It's the students' fault if they are too popular.

Dong Yang did not answer immediately: "What about you?"

Bai Lu smiled: "Let's go together, it's more fun when there are more people."

Xu Dongyang was slightly stunned. She thought Bai Lu would say, "If you go, I will go too." It was always like this before.

She nodded: "Then... let's go together."

Extra: Winter Sun (Twenty-three)

In winter, houses in the south are very cold.

Bai Lu was packing her luggage, and while her mother seemed to be in a good mood, she quickly suggested:

"Mom, my classmate invited me to visit his home in the countryside. Can I... go and play for a few days?"

"Which classmate?"

"Gu Nian, the one with excellent grades," Bai Lu quickly added, adding a weight, "Dong Yang is going too!"

The mother was silent, probably thinking. After a while, she said:

"What's fun in the countryside? What do you eat? What's the living condition like?"

"Oh, everything is fine...Mom..."

"When will your final grades be out?" Mother dropped another bomb.

Bai Lu froze, overwhelmed by the explosion, and stammered, "I guess it will take quite a while."

She looked at her mother hopefully, eagerly and pitifully, and finally got her consent after much persuasion:

"Okay, take your homework with you and don't forget to study. Leave me your classmate's phone number and your address in the countryside. I'm worried about you. Call me every day to let me know you're safe, okay?"

Finally, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

It would probably be hard for Xu Dongyang and Gu Nian, two top students, to imagine how long Bai Lu had been begging her mother for this trip.

Bai Lu didn't want to talk about this. She was always carefree, heartless, and sometimes crazy. Everyone thought her parents were quite permissive and trusted her, but everyone had a hidden side.

morning.

The school gate on the second day of the holiday was no longer as lively as usual. The shops were closed and there were no customers in the restaurant. Bai Lu walked quickly and saw Gu Nian and Xu Dongyang standing at the school gate. They were both earlier than the agreed time, including herself. She saw Xu Dongyang's profile looking up at the sky. He seemed to notice her and turned towards her, smiling:

"Hey, Lulu."

Gu Nian had his back to them, so he turned around immediately: "Ah, we're all here, let's go."

The three girls took a ride to the bus station and bought a bus to the countryside.

"It will take just over an hour to get there." Gu Nian is very experienced.

Bai Lu saw Xu Dongyang dragging a large suitcase with much more luggage than her, so she went over and said, "Let me help you with it for a while."

Xu Dongyang calmly moved the suitcase to another side: "I'll take it myself."

The waiting room was crowded, and they had no seats, so they simply sat on the suitcases and played with their phones. The bus arrived at the station, and after checking their tickets and getting on the bus, Xu Dongyang found her seat. The three of them had separate seats, and they were all very far apart. The entire journey would probably be very boring.

Before the car started and everyone arrived, Xu Dongyang had already taken out his headphones and was looking out the window.

At this time, Gu Nian was struggling.

She wants to change seats.

Exchange with the person next to Dongyang.

But after the change, Bai Lu was the only one sitting alone. She knew very well that being excluded was not a pleasant feeling, even though she didn't want to exclude Bai Lu, but... there was only one seat next to Dong Yang.

If she changed her seat, would it be considered a betrayal of her friendship with Bai Lu?

...doesn’t it count?

If one day Bai Lu knew that she had a crush on Xu Dongyang, what would she think of her?

"Count the number of people!" the driver in front shouted, "We'll leave in five minutes."

Gu Nian subconsciously wanted to turn around to see Bai Lu behind him, but the back of the chair was too high, like a mountain range, blocking his view.

One minute before departure, she finally stood up, not daring to look back, and walked straight forward. After walking to the seat next to Dong Yang, she whispered to the middle-aged man playing with his phone:

"Hello, can you change seats? I...I want to sit with my classmates."

"Oh, okay."

very smooth.

When Gu Nian saw Dong Yang turn his head and look at her with a little surprise, her face suddenly turned red and she couldn't say anything. She sat down with her schoolbag in her arms, staring at the advertisement of the Men's Hospital on the back of the chair in front of her.

Dong Yang was a little surprised, but also a little happy, because it was better to have a classmate next to him than a stranger. He took off his other earphone and asked:

"Want to listen?"

Gu Nian's first reaction was to say no, because she didn't like listening to music, but when she really realized it, she wanted to hit her head. After being annoyed, she secretly glanced at the girl next to her, and the corners of her mouth began to rise unconsciously again - she was sitting next to Dong Yang. Is this what it feels like to be Dong Yang's deskmate? No, the seats in the car are much closer than the seats of classmates in the classroom.

The closer she was, the more she could see Xu Dongyang's beauty. Xu Dongyang was better at dressing up than she was. She wore thick and heavy trousers, while Xu Dongyang wore fluffy tights that outlined his beautiful leg lines. She secretly took a few glances and wanted to take a few more. What would the girl she had a crush on think if she knew that her best friend was peeping at her legs?

She suppressed the emotions that were about to overflow, ashamed and infatuated, and lowered her head to endure it alone.

The phone vibrated at this moment.

【Bai Lu】: Did you change your seat?

Gu Nian's heart trembled, and her fingers paused on the screen, and it took a long time before she answered.

[Gu Nian]: Um... next to Dong Yang. Do you want to switch with me?

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Bai Lu’s reply seemed a bit long this time.

[Bai Lu]: No need. I didn’t finish this bag of potato chips, and wanted to give it to you, but I found that you were not at that seat.

