Chapter 43: The Second Tail Line
The high school entrance examination is finally over, and the whole class will part ways after listening to the sustenance of the class teacher on this day.
This was the last time I connected with Lin Ximeng, and after school, I had to wait for her in the carport and walk with her.
So what shall I say? What topic should I start with?
For a long time, there is a question that has always lingered in my heart, it was the time I took the first grade exam, I just heard that Lin Ximeng told the head teacher that I was forced to treat by my classmates, and I regarded this as the basis for being liked by Lin Ximeng.
So is it her secret, and does she really like me?
Maybe I could ask her about it, and that would be a good place to start. I just need to ask if she told the truth, and if she does, it means that she really cares about me and is interested in me. Right! That's it! That's it!
After school, I closely watched Lin Ximeng's movements, and as she was about to go to the carport, I followed her out of the classroom door.
Lin Ximeng took the car first, and then walked in the direction of the school gate.
I then picked up the car and was ready to catch up and say hello to her at the right time.
Just when I was determined to win, one of her best friends rushed to say hello to her. The man was also on a bicycle, walking side by side with Lin Ximeng.
That's not good, I've already thought about it. In a less crowded moment, I would gracefully walk forward, say hello politely, and leave that question behind. Then we would step into the car and talk and laugh leisurely on the road, feeling the romance of just the two of us.
But what happened to the third person who suddenly appeared!
I followed me until the school gate, and the two of them were still not separated.
If you don't grasp today's opportunity, you may never have the opportunity to be with Lin Ximeng again! The whole junior high school meeting ended in regret and sloppiness! How could I possibly endure such an ending! No! I don't want it!
Isn't it just going up and saying something? It's not that I didn't walk with her at the beginning, why am I so cowardly now? I must have been overly nervous and sensitive!
We're ordinary classmates, aren't we? And it's a classmate who has been sitting in the front and back rows for a long time, isn't it? It's a familiar person, isn't it? What am I afraid of? As a classmate, let's bite the bullet!
Finally, at the moment when they were about to step into the car, I rushed to Lin Ximeng:
"Lin Ximeng, hello!" I calmed down a bit, but I couldn't help but be a little nervous, and went straight to the point without waiting for her to respond, "There is a question I have always wanted to ask you: The first time I took the exam, my classmates asked me to treat me, did you tell the teacher?" β
Faced with this sudden question, Lin Ximeng was startled, and his eyes widened like light bulbs: "Uh...... What did you just say? I didn't hear ......."
"Uh, do you remember the time I was the first in my grade?" I reorganized the language, and it was louder than before.
"Uh......" Lin Ximeng thought for a moment, "Is it the first monthly exam last semester?" β
"Well, yes, you remember. It wasn't that many of my classmates wanted me to have a treat, but then the teacher found out. I heard that you told the teacher for me? β
"Uh...... Oh, yes...... What's wrong? β
"Ha, nothing, just to confirm." I smiled awkwardly, I didn't expect Lin Ximeng to ask a rhetorical question, and I suddenly didn't know how to respond, so I had to blurt out, "That...... Well...... If you really helped...... Thank you so much for that...... Well...... Let's make friends. β
Lin Ximeng smiled shyly: "It's been a long time ago, do you still remember it?" β
"Haha...... Hmm......" I echoed, I really didn't think about what to say next, just stared at Lin Ximeng's eyes stupidly.
Her confused eyes were also looking at me, as if waiting for me to say something, and her face was full of doubt, but it looked even more lovely.
We stared at each other blankly.
Lin Ximeng's best friend next to her couldn't stand it anymore, so she broke the silence: "Uh, I'll go first, you guys talk slowly." β
"Uh, I'm sorry, it's okay, let's go together, talk as we go." I finally came back to my senses and said to Lin Ximeng's best friend, who was already full of embarrassment.
So the three of us got into the car and walked together. I'm on Lin Ximeng's left, and my girlfriend is on her right.
When the three of them go together, there is always a weak sense of existence, I was worried that that person would be myself, but I didn't expect Lin Ximeng to talk to me very devotedly. We talked about a lot of interesting topics in the class in the past three years, and it turned out that she had always seemed to be a non-eater, but she actually paid attention to many things in the class, and she was quite down-to-earth. This silent girl wasn't that difficult to get along with.
