Chapter 35 Drawings “They’re all cute.”
Perhaps attracted by the celebration activities, the amusement park is really crowded today.
The lines for various large-scale facilities are outrageously long, and they can basically only serve as decorations that can be viewed from a distance but cannot be used at all.
Because Yan Ning's parents will drive to pick her up at 7:30.
Time was limited, so Yan Ning and Xin Jing decided to move to the street of small games set up at various temporary stalls.
There are many things to experience inside.
In addition to traditional activities such as playing with balloon guns, scooping up goldfish, throwing rings, and walking through mazes, there are also highly interactive new games such as "Draw and Guess" and "Telephone".
Moreover, Xin Jing said that Shi Caimeng had also come here the day before yesterday, and there was something very interesting here, which was -
Walk a few steps and you will be randomly refreshed and meet acquaintances.
Yan Ning had no idea at first.
until--
While waiting in line to inflate balloons, I ran into two female classmates from my first year of high school.
While catching little goldfish, I met seniors from Xin Jing’s former club who had just finished the college entrance examination.
After a while, the person who won the grand prize in the ring toss game was the monitor of the class next door...
After a walk around.
Time flies by so fast.
Before I knew it, it was almost seven o'clock.
It takes time to get out of the amusement park, so Yan Ning can only play one last ride before it’s time to leave.
Choose and choose.
Xin Jing pointed to a place not far away where this round of "You Draw, I Guess" was about to end.
"Let's play that! If you win, you get an anniversary souvenir from the amusement park. If you lose, you get a small trinket as a consolation prize."
Yan Ning nodded without objection, "Okay."
It was only after they got closer that they were surprised to find that—
Line up there.
There is actually a Fang Ze'an.
There were also a few young men and women nearby, who looked like college students from the neighborhood. Fang Ze'an blended in with this group of people without feeling out of place at all.
As soon as I saw Yan Ning and Xin Jing.
Fang Ze'an greeted him enthusiastically, "Good evening!"
A sister in a short skirt teased, "Aze, won't you introduce yourself?"
Fang Ze'an smiled frankly: "We are all good friends!"
Xin Jing curled her lips and muttered softly, "Who is your 'good' friend?"
Yan Ning nodded slightly in response to Ze'an's gaze from above.
Fang Ze'an immediately responded with a standard smile showing eight teeth.
After the last birthday party, Lu Chen said that this is what he told Fang Ze'an after he sobered up:
Although Fang Ze'an himself did not remember it, he had sincerely apologized to Yan Ning after he got drunk, and Yan Ning also expressed full forgiveness.
Let’s leave the previous events for now and don’t mention them again.
So, this time, when Fang Ze'an saw Yan Ning again, he finally returned to his normal state.
A staff member came over and counted the number of people participating in the next round of the "Draw and Guess" game.
Since the teams are randomly formed on site, there are no specific requirements. All that is required is an even number of people, divided equally into two teams.
Within the time limit of fifteen minutes, each team will form pairs, one person draws and the other guesses. For each correct answer, one point will be earned. If the answer is wrong, the team can switch to the next group at any time. The team with the highest score in the end will win.
But after counting, the number of people is now an odd number.
Either add one more person or remove one.
Fang Ze'an immediately said, "Wait a moment, I'll call a buddy over!"
Yan Ning and Xin Jing were originally chatting with the curly-haired sister next to them. The sister praised the beautiful bracelets they were wearing and asked them where they bought them.
Hearing Fang Zean's words.
Yan Ning paused.
The man popped up in her mind uncontrollably.
The memories that had been blocked for a whole night began to resurface one by one and began to cause more trouble.
So, there are obviously many places selling balloons in the amusement park, with all kinds of styles. Even now, there is more than one adult or child holding similar hydrogen balloons that can float in the air in this area.
But Yan Ning still subconsciously and somewhat unnaturally wanted to hide his right hand behind his back.
The balloon is pulled by a string.
At the same time, a slight pulling sensation is fed back to the wrist.
Yan Ning finally realized, somewhat ridiculously, that—
Where else can you hide?
