on Monday.
This was the first school day since Mei Fang and I officially established our relationship.
Liu Xiaoyu quickly washed and dressed, checked her makeup carefully in the mirror, then changed her shoes at the entrance and prepared to go out to school.
The old father Liu Zhengguo stood by reluctantly, "Hey Yu'er, you really don't need me to send you to school anymore?"
"No, no, no! Dad, you are so busy at work, and you have to send my brother to school. I am old enough now, I can take care of myself."
"But Dad won't agree to let you pick me up at night. No matter what you say, you have to let Dad pick me up."
"Okay...Okay, you can still go to bed as usual."
Liu Xiaoyu thought about it and felt that now was not the time to be too ostentatious. If his father knew about Mei Fang's existence too early, it would easily make him have a bad impression of Mei Fang.
"By the way, Dad, I have something to discuss with you."
"Tell me, is there no money in your meal card? I'll top up 1,000 yuan for you."
"No, that's not it."
Liu Xiaoyu leaned against the shoe cabinet and hurriedly hooked up her sneakers, then said to Liu Zhengguo, "Dad, please don't call me Yu'er anymore, okay? I'm already this old, don't call me that, it's very embarrassing."
"Ah? If I don't call you Yu'er, how else can I call you?"
"Just call me Xiaoyu, that's what my friends call me."
Liu Xiaoyu said.
That means, treat dad as a friend, right
Good, good, good!
It’s pretty good too.
Liu Zhengguo quickly accepted his daughter's opinion, because when he was young, he was busy building his career and had no time to spend with his family;
But now that Liu Zhengguo's career is stable and he doesn't need to be so busy, he always wants to make more for his family, and he listens to everything his daughter, whom he treats as the apple of his eye, says.
"Xiaoyu, be careful on the road."
"Yeah, ok, Dad."
Liu Xiaoyu left home and walked on the road for a while, looking back from time to time. When he reached the intersection, he saw a young man on a bicycle standing at the intersection, looking at this side somewhat stiffly.
"Good morning..."
Liu Xiaoyu put her hands behind her back and smiled at Mei Fang. Then she put her hair up and stared at him, "Ah Fang."
"Morning, morning..."
Mei Fang nodded, and under Liu Xiaoyu's gaze, she responded shyly, "Yu'er."
"Um!"
Liu Xiaoyu smiled and stood on tiptoe to pat Mei Fang on the head, "Ah Fang, you're so good today!"
Liu Xiaoyu was previously called Yu'er by her family, but the name Afang was given by Liu Xiaoyu herself. Mei Fang has always been very curious about this name.
Mei Fang pushed the cart and went to school with Liu Xiaoyu. As they were walking and chatting on the road, they thought of this topic.
"So, why did you suddenly call me Ah Fang?"
"Well... that's it. This name suddenly popped into my mind, so I just called it out naturally."
"I still don't understand why he suddenly pulled my hand at that time."
Mei Fang said softly, "And what you said, the way you cried, I always felt... that you are very different from your usual self."
"What about now? Is there a big difference now?"
"Now... it's fine, pretty much the same as before, except..."
Mei Fang paused, "Except for being with me."
"I'm not really sure, I just felt a little aggrieved that you didn't guess what song I was singing, and you didn't come to talk to me."
Liu Xiaoyu thought about it, "But more importantly, there was a voice in my head telling me that I must never miss you again."
"That's why you shouted that, right?"
"Yeah, Ah Fang shouted at that time as well."
Liu Xiaoyu stared into Mei Fang's eyes and said, "Maybe it's because we were not destined to be together in our previous lives, so this time you're urging me not to miss you again... or something like that."
"Um… "
Mei Fang nodded, then lowered his head and thought, "It sounds like a fateful entanglement."
"Yeah, right! Isn't it very dramatic?"
“I feel like we can incorporate this idea into the script for game development and create some more exciting character designs.”
Mei Fang was very excited, "I think it will be very interesting."
"Yeah! Then I'll give it a try."
Liu Xiaoyu nodded. "Come to think of it, ever since the performance at the art festival that day, I feel like my writing ideas are much clearer and more open than before. A lot of things have suddenly been put into my mind. Before, I had to squeeze in bits and pieces when I wrote the script, but now I feel like my ideas are flowing like a fountain."
"Ah, is this true?"
"Of course it's true, why would I lie to you!"
Liu Xiaoyu patted Mei Fang on the back and said, "Just wait and see what I can do! The script I write will definitely surprise you."
"No problem, no problem!"
