Suzhou is close to the sea, so Yi Ran rode along the coastal highway and took Song Yumeng for a ride.

The cool and pleasant sea breeze mixed with Yi Ran's fragrance blew Song Yumeng's hair. The blue sky, white clouds, sea and ride made her depressed mood improve all of a sudden.

"Yi Shenjing, drive faster!" She hugged Yi Ran and shouted happily.

"Aren't you afraid of me driving faster?"

"No!"

"Then hold me tighter."

This time Song Yumeng was not arrogant, and obediently tightened her arms around her waist. Yi Ran quietly curled his lips and silently increased the speed.

The feeling of the wind whizzing past her ears and hitting her face was incomparable. Song Yumeng was particularly happy and excited. She liked this kind of ride.

In front of the sea was a golden beach, and many nearby residents and tourists who came here for the reputation gathered on this beach.

The two found an empty seat and sat down, less than a meter away from the sea, with waves washing under their feet.

In this situation, Yi Ran's mood also became cheerful, and asked: "How is it, are you feeling much better now?"

Song Yumeng looked at the endless sea and nodded, "Yeah."

"Then am I very good? At least better than Liu Luoyang treats you?" There was a gleam of expectation in her eyes.

Song Yumeng muttered in disapproval: "Are you good to me? How good? Just a little bit." She gestured, with only a little gap between her thumb and index finger.

"Is it a little bit or a billion bits?" Yi Ran teased, deliberately biting the word "billion" very hard and dragging it out.

"I'm too lazy to argue with you. Just say whatever you want!" At last, Song Yumeng looked down at the waves kissing her toes. There was an imperceptible joy on her lips, and there seemed to be stars and sea in her eyes. "Thank you for today."

"I've said thank you so many times, why are you still so awkward? What are you shy about?" Yi Ran tilted his head to see the expression on her face.

Song Yumeng suddenly jumped up and looked at Yi Ran incredulously. Her chest rose and fell like the waves, and her face suddenly turned red.

Yi Ran was also frightened by her reaction and asked in confusion: "What are you doing? I just want to see you, why do you have such a big reaction?"

After saying this, Song Yumeng breathed a sigh of relief.

She just thought Yi Ran came over to kiss her, she herself felt that this idea was too far-fetched, so she could only shamelessly find a way out.

"Nothing! What can I do? You suddenly came so close to me and scared me, okay?"

"But you were scared, why are you blushing?" Yi Ran's expression was intriguing. As he spoke, he stood up and slowly approached her, bent his head and got in front of her, and asked in a low voice, "Are you shy?"

"Shy, you big-headed ghost!!!" Song Yumeng raised her pink fist and hit her, pushing her all the way, muttering in her mouth, "Yi Shenjing, you are really annoying! Why do you always tease me!" Yi Ran

did not fight back, but smiled and crooked his eyes, and even enjoyed Song Yumeng complaining to her in such a coquettish tone.

…

Sunday, Song family villa.

"Xiaoyu, we have guests coming to our house tonight. They are Dad's business partners." Song's father said.

"Oh, I see." Song Yumeng's tone was very calm, and she didn't take it to heart.

But when she saw that it was Yi Ran's family that came, she was completely stunned.

"Yi Ran??? Why is it you?" Song Yumeng went down from the second floor to the living room. She was really surprised and couldn't help feeling that this world is really small.

"Why not me?" Yi Ran said with a smile, not as surprised as she was, because she was already surprised enough when she came, and she didn't expect that her father's partner was actually the Song family.

The four parents obviously didn't expect them to know each other. Song's father said happily, "It's a good thing to know each other. Let's eat first."

At the dinner table, Song's mother said to Yi Ran, "You must be Yi Ran. My Xiaoyu often mentions you."

Song Yumeng was drinking soup and choked. After a few snorts, she immediately explained with a red face, "I, I, I was saying bad things about her!" She

spoke without thinking.

Yi Ran: "..."

The atmosphere suddenly became silent. Several parents and Yi Ran all had awkward smiles on their faces. Song Yumeng also realized that she had said something wrong.

Fortunately, Song's father immediately came out to smooth things over: "I'm sorry, my daughter is just like that, she didn't mean any harm."