Unless she took the initiative to untie the string around her wrist, it would always be so obvious and follow her around.
But she...
Are you really willing to untie it?
Xin Jing came over excitedly and whispered to Yan Ning:
"Could it be the Road God?"
Yan Ning was a little absent-minded, "Maybe..."
The girl in the short skirt opposite her noticed the reaction of the two little girls and smiled with her arms folded. "You can wait, but remember to call a handsome guy over."
Fang Ze'an was flipping through his phone and making a call. He nodded confidently, "I guarantee it'll be super cool!"
The call was connected quickly.
Fang Ze'an was on speakerphone when a rather cold voice came from the other end, "Hello?"
Fang Ze'an is as cheerful as ever:
"Brother Lu, do you want to come over and play some games?"
The sister in the short skirt chimed in, "Hurry up, handsome boy, and don't keep your female classmates waiting too long."
But Lu Chen obviously didn't buy it and didn't respond.
“No time.
You play with others.”
Seeing that he was about to hang up, Fang Ze'an quickly added, "It's not someone else, Brother Lu, you also know them, Xin Jing, and Yan Ning!"
There was a rustling sound from the other end, as if clothes were rubbing against each other.
There seemed to be a pause in the call.
He seemed to stand up from somewhere, and his cold voice was mixed with a rare hint of hesitation:
"Who, you say?"
so.
This is a true chance encounter.
The proper reaction.
Yan Ning lowered his eyes for a moment, and his mind began to become chaotic and out of control again.
At this moment, Fang Ze'an, for some reason, simply handed the phone over here.
Yan Ning was closer to him.
So, the screen that was still in the call interface and had the words "Lu Chen" written on it appeared in front of Yan Ning.
A moment.
Yan Ning was completely frozen. She could clearly feel her cheeks starting to burn uncontrollably.
Those things that she had originally wanted to seal away temporarily, at this moment, swallowed her up like a tidal wave.
After all, where did it all begin, which was his deliberate arrangement?
Did he happen to find out that he and she would come to the amusement park today?
Or, the moment she knew her plans for the day?
…
Yan Ning felt as if a hurricane was passing through his heart.
There was a moment of silence in the air.
Xin Jing also thought Fang Ze'an was too reckless, rolled her eyes at him, and said:
"Lushen, we are missing one person here at Youhua I Guess. Do you want to come and play?"
Lu Chen: “Yeah.”
He responded but didn't comment.
One second later.
Yan Ning finally found his voice and asked softly, "Are you coming?"
She heard a familiar chuckle.
Lu Chen said:
"Come. Wait for me, five minutes."
lounge.
As soon as the phone was hung up.
Lu Chen put the doll costume he had just taken off and sorted out on the workbench and said to the tough man who was leaning on the table next to him, chewing gum and fanning himself with a cartoon fan:
"Thank you."
The man put the cartoon fan that did not fit his image in his left hand into his right hand and continued to fan it, saying with a smile:
"What are you thanking me for? You're helping me with my work. I can't thank you enough. If you need any props next time, just let me know."
"Yes, just pick Xie Ming. The amusement park is owned by his family, why are you being so polite to him?
Whenever you want to come with your girlfriend, you can get an inside ticket or a private room~"
Sitting on the bench was a young man with his doll costume half taken off and his long hair combed back, laughing and joking.
Xie Ming kept fanning himself: "That's right."
The lounge is connected to the shower room.
The originally scheduled actor couldn't come at the last minute.
Lu Chen had just returned from a dance flash mob event in a doll costume, and his clothes were already soaked with sweat.
But now, it is definitely too late to take a shower.
In the lounge were the men who had just been wearing doll costumes together.
Lu Chen took off his shirt without any hesitation, revealing his body. After being engorged with blood, his muscles were lean and beautiful, wet and shining.
While the two of them were joking and singing in unison.
Lu Chen walked to the sink and washed his face quickly. He then took several tissues, soaked them in water, wiped the sweat off his body, and then wiped them dry.
