Invade the World

  Chapter 278 First Love and the End of Summer

  The world is so quiet.

  For a while, the sound of the waves in the distant sea and the sound of wind roaring on the dam disappeared.

  He was bathed in the bright sun, and he couldn't open his eyes completely.

  In the blurred vision, only a tearful face remained.

   Lin Xingjie was crying silently.

  Don’t cry.

  You cry like this, what should I do?

  I clearly didn’t want to see Xingjie’s sad face again from the bottom of my heart, but in the end she did something bad and made her cry.

  Xu Xiangyang tried hard to open his eyes in the harsh wind and strong sunlight, but when he really saw that face clearly, he couldn't help but want to close his eyes.

  His heart has become as heavy as iron lead stone. He even thought about turning around and fleeing, or simply jumping off the dam and throwing him into a **** head.

  In this way, it will be a hundred, and no one needs to be tortured anymore.

  He racked his brains to think, and finally reached out tremblingly, trying to touch the girl's face.

  "Don't...Don't be like this..."

  Lin Xingjie choked a little bit resistingly, and as her head turned, her long hair gently swayed in the wind.

  It's not because she really doesn't want to be touched by him, but she realizes that she is crying too badly now, just like a painted cat, she can't see people at all.

While twisting her face to the side, she rubbed her face hard with her sleeves, trying to wipe her face clean, but the result was only getting more and more dirty, because the tears were still running, even in the mouth. And nasal blisters between the nose.

  Xingjie rarely learned to look like a squad leader, thinking about going out with her boyfriend, so she put on a light makeup, but this time she suffered completely. The big teardrops rolled from the long eyelashes, causing the beauty of that pure face to be destroyed.

   "Woo..."

  Lin Xingjie lowered her head, and simply blocked her face with the sleeves of her hands. She didn't want him to see the embarrassed look, and soon even the wet contours on the sleeves gradually dyed.

  The girl’s crying gesture is far more exaggerated than the night when Xu Xiangyang first learned about her family situation, which can only be described as a mess.

  Because she was able to face the hostility from the outside world strongly at that time, and she could clenched her teeth no matter how sad she was; now she was betrayed by the people around her, hurt by people she had already opened up and trusted wholeheartedly.

  Because she is the person she has always liked and admired, she can easily penetrate her psychological protection and deal a heavy blow. Xu Xiangyang knows this very well.

   Even so, Lin Xingjie still did not cry. The tears on her face kept running, and from the barriers between her hands was a low cry of mourning, and judging from the occasional gasp, the girl was still trying to suppress her cry...

  This made Xu Xiangyang even more unbearable.

  He even felt that if Lin Xingjie could get furious and directly summon Xiao An to swallow him, it would be better than the current situation.

but…

  Has he not anticipated the current situation?

  No, it's not right. He is the person in the world who knows Xingjie's character best.

  But he did it anyway, knowing that it would hurt the other party deeply, without any excuses.

  He knows very well that as a girlfriend, Lin Xingjie has been too magnanimous, willing to tolerate the ambiguity between him and Qingyue, and is willing to turn a blind eye to this abnormal situation.

  As Qingyue said, all this is because of her humble love.

   And he and Qingyue for their own selfishness, but still want to go further on this basis...

  Xu Xiangyang took a deep breath. He looked up at the sky again, letting the dazzling sunlight fall directly on the surface of his eyeballs; and only then did he realize that the bridge of his nose was slightly sour, and his face was also wet with tears.

  He opened his hand and held the girl in front of him tightly in his arms.

  Lin Xingjie did not resist, she obediently buried her face in the boy's shoulder and sobbed silently.

  They have embraced each other countless times, but no hug is as painful as this moment.

  The heartwarming warmth in the temperature transmission room, the romance of cuddling each other on the sofa every lonely night, have gone away from the young couple and will never come back.

  The only thing left is endless torture.

  Xu Xiangyang didn’t speak because he really didn’t know how to open his mouth.

  Are you kidding me? He thinks he is a shameless bad guy, but he is not shameless enough. Anyone can tell if he is joking. It is better to jump into the sea if he wants to say such things.

