Chapter 31: Curtain call
"Ahem. . . Ahem.." Su Yue was choked by the cigarette in her hand and couldn't speak for a while, she squatted on the ground and coughed a few times.
"Are you alright, Su Yue?" The boy looked a little anxious, and he hurriedly stepped forward to care.
"Ahem... Leave me alone! Stand far away. Su Yue ordered impatiently.
The boy obediently took a few steps back, and then stood a little farther away and continued to look at Su Yue.
Su Yue stuffed the cigarette he lit in his hand into his mouth again, and then took a deep inhalation, and the bitter and rich smell of tobacco instantly spread throughout his body. After a few seconds, Su Yue opened her mouth slightly and exhaled lightly, and then saw white smoke rings slowly drifting out of her mouth.
"Hey, did I learn to smoke?" Su Yue turned her head excitedly and shouted at the boy standing behind her.
"Haha, congratulations! But... We almost had to hurry back to the classroom, and after a while, the teacher found out, and then we couldn't eat and walked away! The boy glanced at his watch, and it was only a few minutes before the next class started.
"You're a disappointment! I've just learned it, and I need to consolidate it. And what is there to be afraid of, it will be discovered when it is discovered. Su Yue glanced disdainfully at the worried boy behind her, then she turned around and continued to smoke.
Su Yue had been sneaking out of the back door of the classroom for several days in a row, taking advantage of the teacher's inattention. Then I came to the back of the school, in a secluded and quiet grove, where I learned to smoke.
The "good guy card" boy who just failed to confess to Su Yue last week is now also being pulled by her to skip class together.
Now he is the "behavior instructor" in Su Yue's daily school, responsible for guiding Su Yue how to enjoy the uninhibited and rebellious nature of adolescence like a real boy.
This is Su Yue's request on her own initiative, she doesn't want to be a sensible and obedient good girl anymore. A good girl always has to act according to the will of others, and the slightest mistake will usher in the strange eyes of the people around her.
Even if you have your own ideas, you always tremble and don't know how to choose. It's better to be a carefree "tomboy" who can do whatever he wants, without having to prove himself to anyone, let alone explain anything to anyone.
Maybe Mu Yao has always lived so chic and comfortable, right?
"Well, I wish I could be him. Since we can't be together, let's just become another him. ”
Su Yue pressed the few remaining cigarette butts into the mound of soil in front of her, rubbing them back and forth in the soil. The flames that were burning passionately a second ago saw that there were only a few small flames left, and finally gradually extinguished. Su Yue stared at the white smoke slowly rising from the cigarette butt, and unconsciously saw the god.
There was only a small piece of cigarette left and was vigorously extinguished, just like his heart that was on the verge of despair in front of Mu Yao that day. Although he already knew his ultimate fate, he was still struggling helplessly in the white smoke of fantasy.
"Su Yue, it's over between us."
This sentence was like a spell that was always circling in Su Yue's mind.
After a while, she was pulled back to the day she said goodbye to Mu Yaojue...
"Oh, so you've thought about it for a long time." Su Yue pretended to be calm in her heart, and she squeezed out a reluctant smile at Mu Yao.
"I'm sorry, Su Yue. I failed you. Mu Yao lowered his head slightly guiltily.
"Haha, it's okay! It's me who thinks too much about it. Su Yue pretended to be indifferent, but the wry smile on her face still showed the helplessness in her heart.
"Actually... I'm leaving next semester. Mu Yao slowly spit out a few words from his mouth.
What the? Mu Yao is leaving?
"Not long ago, my parents talked to me, and because of their work, they finally decided that I would transfer to a foreign school next semester." Mu Yao didn't look at Su Yue, he still lowered his head and continued in the calmest tone possible:
"Su Yue, I'm sorry. It's that I can't continue this relationship anymore. I've been thinking about this lately, and I don't know how to talk to you. I tried my best to get my parents, but there was no way to change the results.
At the birthday party that day, my heart was also full of emotion. I thought that maybe I would soon be leaving my hometown and these good friends. So after drinking that day, I couldn't control my emotions anymore, and I couldn't help crying, which really made you see the joke.
And on that day, I also saw that your heart still has a nostalgia for me. Whether it's the way you look at me or the words you say in my ear, I can feel your genuine affection for me.
And that gift, I understood at the first sight that you must be trying to tell me that you still have me in your heart, and that is a good memory we share.
Even in the end, you and Chu Yixin suddenly quarreled over this. Su Yue, no matter what time it is, I will not hesitate to choose to be on your side. I know your heart for me, and my heart for you has not changed in the slightest. Only now, I had to cut it off with my own hands.
Su Yue, please forgive me. Forgive me for being ruthless, forgive me for failing your kindness. With this departure, I don't know when I will have a chance to come back. So I don't want to, I don't want to base our feelings on this long and painful wait..."
"But... I can wait for you..."At this time, Su Yue was already teary-eyed. She swallowed her grief and whispered these words, as if she were making a final struggle.
Mu Yao slowly raised his head, and then looked at Su Yue seriously. His eyes were full of sadness and helplessness:
"Wait for me? Su Yue, you are too naïve. In the face of such a long wait, it is full of countless unknowns and changes. And I have to endure a long and endless longing and parting, how long can you wait for me? How can I selfishly ask you to wait for me? I'm not in a position to ask you to do that, and I don't want you to..."
"I don't care, I'm willing to wait!" Su Yue couldn't help but interrupt Mu Yao's words excitedly, and after she finished speaking, she covered her red eyes and sobbed quietly. After a while, tears flowed out uncontrollably like a flood that had burst its banks.
Mu Yao looked at Su Yue distressedly, he slowly stretched out his hand, wanting to hug the sad and helpless girl in front of him at this moment. But he couldn't do that, he couldn't give her any more promises and hopes that he couldn't keep.
Mu Yao withdrew his hand that was hanging in the air, and his eyes were also wet. He tried to suppress the sadness in his heart, and comforted Su Yue in a seemingly calm tone:
"Su Yue, thank you for letting me have so many good memories. I... It's such an honor to know you. I know you've been out of shape lately, and I hope that after I'm gone, you can slowly recover and turn back into the innocent and happy girl you used to be. ”
"I can't do it," Su Yue replied chokingly.
"If it's really difficult, then forget about me completely..."Mu Yao's tears finally couldn't stop flowing out of his eyes.
The autumn breeze is bleak, and the leaves are falling. The remnant sun that is about to come to an end still reflects the two sad figures who are crying silently...