Throw the tissue into the trash can.
Lu Chen turned around and went to the closet to get clean clothes while correcting himself:
"It's a classmate."
"Oh~ I see~
It turns out that it was just a way for our cool classmate Lu Chen to bribe the lady in the broadcasting room, specify the music, wait here two hours in advance, buy hundreds of balloons from the old man selling balloons at his own expense, and even prepare the most special one by hand.
Ordinary classmates!"
The long-haired man who speaks in a snarky way is called Tao Bo.
Xie Ming, Tao Bo and several other men here were in the same street dance studio with Lu Chen a long time ago.
We have known each other for many years and are all quite familiar with each other.
These people were generally five or six years older than Lu Chen, but when they spoke, they were not serious. Lu Chen had no time to pay attention to Tao Bo.
He quickly put on another set of clean clothes.
The venue for the "Draw and Guess" game was not far from the lounge. Lu Chen quickly planned the route in his mind to ensure that he could arrive within three minutes.
There is still time left.
Lu Chen glanced at Tao Bo lightly.
Tao Bo had an expression of "Oh?" which said, "I want to see what you are going to say."
"It's a classmate."
“But not ordinary.”
The boy finally spoke, his voice clear and resounding.
-
A few minutes later.
The young man in the white T-shirt passed through the crowd like a breeze and lightly stepped onto the stage. He breathed slightly and said:
"Sorry for the delay."
Actually, no.
Everyone had just come on stage, and during the team division stage, Yan Ning, Xin Jing, three sisters, and a boy were together.
Fang Ze'an and the remaining four boys waved at Lu Chen:
"Brother Lu, come here!"
Lu Chen naturally joined another team.
Yan Ning never looked up.
Her mind was now like a ball of tangled threads of various colors. She had no clue what was going on and couldn't tell what her mood was.
I only know that the moment I heard Lu Chen's voice.
Her heart beat inexplicably faster, and a little sweat appeared on her palms.
She glanced at her phone covertly.
Exactly 5 minutes had passed, no more, no less.
The sister in the short skirt spoke again, "Your classmate is quite handsome."
After chatting for a while, Xin Jing became more familiar with her. She took Yan Ning's arm and nodded heavily, "Right, right!"
The sister in the short skirt glanced at Yan Ning who was silent, but smiled without saying anything.
The game starts soon.
The fast-paced game finally made Yan Ning temporarily unable to think about anything else.
The topic of this session is idioms.
Everyone in Yan Ning's team cooperated very well, especially Yan Ning and Xin Jing. When the two of them came on stage, Yan Ning drew accurately and Xin Jing guessed quickly. It basically took them less than ten seconds to answer a question correctly.
The team quickly scored a lot of points.
But for the other team, it was the complete opposite.
The team changed questions and people one after another, but they didn't answer many questions in total.
When the game was basically a foregone conclusion, Xin Jing was watching the jokes next door with great interest. Yan Ning finally calmed down a little and felt a little relaxed.
She also turned her head and looked over.
The ones who just came on stage were Lu Chen and Fang Ze'an.
Lu Chen painted, Fang Zean guessed.
It seems like neither of them has scored a single point.
After Yan Ning took a look, he understood the problem——
The title is "Short-sighted".
But the four-legged creature with a tail that Lu Chen sketched on the drawing board with just a few strokes was so abstract that it was hard to tell that its real name was a mouse.
Fang Ze'an didn't know what to make of it. "Cat? If it's a cat, then it's just a fox borrowing the power of the tiger!"
Lu Chen's mouth twitched.
"On the contrary, guess the smallest."
After saying that, Lu Chen turned around again and added a few strokes to the place that looked like a mouse's eyes. Knowing the answer, it could barely be called a short line of eyesight.
Fang Ze'an snapped his fingers, confident:
"That's the King of Cats! He shines with his own light! Long live Meow Meow!"
And shouted slogans.
Lu Chen: ...
Xin Jing almost couldn't straighten her waist with laughter, "I give up, what are they both thinking, hahahaha..."
