Lin Leyao's school started on the 19th day of the first lunar month, and Mingliang came back on the 9th. In order to prevent Mingliang from being lonely, Lin Leyao moved back to her own home despite Jian Yan's objections and let Mingliang move in as well.
Of course when girls meet, they chatter all kinds of things. The two of them talked about everything that had happened from the holiday to the meeting, omitting what they had already said on the phone.
After listening to this, Mingliang said that she always thought meeting the parents was scary, but she didn't expect that a meeting between both sets of parents would be even scarier.
Since following Jian Yan, Lin Leyao has become more careful. From Mingliang's description, she discovered that this little girl has had some emotional problems recently! And it's a big one!
"Mingliang, don't you have anything else to say to me besides eating, drinking, defecating and urinating?" Lin Leyao lay on the bed and watched her take local specialties out of the suitcase.
In fact, the specialties of coastal cities are all similar, such as shredded squid, grilled fish fillets, etc., but she likes them.
Hearing her question, Mingliang stopped moving, turned to look at Lin Leyao and asked, "When did you break up with Jian Yan?"
Lin Leyao: “Why?”
"If we don't break up, I'm afraid you will soon learn Jian Yan's skill of seeing through people's hearts. By then, I won't have any secrets left in front of you." Mingliang said.
"Hey, we don't have any secrets, right?" Lin Leyao jumped off the bed and lay on Mingliang who was still squatting. "Tell me, tell me, what's going on?"
"Lin Leyao, why are you so gossipy?" Mingliang said with contempt.
"I only gossip about your affairs. I don't care about other people's affairs." Lin Leyao got off her, squatted in front of her, and held her face with both hands. Her eyes were like a hungry wolf seeing a rabbit.
Mingliang couldn't stand her look, so he could only tell her the whole story from beginning to end. Of course, before they finished, they sat on the bed instead of continuing to squat beside the suitcases.
After the winter vacation, Mingliang returned home and attended a high school reunion. She unexpectedly discovered that the boy she had a crush on in high school was also among them. He was also attending college in the same city, right next to their school.
It’s only a five-minute walk, but they haven’t seen each other for a year and a half.
The classmates started to tease and said that they were meant to be together. Mingliang still had feelings for Ma Ruge at the time and thought it was just a joke. But the boy seemed to take it seriously. After the class reunion, he often found various reasons to ask Mingliang out for dinner. At first, she refused, but after a while, she agreed once or twice.
Then she found out that the boy had liked her when he was in high school and had wanted to apply to the same university as her, but because of a few points difference in scores, he missed the opportunity and had to settle for the next best thing.
"Then why didn't he come to school to see you when he was in college?" Lin Leyao asked.
Mingliang said, "Actually, he came here twice, but unfortunately, I was walking with Ma Ruge both times. You know, the way Ma Ruge and I used to act like good brothers would be misunderstood by anyone."
"So he backed off?" Lin Leyao curled her lips, thinking that this boy was just like that. He backed off without asking for confirmation. He had no perseverance at all. Come to think of it, Jian Yan from their family was still the best. He was awesome.
"Lin Leyao, are you comparing him to Jian Yan?" Seeing the smile on Lin Leyao's face like spring flowers fluttering, Mingliang's words were an affirmative sentence rather than a question.
"How do you know...Okay, okay, it's all my fault, you continue, continue." Lin Leyao softened after seeing Mingjing's eyes.
She is such a spineless person!
In fact, the boy had tried to verify the relationship between Mingliang and Ma Ruge, but unfortunately he did not ask the people themselves, but asked some people who knew Mingliang indirectly.
As a result, everyone said that the two were having an affair, maybe even having a secret relationship, and some people even exaggerated and said some things that didn't exist.
Later, there was a class reunion. He knew that Mingliang was still single, so he mustered up the courage to ask her out again and again, and refused to let go no matter how she refused.
Mingliang said, "Yaoyao, you know what? He is very tall but very thin. He looks like a weak nerd, but he is very considerate to me. He will pull out the chair for me when eating, remember all the food I like and don't like, and remember all the important things to me, even if I don't remember some of them. Being with him, I finally feel loved."
"If that's the case, then why did you go back to school early?" Lin Leyao didn't understand.
"I was scared. I didn't know what I felt for him, whether I was touched or had a little crush on him. I knew that if we continued meet, I would be even more confused, so I found an excuse to go back to school." Mingliang lay on the bed, shouting, "This is not like me at all!"
“This is indeed not like you at all. The Mingliang I know would not evade. When faced with uncertainty, she would find a way to find out the problem and make herself sure.” Lin Leyao lay down beside her and stretched out her limbs like her.
"Forget it, forget it. Don't think about it. Things will work out when the time comes." Mingliang did not deny her statement.
She said she didn't want to think about it, so don't think about it. Lin Leyao thought to herself that Mingliang might fall into the hands of that nerd this time. In order to avoid being strangled to death, she didn't say it out loud. She only mentioned it to Jian Yan later when she met him, and Jian Yan said something that stunned her.
