On a summer night, the Song family was in a small courtyard at the foot of Mount Tai, and the moon was as cool as water.
With his back against the jujube tree, the young man as beautiful as a goblin drooped his eyes, and his face was filled with light emotions, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.
Song Qiaoxi scrutinized the boy carefully, imagining that Chu Jin would not really be a "goblin", would he
If not, how could life be so beautiful and delicate.
Young people always have all kinds of troubles.
For Chu Jin, trouble may be the expectation for the future, perhaps it is the desire to grow up, and perhaps it is the unreturned gratitude to Uncle Song Qiao who accompanied him when he grew up. The strong liking, that slight guilt.
This love is not the impulse of an ordinary teenager.
But it is deeply imprinted in the bones. From 1996 to 2006, the past ten years were simple and ordinary, but blood-like, unforgettable emotions.
The beauty of childhood sweethearts is that they do not miss the slightest bit of each other's growth, have the best tacit understanding, and understand all the advantages and disadvantages of each other.
I want to be your best friend in this life, and I want to be your only love in this life.
But the little girl standing by the side, she now has only one trouble.
A clean and pure annoyance.
Thousands of little girls of this age will have troubles.
Song Qiaoxi's footsteps were very light. In the small courtyard, there were bluestone slabs laid by her grandfather. The girl wore a pair of milky white flip-flops, her tender feet were exposed, and even her heels were tender pink.
She walked in front of Chu Jin, the boy's breathing was steady, his eyelashes trembled slightly, as if he was asleep
His hair should have just been washed, and the ends of his hair were still slightly damp. There were dark water stains around his shoulders, and Song Qiaoxi's favorite light mint fragrance was on his body.
Lifting her head and holding her breath, Song Qiaoxi clasped her hands together nervously, blinked her big eyes twice, and was about to stand on tiptoe...
Chu Jin suddenly opened his eyes.
There was still roaring music in his ears. The iPod was playing Linkin Park. The intense heavy metal rock music seemed to be a little bit flustered, and the little girl wearing a goose yellow piping nightdress didn't match.
Song Qiaoxi stood very close to him, so close that she could feel her breathing.
The girl's breath was very light and soft, with a slight heat and the sweet fragrance of small daisies.
Under the moonlight, she looked up at him, her long curly chestnut hair hanging down around her waist like a mermaid, and a pair of almond eyes with a smile and shyness, as if rubbed into the galaxy.
For a moment, the young man's heart was beating wildly.
Chu Jin silently clenched his fist with one hand, took off an earphone with the other hand, and frowned slightly.
So late, did the little girl think of a prank or some whimsical idea
Chu knew that Song Qiaoxi had always been a ghost, full of tricks, and expected that she would not sleep in her room honestly.
"Why don't you sleep?" Song Qiaoxi preemptively took a half step back.
The moonlight is so good tonight, and through the jujube tree, the shadows of the stars fall on her hair and her delicate and soft white skin.
"Why don't you sleep?" Chu Jin's voice was a little dry with anger and forbearance.
Both asked the same question.
A gust of mountain wind blew, and the fragrance of pine and cypress shuttled between the boys and girls, mixing the breaths of the two people, as if they were gently stirring up the emotions of young people.
Soon, neither of the two could smell the other's scent, but they felt that the other's scent was on them.
"I'm thirsty, come down and drink water." Song Qiaoxi was righteous.
"Ding Yi snores, I can't sleep." Chu Jin shook his head helplessly.
The two looked at each other and smiled, and Song Qiaoxi even laughed, "Across a room, I heard Ding Yi's snoring..."
"Hey..." Chu Jin saw her smile, raised his eyelids, and smiled lazily.
"Shh!" Song Qiaoxi raised her hand, covered Chu Jin's mouth, and looked at her grandma and grandpa's room, "Be quiet, grandma and grandpa are sleeping."
His warm breath touched her palm, Chu Jin's peach blossom eyes were curved, his eyes seemed to say, and he didn't do anything shameful, why are you panicking
But this pair of smiling eyes really hit Song Qiaoxi's heart.
She didn't even notice it herself, the smile on her face slowly faded, she tilted her head and just looked at Chu Jin intently.
