Chapter 66: Waiting Together

  Cen Yanqiu shook his head helplessly and said, "How would I bring a light bulb? Today is Yu Shao's appointment with us, so it doesn't count."

  "I know, I know!" Mo Fei smiled sweetly and shook Xun Yan Qiu's hand. Lately, she had been feeling that Xun Yan Qiu was a bit distracted, but now he seemed fine. The kiss just now was like a promise, making her feel inexplicably at ease. She now completely believed that he didn't have any other thoughts on his mind.

  After sending Mori to her doorstep, Cen Yanqiu hurried home, seemingly also accustomed to returning home early every day. Even now, this habit couldn't be changed. He strolled along the road, feeling a bit lonely by himself, but he actually grew fond of this feeling.

  He had just been walking with Mori, and hadn't noticed anything on the side of the road, nor had he thought too much about it. Now looking around at the people coming and going, and the ground still wet from the snow that had just melted.

  Cen Yanqiu enjoyed this feeling, the feeling of savoring loneliness alone. He was like a knight-errant, wandering among the crowds, able to think about many things, and also not thinking too much about anything.

  Cen Yanqiu didn't know when it started, but he had become more and more like a person abandoned by the world. In his classmates' eyes, he was someone without worries, studying well every day, with teachers caring about him and family members loving him. However, no one could truly enter his heart to decipher his emotions.

  Cen Yanqiu felt that a boy's emotions should not be exposed to the sun, but rather left in a dark and damp corner to fend for themselves. So when he had worries, he wouldn't even tell his friends, including Yu Shao, who grew up with him.

  Yesterday was too depressing, so Cen Yanqiu called Ji Ningning, but after calling, he realized that he didn't even know what he wanted to say. The sudden call left him at a loss for words and he was momentarily stunned. It took him half a day to utter his first sentence.

  However, he had to admit that after making that call, his mood improved greatly. Sometimes even he himself didn't understand why he called Ji Ningning at that time. He hadn't even thought of calling Mo Fei, who was his girlfriend. In fact, he had thought of Yang Chengyu first.

  He didn't know how long he had walked, but suddenly found himself almost home. He stopped in his tracks, looking at the residential area in front of him and his own home, and for a moment, he didn't want to go back. He hesitated for a moment, then reached into his pocket and pulled out five yuan. Without hesitation, Xun Yanqiu took the five yuan in his hand and headed towards the internet cafe across the street.

  Under the building of Cen Yanqiu's house, Ji Ningning and Yang Chengyu had been sitting for a long time. It was all because of Ji Ningning's words that they were worried about Cen Yanqiu having something on his mind, so the two people sat here.

  "It's been too long since we sent Morphy back!" Yang Chengyu couldn't help but complain, he took out his phone, looked at the time, shook his head in frustration and said, "We've all been waiting for more than three hours now!"

  Ji Ningning has always been more patient, she smiled slightly and said: "What's the hurry? He'll be back anyway."

  "It's not that I'm in a hurry, it's just that I worry you'll be back too late and get scolded by your aunt." Yang Chengyu's tone still held some resentment.

  Ji Ningning couldn't help but glare at Yang Chengyu and said: "How could my aunt possibly scold me, she loves me very much."

  "Are you in pain, and can you bear to let her be out so late by herself?" Yang Chengyu really didn't know what Ji Ningning was thinking. In fact, there was no need to think about it - since Qin Yanqiu had sent Mo Fei back, the two of them would definitely have a romantic date again, so how could they possibly return so quickly?

  However, Yang Chengyu also had some worries in his heart. The Ceng Yanqiu he saw today was indeed not in good shape. Fortunately, Ji Ningning relieved the atmosphere in time. If Ji Ningning was also sulking all the time, it's estimated that none of the four people would have a good mood for the whole day.

  The evening breeze wasn't particularly cold, still carrying a hint of the daytime sun's warmth. The sunset dyed half the sky a deep red, and it was strangely beautiful. The entire dusk was reflected on Ji Ningning and Yang Chengyu, both with a faint beauty.

  Yang Chengyu turned his head, looking at Ji Ningning sitting beside him, and only then did he realize that Ji Ningning was about one meter away from him. This distance was somewhat subtle, not close enough to hear each other's heartbeat, but not far enough to see each other's face clearly. At this moment, Ji Ningning looked lovely, with her long hair hanging down her back, her pale face slightly flushed, and her tender lips even more adorable, making people unable to help but take a few more glances.

  "Ning Ning, the ball is now with Mofi. There's something I want to say, but I don't know if I should..." Yang Chengyu hesitated for a moment before speaking up, as he had been harboring a doubt in his heart that he didn't know how to express."

  Ji Ningning didn't know that Cen Yanqiu had a girlfriend, but it was as if she had been having a very long dream, and Mo Fei seemed like a character who appeared in her dreams. It was so sudden, shattering all her fantasies and making her feel extremely uncomfortable, without any mental preparation at all. Even now, she still thinks Cen Yanqiu is just playing around and not being serious at all. She thinks he must have something on his mind to suddenly want to fall in love.

  Taking a deep breath, Ji Ningning smiled and said: "I know what you want to say, I also know what I'm doing. The ball is our friend, the basic concern between friends shouldn't be considered overstepping. Moreover, from the beginning, I decided to put it in my heart, I won't break this tranquility, and I will be fine."

  Yang Chengyu listened to Ji Ningning's words, got up helplessly, stretched his waist, and smiled slightly at the sunset. Then he lowered his head, looked at Ji Ningning, and said: "Ningning, you have your own choices, but I don't want you to regret it. I'm a close friend of Qiu's, I know what he's thinking about. Maybe there's such a coincidence that you like him, and he likes you too."

  Ji Ningning didn't say a word, she just lowered her head and stared at the few withered yellow leaves on the ground.

  Yang Chengyu continued to say, "And also today you saw it too, the ball with Mofi together, completely not like boyfriend and girlfriend, that kind of distant feeling, is able to be felt."

  Ji Ningning didn't say a word, keeping her head down all the time. In fact, she was already feeling very uncomfortable in her heart, but what could she do? They were only in their first year of high school now, and there was still a long way to go in the future. Nobody knew what would happen tomorrow. Moreover, her liking for Cen Yanqiu wasn't something that had just started yesterday or the day before either. Ji Ningning had also gotten used to this kind of secret liking, and it allowed her to focus on her studies without getting distracted.

  Ji Ningning and Yang Chengyu never thought that Xun Yanqiu, whom they had been waiting for so long, was now wandering aimlessly in an internet cafe.

  Cen Yanqiu was not yet eighteen years old, of course, he couldn't enter the internet cafe, but there would always be a small door on the street with two awkwardly written words "Internet Cafe", that was the legendary black internet cafe. At this time, Cen Yanqiu was sitting in the black internet cafe, playing games that elementary school students played.