MNL Chapter 106

Chapter 106: Fresh Start, I Want to Go Out for a Walk.

Chapter 106: Fresh Start, I Want to Go Out for a Walk.

Xu Jing thought the kind of “fun” places a non-mainstream youth like Xia Zhixing would consider to be, would either be a bar with music so loud it could shatter eardrums, or an e-sports arena where you play games all night. But that night, Xia Zhixing took him to Long Island.

Xu Jing wasn’t initially willing, but Xia Zhixing was enjoying himself. Later, for the sake of Xia Wenbo, Xu Jing didn’t bother to argue. He turned his head towards the car window, using sleep as a silent agreement.

They arrived at Montauk, a town at the end of Long Island. Xia Zhixing was a good driver, and Xu Jing unexpectedly had a sound sleep.

He woke up just in time to catch a very beautiful sunrise.

Dawn broke, sunlight glittered, and the light struggled to break free from the line where the sea met the sky, eventually turning the entire sky red and coating the sea with a layer of gold. The red sun hung high, fiery and radiant, and everyone present exclaimed in surprise.

Xia Zhixing loosely held his coat, his voice with a hint of teasing, “Beautiful, right?”

Xu Jing ignored him, his gaze fixed on the end of the coastline.

Xia Zhixing chuckled and said, “So New York isn’t just about extravagance and indulgence, it also has places where people can catch their breath. But actually, every city is like that. Some people chase its superficial luxury, some people chase its authentic everyday life. Different mindsets, different pursuits.”

Xu Jing was a little surprised, he didn’t expect Xia Zhixing to say something like that.

But the next second, the non-mainstream red-haired guy hooked his shoulder and asked again, out of tune, “Really not considering staying?”

Xu Jing moved Xia Zhixing’s hand away and said faintly, “You can see the sunrise anywhere.”

“But the sunrise is different everywhere.” Xia Zhixing habitually took out a cigarette from his pocket and asked casually, “Want one?”

Xu Jing glanced at it and said, “No thanks.”

Xia Zhixing chuckled to himself. As expected, he was the perfect youth, inside and out. In the end, the person with the cigarette put it back in his pocket and quietly watched the sunrise.

Once Xu Jing made a decision, no one could change it. He bought a plane ticket to leave that day. Xia Zhixing didn’t say anything when he saw it and personally took him to the airport.

After arriving at the airport, Xu Jing got out of the car without any hesitation, leaving only one sentence, “Goodbye.”

Xia Zhixing leaned against the car window, watching the departing figure disappear around the corner, and smiled silently.

“Then, goodbye.”

When he came, Xu Jing didn’t realize how long this trip would be, until he boarded the plane back, he realized that sixteen hours were being broken down into every second.

When the plane took off, Xu Jing looked down at the prosperity of New York again through the window. Obviously, the heartbeat of this city would never stop, so he didn’t blame Shen Yan for his choice. He also hoped that Shen Yan could live the life he wanted.

As for what he was pursuing, it might just be an ordinary sunrise.

One wanted to fly high, one wanted to go far. These two people were destined not to walk the same path. Fortunately, they had intersected. Although that time was short, it carried the purest and most ardent emotions.

Unfortunately, it only happened once in a lifetime, and there was no turning back.

Unfortunately, they hadn’t even said goodbye properly, and it ended so hastily.

“Sir, do you need any help?”

Xu Jing raised his head with red eyes and found a flight attendant pushing a dining cart, with concern on her face. He shook his head and said, “No, thank you.”

The flight attendant took a beautifully packaged box from the dining cart, put it in Xu Jing’s hand, and smiled, “Have a pleasant journey.”

Thinking it was just a randomly distributed airplane meal, Xu Jing absentmindedly opened the box. However, when he saw what was inside, his calm pupils suddenly dilated. Because his movement of getting up was too eager, the passengers around him were startled. He suppressed his heavy heartbeat and looked around, his eyes scanning the unfamiliar faces one by one. In the end, the surging emotions dimmed again.

Xu Jing sat back and looked down at the red bean double-layered milk custard, mockingly tugging at the corners of his mouth.

How could this be possible?

The plane passed through the night, and the lights in the cabin dimmed, as if everyone had fallen asleep. It was quiet all around, and Xu Jing closed his eyes as well.

At this moment, the man in the corner of the cabin took off his mask, revealing a beautiful face that was hard to forget. The dim light shone on those dark eyes, obscure as the deep sea.

