Chapter 3: Childhood sweethearts are here to collect debts!

After all, they are childhood sweethearts whom I haven’t seen for ten years. No matter how heartbreaking it is, they are still acquaintances.

Shen Yuemo just stood there, bringing back countless memories for Li Zang.

Memories~

It’s better not to recall it.

Shen Yuemo dragged Li Zang along and embarked on a stroll to reminisce about their childhood memories. As they walked, they asked, "Brother Zang, do you still live around here?"

Li Zang looked around at the old houses and said slowly, "We can't live here anymore. This whole neighborhood has to be demolished. The neighbors who used to live here will all leave sooner or later."

Shen Yuemo asked again: "Where do you live now?"

"I rented a new apartment in the city, which is closer to my workplace."

Shen Yuemo was surprised: "You are working?!"

Li Zang nodded and said softly, "I graduated last year and asked someone to find me a job. I'm not an idler."

Shen Yuemo asked curiously: "What job?"

Li Zang blushed, feeling embarrassed to talk about his current crappy job with no future, so he said, "It's not a good job, at most it's a temporary transition, barely enough to support myself."

Shen Yuemo disagreed: "It's already very good to support myself. It's really difficult for fresh college graduates to find jobs now. Just take your time."

Li Zang suddenly felt that Shen Yuemo was not so irritating, and asked, "What about you? Don't just talk about me. Aren't you studying in the capital? Why did you come back so suddenly?"

Shen Yuemo replied: "I am a sophomore in Beijing now. The school hasn't started yet, so I have been staying at home with nothing to do. Then I heard my dad say that the old house here is going to be demolished, so I followed my dad to take a look. First, I haven't been back for a long time, and I miss the childhood I spent here. Second, I want to see if there are any [treasures] left at home."

"baby……"

Li Zang thought of his three diaries, and his eyes twitched slightly: "Well, I hope you can find a treasure that is [surprising] enough, hehe, hehehe..."

"Of course, I found quite a few."

Shen Yuemo did not hear the malice hidden in Li Zang's laughter. What she was thinking about was the [treasure] she found today, a small box filled with precious memories.

But the most precious of all...

Shen Yuemo smiled and looked at Li Zang.

This time when she came back, in addition to the two things she just mentioned, there was a third thing, which was that she wanted to see if she could see Li Zang again.

When I was a kid, I spent most of my daily life with Li Zang. We went skiing, ice skating, went up the mountain to get bird eggs, and went to the fields to catch loaches, fish, and shrimps.

After growing up, those interesting things slowly ferment in the routine study life in the big city, leaving a long aftertaste.

Li Zang is the most precious treasure boy in her childhood memories.

The two walked side by side, stepping on the white snow, leaving long shoe prints on the snow.

Shen Yuemo turned her head from time to time and secretly glanced at Li Zang.

Li Zang suddenly turned around and caught her red-handed, saying, "If you want to see it, just watch it openly. I won't charge you."

Shen Yuemo was not embarrassed at all because of being caught peeking, but smiled and said: "How can I not charge you? How much can you charge?"

Shen Yuemo said, pulling out a crumpled five-dollar bill from his pocket: "Five dollars a day, is that okay?"

Li Zang: “…”

These five dollars instantly reminded him of a lot of things.

The most impressive thing was that every time he made the little girl cry, in order to go home without being beaten for making Shen Yuemo cry, he had to please Shen Yuemo. The most direct and effective way to deal with little girls was always to spend money on all kinds of shopping.

At that time, his lunch money was about five yuan every day. If he made Shen Yuemo cry in the morning, he would basically have no lunch for the day.

Although, in order to save money, lunch is basically just a casual meal, but there is still a little difference between eating and not eating.

If it weren’t for the good genes of the Northeastern Li family, it would be a question whether Mr. Li could grow to be over 1.8 meters tall today.

You little brat, you're eating me into poverty.

I was still growing up at that time, and if I didn’t eat lunch, I would feel hungry and weak all day.

Fortunately, I was able to sneak a bite of the lunch prepared by Shen Yuemo's family. The food cooked by Shen Yuemo's mother was so delicious~ah~

Of course, after entering junior high school, I no longer have that luxury.

However, the lunch money has increased relatively, and I spend less money on Shen Yuemo, so my lunch is now secured.

Memories that cost five dollars are not cheap at all.

"Oh, I never thought I could get the money back. OK, I'll take it."

Li Zang happily accepted the five dollars.

Shen Yuemo asked with his hands behind his back: "Brother Xiaozang, do you think I have changed a lot?"

Li Zang still understood the unspoken rule of taking money and saying nice things to others: "It has changed. Girls change a lot when they grow up. They become more and more beautiful."

"Wasn't I beautiful before?"

