Chapter 177: Beyond the Dark Mountains, Flowers Bloom and Villages Appear ②
Before Huang Yan could run into the teaching building, Zhang Haiyang grabbed her arm. He took a breath and, before Huang Yan could react, pulled her towards the small sports field.
It was the time after morning self-study, and there was no one playing basketball on the small sports field yet. There were only a few people passing by. When they reached the small sports field, Huang Yan, who had snapped back to reality, furiously tried to shake off Zhang Haiyang’s hand. “Why did you drag me here? Let go! What do you want?!”
Zhang Haiyang released the hand holding Huang Yan’s arm, then looked at her with a slight smile. He raised his head and shouted towards the sky, “Huang Yan, I like you.”
His voice was so loud that passersby stopped to listen.
Huang Yan looked at Zhang Haiyang. He was smiling at her. She suddenly thought of Peng Yu Yang’s question and couldn’t help but ask, “What is it that you like about me?”
Zhang Haiyang placed his hands on Huang Yan’s shoulders. “I like you, simply because I like you. I like everything about you.”
Huang Yan lowered her head. “But I like someone else?”
“It doesn’t matter, I’ll make you forget about him and like me.” Zhang Haiyang extended his hand. “Huang Yan, don’t cry, be with me! I’ll treat you well.”
“If I’m with you, will you bully me like you did before?” Huang Yan, with tears streaming down her face, smiled and placed her hand in Zhang Haiyang’s. “Zhang Haiyang, this is my first love, don’t leave me with bad memories.”
“As you command!”
In this world, there is no fairness. If I like you, you don’t have to like me back. If such fairness truly existed, there wouldn’t be so many people dying or getting hurt for love. In this world, there aren’t that many people who love each other, so every relationship should be cherished.
Perhaps many people have been asked this question: in the future, will you choose the person you love or the person who loves you? Perhaps most people would say, “I’ll choose the person who loves me,” but some would still say, “I’ll choose the person I love.” No one can choose who to love or not to love. After going in circles, in the end, one has the right to choose whether or not to accept, and to choose what makes them happy.
Choosing someone who loves you, as long as you feel that choice is right, then you are happy. It’s the same for choosing someone you love.
At this moment, Huang Yan didn’t have so many profound thoughts. She only knew that when she was at her saddest, he had pulled her along for that run. During that run, amidst her surprise, she forgot. She forgot about the failed confession just now, she forgot about the suffocating sadness.
Therefore, she was willing to try to believe that the person who made her forget her sadness during that run might… perhaps be able to bring her a different kind of relationship.
“Then… Zhang Haiyang, from this moment on, you are my boyfriend, Huang Yan.” Huang Yan looked at Zhang Haiyang and said softly.
A smile bloomed on Zhang Haiyang’s face. In his elation, he reached out and hugged Huang Yan tightly. After taking a deep breath, he said softly, “Then… Huang Yan, from this moment on, you are my girlfriend, Zhang Haiyang.” He had never dated before, and his heart was beating extremely fast, pounding against his eardrums, *thump thump thump thump*, the sound was so loud it was almost painful, but at this moment, he was overjoyed, so he didn’t mind this pounding heart.
Huang Yan blushed slightly. This was… this was the first time in sixteen years that she had been this close to a boy!
Only after the bell for the first class rang did Zhang Haiyang snap out of his elation. He released her from his embrace, extended his hand, and was about to lead Huang Yan towards the teaching building. Huang Yan blushed slightly. “We can’t hold hands at school, it’s not good if the teachers see.”
Zhang Haiyang understood and withdrew his hand. “Then should we hand out candy in class?”
Handing out candy wasn’t a custom among adults, like wedding candy. Instead, if someone in the class was dating, they would buy a big bag of Alps candies for their classmates to eat. This had already become a rule in the school.
Although Huang Yan’s face was a little red and she was a bit shy, after adapting to their relationship a little, she spoke more comfortably. She smiled and nodded, “Of course we should!”
Dating, during junior high school, was still considered a novel thing. After all, not everyone could experience dating once during junior high school. Therefore… dating was also something to show off about.
“Then what should we buy?” Zhang Haiyang asked with a smile. “Alps is too common, how about we buy Dove?”
“Dove is too expensive!” Huang Yan frowned. “For the two of us to buy…”
“How can I let my wife pay for something like this!” Zhang Haiyang chuckled, taking advantage of the situation with his words. “Don’t worry, I’ll buy for all the classmates! I definitely won’t let you lose face, don’t worry.”
Huang Yan glared at Zhang Haiyang. “This isn’t about losing face! You can’t spend your allowance like this! If we save one yuan, we can go for a milk tea after school! If we get Alps instead of Dove, we’ll save a lot of money, enough for many days of milk tea.”
Zhang Haiyang smiled and scratched his head. “Okay, okay, I’ll listen to you. We’ll go buy candy tomorrow! We’ll buy whatever you say!”
Huang Yan smiled, and while chatting with Zhang Haiyang about what candy to buy, they walked towards the classroom.
After school in the afternoon, as usual, they walked out of the school gate together. But as soon as they exited, Huang Yan mysteriously greeted Nie Qiu, saying she had to leave early. Nie Qiu thought Peng Yu Yang would be leaving with Huang Yan, but then he saw Huang Yan enter the Mi Guo milk tea shop, where Zhang Haiyang was waiting not far from the school.
Nie Qiu was a little surprised. Peng Yu Yang’s buddies also started asking curiously. For boys, when walking around together, if a girl was missing, it always felt a bit less fun.
Peng Yu Yang looked at the milk tea shop without saying anything, but he felt a bit uncomfortable. Didn’t she just say she liked him? Why did she turn around and go for milk tea with another boy? He believed many people had experienced this sour grape mentality.
It’s the mentality that someone who likes you, even if you don’t like them, shouldn’t like someone else.
After Nie Qiu and Peng Yu Yang parted ways, she went to the rented warehouse and took out the vegetables from her space, arranging them neatly. She could now take out vegetables from her space with just a reach of her hand, without having to specifically go into the space to move them. All the vegetables appeared as if from thin air in her hands.
This made things much easier for her. What used to take her over half an hour to move out all the vegetables to be sold the next day now only took about ten minutes to prepare everything.
After finishing all this, Nie Qiu confidently locked the door, left the warehouse, and headed home.
