bullyxtreme Chapter 332 Love Lake
Chapter 332 Love Lake
After a week of classes, on Saturday night, Tang Yuze and Xia Jinxi went out for a walk together and came to the artificial lake of Li Ning University.
Although it is only eight o'clock in the evening, the street lights on the intricate paths along the lake are very dim, and it already feels like a night walk in the early morning.
"Brother, you said that the artificial lake in the school is not heart-shaped, so why is it called Love Lake?"
They are now in the heart of the university campus, where there is a gentle and poetic lake hidden, which is named "Love Lake" by the school.
With such a name and being surrounded by woods, it is hard not to become a holy place for young couples on campus.
Just like now, Tang Yuze and Xia Jinxi can occasionally see couples walking hand in hand, or snuggling on a bench by the lake to share a book, or just quietly watching the fish occasionally jumping out of the lake, enjoying the tranquility and sweetness.
Tang Yuze and Xia Jinxi were one of the couples. They sat on a bench and cuddled up to each other, doing nothing but quietly looking at the lake and occasionally glancing at each other.
At this time, there are often a few ducks paddling leisurely across the lake, leaving behind a string of ripples. Students either ride bicycles around the lake or sit on the benches by the lake, enjoying the breeze and talking about the future and dreams.
The air is filled with the scent of youth.
Couples like to take a walk along the path by the lake in this season. The rustling sound of fallen leaves under their feet, mixed with the occasional laughter coming from afar, forms a love song about spring.
At night, the moonlight shines on the lake, and the whole world becomes crystal clear. The Love Lake becomes more mysterious and romantic in the night.
Of course, it would be better if there were no “hmmmm” and “ahhh” sounds in the woods.
Tang Yuze, who had excellent hearing, could only silently block out the sound coming from the direction of the grove, respecting the privacy of others...
"I'm not sure, but there must be a story. I'll look it up online."
Generally speaking, there would be a story behind a lake named like this, so Tang Yuze decided to search on the school campus wall, forums, etc.
Sure enough, I found it.
"Shall I read it to you?"
"Ah."
The story begins on an early autumn evening. Freshmen Xiaoshuai and Xiaomei accidentally step into this mysterious lake after participating in a club recruitment activity.
The two met because of their similar interests, but found a deeper resonance beside the Love Lake.
They sat under the old locust tree by the lake, sharing their dreams and past. At that moment, it seemed as if the whole world had quieted down, leaving only the sound of each other's heartbeats and the sound of lotus leaves swaying gently on the lake.
As time went by, Love Lake witnessed their every date, from shy hand holding to affectionate hugs. Every detail was like ripples on the lake, small but meaningful.
Here they made promises for the future, dreaming of one day walking together in the wider world, but in the tenderest corner of their hearts, they would always keep the memory of this lake of love.
However, college life is always short and hurried.
As graduation approaches, Xiao Shuai and Xiao Mei gradually reduce their contact due to different ambitions and family reasons.
On that equally beautiful evening, they came to the Love Lake again. Without saying a word, they just sat quietly on the bench until night fell and the stars twinkled.
The two did not communicate with each other, but they parted ways with each other in tacit understanding.
They know that although their future paths may be different, this love that sprouted by the lake of love will be the most precious memory of their lives.
As time goes by, Love Lake still lies here quietly, welcoming generation after generation of students.
It is like a kind old man, silently listening to the stories of every young heart, witnessing the sweetness and bitterness of love, and has become an indispensable part of campus culture.
"What a cliché story, nothing new at all."
Xia Jinxi didn't like this story.
Firstly, it was because the story was old-fashioned, and secondly, it had a tragic ending that made her nose sore.
The third reason is that the key part of the story was not grasped well.
Because the story portrays the love between Xiaoshuai and Xiaomei so beautifully, but when it comes to their breakup, it becomes inexplicable.
The main reason for the breakup was too sloppy and outrageous.
What different ambitions? What family reasons? What made the beautiful love described for so long end in failure? Even in the end, the two of them broke up peacefully.
It's not possible that you two only discovered after graduation that you are long-lost siblings, right?
I guess the person who wrote this story hasn't figured out a way to break them up, so he used the most general way of writing.
"unhappy?"
"Where is it?"
What made Xia Jinxi most uncomfortable was that the writer of this story had a good literary style. Although she knew it was an old-fashioned and bad story, she was still moved after Tang Yuze read it to her, which affected her mood.
"Your mood is written all over your face, but don't be too affected by such a story that is obviously made up."
"Brother, aren't you afraid of the curse of the Love Lake?"
"How did it become a curse... But I'm really not afraid."
Tang Yuze took Xia Jinxi's little head without saying a word and gently kissed her lips.
His kiss only landed on Xia Jinxi's thin lychee lips, without any further action.
Xia Jinxi usually prefers to have deep kisses with him that make him gasp for breath, but today she feels that this gentle kiss from her brother is sweeter than usual.
It's like drinking a cup of bitter coffee and then eating candy. It's definitely sweeter than putting two candies in your mouth at once.
"Do you think the curse of this broken lake can really affect our strength?"
"You see, in this story, Xiaoshuai and Xiaomei broke up, largely because of family pressure."
"On the other hand, if I let you get away, my mother would definitely hang me up and beat me."
Tang Yuze knew that Xia Jinxi was in a bad mood, so he played a little joke on her.
"Mom isn't that fierce..."
"That was for you. She was really cruel to me."
After some operations, the little girl's mood that had been affected by the story just now suddenly returned to normal.
"Brother, do you think there are other versions of this story about Love Lake?"
"Maybe there is, but I didn't find it. Maybe everyone agrees with the story just now."
There must be a lot of little stories about places like this, but Tang Yuze only found this old-fashioned story in the forum.
The post is seven years old, but it is still one of the popular posts on the forum.
To date, there are tens of thousands of comments, and everyone in the comment section is telling their own love stories. It is unknown which ones are true and which ones are made up.
Perhaps there are other versions of the story of Love Lake in their school, but this most popular post has long become the official one.
There is a kind of beauty that the public believes is the truth.
"I feel like there's a place like Love Lake. At least half of the colleges and universities in our country have a lake with this name, and each school's lake has a little story behind it."
After Xia Jinxi was no longer affected by the story of Love Lake, the topic was able to continue.
"It doesn't have to be called Love Lake, but even if it's not called Love Lake, there's Love Heart Lake, or you can change it to the 'qin' in piano and have a homophonic Aegean Lake."
Speaking of which, the university’s Love Lake is really a magical place.
The suicide rate is obviously much higher than other places in the school, and those who commit suicide here are those who have encountered relationship disputes.
But everyone still regards it as a holy place that young couples must visit.
The brother and sister sat on the bench for a while, and finally ran away because there were too many mosquitoes.