I Like You
When Liu Chang'an woke up in the morning, the rain had probably been heavy overnight, and the uneven surfaces were filled with water. Zhou Dongdong, who had been beaten up several times, didn't dare to play in the puddles anymore, even though he thought it was fun to jump around. When Liu Chang'an got up, the rain had subsided a lot, as if the fine threads of a sugar figurine maker could be blown around and made into circles.
On rainy days, I could only search around under the eaves, tree bark, and leaves. I found some snails, put them in a glass bottle, and brought them into the carriage.
"It's good enough to have something to eat. Anyway, you don't need to try it. Speaking of which, there's an appetizer in the West called escargot baked in red wine. The way they make it doesn't taste quite right. Although there are many kinds of snails, only a few are actually edible. Large snails are especially suitable for making various dishes..."
After Liu Chang'an talked about how delicious snails are, he continued lecturing the coffin on "A General History of China," and today's topic was "Things of the Pamir Plateau."
After finishing his history lesson, Liu Chang'an went out with his big black umbrella. In fact, many people don't realize that when it rains, you can sense that the world is very different from usual. It's a kind of ethereal and mysterious feeling, as if another world has descended or space has overlapped.
Otherwise, why would so many movies involving time travel and world crossings feature scenes in the rain?
In some legends, rain is a sign that another world is opening its gates.
Liu Chang'an, holding an umbrella, arrived at South Virtue Middle School.
It wasn't the finals yet, but Liu Chang'an already wanted to watch An Nuan play. In this kind of inter-school competition, there wouldn't be any security checks that were difficult to overcome. As long as Liu Chang'an came, there was no way he wouldn't see An Nuan.
"May I come in?" Liu Chang'an asked the gatekeeper.
The gatekeeper glanced at Liu Chang'an and shook his head.
So Liu Chang'an climbed over the wall and got in.
Many people are unwilling to lend a helping hand, which is the rule, a sign of indifference, and not wrong.
There are no obstacles on campus; most schools are like this. Once you get past the security guard, you can wander around the school as you please.
Liu Chang'an arrived at the stadium and stood at the bottom of the steps waiting.
The Affiliated High School bus arrived at the gymnasium gate quickly. An Nuan got off the bus and saw Liu Chang'an, a tall and slender man, holding a large black umbrella and casually watching the water droplets dripping from the edge of the umbrella.
"WUWOWUWO... Today's stressful! Some family members came to watch!"
"She's a family member and also a coach!"
"Shh, if you call Coach Liu Chang'an, Coach Qiu will get furious!"
"Go quickly, go quickly, let's get some sweet talk and boost our morale."
"Ugh, you guys go first!"
An Nuan accompanied the other team members into the gymnasium, but lagged behind and didn't go in. She ran over to find Liu Chang'an.
Hearing footsteps, Liu Chang'an turned around with his umbrella and saw that An Nuan was actually wearing a skirt. Although she was still wearing flat sneakers, it seemed to give her a different kind of lively innocence with a touch of girlish sexiness compared to usual.
The air was humid, and the skirt didn't flutter.
"Why are you here?" An Nuan stood under Liu Chang'an's umbrella.
Liu Chang'an twirled the umbrella handle, sending raindrops flying in a swirling motion. "I can feel that thirty years is very short, and I can also feel that three days is very long. I miss you."
An Nuan stood with her hands behind her back, her cheeks slightly flushed. The cool air caressed her, and she realized that her skin seemed to have unconsciously warmed up.
She pursed her lips, but a slight smile still played at the corners.
"Do you talk to other people like that? Your words are getting sweeter and sweeter." An Nuan snorted.
"Yes, I applied honey, and you secretly tasted it?" Liu Chang'an looked at An'nan with surprise and a hint of regret. "I didn't even know."
"Ugh!" An Nuan bounced around and punched him, but weakly, her eyes blinking. "I have to ask you something. Are you really stupid or just pretending? I used to wear a black watch on my wrist, and people said it made my hands look whiter. Do you know what that meant?"
Liu Chang'an then thought about it carefully and nodded, "Confess?"
"Then what?"
"I confessed my feelings to you! I even gave you the Zhenwei Technique before!"
"You're still bringing that up!" An Nuan exclaimed incredulously. "You didn't actually take that as a formal confession, did you?"
Liu Chang'an nodded. Wasn't this obvious? What a slow-witted girl.
"Others... others confess their feelings..." An Nuan was both amused and annoyed. "Others confess their feelings with great seriousness, saying: 'I like you!' What about you? What about you? What about you?'"
"That's so cliché. I've read the entire Book of Book of Songs and seen so many 'I like you,' but not a single one."
"That was before, things are different now!" An Nuan pouted.
"Actually, I did say it, didn't you realize?" Liu Chang'an poked An Nuan's forehead. "How can you be so slow?"
"When?" An Nuan tilted her head to look at him, very puzzled. After thinking about it carefully, she realized that if he had really said it, she would definitely remember it!
"When I see you, my eyes are the kind of eyes that only show when I like you, my tone of voice is the kind of tone that only shows when I like you, even the frequency of my breathing is the kind of frequency that shows when I like you." Liu Chang'an shook his head helplessly and held An Nuan's soft hand. "But since you feel that you have to say it this way, then..."
An Nuan looked up at Liu Chang'an and realized that the actual confession made her even more nervous than that day.
"I like you."
"I like you."
"I like you."
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"I like you."
"Look into my eyes, listen to my tone, and come closer to my chest."
An Nuan's cheeks flushed red as she looked into Liu Chang'an's eyes, his voice echoing in her mind. She slowly leaned into his arms, resting her head on his chest and feeling his breathing.
It's all because I like you!
She was completely satisfied with everything. An Nuan leaned against Liu Chang'an's chest, holding his hand, her fingers digging into his, intertwining with his.
An Nuan was no longer the naive girl who had just discovered how sweet love could be. Ever since Liu Chang'an finally took the initiative, her heart had been warmed, as if some emotion had melted away, making her feel sweet. But ultimately, she would only feel truly at ease when the boy said those words himself.
"You really like me?" An Nuan's eyes slowly moved around in their sockets as she looked gently into Liu Chang'an's eyes.
"Um."
"But why?"
Liu Chang'an thought for a moment, "It's probably because your name is An Nuan."
"Ah?"
"There are a thousand reasons to dislike someone, but only one reason to like someone." Liu Chang'an couldn't help but laugh. "Silly girl, of course it's because after knowing you for so long, I've felt your cuteness, your personality, your long legs, your Little Waist, and your beautiful face."
"So if I'm ugly, you won't like me anymore?" An Nuan displayed the behavior of a girl in love whose intelligence has plummeted, characterized by first imagining an impossible condition and then getting angry.
"Of course!"
"You!" An Nuan looked incredulous, glaring angrily at Liu Chang'an. After staring at him for three seconds, she saw that he remained expressionless, but she laughed instead. "But I just happen to be exactly the kind of person you like."
"That's why I like you." Liu Chang'an laughed.
You meet someone you happen to like.
After finishing this chapter, I feel just right and don't want to write anything more. I feel that writing in this mood would be superfluous. I'm going to sleep now and will change my mindset tomorrow before writing a new chapter. So, there will only be four updates today. Five updates are indeed as rare as youth for me.