Lan Yin did not pose any threat to Liang Xia because Tang Cheng rejected Lan Yin.
This incident is very interesting. Lan Yin secretly sent a love letter to Tang Cheng, and Jiu Qiu saw it. But Jiu Qiu said nothing. After school, Jiu Qiu secretly followed Tang Cheng.
Tang Cheng seemed to have not noticed the love letter in his schoolbag.
Jiuqiu walked behind Tang Cheng, covered his mouth and coughed twice.
Tang Cheng turned around and asked in surprise: "Jiuqiu?"
Jiuqiu jumped forward and walked side by side with Tang Cheng, with a mysterious light in his eyes: "I saw you have been having affairs recently."
"Ah?" Tang Cheng blushed when he heard it, "Where are the peach blossoms?"
Jiuqiu's expression became serious. She grabbed Tang Cheng's schoolbag without saying anything, unzipped it, and then lifted it upside down. In an instant, everything in the schoolbag fell out, including the sky blue love letter.
"Wow, what is this?" Jiuqiu threw away his schoolbag, picked up the love letter, and shook it in front of Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng shook his head in confusion: "I don't know."
Jiuqiu opened the love letter and covered his mouth in surprise: "Eh——"
Tang Cheng stared at her with wide eyes.
Jiuqiu held up the letter with two fingers in disdain and handed it to Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng took it and looked at it, his face turned even redder.
Written on it were all the girl's thoughts that she was too embarrassed to talk about, but they were expressed very explicitly in the love letter, making Tang Cheng's face turn red.
"What should we do?" Jiuqiu watched the show from the side.
Tang Cheng thought for a moment, folded the letter again, and said, "I will respond." After that, he bent down and picked up the books that Jiuqiu had poured out and put them back into his schoolbag one by one.
Jiu Qiu asked, "How do you respond? You won't agree because you're afraid of hurting her, right?"
"How could that be?" Tang Cheng suddenly raised his head, his eyes revealing "How can you question me?"
Jiu Qiu pursed his lips: "Then how do you respond?"
"I have a plan." Tang Cheng packed his schoolbag, put it back on his back, and said, "You should go home quickly. It will be dark soon."
After saying that, Tang Cheng left.
Jiuqiu stood there for a while, then turned around and went home.
The last ray of warm light from the setting sun shone on them, leaving two long shadows.
Jiuqiu did not tell Liangxia about this.
The next day, Tang Cheng took Jiu Qiu away. In Tang Cheng's words, he wanted to reject Lan Yin, but was afraid of being soft-hearted when seeing a girl cry, so he asked Jiu Qiu to cheer him up.
Jiuqiu followed Tang Cheng helplessly. Did he know what girls were thinking? If he took her with him, Lan Yin would definitely think that Tang Cheng liked her, okay?
But there was no other way. For Liangxia's happiness, Jiuqiu could only go ahead.
In the corner of the corridor of the teaching building, Lan Yin looked at Tang Cheng, and then cast a puzzled look at Jiu Qiu next to her.
Jiuqiu did not avoid it, but waved to Lan Yin silently as a greeting.
Lan Yin lowered her head slightly and bit her lower lip lightly, knowing in her heart that something bad was going to happen.
"Lan Yin." Tang Cheng called her name softly.
"Yeah." Lan Yin didn't dare to look up.
Tang Cheng didn't beat around the bush and said, "I've read the letter you sent me. Thank you for your kindness, but I just want to study hard now and don't want other things to affect me."
Lan Yin raised her eyes, glanced at Jiu Qiu, and asked, "Is it just because you want to study hard?"
"I have nothing to do with him." Jiuqiu quickly tried to distance himself from the matter and said with a pout.
"Yes! Just because of this." Tang Cheng said solemnly.
Lan Yin didn't know why, but she couldn't explain why. She held her hands together, lowered her head, and suddenly, crystal tears fell from her eyes.
When Tang Cheng saw this, he suddenly became nervous.
Jiuqiu folded his arms, leaned against the wall and watched this scene, thinking to himself, maybe Lan Yin will have to grow up to understand that you should not believe any reason a boy gives to reject your love, he rejects you just because he doesn't like you.
Jiuqiu didn't know why, but at that moment, she suddenly understood this truth.
"What's there to cry about? You might as well study hard and not regret it in the future." Jiuqiu's brows showed impatience. She grabbed Tang Cheng's wrist and said to him, "Go back to class."
