Chapter 69 (Second Update)
Chapter 69 (Second Update)
For Shu Yao, that memory is already very vague.
Because to her, it was just an ordinary day, and there was nothing worth remembering.
After thinking about it, maybe there is someone who remembers it better than her.
Shu Yao clutched the notebook, his fingertips trembling as he called his mother.
Shu Meiru knew her childhood like the back of her hand. When she heard her ask about the amusement park, she immediately said, "Yes, when you were in third grade, I went to visit your uncle's house. Didn't he and your aunt take you there?"
Shu Yao asked anxiously, "What happened that day?"
"I didn't know about that. The tickets were expensive, so I didn't want to go. They took you there. I just remember when you came back, you cheerfully told me that your aunt had thrown up after getting off the roller coaster. You also said... next year, you should bring more lollipops. You've made an appointment with someone."
The mother's words were like enlightenment to Shu Yao, and the blurry picture in his mind finally became clearer.
If she remembered correctly, it was also winter, and it was her aunt's birthday.
So her uncle and aunt took her to the amusement park.
As a result, the two adults had more fun than her.
Because they were too young to ride the roller coaster, Shu Yao sat at the exit waiting for them when they went to ride it.
She looked up curiously and watched the roller coaster whizz by.
It was at that time that she seemed to meet a depressed little boy.
Little boy...
Shu Yao suddenly remembered that when he went to his uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings, Erbao was lying on the bed flipping through a photo album, which included the photos they took at the amusement park.
Although he didn't know how many photos he had taken, Shu Yao felt that seeing the photos might make his memory clearer.
She went to her uncle's house.
Although her aunt didn't know why she suddenly wanted to see the photos, she still helped her find them.
The photos taken more than ten years ago have turned yellow and the image quality is not very clear.
Shu Yao flipped through the photos one by one. The first few were photos of her and her uncle and aunt, as well as their photos together, and the back had a few solo photos of her.
In the first photo, she is sitting on a carousel, smiling happily.
In the second photo, she is holding two lollipops in her hands, facing the camera with a confused look on her face.
In the third photo, she was sitting at the exit of the roller coaster and giving a lollipop to the little boy next to her.
Although the image quality was not clear, the appearance of the little boy was still clear enough. He was the chubby boy in Shen Ye's room.
Shu Yao felt as if all the blood in his body was flowing backwards to his head.
Her heart was beating fast.
At this moment, Shu Yao finally understood.
Why was he so sure that she had been to Fuchuan Amusement Park when even she herself was not sure whether she had been there?
Why did Chen Ye, contrary to his usual behavior, pull her to take a photo at the amusement park on New Year's Eve? Because that was the place where they had taken a photo before.
Why, Shen Ye likes to eat lollipops, and only eats one flavor.
Shu Yao took out the photo, said goodbye to his aunt, and went home without stopping.
The living room was quiet.
Strange, is he going to the company again?
Shu Yao looked around and immediately realized something was wrong - Little Cookie was not there.
And there were two more boxes of medicine on the coffee table.
Shu Yao picked them up and saw that one box was for fever reduction and the other for inflammation, so he took one pill of each.
Suddenly realizing something, Shu Yao turned around and ran upstairs, pushed open the bedroom door, and sure enough, Shen Ye was lying quietly on the bed with his eyes closed, looking like he was asleep.
Little Biscuit lay beside him, letting Shen Ye's left hand rest on its back, motionless.
Hearing the noise, Little Biscuit raised his head alertly, and the moment he saw Shu Yao, there was light in his eyes.
She walked lightly to the bed, squatted down, and touched his forehead with the back of her hand.
It wasn't too hot, but you could feel the burn hadn't completely subsided.
It was only two hours since she left.
He even got the medicine.
Obviously, he must have realized that something was wrong when he got up this morning. No wonder he was so cooperative when she asked him to rest at home.
But even so, when he heard her say that she was going to the hospital to take care of Shen Yang, he still didn't say anything.
He is obviously a patient too.
"Idiot." Shu Yao scolded lightly.
Seeing a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, Shu Yao went to the bathroom to get some water, and carefully wiped his body with a towel to cool him down.
I don’t know if it’s because of the medicine, but Shen Ye slept very soundly.
It was not until the afternoon that he woke up.
Even with two buttons of my pajamas open, I felt refreshed and clean, without any sticky feeling from sweat.
