Chapter 5: Lynn Creek
In this youth without an ending, we will all have a longing without an ending.
We will all walk and walk with that longing in the sea of people and disperse, and we will never meet again in the future.
But once you recall the palpitations at that time, and recall the glint in your eyes when you saw him, you will always laugh subconsciously.
Youth without regrets is not youth.
Yu Jian remembered that when Shu Ran met Lin Xi, he was twelve years old.
The encounter at that time was simple and beautiful.
In 2014.
Yu'an Primary School ushered in the annual intense exam preparation sprint.
In order to ease the students' nervousness, Yu'an Primary School left the only resumption of classes for physical education.
It was in the middle of that hot summer that Shu Ran saw the sunny boy in the students' cheerful and wanton physical education class.
The boy was thin, tall, with clear eyes, short and comfortable hair, and a clean temperament. His face hasn't grown yet, but Shu Ran is sure that after he grows, there will be many girls who will confess to him.
The figure of him running on the basketball court immediately attracted Shu Ran's attention.
"I don't know how I felt a palpitation for him in the first place, I just remember clearly that the first time I saw him, he was running in the sun, sweating like the first rays of sunlight after a rainy day, very dazzling. As for why I don't like it, it may be that the sunlight has become no longer bright, and after it has disappeared into the clouds again, it has never broken into my field of vision again. That's probably it. When she was in Yu'an No. 1 Middle School, Shu Ran told Yu Jian about her and her first love.
When he saw the boy smiling and revealing his two little tiger teeth, Shu Ran felt that his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
She has been that kind of lively girl since she was a child, and she won't be shy when she sees boys, not to mention that this is a boy she has a little affection for.
So when the boy went to the side of the stone steps to rest after playing basketball, Shu Ran ran over and patted the boy on the shoulder with a smile: "Hey, hello, let's make friends." My name is Shu Ran, what's your name? ”
"Lin, Linxi." The boy seemed to be startled by the sudden arrival of the girl, and he replied slowly.
"Nice name, I'm from class 5, which class are you?" Shu Ran stretched out his hand to block the sunlight above his forehead and asked with a smile.
"One shift." Lin Xi coughed and lowered his head slowly.
"I saw that his ears were red, and I thought that this boy was too shy. But at that time, the boy named Lin Xi was very appetizing to me, and it was my favorite dish. So, I took the initiative. Because of the initiative, there will be a story between each other. In the summer vacation a year later, Shu Ran said to Yu Jian.
"After class, remember to come and play with me when you have time, or I'll play with you. Bye! The classic bell for Alice echoed in the small campus, and Shu Ran suddenly looked like a liberated wild horse, her eyes lit up with bright light, she waved vigorously at Lin Xi, turned her head and ran into the teaching building.
Since then, Shu Ran has become Lin Xi's little follower. In addition to classes, almost where Lin Xi is, Shu Ran is there.
Shu Ran said that she gave Lin Xi everything she thought was the best at that time.
For example, sweet milk, soft biscuits, plastic spinning tops, and the toy racing car that boys love.
"As long as you are willing to work hard, there is nothing that you will not get in return."
So Lin Xi went from being shy at the beginning to being cheerful later, just like the cheerfulness when he met Shu Ran for the first time.
So it was no longer Shu Ran's unilateral goodness, Lin Xi began to invite Shu Ran out to play, buy her a cup of ice cream, and then let her stand in the shade of a tree to watch him play basketball. He invited her to eat barbecue on the side of the field and take her on a swing in the community.
So Lin Xi left the sunniest smile to the girl named Shu Ran.
"I can't hear the roar of the sea; The roar of the wind could not be heard; The howling of hungry wolves could not be heard; I couldn't hear the conch blowing. But as I handed over my first hug, I heard my boy's heartbeat. Slightly faster, then faster and faster, faster and faster. It's like a horse that was supposed to be walking, and suddenly it starts galloping. ”
Shu Ran said that that year, that July, she gave the first hug in her life to the opposite sex to Lin Xi, the boy with the warm taste of the sun.
And, of course, the first lead.
At that time, holding hands with the so-called pleasing boys and giving each other a simple hug would be considered an unprecedented event.
Shakespeare said that time always moves as slowly as a cripple on crutches before love has completed all its rituals.
Shu Ran thinks so too.
"I know very well that I have only been with him for a few months, and although I haven't even confessed yet, and we are not boyfriend and girlfriend yet, I just feel like I have passed the most important period of my life. All at once, it compressed that long time into a little bit. It's an amazing feeling, it's really amazing. ”
Lin Xi especially likes to touch Shu Ran's head.
He is on the school basketball team, tall and tall, and as long as he lowers his head, he can touch the hairy head with a slight reach.
"Shu Ran, I like this kind of hairy manjue very much." His eyes reflected the soothing dye of strawberry-flavored yogurt, and the corners of his lips unconsciously rose, and he couldn't control it.
"Then I'll always give you the right to touch my head." Shu Ran stopped drinking yogurt and said.
It's a pity that this has been paused at the beginning of the school year in September.
"I love the sunshine he gives me, and it's not much more pure than it is now. In a family like mine, it's really not easy to feel the sunshine and warmth. But when I entered middle school in September, I suddenly found that the boy named Lin Xi could no longer give me the sunlight I needed—probably because the light on his body was fading away. Obviously, Lin Xi also seemed to realize this, so we ended it so plainly. There is no serious goodbye, no absurd retention, just a smile for each other. He said, can you still be friends in the future? I said, yes. ”
After a long time, Yu Jian understood why every time they met a tall, thin, sunny and handsome boy on the battery car, Shu Ran would always show a childlike smile, and stood up from the battery car and waved at the boy swaggeringly: "Lin Xi, Lin Xi!" Long time no see! ”
No, probably just because Lin Xi is the most important thing in Shu Ran, a fleeting ray of sunshine.