Winter with rain and snow

The campus is always dead in winter. The girls are busy preparing for the New Year's Day performance, so Lin Yu has much less energy, so she can spend every day of winter in peace.

As the end of the semester approaches, teachers of various subjects always intentionally or unintentionally hint to students in the class to attend the private tutoring classes they run on weekends.

"Do you know how much the teachers' tutoring classes usually cost?" Lin Yu guessed that this should be an old tradition of the academy. Other old students should know the price. The teacher never told her the price, so she had to ask Tao Xingye.

Tao Xingye glanced at Lin Yu. She rarely spoke to him in the past few months.

Hearing her voice, all the annoyance was immediately ignited: "Can't you see I'm writing a test?"

Lin Yu lowered his head in disappointment. He was not writing the test paper, but just didn't want to pay attention to himself.

Looking around at the people in the class, most of them didn't say a few words because they were afraid of the influence of those girls and the classmates were unwilling to communicate with her.

Tao Xingye watched her reaction out of the corner of his eye, thinking that she would wait for him to finish the questions before asking further questions, but who knew that she actually trotted to the back door of the classroom.

Tao Xingye looked towards the back door and saw Jiang Shuang coming in with the ball. Lin Yu said something to him with a smile.

Back at his seat, Lin Yu wrote down the tuition fees on his homework sheet, but suddenly Tao Xingye's mocking voice came to his ears: "What's the point of writing it down? Tuition fees are the small part; the expensive part is the teacher's materials fee."

Lin Yu was stunned and looked at Tao Xingye.

The man continued to insist, "How about this? I have an idea. You come to my house and be a nanny. I'll pay for your tuition. How about that?"

"Don't look at me like that. I'm giving you money out of kindness, and you can't tell the difference? Why do you have to trick you into giving away your money like Jiang Shuang and I did, and then take advantage of you completely before you're considered a good person?"

Tao Xingye was about to continue speaking when he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his face the next second.

The whole class was attracted by the loud slap and looked at the two of them.

Lin Yu stood up and said to Tao Xingye, "You are not allowed to slander him and me like this."

Tao Xingye's eyes were filled with anger. From childhood to adulthood, Lin Yu was the first person who dared to embarrass him in front of so many people.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, he reached out and touched his beaten face, looking at Lin Yu: "You are so tough when you mention him. Okay, now ask Jiang Shuang if he likes you."

Lin Yu hurriedly covered his mouth but it was too late. The quiet classroom suddenly erupted into laughter.

Lin Yu didn't dare to look at Jiang Shuang's expression. The ridicule from the class almost overwhelmed her. She squatted helplessly beside the desk, trying to hide herself.

What would Jiang Shuang think of herself? A toad craving swan flesh. She hugged her head, hiding all her tears where no one could see.

Jiang Shuang didn't know why the two of them suddenly brought this up. Tao Xingye said Lin Yu liked him. Why did he say that? What was there about him that made Lin Yu like him?

The booing in the class made him annoyed. Just as he was about to stand up, he suddenly met Tao Xingye's provocative gaze.

Thinking of something, he gave up the idea of ​​going out and walked over to Lin Yu: "What kind of hero is it to bully a girl?"

When Lin Yu heard Jiang Shuang's voice, he raised his head in disbelief and looked at Jiang Shuang, who looked like a god.

Jiang Shuang helped Lin Yu, who was squatting on the ground, up and wiped her tears: "Don't cry."

Tao Xingye clenched his fists. "Jiang Shuang, you should know which school you attend. With your poor grades, without my family's support, do you think you can still stay in this school next year?"

Lin Yu suddenly realized something and pushed away Jiang Shuang who was supporting him. He stood in front of him to separate him from Tao Xingye: "If you hate me, come at me. Don't bully my friends."

The classmates realized that something was wrong and left the classroom one after another, leaving only three people in the classroom.

Tao Xingye sat in his seat, tapping his fingertips on the desk, his tone filled with pride: "Lin Yu, I told you, if you mess with me, I'm more difficult to deal with than everyone else combined."

Jiang Shuang pulled Lin Yu behind him and said without question: "From now on, if you want to bully her, you have to drive me away first."

After saying this, Lin Yu's mind went blank, and the only thing left was the tall figure in front of him.

She has been in this school for so many days, and everyone has kept their distance from her, not wanting to get into trouble by helping her.

But Jiang Shuang actually stood by her side so directly, and she seemed to have suddenly found a support. Even if this support might not be able to protect her, just one sentence was enough to make her, who was now alone and helpless, extremely grateful.

Lin Yu was pulled out of the classroom by Jiang Shuang. Pain, emotion, freedom and excitement all instantly overturned in his heart.

Jiang Shuang pulled her into the campus. They ran for a long way and stopped only when there was no way to go.

Speed ​​brought all emotions to a climax. Even though it was snowy and icy outside, the two people's hearts were so hot that they wanted to melt all the ice and snow in the world.

"Jiang Shuang." Lin Yu looked at Jiang Shuang with a smile, "I'm so happy to have a friend like you."

Jiang Shuang rubbed her head and said, "Silly girl, your personality is likable, but this environment is too bad."

Jiang Shuang glanced at her red face from the cold and handed her the scarf: "Wear it, the wind is very strong."

Lin Yu took the scarf, but did not put it on. He just held it in his hand, and it still had his warmth.

Jiang Shuang was not a person with a delicate mind, but at this moment, he seemed to have a very sharp mind. He instantly understood what she was going to say and took the initiative to say, "I know Tao Xingye is talking nonsense. You don't really like me, do you? It's just that I helped you a few times before."

Lin Yu repeated what he said in his mind. It was like this, and it was not just that.

