Chapter Twenty-Five: Love in the Rain

  In the afternoon when school was over, a drizzle started falling from the dull sky.

  This autumn rain is not like the spring drizzle that falls continuously but doesn't get people's clothes wet, nor does it have the momentum of a summer downpour that makes people take shelter under the eaves. Autumn seems to always bring with it a hint of poetry, arriving suddenly and unexpectedly. The autumn rain doesn't come swiftly. Those raindrops, like a beaded curtain, fall from the sky in a leisurely manner, occasionally blown by gusts of autumn wind into diagonal lines. The autumn rain has its own unique charm, making people enjoy walking with a small umbrella under the white veil of rain that fills the air.

  Lin Xiaoyu stood under the eaves of a corridor in the teaching building, Lin Xiaoyu didn't bring an umbrella, usually when it rained, Lin Xiaoyu wouldn't worry about getting wet, because careful Li Jingru would always bring a raincoat for Lin Xiaoyu when the weather forecast said it was going to rain. But today, Li Jingru represented the school to participate in an inter-school speech contest, and Lin Xiaoyu was trapped in the teaching building by this sudden autumn rain.

  Lin Xiaoyu stood beside a stone pillar in the corridor, listlessly gazing at the campus shrouded in thick white rain mist. Lin Xiaoyu had originally planned to go to the basketball court after school and work up a sweat before heading home, but now it seemed she would have to get soaked on her way back.

  Lin Xiaoyu doesn't like rainy days, because every time it rains, her plans to go out and play are always ruined. Lin Xiaoyu thinks that rainy days are annoying, and the rain curtains are like pillars that restrict her freedom to go out.

  Lin Xiaoyu watched as people holding umbrellas or wearing raincoats slowly walked away from the school corridor, the school becoming quieter and quieter. The voices of those walking together grew fainter and fainter, leaving only the sound of "patter patter" filling the entire space. The raindrops on the ground stirred up small whirlpools, as if this autumn rain had no end.

  Lin Xiaoyu stood alone in the empty corridor, feeling a bit lonely. Lin Xiaoyu took out her portable music player from her backpack. At this moment, she thought that only those beautiful melodies could help her shake off the slightly melancholic mood she was in.

  The sound of music echoed in her earplugs, and today Lin Xiaoyu was listening to an album by Lao Lang. She didn't know why, but recently she had been particularly fond of Lao Lang's low, husky voice. Lin Xiaoyu was often moved by the pictures of youthful love painted in the songs, although she still didn't know what love was. But when listening to Lao Lang's songs, her heart would always yearn for this mysterious and elusive emotion, with a kind of longing.

  That dusk

  It started snowing.

  Sorrow blooms all over the mountain ridge

  When youth is gone

  Midnight movie

  A love letter written in ancient times

  Singing in the dark for the young

  Let's go, girl

  Go see the red dawn

  Bring My Love Song

  Singing against the wind

  Dew hangs on hair ends

  A transparent and melancholic ending

  It was my first confusion in life

  When years and beauty have become sighs in the dust of time

  Tears of old times in your sorrowful eyes

  The age of believing in love

  The song I couldn't sing for you

  Let me often recall in my lifetime

  The age of believing in love

  The song I couldn't sing for you

  Lin Xiaoyu listened to this song "Lian Lian Feng Chen", looking at the rainy scene of the campus, suddenly had a different feeling. As for what kind of feeling it was, Lin Xiaoyu herself didn't know. Lin Xiaoyu slowly closed her eyes, immersing herself in the melodious music, and a vague figure flashed in Lin Xiaoyu's mind. Lin Xiaoyu felt that this figure was very familiar, like a certain girl by her side, yet also felt that this figure was very strange, as if she had never seen such a girl before. Lin Xiaoyu wanted to see her face clearly but couldn't no matter what, and gradually Lin Xiaoyu forgot where she was with the music...

  "Few words."

  A clear and crisp female voice rang out in this drizzly rain.

  But Lin Xiaoyu, who was wearing headphones and had her eyes closed, didn't notice that someone was calling her.

  The owner of that voice was a girl wearing a white blouse with blue trim and a sky-blue pleated skirt, both bearing the emblem of Feicui Middle School. She looked so lovely, holding a pink umbrella in the drizzling autumn rain, and she undoubtedly became the most beautiful scenery in this rainy scene.

  She shouted out to see that Lin Xiaoyu, who was leaning against the stone pillar in the corridor, didn't respond to her. She felt a bit strange in her heart. Later, after taking a closer look, she found out that he was wearing earplugs and listening to music, with his eyes even closed. She smiled slightly, walked into the eaves of the corridor, carefully put away her pink umbrella, then approached him and gently patted his shoulder with her small hand.

  Lin Xiaoyu felt someone patting her shoulder, so she opened her eyes. The first thing that entered her line of sight was Mu Rong Hui Min's beautiful face. Lin Xiaoyu, who had just been immersed in the romantic atmosphere of the old wolf's song, was still trying to make out the blurry figure that kept appearing in her heart when she suddenly saw Mu Rong Hui Min's smiling face as soon as she opened her eyes.

  Lin Xiaoyu's heart suddenly skipped a beat at this moment, as if she had gained something in an instant, yet somehow hadn't gained anything. When Lin Xiaoyu saw Murong Hui at this time, she felt different from usual, but what was different, Lin Xiaoyu wasn't quite clear herself. She just felt that her heart was filled with a strange feeling.

  "Hui Min, why haven't you gone home yet?" Lin Xiaoyu took out her earplugs.

