Invade the World

  Chapter 258 A test and a kiss

  Xu Xiangyang smiled reluctantly.

"I will not."

"Really?" Lin Xingjie circled the ends of the long hair that fell on her shoulders with her fingers, hanging her head slightly-this small gesture made her look more feminine, who has always given a sassy impression, "but you It seems that there is no resistance to Qingyue."

  "This is the other party’s problem, right?"

   "You are a boy, the one who takes the responsibility." The long-haired girl raised her face and replied grinning, "So, it's all your fault."

  Xu Xiangyang's mouth is almost drawn into a line.

  Even though he knew that Xingjie would only say such things as a joke, but...

  The dull emotions in the boy's chest solidified into a rock of depression.

how should I do? what should I do?

  I obviously rejected it? And it was the day when she revealed her heart, she resolutely refused, and she also said all her thoughts and sincerely, and it was Qingyue who was unwilling to give up.

  What else do I need to do? Since then, friends are inappropriate? Or do you want to elope with Xingjie and escape to other places? Will she let it go? Can this emotion be easily separated and abandoned? Where is Xingjie? If things really developed to that point, would she be willing again?

  Xu Xiangyang felt more sad the more he thought about it, and finally let out a long sigh.

  He wanted to yell at her angrily, "I'm not wrong!" Even if the girl thought it was inexplicable, it didn't matter, but his words turned into confession.

   "Yes, it is my responsibility." The boy replied in a low voice, "But sometimes, it is difficult to make the right choice, especially when faced with those dilemmas."

   "Well, yes."

   Lin Xingjie nodded in agreement. With a slight force on her slender hand, she broke free from Xu Xiangyang's palm, and then took the initiative to hold his hand in turn.

  Xu Xiangyang felt the softness and temperature, and couldn't help turning her head to look at her, and found that she also turned her face to the side, her clear and energetic eyes gleaming, full of trust.

   "But it's okay. Just like you have helped me countless times, I will always be with you."

Xu Xiangyang looked at her with a smile, and felt from the bottom of his heart that no one in this world could refuse the tenderness given by such a girl. His girlfriend was really perfect-nevertheless, it was pressed against him. The complex in my heart has not only been relieved by this, it has become even more dull.

  He smiled bitterly.

  Fortunately, although his interest is not too high, he finally cheered up.

  It’s not a good thing to just stay stuck because of this dilemma, or to learn from the ostrich as invisible; therefore, he will do whatever he can.

   "Mainly... Recently, I have been thinking about our future."

  Xu Xiangyang’s words are vague. Lin Xingjie "hmm" nodded, revealing his interest in this topic.

  "It is me, you, Qingyue, the future of the three of us."

  He emphasized.

   "I know." The Rapunzel shook the hands of the two in a casual manner, "What's more?"

   "Uh, I'm thinking, after we graduate from high school, we must go to university, right?"

  Xu Xiangyang spoke very roundabout.

"Of course." Lin Xingjie smiled and said, "Does this still need to be asked? Oh, yes, I may not have said this before, but you should guess my answer? Isn't this the beginning of yours? Tell me about the'right way to change your life'? Although the premise has changed, I still hope to keep it... like this, the days when I go to school with you and leave school, I don't want to end easily."

"Me too."

  Xu Xiangyang's words paused.

  "I think Qingyue has the same ideas as us. So, to achieve this, we need to be admitted to the same university, and then..."

  "Are you worried about my grades?"

   Lin Xingjie looked very confident.

"For now, my score still has a lot of room for improvement. If I try hard in the next year, I may still be able to keep up with the two of you. In addition, in this matter, if the goal cannot be achieved, I don't mind going through the back door."

   "Go the back door?"

  The long-haired girl puffed out her chest proudly.

  "I’m a superpowered person! Admissions are given preferential treatment. The people at the management office have mentioned it to me. They are all legitimate ways to go through formalities."

"……Ok."

  Xu Xiangyang nodded.

  "Judging from your monthly and final exam results, I am not particularly worried about this."

   "Then what are you worried about?"

"I……"

  He hesitated, and finally decided to make a test.

  In case that idea...that absurd idea, Xingjie might not have a particularly violent reaction to it? Xu Xiangyang held on to this little illusion and continued to ask.