Shu Yao sat cross-legged on the carpet, holding his hand with her right hand, and lay on the edge of the bed, looking like she was asleep too.
Shen Ye carefully pulled his hand back, but still woke her up.
Shu Yao sat up suddenly, the sleepiness in his eyes quickly disappearing: "Are you awake?"
She quickly took the thermometer from the bedside table and took his temperature. It was 37 degrees. Fortunately, the fever was gone.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Ye's head was throbbing with pain. He pressed his solar plexus and asked, "Didn't you go to the hospital? Why are you back?"
"I...there are a lot of people taking care of me in the hospital. I don't think there's any need for me to be there." She whispered softly, "Why didn't you tell me you had a fever? No one is home."
"It's just a fever. Take some medicine and it will be fine. It's okay."
"Chen Ye." Shu Yao took his hand and lowered her head to fiddle with the ring on his ring finger, her tail still slightly raised. "I gave you this ring to sense your emotions. You can't lie."
Shen Ye understood almost immediately: “I didn’t lie, and I wasn’t unhappy because you went to the hospital.”
"But..." Shu Yao looked at him calmly, her tone gentle. It didn't sound like she was complaining about a grievance, but rather like she was discussing academic issues with him openly. "Today in the kitchen, I kissed you, but you didn't respond. I left, and you didn't kiss me either."
Shen Ye didn't expect that she actually cared about this. He chuckled and said helplessly: "That's because I felt that I was not feeling well. I thought I might have a cold, so I was afraid of infecting you."
"..." Shu Yao asked again, "Then you are really not unhappy?"
Chen Ye brushed the hair on the side of her face behind her ear and chuckled, "I'm already 26 years old. Could it be that I'm still like a 6 or 7 year old, unable to distinguish the priorities of things? I didn't mention the fever, not because I was unhappy, but simply because I thought it was a small matter and there was no need for you to worry about it."
Prioritize.
So he felt that now in her heart, taking care of Shen Yang was more important than taking care of him?
Shu Yao explained gently, "I wanted to go to the hospital because this matter is related to me after all. I would feel guilty if I left it alone, but that doesn't mean I think your brother is more important than you at this moment."
She raised her head and looked at him sincerely: "In my heart, you have always been the most important. If I knew you had a fever today, I would have stayed at home."
Shen Ye remained calm, pressing the right hand on Taiyangxue, but slowly stopped.
"Did they tell you anything?"
"Yeah." Shu Yao didn't hide it. "Today, Mom told me some of your childhood stories and showed me your weekly diary."
"...weekly journal? The one from third grade?"
"Um."
“…” Chen Ye felt his head hurt even more.
Shu Yao looked at his expression, leaned forward, hugged his waist, and when she looked up, her amber pupils sparkled.
"Are you embarrassed?"
"Are you ashamed to have the space I wrote during my non-mainstream period dug up?"
“I didn’t have that period.”
Shu Yao slowly moved upwards, her lips only inches away from his, but the latter suddenly turned his head away.
Shu Yao was stunned for a moment, then heard him say helplessly: "With your small body, you also want to have a fever?"
"Forgot." Shu Yao was sensible. Although he gave up the kiss, he did not step away.
She was rarely clingy, nestling in his chest like a cat, and asked in a low voice: "Chen Ye, that 11 is me."
She used declarative sentences rather than interrogative ones.
Shen Ye’s Adam’s apple rolled: “Remember?”
"I don't remember it completely, but I went to my uncle's house to get this." Shu Yao took out the photo from his pocket and put it in his hand.
Shen Ye glanced down.
He already remembered it very clearly, and now the memory of that day came flooding back like a tide.
It all seems to have happened just yesterday.
Shu Yao stared at the two children in the photo and said, "What exactly happened that day? Tell me about it."
"It's a long story, are you sure you want to listen?"
"want."
*
The day he first met Shu Yao, Shen Ye was falsely accused by a tall and strong man of hitting him.
The man pointed at him with a glaring expression and scolded the teacher: "If you can't manage the child well, don't bring him to such a crowded place!"
The head teacher was a young girl who had just graduated from college. She was a little at a loss when faced with this situation.
She squatted in front of Shen Ye, touched Shen Ye's head, and asked softly: "Tell the teacher, did you accidentally bump into your uncle?"
Shen Ye had a blank expression on his face and answered with a firm look in his eyes: “I didn’t.”
The head teacher looked at the man and explained, "The child said he didn't hit you."
