As night fell, the horizon was shrouded by trees, blocking the faint light and leaving a towering curtain of darkness. Only the leaves sparsely let through patches of azure blue...

Mom started urging me, “Xingyi, where are you going?”

We're going back to the hotel for dinner, come back soon! We're also going for a night stroll later.

"Get back to me quickly, send a voice message, or I'll call you!"

I quickly sent a voice message, "Wait, Mom, I'll be back soon!"

"Okay, remember to bring your friend along too!"

"Great!"

I raised my head, looked at him tentatively, then tilted my head and closed my mouth slightly, waiting for Leng Yang to speak!

Leng Yang looked at me in confusion, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

I stared at him, "My mom called us back for dinner!"

Leng Yang walked away with a thoughtful look and calm eyes, "Then you go back first! I'll go for a walk around here!"

I tugged on his sleeve, "Didn't you hear me? We're going together!"

Leng Yang raised his head, a hint of confusion in his eyes. "Wouldn't it be better if I, an outsider, didn't interfere?"

I pushed his forehead playfully with my index finger. "Lengyang, what are you thinking about? We're just going out for a meal, besides, it's more fun to play together!" oS: "Although, I just want to stay with you..."

Leng Yang's face turned a strange shade of red, and then he forced a smile, scraping the back of his hand across his cheek. "You're right, indeed! But..."

But what? Are you going to find your friends again…?

Leng Yang hurriedly shook his head, “No, I said I came alone!”

I smiled at him happily, then took his hand and walked ahead, "Alright, let's go!"

"Hmm!"

As I stepped off the stage, I unintentionally let go of his hand. I didn't notice him linger for a moment behind me, staring at my open palm with a silent and sorrowful expression for a while! Then, as he saw my back with his downcast eyes, his face instantly brightened, and he quickly followed behind me.

"Leng Yang, where did you stay last night?"

"Well, enjoying the beautiful autumn scenery at this inn!"

I happily turned around, "Really, we are there too!"

Leng Yang smiled gently, "Most people would choose to be there!"

I pouted, "Oh! Yeah!" Then I walked up to him and smiled, sharing, "That window opens up to a really beautiful view. It was lucky for me because as soon as I opened the window, I saw you!"

Leng Yang secretly rejoiced, then whispered, "I'm lucky too!"

……

At the table, everyone was waiting for us and had already started complaining!

Ji Wanhang, "Where did Xing Yi go? I haven't seen him all afternoon!"

Liu Quan said, “I don’t know?”

Song Qi said, "The silly boy said he met some friends and went to play with them!"

Zhang Lezhi said with a hint of surprise, “So you just let him go, elder sister? Such a strange place! You’re really not someone I can rely on!”

Song Qi looked worried and innocent, "I don't agree either! But he wanted to go. I thought about his parents so I let him go. Besides, he volunteered to go play, I couldn't bear to stop him!"

Zhang Lezhi shook her head, "Well, is he coming?" Then with a hint of regret, "It's been afternoon already, I was so busy playing that I didn't even notice time passing!"

Song Qi comforted her, then sneered, "Oh, elder sister, I'm not worried at all, what are you afraid of? Move, isn't Wanhang right here?"

Zhang Lezhi glanced at Ji Wanhang, “I’m not as worried about him, he often runs around outside.”

Ji Wanhang felt a little unbalanced in her heart, then smiled helplessly, "Next time I'll go play alone without bringing you guys!"

The other three stared at him seriously, "You dare, who's going to take pictures for us if you leave?"

We opened the door and walked in. Mom stood up, “Oh my dear, you're finally here!”

Everyone looked at Leng Yang beside me. After an awkward pause, my mom and her two friends started to fawn over him, "Xing Yi, your friend is really handsome!"

Auntie Liuquan stood up and greeted us, "Xingyi, come here quickly, bring the young ones to sit beside me!"

Chapter Music Branch Auntie's worry just now vanished, happily saying, "Xing Yi, this is your friend?"

Ji Wanhang stood up and appraised Leng Yang appreciatively, then patted him on the shoulder. "Brother, is the bar for friendship with you high?"

Cold Yang was a bit shy from being greeted so enthusiastically. He politely smiled at everyone and greeted them politely and earnestly, "Hello aunts, I'm Xing Yi's university classmate and roommate, my name is Cold Yang!" Then he ducked his shoulders to avoid Ji Wanhang's hands, awkwardly smiling at him and saying, "Ah! No need, no need!"

Hearing his name, Mom's originally smiling face suddenly seemed to realize something. She slowly retracted her smile and looked at Leng Yang seriously up and down, a hint of shock in her eyes!

Lèng Yáng was pulled by the aunts to sit beside them. I sat beside my mother, and my mother motioned for me to come closer. I leaned my ear close to my mother's, and she whispered, "Xīng Yí, tell Mommy, is he your Cold Yáng brother from when you were little?"

I happily looked at my mom and nodded, "Yes!"

