Honesty
Feeling the familiar warmth on her hand, Jiang Qing came back to her senses. Meeting Lin Nanyan's worried gaze, she smiled and said, "I'm fine."
Fortunately, everything is done in time.
Jiang Qing was still standing behind her, and the senior sister was still talking to her with a smile.
She unconsciously clenched her hands, and Jiang Qing felt a little pain, but she lowered her eyelashes, looked at her hands that were red from being gripped, and did not move.
Ever since Li Qingyun came out, the girl became obviously abnormal. She was alert and angry, as if the person standing opposite her was a man-eating beast.
But, it’s obvious that the two people don’t know each other, right?
Why did she always have the illusion that...the girl was afraid?
Jiang Weiwei tilted his head slightly and looked at Jiang Qing intently.
Jiang Jiang...what are you thinking about now?
Li Qingyun couldn't maintain the expression on his face after hearing Song Shuang's shout. A light blush appeared on his cheeks, which appeared and disappeared imperceptibly in the darkness. No one could see it.
Noticing that Jiang Qing's eyes were fixed on the girl in front of her, and he didn't know what he was thinking, he frowned, put one hand in his pocket, and resumed his ruffian tone.
"Jiang Qing, what do you want from me?"
The boy's voice brought Jiang Qing's attention back. She turned around and met Li Qingyun's gaze.
As soon as Jiang Qing heard Li Qingyun calling her senior sister's name, the radar in her head immediately sounded an alarm. She vigilantly reached out and pushed Jiang Qing behind her.
Jiang Qing retreated under Jiang Qing's force. She looked at Li Qingyun and asked softly, "Why are you here?"
"Tsk," Li Qingyun said impatiently, poking his cheek with the tip of his tongue, "It's this question again."
He glanced at the protected girl and her friend, then at the distance between them, and asked, "This is a public place. If you can come, why can't I?"
It made sense, but Jiang Qing didn't believe it.
How could it be such a coincidence, the same day, same time, same place.
It just so happens that this is the sparsely populated place at the highest point of Qingmu Mountain. The large platform a few hundred meters down is much more lively than here.
And they happened to meet each other at the right time.
What's more, if Jiang Qing hadn't made the call, who knows how long Li Qingmu could hide in the dark.
Although Jiang Qing didn't say it, her expression clearly revealed her doubt.
Li Qingmu: "...Believe it or not."
But whether she believed it or not, since the person had jumped out tonight, she would never let Senior Sister Jiang Qing be alone.
"Since you're here to climb the mountain, just enjoy the beautiful scenery." Jiang Qing pulled Jiang Qing and was about to walk out. "Senior, let's go home."
Jiang Qing was so confused by the girl's drag that she looked at the food in the camp that had just been grilled and not eaten yet, and asked hesitantly, "Aren't we going to eat it?"
"I'm full," Jiang Qing said, turning her head as they walked. "Senior, it's getting late. Xiao Shuang's brother is a policeman. He's a very kind person. We can take you home together later. Isn't it nice?"
"Ah?" Song Shuang hadn't yet recovered from the bad news that Jiang Qing was going home when she saw Jiang Qing blinking wildly at her.
She clapped her hands, as if suddenly remembering something. "Yes, that's right. My brother just called me. We have to pack up and go home quickly."
Jiang Qing quickly refused, "I can go home by myself."
Jiang Qing: "It's okay, I'll give it to you, it's on my way."
Ye Meiyan then advised: "Let her take you there. Since she brought you out, she must send you home safely."
Jiang Qing opened her mouth to say something, but finally closed it. She silently untied the hydrogen balloon from a nearby tree and pulled it into her arms.
Lin Nanyan and Chen Heng looked at each other, and after a moment, the three boys followed them tactfully to the camp to collect their things.
Li Qingyun watched as a few people in front of him packed up everything in ten minutes like a tornado, and the bags quickly went down the mountain.
The night was bleak, and a leaf rolled up and fell on his shoulder.
"Heh," Li Qingyun looked at the place that had been deserted in the blink of an eye, and a cold smile appeared on his lips in anger, "You ran away quite fast."
Looking at the empty forest, his eyes were deep.
Jiang Qing...when did you get to know this group of people?
Jiang Qing dragged the people away from the other party at almost flying speed. Song Shuang and Ye Meiyan who followed behind had to speed up. Soon the group went down the mountain top and reached the busy platform below.
Seeing the sky full of lights and more and more people around, Jiang Qing breathed a sigh of relief and slowed down.
Lin Nanyan and Chen Heng carried the things to return them to the scenic area staff, while the rest of the people stayed there waiting for them.
Before she could catch her breath, Jiang Qing saw Song Shuang approaching with his arms folded, Ye Meiyan narrowed her eyes slightly, and Wang Huaqi followed closely behind Song Shuang.
The three of them had formed a rare tacit understanding at this time. They formed a circle and approached her, locking her tightly in the middle.
Jiang Qing took a deep breath and leaned back, feeling the air suddenly thin. "What...what are you doing?"
Song Shuang said with a straight face: "Tell me the truth, why did you lie just now?"
"You know my brother isn't a policeman, and he hasn't even called me," she said, glancing up and down at Jiang Qing, trying to grab her by the hair. "And yet you still call me Xiaoshuang."
