I think this is normal, because most people are just a bunch of people. When they don’t understand the truth, they will guess that two people of the opposite sex are in love when they are together, and they often bring With some meaningful smiles.
This phenomenon is more common for some people who have reached adolescence. Sometimes, the girl you are with may be just your sister, or she may be your elder, but she is similar in age to you, or you may be just ordinary classmates who bump into each other by chance. But if an acquaintance sees you walking with a girl, they will guess, oh, you are in love, you have a girlfriend.
It has something to do with people's conventional thinking that "men and women are not intimate with each other" and the relatively introverted personality of Chinese people. Although with the progress of the times, the view that men and women should not be intimate with each other has taken root in the minds of Chinese people. When we were little, it was basically boys playing with boys. In this era, it is basically the same.
If a boy from a certain family is always surrounded by some girls, the parents will always be happy to post on WeChat Moments and lament that they don’t have to worry about their son not being able to find a wife in the future. You see, even the pure friendship between children will be joked and misunderstood by parents, let alone the behavior of adolescent boys and girls walking together!
No matter how open this society is, love before college will be defined as "puppy love" by parents, schools and classmates. Of course, puppy love is not allowed, so many people, even if they are in love, will bury this friendship in their hearts.
Even those boys and girls who had a good relationship when they were young, when they grow up, in order to avoid suspicion, they will take the initiative to keep a distance to avoid being misunderstood. And if a boy is seen walking with a girl, he will definitely be mistaken for being in a relationship.
I remember when I first entered high school, there happened to be a male classmate I knew in the class. He ran to say hello to me, and my deskmate made fun of him in a weird way, "Who is this boy? He's quite handsome." His tone of voice was also misleading.
I have an eldest nephew who is only a few years younger than me. He is just as young as my younger sister. Once, when we were at school, he video chatted with my sister. His classmate happened to see it, and his classmate said teasingly, "Oh, my girlfriend." My eldest nephew was very embarrassed and said, "Don't talk nonsense, this is my aunt." The boy still didn't give up, "Such a young aunt!"
Take the teacher's arrangement of seats for the students as an example. Basically, boys sit at the same table with boys, and girls sit with girls at the same table. Even if some people are a little dissatisfied, they are used to this arrangement. As time goes by, there will always be a bunch of boys and a bunch of girls. It would be strange to see boys and girls walking together so that no one could misunderstand them.