Before I knew it, I arrived at the first traffic light intersection, and Lin Ximeng turned right here before, but this time Lin Ximeng, who was talking about Xingtou, didn't remind me to turn right, so I took the initiative to turn right with her in a daze. The girlfriend also turned right silently, and it seems that she is also going to take this road.
came to a crossroads again, where Lin Ximeng and his girlfriends were separated. After saying goodbye, the girlfriend crossed the street directly.
Lin Ximeng remembered that something was not quite right, and said to me embarrassedly: "Eh, are you going in the wrong direction?" β
"Uh...... It's an extra walk, but it's okay. β
"Okay, let's go here, I'm going to turn left, you can go back quickly."
I hesitated for a while, my heart was full of reluctance, but I couldn't say it, after all, I was only in contact from the perspective of a friend.
Obviously, I had no suitable reason to continue to accompany her, so I had to say, "Well, it's okay, you pay attention to safety." β
So we're going to say goodbye here. I watched her turn left and cross the street, thinking that she had been worried all the way all this time, and now that she could finally relax, I was very happy
Just as I turned the head of the car, Song Hongyi and A ghost suddenly appeared behind me. Both of them were also on their bikes, right behind me!
Ah Ghost teased: "The young man did a good job! β
Song Hongyi frowned: "Why did you turn around and come back?" β
Ah Ghost shouted: "Keep catching up, it's still too late!" β
I said impatiently: "Okay, it's almost done, I have confirmed that she told the secret, and the purpose has been achieved." β
"Don't be shy, young man!" The ghost continued to agitate.
"yes, keep going!" Song Hongyi smiled evilly, "Catch up and confess to her!" β
I thought about it for a while, it must not be okay to catch up and confess, it is reasonable that I shouldn't do this, but I can catch up and see where her family lives.
So I smiled and said to them, "Good idea, then I'll keep catching up!" β
Immediately, I turned the car around again and chased in the direction where Lin Ximeng was going at the green light.
Fortunately, Lin Ximeng didn't ride fast enough, and I finally saw Lin Ximeng's back in the distance on the road after turning left at that intersection. I didn't have the courage to go up and talk to Lin Ximeng again, after all, I had already said goodbye, so it was better to see her from afar.
I followed cautiously, afraid that I would be discovered at some inadvertent moment. This situation and this scene seem familiar, I walked in the alley with the same nervous mood back then, and it was Yan Jinfeng walking in front of me. And today, walking has become cycling, alleys have become roads, the person in front of me has become Lin Ximeng, and I am still the same me, as if I have traveled through a time tunnel. It's an amazing feeling!
I looked back and saw that Song Hongyi and Ah Ghost were still following me. They were so energetic that they almost stood up and pedaled their bikes, shouting at me all the way, racing all the way, like the bikers on the streets in the movie.
"Whew! These guys are really not afraid of trouble. I squinted at them with disdain for a moment, then continued to look into the distance.
With the setting sun, Lin Ximeng's back on a bicycle is still so pure and lovely. The oncoming wind hit my cheeks, so refreshing, just like the gentleness of Lin Ximeng
In the end, Lin Ximeng turned right into an alley and disappeared from sight.
By the time I came to the mouth of the alley, there was no trace of Lin Ximeng. Looking down the alley, there is a small courtyard made of adobe bricks and tiles, very much like the place where I grew up when I was a childβthe courtyard of a bungalow surrounded by small buildings. The same orange brick wall, the same winding path, you can't see the depths at a glance.
Did she and I grow up in a similar environment? Haha, this is also a kind of fate.
That's all for today's action.
However, when I looked up at the next junction on the main road and was about to ride that way, I was surprised to find that it was the same place again!
It's a junction near my grandmother's house!
I'm messy in the wind!
Once, I followed the girl through the neighborhood from south to north and came here;
Later, I followed Yan Jinfeng through a long alley from west to east, and also came here;
Now, I followed Lin Ximeng, crossed the wide road from east to west, and still came here!
- The place I remember the most!
Could the little girl I met back then actually Lin Ximeng?
