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The explosive news that Yi Ran and Song Yu Meng were dating had spread across the school like wildfire during the afternoon break.
Liu Luo Yang had heard about it too.
He laughed coldly. Truthfully, he really didn’t believe it was true. Could Song Yu Meng, who had liked him for five years, just suddenly give up on her feelings like that? The other person was a girl too, isn’t it just too ridiculous?
Liu Luo Yang felt certain this was another one of Song Yu Meng’s ploys, just to make him jealous and fall for her.
Alright, since he had broken up with Xu Yuan anyway and Song Yu Meng was going to such lengths, how could he not play along a bit?
It wasn’t the first time he had led her on ambiguously anyway. He could even use this opportunity to anger Xu Yuan and make her change her mind, it was killing two birds with one stone.
Liu Luo Yang’s plans were very well thought out.
In the past, if he had angered Song Yu Meng, he just needed to buy something to coax her and apologise to her nicely, and everything would be fine. Song Yu Meng would still treat him nicely the next day.
Liu Luo Yang had the same plan this time around, so he bought a box of sweet strawberry milk from the commissary.
When it was time for break, Liu Luo Yang took the milk and walked to the last row, placing it on Song Yu Meng’s desk.
Yi Ran was originally chatting and laughing with Song Yu Meng, but seeing Liu Luo Yang come over, their smiles faded.
She looked at Liu Luo Yang with a blank expression, but her gaze wasn’t friendly, it could even be counted as a warning look. When she saw the sly and appeasing smile, she knew his scum man fishing technique was going to be on display again.
Her heart felt uncomfortable.
Song Yu Meng would never have realised Liu Luo Yang was behind her if she didn’t notice Yi Ran’s expression was off.
“What you doing here? Is something up?” She looked at him, her tone exceptionally cold and distant, a completely different person than she was in the past.
It made Liu Luo Yang unhappy, but he stills smiled. “I bought you a box of sweet milk, try it?”
Song Yu Meng looked at the milk and said blandly: “Oh, you shouldn’t have. I don’t like sweet milk, so you should give it to someone else.”
Liu Luo Yang steadied his expression and asked patiently: “Are you still angry at me, that’s why you haven’t been coming to look for me lately? Is it on purpose?”
Yi Ran had long since turned her head aside to not disturb their conversation, but hearing those words, a corner of her mouth lifted in a condescending smile. She thought, this person really thinks too much. Even if you don’t like him, his mind can interpret it as you playing mind games with him.
Song Yu Meng also felt it was ridiculous, her expression turning a bit impatient. “I think you might be misunderstanding something. I didn’t look for you not because it’s on purpose or not, but because I no longer like you.”
“Yes, maybe I really did like you before, but it’s in the past now. And now, I can tell you with absolute certainty that I don’t like you, not at all. So don’t overthink it as me playing mind games with you, and don’t treat me as your backup plan.”
Song Yu Meng said it seriously and harshly, not at all looking like she was joking. Even if Liu Luo Yang was confident that Song Yu Meng still liked him desperately, at this moment, he realised she had really moved on.
He was embarrassed and upset, walking away angrily, without forgetting to take the milk.
While this was going on, Yi Ran secretly looked in her desk. She had also bought a box of sweet milk, and it was also strawberry flavoured.
She had intended to give it to Song Yu Meng, but how had she forgotten that her girlfriend didn’t like sweet stuff? Seems like this plan was bust.
“Sigh

” Yi Ran sighed at the box of milk.
And Song Yu Meng managed to hear it.
“What are you looking at?” Her tone immediately became lively and cute.
She stuck her head over to take a look and Yi Ran immediately leaned forward, using her body to block it from sight.
“Nothing.” Yi Ran was strangely embarrassed, not wanting to tell Song Yu Meng she was looking at that box of milk.
But Song Yu Meng immediately knew she was lying. She wouldn’t even tell her girlfriend what she was looking at. Feeling a bit annoyed, she complained: “You’re lying, I saw you looking at your desk. What sort of unspeakable thing do you have in there that I can’t see!”
While Yi Ran was thinking how to dispel her suspicion, Song Yu Meng reached out and forced her hand into the desk, touching the box of milk.
She pulled it out and Yi Ran immediately felt embarrassed.
“See, I said it was nothing, just a box of milk.”
“Why didn’t I see you buying this?”
“I bought it on the way at the commissary this morning, I just haven’t drunk it yet.”
“Why haven’t you drunk it? Did you buy this for me?”
Yi Ran suddenly fell silent, suppressing a smile and looking away.
Song Yu Meng looked at the box of sweet strawberry milk, then at her girlfriend’s red face and suddenly understood. She was overcome with happiness that couldn’t be hidden.
She shook Yi Ran’s shoulder and smiled happily: “Aiya, if you wanted to give it to me, just give it to me openly. Turns out you can be shy too.”
She hadn’t seen shy Yi Ran in a long time, and she couldn’t resist poking her red cheek.
Her face was soft, and Song Yu Meng’s finger felt a trace of warmth. It was just as cute as the two dimples on her cheeks.
Yi Ran grabbed her finger and said: “But, didn’t you just say you don’t like sweet milk?”
Song Yu Meng felt that Yi Ran really was silly to the point of cuteness.
“I said I didn’t like it because it was Liu Luo Yang. I don’t want him to give me milk. I only want the milk you give me.” Song Yu Meng held onto Yi Ran’s hand and flirted. “The milk you give me is sweeter.”
Yi Ran smiled widely: “Only the milk I give is sweet? Can I call out your double standards?”
“Don’t you know how to praise someone? This is called only showing favouritism to you.” Song Yu Meng raised her chin smugly.
The person sitting in front of them had a face of disdain and helplessness. Good god, why did the two of them start again! They really don’t consider the feelings of other people!