After the college entrance examination, Liang Ge spent a full half month building up his courage. Finally, with the encouragement of Cha Fei’ang, he finally took that step.

Cha Fei’ang provided more than a dozen confession plans, but they were all rejected by Liang Ge. Although he was a straight man, he could tell the difference between romance and being corny. If he confessed in that way, Gu Qianqian would not only reject him, but might also laugh at him for half a year.

In the end, Liang Ge chose to ask Xu Jing for help.

Xu Jing simply replied, “Just be sincere.”

Liang Ge was eager for knowledge, and directly squatted down next to Xu Jing, regardless of his image, to ask for advice. “Teacher Xu, what’s the method of being sincere?”

Xu Jing asked, “What do you have?”

Liang Ge looked innocent, “Money.”

Xu Jing: “…”

Liang Ge scratched his head and thought for a long time. Cha Fei’ang couldn’t stand it anymore and said, “Brother Jing, stop being cryptic. I think his brain is about to explode.”

Xu Jing still didn’t speak, but Liang Ge, after a period of self-persuasion, lowered his head in frustration, “I thought about it carefully just now and found that I really don’t seem to have any advantages. I’m shallow, and I’m clumsy with words. Maybe I really don’t deserve Gu Qianqian. Should I just give up?”

Cha Fei’ang jumped up and said, “Dude, you’re tall and handsome, and you’re a fucking rich second-generation, what are you being so insecure about?”

“Gu Qianqian is so good, she deserves the best. What do I have?” Liang Ge got up as if he had lost his soul, leaving a sentence, “I’m going home.”

“Hey, Liang Ge, you, you—”

Cha Fei’ang chased after him but couldn’t stop Liang Ge. He came back looking puzzled, “Brother Jing, why did you do that?”

Xu Jing touched his phone without answering. Cha Fei’ang stepped forward and saw that the screen showed the chat box with Gu Qianqian. Xu Jing had just sent a recording.

Cha Fei’ang gave a thumbs up, “Damn, master!”

Just when Liang Ge was disheartened and planned to be a quietly accompanying, affectionate male supporting character from now on, Gu Qianqian suddenly sent a message asking him if he wanted to watch the popular horror movie.

Liang Ge’s mood rose and fell sharply, then fell again. When he finally met Gu Qianqian, he had an expression as if someone owed him eight million.

Gu Qianqian pretended to be displeased and asked, “Don’t want to see me?”

Liang Ge waved his hand quickly, “No, I didn’t mean that. I, I want to.”

Gu Qianqian suppressed a smile and nodded faintly.

Many girls screamed in fright while watching the movie. Liang Ge turned his head frequently to look at Gu Qianqian, but found that she didn’t even have an expression. Instead, he himself was sweating from fright. But in order to maintain his image in front of Gu Qianqian, Liang Ge persevered until the end, and his face turned pale when he left the cinema.

Gu Qianqian: “Was it good?”

Liang Ge cleared his throat, bearing the face that was obviously frightened, and said, “It was okay, but it was a little short.”

“Is that so? Another horror movie will be released tomorrow, three hours long, want to watch it together?”

Liang Ge: “…”

Which girl asks people to watch these things every day?

Gu Qianqian raised her eyebrows, “Unwilling?”

Liang Ge stammered, “Why don’t we watch something else? I think that romance movie called Exclusive Youth is pretty good.”

“Boring.” Gu Qianqian said, “If you don’t want to, forget it, I’ll find someone else.”

Liang Ge was stunned, “Who are you going to find?”

Gu Qianqian became even more calm, “It just so happens that a boy from the class next door added me yesterday.”

Liang Ge instantly exploded, “No way!”

“Why?”

Liang Ge bit his back teeth, mustered his courage and took a few steps forward, saying, “I won’t allow you to add him.”

Gu Qianqian’s voice unconsciously carried a bit of a smile, “Why should I listen to you?”

Liang Ge’s eyes were already red with the sudden appearance of the rival in love, but he was still afraid of hurting Gu Qianqian, and gently grabbed that slender arm.

“Because I like you! I liked you from the first time I saw you. Before you, I had never liked anyone else. You’re so good, what is he, what right does he have to like you?”

As soon as Liang Ge thought of other boys approaching Gu Qianqian, he felt all his reason vanish, and he couldn’t wait to rush to that person right now and vent his anger.

Gu Qianqian stared at the person in front of her for a few seconds, the corners of her mouth curved, and suddenly smiled.

Liang Ge, realizing what he had just said, froze in place, his cheeks flushed red in an instant. He thought self-destructively that he probably couldn’t even be friends anymore.

