Kawakami Mizuki

Two years later.

Lin Chuyi sat under the tree with her back against the tree, closed her eyes but did not fall asleep.Hearing the sound of fallen leaves being stepped on, she opened her eyes with a smile.

"What a coincidence." Lin Chuyi didn't get up in a hurry, and just looked up at the person coming.The luxuriant tree shade blocks the blazing light, and a familiar face comes into the eyes.

Ye Ling grabbed Chu Yi's hand, then pulled him up, and stretched out his arms to hug her.

Lin Chuyi felt that Ye Ling's mood was not right, so she didn't break free, but just patted her on the back reassuringly.

"Chuyi, I have to go." Ye Ling buried his face in Lin Chuyi's shoulder and said sullenly.

"Huh?" Hearing this, Lin Chuyi was taken aback for a moment, but Ye Ling gave the answer before she could ask: "As I told you before, most of the Ye family's property is overseas, and the family itself It was planned to let me finish high school before leaving, but now it seems that it is too late."

"I'm graduating in two months. I can't wait. What's the matter?" Lin Chuyi smiled as usual, her tone as casual as ever.

Seeing Lin Chuyi's appearance of not caring about the separation, Ye Ling felt bored for a moment that he couldn't grasp anything.

"Chu Yi, I don't want to be separated from you." Ye Ling tugged on her sleeve, her voice a little aggrieved.

Lin Chuyi couldn't help laughing: "Okay, what does it look like?"

In the eyes of outsiders, Ye Ling, who has always been quiet and serious, is even a bit scary, but this kind of Ye Ling is unexpectedly childish in front of Lin Chuyi.

Before waiting for a response, Ye Ling was angry and refused to let go.

"Okay, class is about to start." Lin Chuyi patted her on the shoulder reassuringly, and motioned her to leave quickly in the direction of the teaching area.

"No, I suddenly decided not to go to class."

"?" Lin Chuyi looked at her in surprise, "Don't make trouble."

But this time, the head of the Disciplinary Inspection Department, who has always been law-abiding, was determined to skip class, grabbed Lin Chuyi's wrist, and dragged him forward in the opposite direction of the teaching area.

"Hey... is this really good?" Although she always encouraged Ye Ling to do bad things, Ye Ling never listened to her words, and now Ye Ling really skipped class regardless, which made her hesitate instead.

"What's wrong?" Ye Ling said nonchalantly, "Where do you usually go back to? I want to take a look now."

"I'm a bad student, skipping classes is commonplace. But you, a good student, why join in the fun?" Lin Chuyi said helplessly.

"You're not a bad student, and I'm not a good student either." Ye Ling didn't like her saying that—it was as if the distance between them was suddenly widened by the judgment of good or bad in the eyes of outsiders.

Ye Ling frowned slightly dissatisfied, and looked at her intently, very seriously.

Lin Chuyi was taken aback for a moment, and then, as if defeated all of a sudden, "Okay, okay, you follow me."

Lin Chuyi took Ye Ling to the small shop, took a bottle of lemonade, and asked her sideways, "What do you want to drink?"

"Just like you."

"Okay." Lin Chuyi took another bottle of lemonade from the shelf, and when she went to pay, she took a bag of bread along the way.

At this time, the students were all in class, and the proprietress took a look at them, probably thinking that they were bad students who skipped classes, but there was no reason not to do door-to-door business, so she settled the order conveniently.

Lin Chuyi led Ye Ling further and further away, walked around behind the teacher's dormitory, and walked along a deep and narrow path. The bamboos on both sides swayed slightly, making a soft "rustling" sound.

What catches the eye is a small pond, which adopts the design concept of yin and yang fish. A curved stone road divides the whole circle into left and right sides. The underground of the stone road is hollowed out, and the left and right water sources can communicate. lotus.Pieces of dark green lotus leaves float on the surface of the water, supporting two or three budding lotus flowers.The water was originally very quiet, and the silt and bluestones at the bottom of the pond could be seen clearly at a glance, but when they walked over, the lazy swimming fish gathered under their feet, and the silt at the bottom was stirred up all of a sudden, and the water became a little cloudy .

Lin Chuyi led her to the middle of the path, and sat on the floor without fear of getting dirty, with her legs bent on the outer edge of the path, her calves hanging in the air, and her toes just hanging less than an inch above the water.Ye Ling imitated her and sat aside.

"Why aren't you afraid of getting dirty?" Lin Chuyi deliberately laughed at her, but Ye Ling wasn't embarrassed at all, instead he was confident, "Anyway, you can get dirty too."

Lin Chuyi laughed, remembering the past pranks, reached out and tapped her forehead lightly: "I really hold grudges." Then Lin Chuyi turned her head back, tore open the package of bread she had just bought from a small shop, and casually tore a piece of bread and threw it away. down.The school of fish gathered quickly, swimming and scrambling for the broken bread that Lin Chuyi dropped.

The two were silent for a while, and Lin Chuyi suddenly spoke.

"When I first came here to feed the fish, it was even colder here than it is now. The bamboos on both sides of the entrance were hung with spider webs. At that time, there were not so many fish here, nor were they so big. A pond was thin and small. There are a few small ones here and there. I often bring bread to feed them. Sometimes I think, if I graduate, who will feed them?" Lin Chuyi shook her head and casually threw a piece of bread crumbs, "But then I thought Thinking about it, I feel ridiculous, as if I really regard myself as their savior. Who can’t live without me? When I didn’t come, they lived; when I left, they will still live. Whether I come or not, It doesn't make much difference whether you meet it or not."

Lin Chuyi held a corner of the bread bag and stretched it out in front of Ye Ling: "Come and try?"

Ye Ling stretched out her hand, and the two of them touched their fingers. She paused for a moment before taking the bag of bread, tearing off a small piece of bread and throwing it down.

