"Class monitor, do you have a crush on a girl?"
A friend who is close to Xin Yanlai asked him this.
"Our president is so focused on studying, how could he possibly fall in love? I bet he's a nobody, and he may not even have a girlfriend when he goes to college!" The other friends started to make a noise, saying that the only thing he loved the most was the endless exercises.
But only Xin Yanlai himself knew that he was indeed secretly in love with someone.
Since he was sixteen, he had a crush on a little girl.
When he was sixteen, she was only thirteen. They were both young, and she was especially young, like a water lily bud that had just emerged from the water, modestly revealing a few petals.
Xin Yanlai had known her since she was ten years old. At first, he really thought he was just being a good and competent brother, but gradually, as the years passed, he couldn't help but pay more and more attention to her.
She is a... different girl. Different from other girls of her age, even different from those girls who are a few years older than her, different from everyone else. Her emotions are very calm, whether she is angry, sad or happy, they are all calm, and she has the same attitude towards other people and things around her.
Sometimes, Xin Yanlai felt that this girl was like a wisp of mist, which would suddenly disappear without a trace if he didn't look closely.
He had been taking good care of her, and it was hard to say whether it was because he felt she needed to be taken care of, or because he wanted to get closer to her. There was curiosity, love, and many other inexplicable emotions in that emotion. She almost took on the heaviest part of his young mind.
In the summer when Xin Yanlai was sixteen, Xin Xiaolu and Xin Yuan lived in his house, and they spent every day together. One afternoon, Xin Xiaolu was sitting under the shade of a tree in the garden, and the aunt in the house cut some iced watermelon. Xin Yanlai opened the door to the garden and brought two pieces of watermelon to give to her.
He opened the door, looked up, and was suddenly stunned.
The frail girl sat quietly on a white bench under the tree, with large pink roses clustered in the flowerbed next to her. She closed her eyes, as if she was asleep. Xin Yanlai stared blankly, unable to come back to his senses for a long time. He didn't know how long he had been in a trance. He only remembered that when he came to his senses, the tiny water droplets from the iced watermelon in his hand wet his hands. The cold water droplets dripped through the gaps in his palms onto the ground, forming a small pool of water stains.
He felt inexplicably awkward, not knowing what had happened to him. He was at a loss for a while, then quietly returned to the house with the watermelon.
For a long time afterwards, he would dream of that afternoon, the summer garden girl. Even in his dreams, he could smell the sweet fragrance of watermelon, mixed with the sweet fragrance of roses in the garden, which was intoxicating.
Without any special signs and without anyone noticing, Xin Yanlai suddenly realized that he had a first love.
"My hair has just covered my forehead, and I am picking flowers in front of the door. My lover comes riding on a bamboo horse, and plays with green plums around the bed." When Xin Yanlai was reading poems as a child, he didn't feel anything when he read Li Bai's "Two Poems of Changgan". Later, after he understood his own feelings, he accidentally read this poem again, and he suddenly felt a little shy and happy in his heart.
The childhood sweethearts in the poem who grew up together became husband and wife at a young age - "At fourteen I became your wife, but I was too shy to open my face. I lowered my head to the dark wall, and you didn't respond even when I called you a thousand times."
Young people are like this, even if they like someone in their heart, they are too embarrassed to say it out loud easily, so all their likes are replaced by the other person's name, and each time they call the other person's name, they express their love.
"Xiaolu, can't you sleep again?"
"Xiaolu, I bought you some sleep-inducing aromatherapy. I heard it's useful. Would you like to try it tonight?"
"Xiaolu, are you tired? If you are, let's take a break before running again."
"Xiaolu, this is your birthday present this year."
"Xiaolu, come over to my place for dinner during the New Year? Auntie has made a lot of dishes that you like."
"Xiaolu, if you encounter anything unhappy, you must tell me."
"The path..."
Every time he called her name, she would look at him with calm eyes, sometimes with a little different gentleness, but never shy. Xin Yanlai knew in his heart that it was because she didn't like him.
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It was almost June, and Xin Yanlai was about to take the college entrance examination. He went to his uncle's house less often. Xin Yuan always complained that his cousin didn't come to see them. Xin Xiaolu understood that the college entrance examination was a major event in the life of human children, so of course it had to be treated with caution. But she was not in a good mood recently.
Normally, during evening self-study classes, her serious and caring brother would check discipline and often go to their class. If they were studying, he would whisper a few words to her. If she was doing homework, he would help check her homework. Even if the teacher was giving a lecture, he would smile at her and nod.
But recently, the person who inspected discipline had changed. The boy with a lively personality was called You Tao, who seemed to be the director of the Discipline Inspection Department of the Student Union and was in the same class as Xin Yanlai. Every time this talkative boy inspected their class, he would stare at her like a monkey.
"I'm watching our president's beloved sister!" You Tao said with a laugh.
Xin Xiaolu hadn't seen Xin Yanlai for a while, so he took the initiative to ask him, "Brother, don't you come to check discipline recently?"
You Tao smiled like a duck. "It's not the president's job to check discipline. He used to try to take my job, but recently he probably has too much pressure from exams, so he didn't try to take it from me. How long has he been the number one in our school? Our head teacher treats him like a treasure and keeps a close eye on him. Not to mention checking discipline, the teacher even asks him a few more questions when he goes to the toilet."