Jian Yan said, "Didn't Mingliang tell you? Ma Ruge also confessed his love to her."
Ma Ruge!
At this time, the two of them were walking on the street, and a very common song was playing in their ears: "It was you who wanted to break up, so we broke up. Now you want to use your true love to coax me back. Love is not something you can sell whenever you want. Let me break free, let me understand, let go of your love..."
These lyrics are not really suitable for Mingliang, but Lin Leyao couldn't help but want to sing them out loud.
It wasn't that Mingliang didn't mention this on purpose. She had talked so much about her secret crush on boys that she forgot about Ma Ruge. Maybe she herself didn't even notice the tilt of the balance in her heart.
Oh, by the way, the boy I have a crush on is called Tan Ziwen, and his name suits him.
"This is for you." Lin Leyao handed a beautifully packaged box to Jian Yan.
When he opened it, he found a belt. He didn't recognize the LOGO on the box, but he thought it should not be a well-known brand.
"Why did you suddenly think of giving me a gift?" Jian Yan asked in confusion.
He always said that he was careful, how come he even forgot Valentine's Day? Lin Leyao was very dissatisfied. She had expected Jian Yan to give her a surprise before, but now it seemed that there was a surprise, but she could not expect any happiness.
"It's nothing, I just suddenly wanted to give you a gift. If you don't like it, just give it back to me." Lin Leyao said dissatisfiedly.
"It was sunny just now, why did it suddenly become cloudy?" Jian Yan held the box tightly in his hand, "I didn't say I didn't want it. This is the best gift I have received in the past 20 years."
"Don't give me that. It's not worth much." Compared to the things Lin Leyao usually used, this belt was indeed not worth much. But every penny she used to buy it was earned by herself, not a penny from her parents.
"No matter if it's worth money or not, I like it the most because it was given to me by Yaoyao." Jian Yan hugged him in his arms, "Did you give me the belt because you want to keep me by your side forever?"
Mingliang had reminded her of the belt's meaning when she bought it, but... she felt that even if a boy was careful, he wouldn't know it was something from a little girl.
She didn't expect that he actually knew. Should she say that the boy was considerate or nagging?
I still didn't dare to say this out loud, so I could only flatter him: "Of course I want to keep you, the handsome one, by my side."
Jian Yan was very pleased with the compliment, and a big smile appeared on his face.
"Ma Ruge is back and said he wants to treat you to a meal. Do you want to go?" Jian Yan added, "I think he also called Mingliang."
Lin Leyao's brain started singing "Love Business" again.
Lin Leyao only agreed to the meal after asking Mingliang. The last time the four of them were together was when they were eating hotpot, and Mingliang failed to confess his love and got drunk.
This time the situation is reversed, with Ma Ruge being full of worries and the outcome of her confession unknown.
When leaving, Mingliang asked Lin Leyao: "Do you think this man is a jerk? When you liked him, he said he had no feelings for you. After you gave up on him, he chased after you and said something like, 'I only realized I loved you after I lost you.'"
Lin Leyao nodded and expressed her deep agreement.
This was a meal that the other four people, except Jian Yan, ate like wax.
Ma Ruge is usually a very straightforward person, but this time he hesitated for a long time and couldn't say a single word with a point. He kept making all kinds of indirect remarks and hints.
After listening for a long time, Lin Leyao finally understood that he just wanted to ask Mingliang if he had a boyfriend, which was why he refused to give him an answer.
See, if this isn’t being a masochist, what is?
Finally, Mingliang couldn't stand it anymore, she slammed her chopsticks on the table, and the "pop" sound scared Lin Leyao. She said: "Ma Ruge, don't beat around the bush, I don't like you anymore. We can still be friends in the future, but don't make jokes about dating anymore."
Did Mingliang think it through? Wasn't she still struggling with how she felt about Ma Ruge?
The story goes back to three days ago, when Lin Leyao learned about Ma Ruge's confession and went back to ask Mingliang. Mingliang simply told her the story and analyzed her feelings. The conclusion was that she was not sure about her feelings for Ma Ruge or Tan Ziwen.
You figured it all out in just three days? Lin Leyao was shocked.
She had completely forgotten what happened between her and Jian Yan, but it only took her one night to remember everything clearly.
Hearing this, Ma Ruge shrank like a deflated ball. Lin Leyao felt a little sympathetic towards him, but she also felt that he was not worthy of sympathy at all.
Having said that, they naturally couldn't eat anymore. After a simple meal, Ma Ruge insisted on dragging everyone to sing karaoke. As a result, the three of them listened to Lin Leyao singing "Love Business" all night long like they were looking at fools.
After singing, Ma Ruge finally mustered up the courage to keep Mingliang and wanted to talk to her alone. After he repeatedly promised Lin Leyao that he would send Mingliang back as soon as possible, she was willing to let him go with Jian Yan.
It is always rainy in the south in winter. It rained for three consecutive days and the ground was muddy. It was really not a good day for chatting.
Mingliang and Ma Ruge were walking side by side on the road. The rain was hitting the umbrellas rhythmically, making a discordant sad song.
