Perhaps because the first kiss was too shocking, Cheng Kou had a dream that night. In the dream were Su Yan in high school and herself.
In the dream, there was a light blue sky, large clouds, dazzling sunshine, and occasionally an airplane would fly by.
Sixteen-year-old Cheng Kou looked at them. Girls of her age always have some rosy little fantasies in their hearts, hoping to encounter a passionate love affair with vows of eternal love.
Du Lanshan rolled up the paper roll in her hand and tapped her head lightly, "Cheng Kou, come back to your senses."
Cheng Kou stuck out her tongue at her and hurriedly buried her head to copy down her notes. In the last midterm exam, she performed very well and ranked 30th in the grade. Song Qingwu generously rewarded her with a computer.
Cheng's parents did not stop their daughter from using the computer, but they also did not give her too much time to surf the Internet, usually just a little while before dinner. She liked to lock herself in the study and write those light words, then post them on her blog, and then look through her past articles and comments, and she felt that she had a little happiness.
She likes to listen to "falling slowly", she likes the comfortable and slightly lazy sound.
With this warm background music, she played the ending.
When we are young, everyone hopes to meet you at the most beautiful time and receive your everlasting warm companionship.
"Koubao, it's time to eat!" Dad Cheng called her. She hurriedly closed the webpage and ran to the dining room. Song Qingwu brought the dishes to the table. She reached out and stole a piece of pork ribs, threw it into her mouth, and screamed in pain from the burn.
Song Qingwu was helpless and patted her, "This kid... go wash your hands!"
Cheng Kou stuck out her tongue and ran to the bathroom. She saw Cheng's father and they smiled at each other.
The family finished their dinner happily. Song Qingwu cleaned the table, Cheng's father washed the dishes, and Cheng Kou went back to his room to do his homework.
After a while, Song Qingwu knocked on the door and came in, placing a plate of peeled apples next to her. Cheng Kou happily grabbed some, but Song Qingwu patted her on the shoulder, signaling her to use a fork.
This is Cheng Kou’s daily life at home, plain and warm.
She carefully covered herself with the quilt before going to bed, for fear of catching a cold and getting sick. Last month, Du Lanshan caught a cold and infected Cheng Kou, for which she felt guilty for several days. Cheng Kou tried hard to comfort her, and finally made her give up the idea of blaming herself, and she also paid more attention to not catching a cold on weekdays.
Cheng Kou went to bed a little early that day and couldn't fall asleep for a while. She didn't draw the curtains, but just lay sideways and looked at the bright starry sky outside the window.
It is a very natural thing to think of Su Yan at this time.
The boy was wearing a clean white shirt. He was in Class 9 opposite. Cheng Kou felt as if he could see his tall back all the time.
He has a pair of very beautiful eyes, his gaze is clear, and his expression is always indifferent, as if nothing can enter his heart.
On the day they passed each other for the first time, Cheng Kou was standing in the corridor, discussing a calligraphy and painting exhibition with Du Lanshan. As he spoke, he was calculating the height and width of the wall in his mind. He glanced inadvertently and saw someone walking towards him at a leisurely pace.
Su Yan kept tilting his head slightly to listen to the classmate next to him, saying "hmm" from time to time, and finally smiled slightly and nodded.
At the age of sixteen, with a beautiful vision of an unknown future in her heart, she fell in love with the boy almost at first sight and could not take her eyes off him ever since.
Secret love tastes like sweet milk. Your world is filled with this person, and when he looks at you, it's like adding a piece of candy to the taste, making it extremely sweet.
During the New Year's Eve party, Cheng Kou represented Class 10 on stage to perform a flute solo, and her performance was just before Su Yan's. She was very nervous, and when the music teacher was putting on makeup for her backstage, she even smudged her eyelashes because of her dishonesty.
Du Lanshan kept helping her get things, running around. Cheng Kou felt bad, so she pressed him down on the chair and watched him go out to get her flute.
The music teacher went to take care of other students. Cheng Kou, wearing a white skirt, sat there a little embarrassed.
The curtain on the door was lifted, and Cheng Kou first noticed a bony hand, and then the man.
