Chapter 1 Graduation Night
On a night of revelry for high school seniors, in a KTV room, Bai He seemed still reeling from the momentous test of life, her reaction slow. When a classmate approached to toast her, she belatedly raised her glass and said, "I wish you good grades and a bright future."
I don’t know who requested the Cantonese song “Years of Friendship”, and a group of boys sang along with their arms around each other. Although the song was not standard, it did not affect their rich emotions.
The best friend came over and whispered in Bai He's ear: "Bai He, I heard the boys over there say that the class monitor will come and confess to you later."
Bai He put down the bar and looked at her in horror.
Knowing that Bai He was a girl with social anxiety, her best friend patted her on the shoulder and said seriously, "I'm going to tell you the news first. Think about how to deal with it in advance. Don't agree to it just because you're nervous."
Bai He is a person who only answers questions she has read. When she meets a stranger asking for directions on the street, she will point them in the direction and even say thank you, which confuses others.
The bar's private room was flickering with rose-red and deep blue lights, and the rich bass from the speakers was pounding the eardrums.
Bai He was in a state of confusion.
The class monitor was a nice person and usually took good care of her. They had a good relationship and often discussed geography questions about rotation and revolution together.
How to refuse without affecting the relationship between both parties.
She was a little irritable.
When her best friend saw Bai He stopped singing and frowned, she knew she was starting to waste time again: "Just tell her there's someone you like."
"He'd ask me who I was."
"Then tell him who it is..."
Bai He quickly covered her best friend's mouth and looked at the people around her cautiously, asking her to keep quiet.
Several boys were rolling dice while chatting with the girls about the college entrance examination that had just ended.
"Qi Lang and I were in the same classroom. He's truly a genius! He even handed in his English paper early. I'm totally impressed."
"Isn't this a routine operation for that gentleman? Besides, he's from Hong Kong, and his English isn't at the same level as ours."
"Submitting the college entrance exam in advance, how confident are you?"
"He must be eager to go to No. 2 Middle School to pick up his girlfriend, the campus beauty."
"Aren't we going to the hotel? We're going to have a fierce battle tonight, hahaha."
A few boys started laughing mischievously as they chatted, and the topic turned to what they were most interested in...
Bai He didn't want to listen to their dirty jokes at all. He scanned the QR code on the TV wall with his mobile phone, clicked on the song "Your Bar is Closed to Me", and sang it alone.
Squad leader Chen De, who was sitting on the sofa opposite, kept looking at her.
Under the bright rose-red light, her skin was cold and white, as firm as rice cake.
Her facial features are not extremely beautiful, but she has a quiet and mysterious oriental temperament, like the geraniums blooming at high altitudes, quiet and magnificent.
Chen De had been a study partner with her. After spending some time together, he gradually discovered that this girl had her own charm.
The success rate of confession tonight is 80%. For Bai He, making others comfortable is more important than making himself comfortable.
She would rather waste time on herself than refuse other people's requests.
Chen De even thought of an excuse. Even if she declined politely, as long as he persisted and pestered her a few more times, she would give him a chance for the sake of their friendship.
Bai He might really agree.
…
Bai He was extremely nervous and pretended to sing. She caught a glimpse of Chen De walking towards her out of the corner of her eye.
She quickly stood up and walked out the door.
Passing by Chen De, he asked, "Where are you going? Bai He."
"Fix, fix the air conditioner."
Chen De opened his mouth: "Huh?"
"No, I meant the bathroom."
Bai He's cheeks flushed red, and she ran out of the box as if escaping. Still worried about her safety, she walked through the dimly lit corridor and came to the quiet and deserted back garden of the bar. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
What the hell are you doing repairing the air conditioner?
I was so nervous that I couldn't speak.
Her phone vibrated; someone sent her a message.
Whenever she saw that number appear on the phone screen, Bai He's heart couldn't help but tremble, and she would jump and chirp like a bird in a nest. It was a secret joy that belonged to her alone.
7: "Where do we meet?"
Lily: "The address is in the group."
7: “Too much news, too lazy to read.”
She obediently sent him a location message, her thumb hesitant and tangled on the screen as she typed out a line of words -
Lily: "Are you coming over? Aren't you going on a date?"
After waiting for a long time, Qi Lang still didn't come back.
He's just like that. He'll reply when he sees a message, but most of the time his phone is on silent. Whether he can get in touch with me depends entirely on fate. He doesn't care if he misses important messages...
Maybe for him, the sky falling is not as important as having a good sleep.
