"Aren't you going to the library to make up for classes?"

"What time is it?"

The bright moonlight shines softly and warmly through the willow branches and leaves along the Suzhou River, as if plating the path with a layer of silver.

Two clear figures are covered in moonlight, one behind the other, walking in a hurry.

"Yu Luying, why are you walking so fast?"

"Stop seeing her off, go back quickly." The girl's words were as fast as her steps.

"That's not possible. Grandma asked me to take you home." Xiao Yao followed after a few steps.

Yu Luying hesitated to speak, but finally remained silent.

After walking through this path, Xiao Yao followed Yu Luying onto a small bridge.

"The moonlight is so beautiful." Xiao Yao heard Yu Luying's voice say suddenly.

The voice was very soft, so soft that Xiao Yao thought he couldn't hear it at this distance and in this environment.

"Yes, the moonlight is so beautiful tonight." Xiao Yao agreed, but his eyes were looking at the beautiful figure in front of him.

Japanese writer Natsume Soseki advocated translating "i love you" as "The moonlight is so beautiful tonight (Tonight's moonlight is so beautiful)", meaning that you are with the person you like, so the moonlight is beautiful.

Yu Luying has always been a reserved person, and Xiao Yao has always known it.

Of course the literary girl Yu Luying also knew, so she was a little nervous——

Just now, she sighed in her heart, "The moonlight is so beautiful" - why did the person next to her seem to be able to hear it?

Yu Luying suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yao almost stepped on her heel.

"Go back quickly, we are just ahead, let my mother see her..." Yu Luying said stiffly.

"Okay, don't be angry," Xiao Yao said, "Those two girls and I don't have the kind of relationship you think..."

"I didn't think about anything," Yu Luying said coldly: "What you do with others has nothing to do with me."

"It's you I like." Xiao Yao blurted out.

Yu Luying's shoulders trembled obviously, and she walked away. After taking two or three steps, she stopped again and turned around.

"You still remember," she said word by word: "The condition for me to continue to be friends with you is..."

"Just pretend that the confession never happened," Xiao Yao continued: "But you didn't do it. You said we were friends, but we have been estranged since then... Even if you don't want to fall in love, at least we

It can be the same as before..."

"...I'm sorry, I can't do it." Yu Luying bit her lower lip: "And..."

"Um?"

"I said that I would help you make up lessons, so please don't misunderstand me," Yu Luying looked down at the toes of her shoes: "I'm really afraid that you will repeat the grade. If you repeat the grade, grandma will be very disappointed, right?... She

It’s not easy either.”

Xiao Yao raised his eyebrows.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to preach..." The girl's fingers intertwined: "So, please don't follow me anymore, or say you like... I will be troubled."

Yu Luying made a 90-degree bow, and her long black hair hung straight down like a waterfall.

"I know, I'm sorry." Xiao Yao replied in a pretending relaxed tone, and then left without looking back.

Saying "never looked back" is actually an exaggerated rhetorical technique, because in the end Xiao Yao still turned around.

In the moonlight, he saw the girl's silhouette standing on the bridge leaning on the railing.

--Dividing line--

At the same time, in Shen Tianyun's room.

Shen Jie held her hands on the window lattice and looked at the lightning and thunder outside, thoughtfully.

In fact, she could only "hear" it, because for her, there was also fog outside the window.

"After talking so much about you, you should believe me now, right?" Shen Tianyun stood behind her, holding her waist with her right hand.

"The future is really that...?" Shen Jie didn't seem to hear her question and just said to herself.

"Didn't you see everything with your own eyes?" Shen Tianyun shrugged: "Didn't you tell me that at 12 o'clock last night, you passed through the mirror at your home?"

Just as Shen Jie was about to speak, the closet door was gently pushed open, and then Xiao Yao's head popped out, startling her.

"Where are you two here? No wonder grandma said you both left..."

"Why! What! No! Knock! The door!" Shen Tianyun put her hands on her waist and bared her teeth at Xiao Yao.

"It's getting late, I should go back, excuse me." Shen Jie nodded to Xiao Yao with a gentle expression, and the latter subconsciously walked out of the closet and gave way to the passage.

"Send my mother off, date her, date her." Shen Tianyun lowered her voice and scratched Xiao Yao's forearm.

"I know." Xiao Yao said.

…

The bright moonlight shines softly and warmly through the willow branches and leaves along the Suzhou River, as if plating the path with a layer of silver.

Two clear figures were covered in moonlight, walking forward side by side half a man's distance away, happy and peaceful.

This scene seems familiar, Xiao Yao thought.

But it's not the same.

"The moonlight is so beautiful tonight." Xiao Yao said it again in a strange way.

"Well, it's beautiful." Shen Jie confirmed calmly.

"You mean...how did you find my home? Someone has been following me on the way to school, is it you?" Xiao Yao decided to confirm.

"It's me." Shen Jie admitted openly.

This confident attitude made Xiao Yao speechless for a moment.

"Why did you suddenly come to me?" Xiao Yao scratched his head.

"I'm not here to find you, I'm here to find...that child." Shen Jie raised her head slightly.

"Then, what did you two talk about?"

"This is...a secret between...women." There was a hint of naughtiness in Shen Jie's tone.

"...We can't talk today." Xiao Yao protested half-jokingly.

"Sorry... I still need to sort out my thoughts." Shen Jie returned to her tone that was neither enthusiastic nor cold.

"Okay," Xiao Yao clenched his fists: "Are you free this weekend?"

It's just asking a girl to hang out, I can still do this little thing.

"...No." Shen Jie's crisp reply made his heart freeze.

Fortunately, she immediately answered: "But I'll try my best to make arrangements."

"Thank you." Xiao Yao put his hands in his trouser pockets and deliberately turned his face away so that Shen Jie would not see his relieved look.

Turning onto the main road, a Santana taxi with an "empty taxi" sign was approaching.

Shen Jie waved gracefully, and Santana slowly pulled over and stopped with her double flashing lights on.

"Then, see you next time." The girl put her hands behind her back and turned slightly sideways: "Thank you for sending me."

"Oh...you're welcome."

Xiao Yao watched Shen Jie get into the back seat of the taxi.

When the car window slowly rose, he saw the girl smiling at him and waving her hands.

"Phone, you haven't given me the phone yet?" Before the car window was fully raised, Xiao Yao suddenly reached out to touch it.

Shen Jie was stunned for a moment, and then smiled tolerantly.

She put her thumb and little finger against her ear: "Ask the kid for the phone."
Chapter completed!