Chapter 44: Chinese New Year's Eve (Part II)
At the entrance of a certain corridor under the playground stands, the candlelight is faint. Liao Tang stopped, the dark sky was rolling with the cold coastal wind of winter, the light of the candles was swaying, and her eyes suddenly became astringent.
A familiar figure leaned against the wall, holding a cake with a lit candle in both hands. When the boy saw her, there was a gentle smile in his eyes.
She looked at him with a slightly tired appearance, her eyes itched a little, she blinked her head down, and then hooked the corners of her mouth.
"You lied to me. ”
"Wanted to surprise you. Why don't you ask me how I know?"
Lu Tingye was wearing a black hooded jacket and a peaked cap, he sat on a staircase at random, put down the cake, and looked at the bright eyes of the girl in front of him.
"Come on, still standing there dumbfounded. ”
Liao Tang pouted and sat down beside him. Because the candle had not yet been blown, the faces of the two of them became exceptionally clear in the dim light.
She said to Lu Tingye: "On my birthday before, the candles lit after the age of ten were still counted from single digits, because I didn't want to face the fact that I was one year older. You're good, you ordered a full seventeen. ”
The other party laughed softly, as if she didn't expect that she still had such a little Jiujiu in her heart.
"Liao Tang," Lu Tingye thought seriously for a while, but still couldn't help asking: "I can only accompany you for about half an hour, will you be unhappy?"
Recently, a new movie has been released, and the time he spends less time in school has naturally decreased. Liao Tang's birthday, because he learned from Zhong Sheng a long time ago that Liao Tang was a little younger than them, so he learned the exact date, in fact, he had already been prepared to accompany her for her birthday.
"When you say that, yes, I'm not happy. Liao Tang smiled playfully. Even if she is stealing fun in her heart, her lip service will not change.
Lu Tingye fumbled in the pocket of his jacket and took out a small light blue velvet box. Other boys will be romantic at this time, such as "close your eyes", "make a magic trick for you" and other love words, but Lu Tingye directly stuffed the gift into her hand and was silent.
She looked sideways at the boy, and he immediately turned his gaze away from her, his face flushing slightly. I didn't expect Lu Tingye to be so cute, her hand holding the velvet box moved slightly, and asked him with a smile, "What is it?"
"Earrings. ”
Liao Tang remembered that he had read a book a long time ago, which said that if a boy has a girl he likes very much, the best gift for the first time is a pair of earrings, which means listening to each other's hearts.
Did he think so too?
Immediately, the eyes of the two collided inadvertently, and after a few seconds, Liao Tang spoke: "I will blow out the candle first, and then make three wishes." ”
The moment the candlelight dimmed, the girl closed her eyes, folded her hands, and said in a serious tone: "The first wish, I hope that my family, friends and favorite people will have peace and joy in their lives." ”
"The second wish, ditto. ”
"Third wish,......" She finished silently reciting in her heart, opened her eyes, and Lu Tingye was staring at her with a smile, as if he had seen through her thoughts.
She panicked for a moment and muttered in a low voice, "The third wish is the most difficult to fulfill." ”
"Makes sense. Lu Tingye smiled softly.
He cut the cake, handed her the fork, and said, "I was in a hurry to come here and didn't take the paper plate." ”
"It's okay, I can eat it with my hands. Liao Tang stretched out his white and tender hand as he spoke, and after applying the cream, he quickly touched Lu Tingye's face.
"Hahaha......" she grinned and said, "In the future, you don't always have a straight face, how handsome you laugh." ”
Lu Tingye couldn't do anything about her, seeing that she was eating cake without any image in front of him, he should have wiped his face with a tissue and was heavily clean, but he reached out and touched her small nose.
"Eat slowly, it's all stained. Do you think you're a year younger every time you have a birthday?"
Lu Tingye laughed at her like a child who hadn't grown up.
She was arguing and laughing with him, and half an hour passed quickly, and the cake was finished. She always felt that the more precious the time, the faster it passed, and if she was with someone she didn't like, it would be long and boring.
"Go ahead and get busy, I'll clean up the mess. ”
Liao Tang looked at his watch, put down the knife and fork in his hand, and pretended to say to Lu Tingye casually.
Lu Tingye got up, took a step and threw the remaining garbage into the trash can. He clapped his hands and said, "At least let me walk you out of this big playground." ”
Liao Tang was stunned, then nodded and said, "Okay."
He stood there and stretched out his hand to her, and said softly, "Come here, I'll take you." ”
Liao Tang lost his mind. Once in his eyes she seemed to see the boundless universe, the magnificent sea, because he was deep and introverted, she couldn't see anything else. And today, she did see her own reflection in his dark and transparent eyes.
She placed her hand in his broad palm, and he held it tightly. The warmth was slowly transmitted to all parts of her body, and the cold wind outside blew by, reducing even the chill a little.
Lu Tingye took advantage of the situation and put her soft little hand into the pocket of his jacket, and he whispered to Liao Tang, "I'll warm your hands." ”
Liao Tang listened to his ambiguous tone, and his face instantly turned red, and he turned red to the base of his neck. Fortunately, it was night, otherwise she wouldn't have known how to explain the physical and psychological adverse effects.
Seeing that she was getting closer and closer to the school building, she said, "Send me here, I'll go up by myself." ”
Lu Tingye nodded, but still refused to let go.
After a few seconds, Lu Tingye grabbed Liao Tang's waist with his other hand and hugged her into his arms. He buried his head in her shoulder, still the familiar fragrance, and he muttered, "It's going to be busy these days, you may not be able to contact me, but remember to miss me." ”
Liao Tang's body stiffened, and he responded seriously: "I will remember." ”
She will remember the unforgettable time with Lu Tingye. His coldness, the tenderness in his bones, the melancholy that she couldn't read but really appeared in his eyes, and the small and small things in his heart about his growth.
She never felt like she knew him well, there was so much to say between them. Luckily, it just so happened that both of them were willingly on the way to each other's inner worlds.