After all, I am a single dog who has been single since birth, so I don’t know what the fatal question is... Li Zang’s answer is: "In my memory, when you were a child, you loved to laugh and cry. When you cried, you cried loudly, and I always called you a crybaby."

"But I don't hate it, because you sound pretty nice when you cry."

“…”

Crybaby.

This name from an ancient time brought back many memories for Shen Yuemo, although most of them were scenes of Li Zang bullying her and making her cry in anger.

But, joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are all real feelings. When I think of them now, it always feels different.

"Okay, so you think I sound good when I cry, so you always make me cry?" Shen Yuemo said dimly.

"That's not the case. The main reason is your own fault. You can cry loudly over trivial matters. At that time, my friends all said that you were hypocritical and were unwilling to play with you. Think about it yourself. Do you have few friends around you? Don't put the blame on me."

Li Zang sighed, "I can't help it since you love to cry. I can only tell myself that you sound really nice when you cry. Slowly, I got used to it."

Shen Yuemo: “…”

Hey~ Is this... a confession?

Shen Yuemo blushed and asked, "Have you liked me since childhood?"

Li Zang looked strange: "Have you forgotten that your grandma is my grandma..."

Shen Yuemo remembered and blushed.

In rural areas, there are always some elderly people who care too much about their grandchildren. When she was a child, her grandmother thought that Xiao Zangge was a very good man, so she went to his grandmother to discuss an arrangement for the two children.

The two old ladies hit it off immediately.

Of course, this is no longer the society of the past, and the child marriage did not take place in the end.

But the relationship between the two became close due to the forced matchmaking of their elders.

Li Zang really couldn't stand the old lady brainwashing him every day at home - a grown man should protect his young wife and not let her be bullied outside.

Who can stand brainwashing every day? !

Otherwise, it would be strange that they could play together despite the three-year age gap between them and the different genders.

Shen Yuemo narrowed his eyes: "So, you are forced into this situation?"

The desire to survive is something that is accumulated through experience. Although Li Zang instinctively sensed the danger, he was unable to react in time: "Yes, if you cry I have to comfort you. I am very tired."

Seeing this, Shen Yuemo sneered inwardly, but smiled on the surface and said, “Brother Xiaozang, you really haven’t changed much.”

"Hasn't my change been big enough?"

Li Zang glanced at his broad palms. Ten years ago, he was a little kid. Ten years later, he had become a roughly 1.80-meter-tall man from Northeast China.

I used to be a rich man among my peers, but now I am a poor man among my peers...

This change can be called earth-shaking! ?

Shen Yuemo said softly: “I’m talking about personality, you are still the same as before.”

"Which one?"

Shen Yuemo called out sweetly: "Brother Emperor~"

Li Zang's legs went weak and his knees dug into the snow.

Damn it, why did you suddenly stab me again?

Ah me, Yamedie~Don’t, don’t say that anymore!

Sudden heart attack and severe cardiovascular obstruction, Li Zang begged for mercy: "Please stop talking, my knees really can't hold on!"

Damn it, how could I meet you again! !

? ? ?

TM, I’m so angry that I’m getting a chuunibyou attack! ! !

"You said you haven't changed. You're still as cute as ever."

Shen Yuemo suppressed the laughter that was about to burst out, leaned over, and stretched out his hand: "Get up, the ground is cold, be careful of cold legs."

Li Zang got up by himself, rolled his eyes, and said bitterly: "...As long as you don't tell me about my past, I will never have cold legs in my life."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Shen Yuemo couldn't hold it in any longer and burst into laughter. As she laughed, tears came out.

"No, no, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard."

Li Zang: “…”

This scene seems familiar.

When I was a child, I often made this girl cry. The louder her crying was then, the louder her laughter is now.

This is back to collect debts...

Li Zang sighed and said:

Some people chose to be a middle school student when they were young, while others chose literature and art. Shen Yuemo said softly: "Luckily we meet again after a long separation. The next few days will be blessed and become good days."

“…”

Li Zang

Bullshit, how can I be lucky to have such a reunion! ?

Past, present, future.

Complete memories construct a complete person's life.

The future cannot be predicted, the present can only be cherished, and the past cannot be changed.

Everyone has a past, long or short, happy or sad, meaningful or wasted...

When recalling the good old days, a smile will appear on the corner of my mouth as if I have tasted something delicious.

But there are always some bad pasts that everyone doesn't want to recall.

He naturally had it too, and at this moment, Shen Yuemo was helping him recall it.

Those second-year black histories buried in history were revealed once, which would have been fine, but they were revealed a second time!

Li Zang's mentality was about to collapse. He felt that today's encounter was not warm or beautiful at all!

The encounters in this world are not only beautiful reunions after a long separation, some of them are enemies who come to collect debts!

It’s an injustice, it’s really an injustice! ! !

(End of this chapter)