Although they had officially confirmed their relationship as lovers, they were still in middle school after all, and both of them were slow to warm up to each other. In the next month of dating, Mei Fang and Liu Xiaoyu's relationship at school returned to that of classmates and friends.
Of course, there are still some changes. Verbal intimacy is already the limit, but even when walking on the street together, they are still a fist's distance apart.
This is a little more distant than the pure relationship of classmates and friends before.
After all, we can't always be deskmates who can talk to each other anytime and anywhere.
If we can't go further, there will be a lot of regrets...
Liu Xiaoyu longed for change.
But if I rely on myself alone, I always feel like I am missing something.
In physical education class, Liu Xiaoyu sought solutions from his friends.
"So, you are really together with Mei Fang now?"
Yue Xinyi licked the ice cream and listened with relish to Liu Xiaoyu's story about his relationship with Mei Fang.
"Speak more, I love knocking."
"Now is not the time to just eat candy..."
Liu Xiaoyu pinched Yue Xinyi in disdain, "You've read so many novels, you should be able to give me some advice and get closer to Ah Fang, right?"
"You already said it's a novel, how dare you use the plot in the novel in real life? Aren't you ashamed?"
Yue Xinyi frowned and said, "Besides, you've already used such an intimate name as Ah Fang. Do you really need a single dog like me to teach you?"
"I'm not... I'm not trying to show off, I'm really... I didn't even muster up the courage to confess, I just acted on impulse at the time, oh, how can I put it..."
"Alright, alright, stop telling me about that past life connection story. I'm tired of hearing it. Since you're treating me to ice cream, I'll think of a solution for you!"
Yue Xinyi sat by the flower bed and thought for a while, then suggested:
"Although you were the one who showed your affection to Mei Fang first, I think you have taken the initiative in the relationship, because Mei Fang will feel that he is not worthy of you, so there are many ways to get closer to him. As long as you are willing to muster up the courage to take the initiative, I don't think he will refuse."
"So, what's the way to get closer?"
"It's just rogue to talk about methods without even talking about the goal."
Yue Xinyi swung her legs and said, "Tell me about your love goals first. What do you want to achieve with your Ah Fang? Are you satisfied with just holding hands and hugging?"
“This has already been done…”
Liu Xiaoyu muttered with a red face.
"Fuck, aren't you making pretty fast progress?"
Yue Xinyi was a little dumbfounded, "I thought, with your personality, you would have to date for half a year before you could hug me."
"But we only hugged each other on our first date."
Liu Xiaoyu said softly, "I want to be intimate with him, but I'm afraid he will think I'm a frivolous and casual girl. I don't want to leave that impression."
"Oh my, you are just thinking about dirty things in your mind, but you want to pretend to be reserved and wait for Mei Fang to get close to you, just like a puppy, right?"
Yue Xinyi twisted Liu Xiaoyu's head and said, "You felt really good when you held his hand and went on a date! Now you're a coward again. Why..."
"Hey Xinyi, can you please give me some advice? Why do you always criticize me..."
Liu Xiaoyu hummed, "If I could always be this powerful, would I come and ask you?"
"Okay, okay! Then I'll tell you the love bible I summarized."
Yue Xinyi half-closed one eye and began to shake her head:
"Actually, I don't think there's much to say, because you and Mei Fang were good friends who could talk about anything before, and now that you're lovers, your relationship has definitely taken a step forward."
"The only problem is that I want more of a lover's feeling, so—"
"so?"
“So what you have to do is actually very simple.”
Yue Xinyi explained, "In fact, as long as you have more physical contact with him, intentionally or unintentionally, he will naturally want to get closer to you."
"Physical contact?"
"Of course, as long as you pay more attention to details, you can win."
Yue Xinyi smiled and said, "From small things like touching with your fingers when borrowing tape, to touching his elbow intentionally or unintentionally when talking, do more physical contact and take the initiative to get closer. When the feeling comes, he won't be able to resist."
"Hmm... I'm not sure. Our Ah Fang is a very innocent boy. He might not dare to do anything to me."
"You're already defending him, what can I say?"
Yue Xinyi looked at the blushing Liu Xiaoyu with disdain, "Are you really here to discuss something with me? Not to show off your Mei dog?"
"Mei Gou? Why do you say that about him?"
Liu Xiaoyu frowned and said, "He didn't provoke you, why scold him..."
"Whose fault do you think it is? You're such a husband-protecting devil!"