The absurd thought just now popped up again.
When I was in junior high school in Qizhou Foreign Language, there was a senior student from the Hot Dance Club who joked that Chu Jin was her "little boyfriend".
At that time, I was young and didn't understand the real meaning of "boyfriend" and "like".
A girl's mind always grows overnight.
Fortunately, Song Qiaoxi's parents talked several times about "like", "love", "marriage", "family" and "responsibility" in junior high school.
They didn't teach her that girls should be shy, forbear, and suppress their emotions, but let Song Qiaoxi fly freely like a young eagle.
Mom and Dad told Song Qiaoxi that in the rainy season, the most beautiful season for boys and girls, there are things that involve principles and bottom lines that must not be done.
For example, underage sexual behavior, even if you are an adult, you must take protective measures for sexual behavior; for example, when you go to an improper entertainment place, you can’t touch any drinks and food given by strangers. Drinks in KTV, if you leave your sight , don't drink that cup again; for example, drugs, gambling...
And the heartbeat at this age, the pure and fiery love at this age, the Song family's parents allowed Song Qiaoxi to try.
If there is someone you like very much, make sure that the other party is a boy with good character. They do not object to her daughter's heartbeat and liking.
Because they trust Song Qiaoxi and know that their daughter is a strong character, she has her own dreams and will not delay her studies.
"What's wrong?" Chu Jin asked softly.
Seeing that she stopped smiling, her expression was serious, and she seemed to be thinking about something serious.
"Chu Jin..." The little girl whispered his name.
Chu Jin: "Huh?"
Suddenly, Song Qiaoxi put both hands on Chu Jin's shoulders, pulled him closer to her, leaned into the boy's ear, and asked in an angry voice, "Can I kiss you?"
Chu Jin was stiff all over, his dark eyes were bottomless, and he looked at her inquiringly.
"Is it okay?" Song Qiaoxi asked again with a serious expression, she didn't mean to joke, and did not hide her next move at all, "Just a moment."
After waiting for a few seconds, Chu Ji's brows were even tighter, and he didn't say a word.
Sighing lightly, Song Qiaoxi stretched out her thin white fingers and placed it in front of him, "I count three, if you don't deny it, I'll take it as your acquiescence? One, two, three..."
In front of Chu Jin, there were three fingers as white and tender as a baby.
After three counts, Song Qiaoxi hooked Chu Jin's neck with one hand, "You didn't deny it, you can't say that I took advantage of you."
His body temperature was so high that it was a little hot.
Standing on tiptoe, the girl tilted her head and blinked her eyes, confirming where the pale white cherry color was.
Then, a kiss like a chicken pecking rice fell on Chu Jin's cool and soft lips.
The lips of the two people only touched for a short second, maybe less than a second, and they separated immediately.
Song Qiaoxi let go of Chu Jin's neck, there was a buzzing tinnitus in her ears, she covered her chest with both hands...
I finally understood what Liang Shanshan said, what it was like to feel like my heart was about to fly out.
It was just the moment of contact, Chu Jin's lips were soft and cool, she couldn't remember whether it still had a faint minty smell, and there was a "crackling" in her brain, like a fireworks exploding.
She likes Chu Jin.
It is the love that wants to hug him, not the love of a pure good friend; it is the love that wants to kiss him, not the love between brothers and sisters; it is the love of desire and possessiveness, not the love that he can accept that he will like the love of others .
"Do you know what you are doing?" Chu Jin's voice seemed to suppress his anger, and his voice was hoarse.
Song Qiaoxi met his eyes and saw strange emotions in Chu Jin's eyes, didn't she seem angry
She was never afraid of him.
"Ah, me, I know what I'm doing." Song Qiaoxi felt a little shy at this time, but she still pretended to be calm.
"Do you think it's fun?" Chu Jin's expression was solemn, and he still maintained the movement just now and stood still under the tree, his body was stiff and his breathing was short, and the words he said seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth.
"I don't think it's funny..." Song Qiaoxi lowered her eyes and shook her head, her hands clenched into small fists, she could feel pain for a moment when her fingernails were pinched into her flesh.
After a while, she raised her head and said frankly, "Chu Jin, I like you."
