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Zhou Xi squatted on the edge of the red carpet covered with sequins, holding a camera in his hand.

After working as an accountant and then a photographer, Zhou Xi felt that he should have asked Yang Jinyang for two big red envelopes earlier.

Yang Jinyang spent a lot of money and arranged photographers with cameras from various angles, saying that this was the most important thing in life, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he must take photos of his life.

He left the best and most important angles to Zhou Xi, saying that his brother's happiness depended on her, and she must perform steadily and take photos full of love.

The background music that blended chimes and electronic music sounded, and the door of the banquet hall slowly opened.

Zhou Xi took a breath and concentrated.

"It's time to live."

The people watching the ceremony stood up and applauded and cheered, which made the atmosphere more lively.

Amidst the sky full of fireworks, Yang Jinyang and Fu Xuanhua walked slowly in, supporting each other.

Fu Xuanhua was wearing a red wedding dress, with golden hairpins crisscrossing in her hair, pearl tassels swaying lightly, and she was holding a round fan wrapped with flowers.

Yang Jinyang was wearing a bright red round-necked robe, and the cloud-patterned belt around his waist made his figure stand tall and straight like a pine tree. His calmness revealed an unconcealable joy and tenderness.

At this time, flower petals rained down from above, and the newlyweds walked onto the stage steadily, stepping on the flower petals rain with everyone's blessings.

"Yuanyuan, did you see that? Our Chinese-style wedding is still shocking!" Xiao Xiaoyu leaned close to Gao Yuanyuan's ear and whispered. Seeing that she was stunned, she couldn't help laughing.

"Mm, very beautiful."

Zhou Xi turned the camera and saw Yang Wen hugging Zhang Lixia, and both of them couldn't help crying.

The emcee's resounding voice on the stage penetrated the entire venue, and people in the audience began to take pictures with their mobile phones and watch the various ceremonies full of meaning.

…

The last step is for the bride and groom to kiss each other.

"Give me a kiss, give me a kiss!"

"Give me a kiss, give me a kiss—"

The people below started to cheer, and Xiao Xiaoyu was especially cheerful, which made the people around her smile and look at her a few more times.

“Wow—”

On the stage, Yang Jinyang hugged Fu Xuanhua in his arms and lowered his head.

"One more!"

Xiao Xiaoyu stood directly on the stool and waved wildly, and the people around her started to make a fuss again.

"Don't be shy, bride—"

"Groom, hurry up—"

"Is it okay——"

Zhou Xi was laughing so hard that she couldn't hold her hands steady. She could clearly see through the camera that Yang Jinyang's ears were red.

Of course, she did not miss the moment when Yang Jinyang made a fool of himself, and kept pressing the shutter.

Zhou Xi was laughing until his face froze, and suddenly he felt a warm current filling his eyes.

She witnessed Yang Jinyang and Fu Xuanhua's transformation from school uniforms to graduation gowns, and from white coats to wedding dresses. After more than ten years, they finally got married.

“That’s great.”

Gao Liyang also took out his mobile phone to take pictures, capturing Zhou Xi and taking pictures of her.

"Today we gather together to witness the happy moment of this newlywed couple. They have also prepared a feast for everyone. Please eat and drink well. Eat and drink till you are full—"

"Okay, enough nonsense, let's start the meal!"

"Sister Zhou, where have you been? Why haven't you come yet?"

"At the main table." Gao Liyang said.

"Oh yes, it's his brother's place today. Forget it, let's eat first and talk later." Xiao Xiaoyu waved her hand. She knew that Zhou Xi would definitely come over to have fun with them later.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah—" Xiao Xiaoyu held the Sprite and shook it up and down, "Let's eat!"

"Today, we won't go home until we are drunk!" Xiao Xiaoyu changed the red wine and poured it into the highball glass.

"Miss, please take it easy. We are still minors and cannot drink alcohol." Lu Zisheng took a sip of Sprite, which made his nose itchy and he sneezed.

What a joke! If he dares to drink, his mother will definitely beat him so hard that he won't even be able to tell the direction.

"Tsk, you bunch of losers, I'm telling you, I'm abroad, there's nothing I can't handle, red or white."

"Miss, we are reserved Chinese who pay attention to table etiquette. We are not like those foreigners who act like savages." Gao Liyang poured some tea, Sprite and Coke to fill his stomach, and he thought the explosion was too noisy.

"Hey, hey, hey, you don't drink, and he doesn't drink either." Xiao Xiaoyu pointed at Gao Lu and Gao Liyang, especially Gao Liyang, and rolled her eyes at him.

"Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan, you can't drink. You are a good baby."

"Le Cheng, drink with me, and the two of you!"

"Okay, come on, let's go!"

"Ahem." Chen Yu lowered his head, and suddenly a bony hand appeared in his sight, and then a glass of Sprite was put down.

