Chapter 92 Very Well-behaved

The three of them went downstairs together and left the school.

Because they lingered in the classroom a little longer, the bus Shi Leyao needed to take home had already left. Jiang Wan accompanied her to the school gate to hail a taxi, and only after she got into the taxi and left did she walk back with Zhou Chong.

Zhou Chong pushed his mountain bike, with Jiang Wan sitting on the back seat and her schoolbag hanging from the handlebars. As they passed the streetlights, they cast a long shadow.

Worried that riding the bike with her would be too windy and she would catch a cold, and also worried that she wouldn't have the strength to walk far because she was sick, Zhou Chong pushed the bike and carried Jiang Wan on the way home.

Zhou Chong walked slowly, glancing at her every now and then.

Noticing the gaze directed at her, Jiang Wan turned her head and said with a light laugh, "Why are you staring at me? Don't think I didn't see you."

Zhou Chong paused, then smiled. "I just felt that you were a little different in front of Shi Leyao just now."

"How is it different?" Jiang Wan asked, raising an eyebrow.

“It just feels like…not like a child.” Zhou Chong paused. “I mean, not like a girl your age, much more mature than Shi Leyao.”

Jiang Wan was suddenly startled, and her heart began to pound.

If she hadn't known that she hadn't told anyone the secret of her rebirth, she would have almost thought that Zhou Chong was targeting her.

She calmed her racing heart and glanced at Zhou Chong, noticing his natural expression, as if they were just having a casual chat.

She calmed down, raised her eyebrows to look at him, and deliberately adopted a reproachful tone, "What, do you always treat me like a child?"

Zhou Chong chuckled, raised his hand, and, taking advantage of his height, patted her head from above. "She is quite small."

Jiang Wan suddenly reacted like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, shaking his arm loudly, "You're the child! I'm eighteen years old, the same age as you, who's the younger one?"

Zhou Chong's expression froze for a moment, but he quickly recovered and let her shake his hand up. He stroked her hair like he was stroking a kitten, saying, "Then you are more than three months younger than me."

Jiang Wan seemed to have been switched on; she lowered her head in frustration, puffed out her cheeks slightly, and stopped playing around with Zhou Chong.

Because what he said was true. From Zhou Chong's perspective, based on the current timeline, she was indeed more than three months younger than him.

A casual chat that made her feel guilty ended in a playful way, which was fine.

Jiang Wan breathed a sigh of relief.

“However, I really didn’t expect this matter to put so much pressure on Shi Leyao.” Zhou Chong casually changed the subject. “I wonder how she will perform in the interview.”

“She will definitely do very well in the interview.” Jiang Wan looked up, smiled slightly at Zhou Chong, and said with a firm look in her eyes, “Don’t underestimate Shi Leyao. She is a really good and outstanding girl. I believe in her.”

Zhou Chong looked into her bright eyes and said, "Yes, I believe it too."

Jiang Wan turned around and looked at the gate of the residential area not far away. "Shi Leyao is just not confident enough in herself. She needs encouragement. As long as someone can see her good qualities, she will shine."

"If she hadn't spoken her mind to us tonight, perhaps she would have been nervous and anxious about going to Beijing tomorrow, which would have affected her interview. But she bravely spoke out, and nothing is holding her back anymore. She will definitely perform well."

Jiang Wan raised her eyebrows slightly. "Anyway, I believe she can do it. She is a pearl I discovered, and I hope that more people can see her."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and found that Zhou Chong was looking at her with his face turned to the side. "Wh...what's wrong?"

"Pearls also need moonlight to illuminate them," Zhou Chong said.

Jiang Wan blinked, taken aback by his seemingly random words, and looked up at the moon in the sky.

Clear and bright, illuminating the dark night.

She nodded. "Yes, you're right."

Jiang Wan looked away, jumped out of the back seat of the car, and stood downstairs at her apartment building. "I'm home. Thank you for bringing me back. You should go home too."

Zhou Chong nodded, took the schoolbag hanging on the handlebars, and handed it to Jiang Wan, saying, "Remember to take your medicine before bed."

"Okay, I'll message you after I take my medicine and report the checkup." Jiang Wan smiled, her eyes crinkling, and waved to Zhou Chong, "Bye-bye."

"Bye-Bye."

After saying goodbye to her, Zhou Chong turned around, got on his bicycle, and rode out of the residential area.

Jiang Wan stood in front of the building entrance, watching the tall figure in the night, leaning over and riding a bicycle, his school uniform jacket billowing in the wind and swaying under the streetlights.

The silvery moonlight, dappled by the shadows of the trees, followed him further and further away.

Until it disappeared from her sight.

Jiang Wan turned around, pushed open the unit door in front of her, and took the elevator upstairs.

"Why are you so late today?" Shan Tong walked over with a cup in her hand and took Jiang Wan's backpack from her shoulder. "Did you come back with Zhou Chong?"

Jiang Wan knew her mother must have seen her upstairs, so she said frankly, "Yes, I did some extra work in the classroom and came out a little late, so Zhou Chong walked back with me."

Upon hearing Jiang Wan's nasal tone, Shan Tong disregarded everything else and immediately reached out to touch her forehead. "Do you have a cold?"

"Yeah, I caught a bit of a cold, but I've already gone to the infirmary for an IV drip and got some medicine." Jiang Wan changed into her slippers and took her schoolbag back from Shan Tong. "Don't worry, Mom, I'm fine."

Dan Tong touched her forehead and found it wasn't hot, so she withdrew her hand. "Okay, then get some rest early tonight, and make sure you're covered up well. If you feel cold, just tell your mother."

"Okay, I'll go back to my room now."

Jiang Wan returned to her room with her schoolbag on her back.

After washing up, I read for a while. Before going to bed, I went to the living room to pour myself a glass of hot water, sat back down at the table, and took out the cold medicine from my bag.

She poured all the pills into her palm, then picked up her phone, took a picture of the pills and water glass, and sent it to Zhou Chong via QQ.

[Late Night Is Not Too Late: [Image] Report: I took my medicine obediently.]

After sending the message, she tilted her head back, poured the medicine into her mouth, took a sip of water, and swallowed it.

When I picked up my phone again, I had already received Zhou Chong's reply.

Z: Very well-behaved.

Jiang Wan smiled, held her phone, leaned back in her chair, and swung her legs to reply to his message.

[Not Too Late: I'm getting ready to sleep after taking my medicine. Is there anything else you want to tell me?]

When a new message popped up, Zhou Chong raised an eyebrow, pretending not to understand.

[Z: What did you say?]

Jiang Wan was annoyed that he was such a blockhead, and angrily typed.

Goodnight. (It's not too late.)

Zhou Chong held his phone and chuckled softly.

Z: Okay, goodnight.