Tang Cheng was taken away by Jiu Qiu. Lan Yin sobbed a few times, wiped away her tears silently, and stood there for a long time. Although people's feelings are different at different ages, the feeling of heartache is so uncomfortable from beginning to end.
For the first time, Lan Yin felt sad in her heart, although it was nothing compared to other feelings she would experience in her long life.
Jiuqiu also did not tell Liangxia about this matter.
Liang Xia knew nothing and was immersed in the dream of getting closer to Tang Cheng.
The last exam of the third grade determines which high school they can go to. So, in the last year of the third grade, Liang Xia tried her best to catch up with Tang Cheng's score.
"Come on, Liangxia, your grades are already very good! Tang Cheng only scored three points higher than you in the last exam, and you've been reading books and memorizing words day and night. Is it that necessary? With your grades, you can definitely go to a key high school!" Jiuqiu took a skipping rope and wanted to ask Liangxia to go out and play together, but Liangxia was wearing headphones and was busy listening to words, and ignored Jiuqiu at all.
Jiuqiu sat down depressed, and faced with Liangxia's disregard, he grabbed his hair in anger.
However, Liangxia remained indifferent.
Jiuqiu paused and called out softly, "Huh? Tang Cheng!"
With a "swish", the headphones were taken off, and Liang Xia asked Jiu Qiu in surprise: "Where?"
Jiuqiu looked at Liangxia indifferently. Liangxia realized belatedly that she was lying to her and silently picked up the headphones again.
Jiuqiu rushed over and grabbed her hand, coaxing her: "Good Liangxia, stop being a nerd! Come play with me."
"I really don't want to go. I want to surpass Tang Cheng in the next exam. Only if my grades are better than his will he notice me."
"He's noticed you."
"not enough."
Jiuqiu was speechless for a moment. She didn't understand how much attention would be considered enough for Liangxia.
Unable to resist Liangxia, Jiuqiu had to go and play alone.
Yuncheng is a small city with a small population. At night, the whole city is shrouded in lights, as if only the lights can prove that the city is still alive.
Jiuqiu ran around the river swinging the rope, thinking about Liangxia as he ran.
Compared to Liang Xia, her life is really terrible.
Liangxia has a boy she likes, has good grades, and knows what she wants for the future. What about her? She only knows how to play and stir up trouble every day. No wonder even her mother likes Liangxia.
Jiuqiu couldn't help feeling melancholy as he thought about this.
She put away the rope and walked slowly along the river. Not long after, she met a man by the river, a man holding a Chinese textbook and reciting a poem under a street light.
It’s Tang Cheng.
Tang Cheng was holding a textbook, wandering around, shaking his head, like an ancient teacher.
Jiuqiu watched and couldn't help laughing out loud.
Hearing the laughter, Tang Cheng looked over quickly. After seeing that it was Jiuqiu, he hurriedly hid the book behind him and said in a panic: "Jiu...Jiuqiu! Why are you here?"
"What are you panicking about?" Jiuqiu walked over and imitated Tang Cheng reciting a poem, "Death before the mission is accomplished, always makes heroes shed tears."
"Don't make fun of me." Tang Cheng turned his head away awkwardly. "It's because I have this habit of memorizing books that I secretly memorized them outside."
Seeing through Tang Cheng's thoughts, Jiu Qiu stood there like a bad girl and asked, "If you don't want others to see you, why don't you recite it at home?"
Tang Cheng tightened his grip on the textbook. He smiled weakly, shook his head, and sat down on the stone bench next to him: "I can't memorize it at home."
Jiu Qiu nodded, knowing that he didn't want to say too much, so he asked, "Have you finished reciting it?"
Tang Cheng shook his head.
"Then you continue, I won't disturb you anymore." Jiu Qiu said, preparing to leave.
Suddenly, Tang Cheng called her: "Jiuqiu."
Jiuqiu turned around: "Hmm?"
Tang Cheng hesitated to speak, and finally asked, "Didn't Liang Xia come out with you?"
"Oh." Jiu Qiu suddenly realized, walked over and smiled maliciously, "So you were thinking about Liang Xia. You two are really a perfect match, one of you is hiding in your room and doing dictation, just to surpass someone in grades and attract that person's attention; the other is reciting ancient Chinese by the river, but thinking about your sweetheart in your heart, tsk tsk."
Although Tang Cheng was a boy, he was still young, so he was inevitably shy when talking about these things. He slapped Jiu Qiu and said, "Hey, why don't you control your mouth when you talk?"
"Oh, there's nothing to be shy about." Jiuqiu said carelessly.
