My girlfriend is from the future!

"Yes, it's all fake...but I want to kill her! This is real!"

The argument between the two attracted the attention of the diners around them. After all, the scene of a grown man pushing a little girl could easily lead to public outrage. At this time, the young waiter and another middle-aged man who was eating had already stood up. They looked at He Tianran vigilantly to prevent him from doing anything out of line.

Although He Tianran said these harsh words, as he looked at Jiang Xixi, who was pushed to the ground by him with an innocent face, there was a trace of struggle and confusion in his expression. However, he did not say much, but gritted his teeth, turned around, quickly wiped the tears from his cheeks, and strode away.

"He Tianran~! He Tianran——!"

Jiang Xixi called out to his back twice, but seeing that she couldn't call him back, she had to get up from the ground. The waiter came forward and pulled her up. The girl thanked him and wanted to chase after him, but was stopped by the waiter again.

"Uh... Miss, you haven't..."

The young man glanced awkwardly at the food on the table that had hardly been touched. Realizing that Jiang Xixi had not paid the bill yet, he took out his mobile phone and followed the young man to the cashier to scan the code.

During this time, the young man was indignant about the cute girl in front of him:

"You want to go out and chase him? Forget it. A man who hits his girlfriend is not worth keeping. You are such a grown man, but you don't know how to be so embarrassed."

Jiang Xixi was anxious. She listened to the young man defending her. She looked at He Tianran's back as he walked away from the store. She explained vaguely, "He...he is not that kind of person. He just...has a problem with his brain."

The young man's eyes widened. "Are you crazy? Why don't you send him to the hospital? You'd better find him quickly. It would be terrible if he loses control on the street."

"Oh, you know what you're waiting for, have you finished sweeping?"

As the phone made a "ding~" sound indicating that the payment was successful, Jiang Xixi ran away. Unfortunately, when she rushed out of the South Gate Alley in the direction that He Tianran had left, the man had completely disappeared...

At this time, where else can He Tianran go?

Looking at the setting sun, Jiang Xixi felt extremely anxious. She now deeply regretted throwing away the other person's phone. Given He Tianran's condition now, if something happened, there might not be anyone to inform him.

Jiang Xixi looked at the surrounding environment. This was her first time here, so it should be unfamiliar. However, the more she looked at the surrounding scenery, the more familiar it felt to her, until three boys and girls in blue and white school uniforms walked past her, talking and laughing...

Male Student A: "I'll buy some movie tickets and go to Yuehui to watch a movie later. I'll treat you."

Female classmate A: "Okay, okay, Disney has a new movie coming out. I saw the trailer a while ago. It's quite interesting. I want to watch it."

Male classmate B: "Huh? Disney? Cartoons are boring, and the political correctness of live-action movies is even more boring. I might as well go to the internet cafe to play COD, or go to the pier to eat some fries~"

Male Classmate A: "Okay, okay, you go to the Internet cafe by yourself, and we'll go to the movies. The three of us have a bright future."

Male classmate B: "Didn't we agree to skip evening study together?"

Male classmate A: "That's right, I'll take you to the internet cafe first and help you pay the internet fee, and then you can get your butt welded there tonight."

Female classmate A: "Hey, let's go to the movies together~ You only know how to play games."

In just a moment, three young men passed by Jiang Xixi. A few words of conversation made the girl feel as if she had experienced a campus love triangle. As the three men walked away one after another, she shook her head and came back to her senses. As more and more students in school uniforms came into her sight, she suddenly realized that after walking out of the South Gate Alley, she was already very close to her and He Tianran's alma mater, Gangcheng Middle School.

No wonder the surrounding street scenes look more and more familiar...

Jiang Xixi, who had never returned to her alma mater after graduation, finally had a clear coordinate in her mind. She quickly caught up with the three high school students and asked:
"Students, please stay. Have you ever seen a boy about this tall with his hair tied up?"

Jiang Xixi stretched out her hand to gesture. He Tianran's appearance was quite easy to recognize. The two boys looked at each other and shook their heads indifferently. The girl in the middle raised her chin slightly to recall and confirmed:
"Does he... have a teardrop mole at the corner of his eye?"

