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"So, Yi'an is going to have its own dance troupe too?" Bai Yan guessed.

"Hmm." Shen Anxia liked talking to intelligent people.

Bai Yan was happy for Shen Anxia: "That's great, she can spend time with her parents and continue dancing at the same time."

“I think so too.” Shen Anxia smiled faintly.

"I was just lamenting that without a strong opponent like you in the future, I might lack motivation," Bai Yan said with some regret.

"Then you'd better watch out, I'll be working hard behind the scenes," Shen Anxia said, feigning a threat.

Hearing Shen Anxia's joke, Bai Yan's usually cold face broke through the ice, revealing a smile as bright as a blooming flower. She stretched out her hand and said, "Then, I look forward to seeing you at the summit someday."

Shen Anxia also reached out and grasped Bai Yan's hand: "I look forward to meeting you at the summit."

"Your best buddy is shaking hands with Bai Yan," Fang Qiqi whispered to Jia Yunjie.

Jia Yunjie followed Fang Qiqi's gaze and saw sunlight streaming through the glass window onto Shen Anxia and Bai Yan's clasped hands, creating a soft and hazy scene. The sight was so beautiful that Jia Yunjie couldn't take her eyes off them. She murmured to herself, "So this is what it means for strong people to appreciate each other!"

"I never expected Bai Yan to have such a gentle side. I think she smiled just now." Fang Qiqi's voice softened as well. "As a girl myself, I actually really like these two girls!"

"Let's go dance." Jia Yunjie stood up, and everyone else followed suit. Jia Yunjie walked over to Shen Anxia and said to her, "Sit down for a while, we'll talk more tonight."

"Um."

Shen Anxia sat in the rest area watching everyone dance, while sending Yang Zheng a message. One message mentioned that she was going to have dinner with a girl that night, and the other mentioned that she would be able to complete her resignation procedures on Monday. She needed to tidy up her apartment in the next couple of days and hand it over to the landlord before heading back to Yi'an on Monday.

Yang Zheng replied, "Then I'll start packing. I still have the cardboard boxes from the last move. Can I find a truck to take my things back to Yi'an and leave them at Peacock City?"

Shen Anxia thought for a moment. She hadn't told Zhao Ping and Shen Ke that she was going back to Yi'an yet. Moreover, she wanted to visit Shen Anyi while passing through Pusu. She hadn't completed the formalities in Yi'an yet, so she decided to wait until everything was settled before telling her parents.

I already have all the daily necessities at home, so why don't I put them in Peacock City first?

She replied to Yang Zheng with a message: "Then let's leave it at Peacock City for now! We can leave some things behind and pack them up together this weekend."

After getting off work in the evening, Yang Zheng came to pick up Shen Anxia, ​​who was already waiting by the roadside with Jia Yunjie.

Yang Zheng opened the back door and helped Shen Anxia into the car. Jia Yunjie, being very perceptive, opened the other back door herself and got in.

"Hello, Anxia's boyfriend from the mysterious woman!" Jia Yunjie greeted Yang Zheng.

"Hello." Yang Zheng turned his head and nodded to Jia Yunjie as a greeting.

Jia Yunjie leaned close to Shen Anxia and whispered in a very low voice, "Anxia, ​​your mysterious boyfriend is quite aloof."

“No, he’s very gentle, not aloof at all,” Shen Anxia said, glancing at Yang Zheng.

Jia Yunjie couldn't see any "gentleness" in Shen Anxia's boyfriend at all; instead, she found him to be cold.

Thinking about Shen Anxia's return to Yi'an, Jia Yunjie was a little worried about Shen Anxia and her boyfriend's long-distance relationship. She pulled Shen Anxia aside and asked, "But what will your boyfriend do if you go back to Yi'an? Long-distance relationships don't last long!"

Shen Anxia thought for a moment and then threw the question directly at Yang Zheng: "Yang Zheng, what will you do after I go back to Yi'an?"

Yang Zheng glanced at the rearview mirror, turned on the turn signal, and answered Shen Anxia's question: "Of course, I'll go back to Yi'an with you."

Jia Yunjie was a little incredulous at Shen Anxia's boyfriend's words and asked Shen Anxia, ​​"Is this really your boyfriend from the municipal government?"

"I've only ever had one boyfriend, but he works in Yi'an, not Xinfeng."

"Huh? The rumors circulating in our group are pretty outrageous." Jia Yunjie finally realized something and asked Shen Anxia, ​​"So, you're leaving Xinfeng and going back to Yi'an because of your boyfriend?"

"That's true. It's because he's in Yi'an, so I want to go back to Yi'an too." Shen Anxia didn't deny it.

Jia Yunjie became even more distressed. She looked at Shen Anxia and said, "I never expected that my best friend in the group would be such a love-obsessed person."

Shen Anxia couldn't help but laugh when she heard this.

When Yang Zheng heard Shen Anxia say, "I've only ever had one boyfriend," his eyes crinkled into a smile. When she said, "Because he's in Yi'an," he couldn't help but feel happy, and the corners of his mouth couldn't be suppressed as he smiled. When he heard Jia Yunjie describe Shen Anxia as "love-obsessed," he finally couldn't help but chuckle.

"However, you didn't tell me anything. Have you forgotten that I even told you how the people who were pursuing me pursued me?" Jia Yunjie started bringing up old grievances with Shen Anxia.

Speaking of this, Shen Anxia was a little embarrassed. She said to Jia Yunjie, "I'm a slow-to-warm-up person. Because of this, many people around me didn't stay. It took me two years to get close to my college classmates. However, precisely because of this, the people who stayed by my side are the most worthy people, like you."