Gu Nian paused, looked at his phone, and suddenly didn't know how to face Bai Lu.

She had a feeling very early on that Bai Lu liked Dong Yang.

They were together day and night, and Bai Lu was not good at hiding things, so she couldn't hide it from her. Besides, if she didn't like Dong Yang, why would she "try" to kiss him?

She considered Bai Lu a friend, but deep down, she actually considered Bai Lu an opponent. But if it was a one-sided view, she felt... that she was despicable.

What will become of these three people in the future? Will she and Bai Lu become the same bloody rivals in love as in the TV series?

Gu Nian couldn't help but let his mind wander. When he glanced at Xu Dongyang again, he found that Dongyang had his eyes closed, his head tilted towards the window, and was swaying with the car body.

are you asleep?

Also wearing headphones.

Gu Nian's heart was beating very fast. He carefully moved to face Xu Dongyang. This time, he could clearly see how smooth and white the skin on this person's face was. His sleeping face looked peaceful and weak, framed by his eyelashes.

She wanted to... get closer.

She had tasted these lips and knew how sweet and tempting they were.

It seemed as if she had been staring at the car for as long as it had been driving.

It was not until Dong Yang opened her eyes that she realized that Gu Nian was staring at her in a daze. She was stunned for a moment and asked:

"what?"

Gu Nian shuddered, and was glad that she was not as close as before. She shook her head and turned away to prevent the blush on her face from being noticed.

Finally, the bus stopped.

Gu Nian realized that it was time to get off the bus, so she stood up and waved to Bai Lu behind her. The three of them carried their luggage and followed Gu Nian. It was the first time that Dong Yang saw the scenery of the countryside. Even before she met her aunt, she lived in a small city. There were no high-rise buildings here, but there were many two- or three-story houses. Many families had small courtyards with fiery red couplets posted on them. A yellow dog stared at them through the iron gate.

Seeing the dog, Dongyang quietly hid behind the two people in front.

Finally, they stopped in front of an old house.

The wall seemed to be made of stone, the door seemed to be made of wood, and there was a small house at the door, from which bursts of crowing of chickens could be heard.

Bai Lu opened her eyes wide: "Is this it?"

Gu Nian nodded shyly and knocked on the door: "Grandma, we're here."

The door opened, and a kind-looking old man appeared at the door, smiling:

"Come on. Come in quickly. It's cold outside. You must be tired from the ride. Are these your two classmates?"

Dongyang and Bailu greeted in unison.

After entering the house, there was no need to change into slippers on the cement floor. The hall used old-fashioned pull-cord lights. Bai Lu looked around and sighed:

“Your house is so big.”

At least over 200 square meters.

Gu Nian said embarrassedly: "Houses in the countryside are not worth much."

"That's big enough."

Dong Yang asked in a low voice:

"Is your grandmother the only one living here?"

Gu Nian nodded: "She doesn't want to come to the city. Her relatives are all nearby." She showed a helpless smile, and suddenly pulled up the corner of Dongyang's clothes, "You guys, come and see the bedroom. My grandma has prepared it for you."

After that, she led the two to the bedroom. The bedroom was unexpectedly large, and the bed in the middle was long and wide. She said:

"This is my father's wedding bed."

There is another bedroom next to it, with a smaller bed that can only accommodate one person.

"Then," Dong Yang began, "how do you sleep at night?"

Bai Lu said nothing.

She thought, how could she be so shameless and stick to him after she had clearly said “I think I’m about to give up”.

"How about... Lulu sleeps in the next room," Gu Nian said shyly, "You and I share this bed?" Then he turned to Bai Lu, "Lulu, what do you think?"

Bai Lu was like a puppet: "Ah? Oh... OK, that's good."

When I came to my senses, the thought in my mind was, no.

No!

This is probably a matter of saving face and suffering.

She regretted it, but it would be too spineless to regret it now, right? Is it too late to regret it now?

Dong Yang was slightly startled after hearing Gu Nian's suggestion. She glanced at Bai Lu and then turned back silently. Seeing her expression, Gu Nian immediately panicked and changed her words: "Then I will sleep with grandma, and you can sleep in this bed."

This was the original plan.

If it were in the past, Dongyang would probably say that he could sleep with Lulu.

But now, Bai Lu and I...

She stroked the quilt gently, hesitated for a moment, and said:

"Just follow the arrangement you said before."

Gu Nian was stunned, almost thinking that he had heard it wrong. After realizing that he had not heard it wrong, the ecstasy in his heart was like a Coke bottle that had been opened after shaking. If he was not slow, he would not be able to contain it.

Or rather, it could no longer be concealed, Gu Nian had a silly smile on his face, and although he tried hard not to show it, his eyes would not lie.

Anyone could feel that Gu Nian was very happy.

Extra: Winter Sun (Twenty-four)

But, it's too happy.

Looking at Gu Nian's silly smile that couldn't be hidden, Dong Yang suddenly realized that this decision might also be wrong.

She was still in a daze, but Gu Nian couldn't wait to run to the door and waved: "Let's go, it's still early, I'll take you around!"

Much more lively than in school.

Dongyang nodded, and followed Bailu one after the other. Behind the house was a mountain with fields all over it, and the road was muddy, with cabbages and lettuces everywhere.

Bai Lu temporarily put aside her depression and took a deep breath:

"The air is so nice."

Dong Yang complained: "It smells like farm manure."