As she said, missed
(Small Theater) Inner Demon ~ Lei
Who doesn't care about face in their youth? Of course, there were many other factors, so I never contacted her again. If I had known that every time we met, I would chase her and ask "why" as if I were crazy, I would never have cut off contact with her for these years.
Those three years of high school were truly a carefree life. Studying? Nonexistent. Every day was spent fooling around, talking nonsense, and getting into fights. It was so unpleasant. But deep down, there was always a little girl in my heart. As the days went by, my memory faded, but I still felt a pang of resentment.
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Isn’t liking someone just paying attention to them all the time?
Perhaps Lin Lei saw what Qi Yue was up to, as he quickly walked over to sit next to her. Qi Yue's nephew, as if he'd seen some wicked uncle trying to steal his snacks, instantly perked up and went into battle mode, first sitting between Qi Yue and Lin Lei, then grabbing Qi Yue's hand and not letting go, shaking it from side to side, and looking at Lin Lei with a provocative look.
Lin Lei, perhaps having seen through the child's intentions, actually started teasing him. He pretended to get food for Qi Yue, but was pushed back again and again by Qi Yue's nephew. Seeing that this trick didn't work, he came up with another plan and directly took Qi Yue's hand. However, Qi Yue's nephew hit him back again. Lin Lei saw that he was no match for a child, so he finally got into a fight with the child and said, "Little nephew, you're not right. How can your aunt find a boyfriend if you're like this? You see, I want your aunt to be my girlfriend, and I'll be your uncle-in-law. I'll buy you delicious food every day and take you out to play every day." As he spoke, he sat down on the other side of Qi Yue, and they sat next to each other, with no distance between them.
This action accurately triggered the sensitive nerve switch of Qi Yue's nephew. He jumped off the sofa and started to move. He pushed and pulled, but couldn't be pulled away. How could a child compare to the strength of a man in his twenties? When he saw that he couldn't separate and couldn't squeeze in, he cried out and started to cry.
The voice was like a loud bell, and it was obvious that it was a child's skill. The singer stopped singing, and even the one who was entertaining the children was startled. It also scared his aunt Qiyue.
Qi Yue was skeptical, "Are your feelings for me so deep? Are you really afraid that I'll get married? My dear nephew, my love for you from childhood to adulthood is truly not in vain. I'm so relieved!"
Seeing this scene, no one had any experience in coaxing children and they all stood there in a daze. It was really a sudden incident.
Lin Lei: "Good nephew, dear nephew, little handsome boy, don't cry, brother, uncle-in-law, no, uncle will buy you something delicious."
It seemed that after hearing the words "uncle-in-law", nephew Qi Yue cried even more heartbreakingly. This child has had this problem since he was young. Whenever he heard that his aunt was looking for a partner and wanted to get married, he would burst into tears unless he got a negative answer. He was even sadder than Lan Damei.
Damei only said this to his girlfriend: "My sister, such a good sister, if she gets married, I will be so sad. I feel uncomfortable when I think about it." Then, a tall man of 1.84 meters was secretly wiping away tears, which was quite distressing, but if Qi Yue saw it, she would probably feel disgusted.
Seeing this, Xiaoxiao quickly brought out a fruit plate and started to coax the child. The other grown men also took out all their skills and used their special abilities, but none of them worked.
Being used to big scenes, this was nothing. Qi Yue held her nephew's hand, looked at his tearful eyes earnestly, and said, "Don't worry, nephew. I'm not looking for a partner. I'll find one whenever you agree. See, is that okay?"
After saying that, under the dim light, his big eyes with tears in them looked at Qi Yue, "Really?"
Qi Yue answered firmly: "It's true, it couldn't be more true. Look at when your aunt has ever lied to you."
After he finished speaking, the atmosphere became much calmer, but everyone was exhausted and sweating. After all, they were all young people, and none of them had ever coaxed a child. Among those present, only Qi Yue, the art teacher, had a few tricks to play with.
The child looked at Lin Lei as if he were an enemy, but Lin Lei smiled dotingly and shook his head helplessly.
Lin Lei lowered his head and thought deeply for a moment.
What he was thinking at this moment, perhaps, only the person involved knows! After all, we, the spectators, are not the roundworms in his stomach, and even if we were roundworms, we might not know everything.
Lin Lei picked up the wine glass in front of him, raised his head, tilted his neck, opened his mouth, and drank it all in one go, as if it was continuous. After finishing one glass, he poured himself another one. After one glass, he couldn't miss another one. After three glasses, he smiled bitterly and said, "It's great, it's really good!" As he spoke, he looked at Qi Yue.
Lin Lei said in his heart with tears in his eyes, "It's so good, so good that so many people love you, my little princess." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand towards Qi Yue's face.
A small hand hit back a big hand again. The boy was suddenly surprised and the child was angry.
Everyone present looked at the three people in the center of the room. Two adults and one child, those who didn't know better might have mistaken them for a family of three. The scene looked perfectly harmonious. The man was handsome, the woman was beautiful, and the child was adorable. Isn't this the married life most people yearn for? Harmonious and warm, it was the envy of others.