"Lin Yu, I'm helping you because I feel close to you. Neither you nor I know what love is. So don't listen to their instigation and mistake your feelings for me for love, and then convince yourself that you actually like me. Okay?"

Jiang Shuang put a scarf around her neck and said, "I know this school is very snobby. I hate it just as much as you do. As a girl, you must have a harder time than me."

Lin Yu looked up at Jiang Shuang. This carefree boy who always ran back to the classroom with a basketball in his arms actually said such words.

"Lin Yu, study hard and get into a good school in the future. Never end up like them, okay?" Jiang Shuang said sincerely.

Lin Yu nodded, her heart trembling: "Why are you so nice to me? Why?"

Jiang Shuang suddenly laughed, completely different from the earnest man just now. He turned into a carefree teenager again, tapped Lin Yu's head, and said in a very cheerful tone: "Silly girl, you only know how to say umm, umm, you didn't even listen to me, right?"

Jiang Shuang pulled Lin Yu towards the teaching building. Lin Yu's voice came from behind her. She was still explaining that she was listening carefully.

In the next few days, Lin Yu felt that everything around him seemed to have changed suddenly, and everything was changing for the better, except for Tao Xingye, who had an even lower aura around him.

On New Year's Day, it started snowing in the morning.

The party was held in the evening. That day, few people in the class wanted to stay in the classroom to do homework. Most of them went to watch the final rehearsal.

Tao Xingye was not around. Lin Yu glanced around, carefully took out her diary, and wrote a new page on this snowy afternoon:

A lot of things have happened in the past few days, not much actually, just for me.

Jiang Shuang told me that he hoped I would study hard and go to a good university. I also hoped that he would study hard too, and ideally go to the same university as us, which would be perfect.

I often wonder why I exist. I don’t feel loved. My parents don’t seem to like me and they always accompany my younger brother.

If only Jiang Shuang was my biological brother, I wouldn’t be lonely anymore.

Jiang Shuang, please forgive my selfishness. I want to treat you as my vassal and I want to imagine that you will never leave me.

I really hope you can stay by my side forever. I often feel it’s unreal. I don’t want to doubt you, but I am suspicious by nature. I always feel that all the people who are good to me will leave me.

Are you going to leave too? I really wish I were a flower growing beside you.

By the way, Jiang Shuang, would you like to be a big tree growing beside me? Let's grow together, take root together, endure the wind, frost, rain and snow together, and we will be together no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter.

No, if I were just a flower, wouldn't my life span be much shorter than yours? I'd rather be a tree like you, but isn't that a bit too greedy? I'd better just be a flower.

After all, you are my life, and I am not your life. Just treat you as a long-lasting tree, and I as my own flower. Just accompany me as I grow, bloom, and wither.

You have another big tree of your own, and I will just exist in your world for a short time.

Unfortunately, this is just a fantasy that will never come true. The more days you can spend with me, the better. I don't know what Tao Xingye meant by that day. He has a lot of power. I hope it doesn't affect you. Otherwise, I'd rather we never met.

Lin Yu had just put away the diary when Jiang Shuang came in from the front door with a guitar in his hand.

"Come on, I'll play the guitar for you." Jiang Shuang said as he pulled Lin Yu towards the back door.

Tao Xingye suddenly appeared and stood at the door, blocking the two of them from going.

"Move aside, we want to go out." Jiang Shuang said.

Tao Xingye stood there expressionlessly, his eyes fixed straight ahead, showing no sign of moving aside. He was tall, even standing taller than Jiang Shuang, who was a few years his senior.

Jiang Shuang knew that today was a good day and was too lazy to waste time arguing. Seeing Tao Xingye looking for trouble, he no longer insisted on asking him to give way and pulled Lin Yu out of the front door.

Tao Xingye looked at the two people walking away. Lin Yu's voice came from the empty classroom: "Jiang Shuang, ignore him. Let's be happy together."

Her left hand was held by Jiang Shuang. Normally, when they were in class, he'd accidentally touch her left hand with a textbook. Wouldn't she immediately flinch? What was she doing now? That well-behaved and quiet figure became even more hateful in his eyes. It wasn't until he felt pain in his fingertips that he reacted.

Jiang Shuang took Lin Yu to the empty classroom at the back of the teaching building, and wiped the chair clean with the paper he brought before letting Lin Yu sit down.

It was snowing heavily outside. Two yellow spotlights were hung at the highest point of the teaching building, casting two warm yellow lights.

Against the backdrop of the light, the originally misty snowflakes seemed to slow down, and their shadows were clearly revealed under the light. Accompanied by the slow sound of Jiang Shuang's guitar, the snowflakes fell gracefully as if they were dancing.

"Jiang Shuang, can we stay at this moment forever?" Lin Yu looked at Jiang Shuang infatuatedly.

"Silly girl, you're going to a good school. I can only play the piano for you now. When you grow up and meet someone better, you won't say this anymore." Jiang Shuang put down the guitar. "You'll be leaving in a year and a half. Don't think too much."

That was their last warm time together, and everything turned around on New Year's Day.

The next day, Lin Yu returned to the classroom. As she sorted through her books, she instinctively glanced at the diary at the bottom. That one glance made her break out in a cold sweat. The diary, which had been neatly placed beneath her books the previous night, had vanished.

She tried desperately to recall that she had moved the book to another place, but her memory was so clear that she knew she had put it under the pile of books.

A sudden sneer came from the side, bringing her back to reality.

Lin Yu turned to look at Tao Xingye, who was quietly doing his homework. Lin Yu wondered if he had misheard. How could Tao Xingye know what he was looking for?

She had a bad thought about Tao Xingye and the diary.