She lives in an environment similar to my home, is she also like me, a cat-turned-human?
In other words, when I met her, she did turn into a cat?
In other words, she is the girl I am destined to be?
In other words, my marriage has just begun?
"Why are you stunned?" A strong voice broke my musings.
When I looked back, it was indeed a ghost. Several of them had already caught up.
"It's a good day, it's still early after school, why don't we come and sit at my house for a while." Song Hongyi proposed.
So we went to Song Hongyi's house to commemorate the friendship of the "Macho Club" along the way, and also to celebrate the beginning of a long summer vacation of freedom.
During the period, Song Hongyi made an invitation: "I have a birthday in late July, I want to invite everyone to have a meal at noon, and then do some entertainment activities in the afternoon, do you all have time?" β
Ah Ghost readily agreed, and I calculated the date and said, "My family will take me to Qingdao to play during the summer vacation, and the time has not yet been decided, but I will arrange it, and I will definitely come when the time comes." β
"yes, okay." Song Hongyi continued to plan, "I still want to invite more friends, and it's not interesting to be all boys, a few more girls." Ah ghost, you call Xiaoyuan. β
"No problem!" Ah Ghost said quite confidently, with a sneak of his eyes, "Do you want to call Xiaomei too?" β
"This can be had!" I answered for Song Hongyi first.
"Don't make a fuss, let me think about this again."
"What is there to think about, you are afraid that she will not come? Don't worry, I'll ask Xiaoyuan to contact her, and she promises to come. The ghost laughed.
"Okay." Song Hongyi didn't say very happily, and then he turned his head and asked me, "Little Cat, why don't you call Lin Ximeng too?" β
I guessed that he was going to say this, and I actually had the same concern: "Well, I don't know much now, I don't know each other very well, can I make an appointment?" β
"Isn't it time to make friends?"
"That's not very familiar."
"That's just the right time to call over to eat together, play together, and increase feelings." Song Hongyi patted me on the shoulder suddenly, as if he had found a reason that I couldn't refuse, "In this way, this party will be held in your name, just tell Lin Ximeng that you are in for a treat!" β
"Uh, is that okay?"
"That's it! My birthday, let you be the protagonist! I'll pay for it and give you a chance to show yourself to the fullest! When the time comes, you can thank me for chasing Lin Ximeng! β
"Okay. But I'm afraid that I don't have a deep friendship with her, so I still won't be able to invite her. β
"You don't have a deep friendship, there are always people who have a deep friendship with her."
"You mean Xiaoyuan?"
"That's right, the representative of the Chinese class who has cooperated for three years, that friendship is enough. Let Xiaoyuan inform Lin Ximeng that it will definitely work! β
"In that case, call Lin Ximeng's best friend as well, Xiaoyuan will definitely be able to talk to Xiaomei, so Lin Ximeng will be more lonely." I thought about the girls' mix and made a supplementary suggestion.
"Isn't there you?"
"Well, I'm still a little embarrassed."
"Haha, okay, then I'll call it for you. Also, what about the afternoon activities...... Do you know what Lin Ximeng likes? β
"Well, I don't know." I think of Lin Ximeng's classmates, and I feel that she seems to have little interest, but sports are obviously her forte, and she is definitely interested in this aspect. I have a swimming card, the number of times on it can be shared with friends, and I have heard that Lin Ximeng is a great swimmer.
So I said, "Let's go swimming, I happen to have a swimming card that I can't use up many times, I can invite everyone to swim together, I'm sure Lin Ximeng likes to swim." β
"Swimming, I guess a lot of people won't know this. But that's okay, since I've decided to help you this time, brother, I'll help you to the end, so let's go swimming, hehe. β
"Mmmm, although I can't swim, but brother, I'll help you this time!" Ah Ghost agreed.
"Which swimming pool is it?" Song Hongyi asked.
"There's a big one not far south of my house. I've been swimming there. And it's also opened by a relative of the squad leader's family! β
"Wow! It turned out to be opened by the squad leader's house! β
"Then let's call the squad leader again. Hehe, this plan is great, it's set! Song Hongyi appreciated this plan very much, "Just wait for all aspects to be notified in place, and I will be responsible for this!" β