Chapter 236: Share Hardships ①
“Heh heh, I didn’t realize it until you said it. Now that I think about it, it really is.” Zhang Haiyang jumped down from the short orange tree, dragging the sugarcane and with oranges in his pocket, he walked towards Li Kai. “Hey, I’m talking to you. When we brothers play, you’re the one who comes up with most of the ideas. I thought you were like those ‘men who turn into idiots when they meet love’ that they talk about online when you were chasing Nie Qiu! I didn’t expect you to be the same as before!”
Li Kai’s hands paused for a moment, then he continued fiddling. “What’s wrong with how I chase Nie Qiu?”
“Ma Xin said that last time we went to Peng Yu Yang’s restaurant to eat, they said they didn’t want to be friends with two idiots like us.” Zhang Haiyang started to peel the leaves off the sugarcane. “But what can we do! Peng Yu Yang is too detestable. He likes Nie Qiu and also wants Huang Yan. Huang Yan is my…”
Li Kai didn’t say anything. His mindset at the time was similar to Zhang Haiyang’s. Thinking back now, if he were an outsider, he would definitely think it was so pathetic! He sighed. What could he do? It seemed like as long as Nie Qiu smiled at him, his mind would go blank, with a thousand thoughts racing through his head, yet it felt like he wasn’t thinking of anything at all.
Is this what liking someone feels like? The feeling of falling in love with someone?
Thinking this, he felt a sense of relief. It was Nie Qiu! How could he not like her? That confident and radiant demeanor, Nie Qiu’s nature of being unable to help but help others even when pretending to be cold. He thought of Bai Ya, he thought of Peng Yu Yang. Weren’t both of them unable to persevere, unable to study before? But Nie Qiu still had her own ways of guiding them, without holding grudges.
Sometimes he would think, if Nie Qiu had really held onto past grievances, they would definitely not be together in this lifetime. So he was even grateful, grateful that Nie Qiu didn’t hold grudges, grateful that Nie Qiu could be with him.
The road by the lake was all dirt, but because people from the countryside often walked on it, it was quite firm, and walking on such a road was the same as walking on flat ground in the city. However, because it was dark, Nie Qiu and Huang Yan walked very cautiously.
As soon as Zhang Haiyang heard the sound, he dragged the things in his hands into the sugarcane grove, then wiped his hands on his clothes and hid with Li Kai.
As Huang Yan and Nie Qiu reached the small path in front of the sugarcane field, they saw piles and piles of flowers. The most abundant were hibiscus petals, and in the center, words were arranged with other flowers. Their eyes, adapted to the darkness, could clearly see what was written.
Li Kai loves Nie Qiu, Zhang Haiyang loves Huang Yan. The word ‘LOVE’ was spelled out using English letters. What was even more shocking was that the area surrounding this patch of flowers was a curtain made of some kind of vine, which was exceptionally beautiful.
Two mobile phones were hanging above, with their flashlights on, making the flower petals appear even more dreamy and beautiful.
Huang Yan was stunned. Looking at the ground covered with unknown flowers and petals, she covered her mouth, and tears began to fall. Huang Yan was moved. Nie Qiu, on the other hand, was amused and exasperated. These petals were arranged in a pair, with their names in the middle. If these were attached to a sign, from a distance, it would look like a wreath. If it weren’t for the surrounding vines decorating it, making it look less like a wreath, Nie Qiu would have cursed them out.
However, she also knew that this was the intention of those two boys. She chuckled and shook her head, her heart softening.
Zhang Haiyang and Li Kai exchanged a look and walked out of the sugarcane grove, both heading towards their girlfriends.
Huang Yan immediately threw herself into Zhang Haiyang’s arms, punched his chest hard, and buried her face in his embrace, crying. “Okay! I… *sob sob*… I forgive you.” The scene that appeared in novels was happening to her, real and true, making her both excited and thrilled.
Li Kai stopped in front of Nie Qiu. Nie Qiu smiled slightly, stood on her tiptoes, and gently leaned closer to Li Kai. She didn’t close her eyes, but stared intently at Li Kai. As expected, Li Kai’s face gradually turned red, redder and redder. Seeing Li Kai slowly close his eyes, Nie Qiu smiled slightly and gently pressed her lips against his.
Li Kai captured Nie Qiu’s lips and gently sucked, carefully extending his tongue, inexperienced yet direct. Nie Qiu smiled inwardly and slightly opened her mouth. Then, she endured Li Kai’s kiss, which was like a storm.
Li Kai felt like he was going crazy. Yes, from the moment his lips touched Nie Qiu’s, he felt a string snap in his head. Soft, sweet, those lips, he kept sucking, so soft, kept kissing and biting, so sweet.
After crying, Huang Yan pulled back slightly and saw the two of them kissing passionately not far away. She instantly blushed with embarrassment. Zhang Haiyang was also quite embarrassed. He hadn’t expected… he hadn’t expected Li Kai to be like this… He shook his head and smiled, then took Huang Yan’s hand and walked to the other side. He placed the clothes Huang Yan was holding on the ground, letting Huang Yan sit down. He then took out a few oranges from the ground inside and said with a smile, “Eat an orange first, I’ll go wash the sugarcane.”
“Oh.” Huang Yan absentmindedly took the orange Zhang Haiyang handed her, secretly glanced at Li Kai and the others, then turned her head away, but couldn’t help but look again.
Zhang Haiyang smiled, stood up, leaned down and kissed Huang Yan’s forehead, then ran towards the lake with two stalks of sugarcane. Huang Yan snapped back to reality and shouted loudly, “Zhang Haiyang, you’ve eaten the courage of a… a leopard…” Before she could finish shouting, she realized her voice was a bit too loud. As expected, when she looked at Nie Qiu and Li Kai again, they had already separated.
Nie Qiu’s face was burning. She had actually put on a show with Li Kai in front of Huang Yan, a minor! Thinking this, Nie Qiu felt incredibly ashamed. To think she was… still a professor! But she forgot that she was also just a sixteen-year-old girl at the moment.
Li Kai felt more excited than ever, his heart pounding, breathing heavily. Looking at Nie Qiu, her breathing had already evened out.
Nie Qiu shyly raised her eyes to look at Li Kai, knowing that it was her first kiss. They had kissed before, but it was always lip-to-lip. This was their first real deep kiss, but Li Kai had little experience, only taking and not knowing how to breathe, becoming somewhat breathless. Nie Qiu couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh.
Seeing Nie Qiu laugh, Li Kai, who had also caught his breath, couldn’t help but laugh too. He felt a discomfort in his lower body, knowing what it meant, but he didn’t want Nie Qiu to find out. He quickly grabbed the jacket Nie Qiu had given him, put it on, straightened the jacket, and covered his lower body.
