Forest Memories

Chapter 10 The Three Nos

The cool motorcycle sped along.

Anna stepped back, but she was still a step behind. The motorcycle came at her like a mad dog.

By this time Anna's brain had no time to think about anything else, and only gave her eyes the command to close.

"bang ~"

The rumble of the locomotive was deafening.

However, it stopped abruptly as it passed Anna.

Anna suddenly opened her eyes and saw a familiar boy.

The strong inertia forced the boy's body to lean forward, and the veins in his hands gripping the dragon's head bulged. After he stopped steadily, he stood on his feet, patted the inflated windproof coat, and then raised his arms to touch the thing on top of his head.

The young man's headless helmet looks just like a triumphant general taking off his shining armor, elegant and cool.

The scene was particularly clear and shocking to Anna, who had to admit that her heart had skipped a few beats for him.

But that was only for a moment, and when his face appeared her smile vanished.

Jack's eyes trembled and he smiled, "Why do you smile at everyone else but ignore me?"

Anna snorted, "We're familiar?"

“……”

Jack smiled and turned his head away, nodding at the reflection of the setting sun in the lake. "No, that's okay."

Just as Anna thought Jack would leave on his own, he swept his long legs back and dismounted gracefully. He opened the trunk of the motorcycle and handed an women's helmet to Anna from inside.

"I always thought you were not a pretentious person."

Is it pretentious not to accept? Anna snorted again.

"When I was a child, my cousin did the same to me, but unfortunately I let her down."

With that, Anna turned and walked away.

Jack quickly grabbed her arm and said, "I'm sorry."

"You apologize to me?" Anna laughed.

"Yes. I apologize to you."

“why？”

This voice exposed Anna's spoken language, why was very magical. Jack could not resist a sneer, but soon returned to normal, saying, "Apologize for calling you Oriental Bubai behind your back."

"No, that's not what I'm asking."

"Hmm?"

"What I want to know is, why should you apologize to me? Who hasn't been given a nickname behind my back?"

"because......"

Jack thought Anna was a tough person, but he had to finish the conversation. After stuttering, he said calmly, "Because I want to be your brother."

Anna：“……”

"I have many brothers but they are all of the same gender. The teacher said that I should make more good friends, so I would like to apologize to you and ask for your forgiveness. I hope you can forget the past and renew the friendship with you when we were desk partners."

It sounds reasonable, but it would be a little pretentious to get angry again. Anna hummed, "Okay, then I'll accept your apology."

She reached for another helmet in his hand, "Then Brother Song will have to take me there."

"No problem."

Anna, who was too heavy to support Jack's body, struggled to get into the car.

Jack's motorcycle is cool, but it doesn't seem to be suitable for others to ride.

Anna sat down and reached her hands behind her back to grab the spine of the motorcycle. It was uncomfortable to straighten her back, and it was uncomfortable to bend it. She made countless small poses, but none of them were comfortable.

"Maybe the only way to feel comfortable is to lie on my back," Jack joked.

Anna: "Oh! I don't want anyone to think we're having sex."

"...... Or you're awesome."

Jack gave her another thumbs-up.

"Back to school or home?"

This question really gave Anna a hard time. She had originally planned to go back to school, but only because there were no cars available for the late return home, so she decided to stay for one night. But now there was an opportunity to be sent away. Could it be... No, no, no, her home is too far away; how could she possibly trouble someone like that.

"Then I'll take you home!" Jack saw her hesitate and decided for her.

"Will it be too much trouble?"

"No. I can enjoy a night out."

"good."

"Then please ask Brother Qing to navigate."

"No problem."

"Sit tight."

"Good. Oh!"

Anna was ready for the sudden start of the locomotive, but she didn't expect to slip and lose her grip. Driven by a strong desire to survive, her sliding hand unconsciously wrapped around Jack's waist, as if she had grabbed a lifeline.

Anna's life was saved, but Jack almost lost his life.

As the teenager felt his waist being violently wrapped around, two soft sides came up behind him. Although there were several layers of clothes between them, the feeling was so shocking.

For a moment, Jack's brain was like a backflow of blood, making his limbs uncoordinated and almost into the lake. Fortunately, he was able to stabilize himself in time, or the consequences would have been terrible.

"Are you ok?" Jack asked Anna with his head tilted slightly.

As a person as stable as Mount Tai, Anna would have nothing to worry about. She patted Jack's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. Just be careful yourself."

"Ok. I'll restart it. This time you must hold on tight."

"Uh-huh."

With that in mind, this time Anna held her hands tightly on the car.

After feeling her stability, Jack restarted the car.

The girl was calm, but the boy's heart was boiling with some fantasies. In the moment when he was posted, he actually wanted to sink...

Anna's home is in a small village called Canglang County, and the way to get there is through a winding country road. On one side of the road is a meandering river, and on the other side is a lake, making the road a kind of dam.

The young girl is happy to be in the landscape.

Finally, as she approached Anna's house, she stopped him.

It was night.

When Jack had come to a stop, Anna jumped off the top of the car, took off her helmet and put it in the trunk, closed it, and then looked straight at the owner.

"Thank you, Brother Song. I'll just drop it here. I'll treat you to braised chicken feet when I get back to school."

"...... Sure. Then I'll go first?"

"Well, bye~"

Jack said he was leaving first, but there was no engine.

Anna didn't hear the rumbling, so she turned around several times to see what was wrong with him and didn't go back. She thought he had broken his car or something. But then she saw him sitting in the car playing with his phone, the one he said he hadn't downloaded a movie or plugged in a card.

It's a holiday, so he must have plugged in the card to play. Since he's playing, there's nothing to worry about.

Anna went home in peace and did not look back. She did not know that there were two pairs of eyes behind her, one from Jack who pretended to play with his phone but was actually watching her with his peripheral vision, and the other from her old father who had finished his farm work and came home.

Anna lost her mother when she was very young and grew up with her father and grandparents.

Her father, Qing Hongzhi, loved his daughter very much. In order to her, he did not remarry and devoted himself to cultivating her. There were many things in the family, but her father never asked her to do anything, only let her study well.

Her grandparents, especially her grandmother, loved her very much. Not only did they not have the tendency to favor boys over girls, but they also chose to love Anna the most among all their grandchildren and grandchildren.

They love Anna, and Anna loves them. As soon as they come back, she helps them with housework and chats with them.

I got home late today. Grandpa and grandma had gone out for a walk. Only dad had just come back from the orchard with his tricycle.

"I'm back." The tone was lukewarm.

Anna was slightly stunned, then hurried to meet her.

"Yes, Dad, I'm back. I was going to come back tomorrow morning, but I met a classmate in the scenic spot. He happened to be riding a motorcycle and wanted to go around, so he took me along."

"Um."

Oh, this time back dad didn't seem as enthusiastic as usual.

Maybe he was tired from work, Anna thought. She hurried to the kitchen and brought out the food that her grandparents had left for her father. She served him his meal and poured him a little wine to please him.

"Dad, it's time to eat."

Qing Hongzhi nodded and walked into the kitchen, sitting at a small table for dinner.

Anna looked at her father eating, and the more she looked, the more she felt something was wrong. Usually when she came back, her father was very, very enthusiastic and had endless conversations with her. What was wrong today?

As the father finished his rice and the wine in his glass, he remained silent, and Anna could not help laughing.