It's so boring. Bai He has tried her best to give him the cold shoulder, telling him not to reply immediately but to wait a few hours before replying.
But he didn't care at all. Qi Lang wouldn't mind whether she came back at night or the next day.
She is the only one with too much inner drama.
Bai He leaned his head on the swing wire, swinging from time to time.
Suddenly, a pair of warm hands covered Bai He's eyes from behind: "Guess who I am."
Bai He felt the boy's slender finger bones, each one powerful.
"Some boring alien with no originality."
He enjoyed playing games as a child and continued to do so until he was eighteen. No one was more bored than him.
Qi Lang walked over with a smile and sat with her on the double swing.
Bai He immediately moved her butt to the side to make room for him. Qi Lang thought she disliked him and insisted on sitting next to her, squeezing her into the corner of the swing.
His body was filled with a surge of heat, and when Bai He got close to him, she felt short of breath. However... she quite liked smelling him. Even in the middle of summer, he didn't have the unbearable sweat odor of boys.
In the hot summer, he takes two baths a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. Sometimes he will take a shower at noon when it is too hot. His body always has a faint lemon scent from the fragrance, which makes him feel refreshed.
As they were talking, several beautiful girls with model figures walked out of the bar. When they saw Qi Lang, their eyes couldn't help but linger on him.
He raised his chin slightly and smiled at them frivolously. The girls blushed immediately and pushed each other away.
The neon lights illuminated his deeply boned face. The corners of his eyes were raised, pulling at the faint mole under his eyes, making him look both handsome and cool.
A close friend once commented on Qi Lang's face, saying that he was handsome but also very wanton, with a certain kind of lewdness in his bones that made people indulge...
Although the words were not nice, they did not do him any injustice.
"Qi Lang, you didn't reply to the message again!"
Qi Lang pulled out his phone with his slender, cold white hand and took a look. She had texted him asking about his date.
The boy swung on the swing and said nonchalantly, "We broke up."
Bai He looked at him puzzledly: "Why?"
"I've wanted to break up for a long time." Qi Lang rubbed his nose, which was tickled by the breeze, and said nonchalantly, "She asked me where I was going to apply to, and I said Tsinghua University. She said she wanted to apply to Tsinghua University, too. I said HKU, and she said she wanted to apply to HKU, too."
"Um…?"
"I suddenly feel that this person is very boring and has no brains."
“…”
"Qi Lang, are you crazy?"
I just want to be in the same university as him.
If her boyfriend breaks up with Bai He because of something like this, she would be so angry that she wouldn't know where to spit out blood!
Qi Lang ignored Bai He's contemptuous look, took out a truffle chocolate from his bag, opened the paper shell and stuffed it into her mouth: "It's delicious, try it."
The rich sweetness instantly melted on her tongue, and she said in surprise, "It's delicious. Do you have any more?"
"No more. A stranger on the street gave them to me just now. There are only two. If you like them, I can get more for you. Add her on WeChat."
“…”
"No!"
He liked to see her anxious eyes and stared at her with a smile.
Bai He felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, so she lowered her head and picked at the dead skin on the edges of her fingernails.
He touched the beads of sweat on her forehead and said, "Sayuri, isn't it hot sitting outside alone?"
The sudden touch made her heart tremble, and she subconsciously turned her head away: "It's hot, but I don't want to go in."
"how?"
"Nothing." Bai He didn't want to talk about the confession of squad leader Chen De.
"Is Yan Yi in there?"
"He must be hanging out with the science class. What do you want to talk to him about?"
"Your little follower, you're always by my side. How could I not rush to see you as soon as the college entrance exam is over?"
Well…
In fact, they did meet at the school gate. Only after making sure that she did not perform poorly did Yan Yi leave with a few science students with peace of mind.
"He doesn't follow me around all day long. He has his own things to do. If you want to find him, call him."
"I'm not looking for him." Qi Lang raised the corner of his eye slightly, "By the way, Sayuri, come to my house tomorrow."
"To your house?"
"Don't call me Yanyi."
"What are you doing here, so mysterious?"
"I have something good, I want to try it with you."
"What?" Bai He asked curiously, "Why don't you call Yan Yi? He'll be unhappy if he finds out."
Qi Lang seemed to be amused by her and laughed so hard that he couldn't stand up. Bai He poked him.
He suppressed the smile on his lips and leaned close to her ear: "There are some secrets that only the two of us know, understand?"
Bai He felt the heat of his breath hitting her ears, making her feel itchy and numb. "I don't understand."
Qi Lang didn't want to talk to her anymore, so he stood up and put one hand in his pocket: "Go buy something and keep me company."