"Mingliang." Ma Ruge stopped, as if she had made a very difficult decision. She took a deep breath and asked, "Are you serious about what you said tonight?"
"Hmm?" Mingliang looked up, his eyes twinkling with stars brighter than the lights.
She looked like this when I first met her, with stars in her eyes.
How did I miss it? Ma Ruge asked herself.
He still remembered the day when Mingliang confessed her love to him. She put away her edge and stood in front of him. He even teased her for being pretentious.
When she said that she liked her, he subconsciously rejected her without leaving any room for negotiation.
They are buddies, they can chat and laugh happily, and can be close to each other, but all this has nothing to do with feelings, right?
Later, he did wonder whether he liked Mingliang, but he could never come to a conclusion. Until one day, when he stood outside the crowd and saw her smiling at others, he suddenly realized that she liked him. At first, he mistook liking her for a habit.
"Ma Ruge, I used to like you very much." Mingliang saw that he was distracted, and smiled bitterly, "But that was all in the past. When you rejected me, I was really sad. I kept wondering what was wrong with me that made you dislike me. Later I thought it through. Every carrot has its own hole. It's not that I am a bad carrot, but that you are not the hole for me."
"Why?" Ma Ruge didn't understand, he was just a little late.
"I like someone else." Mingliang said.
She fell in love with someone else, and in an instant, she felt hopeless.
Ma Ruge silently took a taxi to send Mingliang back. Along the way, neither of them spoke.
Sometimes love is like this. No one will stand there waiting for you forever. If you miss it, you really miss it.
At night, Mingliang and Lin Leyao lay flat on the bed, unable to fall asleep.
She had been holding it in for the entire night and had always wanted to ask Mingliang what had happened between them and Ma Ruge, but seeing that she had been silent since she came back, she thought that she must be sad, so she did not dare to ask .
"Jian Yan, do you think Mingliang would be even sadder if I ask now? I am really worried about her." Lin Leyao took out her cell phone and sent a message to Jian Yan.
"Lin Leyao, you, go to bed immediately, Mingliang is fine." Jian Yan replied her quickly.
He must have known something from Ma Ruge, but he didn't even tell her. That was really too much.
Soon, Jian Yan sent another message: "It's obvious that Mingliang has made a decision about what happened tonight. She still needs time to digest it. At this moment, what she needs most is quietness."
Lin Leyao understood that what Jian Yan said made sense, but she was still worried!
Is Mingliang already with Tan Ziwen? Otherwise, why would she reject Ma Ruge so resolutely?
Lin Leyao stared at the ceiling with wide eyes, not feeling sleepy at all. What should she do?
Mingliang suddenly turned sideways and said, "Lin Leyao, what are you sighing about?"
Huh? She actually spoke out loud? She thought she was just sighing silently in her heart.
"Do you want to know why I said those things today? And what did Ma Ruge and I talk about alone?" Mingliang asked.
Lin Leyao: "How do you know?"
Mingliang snorted coldly: "How could you not ask if you are such a nosy person?"
"How can I gossip?" Lin Leyao thought for a moment and said, "I just care about you!"
"I was hesitant before. I wasn't sure whether I still liked Ma Ruge, so I didn't dare to agree to Tan Ziwen. Until yesterday, I accompanied you to buy a gift for Jian Yan. You asked me if I wanted to buy a belt for the person I liked. The first person I thought of was Tan Ziwen instead of Ma Ruge. At that moment, I knew how to choose." Mingliang said.
No wonder she was silent all the way after buying the gifts. Lin Leyao thought she was sick and wanted to send her to the hospital.
Speaking of belts, Lin Leyao was sad again. Looking at Jian Yan's appearance today, it seemed that he had completely forgotten Valentine's Day. She had worked so hard to earn money to buy him a gift!
"Mingliang, do you think Jian Yan really doesn't remember when Valentine's Day is? I tried to test him when I gave him a gift today, but he seemed to not remember it at all." Lin Leyao said distressedly.
"Don't worry, even if others don't remember Jian Yan, she will definitely remember her. Maybe she will give you a big surprise at that time. Just wait patiently." Mingliang said.
Could it be like this?
That night, Lin Leyao had a dream. In the dream, she and Jian Yan were walking hand in hand on a meadow full of pink flowers. Suddenly, a pink pig appeared in the sky. Jian Yan pointed at the pig and said, "Yaoyao, this is my Valentine's Day gift to you. Are you happy?"
"Jian Yan, why did you give me a pig as a gift?"
"Lin Leyao, are you a pig?"
"Jian Yan, your grandfather!" Lin Leyao shouted, and her eyes suddenly opened. Mingliang was standing in front of her with one hand on his waist and sneering.
"Lin Leyao, you are such a pig. How did you manage to sleep under the bed?" Mingliang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. " Also, did you mistake me for Jian Yan? Tsk tsk, you really dream about what you think about during the day."
So that was Mingliang’s curse?
Wuuu, she wanted to cry. Jian Yan hadn't told her yet why he gave her a pink pig.