That Nameless Summer Chapter 23

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Ling Qingye glanced sideways at him, and met the light in his eyes, which seemed to be filled with starlight.The corners of his mouth seemed to rise slightly, so quickly that it seemed like an illusion.”When the matter is over,” he paused, as if he was considering his words, “I’ll treat you and Xu Jiangyou to dinner.”

“Okay.” Song Li agreed immediately, his eyes brightening even more, “Xu Jiangyou must be happy, she has long been talking about eating the newly opened hot pot at the entrance of the alley.”

While talking, he had already arrived at the door of Song Li’s house.Xu Jiangyou was lying on the window sill and looking out. When he saw the two people walking side by side, he immediately waved to them with a smile on his face.

“Then I’m going in.” Song Li stopped and threw the finished ice cream stick into the trash can next to him, “Thank you for the ice cream.”

“You’re welcome.” Ling Qingye also stopped and looked at him, “If you have nothing to do tomorrow, can we go to the library together?”

Song Li was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously: “How many o’clock?”

“Nine o’clock.” Ling Qingye said, “I’ll wait for you at the alley.”

“Yeah.” Song Li responded, turned around and ran into the corridor.He ran to the window on the second floor, but couldn’t help but lift a corner of the curtain and look down. Ling Qingye was still standing downstairs, looking up in his direction.

The moment their eyes met, both of them were stunned, then looked at each other and smiled.

Ling Qingye watched Song Li’s figure disappear behind the window before turning and leaving.The documents in my hand didn’t seem so heavy anymore, and the sweetness of the ice cream seemed to still linger on my fingertips, like a silent comfort.

When he got home, Xu Jiangyou immediately came up to him and asked with a gossipy face: “Brother, what’s going on between you and Ling Qingye? We were chatting downstairs for so long just now.”

Song Li’s ears turned slightly red and he avoided her gaze: “It’s nothing, I just said a few words.”

“Tch, no one believes it.” Xu Jiangyou pouted, “I’ve seen it all, and the way he looks at you is different.”

Song Li didn’t refute, just picked up the exercise book on the table and pretended to read it seriously.But my heart was beating like a little rabbit.He remembered Ling Qingye’s smile just now and his words “Let’s go to the library together”, and he couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

The next morning, the sun was exceptionally bright.Song Li got up early and when he walked to the alley, Ling Qingye was already waiting for him under the locust tree, holding two exercise books and a cup of hot soy milk in his hands.

“Morning.” Ling Qingye handed him the soy milk, “I just bought it, it’s sweet.”

“Morning.” Song Li took the soy milk and touched the warm body of the cup with his fingertips, feeling warm in his heart.

The two walked side by side to the library. On the way, they met a few old people doing morning exercises and greeted them with a smile.

The sun shone warmly on them, dispelling the last chill.

It was quiet in the library, with the only sound of the pen tip scratching the paper.Song Li encountered a stuck math problem and frowned for a long time.Ling Qingye came over, gently tapped the question with his fingertips, and explained in a low voice the ideas for solving the problem.His breathing was very light, brushing against Song Li’s ears, carrying a faint scent of soy milk.

Song Li’s heartbeat skipped a beat, and he nodded quickly. According to the ideas he said, he quickly solved the problem.

Before I knew it, the whole morning passed.When I walked out of the library, it was already noon.The sun shines through the gaps in the leaves, casting tiny spots of light on the ground.

“Going to have lunch?” Ling Qingye asked.

“Okay.” Song Li nodded, “I know a good noodle restaurant nearby.”

The two walked into the noodle shop and ordered two bowls of beef noodles.The steaming noodles are served, sprinkled with green coriander and bright red chili oil, and the aroma is fragrant.Song Li was sweating profusely from eating. Ling Qingye looked at him with an imperceptible smile in his eyes and slowly increased his speed of eating noodles.

This winter vacation seems to be getting warmer unconsciously.Those previous silences and barriers slowly melted away through simple interactions.Just like the snow outside the window, it gradually melts under the sunlight, revealing the vibrant land underneath.

And Song Li and Ling Qingye, two teenagers who also grew up with worries, are slowly getting closer to each other in these cold and spring days, using each other’s warmth to heal the pain of the past, and looking forward to the coming spring.