"Whatever he says is the truth? Ask someone else! Was it him who hit me?" The man put his hands on his hips and looked aggressive.
"This..." The head teacher looked at the passersby watching nearby and asked politely, "Excuse me, did anyone see that just now?"
Passersby shook their heads, and only one man whispered, "I think I did see this kid hit someone."
"Look!" the man said, touching his thigh. "Kids are so careless! My thigh still hurts! Just tell me what to do!"
Although the amusement park had surveillance cameras at the time, they did not cover the entire park. Not only could they not capture the footage, but applying for access was also extremely troublesome.
The head teacher has to take care of a class of students and has no time to waste on delving into who is right and who is wrong in this matter.
She bent down and apologized for Shen Ye, over and over again.
She even paid the man twenty dollars out of her own pocket.
The man then left feeling satisfied.
Shen Ye looked at the man's back as he left, and still only said: "I didn't hit him."
The head teacher smiled gently. "I know you didn't hit him, but we can't argue with people like him. What happened has passed. I know you did nothing wrong, so don't take it to heart, okay?"
Shen Ye nodded, but still didn't understand why the teacher apologized and gave the man money when he didn't hit him.
Because of this, Shen Ye was a little depressed.
While other children went on a boat ride, he sat on a lounge chair at the roller coaster exit, with his head down and silent.
After thinking about it, he took out his cell phone from his schoolbag and called his mother.
He didn't mention the false accusation he had just suffered, but just said he wanted to go home.
Qian Manqing was very surprised when she heard this: "Don't we have a school activity today, going to the amusement park? Why do you suddenly want to go home?"
Shen Ye said sullenly: “I just want to go home.”
"Aye, Mom is still in the hospital with my brother and I really can't spare any time right now. Can you please stop being so angry? Just listen to the teacher and you can come back soon."
Shen Ye looked down at his shoes, said "hmm", said nothing more, and hung up the phone.
My brother is not in good health.
So my brother is always the most important.
When he was younger, Chen Ye couldn't understand why. He still remembered that on his sixth birthday, his brother suddenly had a fever, and his parents were in a hurry to take his brother to the hospital, so they stood him up.
He was very unhappy and before they came back, he smashed all of his brother's airplane models in the room.
Later, when his brother came back to his room and saw it, he questioned him angrily, but when his parents asked about it, he lied on his behalf and said that he didn't want it anymore.
My parents thought that my brother was often sick and in a bad mood, so they didn't investigate further and just asked the nanny to clean it up.
While the nanny was cleaning, Shen Ye stood by and watched his brother wipe his tears sadly with an expressionless face, but his brother never scolded him.
Over time, the resentment and anger in Shen Ye's heart gradually evolved into an indescribable emotion.
He slowly began to understand his parents and no longer hated his brother, but he still felt sad about it.
"Are you unhappy?"
Just as he was staring blankly with his head down, a sweet voice came into his ears from above his head.
He looked up and saw a girl in a white down jacket, about his age.
She smiled lightly and handed him a stick: "My aunt bought me two of these. Do you want some?"
Shen Ye never eats this kind of thing.
Because my brother can’t eat it, my family never buys it for fear that he will eat it next to me and make him greedy.
He hesitated for a moment, took it, and said softly, "Thank you."
The lollipops are lemon mint flavored.
He opened the wrapper and casually put it in his mouth. The moment the candy melted, a cool, sour and sweet taste stimulated his taste buds.
The girl sat down next to him, eating a strawberry lollipop. Her amber eyes widened as she asked him, "Is it delicious?"
"good."
"It seems yours isn't very tasty." The girl secretly rejoiced, "Luckily I didn't give you the strawberry flavor."
Shen Ye: "..."
There's no need to be so honest.
The girl looked up at the roller coaster whizzing past not far away and let out a soft cry.
Shen Ye glanced at her and asked, "What's your name?"
"Yaoyao." The girl said, "Mom always calls me Yaoyao."
"Yaoyao?" Chen Ye often heard his family pronounce "1" as "yao" when reading their cell phone numbers, so he blurted out, "The 11 in 123?"
"Hmm..." The girl didn't seem very sure, "I think so."
"Then should I call you Yaoyao, or 11?"
"11, right? Yaoyao is what my mom calls me." The girl asked back, "What about you? What's your name?"
"Shen Ye."
"The multiplication of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division is also the same?"
