Chapter 63: Wet Rain "I came earlier than you thought...
The seeds planted when I was seventeen finally blossomed into flowers.
Tao Shuran's pupils dilated slightly, and he was completely stuck in these words.
After a while, she finally found her voice and asked tremblingly, "You mean..."
"yes."
Liang Yuanjing interrupted her hastily: "I liked you earlier than you can imagine."
"It's just that I'm too emotionally dull, so even when love comes and goes, I don't feel like it belongs to me."
"I'm pretending to be in a relationship with you because I don't want you to date anyone else. Actually, every time I hear you have a crush on someone, I get super jealous. I attribute it to the person you like being terrible, but really, it's just me being jealous."
The camphor tree outside the railing rustled. Tao Shuran tilted her head and tears fell down.
Today, she feels that the damp rainy season that has enveloped her entire adolescence has finally stopped.
The moon that hangs high in the sky forever.
Running towards her.
Tao Shuran choked up and said, "Liang Yuanjing, what are you going to do by saying this now?" "Nothing, because I don't want you to have any regrets."
Liang Yuanjing put one hand in his pocket and looked into the distance.
In his field of vision, he seemed to see again the girl who studied hard with a book day after day. The morning light shone on her quiet profile. At first, he was just a little curious, wondering whether she would come again the next day.
There are many people who work hard, but few who can persevere day after day.
Later, he didn't know when it started, but he got used to having her figure in his eyes. Every time after training, he would subconsciously look up at her.
"I ate the cake you gave me that night. Last year, I passed by the shop you mentioned and wanted to buy the same one, but the shop owner told me it was a custom-made design. Because it was so complicated, it took him a whole week to make a trial product."
Liang Yuanjing said slowly: "I know all your intentions."
"Things that I didn't notice before, I will gradually discover in the future."
What happened in the past cannot be undone, but Liang Yuanjing thought that he could make up for it someday in the future.
At least I want to make sure that the girl in front of me no longer has any regrets.
He raised his hand, took out the thick diary from his bag, smiled, and handed it to her.
"That night, you found this captain's diary, right?"
Tao Shuran explained in a panic: "I accidentally touched it from under the pillow."
“It was originally written for you.”
Liang Yuanjing handed it to her solemnly and reverently.
"This is the reply I wrote to you, a reply that belongs only to Tao Shuran."
When he said her name, his pronunciation became particularly clear.
Tao Shuran couldn't help but have tears in her eyes. The diary in her hand was heavy, and she knew its weight better than anyone else.
The diary I once wrote with countless emotions in my heart, and the silent secret love buried in my youth, finally got its response.
"Actually, you don't have to do this." Tao Shuran bit her lower lip, trying hard not to cry, "I want to like you myself."
Liang Yuanjing leaned down, held her shoulders with both hands, and looked at her with an extremely gentle gaze.
Look at her and whisper, "No, I want to do this."
He once again told her directly and frankly -
"I like Tao Shuran, and I want the seventeen-year-old Tao Shuran to have no regrets."
"Why are you crying again?"
Liang Yuanjing shrugged helplessly, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with his fingertips, and said with an obvious smile, "Little crybaby."
Tao Shuran retorted in a muffled voice: "I'm not."
"You are."
"Okay, okay, if you say I am, then I am."
Liang Yuanjing stood up, his tall figure casting a long shadow in the sunset. He leaned on the railing with his arms folded, his eyes looking into the distance in the wind, his spirited expression unchanged.
This time, he turned around and looked at her and said—
"Tao Shuran, you don't have to give me an answer. You can also firmly reject me and push me away."
Tao Shuran subconsciously asked: "Why?"
Liang Yuanjing turned and looked at her, his brows lowered, and his usual nonchalant and lazy look gone.
This time, he said to her with extra seriousness, "Because I want to walk the same path you walked toward me, but the difference this time is that I will walk toward you."
Tao Shuran laughed while crying.
She felt that she must be very ugly at this moment. It was completely different from the beautiful dream she had when she was lying in bed at the age of seventeen.
The shadows under the tree danced. Tao Shuran lowered her eyes and watched the man's tall figure completely lowered. Unlike her youth, this time, she no longer chased after his back.
Liang Yuanjing leaned over, his shadow completely covering her.
At this moment, the branches of the paulownia tree bloomed.
Her secret love also heard a response.
*
Captain Liang Yuanjing’s diary has always been the most mysterious thing in the flight base.
After a whole day of devilish training, everyone can basically fall asleep as soon as they touch the bed at night.
But they found that Liang Yuanjing was different.
On every quiet night, he would always turn on a light, hold a pen and write something carefully under the light.
