Chapter 49: The Embankment Grows Up (2)

  Li Jingru suddenly felt that there was something extra on her head, Li Jingru knew it was Lin Xiaoyu who made a flower wreath for herself with the branches of a cotton tree. Li Jingru had been worried that the grown-up Xiaoyu would not put a flower wreath on her own head like when she was a child, but now this worry is no longer necessary, Xiaoyu is still the same Xiaoyu who puts a flower wreath on her own head. Li Jingru felt like a princess at this moment, even though the prince of this princess only gave her a simple flower ring without gems or fresh flowers.

  Li Jingru took a deep breath and turned around to gaze deeply at Lin Xiaoyu behind her, smiling slightly in gratitude.

  Lin Xiaoyu thought that Li Jingru was more beautiful than ever at this moment, with a simple and somewhat rough flower garland on her head without a single fresh flower. Her raven-black hair gave this flowerless garland an unusual beauty, and her delicate face like a flower made any other flower pale in comparison. Lin Xiaoyu really wanted to kiss that beautiful face, but he immediately realized how terrible his thoughts were - she was just his childhood friend, not his girlfriend. He felt that if he did so, it would be a desecration of the precious friendship between them, which was more valuable than anything else in the world.

  Lin Xiaoyu chose to escape, because Lin Xiaoyu knew that if she continued to stay on this branch of the kapok tree that made her feel a certain kind of happiness, she would definitely make an irreparable mistake. So Lin Xiaoyu slowly removed Li Jingru's arm from around herself and climbed down the kapok tree.

  Li Jingru suddenly felt Lin Xiaoyu remove his hand from around her and drop her, crawling under the tree. Li Jingru's heart was immediately filled with a sense of loss, as if she had suddenly lost something very important in that instant.

  Li Jingru somewhat anxiously shouted towards Lin Xiaoyu under the tree: "Xiaoyu, don't go, I'm a bit scared being alone up here."

  "Haha, are you scared? If you want to come down, you have to agree to my conditions." Lin Xiaoyu looked at Li Jingru with a mischievous expression, teasing her. In fact, Lin Xiaoyu couldn't bear to part with the wonderful feeling she had just shared with Li Jingru on the tree.

  Life is always slowly teaching people how to act, just to cover up the secrets that are hard to mention in their hearts.

  "What conditions do you want?" Li Jingru knew that Xiao Yu was teasing her, but she felt very anxious in her heart because she couldn't bear the feeling of Xiao Yu leaving her side.

  "I haven't thought of it yet, wait till I think of it and tell you, just stay on the tree obediently for now, the view from the tree is quite good." Lin Xiaoyu had just made a casual joke to tease Li Jingru earlier, he hadn't expected Li Jingru to agree to any conditions. Now, Lin Xiaoyu just wanted to be alone and quiet for a while, not daring to get close to Li Jingru again. Because Lin Xiaoyu knew that the closer he got to Li Jingru, the more terrifying emotions would arise in his mind.

  "Xiao Yu, don't go away! I'll agree to any condition you want... Please hurry and get me down from here, I'm scared. Xiao Yu..." Lin Xiao Yu ignored Li Jing Ru's cries for help on the tree and walked alone to the riverbank of the Jade Belt River, picked up a rain flower stone by the river, and with all her might, threw the stones one by one towards the opposite bank. Lin Xiao Yu felt that doing so would slightly calm her heart.

  Lin Xiaoyu didn't know how many rain flower stones she had thrown out, Lin Xiaoyu felt her arm was a bit tired. It seemed that Lin Xiaoyu heard several crying sounds from the kapok tree, Lin Xiaoyu quickly threw away the rain flower stone in her hand and ran to the bottom of the kapok tree.

  "Xiao Ru, what's wrong? What happened?" Lin Xiaoyu asked anxiously as she saw Li Jingru sobbing uncontrollably on the tree.

  This was the first time Lin Xiaoyu had seen Li Jingru cry, and she had always thought that Li Jingru was a very strong girl, even stronger than herself. Now, seeing her crying like this, Lin Xiaoyu felt her own heart slowly shattering in the sound of her sobs.

  "You little fool, how could I not care about you?" Lin Xiaoyu's heart slightly eased after hearing Li Jingru's tearful explanation, thinking that Li Jingru had encountered some unexpected event.

