After she finished laughing, she let Hanhan move in a little, and then she squeezed in too.

The three kids squeezed onto the same bed again, lay down in a row, and started staring blankly at the ceiling.

This scene feels somewhat familiar.

However, they each had their own worries and were somewhat distracted.

Jiang Muhan lay in the middle as usual, looking at Zhou Jiaqi on one side and Jiang Peici on the other. Although she was a little troubled, this was definitely the most reassuring moment she had experienced recently.

Seeing that her spirited younger sister also had worries, she was not only worried but also a little curious. "Peipei, what's bothering you?"

Zhou Jiaqi also turned his head to look at her curiously.

Jiang Peici looked annoyed. She sighed and said, "If only people didn't have to grow up. Why do we have to carry the burden of the future on everything?"

She finished speaking before explaining to the two of them, "Didn't I join a band before? As the drummer? But my former bandmates said that I didn't take the future of the band seriously and accused me of delaying them from finding their future. I like the atmosphere of the band and I think it's fun, but I didn't just want to focus on this one thing at first. They all know that. But now they're all blaming me. Are they out of their minds?"

In short, the other bandmates wanted to focus on building the band's reputation and competing in tournaments, while Peipei just saw it as entertainment and didn't want to spend a lot of time on it. They had different goals and couldn't work together. Peipei also said she could quit, since her high school studies were quite demanding anyway.

Instead, they complained that she had delayed them, and even before she officially left, they brought in a new drummer and spread rumors about her.

Jiang Peici felt very upset. How could such good friends have come to this?

"Damn it, I bought all the instruments for our band. I also made up for the initial band fees when they weren't enough, and now I'm the one who's guilty."

Jiang Peici felt as if her heart was stuffed with cotton, feeling suffocated and a little wronged.

Does her leaving the band mean we're no longer friends?

Does that mean all the time we spent together before doesn't count? How can someone be like that?

She kicked her legs twice in anger, making the bed creak. Zhou Jiaqi and Jiang Muhan were so scared that they told her to stop kicking, "It'll be interesting if the bed collapses!"

Jiang Muhan still remembered to remind her younger sister, "And you, don't swear."

Jiang Peici then pouted and said, "Oh..." reverting to her obedient demeanor.

When she came to her senses, she realized that she had unconsciously listened to her sister again. Then she felt confused, wondering why she was still subconsciously listening to her even though she was in high school.

Is this what is called bloodline suppression?

That's terrifying.

Jiang Peici still felt upset thinking about the criticism she received from her friends, and her eyes started to sting. She bit her lower lip and finally turned over to wipe her tears on her older sister's shoulder.

Jiang Muhan wanted to say something, but seeing her usually outgoing and confident sister showing such a sad and vulnerable side, she suddenly didn't know what to say.

All I could do was raise my hand to hug her and pat her back.

Zhou Jiaqi suddenly said casually, "I wish I were a girl. You can't hug and coax boys like this, right?"

His eyes were still a little red.

His tone was chilling.

I'm still a little aggrieved.

Jiang Peici was being comforted and coaxed by her older sister. When she heard these sarcastic words, she took the opportunity to wink and show off to Zhou Jiaqi. Suddenly, her face overlapped with that of a child.

She loved doing this even when she was little.

Zhou Jiaqi also laughed at her, calling her a "childish brat."

Jiang Muhan hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand to pat Zhou Jiaqi's stomach. She couldn't reach his back, but she could still comfort him by patting his stomach. She found that his stomach was quite firm, which made her feel a little strange.

What's wrong with your stomach?

When they were little, they were soft and squishy. Now that they're grown up, boys are different from girls. Their bones are hard and their bodies are strong.

After being patted twice, Zhou Jiaqi immediately clutched his stomach and pressed himself against the wall, blushing and stammering, unable to say anything. He had already started exercising before.

He also has a well-proportioned physique, but he doesn't like to show off like other guys.

He never goes shirtless at home; he just feels embarrassed.

Jiang Peici burst out laughing again, "Wow, Zhou Jiaqi, have you been secretly working on your abs? That's hilarious! Our dad's company just got an ad for a clothing brand, do you want to be a swim trunks model? These swim trunks cost 38,000 yuan, wouldn't it be pretty prestigious to take on this ad?"

Jiang Muhan laughed and scolded her for talking nonsense. Zhou Jiaqi knew that she was deliberately joking with him, so he immediately became angry and stopped talking to her.

The three of them chatted idly.

As I talked and talked, my frustration dissipated a lot, and suddenly I felt a little more at ease.

Zhou Jiaqi suddenly spoke up: "Even if we don't spend as much time together as we did when we were kids, our feelings for each other really won't change, right?"

He used to think that he and Peipei had become much more independent after leaving the trio, and that he was closer to Hanhan. But now that they had a rare chance to get together, Peipei didn't seem to have changed much since she was a child.

They can still chat and joke around, and they all remember things from their childhood.

Jiang Peici laughed upon hearing this, "Zhou Jiaqi, you're so dramatic. You've been like this since you were little. Do you know that people at our school say you seem good-natured but are hard to get close to? Who would have thought you'd be so clingy and dramatic at home, and so prone to crying! Besides, what family's siblings still stick together even after they grow up? Does separating mean they're no longer siblings? Blood ties are such a thing..."

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