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Looking at the three strings of candied haws in his hand, Han Zhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He earned eight yuan after running a lap, which was considered a small profit.
But then again, it feels so good to be able to run at full speed. If he was still in the same sickly condition as before, he would have no chance to climb the snow mountain with Mo Yixia.
Considering that Mo Yixia was still waiting for him, he turned around and ran back quickly.
Mo Yixia is a high school student with a mature mind, so there is naturally no risk of her getting lost. Han Zhou saw her as soon as he returned, but she seemed to be dealing with a few men who were trying to chat her up.
Han Zhou frowned. These guys must be at least thirty years old. Mo Yixia's high school uniform was so conspicuous. How could they have the nerve to talk to her?
He walked over quickly, but only when he got closer did he realize that things were not as he thought.
"Are you talking about attractions in Yecheng that are suitable for couples? Hahaha, of course we know. Everyone has a young time."
"You can find Yecheng's famous attractions on the Internet, so you should be asking about those interesting but not very popular attractions, right? I see, I see, a world for two, right? Then you've asked the right person. I was the one who gave my son advice when he was courting a girlfriend..."
"I suggest you go to the ancient city and take a look."
"Thank you, uncle."
Mo Yixia listened to the uncles' stories carefully with a calm look in her eyes. She wrote down the places they mentioned one by one. Then she felt something in her heart and said without turning her head, "Have you ever considered how I feel about being left here alone?"
Do you have eyes in the back of your head?
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment, but luckily he was used to this guy's various "superpowers" and explained, "I can't help it. Didn't I go to buy candied haws for you? It's not like you didn't see the vendor run away after collecting the money..."
Seeing Han Zhou appear, an uncle looked him up and down and said in surprise: "Hey, little girl, this is your boyfriend. He looks so handsome."
He looked at Han Zhou and said, "But young man, this is your fault. You are here for tourism, right? You are new here, how can you leave such a lovely girl in a place where you are not familiar with?"
Han Zhou glanced at Mo Yixia unhappily, thinking that this girl was not cute at all. He knew without thinking that she must be talking nonsense again, even mentioning her boyfriend.
"You seem to be thinking about something very offensive."
Mo Yixia seemed to see through his thoughts and said calmly, "If you insist on thinking that I'm unlovable, then you'd better get over it with your conscience first."
Is my expression that obvious?
Han Zhou took a deep breath, handed over the candied haws immediately, and changed the subject: "What are you talking about?"
The uncle said with a smile: "Your girlfriend asked us if there are any places in Yecheng that are suitable for couples to go. We have already told her. You can go and have a look together when you are free. It's quite nice."
The faces of the uncles were all full of smiles. Han Zhou felt uneasy when he was looked at. Then he pointed at Mo Yixia and asked in confusion: "Can't you see that she is a high school student?"
"You can see that the style of this school uniform is similar to my daughter's, but the color is different. What's wrong?"
"Um...don't you think this is puppy love?"
Han Zhou was indeed a little curious. Just like in his previous life, the mainstream idea in this world was against premature love, and this was the case in almost most families. He didn't expect these uncles to be so open-minded. From the conversation just now, it seemed that some of them already had children.
"Hahaha, what's the point of falling in love too early? You two are almost adults now, right?" an old man laughed. "We were all like this back then. We were ignorant and moved during our school years, but when we really got to the age of entering society, there was no place for such immature love."
Another uncle said sourly: "This old man's current wife is his childhood sweetheart. They have been together since high school. We are so envious of them."
"Yes, to use the words you young people use now, this brat was showing off his love to us every day and was so cocky all the time." The other two uncles said with disgust.
"Alright, alright, do you think I want to? I was forced to do it too."
"Look, this kid is taking advantage of me and still acting like a good kid!"
"..."
It can be seen that these people must have been good friends for many years. They have formed a deep friendship since their student days, and they can still chat about everything together until now.
"In short, although we don't support you young people falling in love early, we don't object to it either, as long as it doesn't affect your studies. Of course, you must be careful about some things." The uncle who spoke first reminded earnestly.
Mo Yixia glanced at Han Zhou meaningfully, lowered her head and said, "Don't worry, he is very careful."
Han Zhou's face darkened. There was actually nothing wrong with what he said. He was indeed always very careful about his manners. If anyone had to be accused of not being careful about his manners, it would be this guy. The problem was that this did not sound the same to other people.
Mo Yixia's expression and tone just now were so intriguing. She said something that gave people the feeling of "Don't worry, he's wearing it"...
Han Zhou was sure that this guy did it on purpose!
As expected, the looks of the uncles instantly became subtle. They looked at each other, then looked at Han Zhou's slightly pale face, and suddenly they regretted saying that they did not oppose premature love...
What they call puppy love is at most the kind of youthful love that involves holding hands, hugging occasionally, and even kissing, which is embarrassing. How can one empty one's body at such a young age?
Several people wanted to bring the misguided couple back to the right path, but it was difficult to take back what they had just said, so they immediately looked embarrassed and stopped talking.
Fortunately, Mo Yixia didn't intend to embarrass these kind-hearted uncles, and said a little aggrievedly: "He is so timid. We have been together for so long and we have only held hands once, and I took the initiative."
"Is this..."
The uncles heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. Noticing the disappointment in the little girl's tone, they raised their eyebrows and looked at Han Zhou, educating him in the tone of someone who had experienced it: "Young man, we are not saying anything bad about you, but sometimes being too careful is not necessarily a good thing. Taking the initiative is also a required course..."