"Yes, yes, you must not take it to heart." Song's mother also echoed, saying to Song Yumeng, "Xiaoyu, you should apologize to her."

Yi Ran pursed his lips to hold back his smile, looking at her expectantly.

Song Yumeng hesitated for a long time before uttering the three words "I'm sorry".

"Hahaha!" Yi's father laughed heartily and said, "Don't worry, the little girl is straightforward, we won't take it to heart."

Yi's mother also smiled and said, "It can be seen that the two children have a good relationship."

Yi Ran and Song Yumeng on the side looked at each other and showed a meaningful smile. She especially wanted to tell her mother that she and Song Yumeng quarreled every day at school, and their relationship was really bad.

No. 1 Middle School had to go back to school for evening self-study on Sunday afternoons, and the current time was exactly 5:30, and the evening self-study started at 6 o'clock.

They were going back to school.

Song's father said to Yi Ran, "The driver will take Xiao Yu to school later. Why don't you come along? We're in the same class anyway."

"No need, uncle. I'm used to riding my bike." Yi Ran politely declined.

"Will it be inconvenient for you to ride your bike?" Song's mother asked.

Yi's father: "It's okay. The child likes to ride a bike to school. Don't worry about her."

Yi's father said "Oh", rolled his eyes, and said to Song Yumeng, "Why don't you take a ride with Xiao Yi to go to school?"

He just wanted to improve the relationship between his daughter and Yi Ran. After a meal, he had a good impression of Yi Ran. He was a quiet child. It would be a good thing if his daughter could become friends with such a person.

But Song Yumeng didn't understand her father's good intentions, and she refused vigorously: "Ah? Forget it, I'd better take Uncle Wang's car to go to school, I'm a little scared."

Yi Ran smiled and said nothing, and didn't expose someone's lies. She said she was scared, and I don't know who sat in her passenger seat and asked her to drive faster this Friday.

Finally, the matter was left unresolved. Song Yumeng still took the special car to go to school, and Yi Ran rode a bike as usual.

But something unexpected happened after school.

Uncle Wang was supposed to drive to pick up Song Yumeng after school, but he suddenly had something to do and couldn't go.

"Hey, Uncle Wang." Song's father said, "What? You have something to do and can't pick up Xiaoyu today." The person on the other end of the phone explained the reason to him, "Well, okay, I'm sorry."

After hanging up the phone, Song's father sighed. He was worried about who would pick up his baby daughter tonight. He would definitely not be able to get away when his business partner came tonight.

At this time, the Yi couple had not left yet. Seeing this, Yi's father said, "Old Song, this is easy to do. Why don't you let Xiaoyu take a ride back with Yi Ran?"

"That's a good idea," Song's father agreed, patting his thigh. This was exactly what he wanted.

So he left the table and went to the study room to tell the class teacher about this matter, asking her to pass on a message to Song Yumeng. At the end, he also asked, "Teacher Tang, there is nothing going on between my daughter and that Liu Luoyang recently, right?"

Tang Xiangping thought about it and said politely, "Song Yumeng's parents, I'll tell you the truth. Before this semester, Song Yumeng was still pestering Liu Luoyang every day, and the school gossip was all over the place. But recently, she has been much more reserved, and I haven't heard any gossip about her."

"That's good." Song's father breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Teacher Tang, please keep an eye on Xiaoyu at school. This child is stubborn and doesn't listen to what we say. She insists on loving others wholeheartedly. As parents, we don't agree with this at all!"

"I can understand your feelings. I will help you keep an eye on this child."

After thanking him, Song's father asked, "By the way, teacher, how is the relationship between our Xiaoyu and Yiran? Is it good?"

"They have a very good relationship. You can often see them quarreling together!" Tang Xiangping still remembers that the two of them had a good relationship and climbed over the wall to go out and play together.

Song's father was very excited: "That's good, that's good!"

...

Tang Xiangping told Song Yumeng about this matter after school in the evening.

When Yi Ran packed her things and was about to leave, Song Yumeng came up to her and said arrogantly, "Hey, Yi Shenjing, the driver has something to do today and can't pick me up. Your father asked you to take me home."

