"Love After Love 5-0=? Chapter 13 Peacock's Love"
Promises made in one's youth are often given too lightly. A lifetime is a long, long time, and to spend it with someone who was chosen so thoughtlessly, in the blink of an eye, is a daunting prospect.
Lin Jinglan habitually leaned against the window of Ji Huaning's room, propping her cheek with her hand, and her eyelashes fluttered on her starry eyes. After a while, she appeared at the familiar street corner, accompanied by that boy. He was tall and slender, with shiny black hair, but his face was not very clear. They walked slowly in his direction, and Lin didn't know what Ji Huaning said, but it made the boy burst out laughing, then he bent down and kissed her without caring about anything else. Ji Huaning quickly pushed him away, looking around nervously to see if anyone was watching.
Lin Jinglan once again put down the curtains and walked away.
I've heard some things about them from Gong Ya's mouth. The boy is the class president of her class, but they're not in the same class anymore. Lin Jinglan shook her head, thinking what a nuisance! He casually closed her bedroom door behind him with a bang, shutting it a bit too hard.
Ji Huaning pushed Jiang Yuan Ying away, looking around in terror, afraid that his parents were standing right next to them. Jiang Yuan Ying laughed and said, "Am I really so unworthy of being seen? Hmm?" His voice was bright and clear, with a hint of mischief in his eyes, exuding a charm that fell somewhere between boyishness and manliness. Ji Huaning felt his face heat up slightly, and he pretended to push Jiang Yuan Ying away again, but without much force: "What do you mean by 'see'? If my parents see us, they'll say I don't have to go to college anymore, and then you can support me?"
Jiang Yuan Ying smiled slyly, "I'll raise you, I'll raise you for a lifetime. If they see us, I'll formally introduce myself: 'I'm Xiao Ning's boyfriend, the one who will support her for the rest of her life. I want to pamper her so much that she won't be able to go anywhere.'"
After saying this, he was pushed again, but saw his little Ning looking sideways with a tilted head, knowing that she was moved.
Promises made in one's youth are often given too lightly. A lifetime is such a long time, much longer than the second it takes to utter the words.
Ji Huaning bid farewell to Jiang Yuan Ying and returned home, where the whole family, including Lin Jinglan, was already seated at the dinner table. Lately, Xiao Lan's parents had been very busy with work, often leaving him in her care, so she was no longer surprised by the sudden appearance of "dinner guests".
Just as they were eating, Ji Rujing suddenly frowned and muttered: "Why is today's leek and egg stir-fry so salty?"
Jiang Yun didn't even taste it, just lightly said: "Oh, maybe too much salt was added."
Ji Ru Jing added another sentence: "In the future, it's better to put less of it, eating too much salt is bad for your body."
Jiang Yun picked up a dish with her chopsticks and put it in her own bowl, glancing at him: "I know, I didn't do it on purpose, what's the point of harping on about it?"
Ji Rujing didn't say another word, and the atmosphere at the dinner table became gloomy. Ji Huaning hurriedly served a piece of meat to each person, "Today's braised pork is really delicious, it lives up to mom's standards! Everyone try some!"
Jiang Yun smiled at her, but the atmosphere didn't change much. Ji Huaning stared at Lin Jinglan, even he didn't understand her feelings, only knowing to quietly eat his own food.
This meal doesn't taste good at all.
The busy schoolwork of the third year of high school made Ji Huaning thinner and thinner, with only a pair of big eyes and a small face under her straight eyebrows. As for entering a higher school, she was confident, but what worried her was Jiang Yuanying, distance had become a very obvious problem between them. Although they were still in the same school, he couldn't often appear in her line of sight, even when they occasionally met and chatted for a few words, it was always hurried. Could it be that love really can't withstand the test of distance, even if it's just a wall apart?
There was also Xiaoyi. Between her and Xiaoyi, there was a distant shadow, they were no longer the uncommunicative rose and lily, but two awkward girls struggling on the balance of love and friendship. Now she had distance with the distant shadow, while Xiaoyi was still in the same class as him, she always had some hidden worries.
Even when young, she understands that love is not something that will wither away if it's not constantly kept in sight. Love is a kind of trust, and also a kind of test; holding on too tightly will only make it flee further.
It turned out that the rumors eventually confirmed her worries. Jiang Yuanying and Qin Yijiang played badminton together in physical education class; Qin Yijiang often brought breakfast to Jiang Yuanying; The phrase "Yuanying solo sail, Qingfeng gentle river" was even used to describe them; Even when Jiang Yuanying let Qin Yijiang see the answers during an exam and got caught by the teacher. None of this had ever been mentioned by Yuanying herself, but rather by those "close" friends. Watching them pass notes and laugh together, she felt her face falling layer by layer.
After school, she walked to the entrance of the chemistry class, they were still in class. She leaned against the corridor and looked at Xiaoyi and Yuanying inside the glass window, from time to time asking him a few questions, he handed over his notes to her.
She had a crush on him, and he was friendly and kind to her, after all, they had been classmates for nearly three years. But in Ji Hua Ning's eyes, it all seemed like canned food that had gone bad, stuck in his stomach. When the two of them walked out of the classroom laughing and chatting, Jiang Yuan Ying finally noticed Xiao Ning standing quietly on the side. Qin Yi Jiang bid them farewell and hastily left, leaving behind Ji Hua Ning who was filled with a thousand words.
"Have you been waiting for long?" Jiang Yuan Ying felt a bit guilty and wanted to help her carry her school bag, but she switched the bag to her other hand and softly hummed in response.
Jiang Yuan's hand brushed past her, and instead he grabbed hers. "Sorry, I didn't know the class would run so late... Little Ning, next time if it's like this again, you should just head back first, waiting is too tiring."
She waited with bated breath, just to exchange their thirty minutes on the way home from school, but he didn't appreciate it at all and instead told her to go back first! Ji Huaning was not feeling well in her heart, thinking of Yuan Ying and Xiao Yi laughing together, had he ever put this girlfriend in his heart? He hadn't worried about her waiting for him at all!
Should I leave first? You're not in a hurry, of course. There's still Little Yi accompanying you, aren't you having the time of your life? She thought maliciously to herself, this exaggerated resentment and misplaced anger made her purse her lips, leaving Jiang Yuanying beside her at a loss.
The young boy's mind was still immature, and he didn't think as carefully as the girl did. He thought she had waited for so long and got tired, but he hadn't noticed it earlier, so it was understandable that she threw a tantrum. However, his studies were also very busy, and his family had high expectations of him - he had to get into the best medical university. Every day, he would send her off first, then head back home from the opposite direction, which took almost seven hours, and she knew all this. Couldn't she be a little more understanding at this critical moment?
The two walked silently to her doorstep for the first time, he watched her stubborn back disappear at the entrance of the building, and turned to leave. How could he have known that Xiaoning had already overheard Qin Yijiang's confession to him and was pierced by this thorn in her heart?
Love is always misunderstood due to too many unspoken reasons, leading to mistake after mistake, ultimately becoming a missed opportunity.
