Rising like the sun

"Hello, Lin Zhiye, I'm the cute little girl at the window on the first floor of the cafeteria where the rice is poured and fried. They all say that I'm a flower in the cafeteria."

Lin Zhiye leaned on the sofa and read aloud slowly, holding a piece of paper with her slender fingers, and a lot of fragrant envelopes of different colors were scattered on her lap.

"You are on summer vacation, I am very sad. When I think that you will be in the third year of high school, I am even more sad. After school starts, I hope you can often pass by my window. My mother and I like you very much. If you stop to beg , I will double the toppings for your meal."

Meng Xing was sitting on the ground in front of him, playing games with a controller, and burst out laughing at the end.

"Yezi, ask her if she can also double the food for me."

Lin Zhiye opened another envelope, cleared his throat, "Ah, if you were the wind, I would be the kite, you let me fly..."

Meng Sheng let out another deafening laugh, "Poetry is boring, change it."

"Yo, there's a story here." Lin Zhiye frowned slightly, "Ye, that day you called me to the top floor of the haunted laboratory building, and I said I was afraid of ghosts, but you gave me a wicked smile and said I should be afraid." You're right. Then you pull out the..."

"What did you take out?"

"See for yourself."

Meng Sheng stretched his arms back, took the love letter with a confused face, and opened his mouth wider as he watched, "Take out a penis that is 20 centimeters long? It's as thick as a child's arm? How can you be so big... I rely on , are you so obscene... I'll go, it can still be like this, it will kill people? No wonder it's anonymous, this is too exaggerated. The top floor of the laboratory building, right? Let's try it when school starts."

Lin Zhiye stepped on his back, exerted force like pedaling a bicycle, opened another envelope, and slowly put it away after reading the contents inside.

"Why don't you read it?"

Lin Zhiye smiled and said nothing.

Meng Sheng turned his head, "The boy wrote it, right? Zhao Ritian? No, isn't he in the United States..."

Lin Zhiye remained silent, hiding the letter behind her back.Meng Sheng became interested, and got up from the ground to grab it, but he still snatched it after flipping and tugging.

The handwriting on the envelope is delicate, and it says "Received by Lin Zhiye".The letter paper is very beautiful, but there is only one sentence: Can I buy you a cup of coffee when you are free someday?

The signature is Li Qing.

Meng Xing couldn't tell what it was like, but he felt a little inexplicably happy for her, even though the person she confessed to was her boyfriend...

"What are you going to do?"

Lin Zhiye rested his head on the back of the sofa and looked at the ceiling with a troubled expression on his face. After a while, he said, "How could it be possible for her to invite me...I'll invite her."

"Are you going to ask someone out? They will confess to you, can you expect that?"

"Ah."

"What are you going to say?"

"Yeah, what should I say..." Lin Zhiye thought in confusion, and called Li Xin.He had said a long time ago that if he received a love letter from his sister, he must tell him.

"Yezi?" Li Xin seemed to be in a shopping mall, with a slightly noisy background, and Li Yu was beside him saying something, "I want the mango flavor."

"Uh..." Lin Zhiye hesitated how to speak, as if he had burped for a long time.

Li Xin smiled and said, "Have you eaten too much?"

"I received a letter from Li Qing, she said she would buy me coffee."

"Wait a minute, I'll find a place with few people." Then, Li Xin said to Li Yu, "Lollipop, sit still and don't move."

The other end of the phone gradually quieted down, and Li Xin's voice came clearly, with a somewhat empty echo, as if he was coming from the safe exit.

"Then, then you can have a cup of coffee with her."

"What should I say?"

"Anything is fine," Li Xin choked up, "I remember, it was the third year of junior high school. You came to my house for the first time to play. She said brother, your classmate is so handsome. I said if you like it, I can help you." You tell him. And she said, she said—"

Li Xin sniffed, and continued after a few seconds, with a trembling voice, "She said, how can I be worthy of others? Later, I often thought, if one day, you would find out What a love letter she wrote."

"What do you want me to tell her?"

"Anything is fine, really," Li Xin became nagging suddenly, as if she had aged several decades, "You can chat with her casually, like talking about food, customs and customs from all over the world, Celebrity gossip, or talk about how you and Meng Sheng met...it doesn't matter how it turns out, I think she thinks the same way."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Zhiye looked at Meng Sheng who had been looking at him, "I... give her a call."

"Can you let me listen to it?" Meng Jiewei was tangled, "I don't talk, just listen."

Lin Zhiye hesitated, opened and closed the address book, repeated several times before calling out Li Qing's number.

