Chapter 5: The moment when fireflies flicker and heartstrings tremble 3
Seeing Yu Li leaving, Ji Feibai gave me a familiar smile and turned back into the gentle boy he used to be.
"Dingding, are you going out?"
I was still a little dazed, so I nodded and said, "Yes...yeah, I made an appointment with my friends to play together."
"That's great. I have to go out too. Let's take a taxi together, shall we?"
"Okay..." I stared at the direction where Yu Li left, and only came back to my senses when I could no longer see his back. "Let's go together?"
"Yeah, what's so difficult about this?"
Then Ji Feibai took me into a taxi. Along the way, we chatted about some trivial topics. Several times I wanted to ask about Yu Li, but he seemed unwilling to explain.
Yao Duotao and I met at the square in the city center. White pigeons flew around the square, pecking grains from travelers' hands from time to time. In the center of the square was a beautiful Western-style fountain, imitating the shape of a Greek girl's prayer pool. The white marble fountain reflected the sunlight, as dazzling as if it had been baptized by a holy spirit. In the center of the water was a girl who lowered her head to scoop up water, with a lifelike wreath on her head. Her elegant long skirt dragged into the pool, the azure water reflected the blue sky and white clouds, and silver coins lay quietly at the bottom of the pool.
At this time, many people were throwing coins into the pool. Among them was a tall girl, who was my best friend Yao Duotao.
"I got it! I got it!" Yao Duotao threw a silver coin, then quickly closed her eyes and muttered something to herself as she made a wish.
I made a trumpet shape with my hands and put them to my mouth, and shouted at her back: "Hey! Yao Duotao! Look here, I'm Ding Ding, I'm here!"
As soon as she heard my voice, she jumped over excitedly, and the hem of her pink dress flew up with her steps.
"Oh, Yan Dingding, you bad guy, so you are the 'Firefly Forest'! Don't you consider me your best friend? If I hadn't seen the live broadcast of the 'Phantom Star' competition that day, I wouldn't have known about this. Humph, are you going to keep this a secret from me for the rest of your life?"
Before I could react, she scolded me.
Oh, God, please stop! I can't let anyone mistake me for "Firefly Forest"!
I rushed over and covered her mouth.
"Don't say it. I'll explain it to you later. I brought a friend here today! Don't say it!"
Yao Duotao then realized Ji Feibai's existence. She supported my shoulders and peered in the direction of Ji Feibai: "Wow! Yan Dingding, who is he? Why is he so handsome? Quick, quick, tell me his name!"
Ouch, my God, my shoulder hurts so much. This guy’s love sickness has come back again.
"His name is Ji Feibai, and he's a member of the Hanamachi Research Institute. I mentioned him to you before!"
Yao Duotao tried hard to suppress her excitement: "Oh, I remember now, it's that gentle and steady boy, right? I didn't expect that he not only has a good personality, but also looks so handsome! How come you two are together?"
I was about to reply that it was just a drop in, but she suddenly jumped up and said, "Oh my God, are you two dating?"
What?
I was so shocked that I had to cover her mouth again.
Ji Feibai was carrying a cake, saying he was going to give it to someone else, but he said he wanted to finish shopping with us before leaving. Actually, I didn't really want to go with him, because Yao Duotao, the flower maniac, kept looking at us with gossipy eyes.
But there was nothing I could do, since he said so, I had no choice but to let him follow us.
I accompanied Yao Duotao to look around, and I always felt like there were eyes glued to my back. It was very embarrassing and I couldn't go shopping properly. And I wanted to buy some underwear today. How could I have the nerve to enter that girls' underwear store?
From time to time, I secretly looked back to see Ji Feibai's expression. He seemed very comfortable. He would pick up a dress, look at it, and recommend it to me.
Duoduo also noticed that I was distracted, so she leaned over to my ear and said, "Dingding, I think you and Ji Feibai are a good match! Look how gentlemanly he is, and he's willing to go shopping with girls... So, in order to create a chance for you, I'll leave first!"
"Ah? What did you say?"
Yao Duotao ran so fast that I couldn't even reach the hem of her skirt when I reached out.
As she ran, she turned back and waved to us, saying, "I'm leaving first! I just received a call from the cram school and I have to go see the teacher! You two can go shopping. Ji Feibai, you must send our Miss Yan Dingding back safely!"
Oh my god, long legs are great, they disappeared in an instant. This guy who has no loyalty at all, actually left me behind?
Ji Feibai walked up to me and said considerately, "Dingding, you've been walking around for so long, are you thirsty? How about we find a place to sit down and have a drink?"
"Ah?" It took me a long time to come back to my senses. "Drink something? Okay...Okay! I like apple juice."
Ji Feibai smiled, patted my shoulder and said, "Then I'll buy you some apple juice."
As he said that, he took a long step forward and went to buy apple juice.
I held the apple juice in my hand and sat on a bench in the mall with Ji Feibai to rest. Ji Feibai leaned elegantly on the bench, not touching the drink in his hand at all. I sipped the apple juice boredly and watched the people coming and going in the mall.
Ji Feibai held the phone, not knowing what he was looking at.
I turned my head and accidentally saw the photo on the screen.
"Hey, Ji Feibai, what are you doing?"
