I'd rather be wrong

  "Listen to me, cicada!"

  In the scorching heat of July, under the blazing sun, Xia Man stood with her head down, yet she felt a chill run through her body. Jiang Yuanfeng caught up to her, and without paying attention to their classmates walking by, he looked at them in surprise and grasped her hand tightly.

  As if afraid of loosening her grip, she would disappear in an instant.

  Xia Mochen smiled and shook her head, trying hard to slip her arm out of Jiang Yuanfeng's palm. Her skin was smooth and cool, even in the scorching summer, so even though Jiang Yuanfeng gripped it tightly, she still managed to wriggle free bit by bit.

  "Yuan Feng, you don't have to say anything."

  Xia Mengyan laughed with force, pointing to the big red poster on the notice board in front of the teaching building, "It's all written clearly there, Farong, do you think I'm illiterate? - 'After recommendation by various faculties and layers of selection, the final list of students going to Europe for study has been confirmed'... Farong, such faculty recommendations and layered selections are absolutely impossible to be made suddenly in just three or two days, at least the process would take one or two months."

  "Yuan Feng, as a candidate, it's impossible that you didn't know this news until now. But you actually kept it from me for so long. Yuan Feng, you clearly knew I was looking forward to this summer vacation trip with you, and yet you watched me get excited for nothing, only to have it all come crashing down today."

  Xia Menglian held back her tears and took another glance at the bright red poster that was posted alongside the list of students selected for the study tour abroad - her name was prominently listed on the glorious list of first-class scholarship winners, making all her classmates look up to her in admiration.

  "Far away, I worked hard and got a first-class scholarship, having enough money to pay for this trip... but now it's all in vain."

  "It's not what you think. I didn't intentionally hide it from you, but at first, I didn't think I'd be selected, after all, I wasn't enthusiastic about it, so I didn't mention it beforehand. I knew you were making summer plans, that's why I didn't want to ruin your mood."

  “……If that’s really the case, then I definitely won’t get angry.” Xia Mengyan laughed with all her might again and again, pointing at the woman in white who had been standing on the steps since earlier, laughing until tears almost fell, “Yuan Feng, the real reason you agreed to join the study abroad list after being recommended by the department is because of Yuan Ying, right?”

  Jiang Yuanheng was taken aback, turned his head to look at Yuan Ying standing on the steps, gazing afar, "Mozhen listen to me. It's because of Yuan Ying, but it's not what you think!"

  "Really?" Mo Ze laughed gleefully from afar.

  It was her foolishness, she really believed in Jiang Yuanfeng. The Jiang and Yuan families were originally acquainted with each other, Jiang Yuanfeng and Yuan Ying had been together since childhood, from kindergarten to elementary school until now, they were all reading the same school. If it weren't for the two of them being good at both liberal arts and science, I'm afraid they would be in the same class by now.

  It was she who was foolish. Listening to Jiang Yuanfeng explaining that since childhood, he had treated Yuan Ying as his younger sister, and thus he had dismissed the rumors among classmates.

  But now, reality has given her a slap in the face - Jiang Yuanfeng indeed wanted to go to Europe with Yuan Ying, so he changed from his original lack of enthusiasm to his current enthusiasm!

  "That's enough, Yuan Feng. Actually, I'm not blaming you, I just want to laugh at myself. Okay, I think I'll head back now, goodbye."

  He shifted his gaze to look at Yuan Ying, the girl in white standing amidst the vibrant green and red of summer. She was truly beautiful. "Farong, I wish you and Yuan Ying a smooth journey on your European trip. Goodbye."