A slap in the face in one second
"Okay, Dad, I'm not that unrestrained." Jiang Qing said.
Her father's series of instructions made her feel as if she was unreliable.
Jiang Shanhai shut his mouth. If he continued, his daughter would get angry and embarrassed.
"Okay, okay, I won't say any more. You can decide for yourself tomorrow." He winked at Lin Nanyan. Seeing Lin Nanyan nod to indicate receipt, Jiang's father was very satisfied and finally relieved. But what he didn't know was that he had let go too early.
The few of them quickly finished a delicious dinner with the movie playing in the background.
After dinner, Wang Hong sent the two back to the bedroom.
"Jiang Jiang, study hard and learn more from Nan Nan," she raised her chin and pointed at the table, "and the exercise books you bought, don't just buy them and not do them. I see that many of yours are blank."
Her daughter not only has a lot of stationery for poor students, but also a lot of textbooks and exercise books for poor students. Every time she buys them but doesn't do the work, it's a waste of money.
If she doesn't support it, it will seem like she doesn't care much about her daughter's academic performance; if she supports it, every time she buys it, it will just take up space and won't fetch a high price even if it's sold as scrap.
Jiang Qing glanced at the thick exercise books piled on the table. There was no sign of them being flipped through. They were brand new, with only the transparent plastic cover thrown away. It looked like there would be no problem in repackaging and putting them on the shelf again.
In high school, she'd buy a new workbook whenever she saw one, confident she'd eventually master it. But reality taught her a lesson: she never finished the extracurricular exercises she bought herself, and even the supplementary exercises assigned by the teacher were scattered and haphazard, taking a lot of effort to complete.
Seeing her mother still waiting for her reply, she agreed, "I know. I will definitely do it and learn it."
Who hasn’t been overconfident and overestimated themselves?
I will buy it next time.
What if it can be finished?
Now she still holds good expectations for herself and looks forward to the future.
Wang Hong put down the milk and closed the door for them. "Xiao Nan, Jiang Jiang, remember to drink your milk."
Jiang Qing turned to face Lin Nanyan and spread her hands. "See, I told you, if you were my mother's son, she would be so happy that she would wake up laughing in her dreams." Then she imitated Ms. Wang's tone and said, "Learn more from Nannan."
She came closer to Lin Nanyan, trying to make the person opposite her feel her sincerity, "Nannan, Nannan, what do you think?"
"I don't really look at it." Lin Nanyan pushed the head in front of him away with his index finger.
A plate of cut cake was pushed in front of Jiang Qing, "Eat your cake."
Jiang Qing glanced at the small butterflies placed in front of the two people. After comparing them, she held out her hand and exchanged them: "I want to eat more cream today, so this one is for you."
She pushed aside the small cake dotted with strawberries, and took a bite with the fork in her hand. The fluffy cream spread and soothed her reluctant mood.
"I'm serious. My mom really doesn't need to go?" Jiang Qing tried to persuade her. "My mom is really looking forward to it."
"No need." Lin Nanyan flatly refused. He picked up a strawberry and put it in his mouth. "Don't you want Aunt Wang to go to the parent-teacher conference?"
"What? Are you anxious to get beaten?"
"I..." The pretty girl was speechless. Who was she doing this for? "Use it if you want."
How could she think this guy was cute on the first day back in high school? Blindness is a disease and needs to be treated.
She stuffed the last piece of cake into her mouth, her cheeks puffed up. Seeing that Lin Nanyan wanted to say something, she pointed at him and said, "Keep quiet. I have to do my homework."
Lin Nanyan shut up obediently, leaned against the table, looked at the resentful faces of the people around him, and tasted the cake with relish. He felt that this small cake was particularly delicious.
After a while, he felt his waist being poked and itched.
Following my feeling, I saw it was a pen.
Jiang Qing raised her face, lowered her eyes, not looking at him, unwillingly, holding her breath: "How do I solve this problem?"
It's not that she doesn't strive hard enough, she just has to bow her head.
This learning process is really difficult and each level is challenging.
Every time she thought she had mastered something, the next question would immediately slap her in the face and tell her in no uncertain terms: "No, you haven't."
So she had to seek help from Lin Guoqiangti Nanyan and tried to slap the gatekeeper back.
Lin·Toolman·Nan Yan suppressed his laughter and sat down. "Where?"
The pen changed direction, "This."
He took a closer look, took it, and wrote down the solution in detail. As he wrote, he asked, "Do you understand this?"
As the night deepened, Jiang Qing sent Lin Nanyan downstairs.
"You don't have to see me off, it's just a few steps away." Lin Nanyan turned around.
She stomped downstairs and said, "This is for you. I'm going downstairs to buy some skewers."
When she reached the second floor, she said goodbye to Lin Nanyan: "Bye, see you tomorrow."
As I continued walking down, I heard the footsteps of someone following me. I turned around and saw that it was indeed Lin Nanyan.
"You...?" A question mark popped up in my head.
He walked past her and strode down: "I'll buy some fruit."
"Then let's go together. Don't walk so fast." Jiang Qing called him and jogged to catch up with him.
At the entrance of the community, a row of shops with lit signs are particularly conspicuous in the night.
Jiang Qing turned around like she was familiar with the place, found a spot on the right side of the middle of the street, and placed her order with the boss: "Boss, I want four skewers of black pepper chicken, four skewers of baby cabbage, and two skewers of enoki mushrooms..."
