Chapter 29: Another Date

  The days of the third year of junior high school have come to an end, and graduation means that classmates who have been together for three years will scatter in all directions. Classmates also started leaving each other with a classmate record as a keepsake.

  At the age of fifteen or sixteen, I faced the farewell with classmates who had been together for three years for the first time. The gradually mature emotions had a reluctant feeling for the first time.

  Murong Huimin also had a yearbook, the gentle and beautiful Murong Huimin was undoubtedly a popular girl in Class 3-3. As soon as her yearbook arrived at school, it was quickly filled up by her classmates.

  However, there was still one classmate's message missing from Murong Huimin's yearbook. That would be Lin Xiaoyu, who sat behind her and had the closest relationship with her.

  Murong Hui Min had reserved the last page of her yearbook for Lin Xiao Yu, who held a special place in her heart. She had been searching for an opportunity to give it to him and at the same time muster up the courage to reveal her hidden feelings to him.

  Lin Xiaoyu didn't buy a yearbook, Lin Xiaoyu doesn't like this kind of thing that's a bit too popularized. Lin Xiaoyu thinks that saying a word to the classmates who are about to part ways and making it a memory is more impressive than those words left in the yearbook.

  These days, Lin Xiaoyu also wrote a lot of autographs for his classmates who asked him to write them. Lin Xiaoyu felt that he was always repeating his own name, birthdate, interests, and contact information in those formulaic writings, which made him feel somewhat annoyed. When writing on the autograph books passed over by those classmates with whom he wasn't very close, or even those with whom he hadn't exchanged more than a few words, Lin Xiaoyu would always write one or two sentences that sounded pretentious but lacked genuine emotions, followed by one or two sentences of blessings. This made Lin Xiaoyu feel uninterested.

  Instead, on some good friends' yearbooks, Lin Xiaoyu didn't write anything, but drew a comic strip. In the drawing, Lin Xiaoyu could already express what she wanted to say, and with her close friends, some emotions didn't need to be said in detail, everyone could clearly feel it in their hearts.

  Friends are for a lifetime. No matter what emotional words are used, they cannot fully interpret the term "friend".

  Lin Xiaoyu found it a bit strange that Murong Huimin hadn't given her the classmate record to fill out, because Lin Xiaoyu saw that almost all of Murong Huimin's classmates had left messages in her record, except for herself. Lin Xiaoyu didn't know why she still hadn't given her the record even though they sat closest to each other, and Lin Xiaoyu most wanted to write in was the one in Murong Huimin's hand.

  Lin Xiaoyu had a lot to say to the pretty girl who sat in front of her, blushing. Since that rainy day when he sent her home, Lin Xiaoyu felt his emotions growing stronger. Every time they spoke, his eyes wouldn't leave her beautiful face. He wanted to tell her something, but couldn't bring himself to speak in front of her beautiful eyes. So Lin Xiaoyu waited, waiting for the moment she would hand him their classmate's notebook, when he would write down his true feelings and let her know...

  However, Murong Hui Min never allowed Lin Xiao Yu to write her a yearbook.

  On Sunday morning, Lin Xiaoyu had a rare opportunity to sleep in late. However, she was woken up by her mom while still dreaming soundly under the high sun because someone called looking for Lin Xiaoyu.

  Lin Xiaoyu, who was woken up, reluctantly walked to the phone in the living room. As he picked up the phone, Lin Xiaoyu was thinking that if this call was from Yang Tianxiao, that bastard, he wouldn't forgive him unless he treated himself to three bottles of drinks.

  "Hello!" Lin Xiaoyu thought it was Yang Tianxiao, that bastard, calling him and waking him up from his sleep, so he sounded a bit annoyed.

  "Is it Xiao Yu?" A soft and pleasant female voice came from the other end of the phone.

  "Huh? It's Murong Huimin, not Yang Tianshao." Lin Xiaoyu immediately changed her tone to a gentle one: "Huh, it's me, is it Huimin? I thought it was that kid Yang Tianshao who called me."

  Murong Huimin, who was on the other end of the phone, was slightly worried when Lin Xiaoyu answered with a somewhat heavy "hello", thinking that Lin Xiaoyu was unhappy because he had called him. However, after hearing Lin Xiaoyu's calm tone later on, Murong Huimin's tension eased a bit.

  "Is that you? Are you still sleeping? Sorry, I didn't know you were still sleeping and woke you up." Mu Rong Hui Min carefully listened to Lin Xiao Yu's voice, which still had a hint of sleepiness, and realized that she must have just woken up. She felt a little guilty in her heart.

  "It's okay, I'm already awake. What can I do for you?" Lin Xiaoyu knew that Murong Hui Min wouldn't call her unless there was something specific she needed to discuss with her.

  "I don't have anything to do this afternoon." Lin Xiaoyu had originally planned to play basketball in the afternoon, but when Mu Rong Hui Min asked if he had any plans for the afternoon, her tone seemed to imply that she wanted him to do something, so Lin Xiaoyu put aside his plan to play basketball.

  "Oh, if you're free, can you accompany me this afternoon?" Murong Hui Min seemed to have used up all her strength to say this sentence, and after saying it, she felt like her heart was about to jump out of her throat. Murong Hui Min tightly grasped the phone, waiting for Lin Xiao Yu's response.

  I don't know why, but when Mu Rong Hui Min asked her to accompany her in the afternoon, Lin Xiao Yu immediately agreed without thinking about what she would be doing with Mu Rong Hui Min. Lin Xiao Yu felt that as long as she was with Mu Rong Hui Min, she would feel very happy.

