Sweet Nostalgia of the 80s

Since Ning Chenyang came, he never visited again, and even those few friends stopped coming.

Moreover, after seeing her, they seemed to deliberately avoid her.

Aside from the usual greetings, no matter how she invited them, these people never went to her house again.

Luo Tong felt inexplicably bewildered and at the same time, very wronged.

Finally, two weeks later on a weekend, Luo Tong stopped Ning Chenyang and Wang Xiaohu on their way home together.

”Are you guys avoiding me? Why?” she asked.

”No. You are our friend, why would we avoid you? Luo Tong, you’re overthinking it, right?” Ning Chenyang said, looking at Luo Tong’s flushed face full of excitement.

”Then why don’t you come to my house to play games anymore?” Luo Tong stared at Ning Chenyang, her eyes filled with longing. She liked having friends like Ning Chenyang and didn’t want to lose him.

Even more, she didn’t want to lose him inexplicably.

”Well...” Wang Xiaohu scratched his head and suddenly said, ”Not going to your house to play games isn’t about avoiding you or not liking you. It’s because after my dad found out, he bought us a game console, and now all the kids in the compound come over to my house to play.”

”Yeah, that’s right.” Ning Chenyang nodded to indicate that Wang Xiaohu was correct.

”I see... I see.” Luo Tong looked at Ning Chenyang’s smile under the scorching sun, suddenly feeling very down and ironic. Are these kids ultimately different from her?

The reason these kids approached her was just to play on her game console.

Without these material attractions, these kids must look down on her from the heart, right? Do they actually dislike her?

”Luo Tong, what do you know?” Ning Chenyang looked at her disappointed face and hastily asked, ”Do you think that just because we no longer go to your house, we’re not your friends?”

”Isn’t it so? Without the attraction of the game console, you guys would never come to find me again.” During that time, although these boys came to her house to eat her food, drink her drinks, and monopolize the game console she also loved to play.

But the house was lively, not so cold and cheerless anymore.

During that time, she was happy.

Now, it’s different, she is not happy. Every night she stares blankly at the empty house. It’s clearly the scorching summer, but her heart feels chilly.

”Luo Tong, you’re wrong. We always consider you a friend! How about tomorrow you come to play in our compound? I’ll ask my mom to make braised fish for you! Her cooking is the best.” Ning Chenyang said.

A spark gradually lit up in Luo Tong’s eyes, sweeping away the loneliness and sadness: ”Really?”

”Of course! I wouldn’t lie to you!” Ning Chenyang extended his hand, wanting to pinky promise her, ”Let’s make a promise. Tomorrow you come to the military district compound, and we’ll all play with you!”

”Okay! It’s settled then. How about meeting at nine in the morning?” For the first time, being invited made Luo Tong so excited her eyes shone.

”Sure. By then, I’ll lead my team to welcome you! Oh, I forgot to tell you, I am the commander in the compound!” Ning Chenyang proudly told Luo Tong, patting his chest.

Luo Tong giggled; it had been so long since she felt this happy. And this happiness was brought to her by Ning Chenyang: ”Alright. I believe you!”

”Then it’s a deal. I’ll wait for you tomorrow!”

......

The sky is unpredictable, and things change rapidly. Luo Tong, excited about going to the military district compound to play with Ning Chenyang the next day, stayed up half the night.

But before she could go to the military district compound, something big happened!