   "I mean, we have to think about more things in the future. Don't you hate the state of the three of us now like this?"

"of course."

  Her voice is still brisk.

   "But in the eyes of others...no, don't care about others, just from our point of view, there is one thing that can't be denied: no matter how good the relationship is, we are lovers, and there is a gap between Qingyue and Qingyue."

"……Ok."

"Moreover, this gap will only become thicker with time and age. We were fine when we were students, but sooner or later, we will graduate, leave campus, look for work, and start a family. Like Now this kind of relationship cannot last forever. You know, Qingyue is the kind of person who tends to think too much, she may not tell you, but I found that she has actually been worried about this aspect..."

   "So, what do you want to do?"

   Lin Xingjie interrupted him.

  She raised her face and looked at him quietly, her bright pupils gleaming, as if she was expecting his answer;

  However, those long eyelashes are constantly trembling, which has inadvertently exposed her inner emotional tension and instability.

  Xu Xiangyang realized this.

  ——And at this moment, he was stunned.

  Am I treating people as stupid? Xu Xiangyang smiled bitterly, Ming Mingxingjie was the most sensitive and mature of the three.

   "...I don't know, I haven't figured it out yet."

  He shook his head.

"Oh."

   Lin Xingjie nodded slightly and smiled encouragingly at him.

  "It’s okay, we still have time, and we can think about it slowly. Qingyue’s things are ours, we won’t leave her alone, right?"

"right."

  Xu Xiangyang answered without hesitation.

  The palms of the two clasped tightly again; next, they moved forward in the direction of the destination.

  At the moment he turned his head, he seemed to have seen the long-haired girl quietly relieved...

  *

  Xu Xiangyang and Lin Xingjie came to the entrance of an alley.

The atmosphere is quite similar to the place where they live: blue tiles and white walls, row upon row of low houses, and a few aerials can be seen. There is a bluestone road between the old houses on both sides; there is a road at the entrance of the alley. A street lamp stayed on, and above it was a staggered number of dark electric wires, dividing the blocked sky into several pieces.

It was the hottest summer day. At two or three o’clock in the afternoon, there was no one passing by in the alley, and there was silence; standing at the entrance and looking inside, the glorious sunlight was blocked by the jagged eaves, and the places that were not found were still There are large and large shadows extending, which is quite a deep artistic conception.

  It's not just experience, it's not just past situations, and even the living environment is very similar-Xu Xiangyang can't help but think of such a thought.

  He looked at his girlfriend's profile. He and the squad leader had already told her what they found in the archives room. I don't know if Xingjie feels the same as herself.

  Find inside one by one according to the house number, and finally stand in front of an iron fenced door. He went up the steps and knocked on the door.

  There was no response for a while. Just as Xu Xiangyang was considering whether he was going to knock on the neighbors’ doors, the security door was pushed open from the inside.

  A middle-aged woman stood behind the fence and saw two unknown young people outside the door. She suddenly showed a suspicious expression and stared at them warily.

  "Excuse me, does Chen Hongying live here?"

  Xu Xiangyang asked politely.

"do not know."

  The other party responded indifferently.

   "You found the wrong person."

  The middle-aged woman was about to close the door. Xu Xiangyang hurriedly stopped, and quickly said the name of Chen Hongying’s father, which is also recorded in the file.

  In addition, this senior sister Chen is still a single-parent family, and her parents divorced when she was a child.

  The middle-aged woman just let go.

   "Oh...you say him."

   she replied.

   "The man lived here before and moved out a year ago. Why? Are you looking for something to do with him?"

   "Yes. Uh, mainly his daughter..."

  Xu Xiangyang thought for a while, and suddenly his inspiration flashed, and he took out the school badge of No.15 Middle School from his pocket.

  Usually no one wears this thing, so it is required during the flag-raising ceremony, but it is very useful to prove his student status, so Xu Xiangyang, who is careful and meticulous when dealing with people, often takes it with him.

   "We and Chen Hongying are in the same school."

  He deliberately ambiguous, not saying that Chen Hongying is an old elder sister who has graduated for several years, as if the school asked them to come.