  Having obtained Lin Xiaoyu's consent, Murong Hui Min's tone became noticeably more cheerful: "That's great, you come to the entrance of my house this afternoon on your bike to pick me up, do you remember the way to my house?" Murong Hui Min had originally thought about going to find a place to wait for Lin Xiaoyu, but suddenly she really wanted to sit on Lin Xiaoyu's red mountain bike again and feel the warmth of his chest once more. Thinking of that rainy day, Murong Hui Min's face flushed with heat once again.

  "Okay, I remember. What time should I go find you?" asked Lin Xiaoyu.

  After Murong Huiwen said the time, Lin Xiaoyu bid farewell and hung up the phone. Lin Xiaoyu felt that her strong drowsiness had suddenly disappeared without a trace, replaced by a very happy excitement...

  Lin Xiaoyu rode his mountain bike along the road he had taken that rainy day, and Lin Xiaoyu seemed to have caught a whiff of the faint jasmine scent that Mu Rong Hui Min had left on his chest, which made him unconsciously speed up, wanting to see Mu Rong Hui Min's beautiful figure as soon as possible.

  Lin Xiaoyu felt that she had arrived at Murong Hui's home a bit early, but as soon as Lin Xiaoyu rode to the entrance of Murong Hui's community, Murong Hui was already standing in front of the gate.

  Lin Xiaoyu saw Murong Hui Min wearing a pink floral dress, the same one she wore to the beach last time. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail with a purple silk scarf. She had a light yellow bag slung over her right shoulder and a string of small pearls on her wrist. This reminded Lin Xiaoyu of the scene where the sea breeze blew her skirt at the beach that day.

  "You've been waiting here for so long? I thought I was early." Lin Xiaoyu stopped the car in front of Murong Huimin, propping one foot on the ground.

  "I just arrived too." Murong Huimin said with a smile. It was around three o'clock in the afternoon now, although it was autumn, but on such a sunny day, there was also a bit of summer feeling.

  "Is it sitting in my car?" Lin Xiaoyu heard Mu Rong Hui Min let herself ride a bicycle, and there was no bicycle next to Mu Rong Hui Min.

  Murong Hui's face turned red as she nodded slightly.

  Lin Xiaoyu loosened her left hand that was gripping the car head and made room for Murong Hui to sit on the beam of her own carriage.

  Murong Hui Min quietly smoothed out her skirt with her hand, sat down on the car beam of Lin Xiaoyu's carriage, and leaned her back lightly against Lin Xiaoyu's right arm.

  Lin Xiaoyu smelled the faint jasmine fragrance again when Murong Huimin got on the carriage, and after being stunned for a moment, she asked if everything was alright before grabbing the carriage head with her left hand again.

  "Where are we going now?" Lin Xiaoyu suddenly remembered that Murong Hui Min had not told her where they were headed.

  That rainy day, Mu Rong Hui Min didn't turn her head to look at Lin Xiao Yu who was riding the bike because of the rain. At this moment, she heard Lin Xiao Yu ask a question and slightly turned her head, looking up at Lin Xiao Yu's pale face with clear-cut features.

  Murong Hui asked Lin Xiaoyu to come out and thought about letting Lin Xiaoyu take her to many places, but none of them were confirmed. At this time, Lin Xiaoyu asked herself, Murong Hui also couldn't think of where to go: "You say where to go. I also can't think of where to go. You decide."

  "Then let's go to the amusement park, I heard they just built a new Ferris wheel there. Have you been?" said Lin Xiaoyu after some thought.

  Murong Hui Min shook her head, and the swinging hair ends brushed against Lin Xiaoyu's short-sleeved T-shirt collar, making Lin Xiaoyu feel a bit itchy on her neck.

  "Then let's go there first. Hold on tight, I'm going to ride."

  A red mountain bike carried two young lovers, slowly moving under the bright autumn afternoon sun. The autumn wind occasionally blew Mu Rong Hui Min's hair tips, lightly dancing on Lin Xiao Yu's neck, like a group of fairies dancing in autumn. Accompanied by the fragrance on Mu Rong Hui Min's body, Lin Xiao Yu felt a little itchy at the same time, and her heart also had an indescribable joy.

  Unlike the feeling of being in the rain that day, Mu Rong Hui Min sat in Lin Xiao Yu's car on this sunny road, not having to be distracted by the pink small umbrella in her hand, allowing Mu Rong Hui Min to put all her thoughts on her chest, as if she could hear Lin Xiao Yu's heartbeat that made her mind and soul chaotic. Lin Xiao Yu's knee occasionally touched Mu Rong Hui Min's dangling legs while stepping on the foot pedal, making Mu Rong Hui Min blush again.

  When going downhill, the car that quickly rushed down made Mu Rong Hui Min tense up and grab Lin Xiao Yu's arm. Even after the car returned to the flat highway, Mu Rong Hui Min still didn't let go of Lin Xiao Yu's arm.

  The car slowly drove on the bustling street, and the bicycles of Lin Xiaoyu and Murong Hui Min, two good-looking young men and women, attracted the attention of many passersby. When Murong Hui Min felt the gaze of the passersby, she was a little embarrassed. She secretly looked up at Lin Xiaoyu, seeing that he was still calm as usual, and Murong Hui Min's heart no longer worried about the gazes of those passersby.

  "Everyone will think we're a couple, right?" Mu Rong Hui Min thought of the word "couple" and a sweet, happy smile curved up at the corners of her mouth. "I must make sure to be one half of the happiest couple in the world with Xiao Yu." Mu Rong Hui Min couldn't help but gently lean her head against Lin Xiao Yu's chest again.

  The autumn wind is still blowing, but this autumn wind cannot disperse the thick emotions in Murong Hui's heart.