Chapter 233: Let Me Tell You Quietly ②
Standing in the middle, facing Nie Qiu, he sang with a smile, “For some reason, I just like you, and I’ve fallen deeply in love with you.
No reason, no rhyme.
For some reason, I just like you, and I’ve fallen deeply in love with you.
From the day I first saw you.
Do you know I’m waiting for you?
If you really cared about me,
How could you let endless nights accompany me through?
Do you know I’m waiting for you?
If you really cared about me,
How could you let my hand holding flowers tremble in the wind?
For some reason, I just like you, and I’ve fallen deeply in love with you…” This song was sung by a singer named Zhang Hongliang 《Do you know I’m waiting for you? 》, it was a pop song from that era, and it was indeed a song that Nie Qiu really liked.
As he sang, the red flames of the bonfire leaped, as if dancing along. It wasn’t a popular song of the era, but under the firelight, it was as if Li Kai was illuminated by a natural spotlight. Li Kai wasn’t unattractive to begin with, and his attire and grooming were even better. Even though they knew Li Kai and Nie Qiu were together, the girls who heard the song were still flushed with excitement, their voices hoarse from shouting, due to excitement and immense happiness.
Nie Qiu, sitting on a small folding stool, watched Li Kai singing in the center. She knew this song hadn’t been popular for a long time; among fifteen or sixteen-year-old students, less than ten percent had heard of it. Li Kai must have specifically listened to it and sought out songs from that time. Nie Qiu felt a flutter in her heart, and a softness suddenly welled up from the depths of her soul. If she had accepted Li Kai before because this liking was the most youthful and pure, then what was this new softness called? Was it being moved or a heartbeat?
After finishing the song, Li Kai smiled at Nie Qiu with great happiness. That smile, unlike the mature Yang Zihao, was youthful and sunny. It truly was a smile that could captivate a hundred charms, causing another wave of softness to surge from the depths of Nie Qiu’s heart. It was as if all the poems about youth, purity, and beauty she had ever possessed had returned to her side. Such beauty made one want time to stop, or rather, to want this time to last longer, much longer, much, much longer. Don’t grow up, don’t grow up, just stay here, forever here.
Of course, after this song, how could the male classmates in the class let Li Kai and Nie Qiu off the hook? Li Kai was already taken, yet he was still so popular with the girls. How could the boys stand it? Even Zhang Haiyang and Luo Xu, who had girlfriends, were displeased. Yes, everyone has that kind of vanity; even with a girlfriend, they still want the girls’ gazes to be fixed on them.
The boys immediately started to heckle, whistling and clapping, egging him on, “Li Kai! Kiss Nie Qiu! Kiss her, kiss her! Kiss her!”
Hearing the words of his classmates, Li Kai’s face turned red. Although he had planned for this before singing, at this moment, he couldn’t help but feel his face burn. He looked at Nie Qiu and saw her stand up from her small folding stool and slowly walk towards him.
The firelight leaped, casting a red glow on the face of the person before him. He reached out dazedly, touching Nie Qiu’s cheek, feeling the same warmth as his own cheek. “Nie Qiu, can I kiss you?”
“Yes! Yes! Willing! Willing!” Before Nie Qiu could answer, the boys in the class immediately started to heckle and scream, each one incredibly excited, as if they had been injected with adrenaline.
The girls in the class were envious and curious, staring intently at Li Kai and Nie Qiu standing in the center. Although they didn’t heckle like the boys, they had shyness and curiosity. Many girls were like this; having read many novels and watched many TV series, they couldn’t help but have fantasies about love.
Nie Qiu glared at the few boys who were heckling the most, then looked at Li Kai and beckoned him over. Li Kai was a little confused, thinking Nie Qiu wanted to whisper something to him, and quickly leaned closer to Nie Qiu.
Nie Qiu stood on tiptoe and lightly kissed Li Kai’s cheek, then turned and returned to her seat.
“Tsk…”
“Ew…”
Seeing Nie Qiu’s action, the classmates were extremely disappointed, with a chorus of “boos.” But Li Kai felt exceptionally satisfied. To have touched Nie Qiu’s lips again the day after they confirmed their relationship, even if it was just a kiss on the cheek, was enough to make Li Kai’s heart race for a long time. He smiled, casually tossed his pencil case to someone, picked up a stick, looked at the ground, and started drumming.
The person who had been drumming before shouted loudly when it was almost in Nie Qiu’s hand, “Stop!”
Li Kai stopped drumming on the ground, and the pencil case that was in Nie Qiu’s hand was immediately passed to Zhang Haiyang, who was sitting to Nie Qiu’s right.
The person who shouted “stop” was taken aback, not expecting Nie Qiu’s hands to be so quick. Seeing the person’s stunned reaction, Nie Qiu looked a little smug. They thought they could prank her? Not a chance.
Zhang Haiyang, taking a cue from Li Kai, also started singing love songs. However, Zhang Haiyang was the type who was physically well-developed, meaning he was good at singing and dancing, but his pitch was not very good. Even without accompaniment, he would still sing off-key.
Singing love songs? Let alone others, even Huang Yan couldn’t stand it. “Zhang Haiyang, stop singing. How about you dance instead?”
Zhang Haiyang knew his own shortcomings, but thinking of Nie Qiu kissing Li Kai, he smiled and said, “Then let me kiss you, and I’ll dance for you.”
In front of everyone, all forty-odd students in the class, Huang Yan’s face instantly turned red. She chided, “Whatever you want, dance if you want to.”
But the classmates wouldn’t have it, insisting that Huang Yan agree to let Zhang Haiyang dance to liven things up. Huang Yan couldn’t refuse her classmates and nodded at Zhang Haiyang.
Without a word, Zhang Haiyang started dancing his newly learned street dance, blending street dance with ghost steps. Since everyone was trying to conserve their phone battery, no one took out their phones to play. Zhang Haiyang was the same; he danced without accompaniment, meaning Zhang Haiyang had the boys clap their hands to keep the rhythm.
After one dance, he was panting. The night wind was getting cool, and the firewood had been added several times. The wood bought from the villagers was running out, and it would definitely be cold at night. Zhang Haiyang stepped forward and took Huang Yan’s hand, having Huang Yan take Nie Qiu’s hand, Nie Qiu take Li Kai’s hand, and Li Kai take Luo Xu’s hand. Then, one by one, the classmates stood up, surrounding the burning bonfire, following the previous rhythm, running and jumping.
The firelight leaped, like the most dazzling youth. Although everyone loses something and everyone grows up, for everyone, youth is the most beautiful memory, the most romantic memory. And what this night brought them was friendship and love. Everything, they might not understand, they might not be clear about, but what they knew was that at this moment, they were happy, they were joyful, they were excited. Nothing was more beautiful than happiness.
Huang Yan began to hum a song sung at minority bonfire parties. Everyone spun in circles, the firelight gradually dimmed, but it wasn’t cold anymore.
Author’s note: How was it? I also wrote ten thousand words today, shouldn’t I get a reward? Haha~
