Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Shu Mian secretly sized up the boy and thought he was even more handsome than before.
It was possible that Shu Ren and Wen Min both thought she was with the other, so no one noticed her disappearance all night.
By the time she was already on the Yanjing subway, she finally began to receive messages from them, a mix of accusations and occasional expression of worries.
She replied to them: I’ve come to Yanjing to find my grandmother.
Immediately afterwards, Wen Min called, and she answered.
The receiver first delivered a string of unsolicited reproaches, then ended with a sense of helplessness, “Since you’ve already gone, that’s fine. It’s summer vacation, so you can spend some time with your grandma. I need to play with your sister, so I’ll talk to you later.”
But Mom, I’m your child too.
Shu Mian hadn’t cried in a long time, but she suddenly couldn’t hold back her tears after hanging up the phone.
The moment tears welled up, she hurriedly lowered her head, her throat choked with pain, but she dared not make a sound, afraid of seeing the pitying looks from others.
The subway announcements said that the next stop was approaching and passengers should prepare to get off.
A pair of clean sneakers suddenly appeared in front of her, and a boy’s deep, lazy voice came from above, “Give me your hand.”
Shu Mian raised her tear-filled face in a daze, met the boy’s dark and deep eyes, and subconsciously reached out her hand.
The next second, he placed a few star-shaped fruit candies and a pack of tissues in her palm.
Shu Mian didn’t have time to say thank you, nor did she have time to ask his name.
Many people got off at the new station, and he followed the flow of people off the subway, his carefree and unassuming figure quickly disappearing from sight.
Yanjing was such a big city, perhaps he was just here for sightseeing.
So she guessed they would never see each other again.
That summer felt like a new beginning for Shu Mian.
She no longer indulged in the nostalgia of her happy childhood, nor did she pray that her parents would love her as much as they did when she was a child.
She didn’t want to go back to Lin’an. Her grandmother was a university teacher before she retired, and she had many students. So after some trouble, she managed to get her to stay in Yanjing to study in high school.
Shu Mian never expected that she would meet that boy again on the day of registration for freshmen.
It was the height of summer, the sun was blazing, the cicadas were chirping in layers, and the wind blowing in their faces was hot and scorching.
After her grandmother accompanied her to register and tour the campus, she saw him under the lush sycamore trees.
The boy wore a simple white t-shirt and gray sweatpants, standing casually, occasionally glancing up in the direction of the school gate. His delicate eyebrows and eyes revealed a hint of impatience, as if he was waiting for someone.
The dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves danced on his shoulders. He held a bottle of orange soda in his hand, its color exceptionally clear in the sunlight, and the condensation on the glass made the surrounding air feel refreshing.
A breeze blew by, causing the boy’s white clothes to billow, and Shu Mian’s heartbeat rose and fell with it.
Her grandmother asked her what she was daydreaming about, and she shook her head, noticing that two girls passing by were also looking at him.
“Isn’t that Tan Xuzhe? He actually got into No. 4 Middle School.”
“My goodness, I’ve heard this name since junior high. He always got first place in the joint exams, and he’s so handsome?”
“Yeah, I went to the same junior high school as him, and there were tons of girls who liked him.”
“…”
That day, Shu Mian went to the school’s bulletin board where the class assignments were posted to look for his name, Tan Xuzhe.
It was easy to find; his name was the first one in Class 1 of Grade 1.
His name was Tan Xuzhe.
In fact, Shu Mian couldn’t tell whether her heart fluttered at the first time their eyes met on the subway, or the moment he placed a few candies and a tissue in her hand, or the instant she learned his name.
Three years had passed, and to this day, she still cherished the memory of that summer.
She was also infatuated with him.
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