Jiang Xixi was stunned for a moment, then nodded her head vigorously. But before she could say anything, Boy A next to her teased with a bit of dissatisfaction:

"How can you see it so clearly?"

The girl rolled her eyes:
"Is it not okay for my vision to increase to 2.0 when I look at handsome guys? You should mind your own business!"

"Okay, okay, awesome, awesome~"

"Classmate, that handsome guy just went in the direction of the school. You should go there quickly, he shouldn't have gone far."

"Oh ok, thank you!"

Jiang Xixi, who got the information, didn't notice the misunderstanding that the girl in front of her, who was several years younger than her, called her classmate. She just thanked her and turned around and walked quickly to the next street corner.

"Hey, that girl just now, she looks like a cosplayer."

Male classmate B, who had not been able to talk to her just now, looked at the petite and cute figure from behind and couldn't help muttering.

Things change, and now it's the turn of the girl in the middle to start teasing others:
"Why, your eyesight has improved after you saw beautiful women?"

The boy didn't understand the deeper meaning of this, but scratched his head, looking smug:

"You're kidding. With my eyesight, I can kill people without a scope!"

"..."

"..."

Gangcheng Middle School has always been an open high school. Every noon and evening, the school gates are wide open for students to go out to find food and entertainment. This is still the case today. Jiang Xixi was not stopped along the way and entered the campus smoothly.

The girl recalled what He Tianran said. His memory currently stayed in his senior year of high school. He would take the college entrance examination tomorrow in June. He remembered this incident so clearly. It was very likely that he would return to campus now that he had nowhere to go.

As November approaches, the evening breeze in Hong Kong is slightly chilly. Some students who are afraid of the cold have already changed out of their summer school uniforms and put on some warmer clothes. Jiang Xixi's appearance is already childish, and this time when she went out to eat, she only wore a sleeveless knitted cardigan with a short-sleeved white shirt. Not to mention, a graduate student mixed in with a group of high school students, there was really no sense of disobedience, just like a school girl...

Although she knew that He Tianran might return to campus, it was unrealistic to walk around the huge campus to find him. So Jiang Xixi went to the teaching building where the senior year was located based on the information she had gotten from chatting with He Tianran.

Compared with the relaxed freedom of freshmen and sophomores who go outside to get some fresh air during get out of class breaks, the study atmosphere in the third year of high school is much more tense. Most of the students stay in the classroom to study after class. On one side of the sky bridge and the corridor, you can still see many students leaning against the railing, silently reviewing their lessons and reciting the text in a low voice.

This kind of study atmosphere made Jiang Xixi, who had long escaped from the misery of senior high school, feel uneasy. She had thought that if she was lucky enough, she would run into He Tianran who was visiting his old place again. But looking at the situation around her, if she didn't have a book in her hand, no one would be embarrassed to stay here for long, right?

Fortunately, Jiang Xixi didn't have to search for long. When she passed by a classroom door, she heard two girls leaning against the guardrail whispering.

"Who was that man just now? He stood at the door of our class for a long time. Is he someone's brother?"

"I don't know. I came out and asked him who he was looking for, but he left without saying anything."

"Isn't it the new teacher?"

"His hair is so long, how is that possible? Besides, there's no way the new teacher can teach our senior year."

"Maybe he's a music teacher? Someone who's into art."

"That's even more impossible. We don't even have physical education classes anymore, and you still want to take music classes?"

"I always feel like I've seen him somewhere before. Maybe he's a celebrity or something."

"Wake up now, you nymphomaniac dream girl!"

really!

He Tianran's current image is still quite eye-catching when walking on the high school campus. Jiang Xixi turned around and asked the two girls for details. One of the girls said that after the man left, they had been standing by the guardrail chatting, and then they saw the man's figure go downstairs and walk towards the playground.

Jiang Xixi was overjoyed when she finally got the exact location. She looked up and saw the sign on the classroom door which read - Grade 2 ().