  Xu Xiangyang thought that the determination he had made was firm enough before, so he made a vow in front of the squad leader. …Although he was not self-confident at first, the sharp pain he felt at this moment was far beyond his imagination.

  If there is a time machine in front of him, he will definitely jump in without hesitation.

  But, now I want to deny what I said just now, it doesn’t make any sense anymore.

  Once the dirty and absurd idea is frank and open, it is like the splashed water cannot be recovered. The psychological trauma he caused to Xingjie is irreparable.

  Xu Xiangyang is not yet smart and mature enough to come up with the perfect rhetoric to comfort the girl in his arms under such circumstances—if he did, he would not choose to do it from the beginning.

  What he did has put the three of them together to a dead end, and any words appear pale and weak in the face of this embarrassment.

  The only thing he can do is silence and hugs.

  After a while, Xu Xiangyang suddenly realized that the girl’s sobbing voice was mixed with a slight voice.

  He lowered his head subconsciously, trying hard to tell what she was talking about—

   "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... Xiangyang... I'm sorry..."

  Xu Xiangyang was stunned.

   "Actually, I had long thought that there would be such a day...especially after Qingyue confessed, so I have been trying to persuade myself to accept this thing..."

  Lin Xingjie printed her face deeply on the boy's chest and muttered to herself.

"I also like Qingyue very much. I want to be friends with her for a lifetime. Everyone is so happy together... So I was thinking, if I can convince myself, even if you or Qingyue propose it, I can I gladly accept it; I can even take the initiative to find out the truth and agree to be together with the two of you so that no one will feel sad. It will be a happy ending. The three of us can always be together forever—"

  Xu Xiangyang was stiff, listening to her words, but his brain went blank, just standing there blankly.

  The girl opened her arms again, and hugged him with all her strength, as if trying to integrate her body with her lover.

  This time, Lin Xingjie finally cried.

   "But I'm sorry, I still can't do it... Wow..."

  I don't know if it was because of the crying close at hand, or because of the sunlight falling from the sky, a strong dizziness rushed toward Xu Xiangyang, making him almost untenable.

   "...Why do you apologize?"

  Xu Xiangyang heard his voice hoarse and deep.

  He no longer understands the thoughts deep in his heart. There was boredom, there was sadness, there was pain, and there was burning anger—and he didn't even know who to pour out this anger.

  The only thing that is clear is that he can't accept her saying "I'm sorry" to himself at all.

  "You can't apologize, Lin Xingjie. You shouldn't apologize to anyone. You didn't do anything wrong, never did it!"

  "Toward, to the sun..."

   Lin Xingjie sobbed, unable to even speak completely, and looked up at him pitifully.

   "Lin Xingjie, you are not wrong! So..." He took a deep breath and shouted at her, "--Don't say'I'm sorry'!"

   Lin Xingjie's shoulder shrank slightly, as if she was frightened.

  After a long silence, the teary-eyed Rapunzel seemed to finally calm down. She watched him silently and asked in a low voice.

   "Then...what should I say?"

  Xu Xiangyang sighed long.

  He couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it again-halfway through, he realized that he had lost the qualification, so he stopped.

  But the girl in her arms has a tenderness that makes him ashamed. Lin Xingjie proactively stretched out her hand, held his palm, and put it on the side of her cheek.

  She repeatedly moved the boy's hand, rubbing his palm with her soft face like a cat who is acting coquettishly, her eyes showing deep nostalgia.

  Xu Xiangyang followed her instructions and gently stroked Lin Xingjie’s cheek with his hand. The heart beats fiercely and chaotically like a drum. He tried to control his breathing, leaned down behind him, and whispered in the softest voice:

   "I think you know very well, what is the result you want now... It's okay, it's okay, don't care about me."

   "I don't want to... No, I won't be separated from you."

   "I know, I know. We won't be separated, I promise."

  He stroked the girl’s long hair and thin lute bone, whispering in her ear.

  "..."