Xin Xiaolu understood that her little brother could not save himself now and could no longer save people, so he had no time to enlighten her.
It was the same that she couldn't see her little brother, and what also made her feel a little annoyed was the mentally ill middle school boy Situ Zhuo sitting in the back seat.
Yes, he is mentally ill. Xin Xiaolu has seen many peacock-like guys like this. They all have a mysterious superiority that they are the most popular men in the world. Situ Zhuo is one of those who has this symptom particularly seriously. At first, Xin Xiaolu didn't notice it, but later she realized that this guy was trying to seduce her.
To describe this person using the words she learned in this world is: fucking retard.
"Xin Xiaolu, I'm going to have my birthday party next week. I invite you to my house." Situ Zhuo spoke again in the tone of a male lead in an idol drama, and tapped her shoulder with his hand.
Xin Xiaolu was indifferent, "No."
Situ Zhuo: "You are the first person I have invited, and you still won't go?"
Xin Xiaolu never said her words a second time, so no matter how much Situ Zhuo talked, she ignored him.
Situ Zhuo cursed inwardly that it was difficult to deal with. He thought that the guy in the body of "Xin Xiaolu" might be an old woman with a calm mind. He couldn't arouse her no matter what he did, which made him very angry.
However, Situ Zhuo would not give up easily, and he patiently pestered Xin Xiaolu for several days.
They were in physical education class. Situ Zhuo showed off his ball skills in a fancy way, and then left the court amid the exclamations and screams of the girls. He walked to Xin Xiaolu who was drinking water under a tree, supported the tree trunk with one hand, lowered his head and said to her: "I didn't bring any water, can you lend me your water?"
The handsome and dazzling boy was a sight to behold from afar, and his slightly smiling face while speaking gave off a feeling of affection. He leaned sideways, almost covering up most of the girl's body under the tree, looking both strong and arrogant. To outsiders, this was probably a scene of a campus romance full of pink bubbles.
"Class monitor? What are you looking at?" You Tao was walking in front with a thick pile of newly arrived mock test papers. Seeing that Xin Yanlai didn't catch up, he turned around and walked back. Standing next to Xin Yanlai, he looked over and found that there were two classes in the junior high school who were taking physical education classes. One of the classes seemed to be the class where my precious sister was.
Sure enough, he soon discovered their class monitor's beloved sister.
"Eh? Is your sister dating someone? Is that her boyfriend? Your sister has good taste." You Tao exclaimed gossipingly, "It's incredible. Kids nowadays are dating at such a young age. We older brothers are still single!"
After saying a few words, Xin Yan didn't say anything, and You Tao realized that there was something wrong with his expression.
"Well, squad leader, you're not angry, are you? Why are you so cold?"
Xin Yanlai: "Why am I angry?"
You Tao: “…” How do I know why you are angry, but your tone is obviously scary.
Xin Yanlai: "Let's go, the teacher is still waiting to distribute the test papers."
He walked away quickly, and You Tao quickly shut up and followed him.
Xin Yanlai had the same expression the whole afternoon. He was usually serious and difficult to approach, but today it reached a new peak, making it so that no one else dared to talk to him, and even the teachers talked about him a few words.
When Xin Yan came to write the test paper, the scene he saw before could not help but emerge in his mind. That tall and handsome boy leaned against Xin Xiaolu in an intimate manner. To be fair, Situ Zhuo did have a much better temperament than these little boys, and he stood out from the crowd.
For some reason, Xin Yan had noticed Situ Zhuo before he came. He would help the teacher enter some information and so on. He had also seen Situ Zhuo's grades, which were very good and there could be nothing wrong with them.
But-
Xin Yanlai: "Don't fall in love too early."
You Tao: "What?"
"This week the student union will start work to prevent premature love on campus." Xin Yanlai said suddenly, holding a pen.
You Tao was shocked when he heard this, and dropped the exercise book in his hand. "Your Majesty, you must not do this! You will be forced to abdicate by the masses! We cannot do such a thing that will lose the support of the people! Even if you are about to abdicate, you cannot be so impulsive if you want to shine in this position for the last time!"
Xin Yanlai: “…”
You Tao: "President, if you really do this and break up the couple in school, they will all turn from fans to haters and call you a nosy queen. In fact, it doesn't bother others if they have a secret relationship. Why should we care so much? The times are progressing and society is developing. As long as everyone gives a little love, there will be a better tomorrow, don't you think?"
Xin Yanlai: "...Forget it."
You Tao worked on the exercise book for a while, and suddenly figured it out. Could it be that the monitor was upset by seeing his sister fall in love too early? Oh my god, this is really an evil parent.
He rubbed against Xin Yanlai and said, "Hey, President, Aban, I went to check the disciplines a few days ago and saw my sister. She asked me why I didn't go to see her. I guess she missed you."
The number 9 written by Xin Yanlai suddenly flew out diagonally, drawing a small upward arc.
The author has something to say: Sometimes sisters would ask me why the hero falls in love with the heroine, or why the heroine falls in love with the hero.
As for this question, they themselves don’t know, let alone me.
There is no reason for liking someone, maybe you just pay a little more attention to him/her, and then the liking will arise naturally.