  "I was just joking with you, why did you take it seriously? ... Okay, okay, I'm wrong, I apologize to Xiaoru... Come on, Xiaoru, jump down carefully, I'll catch you." Lin Xiaoyu said gently, opening her arms wide to Li Jingru who was in the tree.

  Looking at Lin Xiaoyu opening her arms to catch herself, Li Jingru felt an unprecedented sense of security. Without a shred of hesitation, Li Jingru jumped down from the tree towards Lin Xiaoyu. Normally, Li Jingru would never dare to jump from such a high place. But at this moment, Li Jingru only wanted to be with Lin Xiaoyu, even if it meant jumping into an abyss, she wouldn't have any hesitation.

  Li Jingru felt that when she jumped down from the tree, the short pause in mid-air for a second made her feel an unknown fear, like a small boat being battered by storms at sea. However, the moment Lin Xiaoyu caught her, Li Jingru knew she had fallen into a happy paradise.

  Li Jingru was tightly hugged by Lin Xiaoyu after being picked up, and refused to let go. With a trembling voice accompanied by sobs: "Xiaoyu, you can't leave me like that again... Wuuu... I'm so afraid of losing you... Wuuu..."

  Li Jingru just felt an unprecedented fear when Lin Xiaoyu suddenly left her alone on the tree. Just now, she was still a happy princess enjoying the warmth of Lin Xiaoyu, but suddenly she was abandoned by the prince on a treetop that made her afraid, Li Jingru's heart became very fragile, and the bitterness and grievance in her heart turned into tears...

  Lin Xiaoyu gazed at Li Jingru, whose beauty was like a pear blossom in the rain, evoking a sense of tender pity. In her heart, infinite love arose. At this moment, Lin Xiaoyu felt that the slender body she held in her arms was that of Murong Huimin, the girl who had long been on her mind and whom she deeply loved. This was how Lin Xiaoyu felt about Li Jingru at this moment - it was love. Although Lin Xiaoyu repeatedly tried to escape from these feelings within herself, she didn't realize that she had already fallen in love with this perfect girl.

  Lin Xiaoyu really wanted to gently lift up Li Jingru's chin with his hand and kiss away the tears on her face that broke his heart, but Lin Xiaoyu did not allow himself to do so. In Lin Xiaoyu's heart, such behavior was equivalent to desecration, a desecration of the feelings between him and Xiao Ru that were like those between family members. Lin Xiaoyu was so distressed at this moment that he really wanted to use his hands to forcefully grab a handful of his own hair, perhaps this pain could make himself feel better...

  Lin Xiaoyu and Li Jingru were quietly lying on the grass under the shade of a kapok tree, with a CD player placed between them that was quietly playing music. Lin Xiaoyu and Li Jingru each wore one earplug, quietly listening to the music being played from the CD player.

  Like a leaf silently enduring the unpredictability of the seasons

  Like a clock silently bearing the weight of time

  Don't ask why

  Just as you can't ask how deep a seed is buried

  Like a love song silently enduring the turmoil of gathering and dispersing

  Like a tragic play silently bearing a known outcome

  Don't ask why

  Just like you can't ask water why it keeps flowing

  An empty cup is filled with our longing for sleep

  All the goodness yet to be discovered

  Let's sober up

  Lin Xiaoyu and Li Jingru lay quietly, gazing at the floating clouds and flying birds in the sky, repeatedly listening to the fragment of the song "Unseasonable Sorrow" by the Voice Fragment Band. At this time, the kite that was fluttering in the sky had already been cut off from the string that bound it by Li Jingru and Lin Xiaoyu, carrying their wishes, flew to a place they couldn't see. At this moment, there was no trace of the kite's stay in the sky...

  I don't know if the wish on the kite can disappear like the kite itself without a sound...

  I'm not sure if you guys have ever heard the songs that appear in my books, these are all music I like, when writing I rely on the emotions expressed in those songs to write, hoping you can slowly appreciate the beauty of those music pieces, it would make me very happy if you like them, finding someone who shares similar tastes is a joyful feeling

  Emotions are something that can't be materialized with words and sounds, it's precisely because of this that the feelings floating in our hearts are so wonderful. But I will try my best to describe those emotions more realistically and meticulously.

  Sincerely looking forward to your opinions, this is my source of motivation, thank you.