At the entrance to Riverside Park, they watched the sunrise together, and they said together where they were. He smiled like a child when he saw her, but her smile was a little difficult, and he just gave him the gift.

He took the exquisite gift box in the bag, and his heart blossomed, and he came to her and sealed her lips with a kiss, and she did not refuse, nor did she use it as affectionately as before.

"Why don't you give it to me tomorrow?"

"I'm not going tomorrow for your birthday."

"Why?" He thought she was joking, coquettish with her like before.

"Uncle Takano already knows we're together." She bowed her head.

"He knew......" he didn't show the slightest surprise, but his face darkened, "and then what? ”

"He's promised I won't tell my mom." She still bowed her head.

A difficult smile twitched at the corner of his mouth, "Well, then what?" ”

She didn't speak for a long time, so he stood with her, not moving, "Then, let's ...... Try not to come out alone in the future. She said.

"You're afraid of being known by your mother, afraid of being known by my father, afraid of being known by your aunt, and afraid of being known by many people." His tone was cold, like his heart at the moment.

She let out a soft "um" and just didn't look up.

"Then we're in this together." He raised his voice, softening again the moment he watched her tears fall, "Okay, I got it. ”

He stroked her head and held it tightly in his arms.

At the entrance to Riverside Park, they watched the sunrise together, and they said together where they were. He waited for her there for a long time, about three or four hours. He was happy, excited, he didn't know what kind of mood she was in right now, but he wanted to see her, he wanted to think about it, and then share with him the excitement and joy of his day.

When she came, he looked at her steps a little heavy, but when she came, he was only excited. He unconsciously laughed like a child. But her smile was a little difficult.

She handed him a shiny bag, and he took it and saw the beautiful gift box inside. That's a gift for him, he was happy in his heart, he didn't expect to get so many surprises in one day today. He couldn't help but kiss her deeply on the lips. He wanted to convey all his happiness to her.

He wanted to tell her that her mother told him today to take good care of her and protect her.

He wanted to tell her: I promised your mother that she would take good care of you, love you well, and make herself stronger in order to protect you.

However, when he kissed her, she didn't seem to be as natural as before, nor as affectionate as before. But it doesn't matter, maybe because there are a lot of people here, she will be embarrassed.

"Why don't you give it to me tomorrow?" He asked.

"I'm not going tomorrow for your birthday." She replied.

"Why?" He didn't take her words seriously at all, obviously yesterday he was still discussing what to eat tomorrow, and Qianqian also said that with her light, he could eat a lot of seafood.

"Uncle Takano already knows we're together." She bowed her head.

He didn't ...... surprised, because it was normal for her mother to know and her uncle to know. It's just that he thought of what her mother told him today, and his heart throbbed, "And then? ”

"He's promised I won't tell my mom." She still bowed her head.

He looked at her head hanging all the time, his heart was distressed and his heart ached, he felt a little funny, her mother knew it obviously, why should she be afraid that her mother would know, "Well, then what?" ”

She didn't speak for a long time, he just stood with her, he suddenly didn't know what to do, he wanted to tell her that her mother already knew, and her mother didn't allow them to be together. But her mother also told him that she didn't have the courage to be with him, so she told him to take care of her and protect her.

Did she really not have the courage to be with him?

"And then we ...... Try not to come out alone in the future. She said.

He seemed to have found the answer, his heart was torn apart by something, and it hurt like it had never felt before. It turned out that she really didn't have the courage to be with him, it turned out that she didn't like him as much as he imagined, and she didn't give her as much security as she imagined.

"Are you afraid of being known by your mother, afraid of being known by my father, afraid of being known by your aunt, and afraid of being known by many people?" His heart ached.

She was silent, and after a long time her "um" sounded, and his heart was broken.

"But we're all in this together." He raised his voice, he wanted to emphasize to her the fact that whether she had the courage to be with him or not, whether she had the courage to go down with him, they were together now. Do you want him to be separated from her now? Is she going to be separated from him? Because she thinks she can't let her mom know?! Because of this? Just because she was afraid that her mother would know that she would oppose such an unknown thing, would she want to separate from him?! The month they've been together, she says he likes him and he's been giving up so easily this year? Is his worth so light in her heart?

Or did he really not know enough about her?

He grabbed her shoulder, and she kept her head down. He saw her big tears fall to the ground. He was distressed, he endured the pain in his heart, still comforted her gently, and held her tightly in his arms, "Okay, I know." ”

After only hugging him for a while, she pushed him away, "I'm going back." ”

"Come back with me until twelve o'clock, and I'll send you back." He whispered in her ear, not letting go.

"I'm sorry, I ...... If my mom knew I was coming out, she would ......" She clutched the clothes around his waist.