Yan Ning finally couldn't help laughing and started laughing too.
game over.
Yan Ning's team won with a considerable advantage, and the prize was a set of exquisite park anniversary commemorative refrigerator magnets for each member.
The other team received a consolation prize, where each member could choose one trinket from a pile of items.
Two prizes, all in one place.
When Yan Ning took the refrigerator magnet from the staff, he also witnessed that in front of the shelf full of small ornaments, Lu Chen hooked his finger without hesitation.
"That's all I want."
The next second, Yan Ning saw clearly—
The white plush rabbit headdress was worn on Lu Chen's head.
And then.
She was slightly startled and met the pair of dark eyes with a faint smile.
He seemed to have noticed her gaze a long time ago.
"Ningning, are you leaving?"
Xin Jing brought over the refrigerator magnet, and her reluctant voice drew Yan Ning's attention back, causing her to quickly turn her head back as if to cover up.
Yan Ning looked at the time and nodded.
She suppressed the restlessness in her heart, cheered herself up, and said to her friend:
"Well, have fun, and help me get my share back."
A few college students nearby heard the conversation between the two and invited Xin Jing to join them to go to the haunted house, which was twice as scary at night.
Xin Jing, a playful yet inexperienced person, was very tempted by the idea and, thinking that having more people would give her more courage, she immediately agreed. Fang Ze'an also came over, eager to try and said he wanted to go.
Only Lu Chen is left.
He said:
"I should go too."
Upon hearing this, Xin Jing immediately responded, "Lu Shen, why don't you and Ning Ning go together? It's getting dark now, and I'll feel more at ease if you take her out."
It’s just a little after seven.
There were bright lights all around, so there was really no danger at all.
Xin Jing obviously wanted to create an opportunity for the two of them to be alone.
After she finished speaking, she even secretly winked at Yan Ning.
Now, those inappropriate thoughts suddenly appeared in Yan Ning's mind again.
Yan Ning was so panicked that his hands almost left afterimages.
But before she could say "No thanks", she heard Lu Chen speak:
"I have something else to do, maybe next time."
Yan Ning subconsciously raised his eyes to look at him.
The usual smile on Lu Chen's lips was obviously a little lighter.
So it seems a little restrained and distant.
On the way to the exit.
Yan Ning couldn't help but reflect——
Wasn't her direct rejection just now a bit too much?
After all, Xin Jing's proposal was also based on safety considerations, so there would be nothing wrong with Lu Chen leaving with her.
and.
Lu Chen prepared so much for her birthday today, but she acted as if she was avoiding him...
well……
real.
Not really.
Yan Ning began to feel a little regretful.
She happened to be walking next to a musical fountain, and worried that the balloons floating nearby might get wet, so she pulled the rope.
He looked up, wanting to bring the balloon closer to her.
In field of vision.
Suddenly a person stopped beside him.
As the balloon slowly fell, it just blocked the man's face, but revealed a pair of fluffy white rabbit ears above.
Yan Ning felt empty for a moment.
As soon as her fingertips loosened, the balloon floated up quickly in the breeze, revealing a face that was too handsome and very familiar to her.
Lu Chen smiled, "What a coincidence, we meet again."
His eyes were dark, yet they seemed to be shining with a light brighter than the stars in the sky.
Yan Ning was stunned, but subconsciously asked:
"Have you finished your work?"
Lu Chen shook his head, "No, it's in progress."
He said so.
But there was no intention of meeting by chance or leaving immediately.
So, Yan Ning finally realized that the "next time" Lu Chen just said was referring to "this time."
Yan Ning nodded.
This seemed like a tacit signal, and then the two of them continued to walk towards the exit together.
At first, there was some silence.
But after walking only two steps, Yan Ning noticed out of the corner of her eye that Lu Chen turned his head to look at her once, and then, a second time.
She raised her eyes.
Just met his eyes.
Lu Chen laughed again: "Ever since the painting competition, I wanted to ask you, what are you happy about?"
Is it that obvious?
Yan Ning was a little surprised, but when he raised his hand, he touched the upturned corners of his lips... Well, it was a little too obvious.