  Seeing that the two young people are still high school students, the attitude of the middle-aged woman is a bit more relaxed. She recalled:

   "You said I didn't know this woman. When I saw that person, he lived alone, and I didn't see his daughter. I thought he was a bachelor."

  Xu Xiangyang and Lin Xing look at each other during cleansing.

  At this moment, the door of the neighbor's house next door opened, and an older lady came out with a basket carrying a basket and greeted the middle-aged woman with a smile.

   "Oh, are there any guests today?"

   "No!" she replied loudly, "They just came to ask about the previous landlord."

  The middle-aged woman glanced at both of them.

   "By the way, you can ask the old lady, she has always lived here."

  ……

   "Hongying..."

  The old lady sighed deeply when she heard the name.

   "I know her. What do you two ask this for?"

   seems to be an insider, Xu Xiangyang is considering what excuses to use, but he hears that the other party has already started to talk about it.

"She lives next door to me, and I watched her grow up. This child has been pitiful since she was a child, and her parents were divorced early, and she was sentenced to her father's care. Think about it, a big man with rough hands and feet. How can I take care of a little girl who just went to elementary school? Her father is not a rich man, he just works on a construction site. He wakes up and greets his family every day, and he has no time to accompany the child. Sometimes he drank. When drinking or sulking, you still..."

  The old lady stopped talking and did not continue. But the two young men could obviously guess what she didn't say.

  "Our neighbors in the neighbourhood know the difficulties of their family and occasionally help. Like me, sometimes her father is not there, so she takes the initiative to ask her to come and take care of her. I am also afraid that there may be accidents when a little girl stays at home alone."

"However, we are not her real family after all. This girl has been lacking love since she was a child. After she grows up, she has been withdrawn and her grades have been poor. Especially since high school, she has become more rebellious. She runs away from home every day, even her father. I can't control her very much."

  "I heard that she and a group of her friends had a big trouble at school, were punished, and some people dropped out. Your teacher has visited home several times, but it didn't work. She still does her own way."

"and after?"

  Lin Xingjie listened intently and couldn't help but ask.

   "Later, she disappeared."

   "...is missing?"

  Although Xu Xiangyang had vaguely guessed the answer, he still couldn't help sighing.

"Yes." The old lady nodded, "I don't know the specifics. It is said that after going out one night, she never returned home. The first two days were okay, because it was not the first time. It's going to happen; but then the school leaders came and said that this girl hadn't been to school for several days, and she hadn't been back to this alley before, and everyone felt that something was wrong."

"Her father quit his job and looked for her for several months; her mother also rushed over from other cities to find a way to find her daughter. Of course, she also called the police, but she still couldn't find her... Then, at this time last year , Her father finally gave up, and decided to go back to his hometown in frustration and left this place alone."

  The old lady sighed.

   "The man felt that he didn't care enough in normal times. He didn't even know where she would go after she ran away from home. This ended up in the end."

  "..."

  Xu Xiangyang calmly exchanged glances with Lin Xingjie.

  Coincidentally, they might actually know where she would go after she left home.

  *

   "You are right."

  On the way home, Lin Xingjie suddenly spoke.

"Ok?"

  Xu Xiangyang looked at her with a little doubt.

   "This senior sister named Chen Hongying... is very similar to me."

  "……"

   "Experiences, family background, and performance in school all remind me of my previous self."

   Lin Xingjie sighed slightly.

  "It’s just that I am obviously more fortunate compared to her currently missing her...not everyone can have this luck."

  Xu Xiangyang looked at his girlfriend who was a little depressed, couldn't help stopping, and reached out to touch her smooth long hair.

  The girl took the initiative to lean into his arms, and he stretched out his hand to wrap her shoulders.

  The two cuddled against each other and stood by the wall where no one passed by.

  This is the so-called "sorrowful". Xu Xiangyang would also sigh for Chen Hongying's experience, but he is destined to have a deeper feeling than Lin Xingjie. He stroked his lover’s tender cheeks, thinking that according to the plot in the TV series, the best way to comfort at this time is really...

  This thought just came to Xu Xiangyang's mind. Before he could turn it into action, the girl in her arms had already taken the initiative to send her lips up.

  (End of this chapter)