"Silent Shen, Ye..." Shen Ye paused and said, "Ye as in wild dog."
"What a cute name." Shu Yao sighed while holding the lollipop.
"Cute?" Shen Ye wondered, what misunderstanding did she have about cuteness?
"Gougou is cute, and no one's raising a Gougou is also cute, so your name is cute too."
Very strong logic.
Shen Ye lowered his head and rubbed the ground with his toes, and the front of his brand new shoes was covered with a little dust.
He retorted, "I'm not cute, my brother is cuter."
"Why?"
"Because my parents like him more."
"How do you know your parents don't like you? Have you asked?" The girl looked confused.
"No."
"My mom says that most parents really love their children, but some will say it, and some won't." The girl rolled her eyes and offered him some advice, "Why don't you go home and cry? Every time I cry in front of my mom, she feels so distressed that she buys me whatever I want to eat."
“…”What a bad idea.
Shen Ye was still complaining in the afternoon.
But after returning home in the evening, when his father sternly questioned him why he was in a bad mood in the afternoon, he really burst into tears like never before.
Shen Yu was startled.
Qian Manqing immediately rushed up from downstairs, hugged him and comforted him while scolding her husband: "Did you hit him?"
Chen Yu said innocently, "I didn't."
"Why would you cry without him? Ah Ye never cries." Qian Manqing stroked Shen Ye's back, her face full of heartache, "Don't cry, don't cry, tell your mother, what's wrong?"
Shen Ye blinked, and tears as big as beans fell, but he was a little surprised in his heart.
Because of the worried expressions on his parents' faces at the moment, he had only seen them when they were facing his brother before.
He told her about the false accusation he had suffered at the amusement park that afternoon.
His father was furious and drove him to the amusement park.
So we checked the surveillance footage, searched for information, and looked for the person, but it only took a few hours.
Afterwards, the man returned the twenty yuan, bowed and apologized repeatedly, begging Shen Yu to forgive him.
Chen Yu pushed him in front of him and said in a resounding voice, "Apologize to my son."
At that moment, what Shen Ye saw was not the shivering figure of the man, but the serious look of his father.
He felt that the girl was right.
Mom and Dad like him.
However, compared to their older brother who needed care, their love for him was not as obvious.
*
Shen Ye later went to the amusement park three more times.
Every time she just sat on that chair, playing nothing, staring at the people passing by. He wanted to say thank you to her.
He bought a lot of lollipops and wanted to share half with her.
But every time, she didn't show up.
Her name appeared many times in his weekly diary, but at the end of the semester, the head teacher told him that his weekly diary was accidentally lost and gave him a new one.
But he actually knew that the head teacher gave that weekly notebook to his mother.
He accidentally saw it in his mother's bag.
Qian Manqing had obviously flipped through the pages many times, so many times that even the corners of the paper began to wrinkle and curl up.
He pretended not to know. Even when Qian Manqing pretended to mention the little girl casually, she did not ask her how she knew it. She just made a request to her mother for the first time.
He hopes his mother can help him find her.
Qian Manqing did ask many people for help, but all to no avail.
Gradually, Shen Ye went to junior high school.
No one mentioned what happened back then, including Shen Ye himself.
It wasn’t until shortly after the start of senior year that the sudden autumn rain came.
He saw her again.
He just couldn't stand the disgusting guy, so he helped him out. But when he walked over to get the basketball, the girl's face made him stunned for a moment.
So similar.
At the same time, he saw the school badge on her chest: Shu Yao.
Distant.
Yaoyao.
11.
Chen Ye was certain almost instantly that it must be the little girl from before.
To say that it was love at first sight, Chen Ye felt that it seemed inaccurate. No one would suddenly fall in love with someone they hadn't seen for many years because of a childhood memory.
But it did make him start paying more and more attention to her.
She always ranked first in the class, but she was never willing to give a speech at the flag-raising ceremony on Monday like the top students in other classes.
When she was eating noodles, she would pick out the green onions with disgust, so he got into the habit of asking the boss not to put green onions in one of the bowls when ordering.
When she encountered a difficult problem that she couldn't write, she would frown slightly and tap her temples lightly with the tip of her pen, looking bitter and resentful.
…
Chen Ye couldn't tell when he started to like her. It seemed that every time he paid attention to her, the accumulation of attention gradually turned the quantity into a qualitative change.
Unfortunately, things don't always go as planned.
