Chapter 8 Wanzi

"How can I help?" Lin Yu folded up his sleeves, eager to try.

Chen Wan looked around and instructed him, "Go wash the oyster mushrooms and tomatoes and cut them into small pieces."

Lin Yu did as he was told, and while cutting, he tilted his head and asked her, "What are these two for?"

Chen Wan was busy heating oil and replied vaguely, "Making soup. Oyster mushrooms for flavor and tomatoes for flavor."

She held the seasoning dish in one hand and quickly sprinkled peppercorns, chili shreds, chopped green onions and ginger, and pepper powder into the pot, and a spicy aroma rose.

Vivid and full of flavors.

Lin Yu was as happy as a child and clapped her hands. "It smells so good! You are worthy of being the little chef!"

Chen Wan picked up the handle of the pot and poured sesame oil on the meat slices. In an instant, the food in the plate made a sizzling sound and smelled fragrant.

After sprinkling cilantro on the dish and finishing it, Chen Wan turned around and looked at him. "What did you call me just now?"

Lin Yu's heart was focused on the plate of boiled pork slices. He said with a smile, "Little Chef."

He quickly cut the tomato and picked up the tip of his chopsticks to taste it, but Chen Wan stood in front of him and asked, "Do you like giving people nicknames?"

He was a child yesterday, but today he has become a cooking master.

From being taken care of by him, to taking care of him.

In short, there is a gap.

Chen Wan herself didn't realize that after staying with Lin Yu for a long time, she became much more childish.

I am always fussy about every little detail, just wanting to confirm every bit of affection.

Lin Yu raised his wrist and passed it over her shoulder. Relying on his height, he succeeded and pinched her flesh.

He gave Chen Wan a smug smile and said, "I said you are a childish kid, a little chef with good cooking skills, don't you like this title?"

He ate what he wanted and said contentedly, "Then I'll get you a few more."

Lin Yu counted on his fingers and said nonchalantly, "Wan'er?"

"I'm still a ladle."

Chen Wan glared at him. Couldn't he separate her from the pots, pans, and daily necessities?

It seemed as if apart from her ability to cook, she had no other redeeming qualities in his eyes.

Lin Yu continued to think, "Wanzi?"

His deliberate imitation of the Northeastern accent made Chen Wan laugh and cry.

"You are the meatball, so why don't you call yourself the shovel!" she continued to refute.

Lin Yu said, "I've tried both southern and northern dialects, but I can't think of any other nicknames."

He frowned, half-seriously and half-pretentiously melancholy for a moment, then suddenly smiled, "I know, I'll call you Wanzai!"

"Wanzi?"

"Yes, the 'zaizai', a little kid." Lin Yu laughed at her inexplicable persistence.

Chen Wanbai glared at him and said sullenly, "I'm saying you shouldn't give me a nickname."

"That won't work. It won't prove our close relationship." He shook his head. "I have to highlight my uniqueness."

Chen Wan hummed, raised his eyes to look at him, a smile in his eyes, "Okay then, Er Gouzi."

After hearing this, Lin Yu was stunned and asked dissatisfiedly, "Why am I Er Gouzi?"

Chen Wan pondered for a moment, then looked at him seriously. "Because you're as stupid as the big yellow dog at the entrance of the alley, you're a bitch."

Does this count as being outmaneuvered by a child?

Lin Yu was pushed out of the kitchen by her in a stupid manner.

Chen Wan smiled like a cat holding dried fish.

Dinner consisted of boiled pork slices, spicy and sour potato shreds, a plate of stir-fried bamboo shoots and three-fresh egg dumpling soup.

Lin Yu looked at the food, his mouth watering, but he still remembered the other important reason why he came to her house.

He waved at Chen Wan with a mysterious look on his face, motioning her to come closer, and took out his cell phone like a child showing off a treasure, "Look!"

It's a photo of a cluster of locust flowers.

The pure white inflorescences are like balls of snow, densely packed together into a spike; the light green branches hang over the lake, casting mottled shadows of the flowers.

"Is it the locust tree in the park before?" Chen Wan asked him after taking a closer look.

Lin Yu nodded and said with a smile, "I looked it up online. Sophora japonica flowers bloom after Grain Rain. Didn't I tell you the other day that the side facing the water would look better? So I went there specifically to take pictures."

Chen Wan felt that he always casually said things that aroused people's emotions, just like now.

Lin Yu took her hand and gestured on the photo, "Zoom in and see if the flowers are more luxuriant on the side facing the water and the light."

Chen Wan nodded, and her gaze slowly fell on Lin Yu's profile.

He was very handsome, with straight eyebrows and eyes as deep as ink. Because of his tall stature, he always looked at people with a certain calm indifference.

But now, they are standing shoulder to shoulder with each other, heads close together, so close to each other, with clear eyes, shining like the sea under the sun.

"What are you looking at?" Lin Yu suddenly turned his head to look at her, and their eyes met.

Both of them were startled unconsciously.

Chen Wan turned away, no longer looking at him, and said in a low voice, "No, I didn't see anything."

Lin Yu raised his hand, rubbed his nose with his knuckles, and said nonchalantly, "It's okay, you don't need to pay for admission to see me, just come and watch."

Chen Wan was silent for a few seconds, but couldn't help but said half-jokingly, "Sir, you are so narcissistic."

"Hehe." Lin Yu smiled without any arrogance.

He sent the photo to Chen Wan and muttered, "I've been to check it out several times, and it's finally open."

Chen Wan was a little surprised when he heard this. He had just said it casually at the time, just as an analogy. He didn't expect Lin Yu to really take it to heart.

He is always like this, so good that he doesn't show off, and gradually people become dependent on him.

After dinner, Lin Yu took the initiative to wash the dishes.