"You are a girl after all! You can say such things in public." Tang Cheng whispered, "See which boy will like you."
"Haha, then I'll rely on you then." Jiuqiu said nonchalantly, but then felt something was wrong.
Seeing Tang Cheng lower his head and keep silent, Jiu Qiu suddenly didn't know what to say. She felt restless for no reason and said, "I'm going back."
After saying this, he ran away without waiting for Tang Cheng to reply.
The wind blowing from the river brought the coolness of the river water. Tang Cheng slowly raised his head and looked in the direction where Jiuqiu left. After a while, he picked up the book again and continued to recite the ancient Chinese poems that he had not finished reciting.
That night, Jiuqiu couldn't fall asleep for a long time after he returned home.
She didn't know why she couldn't sleep, she just felt like something was messing with her heart, making it feel messy.
Jiuqiu later told Liangxia about this. Liangxia held her face and exclaimed in surprise: "Jiuqiu, you have met someone you like!"
Jiuqiu pushed Liangxia away depressedly. Someone he likes? How is that possible?
Liang Xia squeezed next to Jiu Qiu with a gossipy look on her face and asked curiously, "Who is it?"
Jiu Qiu held his head, feeling overwhelmed. "There really is no one. Who can I like? Which of these ordinary people can catch my eye?"
Liang Xia curled her lips: "It seems that none of them can be done."
Jiuqiu has always looked down on the boys in Yuncheng and has always said that when she grows up, she will go to a farther place to find someone more suitable.
But at that age, how could they understand what love is?
"Jiuqiu." Liangxia suddenly turned around and sat next to Jiuqiu, holding her arm, and asked, "What should we do if we like the same boy in the future?"
Hearing this, Jiu Qiu was stunned for a moment. Then, she said, "Impossible."
"What if?" Liang Xia asked, tilting her head.
"We like different types of boys. I like the kind of boys who are proud and strong and can compete with me! But what about you? You like the kind of boys like Tang Cheng." Jiuqiu deliberately pronounced the word "Tang Cheng" mysteriously.
Liangxia shook off Jiuqiu's arm and her expression became shy.
As Jiuqiu watched, the smile on his face disappeared and a hint of melancholy appeared in his eyes.
"If that day really comes," Jiu Qiu raised his head slightly and said, "I will definitely not compete with you. Because to me, Liang Xia is my most important friend in this world. I will wish you happiness."
Liang Xia listened, and a strong happiness welled up in her heart. She leaned gently on Jiu Qiu's shoulder and said softly: "No, if you like someone, I will definitely not like him. For you, I won't either."
Jiuqiu said this and did it.
Liang Xia said this because she had never thought that they would actually fall in love with the same person.
In the next exam, Liang Xia's score exceeded Tang Cheng's.
The teacher praised Liang Xia in class, and the whole class applauded her. Tang Cheng, who was beside Liang Xia, also applauded very hard. Amid the applause , Tang Cheng said sincerely: "Liang Xia, you are really amazing."
you are great.
Liangxia kept repeating these four words for the whole day, and was still secretly delighted during lunch. Jiuqiu scolded her: "What a promising young man!"
Liang Xia didn't mind and said sweetly, "You don't understand."
Jiuqiu bit the spoon and stared at Liangxia: "Have you ever thought about what to do after graduation?"
Liang Xia said, "I heard that Tang Cheng wanted to go to Nanshi to study."
"What about you? Are you coming too?"
"It's not me, it's us, you and me." Liang Xia corrected.
Jiu Qiu shook his head: "I can't pass the exam with my grades."
"Then I'll give you extra lessons!"
"Ah, it's so annoying. I hate tutoring the most."
"Jiuqiu..." Liangxia grabbed Jiuqiu's hand and began to act coquettishly, "Just come with me. If you're not with me, I'll be a poor worm without a mother."
Jiu Qiu rolled her eyes at her: "I'm not your mother."
"But you promised my mother that you would take good care of me." Liang Xia started pretending to be pitiful.
Jiuqiu supported his chin with one hand and looked at Liangxia helplessly.
If she really left Liang Xia, what would become of this silly girl?
I'm afraid if I get bullied, I won't know how to fight back.
Jiuqiu was weighing the pros and cons, with two little guys fighting in his heart.
Liang Xia begged her for a long time that day, but she still hadn't thought it through. In the afternoon self-study class, the four of them put their desks together to study. Tang Cheng casually asked everyone which school they would go to in the future, and Liang Xia said Nanshi No. 1 High School.