After going abroad, Chen Ye really wanted to let go for a while. He didn't want to, and was even afraid to see any news about Shu Yao and Zhou Beichuan, so he deliberately ignored her.
Chen Ye was a cold person to begin with, and he didn't even join the class group. Xu Zhaoli had a bad breakup with Zhao Tiantian, so he deleted both of their WeChat accounts in a fit of anger. Chen Ye, who was abroad, completely lost the way to know her current situation.
Until later, an exchange student from Fu Jen Catholic University moved in next door. They were both in a foreign country and would occasionally chat. One time, Chen Ye casually asked about Shu Yao, but he didn't expect that the other party actually knew about her. She said that she was now a very famous campus beauty at Fu Jen Catholic University, and said that it was a waste that the campus beauty had been single since she enrolled.
Shen Ye only then realized that she and Zhou Beichuan had broken up a long time ago.
It was at that time that he and Zhou Jinghuai hit it off and came up with the idea of starting a company.
He accidentally saw Shu Yao's resume on a recruitment website and knew that she was looking for a part-time job.
So they specially set up a position and invited her to apply.
Sure enough, a few days later, Shu Yao's resume was delivered to him.
Fearing that his identity would be exposed, Chen Ye refused the voice lectures on the grounds of social phobia. She had been giving lectures in voice, and he listened quietly. If he had any questions, he would ask them in text.
During that period, the tutoring time three times a week became the time he looked forward to the most.
At first, they only made up lessons, but later, they gradually started to talk about things in life and work.
He knew that she was working hard to become a professional filigree inlay inheritor, and she also knew that his company's first game was being prepared in full swing.
They are halfway around the world apart, and while they are working hard for their own dreams, they are also supporting and encouraging each other's dreams.
He once thought that the two of them were friends.
But just when he was about to reveal his identity, she resolutely resigned. He suggested that they add each other on WeChat and continue to be friends, but she said it was unnecessary.
Chen Ye knew very well that perhaps that sentence had made her realize that his intentions were not pure, so she rejected him so bluntly.
That day, he dragged Zhou Jinghuai to drink all night, saying that things never happen more than three times.
From nine to eighteen, and then to twenty-two.
Shen Ye thought, maybe, they really had no fate.
At that time, he and Zhou Jinghuai's career had just started, and they were busy with various things, but this actually diverted his attention and made him slowly forget about the matter of feelings.
He really felt that he had forgotten.
I even feel like I'm slowly getting used to living alone.
People cannot live without food, but they can live without love.
Until that day.
He was dragged by Xu Zhaoli to attend a dinner party. Halfway through, Zhou Jinghuai suddenly sent a message:
[I think I saw the girl in the photo in your room?]
Shen Ye’s right hand holding the phone suddenly tightened.
I wanted to pretend I didn't care, but Zhou Jinghuai said again: [She seems to be on a blind date.]
The word "blind date" made Shen Ye stand up from the corner instantly.
At that moment he realized that it was impossible to forget.
Even if he remained single until he was eighty, upon hearing that Shu Yao was single, he would probably have to get out of bed with a cane and propose to her.
He asked Zhou Jinghuai for his location, but he was too drunk to drive, so he kicked Xu Zhaoli, who was busy entertaining people, and asked, "Is your driver here?"
"He's not here. I asked him to go back first. What's wrong?"
Shen Ye frowned and looked at the map. During the evening rush hour, he didn't know how long it would take to get a taxi in the city center. However, the subway was very convenient, and there was a subway entrance almost every door.
Xu Zhaoli saw him zoom in on the map and focus on the subway station entrance. He understood his intention: "You're going to take the subway? You're wearing this to squeeze into the subway? Are you trying to get on the hot search?"
“…” Chen Ye looked down at his expensive suit and cell phone, and asked casually, “Did you bring any other clothes?”
"I do have a set of sportswear in the car. I was planning to go to the gym after dinner."
So the sportswear was put on Shen Ye in less than ten minutes.
He took the subway to the stop where the restaurant was, hurriedly got off the car, and was about to take the escalator when he suddenly saw a figure wearing the same sportswear as himself not far away.
Compared to her high school days, her face has hardly changed except that she has lost some baby fat.
Shen Ye stopped and saw her absentmindedly getting on the subway, looking slightly annoyed.
He stood there, not coming back to his senses for a long time, until the door closing prompt sounded, then he quickly followed...
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