What's Wrong With Being Fifteen Years Older Than Me?! - Chapter 24.2
[L: Goodbye, Jingchuan. Picture]
It was a picture of a high-speed train. The person’s face wasn’t visible. Ye Li had a guess. Could the girl with the WeChat name L be Qin Shu’s girlfriend, A-Lian? She wanted to ask but decided against it. She was still not good at being the one to start a conversation. No matter how she rehearsed it, she felt awkward.
So she replied to Han Yueyue again.
[Ye Li: Don’t think too much about it. If two people break up over something so small, there’s no point in trying to get them back together. If they truly loved each other, they wouldn’t break up so easily. Just let it be.] [Han Yueyue: Wuwu, if I had your attitude, I wouldn’t have been so anxious since yesterday…]
“Excuse me?” A voice in English suddenly came from above her. The girl looked up blankly and saw a white man and a white woman, who looked like a couple. The woman saw her look up and continued, “Are you from around here?”
“What?” Ye Li said nervously. Then, she stammered, “No, I… I…”
“Auntie Lu, help!”
Lu Zhiyun, who had finished taking pictures and was about to come over, almost thought the girl was in trouble… It turned out it was just a pair of foreign tourists asking for directions. Ye Li stood to the side, listening awkwardly. She could only understand a few words here and there. She had no idea what they were talking about. For a moment, she felt like she was illiterate. Illiterate is an overstatement. More like mute. She was forced to listen to a few minutes of English.
Not long after, the foreign couple thanked them and smiled as they left. Ye Li was curious and asked while they were walking, “What did they want?” Lu Zhiyun patiently explained. “They wanted to know if I knew how foreign tourists could stay at local bed and breakfasts. I told them it was not possible for now. Only some hotels can accept foreign passports. Most of the local places can’t.”
“Oh, that’s so much trouble?” Ye Li said, pinching her fingers. She thought to herself, Even if I got a perfect score on my high school English exam, I probably wouldn’t have been able to explain all that.
Lu Zhiyun suddenly remembered something and laughed. “Xiaoli, you really scared me just now.”
Was it when I said, ‘Auntie Lu, help’? The girl’s face turned red. How embarrassing!
“It’s okay. Don’t be afraid. Just say whatever comes to your mind. Your speaking skills will improve with practice,” Lu Zhiyun said softly, seeing her embarrassment.
Ye Li didn’t like this feeling, so she quickly retorted. “It doesn’t matter. I’m not going in that direction anyway. As long as I can pass the test, it’s fine.”
They walked deeper into the mountain. There weren’t as many tourists as there were at the edge of the cliff. The green trees and fresh air made it feel peaceful and comfortable. Just then, a drizzle fell on her face. Ye Li raised her hand and felt it.
“Is it raining?” It was so sunny just before we came up here…
“The weather in the mountains is unpredictable. We should find a place to hide from the rain first.” Lu Zhiyun said, taking the girl’s hand and walking forward.
Ye Li: “!” The rain got heavier. The raindrops fell on the ground, making a sound like a thousand little dancing elves. The whole mountain became misty. They were lucky to find a place to hide from the rain before they got drenched. It was under the eaves of a small temple in the mountains. Because it was hidden, they were the only two there. Ye Li stared at the rain, which was getting heavier. The weather in the mountains was so magical.
The sound of the rain was loud, like random keys on a piano. The girl lowered her head and took out her earphones. She plugged them into her phone, opened her music app, and put the earphones in her ears, blocking out the noise.
“What are you listening to, Xiaoli?” Lu Zhiyun smiled and looked at her.
Ye Li took out one earphone and asked blankly, “Do you want to listen, Auntie Lu?” The woman didn’t hesitate. She took the earphones with a smile and put them in her ears. A beautiful female voice sang. Lu Zhiyun was surprised to hear that it was a Cantonese song.
“Why, every morning, do I feel so lost? It turns out I have to work in tears even after we broke up that morning…” Lu Zhiyun quickly recognized the song. Her eyebrows relaxed. “It’s Sentimental Ties by Priscilla Chan. I didn’t know you listened to songs from that era, Xiaoli.”
“My taste in music has always been a little different from my peers,” the girl said, shrugging.
The song ended and automatically switched to the next one, Night Flight.
“Looking back at the faint lights, there’s endless loneliness and anxiety…”
The rain continued to fall. The raindrops on the roof made a clear sound. Ye Li and Lu Zhiyun stood shoulder to shoulder, listening to the same song with one earphone each. Time seemed to slow down at that moment.