Su Yan was different today. He was wearing black trousers, a crisp white shirt, and a black bow tie, which made him look even more like jade. Even his hair was not as casual as usual, and it was obvious that it had been carefully groomed.
Su Yan bent down and entered the room. He looked around, but didn't see the person he was looking for, so he walked out again.
Cheng Kou felt that when his eyes slid across her, they seemed to linger for a moment longer, and her heartbeat became irregular.
While waiting for the show, Su Yan sat on the right side of Du Lanshan. Cheng Kou peeked at him through Du Lanshan's body. He was alone, with his back straight and his head slightly lowered, wondering what he was thinking. Compared to others who had to look at the music score and lyrics before the battle, he was so unique and so calm.
Cheng Kou's palms were sweating before he went on stage, but when he started the formal performance, he felt relieved when he thought that Su Yan was not among the audience and focused on the bamboo flute in his hand.
After the flawless performance, Cheng Kou couldn't find Du Lanshan after he stepped down from the stage. He didn't want to miss Su Yan's show, so he gritted his teeth and returned to the auditorium in his performance clothes.
She stood on a high place and watched from afar as Su Yan plucked the strings of the zither. The notes came out from his fingers one after another, and finally merged into a beautiful melody.
Su Yan put away the strings, stood up, and bowed to the audience. Immediately, there was thunderous applause. Cheng Kou noticed that many girls were particularly enthusiastic and left the auditorium with smiles on their faces.
Xia Linchen ran outside at some point, and seeing that she was wearing thin clothes, he took off his school uniform and covered her head. Cheng Kou pulled off the clothes that still carried his body temperature and wrapped them around her exposed skin. As the night wind blew, she tightened her arms around her clothes, pushed Xia Linchen, and urged him to go back together.
The final exam came in a blink of an eye. Cheng Kou and Su Yan were assigned to the same examination room, but Su Yan was the first one by the window, and she was the last one by the door. But this did not affect her looking up at his back from a diagonal distance while thinking.
She continued to perform exceptionally well in that exam, but only ranked 31st. Since then, she has been staying in the second examination room, and Su Yan, who was always the top student in the grade, has become increasingly unattainable.
After the start of the second year of high school, Su Yan seemed to be often late and leave early for a period of time. Cheng Kou seldom saw him, and her inquiring gaze suddenly lost its support.
Su Yan resumed his normal classes before the school basketball game. According to Xia Linchen, who always played basketball with him, Su Yan was quite good at it. Cheng Kou once saw Su Yan practicing alone on the basketball court on a foggy morning, but when Su Yan's eyes came over, she turned her head and walked away quickly.
The image of the handsome young man in a white shirt with his sleeves rolled up lingered in her mind. He held the basketball in both hands, with his knees slightly bent, his arms raised at an angle, and his posture was elegant.
Cheng Kou went to watch the practice match between Class 9 and Class 10 during physical education class. She cheered for Xia Linchen, but her eyes followed Su Yan uncontrollably. Fortunately, Xia Linchen and Su Yan were facing each other most of the time, so in order to cover up, she simply shouted Xia Linchen's name loudly.
The preliminary round was coming soon. As a member of the cheerleading team of Class 10, Cheng Kou naturally cheered for her class throughout the competition, so she had no time to pay attention to Su Yan. However, at the end of each day, she and Du Lanshan could hear people talking about Class 9's rapid progress and Su Yan, who was so brilliant that he could not be ignored.
On the day of the finals, when Class 9 and Class 10 faced off, Cheng Kou finally had the opportunity to watch Su Yan play openly. She was so nervous that her fingers tightly grasped the school uniform that Xia Linchen had asked her to keep, so much so that when Xia Linchen saw it, he joked that she was ready to compensate him with a new school uniform.
Su Yan's gaze, like cold water, swept over them. Cheng Kou hurriedly dodged and twisted Xia Linchen's arm to encourage him.
She knew she was doing it on purpose, but she couldn't control her subconscious behavior.