Song Qiaoxi didn't like to hide it, but once she recognized her own heart, she chose to tell the other party bravely.
Mom and Dad said, "Like" is the most beautiful thing in the world, there is nothing to hide.
She looked into Chu Jin's eyes, the boy's eyebrows were lowered, and his body trembled slightly.
broken... ...
Song Qiaoxi scratched her head, she was a little dazed at the moment, her mind was chaotic, this...
She was patronizing her confession, thinking about telling him what she liked for Chu Jin, but she forgot a more important thing. She never thought, does Chu Jin also like her
This is over, if Chu Jin doesn't like her, wouldn't she become a "female pervert/wolf"? !
When I came up, I pressed Chu Jin on the tree and gave it a strong kiss...
"Ah... Nei, I, I seem to have forgotten to ask," Song Qiaoxi said, taking a step back slowly, "I forgot to ask, do you like me?"
Then, she took another step back, "If, if you don't like me, then I will say for what I just did..."
Taking two steps back, Song Qiaoxi was pulled back by a pair of strong hands.
In the sky, a dark cloud covered the bright moonlight, and the small courtyard was plunged into darkness. The hens and geese, who had just been hiding in the corner of the chicken coop, were rustling and probing their brains. huddled together, no sound at all.
In a trance, Song Qiaoxi was pushed against a tree by Chu Jin.
She only wore a thin nightdress, and she could clearly feel the rough touch of the book cover on her back.
That "sorry" never got a chance to say it.
The girl's murmuring voice was swallowed up in a strange, tentative kiss.
Chu Jin was 1.86 meters tall, while Song Qiaoxi was only 1.63 meters tall. He lowered his head and the back of his neck was very low. He held her slender waist tightly with one hand, held the little girl in his arms, and lifted her with one hand. Small chin.
Song Qiaoxi was a little panicked, her body trembled slightly, her eyes were hot, and for a moment, she completely forgot to breathe.
As if aware of her unease, Chu Jin's movements became very light and light, as if he was afraid of hurting her.
Chu Jin put a tender and pitiful kiss on Song Qiaoxi's soft lips.
"Xixi..." Chu Jin sighed and called her nickname in Song Qiaoxi's ear, with a low voice, "I like you, I like you the most."
I like you, I like you very much.
I have liked you since that night in the reception room in 1996, when you walked into my dark life with light.
A little distance away from Song Qiaoxi, Chu Jin still hugged the slender little girl in his arms and did not let go of her.
He looked at her blushing little face, suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and said softly, "You have to breathe, or you will die of suffocation."
Song Qiaoxi only reacted when he said it.
He started to gasp for breath, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, and his lips opened slightly.
No, this...
Why, why is this different from the kiss she imagined? !
Chu Jin's big hand gently stroked her back, helping her to follow her breath, but Song Qiaoxi felt an unfamiliar feeling in her body.
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, she finally calmed down, but for a moment she felt inexplicably wronged and wanted to cry.
In the blink of an eye, Chu Jin kissed again.
This time, the kiss was not like the tender test just now. It was warm and soft with the smell of mint toothpaste, and even Song Qiaoxi felt that it was hot.
The young Ling Lie's breath made Song Qiaoxi look like she was under a spell, and once again shrank in Chu Jin's arms and couldn't move.
His deep breathing and her nasal sigh were intertwined.
Song Qiaoxi raised her head very high, her long seaweed-like hair scattered behind her head, Chu Jin's slender fingers stretched into her soft hair and supported the little girl's neck.
She was so weak that she was almost unable to stand up.
Chu Jin finally stopped kissing her, and Song Qiaoxi's head was pressed against his chest by Chu Jin.
"Puff, puff..."
Song Qiaoxi heard a strong heartbeat and noticed that Chu Jin dropped a kiss on her forehead.
"I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid..." Chu Jin patted her on the back, and Song Qiaoxi sounded familiar.
Like, like, like...
She remembered it very much like what she said when she was coaxing him as a child.
Grandma and grandpa's room is facing the yard. In summer, the old man is not used to sleeping with the air conditioner on all night. One of the windows is half-closed.
The lights in the room suddenly turned on, illuminating the dimly lit courtyard in half.
