The night was gradually falling, like a bottle of thick dark blue ink being spilled and spreading out. Where the dark blue met, there was a faint, pale golden glow that slowly faded away at the end of the sky.
"Su Qinian, am I going to fall to my death?" In a corner beside the school playground, the girl stepped onto the wall, steadying her center of gravity and clutching the railing on one side tightly.
She looked down at the other side. Su Qinian had already climbed over the wall. She could only see him standing there with his arms outstretched, looking at her with a mixture of helplessness and amusement.
"Don't be afraid. Just come down. I'll catch you. If necessary, I'll be your human cushion. Will that put your mind at ease?"
The young man's eyes were filled with a smile. He held his arms up and raised an eyebrow at the hesitant girl on the wall.
He just stood there. The thickening night fell upon him. At the same time, the streetlights came on. Half of the light shone on his side, creating a contrast between light and darkness.
A gust of wind blew, causing the young man's eyelashes that held the light to tremble. Everything around seemed to turn into tenderness. Lin Jinran clung tightly to the railing on the wall, biting her lip as she looked down.
The night wind blew in, and her heart fluttered along with it.
She was still so scared. It was her first time climbing over a wall.
As soon as the evening self - study lecture ended, the two of them used the excuse of going out to discuss questions and slipped out.
It was the time of the first evening self - study. They couldn't get out through the school gate, so Su Qinian came up with the bad idea of climbing over the wall.
Lin Jinran readily agreed, but when it came to the actual moment of climbing over the wall, she was in a bind.
Scared, still scared.
She was now stuck on the wall, unable to go down or go back. She was in a dilemma.
Staring at the flat ground outside the school and then looking at the height from the wall, Lin Jinran carefully swallowed a mouthful of saliva and tightened her grip on the railing.
"No, no. I'm scared..." Lin Jinran shook her head frantically. Her voice carried a faint sob as it drifted with the wind. It was so high. How could she dare to jump?
It wasn't that she didn't trust Su Qinian, but what if she jumped and accidentally injured him and sent him to the hospital?
"Just relax. I'm here. I've learned a lot of skills from hanging out with Lu Youchuan. You know, doing all sorts of things." Su Qinian said something rather unserious with a straight face.
Lin Jinran couldn't help but burst out laughing. But her laughter quickly faded when she heard a security guard shouting in the distance towards them, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Lin Jinran: "???"
Lin Jinran: "!!!"
Hey, what bad luck! How could the security guard patrol all the way here? They'd actually been discovered.
Lin Jinran started to panic and called out to Su Qinian, "What should we do? The security guard is coming."
Su Qinian said seriously, "So you have to jump down quickly."
Lin Jinran: "But I'm scared!!!"
Su Qinian: "It's okay. Just jump."
Lin Jinran took another look at the height from the ground. Her mind went blank, and she quickly looked away and towards the security guard.
The security guard was approaching with a flashlight in hand. "Are you students from No. 1 Middle School? Are you trying to skip class by climbing over the wall?"
Suddenly, the flashlight shone on Lin Jinran's face. She was so scared that she quickly covered her face and looked down at Su Qinian.
She gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and jumped.
Before jumping, she "threatened" him fiercely, "I'm jumping, Su Qinian. You'd better catch me, or I won't let you off!!!"
As she jumped, all she could hear was the whistling wind in her ears. She couldn't see or hear anything else. She just felt herself falling faster.
Suddenly, a pair of strong arms caught her. The young man's warm breath blew against her face, soft, gentle, and ticklish.
"Won't let me off? Jinran, what do you plan to do?"
The drawn - out ending sound was so lingering.
Lin Jinran was stunned. She first carefully opened one eye to see what was going on. The boy's delicate features were right in front of her. His dark eyes were filled with a smile. Under his high nose bridge, his lips were full and slightly red. And those lips were slightly upturned, looking a bit nonchalant.
She was so shocked that she opened both eyes wide.
She could clearly see Su Qinian.
"Y - you, put me down quickly."
Despite the security guard's relentless pursuit outside the wall, Lin Jinran still blushed like a fool. The whole world seemed to shrink to the face in front of her that was magnified.
She could hear her heart pounding wildly and noticed that her cheeks were as red as a steamed crab.
The wind was blowing passionately, and her heart was beating violently.
Fortunately, it was late at night, which hid her expression.
Su Qinian let out a soft laugh. No one knew what he was laughing at. He gently put her down and patted the top of her head.
Her soft hair fluttered across her face with the wind. Su Qinian's mind was wandering as he thought about the contact just now. His beautiful phoenix eyes were full of straightforward heat.
Lin Jinran turned her back to him and tidied up her school uniform.
A beam of light flashed on the wall. A warning bell rang in Lin Jinran's mind. She quickly grabbed Su Qinian's hand and started running outside.
"Run, run. What if the security guard catches up with us?"
The girl's panicked voice drifted with the wind into the ears of the boy behind, who was both amused and helpless. Su Qinian looked down at the hand that was holding his, said nothing, and obediently followed her as she ran.
He didn't remind her either, contentedly enjoying this moment of "intimate" contact.
It wasn't until they had left the school far behind that Lin Jinran stopped. She bent over, out of breath. "We're far enough. The security guard shouldn't follow us out, right?"
"Oh no. There are cameras everywhere in the school playground. Oh no, no. If he can't find us, he'll definitely check the surveillance cameras. What should we do? Our homeroom teacher will surely find out."
Lin Jinran suddenly thought of this and started pacing around Su Qinian anxiously, making him dizzy.
He grabbed her and said helplessly, "Don't worry. That place is quite remote, and there are no cameras. And we've deliberately avoided the cameras all the way. We won't be discovered."
Even if they were discovered, he'd make sure it never became known.
"Really?" she asked.
Su Qinian said seriously, "Really. I'll be a puppy if I lie to you."
Lin Jinran: "Woof, woof, woof!"
Su Qinian: "..."
Lin Jinran: "Humph!"
Su Qinian seemed to have a kind of magic. With his help, the low mood she'd been in during the day slowly faded away.
Lin Jinran recalled her mood throughout the day. It had been up and down, like a roller - coaster ride.
"So what should we do now?" Lin Jinran asked curiously.
"How about I scan a shared electric bike and take you around Wannan City?" Su Qinian smiled faintly and lazily walked towards the electric bike.