Listen to him mention the painting just now.
Out of good intentions, Yan Ning made a fair comment:
"Just looking at your paintings, I feel that you look more like a real person."
This was a bit too euphemistic. She thought about it and added:
"Besides, it's kind of cute."
"Yeah?"
Lu Chen stared at her for two seconds, then suddenly raised his hand and took off the rabbit ear headband on his head.
"What about this?"
Yan Ning blinked and didn't understand at first.
Then I heard him say, "Am I still cute like this?"
Lu Chen wiped the tip of his nose with his knuckles and looked at her with bright eyes.
I don't know whether it was intentional or not.
He actually directly agreed that the cute one was talking about him.
Instead of painting.
And I accepted it so smoothly.
But at this moment, Yan Ning really couldn't say anything to refute.
After two seconds, she finally obeyed her heart and nodded, "They are all very cute."
The person next to him smiled and put his rabbit ears back on.
He clearly looked very pleased.
Normal boys.
Don’t you all dislike being called “cute”?
But inexplicably.
Seeing Lu Chen in a good mood.
The corners of Yan Ning's lips did not move back down.
After a few words of small talk, we arrived at the door.
It is the peak time for tourists now, and there are relatively not too many people at the exit, at least not to the point of being crowded.
On the way, Yan Ning received a call from her parents, asking her which exit to leave the amusement park.
After confirming the location, Yan Ning received their message saying that they had parked the car and were waiting for her outside.
She replied one -
I'll be there soon.
Next to him, Lu Chen stopped.
"Okay, I'll take you here. It's time to say goodbye."
It seemed as if he had not expected that this goodbye would come so soon.
Yan Ning suddenly paused in the action of turning off the screen.
But she looked up and spoke.
"goodbye."
Lu Chen waved his hand and smiled, "Well, goodbye."
The farewell ceremony is completed.
Her parents were still waiting for her outside the door.
Yan Ning seemed to have no reason to waste any more time here. She pursed her lips, turned around, and joined the crowd step by step, walking towards the exit.
But, the closer you get to that open door.
The restless thoughts in Yan Ning's heart became clearer and clearer.
actually.
She also had a lot of things to ask him.
Why go to so much trouble to get her a birthday present?
Why did you suddenly change your address to calling her "Ningning"?
Why keep quiet about all this?
But she couldn't ask.
I feel that I can understand his different ideas now, unlike before.
Now.
She couldn't guess.
It was inexplicable and I didn't dare to ask.
But putting all that aside for now, her joy and excitement throughout the evening weren't fake...
When you are only one step away from the door.
Yan Ning suddenly stopped.
She seemed to be enlightened, and finally figured out what she wanted most at this moment -
Without hesitation, she turned against the flow of people and walked quickly in the opposite direction.
When Yan Ning's vision is no longer limited.
Then I discovered——
Lu Chen was standing there, not far in front of her.
She wasn't sure if he had stayed or had come back to see her.
She just felt happy.
She did not move forward, but instead stood a little distance away and shouted loudly and forcefully:
"Lu Chen!"
The young man nodded when he heard the voice, indicating that he had heard it.
Yan Ning's cheeks flushed, and she waved her hands. The rope tied to her wrist caused the blue balloon to swing along with it.
She said seriously:
"Thank you! I'm so happy today!"
Yes.
Even if it's not a birthday.
Even if it's just an ordinary day.
Because everything about him will be marked in her diary with a pink sticky note, and she can remember it by the key words any day in the future.
It will be in the memories of youth in girlhood.
Leave a strong and colorful mark.
The music started again.
The noisy sounds around her drowned out the tail end of her words.
But she knew.
He heard it.
Because the boy wearing rabbit ears took the lead again, leaned over, and gave a standard gentleman's salute.
Just like Mr. Bear had done to her not long ago.
Just this time.
When the boy looked up again, she saw his appearance clearly.
Those dark eyes looked at her intently, passing through the crowd of three or five people.
That's right.
Bright and warm.
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