Insufficient balance

  Lin Xiaoyu didn't know the way to Murong Huimin's house, and relied on Murong Huimin's soft directions as she rode her bike. When Murong Huimin whispered in Lin Xiaoyu's ear, Lin Xiaoyu felt that every word of hers seemed to have gone through his own heart before reaching his ears.

  Murong Hui Min always hesitated slightly before giving Lin Xiao Yu the road, because she was thinking about which route was farthest from home, because she didn't want to leave that warm chest so quickly.

  The road will always come to an end. When Lin Xiaoyu's mountain bike stopped under Murong Huimin's building, both of them felt a surge of loss in their hearts.

  Murong Hui gently got out of Lin Xiaoyu's arms and off the car. Lin Xiaoyu parked the car and walked with Murong Hui into the building under the eaves.

  After standing under the eaves for a while, Lin Xiaoyu spoke first: "Hui Min, I'm leaving."

  "En... okay. Be careful on the road." Mu Rong Hui Min didn't want Lin Xiao Yu to leave, but she couldn't find a reason to keep him from going. She wanted to invite Lin Xiao Yu to her home, but was afraid that if her family saw them together, it would be very embarrassing, so Mu Rong Hui Min could only bid him farewell.

  Lin Xiaoyu walked into the rain with a pink umbrella, and suddenly Lin Xiaoyu turned around and went back under the eaves.

  Murong Hui Min's heart skipped a beat as she saw Lin Xiao Yu suddenly walk back. She thought to herself, "He wouldn't be like those romantic scenes on TV and kiss me goodbye, would he?" As soon as the thought crossed her mind, her face turned bright red. She looked down, not daring to look at Lin Xiao Yu with her eyes.

  Lin Xiaoyu did not kiss himself as Murong Huimin had expected, but instead pulled something out of his backpack and handed it to Murong Huimin.

  "Here, you take this CD player, I'm afraid it'll get wet in the rain." Lin Xiaoyu handed the CD player over to Murong Huimin.

  "En, okay......" The scene that didn't appear as she had imagined it made Mu Rong Hui Min feel a wave of disappointment.

  "Goodbye." Lin Xiaoyu turned around and walked back into the rain curtain once again.

  "Goodbye." Murong Huimin bid farewell to Lin Xiaoyu with her Walkman.

  As Lin Xiaoyu got on the bus, she shouted to Murong Hui who was still standing under the eaves: "There's a CD in the player, it's really good, give it a listen. Hope you'll like it. I'm off."

  Lin Xiaoyu finished speaking, stepped on the mountain bike, and slowly left with one hand holding that pink small umbrella.

  Lin Xiaoyu slowly walked away, wanting to turn back and take a glance at Murong Huimin, but she didn't have the courage to do so. Lin Xiaoyu hoped that Murong Huimin would listen to the CD player she gave her, and appreciate the beautiful scenery described in Lao Lang's hoarse voice, just like she did.

  Murong Hui stood under the eaves of the house, watching Lin Xiaoyu's figure slowly disappear in the rain, and didn't leave for a long time.

  Murong Hui Min opened the CD player handed over by Lin Xiao Yu, put on her earplugs, and a deep emotional song reached Murong Hui Min's heart...

  I am the oak tree in front of your window where you sit idly

  I am the book beside you when you cry for the first time

  I am the candle you gazed at on a spring night

  I am the clothes you wear in autumn

  I want you to open your window hanging in summer days

  I want you to hold my hand and take a leisurely stroll with me in the afternoon.

  I want you to gaze at me with the same intensity I'm gazing at you.

  Silently tell me the sorrow of my first love

  The city has unfolded her lonely map

  How can I find the place where you wait for me?

  I am like every child in love

  Lonely growing up on the strings of a street piano

  I am like every child in love

  On the street, the strings of the piano grew lonely...

  Then silently tell me the sorrow of my first love

  Murong Hui Min's heart suddenly became excited after hearing the lyrics, because she could hear the meaning contained in the lyrics. What did he mean by singing this song? Murong Hui Min couldn't help but think that she seemed to hear the message he was conveying to herself...

  Lin Xiaoyu returned home, her whole body was drenched. Lin's mother saw Lin Xiaoyu's appearance and asked: "Didn't Xiao Ru go to send you an umbrella? How did you still get wet coming back?"

  "Xiao Ru, go and send me an umbrella? I didn't see her?" Lin Xiaoyu was slightly surprised.

  Lin's mother saw the pink small umbrella in Lin Xiaoyu's hand and asked strangely, "You didn't seem to bring an umbrella to school, where did this one come from?"

  "This is my classmate's umbrella." Lin Xiaoyu recalled the scene in the rain just now and felt very comfortable.

  "Oh my, you child are something else! Someone as obedient as Xiao Ru went to deliver an umbrella for you and you actually came back yourself. Hurry up and go find her, don't let her look all over the school for you." Mother Lin scolded.