Bai He obediently followed Qi Lang to the convenience store. After entering the store, she remembered that her father had asked her to buy some pepper fish seasoning packets because her father was going to cook fish tomorrow to comfort the two high school graduates in the family.
She went to the inner shelf to choose a fish feed package. Remembering that her stomach had been bloated for the past two days, she was afraid that her period was coming. She turned around and went to the shelf to pick up two packages of daily necessities and pajamas, and went to the counter to pay.
Qi Lang seemed to have made his choice. He stood tall and graceful in front of the counter, looking at his phone, waiting for her to pay together.
From Bai He's perspective, he could clearly see the receptionist point her phone at him and quickly flash a few photos, then jump to WeChat and send the photos to her girlfriends group.
Seeing the handsome guy's routine operation——
Share with sisters.
She didn't expose it, because Qi Lang wouldn't mind anyway.
Bai He put the goods on the table. Qi Lang withdrew his eyes from the phone screen and said lightly, "Let's pay together."
After saying that, she saw him throw something over, which landed next to her pajamas.
A box of the largest size Durex, with an icy and ultra-thin feel.
…
When they walked out of the convenience store, Qi Lang saw what she had bought and asked casually, "Is your period coming?"
"not yet."
"Just say, the day hasn't come yet."
“…”
Bai He frowned and glanced at him. He looked at her frankly: "Every time Yan Yi made you some brown sugar water and treated you like a princess. It's hard for me to forget it."
She was speechless and felt awkward. Qi Lang saw that she was carrying a transparent white plastic bag, so he opened his shoulder bag, snatched the bag from her, and stuffed it into his bag: "Don't forget it when you leave tonight."
"Oh, remind me."
Qi Lang: "I have a bad memory, you know, remember your own things."
"My memory isn't good either."
As they were talking, the two of them entered the KTV. Seeing Qi Lang coming over, a group of boys and girls surrounded him, asking him about the test: "Qi Shen, what did you choose for the second listening question? Was that sentence said by Andy or Tony?"
"It's Andy."
"Yeah! I was right!"
"I chose A for the first five questions in the reading section. It doesn't feel right. God Qi, please give me a quick death."
This guy is like a god when it comes to studying, and his answers are basically the standard answers.
His memory is directly proportional to his IQ. He can remember the answers to all the questions his classmates asked him: "The top five multiple-choice questions are ACAAB."
"Oh no! Two mistakes!"
Another classmate patted his shoulder and said, "I was completely wrong. Does this comfort you at all?"
"Where's the cloze test? Does Qi Shen still remember it?" A classmate took out a small piece of paper from his pocket and checked the answers to the cloze test with Qi Lang.
Qi Lang, this eccentric with high IQ, handed in the paper early without making any marks, and he could read out the answers to the cloze test one by one.
After hearing the answer, some students were overjoyed, while others lay on the sofa wailing in pain...
Bai He didn't want to make things difficult for herself. Even if there was a multiple-choice question that didn't match hers, with her inward-thinking nature, she wouldn't be able to have fun while waiting for the results.
But...Qi Lang has a really good temper.
Whenever they asked questions, he would answer them one by one. Even if someone else asked the same question, he would still answer them without any impatience.
He has always been humble to others and maintained a gentlemen's friendship.
Only with Bai He, Ni'er was extremely bad, like a disgusting person.
They grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and he didn't need to pretend in front of her.
Bai He went to the karaoke booth and requested a rap version of "Floating to the North", trying to drown out the sound of a group of chickens trying to answer questions.
After she finished singing, she picked up the glass and took a sip to moisten her throat. The squad leader, Chen De, walked over to her and said, "Bai He, come out for a moment. I have something to tell you."
"Puff." Bai He almost spit out the lemonade he drank.
After Qi Lang came, she was completely focused on him and almost forgot that she had a major test tonight!
It's over.
Chen De's lips were trembling, and he was extremely nervous. He looked at her deeply and walked out of the box.
Bai He stood up with difficulty.
Her best friend kept making faces at her, and a few boys also started laughing and making fun of her, obviously knowing what was going on.
When Qi Lang heard the boys around him making a fuss, he put down the wine glass handed to him by the student council and looked over in confusion.
Bai He blushed and went out with Chen De.
Qi Lang frowned and tilted his head to ask the student council member: "What's going on?"
"The class monitor is about to get rid of his single status." The student council member said with a smile, "It's easy to win over Bai He."
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ps: The initial setting and character design of the childhood sweethearts in this article were written at the end of 2022.
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