"Thank you." Chen Yu didn't look up.

The Sprite was bubbling up, and I could smell its fresh and stimulating scent even from a distance.

"Master Yu, what's wrong with you? Your face doesn't look right." Gao Liyang heard Chen Yu coughing, turned around, and met a pale face.

"It's okay, I'm going to the bathroom. You guys eat first." Chen Yu stood up, his feet felt weak, and he quickly held on to the back of the chair.

"Are you really okay?"

Gao Liyang felt that he had been educated by Chen Yu, his mute master. Chen Yu was in poor health, and it would be a bit unreasonable if he didn't keep a close eye on him. What kind of person would that be? An unfilial disciple.

"It's okay, motion sickness."

Gao Liyang understood and immediately stopped complaining and asked the person to go to the toilet.

"vomit--"

Chen Yu lay by the sink, his stomach churning with acid. The food he had eaten in the morning had already been digested, and there was nothing left to vomit.

It would be better if I could vomit something out.

After washing his face with cold water, Chen Yu felt much more awake. He quickly cleaned himself up and came out of the bathroom.

"Forehead--"

Damn, his vision went dark, Chen Yu was unable to hold onto the wall, and because his hands were wet and slipped, his body fell straight down.

Chen Yu stared at the floor, which was cleaner than his face, and thought, forget it, I'll just fall. He had no strength left, and the next second, he felt a chill on his back.

His glasses cost more than a thousand yuan. If they were broken, he would have to lose half a month's part-time job income.

"Um……"

Chen Yu groaned, and instead of being faced to the ground as he had imagined, he was pulled into a familiar embrace.

"Open your mouth."

Before Chen Yu could say anything, something was pushed into his mouth. He smelled a little lemon and moved his tongue.

The sugar ball was pushed out by the force, fell to the ground with a plop, and rolled a long way away.

Chen Yu pursed his lips. It was over. Even jumping into the Yellow River couldn't wash him clean.

"Fuck you, there are so many things to pay attention to. You'll die if you eat one..."

"I really owe you!"

Chen Yu felt that his head was not so dizzy anymore. Listening to Le Cheng cursing, it felt like there was a loud speaker next to his ear, which made his head hurt. He struggled to get up.

"Don't move." Le Cheng gritted his teeth, held the man down, and groped in his pocket with his other hand.

Chen Yu heard a series of crunching sounds, and then his jaw was stuck. Another candy was stuffed into his mouth, and this time he was not allowed to refuse.

Le Cheng stared at him with eyes that said, "If you dare to spit it out again, I'll kill you."

"Release, loosen up——" Chen Yu mumbled incoherently while holding the candy in his mouth.

"Fuck." Le Cheng grimaced in pain and covered his face. Damn, Chen Yu is an idiot. He even dared to grab his face. Wasn't he about to fall just now? Where did he get the energy now?

"You, go away..."

Chen Yu struggled hard and his back slammed against the wall.

"hiss……"

Le Cheng subconsciously went over to help Chen Yu, but the man dodged to the side. His hand froze in place, then slowly dropped down and clenched into a fist.

It's bustling outside with people drinking and chatting, but someone may come to the bathroom any second.

"Chen Yu, are you fucking interesting? You don't need to use this trick to disgust me. I was so careful to keep your stomach healthy..."

Chen Yu had a cold face, not knowing what had offended him, but he felt as if the pigmented candy that had just melted in his mouth was corroding his stomach, making him so disgusted that he didn't have the energy to argue with Le Cheng.

"Who are you showing yourself to in this state? Do you think I owe you anything? Speak—"

"you……"

Le Cheng didn't get a response, so he ran to the bathroom again.

"vomit--"

"Cough cough... cough, cough cough..."

Chen Yu's hands were tightly clenched, leaving red marks. Intermittent retching sounds were accompanied by suppressed groans.

"Are you okay—"

"Go away!" Chen Yu shook off the hand on his back, and the hair on his forehead fell down, making him look disheveled.

"I'll say it again, don't bother me. I didn't do anything bad to myself. I worked part-time all morning and took the bus for an hour. I'm carsick. I'm carsick. Did you hear me clearly..."

The corners of Chen Yu's eyes were red, and every word he spoke was as sharp as a knife.

"Hasn't what I said been clear enough? I don't need your pitiful charity. I just want to prepare for the college entrance examination in peace. Could you please stop disturbing me—"

Chen Yu breathed a sigh of relief, not caring about Le Cheng's expression.

"Le Cheng, I'm different from you. The college entrance exam is my only path. I can't give you what you want, but you insist on asking me for the answer. I'll wait for you next summer vacation. I'll let you hear it all. Are you satisfied?"

"I..." Le Cheng clenched his fists, "You..."

"What are you doing here?" Zhou Xi came over carrying a camera.