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After school was released, the two of them had walked all the way to the rear gate when Song Yu Meng suddenly said she wanted Yi Ran to carry her home.
Yi Ran looked at her, seemingly a bit unwilling.
Song Yu Meng hugged her arm and swung it back and forth, whining cutely: “Aiya aiya, carry me back! You haven’t carried me in so long!”
“Then what do we do with the scooter? Do I carry it back together with you?” Yi Ran pointed at her scooter.
Song Yu Meng chuckled. “Are you silly? Just leave the scooter here, who’s going to be so immoral as to steal it?”
Yi Ran complained softly: “But you’re so heavy! It’ll be so tiring to carry you back on that long road!”
“You’re really annoying, don’t say I’m heavy!” Song Yu Meng said. “How about this? When you’re tired of carrying me, I’ll carry you. I’m so considerate, right?” She looked at Yi Ran with twinkling eyes, anticipation written all over her face.
Who could refuse? This was her girlfriend after all, she could only spoil her.
Yi Ran thought about it and said: “Okay, but you have to carry me first, or I won’t do it!”
Song Yu Meng clicked her tongue. “Alright, alright.” She walked in front of Yi Ran and bent over slightly. “Hop on.”
Yi Ran was tall and her legs were long, she easily jumped onto Song Yu Meng’s back. She thought she had jumped on lightly, but Song Yu Meng stumbled forward a few steps and almost fell over, she struggled to get her centre of balance back and held on tightly to Yi Ran’s legs.
While walking slowly forward, Song Yu Meng couldn’t help but complain: “Crazy Yi, you’re so heavy, how do you have the cheek to say I’m heavy! You’re crushing me!”
Yi Ran giggled, her two arms around Song Yu Meng’s neck.
“I’m heavy? I’m only slightly above 60kg.”
Song Yu Meng hitched her higher up on her back and said with a bit of effort: “60kg still isn’t heavy? This lady’s not even 60kg!”
“The difference between my height and weight and your height and weight, don’t you know it yourself?”
Song Yu Meng was silenced by this sentence. She couldn’t refute even if she wanted to, her height was a pain point.
Because she hardly exercised and she was weak, she could only carry Yi Ran and walk for a few minutes before she gave up.
“I can’t, I can’t. I can’t carry you anymore, I can’t take it.”
Yi Ran smiled and jumped down from her back, not forgetting to tease her: “It’s only been a few minutes and your waist is hurting, you really can’t

”
Yi Ran looked at her with a meaningful smile.
Song Yu Meng understood her hidden meaning and was both embarrassed and angry, hitting Yi Ran with her bag and shouting: “Hooligan!”
Yi Ran retreated, both hands protecting her head as she whined: “Wow~ Aren’t you being unreasonable! You’re the one who can’t do it and you’re blaming me!”
“I’m going to blame you!”
Hearing Song Yu Meng’s “hooligan!” shout, passersby all thought a young lady was being harassed by some nasty person. But after a look, they didn’t see any hooligan, it was clearly just two people flirting.
The two of them stood bent over with their hands on their knees, panting.
The moon hung bright in the sky and their shadows blended together under the warm, yellow light from the streetlamp. The calls of a cicada mixed with their heavy breathing, adding to the atmosphere.
Song Yu Meng was the first to straighten up. Taking advantage of Yi Ran still being bent over, she hopped onto her back, wrapping her arms around Yi Ran’s neck.
Her voice still held traces of the joy Yi Ran brought her. “Hurry up and carry me home.”
Yi Ran smiled, hands circling under Song Yu Meng’s thighs, but she didn’t move, opting instead of negotiate.
“Give me a kiss, then I’ll go.”
“There’s nobody around anyway, kiss me.”
“Really

”
Song Yu Meng used her hand to move away the stray hairs by Yi Ran’s ear, then gently pressed her lips against the shell of Yi Ran’s left ear.
Yi Ran never thought she would kiss such an area. It was like electricity was coursing through her body, and she shuddered. Walking home after that, her footsteps were light, as if she was floating.
The ear had been kissed was thoroughly red.
And Song Yu Meng was embarrassed too, immediately burying her face in Yi Ran’s shoulder after she kissed her ear, only exposing her watery eyes looking left and right.
She noticed the originally-pale ear was now incredibly red, and she was both excited and shy, her eyes full of love for Yi Ran.
Yi RAn walked slowly and steadily. Suddenly, Song Yu Meng shyly asked: “Yi Ran

 I really, really like you.” She plastered her entire face against Yi Ran’s back. “So when on earth are you going to bring me back home

.”
Yi Ran’s feet and breathing both stopped. She swore, she had never been so emotional before in her life. Every nerve, every cell was jumping about, responding to Song Yu Meng.
She really, really liked her too.
Yi Ran breathed in steadily and started walking again, no longer as calm as before, but more rushed now.
“Right now.”
Time to meet the parents! (as girlfriends)