Chapter 48 Twenty Bow
So cool.
It was so cool that summer seemed to end the moment she came out of the hot spring, but that was just an illusion caused by the temperature difference between the water and the air. Summer continued.
Xia Cun sat on the steps, eating ice cream. She wore the yukata Ms. Tanaka had prepared for her. It was a misty blue with pale pink goldfish and small white flowers. She wore a cream-colored belt around her waist, which Ms. Tanaka had tied with a fluffy bow. Her hair, recently trimmed, still hung down by her ears like wings.
Jiang Song was also wearing a Jinbei, without complicated patterns, still blue, but the color and texture were lighter than the yukata the girl had seen before.
She ate her ice cream while watching Jiang Song. He would squat by the pool, then in front of the flowers. By the time she had finished the whole carton of ice cream, he was squatting at the bottom of the steps, looking up at her.
It looks like a big white dog.
And now this big white dog was asking her for a hug.
About ten minutes ago, Ms. Tanaka tied a bow on her hair and took her to the next room.
The father and son in the next room finished their hot spring bath earlier than them and had already bought some ice water and ice cream. When Jiang Song opened the door, he was gulping down the ice water. He saw the girl at the door suddenly choke, then he took the box of ice cream and strode to the door under the gaze of three pairs of eyes, and took the girl away without saying a word.
The door was closed, and Jiang Song handed her the ice cream. Then he asked politely, "You're so cute. Can I have a hug?"
She just looked at him, then sat down on the steps under the eaves with her ice cream in her arms. After that, Jiang Song started squatting in different corners.
Xia Cun looked at him, put the empty ice cream box aside, then lowered his legs to the ground in the courtyard, stood up and said to the boy, "Okay."
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Song smiled sweetly, stood up suddenly, and pounced towards her like the golden retriever named Molly whom she had seen in the pet park not long ago.
A warm breeze, a hug, or rather a violent bear hug engulfed her.
Summer is indeed still going on.
The boy buried his head in the side of her neck, one hand gently placed on the back of her head, and whispered praise in her ear: "You are so cute. 本当に可爱いね."
After hearing the same compliment twice, Xia Cun reluctantly moved his head, thought for a moment, and said, "Kimi もだよ." (You too.)
Her Japanese was always a little stiff, but very special, which made Jiang Song feel that this was the correct way to speak Japanese. Jiang Song fulfilled his wish of hugging her, and then let go of the girl. Smiling, he took her by the hand and sat her under the sun porch eaves, then pulled her back and laid her on the floor in an orderly manner.
The bow was digging into her lower back, but it didn't hurt or itch. She could sleep on the bow as if she was sleeping on a floating cloud.
Two hands held together, like a cloud merging into another cloud in the sky.
They stared at Yunying for a long time. Jiang Song turned to look at the girl and asked, "What did your mother say to you?"
Although the fact that Ms. Tanaka prepared a cute yukata for Xia Cun dispelled Jiang Song's idea of saying nasty things to girls, Jiang Song still seemed a little uneasy when he asked this question, perhaps because he felt uneasy that Xia Cun did not directly agree to his request for a hug at first.
Hearing this, Xia Cun turned to look at him and asked, "Why do you think she would say something nasty to me?"
"Well, because..." He hesitated, but decided to tell her, "Because my father said something nasty to me."
"Did you say that today?"
"No."
"Was that your birthday?"
"Earlier than that."
"When was that?"
"That's it..." Jiang Song was evasive, as if afraid of getting her angry. He hesitated for a long time before saying, "That time I pretended not to see you."
That was the day after they returned to the island villa from the yacht.
"Why, is it he who won't let you talk to me?"
"No, but he said..." Jiang Song seemed to be acting like an ostrich again when she said this, so Xia Cun pinched the fingers that were still holding her hand. He had to turn his gaze back to the sky and continued to speak softly, "But he said that I shouldn't get too close to you, because it will cause other people to misunderstand, and it might cause you trouble. More importantly, it will make you misunderstand... misunderstand that I like you, which will make you very sad."
After he finished speaking, he suddenly retracted his legs, curled up and lay on his side, facing the girl, "But actually, that's not a misunderstanding. I just haven't realized that I like you yet..."
He stared at her with his beautiful eyes, and spoke in a tone that was almost coquettish, as if he knew that she would not be angry with him. But saying such words was enough to make him blush, because he was still not good at being an honest person.
At this time, Xia Cun also retracted his legs that were hanging under the steps, curled up like him, and turned his whole body sideways.
The two of them lay on the floor facing each other, their eyes fixed on each other, with only the faint sounds of breathing and heartbeats.
After a long time, Jiang Song rolled his Adam's apple and muttered, "Etto... There's something I haven't asked you." You care so much.
"What's going on?"
"Why do you know He Shizhao and his brother?"
Xia Cun blinked and told him that Xia Lan and He Shizhao had been in love. Then Jiang Song started to get jealous and asked, "So they've been to your house too?"