Although she was a little dissatisfied with her sisters' teasing of Mei Fang, Liu Xiaoyu thought Yue Xinyi's suggestion was quite good, so she started to try it after the physical education class.
In short, we still need to take the initiative to close the distance...
During class breaks—
"Ah-Mei Fang, help me figure out how to solve this problem."
"Didn't we just talk about this in class? What are you listening to in class?"
"Isn't it a little different..."
"You won't do it if there's only a slight change. How stupid."
So Mei Fang started to explain the questions to Liu Xiaoyu while complaining about Liu Xiaoyu. Liu Xiaoyu also leaned over to listen to Mei Fang carefully, and then deliberately got very close to her, making Mei Fang's ears blush and making her shy.
Mei Fang subconsciously wanted to move away, but when she saw Liu Xiaoyu's strong desire for knowledge and adorable face, she held back and did not move.
Suddenly I remembered that I was dating Liu Xiaoyu.
As a result, the attitude towards answering questions became gentler.
"Well, here it is like this..."
Liu Xiaoyu really enjoyed the atmosphere of answering questions, but when she saw some classmates looking at them, she stood up to avoid suspicion.
Lunch break occasions -
Liu Xiaoyu gave one of the earphones to Mei Fang to listen to music, then lay down facing him and looked at him.
When Mei Fang opened her eyes, she closed them tightly again.
Then, Liu Xiaoyu rested his hand on his arm and put his other hand on Mei Fang's thigh.
Mei Fang's ears turned red and she pretended to be asleep and didn't move.
After Liu Xiaoyu held his hand for a while, his ears turned red, so he withdrew his hand.
Self-study occasions -
After Liu Xiaoyu and Mei Fang finished the exam, they cleaned up their desks and left the classroom one after another.
The crowded crowds and the dark environment are actually a good environment for intimacy.
Liu Xiaoyu lived up to everyone's expectations and tried hard to get close to Mei Fang, and finally they achieved a level where their arms were touching.
The goal of pinky promises was not achieved, and we could only say goodbye reluctantly at the school gate.
Ahhh!
Liu Xiaoyu opened and closed the car door, then lay directly on the back seat of his father's car.
"What's wrong, Xiaoyu? You look so listless today..."
Liu Zhengguo drove slowly and looked at Liu Xiaoyu in the back seat and said, "Xiaoyu, it doesn't matter if you didn't do well in the exam. Let's not put so much pressure on ourselves."
"… "
Seeing that his daughter had no intention of paying attention to him, Liu Zhengguo immediately said:
"Dad has arranged everything for you. If you really can't get into a good university, I will send you to study abroad, directly to the UK. Dad has friends who can find a way for you—"
"don't want!"
Liu Xiaoyu immediately said, "I don't want to go abroad!"
"What's wrong with going abroad? Are you reluctant to leave your friends at home? Or—"
"I, I, I want to stay with my family!"
"Le Le is still so young. When I come back from abroad, he won't even recognize his sister!"
Liu Xiaoyu was talking about his younger brother Liu Xiaole, who is now in the second grade of primary school.
"I can't bear to leave my brother..."
"Also, I... I also want to spend more time with my parents."
Liu Xiaoyu blushed and muttered, "When I go to college in China, I can go home often, but it feels difficult to go abroad."
"That's right... I'm worried about you going out there alone."
Liu Zhengguo thought for a moment and said, "In that case, Xiaoyu, do you have a particular university you want to go to? Dad can help you look for it first."
"I, I can just work hard on my own, Dad!"
Liu Xiaoyu waved his hand and said, "I want to become an excellent person first and not embarrass my father."
"I hope your brother can be as sensible as his sister in the future!"
"Le Le is a very well behaved person, but I'm afraid he's too honest and might get cheated by a bad woman in the future..."
Indeed, Afang is also a very cute child!
I am such a wicked woman...
I've been teasing Alfang today!
Liu Xiaoyu was very proud of the achievements he had accumulated today.
But, is it the university of your choice
Although I am only in the first year of high school, it is a bit early to talk about college.
But, if I really want to say...
I still want to go to college with Afang.
But speaking of it, I wonder if there are any suitable universities in China that are suitable for making games...
Liu Xiaoyu has already started planning the future for himself and Mei Fang.
It's still early though.
Club classes.
The club class has completely become a date time for Mei Fang and Liu Xiaoyu, and Zhang Ming has already been pulled away by Yue Xinyi.
In the bamboo forest where club activities were often held, Liu Xiaoyu showed Mei Fang his detailed outline of the character setting.
