Chapter 15: Three private matters
It’s so infuriating, classmate Jiang Song.
After Xia Cun hung up the video call with Ren Yi, he left the third deck with his hot phone.
On the second-floor sundeck, He Shiyan and He Shizhao were sitting together talking. Xia Cun's appearance attracted the attention of both of them, but the girl just flashed past on the gangway.
"He still looks the same as when he was a kid, don't you think?" He Shiyan said to his brother with a smile on his face.
"I don't remember."
"Why is she here?"
"have no idea."
He Shiyan folded his hands and tapped his fingers lightly: "That can only be because of the Jiang family, but why Xia Lan would let her come to such an occasion is really hard to understand..."
"It's not your turn to worry about this kind of thing." He Shizhao said in a light voice, as if to say that he was meddling too much.
He Shiyan chuckled softly and suddenly spoke with concern: "A few days ago, your police report was almost sent to Dad by Team Leader Qin. What happened?"
"..." He Shizhao's ears turned red, "Nothing."
"Really? That's not what the staff at that dessert shop said."
Obviously, He Shiyan already knew the truth.
He Shizhao, his younger brother, called the police out of anger and impulse after being ruthlessly abandoned by his two companions, but then cowardly withdrew the case and compensated for the losses himself.
If this incident happened in H City, it would probably have been spread out. No matter what the real reason was, such a big fuss over a few hundred dollars would make the He family a laughing stock.
"A Zhao, it seems that you are not very mature either." He Shiyan suddenly asked, "Is it because of the little existence?"
"Do you want me to remind you that you and Sister Xia Lan have broken up for many years?" He Shizhao asked coldly, implying that he should no longer call Xia Cun like that.
He Shiyan simply raised his hand to adjust the pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose and said, "Although she is a likable child, you must not fall in love with her."
The boy frowned: "You're meddling too much. Besides, I don't have that kind of thought towards her."
He Shiyan didn't seem to care or take it seriously, and smiled and said, "I'm just reminding you based on my personal experience. After all, it's too windy where we're sitting."
"I'm different from you."
"Yeah?"
"I don't have to sit here."
As if to prove his point, He Shizhao stood up from his seat and left. He Shiyan sat still, looking at the boy's back and adjusting his glasses.
When He Shizhao arrived at the first-floor deck, several teenagers were chatting together.
Lu Xu just came back from the other side and said, "Oh no, the coach said the wind is too strong and the waves are too big so we can't snorkel today."
"Just be quiet for a while. If the waves are too big today, we can wait until tomorrow. We'll be here for a few days anyway." Zhou Yun was lazily playing games. When he saw He Shizhao, he greeted him, "Ah Zhao, are you done talking to Brother Shi Yan?"
He Shizhao responded softly, looked around, but didn't see Xia Cun.
"A Zhao, how long will Brother He stay? He won't be here for the next few days, right?" The person asking the question was a baby-faced boy who had joined them this morning.
"Not for long."
"That's good." The boy said with a smile, "I still hope that there are no 'elders' present."
Although He Shiyan is of the same generation as them, he is much older and took over the family business a few years earlier. In the eyes of the teenagers, he is already one of the people in power.
At this moment, another young man who had just joined the group looked up at the sky and saw the silver-white helicopter still circling nearby. He complained, "Who are these upstarts? They've been circling around with a lousy helicopter for so long and just kept following us, not even worried about running out of fuel."
Zhou Yun seemed to be annoyed with him and said, "You are meddling in other people's affairs, and you are meddling in other people's affairs to the heavens."
The baby-faced boy suddenly looked terrified: "Wow, are they following us and trying to kidnap us?"
"..." Zhou Yun rolled his eyes at him, "Lin Jiaci, use your brain. I told you to stop interacting with Shi Yu, but you still insisted on bringing him along."