Han Zhou's mouth twitched. No, do you want me to be careful about my behavior or not?
……
After finally saying goodbye to this group of uncles who were well versed in the art of love, Han Zhou walked to the hotel with a look of despair on his face. Seeing Mo Yixia beside him being unusually quiet, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"
Mo Yixia was holding the candied haws that he had bought not long ago, but she hadn't eaten it yet. In fact, Han Zhou had never seen her eating on the street because she rarely took off her mask outside.
Mo Yixia shook her head slightly: “Nothing, it’s just that when I was chatting with the uncles just now, I suddenly thought of something.”
Han Zhou looked alert: "I hope what you said is not about 'being careful'."
"Do I need to repeat this over and over again?" Mo Yixia turned her head and glanced at him.
She would hide many of her emotions in her heart, but not her contempt. However, if possible, Han Zhou hoped that she could hide this emotion as well...
"So what did you think of?"
Mo Yixia didn't answer but asked, "Do you remember how many times we held hands?"
"Why do you ask this?"
"You just have to answer my questions."
"Once..." Han Zhou recalled seriously for a while, "The one in the haunted house."
His tone was a little complicated, but it quickly disappeared.
"So am I soft?"
While he was thinking, the girl's faint voice sounded in his ears.
"It's quite soft..."
Han Zhou nodded subconsciously, his voice suddenly paused, and he turned around to see Mo Yixia with her hair tied up, staring at him with a smile.
"You're being honest this time."
"Ahem." Han Zhou skipped the topic with a serious face, "So why are you asking this?"
Mo Yixia retracted her gaze and said, "We held hands more than once, but strictly speaking, we only held hands that time... Of course, that's not the important thing. Do you remember how I answered that uncle just now?"
Han Zhou thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "'We've been together for so long and we've only held hands once'?"
"Yes."
Mo Yixia looked into the distance, "I said this subconsciously. I really feel like we have been together for a long time, but in fact, excluding the time when we couldn't meet, we have only known each other for a month in total."
"I suddenly feel a little scared."
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment, then he heard the other party continue, "Many things in this world are measured in time, especially feelings. The interesting thing is that things that are accumulated over time are often destroyed by time, and destruction is always easier than accumulation. A relationship that has lasted for decades may become blurred just because of a separation of one or two years. This is a completely unequal conversion relationship."
Mo Yixia looked up at the moon. The moon was particularly round tonight. Most people liked this time, but some people didn't like it, because every waxing and waning of the moon represented a change of time.
And every time time passes, it is an unequal exchange of emotions.
"So I was thinking, even the feelings accumulated over a long period of time will be diluted by a short period of time, so what does our relationship, which lasted less than a month, count for?"
After a moment of silence, Han Zhou laughed and said, "If it is true as you said, that the feelings accumulated over a long period of time will be diluted in a short period of time, then our one-month relationship should have disappeared because of a month of separation, right?"
"In my opinion, feelings are not measured by the length of time, but by 'effective memory'. A long time can carry more memories, and naturally there is a greater probability of accumulating 'effective memory'. Therefore, the longer the time, the deeper the feelings. However, even if the time together is short, as long as enough 'effective memory' has been accumulated, there is actually no difference between the two. As for what you are worried about..."
"You said that feelings are not measured by the length of time, right?" Mo Yixia interrupted him.
"Yes, but I haven't finished speaking yet."
"That's enough, no need to say more."
"enough?"
"enough."
Mo Yixia's tone was calm, without any trace of sadness from before, but instead there was a subtle sense of ease, "You can still say a few useful words occasionally, I quite like your theory of 'effective memory'."
"Yeah……"
Han Zhou was a little suspicious, wondering what this guy was up to.
"I want to eat candied haws." Mo Yixia said suddenly.
Han Zhou was happy: "Eat it if you want. Don't you have it in your hand?"
"I want to eat the one on your right hand."
"What's the difference?"
“It makes no difference, but I just want to eat it.”
Han Zhou couldn't do anything about her, so he handed her the candied haws and said, "Then take it."
Mo Yixia didn't take it. She was holding a candied haws in her right hand, so she pulled the mask down a little with her left hand, revealing her delicate face and slightly opening her mouth.
Although nothing was said, the meaning was self-evident.
Han Zhou was stunned and said with a strange look: "You don't want me to feed you?"
Mo Yixia glanced at him and said, “You ate four fish heads tonight, why can you still ask such a stupid question?”
Without giving Han Zhou a chance to continue speaking, she said calmly, "Also, although I haven't mentioned it, you should have remembered that I would give you a grade. Now is the time for the assessment. Don't you want to satisfy me with such a small thing?"
Then he continued to open his mouth.
Han Zhou took a deep breath. Tomorrow was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he was too lazy to argue with this guy during the holiday. He just fed her the candied haws and handed it to the girl with a helpless look on his face.
Mo Yixia took a bite of the top candied haws and then lay there lazily without moving.
"You don't even want to spend the energy to pull the candied haws down, right..."
Han Zhou's face turned dark and he had to pull the candied haws back. In order to avoid hurting the other party, he deliberately controlled his strength and soon pulled off a candied haws. Mo Yixia tilted her head back and the round candied haws immediately rolled into her mouth.
There was still some icing on her lips, which looked shiny. She licked them with her tongue, chewed them for a while and said, "It tastes pretty good. You should try it too."
Han Zhou was stunned and looked at the candied haws in his hand: "I want to eat what you left?"