  "Ah, I was just thinking of going home, but when I saw you standing in the corridor, I came over." Mu Rong Hui Min's eyes would become extremely bright whenever she saw Lin Xiao Yu, a small secret that no one had discovered, not even Mu Rong Hui Min herself.

  Actually, every day after school, Mu Rong Hui Min would always walk across the sports field to take a few glances at Lin Xiao Yu who was playing ball before heading home. Today, it was raining, but Mu Rong Hui Min still habitually walked over to the small path by the sports field and saw Lin Xiao Yu taking shelter from the rain in the corridor at one end of the field.

  "You didn't bring an umbrella, did you?" Murong Hui Min asked Lin Xiao Yu, who only had a school bag.

  Lin Xiaoyu nodded slightly.

  "Then let's walk together with an umbrella." Mu Rong Hui Min's voice seemed to be filled with anticipation. Her gaze secretly looked at Lin Xiao Yu, and Lin Xiao Yu's delicate face, which was half a head taller than hers, always made Mu Rong Hui Min unable to look away.

  Lin Xiaoyu looked at the pink small umbrella in Murong Huimin's hand, he knew that such a small umbrella was not enough to shelter two people from the rain, but for some reason, Lin Xiaoyu really wanted to walk with Murong Huimin under the umbrella in the vast rainy curtain, so Lin Xiaoyu and Murong Huimin walked into this autumn rain together.

  This small umbrella, just as Lin Xiaoyu had thought, couldn't cover the two of them. Lin Xiaoyu and Murong Huimin were very close together under the umbrella, and Lin Xiaoyu could easily smell the fragrance coming from Murong Huimin's body. The faint scent was even more refreshing and intoxicating in the midst of the pouring rain, making Lin Xiaoyu feel as if she had entered a valley filled with blooming lilies, her heart racing with excitement.

  The two of them walked from the teaching building to the parking shed, a distance of three hundred meters, and got one side of their shoulders wet in the rain, despite standing very close together. Lin Xiaoyu and Murong Huimin didn't say a word all along the way, although they were occasionally splashed by rainwater on their clothes, but neither of them felt any discomfort because both of their hearts were savoring the feeling of walking together under an umbrella in the rain, a feeling that was hard to put into words.

  It was unclear whose footsteps slowed down first, or if both of them slowed down at the same time. The two of them took about the length of a song to walk through this 300-meter stretch of road. By the time they both walked into the rain shelter where bicycles were parked, both of them quietly let out a deep breath. Both of their hearts had a very subtle feeling.

  Murong Hui Min usually takes the bus or is picked up by family members when going home, but this time Lin Xiao Yu has a mountain bike. Lin Xiao Yu decides to send Murong Hui Min home first and then borrow her umbrella to go back home herself.

  Lin Xiaoyu's mountain bike had no rear rack, and the only way to carry someone was on the crossbar in front of the saddle. Lin Xiaoyu asked Murong Hui Min if she should push the bike and walk home with her or ride the bike and give her a lift home?

  Murong Hui thought for a moment before letting Lin Xiaoyu carry her.

  Murong Hui Min sat on the boy's bicycle for the first time, and she couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She sat diagonally on the crossbar according to Lin Xiao Yu's instructions, with her small backpack strapped to her chest, one small hand grasping the handlebars, and the other holding that pink umbrella. Her slender white legs, clad in black patent leather shoes and white knee-high socks, dangled in the air beside the bicycle.

  Lin Xiaoyu sat on the bike and asked, "Has Murong Huimin gone?" After getting a nod from Murong Huimin with a red face, Lin Xiaoyu pushed one foot against the ground and the mountain bike started moving forward.

  Murong Hui Min was pushed back by the force of the car moving forward, and her back leaned against Lin Xiao Yu's right arm, which was holding onto the steering wheel. Her head also rested on Lin Xiao Yu's broad chest.

  On the slowly moving bicycle, Mu Rong Hui Min, who had never sat on a bicycle before, felt a little nervous in her heart. However, leaning against Lin Xiao Yu's chest and smelling the good scent on his body made Mu Rong Hui Min feel safe instantly. She no longer wanted to move her head away from Lin Xiao Yu's broad and warm shoulders, and she blushed as she leaned against this place that made her mind wander. His heartbeat seemed like a series of caring words warming up Mu Rong Hui Min's entire body.

  Lin Xiaoyu carefully rode the mountain bike, feeling Murong Hui's soft and boneless body leaning against his own, the fragrance of lilies carried by the gentle autumn breeze that was sandwiched between the rainwater floated into Lin Xiaoyu's nose, making him unable to help but slightly lower his head, deeply inhaling the refreshing air.

  Two people sat tightly together in the single bike that was slowly moving on the road, neither of them said a word. The whizzing sound of the bicycle and the patter of the raindrops replaced their conversation. The yellow streetlights lit up one by one, stretching along the straight road, as if it had no end. Lin Xiaoyu unconsciously slowed down her speed, in her heart, she felt like riding like this for a lifetime.

  The rain suddenly grew heavier, and the autumn wind also increased in strength. The pink umbrella in Murong Hui's small hand was blown askew by the autumn wind as she let out a low cry of "ah", losing its coverage. Without the umbrella's protection, the rainwater immediately fell onto Lin Xiaoyu and Murong Hui's bodies. By the time Murong Hui managed to reposition the umbrella to block the rain, both of their bodies and hair were already drenched from the rain.

  In the autumn rain, which was more or less cool, Murong Huimin, who had been splashed with water on her hair and clothes, felt a chill in the autumn wind that occasionally swept across her body. However, the warmth emanating from the broad chest she was leaning against made her forget all of this...

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