Chen Yu pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "Go to the bathroom."

No way.

Zhou Xi looked at the expressions of the two men and realized belatedly that she had mistakenly entered the battle.

"I'll go back first." Chen Yu lowered his head and didn't look at anyone.

"Oh." Zhou Xi looked at Le Cheng, but he glared at her and then followed Chen Yu.

Zhou Xi: “…”

"Hey, Sister Zhou is here!" Xiao Xiaoyu shouted, and everyone at the table looked at Zhou Xi who was about to sit down quietly.

"Sit down." Gao Liyang pulled out a stool.

"Thank you." Zhou Xi sat down and smiled at Xiao Xiaoyu. "What do you want from me?"

"Hey, I missed you."

Gao Liyang tilted his head and asked, "What do you want to drink?"

"Tea."

Xiao Xiaoyu saw Gao Liyang pouring tea for Zhou Xi and asked in confusion, "No, are you guys so healthy?"

"I just had a drink over there, slowly."

"Okay, then you can drink some of this soup, chicken soup, it's nourishing."

Zhou Xi, who drank three big bowls of chicken soup yesterday under the loving gaze of several adults, now automatically smells the aroma of chicken soup when he hears the word.

"You can drink a lot, right?" Gao Liyang poured the tea for her, but he didn't let her go.

"How do you know?" Zhou Xi remembered that he had never told them that he could drink, mainly because he didn't have the opportunity.

"I won't tell you."

Gao Liyang smiled. He also discovered it by accident. One time he went to buy sweet wine dumplings. As soon as he got the bowl, he smelled it and found that the smell was not right. These were not sweet wine dumplings, but drunken dumplings.

The stall owner was an old man, and he guessed that for him, these were sweet wine dumplings.

He was afraid of getting embarrassed after eating and making a fool of himself, so he held the bowl in his hand all the way, but when he saw Zhou Xi, he finished the whole bowl in no time.

He was originally worried that Zhou Xi might look calm and healthy after eating, but actually be drunk.

He asked Zhou Xi what the political teacher's catchphrase was.

Zhou Xi answered very smoothly - the economic base determines the superstructure.

He used the excuse of being full to give his bowl to Zhou Xi. Then he quietly observed Zhou Xi. He ate so much and was fine. This meant...

Finally, it was confirmed that Zhou Xi could drink.

"Can you drink?"

"I..." Gao Liyang said evasively, "I can't."

"So honest?"

"That's right, so if you really run into me next time, remember to help me block the wine."

"How shameless!" Zhou Xi almost spit out a mouthful of tea.

"Drinking is the real shamelessness."

Zhou Xi understood something and clinked glasses with Gao Liyang: "See if you can find me."

"Come on, let's do one!" Xiao Xiaoyu stood up and slammed the table with full momentum.

"OK!"

"Come one, come one."

Everyone put down their chopsticks, moved their stools to make room for standing, and listened to Xiao Xiaoyu's orders.

"Well, today, after six months of trying, we finally have all six of us together. And three good friends are here too." Xiao Xiaoyu filled her glass. "They say meeting is fate. Let's have a drink!"

"cheers!"

“Go, go, go!”

"Oh my!" Gao Yuanyuan was still wearing disposable gloves and was holding the cup with great effort.

A table of people stood up and loosely formed a circle. Above the table full of delicious food, glasses collided, and the various drinks inside caused ripples, shining colorfully under the light, exuding an enticing aroma.

"cup……"

Gao Yuanyuan didn't hold the cup firmly, and her gloves were greasy, so the cup fell straight into the soup in the middle of the table.

"Oh my god!"

Someone was quick enough to catch it and put it on the table.

"Damn, so greasy!"

Gao Yuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief, but when she heard this national quintessence, she brought it up again.

Lu Zisheng couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of red oil, and his hands were all sticky. For a moment, he didn't know whether to just give up his hands or...

"Thank you, thank you, um, wipe..."

“Hey hey hey——”

"Wait a minute, don't sit down, someone is coming." Le Cheng's friend with a "Shamatte" hairstyle had sharp eyes and saw two people coming towards their table.

"Oh my..."

"Here comes the bride and groom!"

"Why are you hiding?" Gao Liyang found that the person who had stood one step closer to him and was just as tall as him quietly hid behind him again.

"I want to laugh so much."

Zhou Xi just glanced at Yang Jinyang and immediately looked away. It was really easy to associate the current steady and handsome Yang Jinyang with the Yang Jinyang who was chased and beaten by Yang Wen when he was a child.

It's simply unbearable to watch. It feels like I'm watching an acquaintance showing off, and I can't suppress the corners of my mouth.

"Don't say that. I see you're trying to hold back your laughter, and I feel like laughing too."

"Less poverty."

"Eat and drink well, kids!"