Shi Yu was obviously the boy who had complained about the helicopter, and anger rose on his face when he heard this. Lin Jiaci said innocently, "Because Ah Yu happened to be there when you called me. We're all friends, so I asked him to come along."
"You're the only idiot who thinks he's your friend."
"Damn, Zhou Yun, I didn't provoke you, did I?" Shi Yu finally couldn't help but explode.
"You have no manners... No wonder the Jiang family dislikes you. Don't lead their naive son astray." Zhou Yun was harsh in his words.
Seeing that Shi Yu was about to lose his temper again, Lu Xu tried to stop him: "Okay, okay, stop arguing, Brother He is still on the boat."
Shi Yu finally suppressed his anger and turned to leave the leisure area and go to the deck.
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"It may be a bit sudden to ask this, but how do you feel now?" the big star KK asked her.
Xia Cun didn't find the option she wanted.
She thought she must still be a little angry now.
But why? Didn't she already know that Jiang Song was a willful person?
She said goodbye to KK and ran to the beach to fish.
If she catches a record-breaking fish, she will agree to let Jiang Song become her friend.
So, during dinner that day, Miao Wen noticed Xia Cun playing games on his phone. She took a closer look and asked, "Hey, Xia Cun, are you playing Animal Crossing too?"
Xia Cun nodded.
In reality, she has very little time to play games, and her Animal Crossing: New Horizons is only the Pocket Camp version.
When she told Ren Yi that her classmate Jiang Song also had an uninhabited island, Ren Yi told her seriously that the NS version and the pocket version were different games. She and Jiang Song would not become friends in the game, she could not visit his island, go around the island, chat or fish with him, and their islands were just parallel worlds and could not communicate with each other.
Xia Cun still didn't catch the biggest fish, but she suddenly remembered those words.
Why did she have to catch the biggest fish? She could just become Jiang Song's friend.
She turned off the game, switched to the green social software interface, and agreed to add Hayate as a friend.
Their fingertips seemed to touch the electric current from another world, and their island seemed to distort time and space at this moment.
Hayate: 「ひどいなぁ、Existence ちゃん.」(That’s too much, existence-chan.)
Jiang Song's message was sent within a minute after it was approved. Xia Cun couldn't help but blink, and at this time his second message also caught her eye.
Hayate: "I waited for a long time :("
Xia Cun finally thought of a proverb: The wicked are the first to complain.
Jiang Song is such a bad person.
She got up from her seat.
That night, a group of teenagers were having a BBQ in the outdoor leisure area on the second deck. They were scattered around, grilling, singing or playing games, so not many people noticed her.
She sat down on the edge of the deck, her legs dangling in the air, her hands resting on the second-to-last railing. She thought for a long time before typing her first reply on her phone: "What's too much?"
Hayate: "What's the matter now?"
He seemed not to hear her question and asked her what she was doing now.
Xia Zang Zang Zang: "What is considered excessive?"
The other end seemed to fall silent because of her stubbornness. After the words he was typing repeated several times, he replied, "It's too much to make me unhappy."
Xia Zunxing Zunxing: "Then why are you unhappy?"
Hayate: "Xia Cun, you have so many questions."
He complained that she always asked a lot of questions.
Xia Cun stared at the reply for a long time, because it was the first time she had heard Jiang Song call her "Xia Cun" (classmate). She thought about it carefully and replied, "But I want to know."
Hayate: "How about we play a game where we can only ask each other one question each day."
But he overruled himself with the next one: "One isn't enough."
"Aren't you afraid of sitting like this?" A mature male voice came gently, interrupting Xia Cun's imagination of Jiang Song's voice.
She turned around and saw He Shiyan walking to the railing, leaning on it and looking at her with a smile.
The warm yellow light shone on his face, making him look particularly gentle and graceful. If this were on the first deck, it would be a good opportunity to push him into the sea, but now they were on the second deck.
"Long time no see, little Xia Cun, do you still remember me?"
"You can't call me that."