Chen Wan looked at him at the door, and the warm yellow light from the chandelier fell on him.

It reminded her of an elm tree she had seen at dusk.

Just as tall and straight, just as steady.

Chen Wan felt the calmness of still waters running deep, and she thought, it would be nice if she could live like this with Lin Yu for the rest of her life.

Lin Yu washed the dishes, made a glass of lemonade and brought it to Chen Wan's desk.

She was doing a chemistry test. She raised her eyes slightly, looked at his face, and said thank you.

Lin Yu didn't disturb her, but he didn't leave either. After wandering for a while, he picked up a book and sat down on the bay window.

Chen Wan looked at him, a little surprised.

"Don't worry about it, just continue with the test. I want to discuss something with you later."

After he finished speaking, he lowered his eyes to read.

Chen Wan also buried his head in doing the questions.

After more than half an hour, she took a sip of water and said to him, "I'm done. What do you want to say?"

Lin Yu put down the book, hesitant, his brows slightly furrowed, feeling indescribably awkward.

Chen Wan was casually turning the pen and looking at him with a half-smile on his face.

Lin Yu stammered, "Sister Yue said you were going to take graduation photos, and she, Yuan Ke, and Xiao Shiwu wanted to come with you."

Chen Wan nodded. Qiao Yue had already told her about this matter and said that she must be present at such an important occasion as the graduation ceremony.

Lin Yu coughed and scratched his head, "Then can I go?"

Chen Wan was startled when he heard this, and his pen fell onto the notebook.

She hid her panic and asked him "Why?"

"I, I also want to witness every step of your growth." Lin Yu said solemnly, "Because you are a very important friend to me."

Seeing him speak so seriously, Chen Wan couldn't help laughing, "Thank you, Officer Xiaolin."

Lin Yu nodded, then said that he still had work to do. After putting the book back in its place, he asked her to go to bed early.

On the day of the graduation ceremony, Qiao Yue sat in the audience holding Xiao Shiwu, waving and greeting her with a smile on her face. Yuan Ke held up a camera and recorded her.

Chen Wan is the student representative of this class and is going to speak on stage.

She looked around the auditorium. In one week she would have to say goodbye to her high school life.

Still remember that when she was in the first year of high school, Chen Shan took her to school on the day of enrollment. She was the representative of the freshmen and took a photo with Chen Shan in the auditorium.

Now she is about to graduate from high school. The people in the audience have not changed, but the people around her have changed.

She had memorized the speech by heart, and she read out her future life ideals and current college entrance examination goals word for word on the stage.

She doesn't believe that good grades mean a good future.

Chen Shan is a very smart person. He is well-read, well-educated and has a good family background, but in the end he still went astray.

The praise and admiration from people around you come and go like floating clouds and will always dissipate.

Ideals and beliefs are too noble and beautiful.

If you say it too early, you won’t be able to keep it, and it will only highlight your own mediocrity.

She was a good student only because if she didn't study, there would be nothing else to do. Her life was extremely boring and it seemed like she could see the end when she was only in her teens.

She looked at the people in the audience, and saw that they were all unfamiliar faces.

Lin Yu's seat was empty.

The dean asked her, "What are your expectations for the future?"

Chen Wan withdrew her gaze and looked at the dean, but the fancy words seemed to be stuck in her throat. She didn't know what she was expecting.

The door of the auditorium was pushed open a crack, and Lin Yu leaned in. After seeing the people on the stage clearly, he closed the door and leaned against the wall to look at Chen Wan.

Chen Wan also saw him. In order to create a solemn atmosphere, only a few wall lamps were left on in the auditorium, emitting a faint white light.

Lin Yu stood quietly in the light, his eyes and brows revealing a gentle smile, like a lake in autumn, tranquil and spacious.

Chen Wan thought, it turns out that she had been looking forward to the light.

Looking forward to him.

“I want to be a light chaser,” she said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the audience burst into laughter. This statement was too idealistic and too clichéd.

Lin Yu also smiled, and he was sincere.

After the graduation ceremony, the students took their parents to walk around the campus and leave some memories.

Qiao Yue took Chen Wan to take a photo at the school gate, with Lin Yu standing on her right.

Yuan Ke set up the timer and then waved at them with a smile, "Call Eggplant!"

After hearing this, Lin Yu moved closer to Chen Wan and said, "I suddenly want to eat eggplant."

Chen Wan turned his head to look at him and was amused.

Snap!

The shutter flashed like a star.

When Qiao Yue was sorting through photos, she saw this photo, was stunned, and carefully kept it.

In the photo, Chen Wan and Lin Yu are smiling at each other, like two trees leaning against each other, and the years are peaceful.

All they had in their eyes was each other.

Three days before the college entrance examination, Chen Shan was released from prison.

Lin Yu asked Chen Wan if he wanted to go pick it up. Chen Wan adjusted his backpack straps and lowered his head. "I have an important mock exam today."

Lin Yu took back what he was about to say, paused, and gave her a gentle smile. "Good luck, Wanzi, you will definitely do well in the exam."

He remembered Chen Wan saying that she went to pick up Chen Shan twice before, full of hope, but always ended up disappointed.

Thoughts: The high school chapter is basically coming to an end here, and the knives have been sharpened (?). I'm not a human, hahaha. The college chapter will be faster. Chen Wan is currently stubborn, and Lin Yu didn't dare to think about anything during high school. If he thought about it, he would just commit a crime and silently recite the Minor Protection Act, hahaha.

By the way, I want to complain that Lin Yu is really a heartless good-for-nothing. Fortunately, the iron tree is about to bloom.

Also, if you really think it’s even a little bit good, could you please leave me a message? Thank you, little angel! ! !