  Lin Xiaoyu put down her school bag and picked up the umbrella in her hand after listening to her mother's words, then went out the door.

  As her son was leaving, Mrs. Lin suddenly shouted: "Xiaoyu, change your wet clothes first before you go, don't catch a cold......" Mrs. Lin is very concerned about Xiaoyu's physical and mental health during this tense period of third year of junior high school, but at this time Xiaoyu had already closed the door and ran outside.

  Lin Xiaoyu rode her bike along the small road by the river to school. Lin Xiaoyu knew that if Li Jingru saw that her bike was not at school, she would definitely come back, and on rainy days, Li Jingru liked to take this small road.

  Li Jingru had mentioned to Lin Xiaoyu that on rainy days, a pleasant sound would always echo through this quiet little road. It was the sound of raindrops falling onto the glazed tiles on the park wall alongside the road. Li Jingru loved that crisp sound very much.

  Lin Xiaoyu saw Li Jingru's figure at the intersection of this small road. She was riding her light yellow women's bicycle, wearing a yellow raincoat. Lin Xiaoyu hastily rode her bike to the other side of the small road.

  Li Jingru also saw Lin Xiaoyu, Li Jingru stopped the car.

  Lin Xiaoyu stopped beside Li Jingru, turned around and looked at her. He saw that on Li Jingru's long hair hanging out of the raincoat hat, there were several sparkling water droplets. Lin Xiaoyu said embarrassedly: "Sorry, I didn't know you lent me an umbrella, so I left first."

  Li Jingru reached out to touch her hair, and saw the pink umbrella that Lin Xiaoyu was holding. A hint of loss flashed in her eyes, and she said lightly: "I'm late, you borrowed this umbrella, didn't you?"

  "Yes. It was borrowed from Mu Rong Hui Min in class." Lin Xiao Yu did not see the fleeting look of loss in Li Jing Ru's eyes.

  "Oh. Let's go home." Li Jingru didn't say another word, riding her bike slowly on this quiet little road. Lin Xiaoyu also pedaled her bike and followed beside her.

  When Lin Xiaoyu said that the umbrella belonged to Murong Hui, Li Jingru suddenly thought of the pretty girl who had made her give gifts to Lin Xiaoyu, and she felt a pang in her heart.

  Lin Xiaoyu and Li Jing rode their bicycles slowly along the quiet path. The sky was already shrouded in night, and the streetlights began to fend off the darkness with their faint glow. There were no vehicles or pedestrians on the road, except for the sound of raindrops hitting the glazed tiles and the patter of rainwater on Lin Xiaoyu and Li Jing's umbrellas and raincoats.

  Lin Xiaoyu saw Li Jingru riding her bike without saying a word, the atmosphere was a bit dull, so she spoke up: "Jingru, how was your speech contest today?"

  Li Jingru was thinking about something until Lin Xiaoyu asked herself for the second time before she heard it. She replied, "Our school got first place in the speech contest."

  "Congratulations then! How did you feel about today's match?" Lin Xiaoyu rarely saw Li Jingru in such a daze.

  "It feels okay, I was a bit nervous at first, but it got better later."

  Lin Xiaoyu was already accustomed to being surpassed by her childhood neighbor, Li Jingru, who had always excelled at everything she did since they were young.

  The two fell into silence again, and Lin Xiaoyu felt that although they were both girls and walking together on a rainy day, Mu Rong Hui Min and Li Jingru gave her different feelings. Lin Xiaoyu couldn't say what this difference in feeling was, but when she was with Mu Rong Hui Min, she always had an expectant feeling in her heart, constantly jumping restlessly; while being with Li Jingru, Lin Xiaoyu felt a sense of calmness and warmth. Lin Xiaoyu couldn't tell which one she liked more, but whenever she was with them, she would feel very happy.

  Listening to the sound of raindrops hitting the glazed tiles "ting ting tang tang", Li Jingru's thoughts were fluctuating.

  After the speech contest ended today, when I was sitting on the school bus going home, that class cadre from the neighboring class confessed his love to me again. This tall and handsome boy has already confessed to me several times, but Li Jingru has never had any feelings for him. When he spoke deeply about his admiration for her, what appeared in Li Jingru's mind was Lin Xiaoyu's delicate face with a hint of childishness.

  Li Jingru once again rejected that boy. Seeing the boy's disappointed expression, Li Jingru suddenly felt whether she really liked Lin Xiaoyu, who grew up with her. After returning home and finding out that Xiaoyu didn't bring an umbrella to school, Li Jingru immediately went to deliver one for him. At school, when she disappointingly saw that his bicycle was no longer there, Li Jingru somewhat disappointedly returned home.