Because of the light, there was another rustling sound from the chicken coop.
Song Qiaoxi was startled and almost broke out in a cold sweat.
She and Chu Jin...
If this is seen by grandma and grandpa, it will be finished...
Song Qiaoxi hasn't figured out how to explain to her parents.
Chu Jin didn't say a word, hugged her tightly in his arms, and moved a little to the shady side of the tree.
"Have you heard thunder?" Grandma's voice came from the room.
Then there were the footsteps of my grandfather wearing slippers, and a sleepy voice, "It seems that you continue to sleep with the old lady, I got up and closed the window."
With a click, the window closed.
With a "click", the lights went out.
--
In the middle of the night, it really rained heavily.
When Song Qiaoxi went upstairs from the main room, she raised her head and met Liang Shanshan, who was rubbing her eyes.
"Xixi, where have you been?" Liang Shanshan asked her in a low voice with her head tilted.
Song Qiaoxi covered her mouth and said softly, "Ah, I went downstairs and went downstairs to drink water... Are you going to the bathroom?"
"Well, it's a bit dark." Liang Shanshan said timidly.
"I'll accompany you." Song Qiaoxi took her hand and accompanied Liang Shanshan to the bathroom.
After that, the two girls went back to the room together and climbed into the big bed.
Soon, Liang Shanshan heard steady breathing.
Song Qiaoxi wrapped the towel tightly and stuffed her head in the towel. She touched her lips with a hand and felt a little tingling.
Why is he so hard...
And once is not enough, kiss over and over again, oops, how can someone be like this...
The first kiss made it difficult for Song Qiaoxi to sleep on this summer night.
She even thought that on the way here, she even teased Sister Miao and told her not to do anything intimate with Zhao Xin at her grandmother's house...
Oops, it's really embarrassing.
"Little Straight Ball" just started to feel too shy at this moment, and when he was with Chu Jin just now, no matter how he kissed him, he would be shy, but also very happy.
Not knowing what time it was at night, Song Qiaoxi fell asleep in a daze.
Before going to bed, she remembered the last words Chu Jin said.
There was already a strong smell of rain in the air at that time.
Song Qiaoxi sat on the stone table in the small courtyard, and Chu Jin held her hand.
"Do you want to be my boyfriend?" Song Qiaoxi played with Chu Jin's fingers and asked him with her face raised, her eyes bright, "I want you to always belong to me, only mine."
"I've always been yours," Chu Jin smiled lightly, rubbing the top of her hair with one hand, "but I want to make an agreement with you that after graduating from high school, we'll make it public, okay?"
"Hmm..." Song Qiaoxi thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay."
"Let me accompany you to America." Chu Jin asked.
"Don't..." Song Qiaoxi shook her head, took his hand, "haha" on her lips, and gave her a kiss, "You go to Qing University, can you wait for me for four years?"
After that, Chu Jin didn't seem to answer the question.
He just hugged her gently and said many, many words, which he had never spoken before, which made Song Qiaoxi feel a little uncomfortable.
"I'll take care of you, today...it's my fault, I didn't restrain myself..."
"It's up to me to tell Uncle Song and Aunt Qiao about this matter. Don't confess anything before this."
"You will be in your second year of high school when school starts. I will accompany you to Macau to take your first SAT test in June next year, and then use it to prepare for the TOEFL during the summer vacation."
"Study hard, take exams well, and don't let go. After taking the SAT and TOEFL, prepare carefully for the college entrance examination when you come back. I will always be with you... "
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After Song Qiaoxi went upstairs, Chu Jin stepped on the raindrops and returned to the main room. He sat in the dark main room for a long time.
The intersection between him and her was when he was seven years old.
Fendiaoyuzhuo stumbled into his dark world like a little girl like a glutinous dumpling.
She once asked him for help, hoping that he would give her a hand, but Chu Jin was kicked out of the house by her aunt at that time, and she had been wandering on the street for two days without any water coming in, and she had no intention to help irrelevant people.
But Chu Jin remembered her eyes, the little girl's eyes, which shone like diamonds.
Until, when he found out that Nuo Tuanzi was almost abducted by human traffickers, he ran to the railway station police station with all his strength to report the crime.
