love you, in time

On November 2021, 11, the first snow of that year fell in City A on that day.

The days are still as dull and busy as before. When I sneak out of the busy schedule, I will subconsciously look up at the ginkgo tree outside the dormitory window, although it is now bare.

I don't know why, since the third year of high school, we seem to have entered the world of adults ahead of time. Without the nagging teachers' discipline from adults, we have lost the vigor and happiness of our youth.

As we grow older, we begin to become calm and mature. Even if we have free time, we prefer to be alone and quiet, unlike when we were young, we always invite friends and hang out together, except No worries other than grades.

During this period of time, I began to deliberately reduce contact with Yan Qing, unless I couldn't help but miss her, I stopped looking for Yan Qing frequently every day, as if I wanted to adapt to the days when Yan Qing would not be abroad in the future.

However, it is okay to deceive outsiders, how can I deceive my heart?

But in just two months, Yan Qing filled my heart with longing and chest cavity.

It's only been two months, I'm a little dazed looking at the calendar on my phone, three years... so long

"Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi, aren't you coming out? It's snowing outside." A text message came in from the phone suddenly. It was a photo from Luoxi of her and Li Jiayu Qin Si having a snowball fight and making a snowman. It must be taken by someone else. "The snow in the north is really white and heavy"

Sure enough, when the southerners went to the north and saw the silver frost all over the ground, weren't they all excited like children?

I looked at the screen and smiled, and after replying to Luoxi's message, I called Yan Qing, "Ayan, let's go out and see the snow."

"No, it's too cold outside, you'll catch cold easily." On the other side of the phone, Yan Qing's voice was as cold as ever, but I could feel the difference from other people. Gentle and soft, "Ayan~ They have all gone, I promise to wrap myself into rice dumplings and never let myself freeze, okay?"

"You~ okay, but you can only stay outside for an hour, you know?"

"Okay, I knew Ayan was the best"

"Come on~ I'll go find you, I'll go downstairs when I get there"

"it is good"

I don't know a few minutes later, I saw a tall figure in white clothes, with long ink-like hair casually scattered behind him and fluttering in the wind.

"Ayan" did not see Yan Qing's excitement and childishness as usual, so I went downstairs and stood behind Yan Qing, calling her in a soft voice.

She frowned slightly, as if my change made her a little uncomfortable, "Xixi, you..." But then her eyes were attracted by my clothes, "I told you to wear more, why are you so few?"

Reaching out to unbutton my overcoat, Yan Qing pressed the baby warmer in his pocket onto me, and for a moment I blushed a little from the heat.

"Ayan, that's enough, I'm not cold." I raised my hand to stop Yan Qing's movement, I stuffed my hand into Yan Qing's palm, instead of going to the playground, I led Yan Qing to the direction of Jingsi Lake go.

Jingsi Lake is in the northwest corner of A, and few people usually come to it, so when we arrived, the ground was white with no footprints, and everything between the sky and the earth except us was wrapped in white.

After walking to the edge of the lake and standing there for an unknown amount of time, the sky began to snow again. The snow was not heavy, but it soon turned our hair white.

Seeing this, Yan Qing took out an umbrella and lifted it over my head, softly "Go back, Xixi"

"Ayan" looked at the calm lake without a trace of waves, and then at Yan Qing who was covered in snow beside him. I raised my hand and took the umbrella over my head and put it away.

"Xixi" Seeing that I put away the umbrella, Yan Qing frowned, and his tone unconsciously increased, but in the end he looked at me and his tone of voice softened, "I'm going to catch a cold, shall we go back?"

Without responding to Yan Qing, I turned around with a smile, stretched out my hand to hook Yan Qing's neck, mustered up the courage to stand on tiptoe and kissed the corner of Yan Qing's lips, "Ayan, do you think we are like this...does it count?" Have you ever seen a white head?"

"Hee... Hee Hee" Yan Qing froze, his speech also became stammered, he wondered if he was frightened by me, "You...do you know that you can't kiss indiscriminately?"

"I know." Looking at Yan Qing, who was a little shy and serious, I frowned and responded with a smile, "So it's only for you."

"Then you can't..."

"It can't be helped, who made Ayan grow so tall?" I curled my lips, and I resumed my childish and soft tone, with my hands hooking Yan Qing's neck and unwilling to let go, "I can't even reach it"

"Are you still blaming me?" Yan Qing scraped the tip of my nose fondly, put his hand around my waist, and pursed his thin lips slightly as if hesitant.

"Ayan?"

The scene was quiet for a moment, and I wanted to raise my head in some puzzlement, but there was a cold and soft touch on my forehead. This feeling was too familiar, just like the reward Yan Qing gave after a model.

The feeling of touch was fleeting, and Yan Qing looked at me with too gentle eyes, which made me a little confused between dream and reality. "Ayan? Why all of a sudden..."

"Are you... happy?"

"What?" She doesn't think this can make me happy, does she?It really makes people... dumbfounded "Ayan, why do you ask that?"

"You would never call me like that today." Yan Qing stretched out his hand and scratched his head, his tone was a little uncertain, "It's just that you are too...too calm and too...gentle"

"Why can't I grow up? Ayan" I couldn't laugh or cry, but I still raised the corner of my mouth and asked, "I can't be a child forever, right?"

"Why not..." The voice stopped abruptly, as if feeling that something was wrong with what he said, Yan Qing thought about it and changed his words, "You don't need to grow up in front of me"

"Okay, so don't be annoyed by Ayan." With a wry smile, what identity do you use in front of you?A Yan.

I lowered my head to suppress the disappointment in my eyes, and when I raised my head again, I blinked at Yan Qing, took the initiative to release the hand hooking Yan Qing's neck, and pointed to the open space not far away, "Ayan, I want a big snowman "

"You~ okay, but after you pile it up, you have to go back obediently, do you hear me?"

"it is good"

Facing the snowflakes falling from the sky, a cute little snowman appeared in front of us. Although there was no decoration, it still relieved my stuffy heart.

When Yan Qing turned around, I trotted and jumped on Yan Qing's back, so scared that she quickly supported my leg socket, "What are you doing? It's very dangerous Xixi"

"I want Ayan's back" Rubbing Yan Qing's back, I acted like a baby softly.

"Oh, let's go, little ancestor"

On the way back, I leaned on Yan Qing's back and chuckled, looking at the snow-white hair on the two of us, I suddenly felt that it would be good if we could just keep walking like this.

After returning to the dormitory, I stood by the window and watched the back of Yan Qing leaving, my eyes softened unconsciously, full of love.

Ayan, I heard that walking with the person I like on a snowy day to the snow covered with white hair, the two of them can be together for life and death, and grow old together.

Ayan, I have already started to learn how to grow into what an adult should look like. How long do you want me to wait?

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There are still six chapters to end, thank you for watching and persevering!