"Um."
"Then he has been to your room as well. Did he see my gift?"
“…”
She said his gift was so easy to say, even though he was still her pony at that time.
“No.”
Jiang Song was secretly pleased at this, and he pressed the issue further, asking, "Why?"
"Because he doesn't seem interested." Xia Cun said this, but was attacked by Jiang Song's complaining gaze, so he changed his words and said, "Well, because I don't like them coming to my house, I won't bring them to my room."
Jiang Song became proud again, and then he asked, "Is it because you don't like Sister Xia Lan dating a boyfriend?"
"How do you know?"
"Because Sister Xia Lan said you are very jealous."
“…”
Sure enough, Xiaolan also knew about this.
"She taught me this word because I had never used it before. She also asked me how to say 'jealous' in Japanese."
"How do you say that?"
“焼き餅を焼く. It means grilled rice cakes, because being jealous makes your cheeks puff up, just like rice cakes puff up when they’re grilled.”
“How strange.”
"...You didn't notice anything?" Seeing her confusion, Jiang Song was depressed for a moment, then suddenly moved a few inches closer to her. When they were even closer, he said, "That day in front of the jellyfish wall, I said this to you."
So that's how it is.
Xia Cun blinked and suddenly called him, "Student Jiang Song."
"Um?"
"Why are you saying this suddenly?"
"Because you told Mizuno-san yesterday that I wasn't honest." Jiang Song held a grudge.
"I don't."
"I heard everything."
"……"All right.
After a moment of silence, Xia Cun suddenly changed the subject and said to him, "Classmate Jiang Song, I like your mother."
Jiang Song was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then smiled and asked, "Why?"
"Because she's so beautiful."
"Is that all?" Then, as if realizing something, he asked again, "So is this why you like me too?"
Jiang Song is a person who knows that she is beautiful.
"Um."
"So sad... Is there any other reason?"
Xia Cun thought for a moment and said, "Also, Jiang Song sometimes acts like an angel."
"I will always be like an angel." Jiang Song said with a smile and without shame. After saying that, he remembered the question he asked her at the beginning and continued to ask, "So what did she say to you?"
I've said a lot, but today...
"She asked me if I had figured out how to end the summer and what I was going to do after the summer was over."
But these are two very difficult questions.
How will this summer end? Perhaps it will be like every summer before it: I seem to have done a lot, yet it also seems to have ended without doing anything.
What do you do after summer ends? Go to school, go home, and wait for the next vacation...
Thinking about it, she said, "Classmate Jiang Song, it seems that summer is really coming to an end."
"There will be many more summers." Jiang Song looked at her with his bright dark eyes.
"But those summers are so far away. I can't even imagine what they will be like."
"We'll find out next summer."
He looked at her with a smile, and she really looked like an angel.
Xia Cun stared at him and found that they seemed to have gotten closer without realizing it, so close that she could see a thin layer of bruises under Jiang Song's eyes. Maybe she had them under her eyes too, because they talked until very late last night before going to bed.
Two pairs of beautiful eyes stared at each other, their breaths intertwined softly. Suddenly, Jiang Song moved closer to her, as cautiously as a dog approaches a cat. The cat saw the dog slightly raise his body to approach her, and his ears felt slightly warm. He lay back on the soft bow again.
But the door inside the room was suddenly opened, and the big dog suddenly sat up straight, looking at the woman who appeared at the door with a flushed face.
Tanaka Haruka showed a rare look of surprise on his face, and then said with a regretful tone: "Ara, gomen na saine." (Oh, I'm so sorry.)
"Mom..." Jiang Song called her in a feigned discontent, then glanced at the girl who had just sat up. Seeing that she still had that expressionless look, he couldn't help but feel aggrieved.
It's too much, she's not even shy at all.
"Okay, I just came to tell you that lunch has been arranged. Remember to arrive at the restaurant early." Ms. Tanaka said, closed the door again and left.
Jiang Song then turned his head and looked at the girl awkwardly.
Xia Cun looked at him calmly, and suddenly said, "Classmate Jiang Song, I think I've figured out how to say goodbye to you."
After they said goodbye to Mr. Mizuno yesterday, Xia Cun suddenly said to Jiang Song, who looked very emo with red eyes, "Jiang Song, I still have a lot to say to you."
His eyes turned red as he asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Farewell words."
Jiang Song's eyes became even more red with envy: "Why do we have to say goodbye?" He sounded dissatisfied, as if he really didn't understand why.
"Since summer is almost over, we can start saying goodbye a little earlier."
That's why they talked until very late.
Now that she suddenly mentioned this, Jiang Song felt lost again: "Then how should I say goodbye?"
The girl looked straight at him and asked frankly, "Can we kiss on the day we say goodbye?"
It was like a firework exploding in his head, and Jiang Song's cheeks suddenly turned red like a cooked crab.
This is really too much!
How can you say such a thing like that!
Not surprising at all.
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