Mei Fang looked at it for a long time and did not make any direct comments.
"How about... a new script outline?"
Mei Fang raised his head and stared blankly at Liu Xiaoyu who was waiting on the side. "It feels like you have played many, many games, and there are many interesting things and tribute contents buried in them."
"Hehe... That means, it's not bad, right?"
Liu Xiaoyu said seriously, "I did do a lot of homework."
"More than good..."
Mei Fang was pleasantly surprised and said, "I think it is more exciting than any other published novels I've read!"
"Isn't this just a polite remark to praise your girlfriend?" Liu Xiaoyu bent over with laughter.
"Of course not! You know me, I'm not very good at talking, how can I be smooth-talking?"
"Then, praise me more. I love to hear it!"
Liu Xiaoyu sat on the stone bench, shaking his head with a smile, waiting for Mei Fang to make further comments on his work.
Her angelic smile, which seemed to know nothing about evil in the world, also healed Mei Fang's body and mind.
He just kept looking at Liu Xiaoyu, looking at Liu Xiaoyu, and then—
Stand up.
"So, keep bragging?"
Liu Xiaoyu opened his eyes and saw Mei Fangzheng approaching him with his ears bare, but was interrupted by Liu Xiaoyu's sudden opening of his eyes.
He scratched his head awkwardly and turned back.
"Ah, let me think about it—"
Liu Xiaoyu's heart was broken when she saw this scene.
I, I just...
Did it cause our Ah Fang to miss one
one.
An opportunity to take the initiative
I, I deserve to die!
Liu Xiaoyu saw that Mei Fang's ears turned red, and she stammered and wanted to say something but couldn't open her mouth.
ah…
What the hell am I putting on...
Although I know that Afang is very sensitive and fragile, I always tease him intentionally or unintentionally.
This way, Alfang won’t be able to muster up the courage to approach me!
But this time, I took the initiative.
Will Ah Fang feel that I have offended him
I can't just take the initiative all the time.
But if I don’t take the initiative... will Ah Fang really take the initiative to get close to me
Ah, I'm so confused.
Just when Liu Xiaoyu was feeling depressed and worried, Mei Fang stood up from his seat again.
As if he had made up his mind, he whispered Liu Xiaoyu's nickname.
"Yu'er, can you...close your eyes?"
"good!"
Liu Xiaoyu blurted out almost subconsciously.
Perhaps because he was afraid that his sudden reaction would scare Mei Fang, Liu Xiaoyu closed his eyes and almost stopped talking.
She could hear the rustling sound of the bamboo leaves in the evening breeze, and the warmth of the setting sun on her cheeks made her blush.
"… "
Then, she felt a soft touch brushing against her forehead.
Liu Xiaoyu was obviously longing for more, and she didn't even open her eyes after Mei Fang kissed her.
However, her cheeks had turned a bright red, like the fiery sunset clouds.
"Okay, you can open your eyes now."
"Just a kiss? Just the forehead."
Liu Xiaoyu curled her lips and said, "I feel like Ah Fang is so stingy."
"Ah, what are you talking about? Isn't a kiss on the forehead enough?"
"not enough."
Liu Xiaoyu pouted and refused to open her eyes.
"This is just the beginning... Give me a little more."
"Well... you are really greedy."
"Well, I'm a greedy person."
Liu Xiaoyu pursed her lips and continued to hold her head high.
So Mei Fang sat over again.
Come closer slowly, come closer slowly.
Then, he kissed her right cheek.
The hot feeling spread from his cheeks to his lips.
call…
Liu Xiaoyu opened his eyes in a daze.
She glanced at the boy who was still staring at her eagerly.
Slowly warm up and then turn into a steam girl.
"Is this okay?"
“Still far away!”
Liu Xiaoyu puffed up his face and said angrily, then smiled and said: "However, after all, Ah Fang worked so hard today, I won't make it difficult for you..."
"Yeah, I try so hard."
Mei Fang nodded.
But this excitement then turned into a helpless melancholy.
"Our Yu'er is really amazing. She can sing well and write quickly."
"I used to feel very confident in this area, but you suddenly improved to a level where I didn't need any guidance at all."
"Ah, I'm still far away!" Liu Xiaoyu's expression was very serious.
“I think it doesn’t matter at all, it’s really amazing…”
Mei Fang sighed and said, "I feel like I'm being so hypocritical right now. I'm both hypocritical and twisted. Your script is so well written, and it's obviously something I should be happy about, but it's just that - a little bit, how should I put it, you're definitely not going to like what I'm saying."
