Chapter 8: The Birthday Party Confession Incident (Part 1)

  If it is said that blood flows in the human body every day, running 6,894 kilometers, sixty years equivalent to circling the earth three hundred and seventy-five laps, then what is faster than this in Municipal No. 1 Middle School? Naturally, it's those shocking messages that spread like wildfire.

  Su Can had a crush on Chen Lingshan, Su Can had a crush on Chen Lingshan, Su Can will definitely confess in high school, Su Can will soon confess, Su Can is about to confess to Chen Lingshan. The evolution of these words always catches people off guard, and even the future compiler of those robot novels, Michael Bay, would be dazzled.

  So Su Can became a girl who was envious of Chen Lingxuan, the school flower, in just a few days, and might even be considering writing a love letter or making a surprise confession behind her back.

  These rumors that deceive people's hearts and confuse the masses have even made Xue Yi Yang occasionally look at Su Can with a half-disdainful expression, as if wanting to see through the inner heart of this dead party who grew up together since childhood, and can't wait to open his brain with a hammer like cracking walnuts, revealing everything inside.

  Chen Lingshan, however, seemed to know nothing, unmoved, still laughing and joking with a group of friends during class breaks, there were still boys from neighboring classes who would suddenly blush when walking past her, and she would also chat and laugh with Xue Yiyang and Su Can, occasionally teasing Su Can with a smile, the atmosphere was joyful and carefree, life and study proceeded in harmony, like an egg white and yolk wrapped in a solid shell, without revealing anything.

  Interestingly, no matter how much the outside world exaggerated Su Can and Chen Ling's affair, even when everyone gathered together to listen to Xue Yi Yang's nonsense after class, with Li Ai and Zhang Xi laughing in the back, nobody broke through this thin layer of paper.

  Everything is like a bag of microwave popcorn, constantly expanding and expanding, but no one knows which day the paper bag will burst.

  It wasn't until one day in physics class that Xue Yiyang suddenly turned his head to look at Su Can and said, "When do you plan on pursuing Chen Lingshu?"

  He was speaking when the physics teacher was calculating the ratio of the falling time of two objects with the same mass from the Earth and the Moon using gravitational acceleration, Su Can felt that Xue Yiyang's brain rotation angle at this moment was as illusory as planetary motion.

  "Chasing... Chen Lingshan?" After rebirth, he had been quietly making an effort to improve himself, even when he met Chen Lingshan again, in his heart, it was just a nostalgia for the past. This feeling was very strange, everything he experienced in his previous life seemed unreal, while the environment he was living in now was the real life. The future held no significance because it had not happened yet. The true meaning lay in the fact that now was a brand new beginning, and he had the right to make brand new choices.

  "Less came!" Xue Yi Yang chuckled and patted Su Can's shoulder, "You entered No. 1 Middle School, wasn't it all for her? Could it be that you're here for me instead?! In the past, I underestimated you a bit, but now I roughly see your true worth, go for it! I'm rooting for you! If there's anything you need help with, I'd even be willing to pretend to rob someone halfway!"

  "You've watched too many Hong Kong movies, right?" Su Can said with a wry smile.

  Things got a bit awkward afterwards, such as during the second period's big break when everyone was walking on the playground, some girls from other classes would warmly approach Chen Lingshan and then casually point at Su Can who was walking not far away with Xue Yiyang, "Wow! That's your family's Su Can!"

  Or basking in the sun on the balcony, Chen Lingshan's friends suddenly collectively "Oh, I haven't copied my test questions yet! Let's go back for a bit" and all leave Chen Lingshan's side. Xue Yiyang, who was with Su Can, also winked at him, "I suddenly want to go to the WC, take a piss, and coincidentally go to the toilet to smoke a cigarette!"

  Then the big troops walked away cleanly, leaving only Chen Lingxuan with a stunned face, facing Su Can with an expression that was almost as strange as hers.

  The worst thing is that the teacher still poked his head out of the door and said, "I won't disturb your little world of two!"

  Then the quiet became even quieter, Chen Lingshan lowered her head, lightly touching a fallen ceiling tile on the ground with her toes, and the sunlight scattered on her back, Su Can's face, casting a patch of light.

  At this time, Soo-chan, who didn't know what to say, finally couldn't help but curve his mouth into a smile, "They...are really boring."

  Su Can knew that with Xue Yi Yang's neighborhood broadcast, his own absurd event of entering No. 1 Middle School because of Chen Ling Shan would definitely be spread by him, but he never thought that the current situation would become so exaggerated, with a tendency to get more and more intense.

  Actually, Chen Lingshan couldn't quite put into words what kind of feeling Su Can was to her. The emotions from first love are always beautiful, everyone has similar feelings, but they will be crushed by the intense life that follows, and the painful cost of growing up will bury them before they can be savored.

  However, on a certain day, at a familiar street corner, when an event deeply hidden in memory coincides with the present, that momentary surge always makes one's heart ache uncontrollably.

  Xiao Yunyun's birthday was on Sunday, and the afternoon gathering was at a nicely decorated Chinese restaurant that served stewed dishes, which fit Xiao Yunyun's style as a refined lady.

  Old mother asked clearly, Su Can's birthday party was actually Xiao Yunyun's, and there were some unexpected things. After all, when Xiao Yunyun's family strongly opposed their daughter's association with Su Can, everyone saw it but didn't say anything.

  Su Can went to her uncle Zeng Zhao Ding's gift shop and picked out a Disney plush toy. At that time, Disney products were already very expensive, and in the entire city of Xia Hai, only her uncle's boutique store had grasped the fashionable atmosphere, and they had stocked up on them. Su Can bought it at cost, but even a Teddy bear less than 20 centimeters tall cost nearly two hundred yuan.

  It's still early in the morning, Su Can reviewed some key points of knowledge for this week and then left home quietly to head to the restaurant where they had agreed to meet.

  Xia Hai is a small town, especially before it was awarded the title of tourist city, the main urban area has not been expanded, and it doesn't take much time to walk from one place to another. Moreover, having gotten used to life in big cities, not every neighborhood has direct bus service, often walking a distance equivalent to three or four neighborhoods in Xia Hai, so Su Can didn't think it was far.

  But I didn't expect that in this small city, the social circle is also small.

  At the corner of a small pedestrian street, Su Can stood still, believing that he had seen an acquaintance in his field of vision at this moment.

  Chen Lingshan wore a beautiful Bohemian-style pleated skirt on this weekend afternoon, her hair not tied back like it was at school, but instead hanging down to her shoulders, with a small flower-shaped barrette clipped to the front of her forehead, wearing black tights and loafers, looking as if she were going to some kind of party.

  And next to her, there is a boy with a gray hood, white sneakers, and a bright and handsome face, the type that most girls like. The two of them are like a golden boy and jade girl, standing out especially in this neighborhood.

  Chen Lingshan seemed to have mentioned something exciting, and as soon as she came out of the clothing store, she pulled the man's wrist into a jewelry gift shop. Before long, the two were carrying big bags and small bags, and they hailed a taxi at the street corner and left.

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