Later, gossip rumors leaked out that these were one hundred love letters written by Liang Yuanjing to the people he liked.
That night, Tao Shuran took a quick look and felt that it would not be an exaggeration to say that there were a hundred love letters.
Today, she completely possessed this captain's diary.
Under the dim yellow desk lamp in the room, she slowly turned the first page.
"2020.01.01 Rain and Snow"
Our story is over, but I don’t think it will end completely like this.
"2020.01.25 Cloudy"
She didn't go home for the New Year. I wandered around the intersection many times but didn't see her.
April 30, 2021: Cloudy
I miss you so much, Tao Shuran.
…
"2021.07.13 Sunny"
I gradually began to understand the feeling of liking someone. If you are happy and content after leaving me, then I wish you a worry-free life and long lasting peace.
"2022.05.01 Sunny"
Grandma said today that she wanted to introduce you to a boyfriend. I was very unhappy. Also, your senior brother’s name is difficult to pronounce and doesn’t sound suitable for you.
"2022.06.22 Light Rain"
Happy birthday, and also, can you please not like others?
Oh, it's your birthday, it seems impolite for me to make a wish.
November 8, 2022, cloudy
This year’s birthday wish: Don’t like anyone else, and I hope you can continue to like me.
"2023.01.01 Sunny"
On the first flight of the new year, the sunrise beyond the mist is bright and gorgeous. At this moment, I remember that my dream in the past was to soar into the sky, and my dream now is - you.
…
In this way, Tao Shuran turned the pages one by one. Even though she had glanced through it before, she would still be moved by the words when she read them again.
There are many photos in the diary, including a photo of Liang Yuanjing's first independent flight. He was sitting in the cockpit in a captain's uniform, smiling brightly and making a "yeah" gesture. At that moment, Tao Shuran felt that all the sacrifices he had made were worth it.
He would take pictures of the scenery he passed by on every flight and share them with her, as if she had never left.
When turning to the last page, Tao Shuran's fingertips paused.
The only page without a date had fresh ink on it, and it looked like a sentence had been added recently.
"You've already read the last page, but you still don't agree to date me?"
"Tao Shuran, the fact that I like you is something I have confirmed every day for the past five years."
*
The next day, Tao Shuran opened the door with red eyes from crying.
When Fang Qingyi came in, she was applying an egg to her eyes, speaking in a low voice, looking half asleep.
"Of course, do you think my new clothes look pretty today?"
Fang Qingyi jumped up and down in front of her very energetically, circled around her twice, and her tone rose with excitement.
"This was bought for me by Fu Changpei."
"And my hair today was also braided by Fu Changpei."
Tao Shuran raised her head and looked at the braided hair on both sides of Fang Qingyi, which looked like two perfectly-fitting bows, making her grape-like eyes even brighter.
She chuckled and jokingly said, "You are very sweet, Fang Qingyi."
"Are you guys together?"
Fang Qingyi covered her lips in surprise: "How did you know?"
"Stop pretending." Tao Shuran said, "I saw you hugging and kissing that night."
Fang Qingyi raised her hand: "Just to be clear, this time it was Fu Changpei who took the initiative."
"But of course, how can you be sure that Fu Changpei doesn't like you?"
Tao Shuran rolled her eyes at her and said, "You really like someone so much that you can endure for five or six years without taking any action?"
“Even a coward like me would secretly move towards Liang Yuanjing, wouldn’t I?”
“That makes sense.”
Fang Qingyi rested her head on her shoulder: "Of course, I'm so happy I'm about to faint, what should I do?"
"Then just faint and eat less grapes."
Tao Shuran picked up a grape and put it in his mouth, then picked up the remote control and changed a channel.
Fang Qingyi sat up and complained loudly, "You don't love me anymore, Tao Shuran. Now you won't even let me eat a bunch of grapes!"
Compared to the gloomy and silent Fang Qingyi some time ago, the girl in front of her with a loud voice and a little princess temper from time to time is obviously more adorable.
Tao Shuran smiled more. She stood up, took her keys and walked to the entrance to change her shoes.
Fang Qingyi leaned on the sofa and asked her, "Where are you going?"
Tao Shuran looked at her helplessly and smiled: "Go buy you some grapes."
"Oh, by the way, let me help you check if your master Fu is at home. If it's convenient, I can find an excuse to pack you up and send you over."
"Understand me."
Fang Qingyi kicked off her slippers, lay on the sofa and said leisurely, "By the way, please bring me two Chocolates, thank you, beautiful lady." It was late autumn now, and leaves were falling.
