Lin Mengxi tilted her head and smiled at me, her smile particularly bright under the streetlight. She said coquettishly, "We don't have classes tomorrow anyway, so let's go. I'll treat you to something delicious later to replenish your body so you don't have to eat braised chicken every day, which is so boring."
I scratched my head awkwardly, hesitated for a moment, and cursed that "pig" in my heart. But looking at her eyes full of expectation, I couldn't bear to refuse her. I nodded and said, "Well... okay, let's go shopping."
We walked slowly on the street. The street lights cast a dim light, making our shadows longer and shorter.
I couldn't help but murmur in my heart, secretly wondering if my mentality was too old. Lin Mengxi next to me was like a child who had not grown up, and every move was childish.
She skipped along the way, her energy seemingly inexhaustible. Seeing some flowers blooming by the roadside, she excitedly ran over, stretched out her slender fingers and gently plucked one, placed it under her nose, closed her eyes and took a deep breath, her face full of intoxication. Then, with a smile on her face, she held up the flower and shouted to me, "This smells so good, come and smell it."
I smiled helplessly, leaned over and pretended to smell it, then nodded perfunctorily.
Looking at her genuinely happy face and her sparkling eyes, as if all the beauty in the world was hidden in this small flower, the taut string in my heart seemed to gradually loosen.
Infected by her pure joy, I felt as if I had gotten rid of all those heavy worries. I became younger and my steps became lighter. I blended in with her into the comfortable and beautiful atmosphere of the night.
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