"The amusement park in the back hill isn't that fun. Everyone's exaggerating it."
"It's actually not bad. The main thing is that the amusement facilities built in the mountains give people a sense of novelty."
"Everyone has been climbing the mountain for so long, they're all exhausted and have no energy left to ride the roller coaster."
"The Ferris wheel is quite nice, it's a good place to rest. It's a pity we can't come at night, otherwise it would be very beautiful."
Around noon, the group arrived at the amusement park on the back mountain one after another. Because it was located at the foot of the mountain and was newly developed, the amusement park was relatively small, which was somewhat disappointing.
After a short stroll and lunch at a restaurant to replenish our energy, we decided to head home.
You can take a taxi from the back mountain. Pei Ke and Pu Xiaochuan were going in the same direction, so they took a taxi home. Tang Shi and Su Xun lived not far away, so they took the bus home together.
On the bus, Tang Shi kept complaining to Su Xun about how tiring and hot the hike was that day, and how she didn't enjoy the amusement park enough. Su Xun listened quietly and patiently answered Tang Shi's complaints.
She was actually exhausted. She didn't exercise much, and climbing the mountain today had taken all her strength, especially after having a ridiculously childish competition with Pei Ke. Now she just felt completely drained, and she estimated that her legs would be sore by the next day.
Sigh, given her health, she'll definitely be in pain for several days.
Tang Shi was still chattering away, her face full of indignation, but Su Xun could sense that Tang Shi was in a much better mood now, unlike when she had met her that morning, when she could feel a low pressure just by being near her. She had never seen Tang Shi angry for so long before. They had argued before, but they always made up easily.
Is it because everyone has grown up and become more temperamental?
However, she was more curious about what Pu Xiaochuan had said to Tang Shi that had managed to appease Tang Shi's stubborn temper. When she and Pei Ke arrived at the back mountain first, they sat on a bench by the roadside to wait for them. Pu Xiaochuan and Tang Shi walked out side by side without saying a word, but she could tell that Tang Shi's face was very red, and it wasn't the natural red that came from exercise; it was more like—shyness.
No one understands better than Su Xun what it looks like when someone blushes because they're shy.
Tang Shi seemed to have gotten tired of talking, leaning back against the bus seat, dozing off. The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the glass, evenly illuminating the face of the sleeping person next to her, creating a serene and beautiful scene.
When did Tang Shi's face start to become more pointed? Her face, which used to be round like hers, has gradually grown into a beautiful curve as she has aged.
Su Xun suddenly had a particularly daring idea, so daring that her heart couldn't help but race as soon as the idea came to her mind, filled with both fear and excitement.
However, now is not the right time to ask her. I believe she will see what she is guessing soon.
When she got home, it was just in time for dinner. Perhaps because she was exhausted, Su Xun didn't eat much. She went back to her room early to get her clothes and take a shower to wash away the stickiness.
As night falls, the summer night sky is always particularly beautiful. The night sky in the distance descends very low, studded with stars of all sizes, as if you could reach out and pluck them from the sky.
Su Xun received a QQ message from Pei Ke, asking if she had arrived home yet. He also reminded her to soak in hot water after climbing the mountain to relieve the soreness. Su Xun replied briefly and then went to watch TV with her family.
When she first started living in the dormitory, her family was worried about communication difficulties, so they bought her a cell phone. At that time, keypad phones were gradually losing their market share, and she got a tablet phone that many of her classmates envied. Later, the homeroom teacher was afraid that students would secretly play with their phones in the dormitory, so he forbade them to bring their phones to school. Su Xun left her phone at home and only turned it on when she went back on weekends.
Back then, WeChat had only been around for a few years and wasn't that widespread yet. Everyone was used to using QQ, and seeing the flashing penguin icon always made people feel closer to the world.
This is Su Xun's first summer vacation since entering junior high school. The usual schoolwork is naturally very heavy and boring for a twelve or thirteen-year-old who loves to play. Summer vacation is two whole months long, and she is naturally looking forward to it very much.
However, when she saw the huge stack of summer homework that she had carried home and placed on the table, she became a little worried about her fingers.
To be honest, during the first semester, she suddenly had to do assignments for seven courses. In the first month, she developed a callus on her right index finger. Although it wasn't serious, it surprised her for a long time. She had only ever seen calluses on the hands of her parents who worked hard all year round. She never thought that doing too much homework could result in such a large callus that symbolized the vicissitudes of life.
Because of too much homework, Su Xun refused her mother's suggestion to attend tutoring classes at an outside training institution and instead chose to go dancing. Seeing that she usually performed well and had made great progress in the final exam, ranking fifth in her class, her mother agreed.
Since the start of the school year, in order not to miss her studies, she only continued her dance classes during winter and summer vacations. She really liked that kind of enthusiastic and lively dance. This was a charm that was completely opposite to her overall temperament. She could forget who she was in the process of practicing basic movements again and again, and find balance in feeling the melody of the music. She was no longer the timid little girl who always hid behind the crowd. She could confidently raise her head, straighten her chest, and feel the pleasure of sweat running down her back.
Happy holidays always go by too quickly. Su Xun spent the last few days of summer vacation frantically catching up on homework. Although Su Xun had been doing some homework every day for the past two months, he always thought he had plenty of time at first and did the problems at a leisurely pace. Only later did he realize that he was still far from finishing.
The class group chat was constantly buzzing with messages. Those who didn't usually like studying would ask about everyone's homework progress every few minutes. However, most people, like Su Xun, were busy writing their homework at their fastest speed and didn't have time to reply. They would only say a few words when they took a short break.
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