you quarrel, just make up; if you become strangers, just get to know each other again. Du Juan, thank you, I know what to do now!"
Du Juan was stunned for a moment, then turned her head slightly, squinted her eyes and said with a smile: "Well, Shan'er is really reliable."
That's true. All along, I have been thinking about how to repair the broken friendship. But if we think about it from another perspective, assuming that we have such an unfriendly relationship from the beginning, and things have gotten so bad that they won't get worse, then no matter what we do in the future, no matter what happens, we will definitely be moving in a good direction.