However, the next second, a soft body crashed into his arms. The hair raised by the wind exuded a natural fragrance, gently brushing his cheeks.

“I like you too. I liked you from the first time I saw you, and before you, I had never liked anyone else either.”

Gu Qianqian’s gentle voice came from her chest. Liang Ge’s eyes widened, and a feeling of joy spread all the way, finally blooming like fireworks in his heart.

That night, they stayed outside until two in the morning.

Cha Fei’ang immediately thought wrong after hearing about this and slammed the table and cursed, “Liang Ge, you’re really not a good thing. I thought you were some kind of gentleman.”

Xu Jing drank tea calmly.

Liang Ge said weakly, “What the hell are you thinking about? We were just taking a walk.”

Cha Fei’ang was dumbfounded for a long time, and said in a daze, “You mean, you left the cinema at nine o’clock and walked outside until two in the morning?”

Liang Ge nodded and said, “Yeah, I originally wanted to hold her hand, but I was afraid she would be angry, so I didn’t dare.”

Cha Fei’ang: “…”

Xu Jing: “…”

After confessing and getting accepted, you spend five hours alone with the person you like, and in the end, you don’t even touch their hand. Even Liu Xiahui would have to kowtow three times to this guy.

Cha Fei’ang and Xu Jing looked at each other and eventually fell silent.

In the few days after the college entrance examination results came out, Linhe No.1 High School earned enough face. The school’s rate of students entering top-tier universities not only broke the best record since its construction, but also exceeded that of Liuhai No.1 High School. Most importantly, Xu Jing won the provincial college entrance examination champion with a score of 725. The principal was so happy that he woke up laughing in his sleep for three consecutive nights.

In addition to this, what was equally shocking was that the average score of Class One of the senior year of Linhe No.1 High School reached 662. Liang Yin, as the homeroom teacher, was also called a fairy teacher with both strength and beauty, and coupled with her super high popularity in the school, she became completely popular on the Internet later.

Everyone was excited like they had been injected with chicken blood those few days. The class group’s messages never stopped.

[Cha Fei’ang]: Are there any family members who want to get their hair done? I know a barber shop owner, group purchases get a 30% discount.

[Lin Hai]: Me, me, me, I want a micro-layered fringe.

[Lu Haichuan]: Uh, you might be more suitable for a bowl cut.

[Lin Hai]: Fuck you, grandpa.

[Her Cat]: Can you add me? [Smile.jpg]

This time Liang Yin’s appearance didn’t cause the class group to suddenly quiet down. Except for Lin Hai silently withdrawing a message, the screen was filled with: Teacher Liang, if you go, I’ll treat!

Later, the topic was directed to travel.

[Yu Xiao]: I heard that Urumqi is very beautiful, are there any sisters who want to go?

[Zhang Chengxin]: I’ve already told my parents that I’m going to Mexico, let’s make an appointment next time!

[Wang Yanxi]: I want to go, add me!

…

The messages accumulated countless 99+.

While everyone was letting themselves go and enjoying the future, Xu Jing locked himself in his bedroom. Qin Xin hesitated several times, and finally couldn’t help but push the door open.

Seeing the person leaning on the chair motionless, Qin Xin, who already had a conditioned reflex, had her heart raised again.

But she was never the kind of parent who judged her child’s ability based on grades. Besides, Xu Jing did so well on the exam. Qin Xin racked her brains for a long time and couldn’t think of a reason. Finally, she sat down next to Xu Jing and said softly, “Tell Mom what’s on your mind.”

Although Xu Jing was just distracted, the stone in Qin Xin’s heart was getting heavier and heavier. Just as it was about to crush her last psychological defense, Xu Jing suddenly spoke.

“Mom, if I make a decision that everyone can’t understand, and this decision may also disappoint you, will you forgive me?”

Qin Xin was stunned, because it had been a long time since she had heard Xu Jing say so much at once.

But besides shock, she also had a premonition in her heart.

“Tell me.”

Xu Jing turned his head and said seriously, “I want to go out for a walk.”

The moment their eyes met, Qin Xin’s expression became hesitant, because she knew what Xu Jing meant.

At this moment, Qin Xin, as a mother, felt very complicated and many things flashed through her mind, but most of all were the images of Xu Jing’s attacks.

Finally, the corners of Qin Xin’s mouth raised slightly, reaching out to touch Xu Jing’s hair, her tone was exceptionally gentle, “Go ahead.”