Tang Cheng smiled and said, "This way, we can continue to be classmates. Xiaoguan, Jiuqiu, what about you?" Before Jiuqiu could answer, Liangxia said, "Jiuqiu is also applying to Nanshi No. 1 High School! Together with me."
Jiuqiu smiled and said nothing.
Tang Cheng said: "Then the four of us have the same goal, so let's have a common opinion." Guan Linxiu did not express his opinion. His silence meant he agreed. He was like this most of the time.
After school that day, Jiuqiu returned home and stayed in the bedroom for a long time.
The minute hand of the clock on the wall ran two full circles, and the night outside became even darker. Jiuqiu slowly picked up the book and started flipping through it. Only then did she decide in her heart that she would go to Nanshi No. 1 High School.
She herself didn't know why she made this decision and for whom.
Maybe when she grows up she will understand that everything she did was actually for herself.
The day after the entrance examination was over, the weather was very hot and humid.
Liang Xia and Tang Cheng, who walked out of the examination room early, stood at the door of the examination room, each holding two bottles of ice water, chatting and laughing .
Jiu Qiu saw it from a distance, hesitated for a moment, and turned away. This scene was just seen by Tang Cheng.
During the summer vacation after the entrance examination, Tang Cheng invited everyone to go swimming.
After the time was agreed, Liangxia dragged Jiuqiu all over Yuncheng, just to buy a swimsuit that looked beautiful but not too revealing. Jiuqiu helped her choose for the 145th time, and finally found a swimsuit that Liangxia was satisfied with.
"It's the first time I'm dressed like this in front of him. I'm so nervous." Liang Xia kept looking down at the shopping bag in her hand.
Jiuqiu didn't say anything, so Liangxia asked, "Jiuqiu, what are you wearing?"
"Me? I do."
"Hey? When did you get a swimsuit?" Liang Xia and Jiu Qiu grew up together and were too familiar with each other. How could she not know that she could swim?
"I went abroad to study and play with my dad two years ago." Jiuqiu said nonchalantly.
"Ah? So you can swim, and I'm the only landlubber?" Liang Xia said pitifully.
Hearing this, Jiuqiu smiled and said, "What's wrong with being a landlubber? This way, Tang Cheng will have a reason to teach you how to swim."
Liang Xia's face flushed red. She grabbed Jiu Qiu's arm and scolded him, "You're so annoying!"
Jiuqiu let Liangxia pull her and watched the sunset glow on her face.
Life is long, and Jiuqiu's life is short. In that period of her life, Liangxia was more important than her family, so she would try her best to meet any requests of Liangxia.
No matter who Liang Xia likes, she will definitely help her to the best of her ability.
And, she has been helping her.
On the day of swimming, there were a lot of people in the swimming pool.
There are people wearing all kinds of swimsuits in the swimming pool. Children like Liangxia and her friends will not be even glanced at by others. Only the sexy beauties in their twenties are the focus of the swimming pool.
Liang Xia, who was of average build, looked down at herself with some inferiority.
Tang Cheng and Guan Linxiu were playing in the swimming pool like happy ducks.
Liang Xia supported her cheeks with both hands and sighed, "Why hasn't Jiuqiu come out yet?"
"Liangxia, aren't you going to come down?" Tang Cheng shouted in the swimming pool.
Liang Xia shrank her neck and shook her head.
"Can't you swim?" Tang Cheng swam over and asked.
Liang Xia blushed and shook her head.
Tang Cheng seemed to want to say something, but he looked away in an instant. Liang Xia followed his gaze and saw Jiu Qiu finally coming out of the locker room.
She was wearing a three-point burgundy swimsuit. Her tall stature and fair skin set off the red, making her look particularly beautiful.
Jiuqiu came over with a worried look on his face, sat next to Liangxia, and said, "I've gained weight recently, and I hesitated for a long time before coming out."
Liang Xia glanced at Jiuqiu with envy, and sighed sincerely: "She's not fat! And..." She leaned close to Jiuqiu's ear and said mysteriously, "Our Jiuqiu has a great figure!"
Jiuqiu listened to Liangxia's words and accidentally met Tang Cheng's gaze. Tang Cheng was stunned for a moment, then slowly sank into the swimming pool, submerging half of his face in the water.
Jiuqiu secretly pinched Liangxia, ignoring her cry of pain, and said loudly to Guan Linxiu, "Brother, I saw you swim pretty well just now, do you want to compete?"
