After watching his father drive away, Jiang Xia took Lin Yanwan's hand and slowly walked into the campus.
"You were trying to call me 'Dad' just now, weren't you?"
"No, I didn't, you misheard me." Lin Yanwan turned her head to look elsewhere.
Thinking of what had just happened, Jiang Xia couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Uncle, you're really something."
"That's still better than you calling me 'Mom' directly!"
"Same to you!"
She pulled her hand away in embarrassment and pinched Jiang Xia's thigh hard.
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! I let it go before, but you're doing it again!?"
Jiang Xia, who had been pinched in the same spot, hissed and yelled, "Don't you want to see? It's definitely bruised from your pinching. Is it because the flesh isn't on your body that you can't feel the pain?"
Lin Yanwan felt embarrassed. It really wasn't her fault; she just had a habit of pinching him a lot.
Just as the two were arguing, the school bell suddenly rang.
They exchanged a glance, and Jiang Xia asked, "What was your first class again?"
"I think it's physical education class?" Lin Yanwan said after thinking for a moment.
"...That's alright then, we're the same."
Both of them breathed a sigh of relief; they wouldn't be late now.
Passing by the playground, I saw that both classes had already assembled, and their respective physical education teachers were leading the students in warm-up exercises.
Jiang Xia acted as if he hadn't seen anything and walked straight toward the teaching building.
"Aren't you going to PE class?" Lin Yanwan asked. "My foot doesn't hurt much anymore, I can go back to the classroom by myself."
"No." Jiang Xia shook his head. In his opinion, the time spent in PE class was better spent drawing more original paintings.
"oh."
The two simply swaggered across the edge of the playground, a scene witnessed by many.
Wang Ming stared blankly at the two of them, wondering if they were really inseparable.
If this doesn't count as dating, then you must be siblings, right?
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There were only a few people in the classroom. My deskmate was still working on humanities questions as usual, not wanting to waste any free time.
Seeing Jiang Xia, Chen Yao was slightly surprised, but she moved her stool forward a little to make it easier for him to go in.
Don't you have PE class?
"I don't want to go."
Looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, Jiang Xia wondered if he had been entangled with Lin Yanwan too much lately, which had deviated from his initial expectations.
He sighed softly, took out the storyboard and drawing paper from the drawer, and buried himself in drawing again.
"What's wrong? You have the most beautiful and academically gifted girl in your grade as your girlfriend and you're still sighing?"
Chen Yao glanced at him out of the corner of her eye and saw that he was drawing again. He had been listening so attentively in class this morning, and she thought he had turned over a new leaf. She didn't expect it to be just a fleeting moment of brilliance.
Jiang Xia was speechless: "You're overthinking it."
"That's because I feel too much pressure. If I were you, I would definitely spend 23 out of 24 hours a day studying and doing practice questions so that I could catch up with her and get into the same university," she said without looking up.
"I was just thinking..." Jiang Xia changed the subject, "Never mind, do you think two people who were once very close lovers can really become friends after breaking up?"
"I've never been in a relationship, how would I know?"
Chen Yao paused, looking at him with a puzzled expression: "You don't think you're not good enough for her, so you're planning to be friends with Lin Yanwan after breaking up with her, do you?"
"...With your thought process, you should never write romance novels in the future, or you'll definitely be torn apart by the readers."
"No, if I were to write one, it would definitely be a female-centric, empowering story."
Jiang Xia couldn't help but twitch her lips; it really was just like her.
"Speaking of which, why do you keep drawing this cat and this mouse? Each picture is only slightly different. If you don't look closely, you'd think you're asking me to find the differences. Don't you think it's a waste of time?"
Jiang Xia smiled without saying a word.
Before an original drawing is put into motion, it is just a simple drawing. Only when it is put into motion can it be called animation.
How many people know that the classic masterpiece Tom and Jerry was drawn frame by frame by a team of hundreds of people like him?
A class passed quickly, and Jiang Xia had earned another 8 original drawings. Excluding the more complex scene drawings, he had now completed almost half of his work.
At the current pace, we can start coloring this weekend and then proceed with post-production.
It can be said that we have taken another small step closer to a bright future.
After finishing his game, Wang Ming returned to the classroom covered in sweat. He glanced at Jiang Xia, who was diligently drawing, and hesitated several times before speaking.
This guy has very detailed plans for the future, and a stunningly beautiful girlfriend. He's not jealous, really not jealous, sob sob...
Finally, he let out a long sigh, returned to his seat, and drank the mineral water like it was wine, chugging it down in gulps.
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"Yanwan, a lot of people saw you going back to the classroom with Jiang Xia just now. You have no idea, so many boys were heartbroken." Shen Ying looked at her while lying on the table.
Lin Yanwan completely ignored the second half of the sentence, and took a small sip of the ginger and jujube water that Jiang Xia had made for her. It still tasted the same as before.
"Is there a problem with going back to the classroom with a friend?" she asked calmly.
"Friend? Boyfriend, more like." Shen Ying chuckled. "If it were any other guy being this enthusiastic, you would have already given him a cold shoulder."
Lin Yanwan blushed slightly and chose not to answer, instead tickling the ticklish spot on her waist.
"How dare you say that! You told me to wait for you this morning, so why did you just disappear and never come back?"
"Hahaha... I saw your boyfriend arrive, so of course I didn't want to be a third wheel. Speaking of which, didn't you also get pulled away by him? I saw it all clearly from upstairs."
"I had a stomachache at the time, and the pain was so bad that I had no strength!"
"Keep making excuses. Even if I believe you, the people have discerning eyes. Do you think others will believe you?"
Lin Yanwan's momentum weakened instantly.
Her relationship with Jiang Xia cannot be explained in a few words. It involved four years of dating, eight years of marriage, and the bond of being reborn together. It was like having all the buffs stacked up.
If their bodies were found later, it might have led to the conclusion that they were a loving couple.
—When the earthquake struck and the ceiling collapsed, the husband shielded his wife with his own body in the face of danger, but they both tragically perished. How touching!
Thinking about it this way, it's as if God specially arranged for them to rekindle their past relationship.
“Yingying, I have a friend who broke up with her boyfriend. They agreed to never see each other again, but they always seem to get together in a strange way. She’s been very troubled lately and doesn’t know what to do.”
"What's there to be upset about? Just ignore it."
"They didn't break up because of relationship issues."
"Incompatible values?"
"We have similar values and there are no better guys around me than him. I don't know if I'll meet someone better in the future."
"If you don't dislike him, then get back together. Besides, what couple doesn't argue?"
Lin Yanwan was stunned; it sounded somewhat reasonable.
But wouldn't it make me seem useless to ask him to get back together so soon?
Why can't it be him who takes the initiative?
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