"Okay, do you want to eat here or take it away?" The owner of the shop who was grilling skewers asked enthusiastically while busying himself.
Jiang Qing glanced at the people around her and said, "Let's pack it up."
"Okay, wait a moment, it will be ready in a moment."
While waiting, she pointed at the people in line and motioned Lin Nanyan to look, "Why don't you go buy some fruit first? You'll have to wait a while here."
"I'll wait for you here." She pointed to where she was standing.
Lin Nanyan estimated the time and nodded, "Then I'll go first."
Jiang Qing was sitting at the barbecue stall, smelling the delicious aroma, and praised in her heart, "As expected, the food from other places is still delicious."
She was waiting bored, and her eyes met the stall owner's gaze. As soon as she opened her mouth, the owner interrupted her.
"More spicy, right?"
"Yes, more." Watching the boss sprinkle chili powder, she tiptoed, leaned forward, and directed remotely: "More, yes, more."
"We have a new chili powder recently. It's super spicy and twice as hot," the boss kindly reminded.
Jiang Qing didn't care whether it was devilishly spicy or not. She had placed countless orders online for products labeled "devil peppers," but all she received were ordinary peppers. Finding a truly devilishly spicy pepper was, if not incredibly difficult, then also quite unsatisfactory.
Moreover, these small stalls usually have their own standards for selling goods. The goods must suit the tastes of the general public and not be too exaggerated. Otherwise, how can they make money if the customers don't like the food?
"It's okay, just put more in, I can eat it." Jiang Qing replied with full confidence.
The boss looked at her and thought that the customer was God, and he chose to listen to God.
When Lin Nanyan came back, he saw Jiang Qing laughing non-stop.
Jiang Qing had red and swollen lips. She fanned herself with her hands because of the spiciness, while still putting skewers into her mouth.
"...Are you okay?"
"Me? It's okay. The skewers are delicious. Do you want one too?"
Lin Nanyan quickly waved his hand to refuse. He took a look at the skewers covered with chili powder in her hand and turned his head quickly. His stomach ached just by looking at them.
Want to try it?
Don't dare to try, you will die if you try.
Jiang Qing withdrew her hand regretfully. Although she knew that he usually didn't eat midnight snacks, he still felt lonely without anyone to share the food with.
Hearing the sound of the person next to him fanning himself, Lin Nanyan pursed his lips and turned around.
Jiang Qing looked at his back as he walked towards the supermarket, feeling confused.
Is there anything else he wants to buy?
After a while, Lin Nanyan came out with a bag and walked in front of her.
"This is?"
She asked, looking at the bottle held up to her eyes.
"Milk contains very lipophilic casein, which is rich in protein and fat and can dissolve..." Looking at Jiang Qing's confused eyes, he gave up explaining and said directly, "It can relieve the spiciness."
Although she only understood half of what he said at first, she understood the rest of it. “You’re underestimating me, aren’t you? I’m not hot at all.”
Afraid that he wouldn't believe her, she stuffed another bunch of green peppers into her mouth, adding spiciness to the taste. In an instant, she felt like her throat was on fire.
"No, no, give it to me now."
Jiang Qing's eyes were filled with tears and she was slapped in the face in a second.
Lin Nanyan quickly withdrew his hand, unscrewed the bottle cap and quickly handed it to her.
Jiang Qing took it and drank it quickly, gulping it down. Soon the bottle of milk was empty. Before she could say anything, she saw Lin Nanyan take out another bottle of milk from the plastic bag and unscrew it.
It took a long while for Jiang Qing to catch her breath. Tears still welled up in her eyes. "Thank you."
Lin Nanyan silently handed her another bag of bread. As she nibbled on it, she couldn't help but exclaim, "This boss is so honest. He said the spiciness would be doubled and he really didn't compromise at all."
At this point, she praised Lin Nanyan, "Your milk was really timely. It almost made me cry."
"You're already crying." Lin Nanyue pointed it out to her expressionlessly.
"Hehe..." Jiang Qing was very embarrassed. She changed the subject in time: "What fruit did you buy?"
"strawberry."
"Really? You're willing to buy such expensive strawberries." Jiang Qing said in surprise.
Every summer, the strawberries here are like fruit assassins. Buy one without a second thought. They're incredibly expensive, but there's no other way. The strawberry flavor is addictive and irresistible. She leaned forward to try it, but Lin Nanyan dodged with a raised hand.
Jiang Qing: ...
What a stingy person! She even reluctantly gave him the strawberry cake and bought so many strawberries for him to see. What's wrong?!
On the way home, Jiang Qing was secretly criticizing others in her heart.
In the corridor on the second floor, just as Lin Nanyan was about to close the door, he couldn't help but remind her: "Don't put so much chili next time."
"Hmm...hmm?" Jiang Qing looked up.
She took the supermarket bag stuffed full of things and looked at the closed door with a confused look on her face.
No, what's going on?
I rummaged through the things in my arms and found a few bottles of milk, bread, rice balls... all kinds of snacks, everything you could think of.
Carrying the things home, Jiang Qing realized belatedly that just now... he wouldn't be angry, right?
On the other side, Lin Nanyan returned home and opened the refrigerator. Looking at the refrigerator full of strawberries, he sighed silently and turned to go to the bathroom to take a shower.
In the middle of the night, the cell phone buzzed.
A bony hand reached out from under the quilt, fumbling to unlock the screen, and a faint blue light reflected on the boy's face.
After seeing the phone interface clearly, he suddenly stood up.
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