She was saved, and Mom and Dad came to pick her up.
Xiao Nuo Tuan handed him the ham sausage that she thought was a treasure, and smiled, she wished to give him everything she thought was the best in the world.
Song Qiaoxi's father and mother gave the boy back the care of his family.
And Song Qiaoxi, since Chu Jin was seven years old, has undoubtedly become the most special existence.
The accumulated feelings may not require too many lengthy confessions. In the face of tacit understanding and time, any words are pale.
Chu Jin stretched out his hand and looked at his ring finger in the dark, recalling the temperature of Song Qiaoxi's fingers.
He got up, the schoolbag had been in the hall when he came, and he took out the laptop from the schoolbag.
Chu Jin still needs to work. He connects to the Internet through the Internet card. The signal of Song Qiaoxi's grandmother's house is not particularly good, and the network is very slow and stuck.
Finally logged in to the account, he confirmed the amount.
Sixty thousand dollars.
Chu Jin pursed his lips and shook his head. It was far from enough for Song Qiaoxi's tuition and living expenses in the United States. He had to work harder. He wanted her to be carefree.
From the moment he knew that Song Qiaoxi also liked him, the thought in Chu Jin's heart became more firm.
He wanted to put Song Qiaoxi in his pocket and take her wherever he went. From the beginning, Chu Jin didn't worry about her going to such a far place to study alone.
Wait for her for four years
Don't say four years, even if you don't see her for a day, you will not get used to it...
But he also needs time. He will study abroad by himself. Chu Jin will never let Uncle Song and Aunt Qiao spend another penny.
What if you cut it first and then play it
60,000 US dollars, at least enough for two people to go to Hong Kong or Macau, the cost of taking the SAT, and the cost of applying for a school is always enough.
With more than a year left, he should be able to think of a better solution.
The boy in the dark smiled bitterly.
He always thought that he was more independent than Song Qiaoxi and that she needed her own care.
Only now did I realize that it was me who couldn't do without her.
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The next morning, the only rooster in my grandmother's small courtyard started to croak early in the morning.
Song Qiaoxi was woken up by Ding Miao, "Xixi, get up, the sun is drying your ass."
"Ah..." At this moment, she felt like a little turtle whose shell was knocked over, unable to get up at all, "Miaomiao, let me sleep for a while..."
Ding Miao and Liang Shanshan looked at each other and smiled, and directly lifted Song Qiaoxi up from the bed.
When she was dragged to the bathroom by the two of them to wash up, she looked in the mirror and saw her red and swollen lips, only to realize that what happened last night was real, not a dream.
It's just that Song Qiaoxi's right eyelid has been twitching since washing.
"Left eye jumps for money, right eye jumps for disaster?" Song Qiaoxi grabbed Ding Miao and asked uncertainly, "Or left eye jumps for disaster, right eye jumps for money?"
"Which of your eyes is twitching?" Ding Miao laughed.
"Right eye." Song Qiaoxi pointed to the right eye.
"That's the calamity in the left eye and the wealth in the right eye." Ding Miao patted her arm and comforted, "Come on, brush your teeth and go downstairs to eat."
Even if Ding Miao said so, Song Qiaoxi was still not very relieved, feeling faintly that something was going to happen.
After breakfast, the seven friends packed up their small backpacks and prepared to climb Mount Tai early in the morning.
The old man and wife of the Song family prepared boiled corn, apples and some snacks for the children to eat on the way.
"Xixi, I'll ask your uncle to drive you to Zhongtianmen later." Grandma went into the kitchen and said to Song Qiaoxi.
"That's great! Thank you grandma, thank you uncle." Song Qiaoxi put on her schoolbag and said with a smile.
There was a knock on the door.
"Xixi, your uncle must be here, open the door." Grandpa said to Song Qiaoxi with a big watermelon in his hand.
"Come on!" Song Qiaoxi happily ran to the door and opened the wooden door.
She looked at the person standing outside the door and was stunned for a moment. The person who came was not her uncle, but the housekeeper of Chu's house, Aunt Fang.
Song Qiaoxi opened her mouth and asked in surprise, "Aunt Fang? Why are you here..."