Mom first sighed and then smiled, with an abundance of satisfaction. "Good child, no wonder you didn't spend the afternoon playing with us, it's because of him!" Then Mom seemed to see everything, "Of course, besides him, there is no one in your eyes who is more important than me."

"Oh, Mommy, you're the most important!" I said in a coquettish tone.

"Mom smiled indulgently, "Well, of course. You're my good big boy!"

After dinner, we went to the magical forest...

The darkness of night made the psychedelic forest even more alluring. As we stepped through the entrance, we felt as if we had entered a magical fairy tale world!

We walk side by side on the narrow path, like dancing on piano keys with rhythm and melody. Our steps pluck the strings of various colored piano blocks, which light up beneath our feet as if we each compose a beautiful and pleasing tune!

Vibrant and colorful, the first time I saw colors so dazzling in the darkness. The multicolored, blue-tinged lightshow pierced through the dark curtain, making the night so wild.

Above our heads, giant flying fish with shimmering lights soar through the air, their light erupting like water. As we venture deeper, we swim like small fish in the vast sea. Blue fluorescent tentacles of large jellyfish dangle like willow branches, and tiny mushrooms with their umbrellas adorned with stars resemble houses decorated like Patrick Star's. Yellow clouds grow on top of them, surrounded by rosebud lanterns yet to bloom. Looking up at the original pitch-black ceiling, we see fluorescent green grass growing there, strong and solitary even in darkness.

My eyes have never been so satisfied. I couldn't stop sharing my joy and excitement with Leng Yang, sometimes even excitedly jumping up and hugging his arm, completely like a naive child who had never seen the world. Regardless of my excitement, maybe hurting his shoulders with my punches, he didn't say a word of complaint. He just looked at me happily, his doting smile and eyes lingered on me. Perhaps the beautiful scenery was just an excuse!

……

Bidding farewell to the gentle starry sky with a heavy heart, I set off for the hotel!

Ji Wanhang suddenly ran over and grabbed my arm, saying, "Wait a minute, Xing Yi, you're such a jerk! Why are you having so much fun while I have to take pictures for them? I'm exhausted!"

I held a bit of schadenfreude, "Wow! That's so hard! Who told you to take such good-looking pictures!"

Ji Wanhang looked proud, resting her head on my shoulder and catching her breath, "Ah... that's true, but you can't be so crazy! The demands are too high!"

Leng Yang's cold eyes were fixed on Ji Wanhang, looking a bit frightening in the night. I looked at him, and he immediately responded to me with warmth, looking very elegant under the warm yellow lights!

I feel a little uncomfortable, pushing away Ji Wanhang, "Oh, I'm not tired at all! I walked for so long, don't pull me, I'm hot!"

Ji Wan looked shocked, standing rooted to the spot. Then, she said in a pathetic voice, "Are you tired? You didn't do anything, and you're already tired? I'm going to die from exhaustion!"

I'm too lazy to bother with him and Leng Yang are walking ahead, Ji Wanhang immediately catches up, changes to a happy face and coquettishly says, “Ah! I don’t care, you have to give me a massage tonight!”

I nervously glanced at Leng Yang, but I didn't sense any change in his emotions. I looked at Ji Wanhang suspiciously, "What do you mean? Besides, I've never given a massage before, I wouldn't know how!"

Ji Wanhang said, "Well, you can give me a back massage too!"

I stared at him, "In your dreams? Why?"

"Just because you asked me to travel with you, and you had my mom convince me to come!" said Ji Wanhang with a smile.

"I don't really know what to say," I stammered, "Ah...you...me~". I forced a smile and gave him a thumbs up, looking defiant. "Alright, alright, I won't beat you to death!"

Leng Yang's forlorn eyes glistened in the shadowy night corner, deep blue like a pool of bitter water…

Ji Wanhang laughed and ran away. Leng Yang said calmly, "Are you two living together?" His voice held a hint of anxiety and melancholy.

"I'm feeling a little pressure," "Ah! Yes!" I hurriedly explained, "We're just buddies, it's not strange to live together!"

Leng Yang didn't look at me, he was looking ahead, "Hmm!"

Just out of the shower, Ji Wanhang lay on the bed with an air of enjoyment, “Come on, Xing Yi, brother's ready to be served by you!”

I threw a pillow at him, "Speak properly! I'm giving you a back rub, not serving you like a maid!"

He lay still on the bed, languidly saying, "It's all the same!"

I walked closer, and with one punch to his waist, he cried out in pain and rolled away before sitting up angrily. "Ah! You want me dead? That's brutal!"

I laughed and said, "Let you see the effect of treating me like a maid!"

He laughed sheepishly and apologized, "Hehe... I'm sorry. Let me give you a good back rub!"

"Okay, lie down. It won't take more than five minutes!"

"Oh! So short, only ten minutes!"

"Five minutes!"

"Twelve minutes!"

"That's how it is, three minutes!"

"How can we still go down, six minutes, not less!"

