Lu Yunshu invited Jin Hanshuang out again.
After being busy for so many days, she could finally see her crush.
This time, she also drove to pick up Jin Hanshuang.
Jin Hanshuang comfortably sat in the front passenger seat, "Where does Yunshu want to eat?"
She had promised Lu Yunshu to have dinner with her next time, and today was the day to fulfill that promise.
Hearing her name called, Lu Yunshu was slightly stunned, her lips slowly curved up, her eyes filled with a smile, even her gaze sparkled like stars.
"Anywhere is fine, Hanshuang decides."
"Do you want to eat noodles? There's a place that makes them really well."
"Okay, let's have noodles then."
"What, you didn't even think about it yourself?"
"I did," Lu Yunshu said, "I want to go to a place you think is really good."
A very nice thing to say.
A very flattering thing to say.
Originally, there was a layer of ambiguity, but it turned into another meaning in Jin Hanshuang's ears.
Jin Hanshuang smiled and said, "Then take the person you like there?"
Lu Yunshu chuckled, "Yes, then take the person I like there."
Jin Hanshuang understood, very much.
She opened the car's navigation and entered the address, "Let's go."
Their little Lu was working hard for the person she liked.
...
The noodle shop was in a small alley, very popular, and most of the seats were already taken when they arrived.
They found an empty seat and sat down, with Jin Hanshuang ordering.
The lady boss recognized Jin Hanshuang at a glance and greeted her with a smile, "Here for a meal?"
Jin Hanshuang smiled, "Yes, I missed your noodles. Two of the usual, please, and no cilantro in hers."
The lady boss quickly wrote it down, "Got it, just a moment."
Jin Hanshuang nodded with a smile.
Lu Yunshu quietly listened to their conversation, and after the lady boss left, she asked, "Have you been here before?"
Jin Hanshuang replied while pouring water, "Brought friends here before."
Lu Yunshu couldn't help but ask, "Girlfriend?"
Jin Hanshuang glanced at her lightly, smiled, and handed her the water, "Both."
So it was both.
Lu Yunshu took the cup, "Thank you."
She curiously asked, "Could we also run into your ex here?"
Jin Hanshuang put down the water jug, thought for a moment, and smiled, "Maybe."
Of course, they didn't.
They peacefully finished their dinner.
After paying, they left and walked along the brightly lit alley towards the entrance.
The alley had other small shops, selling all sorts of things.
People came and went, students, young couples, and people like them just taking a simple walk, full of life.
The night wind rustled the treetops.
The orange streetlights were silent, the road ahead clear.
"Like the alley I lived in during my senior year of high school," Lu Yunshu said.
Jin Hanshuang replied, "It does look like it."
The night wind and the bustling human atmosphere, very similar.
They passed a small shop with a large freezer at the entrance, and Jin Hanshuang directly pulled Lu Yunshu over to buy two ice creams, eating as they walked, very refreshing.
Lu Yunshu held her fruit popsicle and said, "You still like eating ice cream."
Jin Hanshuang, "Yes."
She unwrapped her ice cream, "You remember?"
Lu Yunshu nodded, "I remember, you treated me to it."
In the middle of the neighborhood where she lived in high school, there was a big tree, right under the building she lived in.
There was a circle of stone benches around the tree, and Lu Yunshu often sat there alone, looking at the stars.
So she often saw Jin Hanshuang coming back from outside.
She turned and left.
"Wait..."
By the time Lu Yunshu reacted, Jin Hanshuang had already gone upstairs.
"......"
Going back would mean knocking on Shen Wenxin's door, seeing Shen Wenxin, and being discovered by Shen Wenxin that Jin Hanshuang had given her ice cream... It didn't seem like a good idea.
Forget it, she would eat it herself.
It was cold and sweet, and eating it made her feel better.
The second time she ran into Jin Hanshuang buying ice cream, she was given another ice cream by Jin Hanshuang.
This time, she quickly reacted and grabbed Jin Hanshuang, putting the ice cream back in the bag, "No."
The two of them looked at each other.
Somehow, Jin Hanshuang misunderstood her meaning and suddenly opened the bag for her to choose herself.
Lu Yunshu: "......"
She shook her head, "No need to give me, thank you."
Jin Hanshuang looked at her, as if she had something to say.
Lu Yunshu: "I want to sit alone for a while."
Jin Hanshuang had nothing more to say.
After a while.
Lu Yunshu heard a gentle voice above her, "So many worries at such a young age."
It sounded like a sigh, like helplessness.
Then Jin Hanshuang put a lollipop in her hand.
Yunshu: "?"
"When you're feeling down, eat something sweet, it will make you feel better."
Jin Hanshuang also unwrapped one for herself, put it in her mouth, looking both casual and as if proving to her: it's edible, not poisonous.
"Bought it on the way. I'm leaving."
She left again, not giving Lu Yunshu a chance to refuse.
Lu Yunshu stood there in a daze, holding the lollipop.
Orange-flavored, and very fresh.
She didn't know what to say for a moment, whether to say Jin Hanshuang was very familiar, or to think about what Jin Hanshuang meant by "so many worries at such a young age."
Who else had so many worries at a young age?
Shen Wenxin?
.......
It didn't matter, she didn't care about Shen Wenxin.
...This orange-flavored lollipop was so sweet.
Lu Yunshu left her memories and returned to reality, quietly eating the fruit popsicle that Jin Hanshuang bought for her.
After many years, Jin Hanshuang treated her to ice cream again.
Jin Hanshuang probably didn't remember the past, nor did she remember casually giving her an orange-flavored lollipop.
As for why she remembered, it was mainly because Jin Hanshuang's familiarity left a deep impression on her at that time...
Jin Hanshuang indeed had no impression, so many years had passed.
"I don't remember, so I'll treat you again now."
Lu Yunshu smiled, "Okay, thank you, Teacher Jin."
Jin Hanshuang also smiled, "You're welcome, Student Lu. By the way, how's the progress with the person you like?"
Lu Yunshu instantly remembered when she called her "Yunshu."
Natural, close, and made her very happy.
She unconsciously curved her eyes and said, "The progress is okay."
The gentle and satisfied smile on her face reminded Jin Hanshuang of the sweet girl who walked into the elevator with her arm in arm that day.
Being able to hold hands so closely, the progress was indeed good.
Look how happy this kid is.
"That's good."
Jin Hanshuang smiled with great relief.