The world treats me like a blade of grass, only you see me as verdant mountains!
Her lonely helplessness, only he felt pity for her; his confusion and hesitation, only she understood him. Eve...
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Ye Wenyu wanted a bright future with Lin Tingfeng, but reality told her that there was no future for them. The only thing she could do for now was to live day by day, enjoying each one as it came. She would wait until she no longer loved him and could leave him peacefully, or until she graduated from university and found a job that could support herself. Then, that would be the time for her to leave him!
This is Ye Wenyu's current state of mind.
However, all these rational thoughts vanished when Lin Tingfeng came to the school to see her. When she saw him, she cheered like a happy little bird and rushed into his arms. All reason turned to dust in the face of overwhelming emotion.
She gazed at him with joy, her eyes sparkling like stars in the sky, and she realized how deeply she loved him, so deeply that even in the next life, she could not help but love him.
My mood fluctuated like this, like a rollercoaster, rising and falling in the high-speed dizziness brought on by love.
Although Lin Tingfeng dressed very discreetly, in order to avoid causing her any negative impact, he usually drove to the school to pick her up and then took her to other places.
That day, the two walked along the streets of S City like a young couple, strolling leisurely. The weather was getting hotter and hotter, with temperatures reaching over 30 degrees Celsius, marking the peak of summer. Because it was the time when students were at school and adults were at work, the streets of S City were relatively quiet, but cicadas were chirping incessantly in the camphor trees on both sides, and the two of them walked slowly under the shade of the camphor trees.
Lin Tingfeng found it amusing. Approaching forty, with a mountain of things to handle at the company, he was acting like a fool, strolling aimlessly with her on the street. If the people at the shareholders' meeting knew, their eyes would probably pop out of their sockets.
However, he was indeed very relaxed. The tension he felt from working was completely released during his aimless wandering.
He smiled and thought to himself, "This is to make up for the regrets of my youth. A man should have such a leisurely and relaxing time when he is seventeen or eighteen, with such a beautiful young girl by his side."
He was mature beyond his years; while other boys were dating at sixteen, he was already learning how to do business.
Beads of sweat the size of soybeans seeped from Ye Wenyu's snow-white forehead. She wore a white halter dress, revealing her bare, fair arms and collarbones. Because of her beautiful collarbones and extremely smooth lines on her arms, even though she wasn't wearing anything underneath, this girl, with her hair tied in a high, shiny black ponytail because of the hot weather, was already as beautiful as a fairy descended from heaven. She was the dream goddess of all men, regardless of age.
Lin Tingfeng and Ye Wenyu walked slowly along the roadside. Sometimes, he would talk to her about things at the company, while she would talk to him about her studies.
The impression given is that when the two were apart, he was busy with his business, while she was busy with her studies.
One person's whole world revolves around business and making money, while the other's whole world revolves around campus and studying. Ye Wenyu felt that they were two parallel lines that had now intertwined.
When will she be able to see through him and understand him?
Ye Wenyu stopped at a small roadside shop. She looked at the freezer inside. Lin Tingfeng also stopped, looked at her, then at where she was looking, smiled, and asked her gently, "Want some ice cream?"
She nodded.
He smiled and walked towards the shop to buy her ice cream. She followed him like a little tail. The two of them walked to the freezer together, and he asked her considerately, "Which one would you like?"
She took two for herself, handed one to him, and kept the other for herself, saying to him, "Eat with me."
Lin Tingfeng laughed, thinking that he was a forty-year-old adult man, so how could he like to eat such childish things? He hadn't touched sweets for many years.
So she shook her head, put the ice cream she had given him back in the freezer, and then turned around to pay with WeChat. She seemed a little disappointed. As she walked beside him, she looked somewhat dejected, her steps were slow, and she didn't seem to have much of an appetite while eating the ice cream.
Lin Tingfeng saw all of this and, wanting to amuse Ye Wenyu, said to her, "Look, there's a Mongolian restaurant over there called 'Grass Mud Horse,' isn't it funny?"
Ye Wenyu remained silent, her head still bowed, without a smile on her face.
Lin Tingfeng glanced at her and thought that she must still be angry because he was an old man and couldn't eat ice cream with her like a teenager. He thought with a sigh that if he were twenty years younger, he would definitely be willing to eat ice cream with her alone and wander around the streets aimlessly.
He coaxed her again, saying, "Look, there's a clothing store over there called 'Little Rascal Children's Clothing,' how interesting."
"Little brat children's clothing?" Isn't "little brat" an insult? The store is really going to any lengths to attract attention.
Ye Wenyu laughed, not wanting him to see, she suddenly lowered her head, only to have her nose touch the ice cream. She glared at him, annoyed, and said, "Don't make me laugh, it's not funny at all."
Lin Tingfeng, however, took her hand and turned her around to face him. He gently coaxed her, "You smiled just now, so you're not angry anymore, are you?"
Ye Wenyu put on a stern face, indicating that she was still angry.
Lin Tingfeng lowered his head and said gently to her, "You have ice cream on the tip of your nose." Her innocent and adorable appearance, like that of a child, stirred his heart.
Ye Wenyu raised her small face slightly and said to him, "Then help me wipe it."
She thought he would take out a napkin to wipe her clean, but instead he gripped her hand tightly, then lowered his head and kissed the tip of her nose.
Ye Wenyu was stunned. The ice cream in her hand fell to the ground with a "thud." He actually kissed her in public! He was a public figure; wasn't he afraid of being seen?
Her little face immediately turned red, her heart pounded wildly, and it felt as if a crazy rabbit was living in her chest.
Lin Tingfeng looked up at her and smiled, "You were upset that I didn't eat ice cream with you, but you're not upset now, are you? Hmm, it's icy cold, sweet and fragrant, and delicious."
Ye Wenyu looked up and stared at him blankly. This was the downtown area of S City, and he was actually kissing her like this in public. This was the first time he had ever kissed her so intimately in public!
Isn't he afraid of being discovered?
I always thought that men would secretly hide their mistresses and lovers, and when they went out, the two of them would pretend to be strangers, for fear of being discovered by their wives. But in his case, it was the complete opposite.
She was like a woman who was openly and honestly in love with him, and she had all the rights that a relationship should have.