"Moreover, it's not that I didn't tell you about my resignation. I mentioned it to Wang Tuan before, and he told me to think it over carefully. I wasn't sure when I would get a real result, but I got the result today, so I'm telling you now."

"That's true, you and I are the closest in our group."

"That's right."

"So, what are we going to eat today?"

“I remember you wanted to go to Carlton, let’s go today.”

Jia Yunjie grabbed Shen Anxia, ​​her expression agitated: "Carlton? Such an expensive place! Let's go somewhere else!"

“I also want to go eat there. After all, I haven’t had the chance to eat at the best restaurant in Xinfeng for so long. I don’t know when I’ll be able to eat at Xinfeng again. Besides, a big shot is treating us today, so what are you worried about?” Shen Anxia raised her chin at Yang Zheng.

“That’s true, it’s pointless to save all the money you earn. No need for big spenders today, it’s my treat!” Jia Yunjie suddenly realized and said generously.

“I’ll come to Xinfeng again. You should save up your money and treat me next time you come!” Shen Anxia smiled.

"When will you come again?" Jia Yunjie asked.

Shen Anxia thought for a moment. Whether the prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit or there was another solution, she would need to come back. So she said, "I'll come over after I finish dealing with Yi'an's matter. It will take about three to five months. You can treat me then."

Hearing this, Jia Yunjie became happy, took Shen Anxia's arm and leaned on her shoulder, and said with a smile, "I was afraid that I would hardly see you again in the future. Okay! As long as you come, you can choose any restaurant in Quanxin Feng!"

“You’re here, and so are my classmates and teachers. I’ll come back when I have some free time. Besides, don’t we have a competition? You’re the second principal dancer of the Xinfeng Dance Troupe now. We’ll meet on the competition stage someday.”

"That's right!" Jia Yunjie's face lit up with joy. "And if I get married, you'll still have to be my bridesmaid!"

“That’s not necessarily true,” Shen Anxia teased Jia Yunjie. “Maybe you’ll be my bridesmaid.”

Jia Yunjie glanced at Yang Zheng in the front row and whispered to Shen Anxia, ​​"Did your boyfriend propose?"

Shen Anxia replied softly, "I begged you, and I agreed."

Although it's not very formal.

Jia Yunjie: "...You're pretty quick."

After leaving the restaurant, Yang Zheng took Jia Yunjie back to the group and then took Shen Anxia back to the apartment. Shen Anxia took a shower first and then asked Yang Zheng to help her apply the medicine.

Looking at the photos of the scars on her back that Yang Zheng had taken for her on her phone, Shen Anxia felt extremely depressed.

Seeing her like this, Yang Zheng hugged her and comforted her, "Second brother said the scar removal cream works very well. Let's apply it for a few more days and see. Anxia, ​​I won't let you have any scars."

Shen Anxia leaned her entire weight on Yang Zheng and said unhappily, "This spot is right where the dance costume would expose me. I've never been injured like this before."

Yang Zheng said, "We'll be back in Yi'an soon. In Yi'an, we won't let you get hurt again."

“Actually, I know we were lucky this time. If you hadn’t come to Xinfeng on a business trip, the consequences would have been unimaginable…” Shen Anxia rubbed against Yang Zheng’s shoulder. “Yang Zheng, since I met you, it seems like everything I do goes smoothly.”

If she wanted to stay in the troupe, she could; if she wanted to go back to Yi'an, she had the opportunity. Now that Shen Anxia had experienced something like this in another place, she wanted to go back to Yi'an even more. She had always longed for a simple and ordinary life, dancing and performing on stage, that was enough for her.

Although Yang Zheng didn't feel that Shen Anxia's actions went smoothly after she met him, he still appreciated Shen Anxia's words.

"Are you sleepy?" Yang Zheng asked.

"Not sleepy."

"Then you sit and watch TV for a while, and I'll pack your luggage."

"Let's pack it up tomorrow, how about we watch TV together?" Shen Anxia wrapped her arms around Yang Zheng's waist.

Yang Zheng couldn't resist Shen Anxia's coquettishness, so he immediately gave up the idea of ​​packing his luggage and asked Shen Anxia, ​​"Then I'll take a shower and change my clothes first, and then we can watch TV together?"

Shen Anxia cheered up, leaned on Yang Zheng's shoulder to steady herself, and said, "Okay."

Yang Zheng grabbed a set of clothes, quickly took a shower, went to the bedroom, took out a hairdryer, dried his hair a couple of times, and then sat back down next to Shen Anxia.

"It smells so good." Shen Anxia said casually as she smelled the shower gel on Yang Zheng.

Yang Zheng was a little embarrassed: "I used your shower gel, it smells like strawberries."

"So, you thought this was pretty good, which is why you bought the same toiletries as me in Peacock City?" Shen Anxia suddenly remembered the toiletries that Yang Zheng had in the Peacock City bathroom that were exactly the same as hers.

"Although they work very well, I prepared those things in case you ever come to stay with me, so it will be more convenient."

Shen Anxia tilted her head and asked, "How long ago was that?"

Yang Zheng ran his right hand through the stray hairs on Shen Anxia's left cheek and then stroked the back of her head, using his thumb to gently stroke Shen Anxia's ear.

The tingling sensation near her ear made Shen Anxia's heart flutter. She shrank back slightly, and just as she was about to forget what they had just discussed, Yang Zheng's low, clear voice came: "Last year, on the Dragon Boat Festival, after I went back from your place..."

Shen Anxia: "..."

Shouldn't that have been the time to throw away everything related to her?

“Anxia, ​​you may not know this,” Yang Zheng’s gentle voice swept over again, “you have always been a part of my future plans.”