"I'm on my birthday, can't you go with me at 12 o'clock?" His voice was hoarse, a pleading in a choked voice.

She hesitated and even began to shed tears again.

"Is it so hard to be with me?" He let go of her and stroked her tears.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" she kept saying, sobbing in her chest.

He kissed her lips and hugged her tightly, sucking her lips roughly, he wanted to remind her of all the good things they had been in for a while. But she remained indifferent, and his heart was cold. He buried his face in her shoulder, his nose aching, holding back his tears.

In the end, he did not let her go back, he took her hand and walked along the embankment where he often walked. He thought about holding her hand, she could feel that she was always there, that she would always be by her side, that she didn't need to be afraid of anything. She let him lead, almost all the time with her head down, or at the surface of the river.

He was dead, and during the day he swore to her mother that he could protect her, that he could make her happy every day, and that he could give her enough security. But he didn't expect that he had broken his promise less than eight hours after he had finished.

"Are we still together?" He asked.

She stopped, walked up to him, wrapped her arms around his waist, and leaned on his chest again and cried. His heart ached, but not because of her tears, but because of her distrust of him, and she refused to tell him anything.

He also promised her mother that he wouldn't let her cry.

He didn't know why all of a sudden everything had changed, why they were like this.

Does he not like her? No!

Does she dislike him? Not really.

Has anyone stopped them from being together? Not really.

Is it true, as her mother said, that he hasn't given her a sense of security yet? Two people together, I like you, you like me, isn't it enough for no one to stick in the middle

"If being with me makes you cry, I'm ......"

We broke up.

I'm sorry, I can't tell.

Her cries were louder, and every choking she felt like a knife to his heart. He hugged her and let her tears soak his clothes.

In the end, she went home before twelve o'clock. She sat on the bay window and continued to look at the old neighborhood not far away, at the bright street lights in the riverside park and on the road where she walked to school every day. She held her phone in her hand, staring at the beating of time. She wrote a lot of things she wanted to say to him on the message board, long, short, and at the last moment at 11:59, she deleted all the words and replaced them with only four words.

- Happy birthday.

- Thank you.

She waited a long time for his reply.

He took the birthday present she had prepared for him, and he was in no hurry to go home. He walked along the embankment of the river where they used to meet, and came to the stone bench where they used to sit, where he waited until twelve o'clock, and then opened the present.

He opened the gift, looked at the embroidered words, his nose was sore, and the tears could not hold back anymore. He lay on the table, her face no longer on the other side, and his hand could no longer be reached.

He received a message from her.

- Happy birthday.

- Thank you.

He replied. Then he lay on the stone table and sobbed.

It turns out that love hurts so much. He wrote on his signature.

Her eyes were red when she received his reply. She actually wanted to see him, she wanted to see him now, but she couldn't, she didn't dare. She was actually very afraid of losing him, when Takano said he saw them together. She didn't know how her mother would solve their affairs in the future, just like many parents, she forcibly separated them, did not allow them to be in the same class, forced to change schools, and maybe her mother would move directly to prevent them from having the opportunity to meet again. Like a victim paranoid, she imagines all sorts of bad things that might happen to them.

She stared at the chat page with him, staring, staring, staring, until a new personalized signature modification message popped up, and the last line of defense in her heart collapsed at that. She huddled in the corner of the bay window with her knees huddled, biting her lip and crying heartbreakingly.

He lay down at the stone table until Min Qian called him to go home. He took a detour of the way back, through old alleys with only dim lighting, and the breakfast shop was replaced by a bustling supper street. She told him that there was a shop that sold Malatang, and she had eaten it with Jingya, and their wine-boiled sand clams were super delicious, and she said that she must take him there if she had the chance. He said he wanted to go right away, but she said no, because there were so many people.

He suddenly wanted to try it, but there were so many shops selling Malatang and Sha Clams that he didn't know which one she was talking about. So he simply packed one serving of wine-boiled sand clams from each family, and packed a whole six servings. He ate every single one, but every one tasted the same.

When he got home, Min Qian was waiting for him in his room, and the two of them sat on the balcony for I don't know how long, until finally Min Qian fell asleep on his shoulder. He had the gift she had prepared for him in his hand. In fact, he never cared about birthdays, birthdays have no meaning to him, every birthday is just a family opportunity to have a meal. He had been thinking about this year's birthday for a long time, and he had been thinking about it since he saw her again.

When he was familiar with her, he thought that he could invite her to spend it with him on his birthday, and by the way, he could confess, but he confessed in advance and held her hand before his birthday. He thought that he would have all kinds of romantic things with her on her birthday, even indescribable things. But in the end, he spent half of his birthday alone with the gift she gave him.

And also...... In the end, no one gave an explanation to anyone, whether to continue to be together, or to separate?