"'Zi Feiyu, know the joy of fish', you are not the fish in this pond, how do you know whether your existence is important to the fish? You are not me, how do you know that meeting you is important to me Is it important?"

"I said fish, why bring it up on me." Lin Chuyi turned her face away and smiled embarrassingly.

So Lin Chuyi is a rascal.Obviously she was using the fish to persuade her not to be too persistent, but when Ye Ling said it so bluntly, she used the fish's excuse again to hide herself deeper.

But Ye Ling is such a serious person, he made up his mind not to let her escape.

"You are very important to me." She was so straightforward, looking at her steadily, very seriously. "Chu Yi, I like you."

"..." Lin Chuyi withdrew her eyes from looking at her, her expression was calm, but she couldn't restrain the joy welling up in her heart.This sweet and sour feeling overflowed the entire chest, but it was not uncomfortable, an indescribable touch.But at the same time, there is also a bit of cool bitterness stuck in the throat.

"Chuyi, I know you like me too, don't hide." Ye Ling forcefully grabbed Lin Chuyi's shoulder, forcing her to look directly at her, "Chuyi, I like you. Shall we be together? "

Lin Chuyi stared blankly at Ye Ling with a serious expression, only her eyes showed a trace of nervousness and uneasiness.

promise her...

promise her...

He clearly knew it shouldn't be, but the thought became stronger and stronger, as if there were countless voices clamoring to agree.

"……it is good."

Hearing this promise, Ye Ling's heart suddenly relaxed, and he hugged Lin Chuyi with a smile, "Ayi, I'm so happy."

"Why did you suddenly change your name? It's weird." Lin Chuyi patted her on the head, and said helplessly, "Take it easy, be careful not to fall."

"But I don't want to call you like others." Ye listened and let go of Lin Chuyi, but held Lin Chuyi's hand tightly, looking at her with joy and persistence.

"Then you can call me Lin Chu." Lin Chuyi teased her seriously.

"..." Ye Ling looked at her helplessly, thought for a moment, and suddenly had an idea, "An An, I'll call you An An, okay?"

This long-lost name was suddenly mentioned, and there was a flash of light behind the name.But I have to admit that when this name was evoked by Ye Ling, it was as if a feather had been swept across my heart, itching and making people sink involuntarily.

"……up to you."

"An An."

"Ah."

"An An."

"Yeah." Lin Chuyi shook Ye Ling's hand back, "I'm here."

Ye Ling read it several times in a row, and Lin Chuyi responded one by one.

Ye Ling laughed a little foolishly: "Would you like to live abroad with me in the future?"

"Not good." Lin Chuyi replied without hesitation, "Think about going to a foreign country and being surrounded by Martian languages ​​all day long..." At this point, Lin Chuyi thought of the terrible score in the monthly English test, and babbled. At the corner of his mouth, "It's worse than killing me."

"After that, I will come back and we will live here together." Ye Ling said firmly.

"Hey... What are you talking about, didn't you just say that the Ye family's business is abroad?"

"Do you not care about our separation at all? If you refuse to go abroad with me, you will push me outside." Ye Ling's words brought some grievances, just like in the afternoon, when she went around the mountain behind the school, the little milk cat was happy He hurried to her feet but found that there was no Xiaoyu's expression for lunch.

Lin Chuyi pursed her lips and suppressed a smile, and comforted her: "You are the next head of the Ye family, how can you stay in the country? Don't be willful."

"I still have a younger brother, so it doesn't have to be me." Ye Ling looked down at Lin Chuyi's hair, her tone stubborn.

Lin Chuyi's expression was complicated, how could she deserve Ye Ling to fold her wings and feathers for her like this.Such deep affection... But she may not be able to bear it.

"Are you unhappy?" Lin Chuyi's silence made her a little uneasy, and Ye Ling asked sullenly.

"No, I'm very happy." Lin Chuyi looked at her with a gentle smile on her face, "I still have some things to deal with right now, and when everything is settled, I'll go abroad to find you and eat your drink You wait for you to raise me, and then you are not allowed to go back on your word."

"I won't go back on my word." Ye Ling smiled and held Lin Chuyi in her arms, "We will always be together when the time comes, and we will never be apart again."

"...Well, no separation."

The two skipped class for a whole day, and after Lin Chuyi took Ye Ling to look around the mountain behind the school, the two went under the tree where they met for the first time, lay down side by side, and slept peacefully all afternoon.

After waking up, I saw light-colored bracts all over the other party's body, and the dim sunset glow reflected on the face, thinking that this was a lifetime in a trance.

As the setting sun slanted towards the west, the two walked out of the campus hand in hand and reached their respective crossroads.The pancakes from the roadside vendors are fragrant, mixed with the faint fragrance of grass and trees, and the cement bricks of various colors are neatly built under the feet.As the breeze blew, Lin Chuyi's long hair was untied, shaking slightly, and her eyes were black and shining, which was indescribably beautiful.Behind her was the most familiar flower shop, stationery shop, milk tea shop in the past. A row of neat small shops passed by, and at the end was a crossroad, with vehicles passing by non-stop.

Ye Ling stopped suddenly, looking at all this deeply, as if she wanted to remember this scene, Lin Chuyi knew what she was thinking, and didn't rush.

After a while, Ye Ling finally put down his hands, and secretly vowed in his heart that one day he would hold them again.

Lin Chuyi glanced at her inexplicably, but just smiled.

Years later, when Ye Ling recalled today, he realized that Lin Chuyi at that time had seen through everything in the future.

"Goodbye."

Lin Chuyi turned to leave, Ye Ling also turned to leave, and the two ran in opposite directions.

The road ahead is long, and Ye Ling looks back from time to time, but the person who goes further and further away never looks back.