This is the class that He Tianran used to study in!

Just at this moment, the bell for class rang, and the students outside returned to the classroom one after another. Miss Jiang hurried downstairs against the flow of people, dodging here and there like a rebellious fish in a school of fish. Finally, she jumped down the last few steps in three steps and ran towards the gate of the teaching building.

The security guard patrolling at the entrance of the teaching building saw a little girl running out and subconsciously shouted:
"Little classmate! Class is starting! Where are you running to? Come back!"

The sky outside the teaching building was dyed pink by the afterglow of the setting sun. The girl kept walking, and her small figure ran into this beautiful sunset. She raised her hand and shouted loudly:
"I'm not a student—!"

Some people say they are not students, but they are like one; and some people, even if they return to campus after waking up, no longer belong here. The playground for evening self-study was empty. At a glance, Jiang Xixi saw a lonely figure sitting alone on the stone audience stand.

She slowly approached and found that it was He Tianran who looked confused and lonely.

There was no extra gratitude, nor any blame after finding the person. Jiang Xixi just sat down next to the man silently, supporting herself with her hands behind her back, tilting her head back, and breathing heavily.

"sorry……"

A man's abrupt apology came to my ears.

"Ok?"

"I just pushed you, and... I also asked you to pay for the meal..."

"It's nothing, Brother He~ huh~"

Jiang Xixi let out a breath, her breathing gradually steadied after running all the way, and asked again:

"By the way, the reason you want to change the hotel is, is it because... you have been planning to treat yourself?"

He Tianran hesitated for a moment, squeezed out a "hmm" from his nose, and nodded stiffly.

"I thought so. We've already sat down, and we still want to move... Actually, based on our friendship, you don't have to think about it. If you really feel bad, we can split the bill. I've been an online anchor for a few years, and the gifts you've given me are more than just this meal."

"But I don't remember any of that!"

He Tianran held his head, feeling very guilty.

Jiang Xixi looked at his expression and felt sorry for him, but she didn't know how to comfort him. The two of them were silent for half a minute. Finally, the girl opened her heart and said:
"Actually...I should be the one saying sorry..."

He Tianran was stunned, then turned his head and slowly looked at the girl beside him.

"……Why?"

Jiang Xixi looked at the gradually darkening sky and said absentmindedly:
"You may not remember, but I remember it very clearly. The last time we parted, I said that I wanted to become a better version of myself, a stronger Jiang Xixi, but it seems... I didn't.

I missed the opportunity that my tutor had arranged for me, and I missed the school's selection. I was confused about my future and my life...

Brother He, when I was admitted to the Foreign Affairs College, I was clearly looking forward to letting you see the value of my Jiang, and to making you regret choosing Sister Cao instead of me. But now, I feel so embarrassed, so embarrassed that I ran back to Hong Kong in a dusty state and didn’t dare to go home, let alone see you...

In the past few years, I occasionally saw news about you on the Internet. You started a company, filmed a TV series, and learned that your career was rising step by step. I felt more and more clearly that the distance between you and me was getting longer and longer. It was like... no matter how others looked at me, I was still a student who was still immature, but you were already an adult who could stand on your own. "

As she spoke, the lovely girl lowered her head:
"Brother He, do you know that when you showed up at my door today, you looked so overwhelmed and your cautious personality afterwards... Hahaha, although I don't know what you've been through, and I think it's a bit dark for me to have such thoughts, but at that moment, it really made me feel a lot more relaxed...

and so……

As for escaping, if some things cannot be solved, it is okay to escape temporarily. It is not shameful. I do it, everyone does it, and many people are like this. It is human nature. "

Jiang Xixi did not ask He Tianran in detail why he ran away in a state of emotional disarray after hearing Wen Liang's name in the restaurant. She just found some excuses based on her empathy, trying to express that no one was having a good life, everyone had their own embarrassments and struggles, and everyone was the same.

escape.

This is undoubtedly a way to find relief for He Tianran at the moment.

