One day, her best friend rushed over, holding her phone as if something major had happened: Zhen Tian, your man is on a matchmaking website!
Zhen Tian: ???
Another day, after attending ...
"You still know you're a troublemaker?" Ji Yuzhi's narrow eyes were full of laughter as he reached out and pinched Zhen Tian's cheek. "Little girl."
"Go away, go away." Zhen Tian said fiercely, but her hand gently rested on Ji Yuzhi's cheek as she wiped his face.
"Is there anything else that hurts?" After wiping him down, Zhen Tian unconsciously touched his newly grown stubble with her fingers.
"It's alright, just need some rest. Don't worry. You know I'm in good health." Ji Yuzhi shuddered at her touch, and he subtly squeezed her mischievous little hand away.
“Zhizhi, you don’t need to work so hard. Really.” Zhen Tian pouted, “Not only do you feel sorry for me, but I feel sorry for you too. I can earn money from comics now, and I won’t cause you any more trouble in the future. When I get into Beijing Foreign Studies University, I can take care of you. Don’t be so busy, and don’t get sick even if you are busy.”
"I'm scared."
Zhen Tian leaned down and rested her head on his chest, listening to the sound of his beating heart: "I always feel that you are omnipotent."
Unlike other children who grow up believing their fathers are heroes and omnipotent, she has another such figure in her heart, and that is Zhizhi.
Ji Yuzhi softened his gaze, his eyes fixed on her face, and gently stroked her forehead with his hand: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
Wen Jiujiu stood at the door, truly unwilling to disturb such a heartwarming scene.
But she really needed her phone urgently; she hadn't paid the taxi driver downstairs yet!
"Sorry, boss, can you pretend you didn't see me?" Wen Jiujiu covered her face with her small purse and started rummaging around as soon as she entered the ward. She finally found it on a metal cabinet next to Ji Yuzhi's bed: "It's here, you scared me to death."
"Boss, I'm leaving now. You guys continue. Goodbye, little sister-in-law."
Wen Jiujiu crouched down and slipped away.
Ji Yuzhi and Zhen Tian turned their heads to watch her from the moment she came in until she left. After Wen Jiujiu disappeared, the two looked at each other and saw the astonishment in each other's eyes. Zhen Tian shrugged and smiled at Ji Yuzhi.
"Take this opportunity to rest in the hospital for a few days. I'll wait for you to get better before I go back." Zhen Tian got up and threw the now-cold towel back into the basin.
"Have you had breakfast?" Ji Yuzhi asked.
"not yet."
"Then I'll order..."
"I need to take this call!" Zhen Tian waved her phone at Ji Yuzhi: "Hello."
Ye Qingyan held the report card and shouted at Zhen Tian, "Tian Tian, you got over 450 points! Congratulations! That's more than 20 points higher than last time. Aren't you happy? By the way, why didn't you come today and tell me?"
Zhen Tian frowned: "How many points?"
"451. With that, you're guaranteed to get into a second-tier university!!!"
"Only 451 points." Zhen Tian's tone immediately turned disappointed: "I understand, thank you Qingyan, I'm hanging up now."
"Hey, I haven't finished speaking yet!"
Ye Qingyan blinked repeatedly at the phone after it was hung up: "She doesn't really think she can get into Beijing Foreign Studies University, does she?"
“I told you she wouldn’t be happy if you told her.” As Shao Junli adjusted his glasses, he wrote down another multiple-choice question.
"I really can't understand the world of you academic superstars. If I scored 450, I reckon my dad would have passed the family business to me by now." Ye Qingyan said speechlessly.
"How about it, brothers and sisters? I got 284 points this time, so Capital University of Physical Education and Sports is definitely in the bag." Yang Feiguang laughed heartily as he held up his score sheet.
"Not necessarily." Ye Qingyan was even more smug than him: "If you score 358 like me, then it's possible."
"I……"
"Someone is looking for Qingyan."
"I'm not going to say anything more, the guys are looking for me." Ye Qingyan flew out the door like a butterfly.
Zhen Tian stood in the ward with her head down, her emotions unreadable.
Ji Yuzhi ordered takeout and found that she was still standing there.
"Come here, what did Ye say?" He beckoned to Tian Tian.
"Zhizhi..." Zhen Tian immediately lost her energy and walked dejectedly to his bedside: "Zhizhi, I don't think I can come to the hospital to be with you. What should I do?"
"Why are you crying again?" Ji Yuzhi sat up and ran his finger along the tip of her nose. "Tell me why."
"I only scored 451 points in my second mock exam." Zhen Tian felt disappointed and guilty. She had made a boast, but she might not be able to keep it.
"Tell me first, what major do you want to study after you get into Beijing Foreign Studies University?" Ji Yuzhi didn't ask about her grades, but asked about other things instead.
"major!"
Zhen Tian was stunned, and the expression on her face seemed to freeze.
"Hmm, Capital Foreign Languages University is a language-focused university. What's your preferred major? English? French? German?"
Sweetie thought for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't like any of them. My English is really bad."
“Okay, then think about what you would like to study if the Capital Foreign Languages School had other types of majors?” Ji Yuzhi coaxed her.
"Other majors?"
Zhen Tian racked her brains, realizing that she had always been a person without desires. While other children wanted to be teachers, doctors, or scientists, she had no such aspirations. Even learning dance was merely something everyone else aspired to. As a child, her only wish was to spend every day with Ji Yuzhi.
Even now that she's grown up, if you ask her what she wants to do, she still seems to have no goals or direction. She doesn't know what to do. But her desire to be with Ji Yuzhi every day remains.
"I don't know, I don't seem to like anything."
"Do you like to draw?" Ji Yuzhi asked again.
"It's alright!" Zhen Tian thought for a moment. She didn't draw because she liked drawing; she just wanted to record her life with Zhizhi.
"Do you plan to continue drawing comics in the future?"
Zhen Tian answered the question quickly, nodding rapidly: "Of course."
She hasn't even drawn many of their memories yet. She's only been drawing up to the third or fourth grade of elementary school, and their stories are far from over.
"Imagine if you continued studying comics in college, wouldn't that be great? You could study fine arts or animation design. Since you're determined to keep drawing, wouldn't it be better to learn and draw at the same time?"
Ji Yuzhi and she grew up together. Because Tian Tian was overly protected and had too many supporters, she developed a carefree personality, not thinking things through and having no plans for the future. But it was precisely because of this that his departure had such a profound impact on her. He didn't want it to be like this.
“But I want to go to the Capital Foreign Languages Institute, and I want to be with you.” Zhen Tian shook her head.
"There's an arts university across from Capital University of Foreign Studies, Capital University of the Arts. You can go there; we're only one street apart. Even if you come to Capital University of Foreign Studies, our dorms are quite far apart."