Perhaps the atmosphere was too strange, and the gazes around her were too intense. To ease the awkwardness, Qi Yue also picked up the wine glass in front of her and said, "Drinking by yourself is so boring. I'll drink with you."
After one glass, it seemed that no one reacted. Then Qi Yue said, "Is it New Year's Day? We are all together again. Come on, let's have a drink together." As he said that, he raised his glass and was about to drink it.
Suddenly, a big hand took the wine glass, drank it in one gulp, looked at Qi Yue, and said gently: "Drinking is bad for your health. Girls, be obedient."
"Be obedient," such a familiar phrase. Back in school, after Lin Lei provoked Qi Yue, he'd start coaxing her without even taking a breath. Every time, he'd tell her, "Be obedient." Yes, Qi Yue was truly obedient, and Lin Lei was the same. He was truly obedient, especially to Qi Yue, but he wasn't exactly obedient either. It was hard to say whether he was smart or stupid.
"If we had been more obedient, we wouldn't be who we are now."
Lin Lei stood up, filled his glass, and turned to the crowd, saying, "To my younger self, my brave self, my former self. I love you (turning back to look at Qi Yue) and my classmates."
He drank it all in one gulp. Perhaps due to the inertia of tilting his head back, he took a step back. Qi Yue just reached out to help, but was pulled back. The small hand held Qi Yue tightly, telling the people present, or rather, telling the person present, "Stay away, my aunt."
After being steadied by Jiang Yiheng, Lin Lei half-knelt in front of Qi Yue. Perhaps due to the effects of alcohol, the man's eyes reddened and he choked out, "Yue Yue."
Qiyue was surprised. "We both know each other. Yueyue is what my family calls me, and my classmates and friends just call me Qiyue. What does this mean now? Or rather, how dare you call me that so loudly? Don't forget who we are. We are just you and me, two classmates with no connection to each other."
Lin Lei, perhaps sensing Qi Yue's surprise, changed his address and whispered, "Qi Yue, can we, just once more? I was wrong and I'm so sorry. I miss you so much. Do you know I have so much to say to you? Really, can you, just once, just listen to me? There's no chance anymore, there really is no chance anymore. I'm so scared. Can we, just this once, please?"
Alcohol is really a good thing. When a man is 70% drunk, he can act until you cry. At this moment, Qi Yue had forgotten the existence of the spy beside her. She reached out her hand and wiped the tears from Lin Lei's face. His face was hot, and his tears were cool.
"I was so familiar with this face before. I also thought that we would have a future together. It really is true, we will."
Lin Lei felt the warmth on his face and held Qi Yue's hand tightly, pressing it against his face. At this moment, he really ignored the existence of others. Let's just stop at this moment! He was just greedy for the warmth of this moment. This long-lost throbbing, along with the feeling of heartbeat, also surged into his heart.
"When I can't see you, there will be a few moments when I miss you. Are you thinking of me too?"
"'Let's go back, okay'. After all, we are all adults. If you and I are both emotional, wouldn't it be too irresponsible? I am the kind of person who is not rational when I should be rational, and not emotional when I should be emotional. In the end, I have become a twisted person. 'Lin Lei, I'm sorry'." Two sentences, neither of which was spoken out.
Qi Yue regained her rationality and put down her hand. Her fingertips were still cold. Xiao Xiao said, "What a pity! We missed each other again."
As a witness to this youthful relationship, as she said, "I missed it."
In this noisy and brightly lit place, there is only one room that is surprisingly quiet.
"'I'm sorry, Lin Lei.' That's all I want to say, but I can only say it in my heart. Let's move on. After all, we just graduated not long ago. It's normal to have trouble handling things in life. Always doing things based on your own perspective and thinking that they are good for others often backfires. In this matter, neither you nor I are wrong. It's just that we are at a fork in the road of life and need to make a choice. The different choices we make naturally lead to different directions. If you choose to move forward, there's no turning back."
"I don't know what kind of life I'll experience in the future. You have your own life now. The companionship of high school and college is not something I can just give up. It's too difficult to choose. Why not, I'll be a bad person! The kind that is bad to the end. Of course, this is not to show off my selflessness. If you ask me, this is selfish. I'm so selfish that because I'm not sure of my position in your heart, I don't want to be brave. Sometimes, self-escapism is often a self-righteous act of doing it for my own good. Yes, it's for my own good."
Lin Lei looked at Qi Yue quietly. Just a few minutes seemed like centuries. No one knew what the two people were thinking.
"Yueyue, this is your only chance. Why don't you say something? However, you said nothing. It was the same when you graduated from junior high school. You said nothing, and yet it seemed like you said everything. Humph, am I not even worthy of you saying a word to me? Xiaoxiao has just told me about you. I was wrong. I was really wrong. I can apologize millions of times. I'm sorry, sorry, sorry. Give us another chance." Lin Lei still maintained a half-kneeling posture, staring at Qiyue quietly and infatuatedly.
Qi Yue's cell phone rang, breaking the silence.
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