Chapter 210: Growing Old Together, Xu Musen! It's Snowing!!_3
"Actually, I've come to terms with it too, being worried all the time is really not my style. Instead of worrying that you'll get farther and farther away, I might as well quicken my own pace…"
Yao Mingyue said as she gently stretched out her legs and slowly stepped onto Xu Musen's toes.
"You just keep moving forward, just like when we were kids, no matter how fast my Brother Musen ran, he could never shake off that little tail behind him~"
One day, we will meet again at the next crossroads.
"Besides, I like the you right now, and when you become even better, at your best, I'll steal you away again!"
Yao Mingyue tiptoed on him while holding her cheeks, her phoenix eyes sparkling with a confidence and elegance uncommon in most girls.
So unhidden, so fiery.
Xu Musen felt the pressure on his feet, just like when they were kids, Yao Mingyue would always grab his clothes. If she couldn't catch up, she would deliberately step off his shoes, silly and cute.
He looked at Yao Mingyue at this moment and finally stood up quietly.
"Where are you going?"
"Aren't we here for bubble tea? I'll buy you a cup."
Xu Musen said.
Like all those direct guys out there, they find it hard to say those cheesy thank-you's directly, but they show it through their actions.
Yao Mingyue hummed, following him to the bubble tea station.
"Can I have extra pearls?"
"Sure."
"Can I have extra coconut milk too?"
"Sure."
"And can I have extra Musen too?"
"Sure…"
Xu Musen's voice abruptly stopped as he gave her a silent glance.
Can we not be so creepy?
"Giggle~"
Yao Mingyue couldn't help but snicker, trembling like a blossoming branch, very fond of teasing him like this.
In the quiet bubble tea shop, only the sound of the bubble tea shaking and their conversation could be heard.
In the school, this usually bustling place, Yao Mingyue oddly felt that at this moment, she didn't feel lonely.
"Yao Mingyue, I think you should make more friends, life should be more lively after all."
Xu Musen said while making the bubble tea and glancing at Yao Mingyue who was watching him unwaveringly.
Actually, Yao Mingyue used to think by isolating Xu Musen, she could have him all to herself, but she ended up isolating everyone first.
Xu Musen now had An Nuannuan, He Qiang, Li Rundong, and the others around him.
They could be lively and boisterous every day.
Nowadays, everyone is clamoring for a solo living.
But few can endure true solitude.
"Would you be willing for me to be friends with others?"
Yao Mingyue asked with a smile.
"…I meant with your own gender, like best friends."
"No, other girls will only compete with me for you."
"..."
Xu Musen shook his head speechlessly and handed her the bubble tea he had made.
"Thank you, Brother Musen~"
Yao Mingyue's voice was coy and sweet.
Xu Musen broke out in goosebumps.
"Forget about 'brother', was there a need to emphasize the 'just'?
It's really getting late."
Xu Musen looked at her, then glanced at the pitch-black campus outside. The busier it was during the day, the more terrifying it became at night.
"It's late, I'll take you back now," he said.
As he spoke, it was also the first time he had ever offered to take her back.
Yao Mingyue looked at him, and finally, with a proud smile, lifted her delicate chin, "Since you're begging me like this, I'll give you a chance."
After locking the tea shop's door, the two of them walked the campus paths beneath the starlight, in the cold weather of December.
The night wind was bleak, chilling to the bone.
Yao Mingyue's steps gradually moved closer to him, their arms pressing tightly against each other.
Even though they were separated by down jackets, it seemed like they could still feel a hint of warmth.
Yao Mingyue stepped on Xu Musen's shadow, looking at their overlapping shadows with a happy smile on her face.
Childish...
Xu Musen subtly stepped away, not letting her tread on his shadow. Yao Mingyue chased after and stepped on it again.
Dodge and step.
In the end, Xu Musen slowed down slightly, letting Yao Mingyue triumphantly step on his shadow.
"Yay~ I'm stepping on you to death."
At that moment, Yao Mingyue was like the childish little girl of years past.
"Childish ghost."
"Just childish!"
Yao Mingyue gave him a punch. In this dark and cold night, she didn't want to go back at all.
They were like the moon and stars in the sky, only able to meet secretly in the dark of night.
She looked at Xu Musen's back, lost in thought, "Xu Musen, wouldn't it be great if we could never finish walking this path..."
Xu Musen listened to the emotions in her words, "If we never finish this road, we'll miss the beautiful scenery on other roads."
"I don't want any other scenery, I just want to walk with you, just like when we were kids, walking through elementary school, junior high, high school, and college together. In the future, we should enter society together, walk into the palace of marriage, start a family, and gradually grow old together..."
Yao Mingyue spoke with her eyes filled with anticipation and a hint of melancholy.
Such dreams had been rehearsed countless times in her mind, but could they ever come true...
The weather seemed to grow colder.
Xu Musen silently watched her, those scenes she described, from childhood to old age.
Such a romantic vision.
It was a scene that had also played out countless times in Xu Musen's head.
The girl's black, smooth hair seemed to slowly turn silver in his eyes.
The image of Yao Mingyue with white hair...
He then remembered An Nuannuan's Grandma Gao, who had also been childhood sweethearts with Grandpa Gao.
In the end, she missed out on a lifetime together. Although she might have gotten used to that life, living alone was really hard.
Xu Musen didn't want Yao Mingyue to end up like that.
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As Xu Musen gazed into her eyes, his heart seemed full of emotions that constantly questioned him.
Could he really watch her grow old alone?
Yao Mingyue's hair seemed to be layered with white, as she lifted her pale, delicate hand. Snowflakes, like white clouds, seemed to fall from the sky, melting into her fingertips!
Yao Mingyue looked up, and before she knew it, under the streetlight's glow, specks of white brilliance fell like a cascade.
She stretched out her hands in surprise to catch them, her eyes twinkling like stars.
"Xu Musen! It's snowing!!"