  On the way home, when she met Lin Xiaoyu who came to pick her up, Li Jingru felt a joy in her heart. But when she saw Lin Xiaoyu holding an umbrella with a beautiful girl named Murong Huimin, she felt a pang of discomfort in her heart. This made Li Jingru confirm the thoughts in her mind. Yes, she had fallen in love, and it was with this person who grew up with her, Lin Xiaoyu, who always thought of ways to make her happy when she was unhappy.

  But does Xiao Yu like himself? What is the relationship between him and that beautiful girl named Murong Hui Min? And what about the girl named Yan Nan who gave Lin Xiao Yu a red lucky bracelet, what is her relationship with Lin Xiao Yu? Lin Xiao Yu always wears that red lucky bracelet every day...

  Li Jingru's gaze fell on Lin Xiaoyu's face, and she took a glance at the red lucky band on Lin Xiaoyu's left wrist and the pink umbrella propped up in her left hand, her heart was in a mess...

  This autumn rain still shows no signs of stopping, and I don't know if the fruits hanging on the treetops will be able to get rid of their greenness and become ripe and tempting after this autumn rain...

  Just out of the bath, Mu Rong Hui Min was sitting at the dinner table wearing a set of fragrant pajamas, watching her mother bring dish after dish of delicious food to the table. In her heart, she couldn't help but think about the scene earlier when she was sitting in Lin Xiao Yu's car, leaning her head on his warm chest. A happy smile kept appearing on Mu Rong Hui Min's slightly flushed face.

  Dad is not at home for dinner today. The sister sitting opposite Muyong Huimin saw that her own princess-like younger sister was laughing to herself, looking a bit absent-minded and strange, so she asked: "Huimin, what good thing happened to you today, why are you so happy?"

  For the sister who always liked to tease her, Murong Hui Min had no way to defend herself. Murong Hui Min wrinkled her cute nose at her sister and said, "No." But that happy smile was still blooming on her pretty little face.

  Sister didn't believe Muyong Huimin's leaky lies at all. Sister leaned her beautiful face towards Muyong Huimin and whispered, "Mimi, have you really got a boyfriend? Tell me secretly, Mom is still in the kitchen, I'll help you keep it confidential."

  Murong Huimin looked at her sister's beautiful face with a mischievous smile, of course, she didn't want to tell her about her own affairs: "Who has it? Don't guess blindly."

  "Hehe, I didn't just randomly guess. You brought an umbrella to school today, right? When you came back, I don't think I saw you carrying the umbrella. And when you got back, you were holding a CD player in your hand, and it looked like it wasn't yours."

  Murong Huimin thought it was a pity that her sister didn't become a detective, as she always seemed to uncover her little secrets with her "thief eyes".

  "I lent the umbrella to my classmate, and that CD player was borrowed from me by my classmate." Murong Huimin could only answer carefully. If she said something slightly wrong, this sister would definitely raise a bunch of headache-inducing questions.

  "Hehe, what kind of classmate is this? Must be a boy, oh my, which lucky boy has caught the eye of our family's little princess?" The sister continued to tease Murong Huimin.

  Murong Huimin thought of his figure and her little face immediately turned red again. "Sister, you're annoying, why ask so many questions?"

  "Hehe, I'm just concerned about my good sister. My good sister, just be honest with me."

  "Others have already told you, why are you still asking?"

  "You didn't tell the truth, did you? Hehe, you had an umbrella but still got soaked, and you didn't even bring it back home. You wouldn't happen to have taken a romantic stroll in the rain with that kid, would you? Wow, did that boy walk you all the way back to the building? What a pity, I didn't get to see it... Ah, two people walking under a pink umbrella, strolling in the rain, how romantic is that?"

  Mu Rong Hui Min's face had already turned red like a rainbow after hearing her sister's explicit words. Luckily, their mother came out of the kitchen with a plate of dishes and rescued Mu Rong Hui Min from her awkward situation.

  Mom saw her little daughter blushing and sitting at the dinner table, and asked curiously: "Minmin, what's wrong with you? Why is your face so red?"

  "I'm fine, Mother." Murong Huimin hastily replied.

  Mom looked at her eldest daughter in confusion, knowing that it was definitely her own spoiled eldest daughter who was teasing her younger sister.

  "Mom, don't look at me like that, this has nothing to do with me." Sister saw her mom's gaze and quickly expressed her innocence. She looked at her little sister with a hint of implication and said, "Right, Minmin?"

  "En." Murong Huimin could only pick up her mother's bowl and serve her rice.

  "Mingming is so clever, she can serve rice for mom, unlike her elder sister who always asks mom to serve rice for her." Mom scolded.

  Sister quickly picked up her chopsticks and took a piece of meat from the bowl to give to mom, saying: "I'll also give you a piece of meat."

  Mom looked at her own pair of beautiful daughters and felt extremely happy...

  Today is the day of the college entrance examination, at this most critical moment in life, I hope all examinees can realize their dreams. I recall my own experience of taking the college entrance examination and cannot help but feel a little sentimental.