But he still didn't understand why, for a person like him, there would be such a girl who would chase him when he was running away, comfort him and enlighten him.

So he asked awkwardly:

"Then...why do you like me?"

The little girl, whose earlobes were red, tried to remain calm. She shrugged, stood up, took two steps, and answered nonchalantly:
"Because... because you play guitar so well, I followed you when you were a fingerstyle blogger on Bilibili, and I've always regarded you as my idol. Later, after I got to know you, we talked about everything. We watched anime together, played games, and did COS. You talked to me about my hobbies for a long time, and you helped me a lot for this. I admired you, so of course I liked you, just like... falling in love with a hero!"

Brave... sir?
Hearing these somewhat childish and embarrassing words now, He Tianran's eyes became inexplicably moist.

No one has ever described him like this...

Including the woman who pretended to travel from the future and used these hobbies to get close to him, but ended up making him a laughing stock and she could no longer hold her head up at school.

This kind of description...

It is an expression that he cannot think of or express even if someone lies to him.

He Tianran wanted to cry again. Even though he knew that crying at this moment was too embarrassing, he couldn't help but wipe his eyes back and forth with his sleeve. It felt like someone finally recognized what he had done from the bottom of their hearts, and it was a high compliment. His self-defense mechanism made him subconsciously refute:

"What a bullshit hero... I'm timid, cowardly, and weak. I have no sense of existence in the class. People approach me just to tease me. I'm not as good as you say..."

"..."

The mist in his eyes obscured He Tianran's vision, and there was no sound around him. When he finished wiping his tears, all he saw was a girl holding her cheeks with her hands, squatting in front of him with a smile.

The other person's piercing gaze made him turn his head away. When he thought about how he had just cried and the other person had been squatting in front of him and watching, He Tianran felt ashamed. He heard Jiang Xixi whisper in his ear:

"Brother He, in the anime "Funeral Flillian", didn't the hero Sinmel also fail to pull out the holy sword that belonged to the hero? But all this did not prevent him from defeating the demon king in the end and regaining world peace."

"...What do you want to say?"

"I want to say..."

Jiang Xixi clapped her hands, stood up, and put her hands on her hips.

"I want to say that a stagnant holy sword is not worthy of a brave warrior who is moving forward courageously. Just like the personalities you ridicule, they can hardly conceal your character of being considerate of others when you are at a loss... Well, this is probably what I want to express. After all, I have really seen few people who would still remember to pay for the other person's meal after their phone was thrown at them."

"..."

"..."

He Tianran moved his butt unnaturally.

"Your concentration of Chuunibhumi... is a bit high... please let it go..."

“…Hey!!! He! Tian! Ran! Don’t forget that I was the one who paid in the end!!”

Jiang Xixi's cheeks turned red with embarrassment. When she raised her voice, a flashlight beam shone over, and the circular light shone directly on the faces of the two people. Then a stern voice came from afar:
"Who's there? It's just the two of you! Which grade and which class isn't having class?"

When Jiang Xixi heard the voice, her body trembled. She was still a little overwhelmed. She had graduated for several years. She subconsciously looked at He Tianran, only to see that he didn't seem to be any better than her. She said in panic:
"How to do?"

The girl saw the man reaching out his hand to her:

"Run away!"

"what?"

"Let's escape!"

This time, without waiting for the girl to react, He Tianran grabbed her hand and ran for his life!
Who says that the courage to escape is not also a kind of courage?

"I'm calling you two! Don't run! The yolks of the chicks and ducklings haven't grown yet, and you're imitating Mao's premature love! Stop right there!"

As the night deepened, the huge playground where no teachers or students were active was left without the illumination of street lights. In the audience seats, a beam of flashlight kept tracking the figures of a young couple holding hands and running.

They have no destination, they just escape from the dull campus, run into the noisy city, and then brush shoulders with the hustle and bustle of traffic. If possible, they want to escape from the trivialities of the adult world and the sense of loss in life.

However, this is not like a scene of a brave man embarking on a journey, but more like a touching elopement lost in the glow of neon lights. (End of this chapter)