Yi Ran crossed his arms and stared at her for a few seconds, and said with a smile, "Please, are you asking for favors? Can you be more arrogant? And, didn't you say you were afraid to ride in my car? So now you are not afraid? You are too fickle!"

Song Yumeng was almost crying because of her retort. She said childishly, "If you don't let me ride, forget it! I don't care!" After that, she turned around angrily and walked out of the classroom without looking back.

"Hey, where are you going?" Yi Ran panicked and hurriedly went up to grab her.

"Go home!" Song Yumeng was still angry and kept walking forward.

"How are you going to go back? Take a taxi?"

"What else? Do you want me to walk back?" She was so angry that she stopped walking. She was about to cry because of Yi Ran's stupidity.

"No, taking a taxi is a waste of money, and walking is not safe. You should just take my ride. I'm letting you ride with reluctance."

Song Yumeng's eyes widened and she said angrily, "What did you say? Reluctantly? Say it again?"

Yi Ran immediately changed his words, "Ahem, I mean, it's my honor that the young lady is willing to lower herself to take my ride."

Song Yumeng was amused by her and felt good, "Huh, that's not bad. "You're so good at talking!"

The two of them arrived at the parking lot at the back door of the school. When they were still a little distance away from the car, Song Yumeng suddenly trotted over and sat on the passenger seat first. She deliberately urged, "Shenjing Yi, hurry up. Why are you walking slower than an eighty-year-old man?!" Yi Ran

was amused by her. Under the bright moonlight, she unexpectedly felt that Song Yumeng was particularly beautiful at this moment, with a bit of childish innocence.

She walked to Song Yumeng slowly, picked up the helmet and put it on her as usual, muttering: "I've told you so many times that you must remember to wear a helmet when you get on the bus, why can't you remember?"

"Who said I can't remember?"

"You still don't wear it even though you remember it?"

"I'm waiting for you to put it on for me, it's always like this, you do this as soon as I get on the bus."

These words hit Yi Ran's heart like a hammer, the quiet autumn night, the bright moonlight, at this moment her heart fell.

However, Song Yumeng didn't seem to realize that her words made Yi Ran's heart turbulent, she only felt that she was very sweet and lucky when she said these words, happier than stealing honey brewed by bees.

After Yi Ran got in the car, he said as usual: "Hold tight."

"I know." Song Yumeng couldn't help curling her lips and hugging Yi Ran tightly, and sweet little bubbles popped up in her heart.

Riding all the way to the door of her house, Song Yumeng got off the car and said: "Don't move, keep your head down."

"What for?" Yi Ran was puzzled, but still lowered her head.

Song Yumeng took off the helmet on her head, imitated Yi Ran's movements to put on the helmet for her, and finally, bent her fingers and tapped the helmet to make a crisp sound.

"Okay, you go back."

Yi Ran stared at her face silently, with a slight smile on his lips, and there seemed to be stars and sea in his eyes. His heart has never been at peace since the beginning.

Song Yumeng was a little embarrassed by her gaze.

"Why are you looking at me? Go back quickly. I have to go back too." After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the door of her house first, but after a few steps, her pace gradually slowed down. Suddenly, she turned around and shouted to Yi Ran, "Thank you for the ride and the safety helmet!"

Then she quickly ran to the door of her house, inserted the key, turned the lock, and took a last peek at Yi Ran before going in.

Yi Ran suddenly felt a little reluctant to leave her.

After returning home, she found a message from Song Yumeng on her mobile phone.

[I didn't hear you say "thank you with sincerity", so I don't owe you this favor! ]

[Then I must remember to say it next time! ]

Yi Ran smiled and turned off his mobile phone, sat in front of the computer desk, took out a sticky note from the drawer, wrote a paragraph on it, and then crumpled it into a ball and threw it into a glass jar. The glass jar already contained half a bottle of crumpled white sticky notes.

[How could someone be so stupid that she even needed my help to put on a safety helmet... But, she rides in my car, and I put on her helmet for her. This seems to have become our unspoken secret.]

The author has something to say: Yi Ran: Sorry uncle, it’s impossible for me to have friends in this life, but a girlfriend is okay.