  After a long silence, Lin Xingjie stopped rubbing and let go of his hand.

   "Xu Xiangyang, I think, I want to calm down for a while..."

  The girl's pale lips trembled slightly, but she tried to straighten her back and smiled at him.

  Under Xu Xiangyang’s encouraging gaze, she finally said that sentence:

   "—So, let's break up."

  Xu Xiangyang's vision suddenly became blurred, and for a moment he only felt that the sky was spinning, but he still supported his body by supporting his forehead, and swayed his head up and down vigorously, even viciously.

"good."

  Then, it was the last hug, the last time I breathed the smell of each other, as if to imprint each other's breath deep in the body.

  The huge sun wheel hanging on the sea shining on the two people hugging each other on the dam, and their shadows dragged and fell on the ground for a long time, blending together.

  A few minutes later, or even a century later, the arms of the boy and the girl loosened, dropped, and embraced.

  The figure split into two halves.

  He and her were standing on the dam, less than one meter apart, looking at each other in silence.

  Lin Xingjie wiped away the dry tears on her face and asked him:

   "...Is there any follow-up to this date?"

  Xu Xiangyang shook his head silently.

"Yes."

  The girl lowered her head, quickly raised it again, and said with a smile.

   "I want to go back alone."

  Xu Xiangyang nodded.

"I know."

   But he said again:

   "I don't worry about you walking alone. I will drive a motorcycle to follow. If you are tired from walking or don't want to take the bus, you can say hello and I will see you off."

   actually said "I don't worry about you alone" to a superpower...

  The corners of Lin Xingjie’s mouth rose slightly for a moment, but he quickly returned to calm.

  She didn't say anything, just waved her hand at him after turning around, and walked slowly towards the road along the **** under the dam covered by the meadow.

  Xu Xiangyang stood on the dam overlooking her.

  Even though she was still wearing a lady's long dress, at this moment, Xingjie’s back seemed to no longer be able to see how she was crying and crying and hurting the Spring and Autumn, but she was as unrestrained as a heroine.

  He sighed, wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes, and choked.

  Xu Xiangyang ran all the way along the road when he came, to the grass where the motorcycle was placed, and climbed crookedly on the ridgeline of the bumpy hill, and finally drove on the asphalt road.

  He ran out of breath and drove up the motorcycle in a hurry. The reason was naturally that he was afraid of his girlfriend...No, now it should be said that he was an ex-girlfriend—I was afraid that she would just ride a whale and fly away, and he would definitely not be able to catch up.

  But Xingjie did not do this.

  Xu Xiangyang soon found her in the shade of Lin Daomu.

  It seems that Lin Xingjie does not intend to leave this sad place immediately, but walks slowly along the winding coastline, enjoying the sea view along the way.

  Xu Xiangyang followed slowly on a motorcycle, always keeping a certain distance from her. He watched her and looked around. Seeing no one nearby, he directly climbed over the breakwater and walked straight to the beach.

  The girl took off her shoes, carried it with one hand, and swayed like walking on stilts on the soft sand soaked in sea water.

  Xu Xiangyang pushed his motorcycle, came to the edge of the dam, and looked at Xingjie's figure.

  The sun is shining, the waves are surging, and the deserted beach is a girl with a long skirt and long hair, humming a little tune, and walks alone.

  Beautiful like a painting, but with a little loneliness.

   Just then, a gust of wind blew over.

  Summer wind often has a hot air, but this wind is very different from it, it is cool, and it made him get goose bumps.

  Xu Xiangyang hugged his arm and couldn't help looking into the distance where the wind was coming.

  At the end of the field of vision, the mountains are like beautiful flowers, and light yellow waves appear on the strong green hills with undulating outlines.

  At that moment, his heart was stunned.

  It's like being in a haunted house with the squad leader that day. When we came out, there was a patter of sun and rain, so everyone knew: summer is here.

  Similarly, this gust of wind is announcing the coming of autumn to people.

  ...

  In this way, Xu Xiangyang’s first love ended with the summer of the second year of high school.

  (End of this chapter)