The game was intense from the beginning, the score was stalemate and the score rose alternately. Class 10 was stronger overall and led by three points. Facing the backward situation, Su Yan did not panic, but organized the offense slowly. Cheng Kou racked his brains to recall the pitiful basketball knowledge that Xia Linchen had taught him, and judged that Su Yan probably played PG - that is, point guard.
Class 9 was keeping close to the score, not impatient like the ones behind, and they did a solid job in every attack and defense. Class 10 was almost a one-man show by Xia Linchen. Cheng Kou knew that Xia Linchen was very good. He could play shooting guard or small forward, with a flexible body and steady shots. However, Su Yan would sometimes play against Xia Linchen when switching defenses. He defended against Xia Linchen several times without leaking a drop of water, and he was not at a disadvantage at all.
At the end of the fourth quarter, a player from Class 10 made a fatal pass error. Class 9 seized the opportunity. Su Yan quickly moved to receive the pass from his teammate, jumped high outside the three-point line, and made a clean and empty shot.
At the same time, on the scoreboard, Class 9 overtook by one point.
The girls from the cheerleading team of Class 9 jumped up, their shouts of excitement filling the entire basketball court. Class 10 was not to be outdone, with cheers coming one after another.
Cheng Kou was among them, and she felt her heart was about to burst out of her body due to the goal just now.
Time was running out, so Xia Linchen certainly would not give up. Class 10 had already made up their minds to rely on him to play alone. After Class 9 missed the last throw, his teammates threw the ball to Xia Linchen with all their strength. He had already started, his steps were fast, and he abandoned all fancy plays and chose the most reliable layup. Various sounds had drowned him out, and among them he clearly heard Cheng Kou's shout of "Come on!"
He no longer had time to think about why the female classmate under the basket looked terrified. In the next second, a force suddenly came and forcibly changed the trajectory of the ball.
After such a high-level and dramatic basketball game, Su Yan and Xia Linchen became the objects of pursuit by all the girls in the school. Su Yan was fine, as he always had an expressionless face, which could scare away half of the young girls, while the other half who were brave also disappeared after their face-to-face confession was rejected and their love letters fell into the sea.
Xia Linchen was different. He was gentle and kind to everyone. He refused everyone outright. All of a sudden, the entrance to Class 10 was almost full. Cheng Kou was also affected by him. I don't know where those girls got the news that Cheng Kou and Xia Linchen were childhood sweethearts. Some asked her to help pass love letters, some wanted to be friends with her and get information, and some even threatened her because they believed she was Xia Linchen's secret girlfriend.
Cheng Kou lost her temper with Xia Linchen, and Xia Linchen, who was also a victim, took a lot of effort to appease her childhood sweetheart. For this reason, he told those suitors that he would not fall in love early in high school, which calmed down those girls with excessive energy.
As the college entrance exam approached, even the most noisy classes were filled with tension. Cheng Kou's grades were stable, but she was far from being able to secure admission to her first choice. So she often stayed after school and waited in the teacher's office for the teacher to answer her questions.
Su Yan still went home on time as usual, and the teachers had adopted a laissez-faire policy towards him. Cheng Kou lay on the windowsill of the office, watching him walk away with his schoolbag on his back in the sunset.
It was no longer a secret among the teachers that Su Yan was going to take the S University Journalism Department entrance exam, and for Cheng Kou, who often went in and out of the office, it was not difficult to get the news. She tossed and turned at night for many days, and finally made up her mind to tell her parents that she wanted to change her major.
Song Qingwu was of course against it, but in the end she could not overcome Cheng Kou's stubbornness, and the day before submitting the application form, she added the Journalism Department of S University.
The last time Cheng Kou saw Su Yan was on the day he returned to school after applying for his university degree. He was not wearing a school uniform, but a white T-shirt and beige pants. He looked clean and slender. Unlike the people around him who had become relaxed, Su Yan still had no expression on his face, as if he had not experienced a major exam that could change a person's destiny, but had just gone for a simple trip to the suburbs.
Su Yan had no difficulty getting into his first choice, but Cheng Kou was nervous for half a month. The result was good, she got the best score since high school and was admitted to S University as she wished.
However, Su Yan was not there.