Ren Yi never thought that he would hear words of praise from Song Wan. Happiness came so suddenly and so unbelievably that he didn't know what to say for a moment. He just sat there stupidly, feeling his heart pounding as if it would explode in the next second.
"In the past two months, I have seen a completely different you from the one in Qingyi Middle School. You are careful, considerate, cheerful, and sometimes gentle like a boy. Today's heavy rain has made me see your sense of responsibility. Ren Yi, I apologize for my previous prejudice against you..."
Ren Yi said awkwardly, "If you are saying these things because of what I did just now, it is actually totally unnecessary. It was my idea to go out and play today, and I have the responsibility to take good care of you, but I still caused your foot to be injured, so I should be the one to say sorry to you."
Song Wan shook her head and said sincerely: "Even if there is no outing today, I am going to chat with you after get off work... Look at them, these children are sensitive and fragile due to their physical conditions, but they know who is really good to them. They like you because they can feel your kindness, and I am willing to say these words because of your kindness..."
“Well, then…” Ren Yi wanted to say, “Then are we friends?”, but his mouth felt like it was covered with glue and he couldn’t say anything.
Song Wan turned her head, looked into Ren Yi's eyes, and said, "Ren Yi, you like me, don't you?"
"Ah?" Ren Yi didn't expect Song Wan to be so direct. He almost fell off the stool. He was so flustered that his face turned red. He said, "I, I..."
"Oh, I misunderstood..."
Ren Yi finally mustered up the courage and said, "Song Wan, I do like you, really, more than you see!"
Song Wan smiled softly, turned her head to look at the fields under the heavy rain, and whispered: "But have you ever thought about it, do you really understand me? Maybe the Song Wan you like is just the person you imagine. In fact, she is neither so perfect nor so worthy of your love. She is sloppy, lazy, unreasonable, and has many shortcomings that you may not accept..."
"No, I know you. I know that you won the first prize in the National Children's Calligraphy Competition at the age of five, participated in overseas exchange activities at the age of seven, became the youngest member of the Jiangdong Provincial Calligraphy Association at the age of eleven, and at the age of fifteen..."
"Look, you think you know me, but apart from calligraphy, do you know anything else? What songs do I like, what colors do I like, which movies move me the most, which male stars make me crazy about them, and what sports I play, you don't know these..."
Ren Yi was quite dissatisfied and said, "I have investigated, and the people around you said that you are not interested in anything else except calligraphy and study!"
Song Wan shrugged playfully and said with a smile: "I'm not a robot. Studying and calligraphy are the two most important things in my life now, but that doesn't mean I have no interest in other things. It's just that these interests and hobbies are hidden by me, and most people don't know about them."
"Ren Yi, just like I don't know you, you don't know me as well as you think. If it weren't for the past two months of getting along, I would have even misunderstood you as the kind of frivolous, ignorant, and lazy ruffian. So I think maybe we both need more time to get to know each other better."
Ren Yi heard the sound of a broken heart. If someone had told him that he could hear the sound of his own heart breaking, he would have definitely slapped the person in the face.
But today, at this moment, at that instant, he clearly heard the sound of a broken heart!
Crisp and sad, as if youth is dying!
"Okay, I understand... In fact, I already knew that you couldn't possibly like me..."
"No, you don't understand. It's not that I don't like you, but I never thought about liking a boy in high school. At this age, sometimes we don't even know what we want, so how can we understand what it means to really like someone?"
Ren Yi remained silent, he was also a little confused. His acquaintance with Song Wan originated from a game that seemed like a prank, and his subsequent pursuit was more like a pervert's harassment of a beautiful woman. But as the harassment became more and more in-depth, he found that he might really like this girl.
But just as Song Wan said, is this true love
After an unknown amount of time, Song Wan held her chin with both hands and said quietly, "Ren Yi, do you have a dream?"
"Dream? I, I don't know..."
"You may think your dream is too big. Let me narrow it down. You will graduate from high school in two years. Have you thought about what university to apply to?"
Ren Yi suddenly felt a little ashamed and said, "My grades are very bad. I may not even be able to get into college. I'll just take the college entrance exam and get by."
"Have you ever thought about applying to Peking University?"
"Peking University? Don't be ridiculous. I know exactly what kind of person I am. Let's not talk about me. What about you? Which school do you plan to apply to?"
"As for me, when I was little, I hoped to go to Peking University in the future. The scenery by the Weiming Lake is a place I have longed to visit."
In an age where exams are everything, Ren Yi is still very clear about the difference between Peking University and a crappy junior college. He forced a smile and said, "You are so good, you will definitely be able to do it!"
"I don't know if I can do it. In terms of performance, I can't compare with Wen Liang, Ji Xiaoling, or Cheng Haijun. Three years will pass in a flash. I can only try my best to seize every day. Even if I fail, I won't regret it! Do you remember what Paul said? A person's life should be spent like this: looking back on the past, he will not regret wasting his time..."
"Nor will I be ashamed of being mean and vulgar!"
Ren Yi murmured the last sentence, and the two people's voices mixed together, and along with the sound of the rain, they were carried to an unknown distance.
"Ren Yi, what I want to tell you is that if I can do it, so can you!"
Ren Yi asked blankly: "Can I?"
"If you don't try, how can you know the result?" Song Wan stretched out her fair little hand, smiled slightly, and said, "I hope we can meet again in Peking University in two years! I also hope that by then we will have understood ourselves and have enough time to understand each other!"
Ren Yi held Song Wan's hand. The girl's skin was smooth and warm, but he didn't have any lustful thoughts in his heart. He hesitated and said, "How about I try?"
"Well, come on!"
The campus of No. 1 Middle School became lively again after two months of silence. From time to time, classmates who had not seen each other for a few days would laugh and hug each other, telling each other about the interesting things that happened during the summer vacation. Of course, there were also people who had not finished their homework who were urgently looking for finished works that could be copied, but more people were discussing the upcoming class divisions.
In the second year of high school, the students are officially divided into arts and science classes, and everyone has to be re-assigned to new classes. In other words, the students in Class Three are about to say goodbye!
(Who still remembers Ren Yi’s ten-year bitter love…) (To be continued)