Tao Shuran didn't have high expectations for the chocolate that Fang Qingyi ordered. After all, it's rare for a roadside shop to stock a full range of ice cream flavors all year round.
She went to the intersection to buy some fruit, and on her way back she happened to pass by Fu Changpei.
He was still in the same place, quietly reading a book. Tao Shuran tilted his head and asked with a smile, "Do you have any chocolates here?"
"Your family's Fang Qingyi wants it."
"Wait."
Fu Changpei turned around, handed it to her, and said helplessly, "Just keep an eye on her. The weather is cold, so she can't eat too much."
"You'd better give it to her yourself."
Tao Shuran stuffed the fruit in his hand into his hands and threw him a key to his house.
She smiled and said, "I'm going to go out for a walk, you guys can do whatever you want."
Tao Shuran walked out, apparently aimlessly, but for some reason, she ended up downstairs of Liang Yuanjing's house.
This three-story Western-style building, which imitates the style of the Republic of China period, seems particularly quiet at this moment.
The plane trees on both sides of the street are still lush, with neatly trimmed branches, as if they will remain in this shape no matter how many years pass.
She stopped and couldn't help but raise her phone to take a picture and send it over.
Liang Yuanjing quickly replied: "Oh, you finally remembered me?"
Tao Shuran lowered her head and smiled as she sent him a message: "I'm downstairs at your house."
Liang Yuanjing: "Why, you want to meet the parents already?"
"It's a pity my mom isn't here tonight."
Seeing this, Tao Shuran made a "tsk" sound, and could almost imagine the frivolous tone in his voice when he said this.
Just as she was about to reply, a familiar voice immediately drew her full attention back.
Not far away, in front of a white Bentley, a radiant lady was talking on the phone. She was very beautiful, wearing a suit skirt that just reached her knees and a pair of pointed high heels, making her stand out tall and straight.
Her hands were on the handlebars, and the endless phone calls in her hands kept pausing. In the end, the woman's voice became louder and louder, and on the empty road, she even seemed a little out of control.
"Ok, I can bear it if you don't come back during the National Day, but if you don't come back during the Spring Festival, Liang Yuanjing, you will never come home in your life."
"I told you, I just don't support you becoming a pilot. I don't want the next news I see about my son to be about a plane crash."
…
The call ended predictably on bad terms.
Tao Shuran stood there for a while and recognized that the woman in front of him was the rumored Ms. Li Wan, Liang Yuanjing's mother.
This elite woman who had single-handedly climbed onto the board of directors and was still able to become the actual person in charge of the group after separating from Liang Yuanjing's father. The moment Tao Shuran saw her, he understood where the dazzling edge of Liang Yuanjing came from.
The aura of someone who doesn't dare to mess with her is intimidating.
Tao Shuran hesitated for a while, but still walked forward slowly.
She greeted politely: "Hello, Aunt Li, my name is Tao Shuran."
Li Wan paused, her breath still stagnant from anger. Suddenly seeing her, she glanced at her and asked coldly, "Who are you?"
Tao Shuran pursed her lips and said, "I'm Liang Yuanjing's classmate."
"You just said your name is Tao Shuran, right?"
Li Wan crossed her arms, lowered her eyes and looked her up and down. Suddenly, she laughed unexpectedly and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Can I take up a moment of your time?" Tao Shuran looked earnestly. "Just a few minutes."
Li Wan didn't answer her first, but turned her head and shouted towards the passenger seat in the car.
"Xiao Dong, please help me see how long it will take to get to the airport."
After getting the exact number, Li Wan looked down at her watch and spoke decisively.
"I'll give you five minutes."
Tao Shuran was stunned for a moment. She was not used to her tone when talking to her subordinates. She quickly reacted and spoke very quickly in order not to waste five minutes.
By the end of her speech, Tao Shuran felt that Li Wan's gaze on her was becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
She forced herself to look up and whispered, "It's been hard for him to train over the years."
"I know that in order to overcome the dizziness caused by weightlessness, he sneaked out to practice at night, and to make up for the lessons he missed due to training, he got up early every morning to study."
"He works harder than anyone else, Auntie, please feel sorry for him."
At least it shouldn't be suppression. Tao Shuran has experienced this and understands the feeling of having a dream not cherished and supported by family members.
Five minutes passed, but Li Wan was not in a hurry to leave.
After a while, she slowly spoke, "Student, in what capacity do you give me this suggestion?"
Tao Shuran took a deep breath, slowly raised his head, and looked directly at her.
She said with great determination: "As Liang Yuanjing's girlfriend."
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Author's note: One more chapter left to finish!!! [pat on the head]
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