He Shiyan saw her stern face and smiled: "Sorry, but seeing you reminded me of how I used to call you."
Xia Cun looked at him, as if thinking about Xia Lan's words.
Why did she say He Shiyan was not dreamy?
"The last time I saw you, you were still a little kid."
He seemed to be trying to get close to her. She simply asked him, "Why are you here?"
He Shiyan had originally thought the girl would ignore him like she had during the day, but she was clearly still unpredictable. He hesitated between truth and lie for a moment before saying, "I just happened to be nearby. I came to see Ah Zhao after finishing my work. How about you?"
"secret."
He Shiyan asked: "Does your aunt know this secret?"
"She knows everything."
If you know everything, do you also know that he is on the boat?
He Shiyan looked at the dark sea with a faint smile on his lips.
Xia Cun stared at him for a long time, so long that she finally realized that apart from not being able to push him overseas, she could not do anything else for him, but she did not feel depressed or disappointed because of this.
She didn't need to do anything about her ex-husband.
Thinking of this, He Shiyan turned towards her again, smiled gently, pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, and said, "To be honest, I'm a little uncomfortable with you staring at me like this."
"Why?"
"After all, you always looked like you hated me when you saw me before."
Xia Cun tilted his head, as if confused.
But He Shiyan said in a firm tone: "You were probably afraid that I would take your aunt away at that time."
“…”
Xia Cun didn't say anything, but He Shiyan seemed to see through her and said to her, "It's too obvious, little friend."
It was obvious at all times, including now. That was why her expressionless, nonchalant way of looking at him was so irritating; it was basically saying that he was no longer important to her.
Xia Cun was silent.
Is it so obvious? Does Xiaolan know it too?
She probably doesn't know, after all, Xiao Lan always says that she is a child with facial paralysis.
She lowered her head, as if thinking.
In fact, she didn't want Xia Lan to know that she actually hated every boyfriend she dated.
The phone screen suddenly lit up again, and she realized that she had received many messages, but her watch was left in the room to charge, and the phone did not make any notification sounds. She unlocked the phone, and the latest message was clearly visible -
"ひどいなぁ."
So Jiang Song feels that it is excessive and unhappy again?
She looked up, and the last entry was: "なんで, なんで?"
The next one above is: "Why don't you speak?"
Going up in order: "もういいや, つまらない." (Forget it, it's still not fun.) "Five", "Four", "Three is enough"...
“…”
Jiang Song is such a boring and childish person.
Xia Cun thought for a moment and poked the keyboard casually: "What color do you like?"
Hayate was very quiet, she couldn't wait for any new reply.
Miao Wen ran to the edge of the deck and handed her a bunch of hot grilled squid: "Try it, Tong Anyu and I just grilled it."
Xia Cun tilted her head and realized that He Shiyan was no longer at the guardrail. She took the squid and looked up to ask Miao Wen, "Why would people be unhappy?"
"Hmm? Why are you asking that? Are you unhappy?"
"I'm kind of happy now."
She remained expressionless as she spoke. Miao Wen smiled at the contrast, squatting beside her and saying, "Let me think about it...When I'm unhappy, it's usually because my parents force me to do things I hate, especially my dad."
"Like hugging someone's thighs," she said seriously.
The girl laughed heartily. "Yes, but now I'm a little happy too. It's really fun without adults around! I'm going to play some board games with them. Do you want to join us?"
Xia Cun shook his head.
She also wanted to talk to Jiang Song.
"Okay, I'll go over there again. Eat it while it's hot."
After saying that, Miao Wen ran away. Xia Cun looked at her back and took a bite of the squid.
Wait, wait. Squid, squid. Until the phone screen lights up again -
Hayate: 「说したくない.」 (I don’t want to talk.)
oh.
Xia Cun swallowed the squid expressionlessly, switched to the input method and replied to him: "Private." The author has something to say:
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私も：Me too.
Our facial paralysis kiddo
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