"Bargain! Just five minutes!"

Okay!

I clenched my fist just about to punch when my WeChat vibrated. When I opened it, Leng Yang said, "Xingyi, come to my room for a bit! I have something to tell you?"

"Will you come? I'm really anxious!"

My face was serious, "Wanhang, I have something to do and need to leave now!"

Ji Wanhang sat up, "Hey, don't leave! Want to play hooky?"

Because I knew his room number, I rushed to the door and pressed the doorbell. Leng Yang opened the door with a smile and looked at me, "You're here, come in!"

I looked at him anxiously, “What’s the matter? What are you so worried about!”

Leng Yang closed the door and led me to the window. "Tomorrow, I have to leave!"

I was a little confused, and then realized something was wrong, "So what? What are you anxious about?!"

Leng Yang pushed open the window, "Look, they're dancing with the dragon lantern tonight. They want to watch it with you because I have to leave tomorrow!"

I looked at him, feeling foolish for worrying and then angrily said, "Next time can you be more clear? I thought something had happened to you, I was scared to death!"

He gently lifted his hand and stroked my hair, "Don't worry!"

I shyly looked out the window, "Annoying!"

I turned to look at him, he was still smiling gently. I don't know where the fire came from, "What are you laughing about, it's ugly, I'm leaving!"

Leng Yang pulled me, wanting to keep me. I was angry and forcefully shook him away. He suddenly knelt on the ground, wincing in pain with an "Ah!" His face contorted with agony! I was shocked, my pupils dilated. oS: "Damn it, what did I do wrong? Don't play like this! Kneeling down? My God!"

I hurriedly pulled him up, "What are you doing? Get up quickly!"

My tugging caused him to slowly stand up. He put on a nonchalant face and said, "Embarrassing, I lost my balance!"

I swallowed nervously, "You scared the daylights out of me!"

Leng Yang was trying his best to conceal the pain in his right leg, but he was also intentionally wanting me to see it. His hands were wrapped around his lower leg, bending his knee and deliberately lightly stroking his kneecap with his thumb.

I finally realized what was going on, I grabbed his hand and said, "What's wrong with your leg? You kept clutching it!"

Leng Yang nonchalantly said, "It's nothing!"

I wouldn't believe it, I left his hand and reached up to pull at his pants leg, “Let me see!”

When I rolled up my pant leg, a large wound on my knee was revealed. It felt like a whole layer of skin had been peeled off. The blood had been cleaned up, but the edges were starting to scab over. The center was pale with a transparent layer on top that looked like it would gush out blood if it broke. After kneeling down so hard just now, the wound started bleeding again from the pressure. A few drops of blood trickled down my calf, and although they were small, they hurt a lot.

My anxious expression, "What's going on! When did you do this?"

Cold Yang was a bit slow to react and comforted me, saying, "It's nothing, just a minor injury!"

I glared at him, "I'd rather see you dead than hear that! You act like those were just scratches. Did you even apply medicine?"

Leng Yang said softly, "It's been bandaged and I've disinfected it with iodine!"

Looking at his loose clothes, I got a little angry and asked, "Didn't you just use the shower head to rinse off when you took a shower!?"

He shook his head and nodded, "Almost. There was some sand on the surface that couldn't be washed off, so I rubbed it with my hands. It hurt a bit!"

I stared at him speechless, "Can you be even crueler to yourself?"

He nodded!

I sighed, "Why would you tell me about seeing the scenery when there are bigger things to talk about! I wrongly accused you!"

"It's okay, it's no problem!"

I stood there for a moment, dumbfounded. Leng Yang said, “When are you guys planning on going back!”

"The day after tomorrow then!" And then she looked at him worriedly, "With you like this, how are you going back tomorrow!"

He stood up, "I'm an adult, don't think of me as so weak!"

I looked at him, "Well, it's getting late. You should get some rest! Text me when you get back tomorrow!"

I turned to leave, and Leng Yang immediately called out to me, “Wait, Xing Yi, I… I drank a lot of water tonight!”

I stared at him speechless, "So what, why don't you have a little more to drink!"

He held out his hand. "What if I need to go to the bathroom at night? What if I fall?"

I looked at him, "Weren't you just a child? What are you afraid of? It's okay to fall!"

He hesitated a little, then worked up his courage and said, "It's just a child. Will you stay with me tonight?"

I couldn't believe my ears, my heart was racing. I hesitated to turn around. He seemed a little embarrassed and tried to lighten the mood, saying, "Tomorrow, we could go see the ancient town at dawn together! From my window!"

I slowly turned around, "I'm more worried about you getting up in the night!"

Leng Yang awkwardly scratched his head, "So, okay?"

I nodded. "Good!"

……

Leng Yang, "Before we leave, let's take a picture together in front of the Chinese map!"

"Well then, we'll head back this afternoon too!"

"Why is it early!"

"Because I've played around everywhere!" oS: "Because, the person I want to accompany has gone back!"

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