"I'm right behind you."
Upon hearing this, Liang Zhirou froze, momentarily at a loss for what to think.
Suddenly, her eyes reddened, and she gripped the hem of her clothes tightly, feeling anxious because she didn't know how to express her opinion.
She was willing to believe Chen Lu's words, and suddenly began to believe in the future.
Seeing the girl trying so hard to hold back her tears, Chen Lu panicked.
"Hey, don't cry! Is my singing that bad?"
Now it was Chen Lu's turn to be confused. He felt that his singing shouldn't be that bad, and he had been practicing guitar for several years.
Touching?
That shouldn't be the case...
If that's how you'd be so moved, you would have won over Mo Yuqing long ago.
After all, Mo Yuqing never reacted when she listened to him play and sing.
He couldn't imagine the ripples his words and actions had stirred in the girl's heart.
"Really?" Liang Zhirou asked, her voice trembling with tears.
They were completely unaware that they had already asked the question once.
“Of course.” He slowly extended his little finger and made a pinky promise with the girl. “I’ll always be watching you. So you can’t let me down.”
Chen Lu glanced at the time and then asked, "Are you going to work part-time at a hot pot restaurant?"
Liang Zhirou nodded, her eyes seeming to hold a lingering sense of satisfaction, but it vanished in an instant.
"Play one last song, then I'll take you there."
"I'll go by myself..."
Shh~ Listen carefully.
......
Mo Yuqing and the members of the dance club were walking side by side toward the playground.
The group had just finished rehearsing and were planning to take a stroll before going out for hot pot.
These slender girls with long legs walking together became a beautiful sight on the playground in the evening.
"Yuqing, has that guy who just confessed to you liked you for a long time? It seems like this isn't the first time he's confessed to you." A girl from the dance club asked Mo Yuqing gossipyly.
The boy looked handsome and would definitely be considered a class heartthrob in high school. They really didn't expect Mo Yuqing to reject him so cleanly and decisively, without even changing her expression.
"I don't know, I don't remember," Mo Yuqing said honestly. She thought for a long time but still couldn't recall who this person was.
I only found out his name by looking at the contact's notes after receiving a WeChat message.
"...Looks like you have quite a few admirers. I'm so envious of you; I'd love to experience what it feels like to have so many people pursuing you."
"Speaking of which, I saw the video of your performance on our school's official website! You danced so well! Aren't you really going to join us?"
The dance club junior next to her was talking non-stop when she suddenly realized that Mo Yuqing, who had been walking beside her, was gone.
Turning around, I saw Mo Yuqing standing motionless in the same spot.
"Senior, what's wrong?"
Seeing that Mo Yuqing didn't react, the girl followed her gaze and saw Chen Lu playing the guitar for a girl who looked ordinary.
Her opinion of this senior improved considerably, but now everyone's curiosity was focused on Mo Yuqing.
Is there some untold story between them?
No way!
Didn't they not say a word to each other at the time?
Mo Yuqing's long eyelashes fluttered up and down like butterfly wings, and her eyes blinked repeatedly.
He didn't notice his clenched fists.
She immediately recognized the girl next to Chen Lu; she was the same girl who had eaten with Chen Lu earlier.
Chen Lu continued to play and sing earnestly, glancing at the girl beside him every now and then, but his gaze never fell on them.
Mo Yuqing felt very uncomfortable, as if someone had taken away a treasure that she had been enjoying all to herself.
He clearly learned guitar for me...
He only started learning it because I liked it...
I should be the one sitting next to him, why should I let you hear it?
Past scenes kept flashing before Mo Yuqing's eyes. At the time, she had just said while watching a video that the boy who could play the guitar was so handsome, and Chen Lu started learning the next day.
It seemed that he wasn't used to using the pick, because I often saw him with band-aids on his fingers during that period.
Later, during a self-study period when the high school homeroom teacher was absent, Chen Lu pulled out a guitar from somewhere, ran to the podium, and amidst the cheers of the crowd, shouted loudly, "Mo Yuqing, listen up..."
From then on, whenever I found a song I liked, I would forward it to Chen Lu, and Chen Lu would usually learn it the next day.
But now, he's started playing for other girls...
If their encounter in the cafeteria only made her feel uncomfortable, this time it truly gave her a premonition that Chen Lu was going to be taken away by someone else.
In all her life, this was the first time she had ever felt this way, and the first time she had ever felt this way from Chen Lu.
Those were words that had never appeared in her mind before—
A sense of crisis.
Chen Lu was more resolute than she had imagined. Ever since she rejected Chen Lu's confession for the second time that day, she had never heard from him again.
He didn't take the initiative to apologize like he always did when he threw a tantrum.
Would Chen Lu, who had been by my side almost every step of the way since I was a child, really leave me?
"Sister Yuqing, are you alright?" A girl waved her hand in front of her eyes and asked, puzzled.
Mo Yuqing finally came to her senses. "...It's okay, let's go."
Seeing that Mo Yuqing's expression was a little off, the others didn't ask any further questions and changed the subject, saying, "What are we having for dinner tonight? There's a new Haidilao nearby, want to try it?"
"Isn't Haidilao just a complete rip-off?" another girl couldn't help but complain.
"You guys go ahead, I need to go home." Mo Yuqing turned her head and walked quickly towards the school gate, not wanting to be discovered by Chen Lu.
Aren't you coming with us?
"Maybe next time. My mom came back from abroad today, and I was just thinking of hanging out with you guys for a bit before leaving."
Looking at Mo Yuqing's beautiful figure, the group exchanged bewildered glances.
......
Mo Yuqing returned to her front door, composed herself, and then knocked on the door.
She wasn't lying; her mother had indeed told her that she was coming back from abroad today.
A year later.
Since her parents divorced when she was young, her mother has been traveling abroad.
She wanted to experience what it's like when someone comes home and their mother opens the door for them.
This was something she hadn't experienced much of growing up.
Knock knock knock.
No one responded.
My already low mood plummeted to rock bottom.
After knocking several more times, she could only open the door herself by entering the password.
The lights weren't on at home as I'd imagined, and no one was waiting for me.
As usual, the light from the voice-activated lights outside got in first.
Mo Yuqing bit her lower lip and lay down on the sofa listlessly without even changing her shoes, like a deflated balloon.
After a long while, she seemed to have finally regained some strength and took out her phone to call her mother.
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