Volume 1 Chapter 25: The School Days of Autumn, When We Were Young
"Why are you always asking me about him?" The long queue had taken him a while to find her, but the first thing she said was actually about another guy.
"I'm just curious, hurry up and point them out to me, which ones?" Ye Xin couldn't help but observe the boys around her, wondering if the target might be nearby.
"Don't bother looking, he hasn't come to class all day." Cheng Sheng replied in a bad tone, extremely displeased that his girlfriend was staring at another guy.
"Ah!" Ye Xin suddenly turned back in disappointment, then said to me, "Sha Shan, what kind of boy do you think Chou Chen will be? He always appears or disappears mysteriously."
"I've actually met him before." I recalled that alley, where he had cornered me against the wall with his domineering declaration, and couldn't help but feel a wave of dizziness.
"Have you seen him? That Chou Chen? Did he say or do anything to you? By the way, is he handsome and does he look very cool? How did you meet him?" Ye Xin tightly grabbed me and asked a string of questions, while on the side, Cheng Sheng's eyebrows furrowed deeper and deeper, finally pulling her away.
After they left, I continued walking forward alone. At this time, several girls came out of the pavilion in front of me who were resting. One of the girls had fair and tender skin, big eyes blinking, a delicate nose, and was extremely charming.
All I could hear was some boys whispering behind me, that girl is Han No-er from Class 5, so pretty.
Among them, there was a boy who was somewhat introverted and secretly in love with the girl but didn't dare to confess. Suddenly another boy played a prank by loudly shouting towards the group of girls in front: "Han Noer, Kong Qi said he likes you."
At that moment, all the eyes of the classmates on the mountain road were cast in this direction. The boy named Kong Qi's face turned red and he made a gesture to shut up his classmate, with an embarrassed and shy expression that made anyone want to bully him.
Han No'er, who had just stepped out of the pavilion, pretended not to have heard and hastily walked away with a girl beside him. I looked up, only to see Shan Lanlu standing not far away. Why was it that despite being only a few steps apart, we couldn't take a step forward, but instead stood there quietly gazing at each other, as if an eternity had passed.
"Dan Lanluo, don't forget that we have a competition, if we lose, you'll help us with our homework!" Several boys from Class 3 shouted out to hurry him up as Dan Lanluo suddenly stopped.
"Oh, I'm coming." Danlan Yu responded with a sound, and when she ran past me, she said softly: "The mountain road is slippery, be careful, I'll wait for you in the orchard later." She smiled brightly at me, then chased after the boy in front.
That orchard is on the half hill behind our school, especially in autumn and summer, the trees are always full of all kinds of fruit. Shan Lu once told me, "Shan Shang, I'll take you to see my secret garden."
I wonder what kind of paradise it is, he has an excited and happy expression, as if sharing his most beloved treasure with others. We walked around the school gate, along the small path beside the wall, Shuang Li happily said to me, "Sasa, now you have to close your eyes, don't sneak a peek!"
He took my hand and led me to follow him slowly. He said, Shanshan, welcome to my secret garden. The moment I opened my eyes, the branches were filled with mouth-watering fruits that made people irresistible, and we were among them.
Danlan led me, weaving in and out of the orchard, then proudly pointing to a few fruit trees and saying to me, "Shanshan, these were all planted by my own hands when I was young." At that time, my grandmother who loved me most was still alive, and I always liked to follow her to play in this orchard. My grandmother also taught me a lot of knowledge about crops. Later, my grandmother left, the orchard was contracted out to others, it became my secret garden.
"Blue Law, let's carve our names on the trees you planted for a lifetime. I really want to co-own these lovely trees with Blue Law." I grasped his sleeve, insisting that he agree and not say no.
It was still autumn then, with a thick layer of grass on the ground. We leaned against the tree that had our names carved on it. The wind blew gently, as if making promises to us too...