Fu Xuanhua had changed into a toast outfit, a red, tight-fitting cheongsam that made her look beautiful and fair-skinned.

"Hello, brother and sister, happy wedding!"

"Brother, very good, very good, you look handsome today!" Lu Zisheng picked up a glass of Coke and wanted to clink glasses with Yang Jinyang.

Xiao Xiaoyu and Gao Yuanyuan also came to Fu Xuanhua, with stars in their eyes: "Sister, you are so beautiful today."

"Thank you. I envy you guys at your age."

"Hey, wait a minute..."

When Yang Jinyang turned around to ask the guy serving drinks for a new cup, he saw Zhou Xi chatting happily with someone and getting quite close to them, so he took note of her.

"Well, you guys are all kids at this table, so I won't offer you any wine. I'll just have a Coke with you!" Yang Jinyang poured two glasses of Coke and handed one to Fu Xuanhua, "Even if you can hold your liquor well, don't drink any more."

"good."

"Okay, brother, you're taking advantage of troubled waters, okay, let's do one!"

The table was full of drinks, tea, and everyone shouted to the newlyweds: "Happy wedding, brother and sister, and a long and happy marriage!"

Yang Jinyang held Fu Xuanhua in his arms: "Thank you, thank you, I appreciate your kind words!"

…

When the food on the table was almost finished, Le Cheng left with his friends, leaving only the six of them.

"Xiaoyu, what are your plans for summer vacation?" Zhou Xi felt that Xiao Xiaoyu would not stay long.

"Hey, I'll just come back to play for a while, and then I'll go over and suppress that mother and son."

Xiao Xiaoyu took off her hat and her hairband, letting her hair fall down like a waterfall. "Oh my god, I was so suffocated! My hair is finally free."

"I don't have anything to mention. What about you? Oh, you have extra classes to take, right?"

“Hahahahahaha!”

Xiao Xiaoyu was a little sad at first, but when compared with Gao Liyang and other new senior high school students, it seemed like a small matter compared to a big one.

Zhou Xi lowered her head to look at the photo Gao Liyang took of her, the same fatal angle as always.

"Oh, damn it, even with all the cram school stuff I've been doing every day, I haven't seen much improvement in my grades."

Lu Zi pulled his thick hair in anger. He was very self-aware. He was not cut out for studying. Forcing him to study would only torture himself and make him play for the students with better grades. It would be better for him to have fun.

Chen Yu calculated the time in his mind. There was still a month left before he finished his tutoring. He could also find a part-time tutoring job, which would allow him to finish his own tutoring and then tutor others.

"I decided to go out and have fun, travel."

Xiao Xiaoyu was so frightened that she blurted out: "Damn!"

“I’ll go…”

"What did you say?" Gao Liyang rubbed his ears as if he didn't hear clearly. He was just kidding. A high school student didn't study during the summer vacation and went traveling. He has such a big heart.

"Yali doesn't offer extra classes, and I'm going to stay here during the summer anyway, so why not go out and have a walk?"

"Wow, this is so interesting. This is too good." Gao Yuanyuan murmured. She didn't get such treatment in Xining where the education was not so demanding. She couldn't escape the remedial classes.

Gao Liyang asked, "Aren't you afraid that someone will take your first place?"

"No, Grandpa Zhong took me to follow the retired professors from Qing University. Does this count as cheating?"

"Holy crap, that's awesome! If this isn't a cheat, then it's a huge cheat." Gao Liyang felt itchy after hearing this. He could play and study at the same time, which would be twice the result with half the effort.

"Can you take me one?"

"Ah, Gouyang, can you not be so cunning?" Xiao Xiaoyu stepped in between, blocking Gao Liyang's sight.

"Sister Zhou, I want one too, please take it with you!" Lu Zisheng raised his hand higher than anyone else, Xiao Xiaoyu couldn't stop it at all, and it almost hit Gao Yuanyuan.

"I can do it here, can you guys do it? Just don't ask for leave, and don't sneak into the grandparents and have fun."

"Haha." Gao Liyang laughed dryly. Zhou Xi was pointing at him.

He sent a copy of the monthly exam results before the end of the semester to Zhou Xi, intending to show off that he had won by a narrow margin of one point and successfully advanced to the first place. This was his best exam result ever. Based on this level of academic achievement, he could be admitted to Qingdao University next year.

However, he didn't know that if he ran out to play and had so much fun that he didn't want to leave, he would probably be overtaken by the previous number one. She was a girl who really worked hard. She went to bed at 12 o'clock at night and got up at 5 o'clock. She spent the rest of the time holding books and reciting.

With such an extremely strict schedule, even the hard-working Chen Yu can't match him, let alone a small fry like him.

"Forget it, I'll just study hard at school." Gao Liyang smiled.

"Come on, I believe in you."