While waiting for the connection, Lin Zhiye switched on the speakerphone, and looked at each other with Meng Sheng, feeling that this scene was very strange.

"Hello?" Li Qing's gentle voice came.

"It's me, I'm Lin Zhiye."

"Ok, I know."

"Where do you... want to go for coffee? I invite you."

Li Qing was silent for a few seconds, "I haven't thought about this question yet, I didn't expect you to call me."

Lin Zhiye and Li Qing met at a coffee shop in the shopping mall.It was also here when the "mutual aid learning group" discussed how to fish, enforce laws and catch perverts.

After getting Lin Zhiye's permission, Meng Sheng followed, but he didn't expect to meet Li Yu and Li Xin who had been ambushing in the corner for a long time.Li Yu's expression was filled with inexplicable excitement and nervousness, as if he was about to rob the store, Li Xin still looked indifferent.

Meng Xing sat down at the table, and after learning that it was Li Yu who encouraged Li Qing to confess to Lin Zhiye, he couldn't help but blame him, "Brother Yu, you know Ye Zi and me... What are you encouraging him to do?"

"You don't understand. It doesn't matter what the result is. My sister-in-law has already won."

"Who did she win?"

"Herself."

Meng Sheng was silent.Yes, the girl who always bowed her head and smiled shyly finally took this step.

Lin Zhiye sat alone near the window, looking at a book he randomly selected from the bookshelf, thinking about what to say.After politely rejecting the approach of three girls, Li Qing finally came.She was not late, but Lin Zhiye came too early.

She was wearing a knee-length floral skirt, which made her tall and elegant, and her hair was scattered over her shoulders instead of the usual ponytail.Lin Zhiye felt a little familiar. This dress seemed to be worn by Li Yu as well, and she posted photos in the "Mutual Aid Study Group".

So, is this dress hers or Li Yu's... It turns out that there is really a pure friendship between a man and a woman, and can they share dresses?Lin Zhiye admired Li Yulai sincerely.

Lin Zhiye waved her hand, Li Qing walked over quickly, sat down opposite him, then lowered her eyes, not daring to face him.

Lin Zhiye smiled slightly, "What would you like to drink?"

The other three people who were hiding far away in a corner of the store lowered their heads guiltily, even though most of them were already blocked by decorations and green plants.

"Will this be a little perverted?" Meng Xing whispered.

"Then what are you doing here?" Li Yu retorted.

"I... I don't know, what are you doing here?"

"I'm on a date with Teacher Li, let's take a look."

Like a sniper looking for an angle to shoot, Meng Sheng changed the height of his head, and finally found a gap where he could see the silhouettes of Lin Zhiye and Li Qing at the same time, but unfortunately he couldn't hear what they were saying.

Li Yu and Li Xin also found a viewing angle suitable for their respective heights. The three of them looked like realistic group sculptures.

Lin Zhiye chatted awkwardly about the weather, while Li Qing lowered her head and remained silent, rubbing her fingertips on the coffee cup as if she was about to wash the cup.She who never wears makeup, put on a light makeup for the first time - lipstick.

Both the passers-by passing by the window and the customers sitting near them were puzzled. What kind of girl would keep silent in the face of such a peerless handsome guy?

Finally, Li Qing plucked up the courage to look at Lin Zhiye, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "I, I don't remember what I want to say at all..."

"It's okay, you can think about it slowly."

Li Qing relaxed a little, forced a smile on her pale red lips, "I might be the first... among all the girls in the school to fall in love with you."

After speaking, her face quickly turned red, even her neck was red.

Lin Zhiye also smiled, "I can probably feel it."

"Actually, I didn't expect anything, I just wanted to let you know." Li Qing's voice became smaller and smaller, as if she lost the signal, "There are so many girls who are prettier than me and have better personalities than me. I don't like it, besides, I..."

In the end, Lin Zhiye couldn't hear what she was saying clearly, so he couldn't help but say, "You can speak a little louder."

Li Qing slightly raised the volume, "Besides, I... you know, it's my business."

"That's nothing."

Li Qing stared at Lin Zhiye, her eyes slowly turned red.

"If I like girls, I will definitely choose you, really."

Li Qing raised her delicate eyebrows in surprise, reacted for a few seconds, then covered her lips slightly, "Huh?"

"Do you remember that last year, around September, I was beaten up by Meng Sheng." Recalling the days when they just met, Lin Zhiye couldn't help showing a sweet smile.

"Well, when my brother found out, he almost got into a fight with him."