Guan Linxiu slowly turned his head in the swimming pool, glanced at Tang Cheng and Liang Xia, and understood what Jiuqiu meant: "What's the bet?"
"Ice cream." Jiuqiu jumped out of the swimming pool and said to Tang Cheng, "Liangxia is a landlubber. Please help me, little brother."
"No trouble." Tang Cheng answered softly and turned to walk towards Liang Xia.
Liangxia was a little nervous at first, even a little afraid of water, and kept curled up in the swimming ring.
Tang Cheng grabbed her hand and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be nervous, relax a little, I will teach you some breathing techniques first."
"Yeah." Liang Xia pursed her lips and nodded vigorously.
Tang Cheng taught her how to swim, so she had to do well.
However, the fact is that Jiuqiu and Guan Linxiu had already competed ten times, but Liangxia still didn't dare to throw away the swimming ring.
"I'm so tired." Jiuqiu lay on the edge of the swimming pool, gasping for breath.
Guan Linxiu climbed onto the pool deck and held out his hand to Jiuqiu. Jiuqiu held out her hand, and he pulled her up and said, "Let's go sit over there."
Jiuqiu sat down with Guan Linxiu and watched Tang Cheng teach Liangxia how to swim with a smile. Liangxia was really stupid and cute, flopping and screaming in the water like a landlubber.
"How stupid." Jiuqiu took a sip of water helplessly.
Guan Linxiu did not respond to her words, but said meaningfully: "Thank you for your trouble."
Jiu Qiu was stunned for a moment, then seemed to understand something and said, "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you are saying."
Guan Linxiu laughed: "Although I don't talk much, it doesn't mean I know nothing."
"Oh? What do you know?" Jiuqiu smiled maliciously and looked sideways at Guan Linxiu.
"The drunkard's intention is not to drink." Guan Linxiu said this in a low voice, and then changed the subject, "How do you judge the win or loss just now?"
After ten trips, they arrived almost at the same time.
Before Jiuqiu could answer, Guan Linxiu stood up and said, "As a girl, your physical strength is almost the same as that of a sports student like me. I lost this game."
Seeing Guan Linxiu getting up and going to the locker room, Jiu Qiu shouted, "Hey, do you know? You are discriminating against girls."
Guan Linxiu didn't say anything and disappeared into the locker room.
Jiuqiu turned her head and looked at Tang Cheng and Liang Xia in the swimming pool, with a faint smile on her face. Finally, she stood up and prepared to go to the bathhouse to take a bath.
After staying in the bathhouse for half an hour, Jiuqiu came out slowly.
After coming out, she found that only Tang Cheng was sitting next to the chair.
Sitting down next to Tang Cheng, Jiu Qiu asked, "Where are they?"
"Ah Xiu left early because of something, Liang Xia just went to the bathhouse."
"Ha! It's really hard for you. How is Liangxia learning well?" Jiuqiu asked, turning his head.
Tang Cheng leaned forward slightly, folded his arms on his thighs, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said, "It's quite difficult for her."
Hearing this, Jiuqiu laughed: "You didn't expect that Liangxia is actually a guy who is very afraid of water." Tang Cheng paused, then looked up at Jiuqiu.
Jiuqiu said: "When Liangxia was a child, she fell into a river and almost drowned."
"Then why didn't she tell me?" Tang Cheng asked.
Jiu Qiu sighed and said, "Why, don't you know?"
Tang Cheng heard the hidden meaning in these words. After a long silence, Tang Cheng slowly said: "Jiuqiu, I know what you mean, but I always feel that... Liangxia is too good."
"When did excellence become a mistake?" Jiuqiu was not asking.
Tang Cheng licked his lips slightly and did not answer.
Jiuqiu stretched, stood up and said to Tang Cheng: "I have to take a detour to buy some things later. Can you please help me take Liangxia home?"
Tang Cheng looked up and said, "It's not a bother, it's my duty."
Jiuqiu smiled, then left the swimming pool without looking back.
Not long after she left, Liang Xia came out of the bathhouse.
Seeing Tang Cheng sitting there alone, she hugged her swimsuit bag and said embarrassedly, "Sorry for the long wait."
"It's okay." Tang Cheng stood up and said to her with a smile, "They left first because of something. I'll take you home."
"Yeah." Liang Xia nodded heavily, and a pure smile spread across her face like ripples.
Liangxia has always been like this, always giving people a clean, refreshing and irresistible feeling.
Let boys like it, and let girls like it too.
And Jiuqiu, just like her name, is like autumn, elusive...