"But I thought we should be more honest with each other, so I just said it."
Mei Fang stared at Liu Xiaoyu, "I feel, I feel... it's hard for me to be as good as you right now."
Is it like this again...
Should I not show too much in front of Ah Fang
As expected, Alfang was still unhappy.
Will he, will he break up with me like this
No, then you wouldn’t have kissed me just now.
But... But...
Having said this, do you think we are not suitable for each other? Already—
"So I'm thinking about one thing now, Yu'er, I hope you can understand."
"Well, you said—"
Liu Xiaoyu pursed her lips, nodded, and looked at Mei Fang.
"Don't be like this. I feel like you're going to cry. Just listen to what I have to say."
Mei Fang stepped forward and patted Liu Xiaoyu on the shoulder. "I heard that the club class will not be offered in the second semester of senior high school, and the study pressure in high school is also very high. So, I plan to put our planning case aside and work on it together after we graduate from high school. Let's focus on studying first. Do you think it's okay?"
"Yes, discuss this with me!"
Liu Xiaoyu was surprised and relieved at the same time. He punched Mei Fang a few times in anger and said, "You really scared me to death, you stinky Ah Fang. I thought - I thought -"
"Did you think I was going to break up with you..."
"It looks like that! Really, I'm impressed, that tone..."
Liu Xiaoyu was so angry at Mei Fang that she was dizzy. When she was muttering and complaining, Mei Fang suddenly leaned over and hugged her.
Um…
ah.
call…
Liu Xiaoyu was made very shy by this unexpected hug. She licked her lips and wanted to say something but didn't say it.
She felt Mei Fang rubbing his nose against her neck, as if he was greedily sniffing her scent.
"I want to be a lover that can make you proud, but if I work on games and finish my studies at the same time, I will definitely not be able to take care of both."
"I've actually been thinking about a lot of things recently. The gap between us does exist, but I want to work towards a more effective direction, such as applying to a favorite university together."
"Um… "
Just like me, I think the same.
"We are currently ranked around 200th in our grade, which is the ranking of 211 universities. But if we can move up to 120th, we will have a chance to be admitted to a mid-level 985 university, and then we can go to Pengda to study."
Mei Fang whispered in Liu Xiaoyu's ear, "Pengda is the only school in China that has a game design major. I plan to learn more systematic game design knowledge there, and then complete our work together."
"Yeah, yeah, very good."
Liu Xiaoyu blushed, "It turns out that our Ah Fang already has a goal and plan, then let's work towards that direction together."
“Well, this is actually the point I’ve been thinking about.”
Mei Fang said softly, "I think you should still do what you like most and not always accommodate me. For example, in the area of games... If you really like games the most, I think it's fine, but if it's... how should I put it, in order to have something to talk about, then... I think you should find a goal that suits you better."
"You are worried about this, you..."
Liu Xiaoyu got up from Mei Fang's arms, put his arms around Mei Fang's neck, and pinched his cheeks. "I really like games. Although you introduced them to me, I like them too."
"Wouldn't you rather go into music? Because you sing so well, and you've been learning piano since you were a kid."
"No... I just like singing. I don't want to be a star. I'm not that kind of person..."
Liu Xiaoyu smiled and said, "I like games, and I also like to do it with you, so don't feel burdened and think that I am accommodating you. That's not the case."
"If I wasn't interested in this, we wouldn't be able to chat like this. Look at the outline of my new work. It's obvious that I'm not just giving you a heads-up, right?"
"Yeah... I'm sorry, I thought so much." Mei Fang's words were full of guilt, "I was just being sentimental."
"No, no! I understand! I'm not being sentimental. From your perspective, it looks like this... Yeah, that's it."
Liu Xiaoyu nodded. The close distance between them allowed them to speak with each other in a way that made them feel each other's breath.
After reaching mutual understanding and recognition, the intoxicating atmosphere makes people unable to help but explore further.
"Ah Fang, let's switch seats. I want to sit on you."
"Is that so?"
"Um."
Liu Xiaoyu sat sideways on Mei Fang and put her arms around his neck.
"It's rare to have such a good atmosphere today. We can't... we can't waste this opportunity."
Liu Xiaoyu gently touched the tip of Mei Fang's nose and gazed at him tenderly, "Do you understand what I mean, Ah Fang?"
"Yeah, I see..."
"Of course I understand."
So Mei Fang moved closer gently.
During the rainy season, the feelings between the two people gradually warmed up.
(End of this chapter)