"Later, he and I slowly walked together." Lin Zhiye thought, although there were twists and turns, we still walked together.

Li Qing lowered her head again, not knowing what she was thinking.When she lifted it up again, her face was full of joy, "Is what you just said true?"

"Me and Meng province? We are real."

"No, you said, if you like girls, you will choose me."

Actually, Lin Zhiye had never considered this question, but he still nodded, "It's true."

"Don't you care about my affairs?" Li Qing's eyes were wide open, as if she was afraid that Lin Zhiye would make a mistake, she asked word by word.

"I don't care." Lin Zhiye said casually while sipping his coffee.

Meng Xing, who was in the corner, moved his stiff neck and watched Li Qing lower her head, covering her face and crying.

"It's over, it's over, your sister-in-law is crying, she must be hurt."

Li Yu squinted his eyes, looked at Li Qing's shrugging shoulders, and at Li Xin who had a serious expression, and couldn't help but panic, "What should I do, I'm responsible for this..."

Li Qing cried for a long time and used up a whole pack of tissues before she calmed down slowly, wiped the tip of her red nose, and smiled embarrassedly.

She won't cry anymore, Lin Zhiye thought, this time, she probably shed all the tears in the future.

This girl has heard countless words of regret, and every relative will add the sentence "this life has been ruined" when talking about her.Why?No one can easily judge another's life.

"Some people go smoothly all their lives and get what they want, but they won't become 1.2 people just because of it." Lin Zhiye smiled, his eyes were shining like stars, very bright, "Some people are not so lucky, I stumbled and got hurt a little, but I won’t become 0.8 people because of it.”

Li Qing stared at him blankly.

Lin Zhiye tore off the wristband on her right wrist, stretched it out in front of Li Qing, and showed her the hideous scar, "What happened will never disappear, and it is impossible to forget it. But how to face it, It's our business."

Li Qing sobbed softly again, but her eyes were shining softly and joyfully.

Seeing Lin Zhiye fetching a tissue from afar, Meng Xing said to Li Yu, "It's over, it's over, your sister-in-law is crying again."

Li Yu glanced at Li Xin uneasily, and leaned into Meng Sheng's ear, "I will be dealt with badly now, I thought it was a kind of psychological construction."

Li Qing gently rubbed her eyes with the back of her fingers, "What does it feel like to be in love, is it beautiful?"

Lin Zhiye replied with a positive expression: "It's very beautiful."

"What if I accidentally meet a scumbag?"

"A scumbag? No scumbag can pass your brother's level." Lin Zhiye drank the coffee in his cup and looked at her with a smile.

"My brother...he is only 1 minute older than me, and he has endured a lot more than me." The corners of Li Qing's mouth trembled, and she almost cried again.

In order to divert her attention, Lin Zhiye ordered 2 servings of ice cream, and chatted with her about school gossip while eating.Li Qing asked suddenly: "I'm curious, why didn't you like my brother? He's so outstanding."

Lin Zhiye imagined the scene of himself falling in love with Li Xin, it was really a catastrophe, "If the two of us get together, I'm afraid he will be tortured to become straight. Besides, I can't help it." Become best friends with you... imagine me in a skirt, and you may never like me again."

Li Qing froze for a moment, then burst out laughing with an unprecedented joy.

"I'll tell you something, don't tell others," Lin Zhiye met her surprised gaze, "I fought for you."

Li Qing's eyes lit up suddenly, "Really? With whom, because of what?"

"Don't worry about it, you just need to remember that I fought for you." Lin Zhiye was embarrassed to say that the other party was Li Yu's green tea ex-girlfriend Zhang Xiaoxiao.

"Thank you, I think... I could live with this for years." She smiled, popping a large scoop of ice cream into her mouth.

Meng Sheng in the corner heaved a sigh of relief, "She ate the ice cream and immediately felt happy. Is ice cream so magical?"

Li Yu also gently stroked his chest, "It's okay, it's okay, the result doesn't seem too bad."

After eating the ice cream, Li Qing left, walking lightly like a deer, even ran and jumped a few steps after going out, the hem of the floral skirt fluttered lightly.

Once in and out of the cafe, nothing has changed, but everything seems to have changed.

Meng Sheng was the first to rush to Lin Zhiye, grabbed his portion of ice cream and started eating, "What did you say?"

Li Yu also rushed over, with a gossiping face like a tabloid reporter, and Li Xin followed closely behind, also with unconcealed curiosity.

Lin Zhiye shrugged, "Don't inquire, we agreed that the conversation will be kept confidential."