"Let's go home."
Xu Musen reached out to Yao Mingyue: "Let's go home first and take a look. We can walk back slowly."
Yao Mingyue looked at him. In the dusky evening light, Xu Musen's smile was warm. In that moment of daze, it felt like returning to the past, where every afternoon after school, the two of them would walk home slowly like this.
Yes, all along the way, they plotted how to make the remaining days more meaningful and exciting.
But upon truly returning here, her heart felt calm instead. Isn't this very moment the most meaningful?
She raised the corners of her lips, her gaze turning tender and lively, but she proudly raised her chin: "No way, Mom said we can't just let boys hold our hands casually."
Xu Musen laughed; this girl was acting all theatrical again.
"But..."
Yao Mingyue suddenly leaned closer to Xu Musen, and in front of him, her almond-shaped eyes shone brightly. She tiptoed slightly and gave Xu Musen a peck on the cheek.