At this point, she couldn't help but shake off the goose bumps that appeared on her body. She was very sensitive to the changes in people calling her name. "Don't you always call me by my full name? At most, you call me 'baby' when you are annoying me. What the hell is Xiaoshuang?"
Hearing Song Shuang's words, Jiang Qing, who was standing quietly beside him with the little fiery red lion in his arms, also looked at Jiang Qing in surprise.
Jiang Qing deliberately ignored the gaze she was looking at.
"Song Qing will be a policeman sooner or later anyway, and what I said is not wrong," she said, gradually becoming more confident and righteous, "and what's wrong with Xiao Shuang? It sounds nice, so I just call her, Xiao Shuang, Xiao Shuang, Xiao Shuang..."
Song Shuang covered his ears, speechless, "Stop shouting."
Jiang Qing looked at her expression and stopped talking with a look of unsatisfied feeling.
"Who was that boy just now?" Ye Meiyan asked suddenly, "His name is Li Qingyun? Do you know him?"
Jiang Qing hesitated, "We met once."
"He's someone I know." Jiang Qing explained to everyone on her behalf, "Li Qingyun is a student at No. 3 Middle School. Jiang Jiang happened to meet him when she came to see me last time."
Ye Meiyan's expression changed subtly, and she didn't ask any further questions.
Jiang Qing didn't explain any further.
In fact, she didn't know how to say what had happened before, and she couldn't say it.
About her time traveling again, about senior Jiang Qing’s...death.
And the bloody shadow that always shrouded her heart was like an unforgettable nightmare.
Jiang Qing thought, sometimes, not knowing is also a kind of happiness.
At a certain moment, she felt that she had grown up and became what others called a hypocritical adult.
She learned to hide.
Honesty is a virtue, but also a harm.
The last time she realized this was when it happened to Song Shuang, but this time, it happened to herself.
For the first time, Jiang Qing realized how difficult it was to speak and reveal one's true feelings.
In the past, she thought things were too simple.
She always feels that there is nothing in the world that cannot be solved through good communication.
So she could tell Song Shuang directly about the conflict between her and Wang Huaqiang, could easily push Song Shuang to face Song Qing, and could sincerely tell her friends that she had traveled from the future to the present.
But she forgot that the power of words is limited and it is not a panacea.
As a result, Song Shuang distanced herself from Wang Huaqiang, and Song Qing became even more miserable. In order to find out the truth, they set up one scheme after another.
Until now she is not sure whether what she did was right or wrong.
The only thing Jiang Qing was sure of was that pain should not be passed on.
Its weight will not be lighter by sharing it with someone; sharing will only breed new pain and guilt.
For example, now, she is in great pain.
Jiang Qing was so painful that she bent like a shrimp.
The people around her were frightened by her appearance and hurriedly showed concern for her.
"Jiang Jiang, what's wrong with you?"
"Where does it hurt? Is it your stomach? I'll ask the others if they have any painkillers."
"Jiang Jiang, hold on, I'm going to call 911."
Jiang Qing trembled as she stretched out a hand and struggled to hold Ye Meiyan's hand. She raised her flushed face and said, "Don't... don't hit me."
When Lin Nanyan came back, he saw Jiang Qing, who was surrounded by people, bent over, holding her stomach with one hand, and looking ugly.
He strode forward, "Jiang Jiang."
With just one glance, he realized the girl's current situation.
Jiang Qing felt her body lighten, her vision blurred, and when she came to her senses, she found herself being picked up by Lin Nanyan.
Chen Heng hurried over with a worried look on his face, "She..."
Lin Nanyan didn't stop, his steps were steady, not wanting to shake the person in his arms, "I'll take her to the bathroom."
Everyone: ...
Wait, did they hear something wrong?
What bathroom? What was he talking about? Could Jiang Qing's stomach ache be caused by holding it in?
Haha, what an outrageous guess.
In fact, yes, they were all right.
When Jiang Qing came back, she was in a hurry to find her senior schoolmate and didn't have time to go to the toilet. She mentally forgot about the matter completely and wasted so much time, but it didn't matter, her body would automatically remind her.
Although she was so ashamed that she wanted to bury herself in Lin Nanyan's arms like an ostrich and never come out, Jiang Qing's reason reminded her not to forget the important things.
She poked her head out with difficulty and looked at her friends expectantly.
"Together."
Lin Nanyan stumbled and almost fell, but luckily he caught himself in time and looked normal.
Everyone who heard what the girl said clearly:???
Everyone: ...
But seeing the girl's pale face, she still did not forget her original intention and was determined to drag them all to the bathroom.
"Then... together?" Jiang Qing turned his head to ask, but his footsteps had already followed automatically.
Song Shuang looked disgusted: "Hey, let's go quickly, I'm afraid she will be in so much pain that she can't hold on halfway, and pull Lin Nan..."
Ye Meiyan: "Ahem, swallow the rest of the words."
Chen Heng fell silent.
Wang Huaqiang quietly followed the main force.
A group of people followed Lin Nanyan in a mighty procession. Although Jiang Qing had a stomachache and cold sweat kept coming out of her forehead, she couldn't help but smile with relief as she looked at her friends.
Fortunately, fortunately, everyone is with her.
Jiang Qing's mission today is to ensure that no one is left alone.
Yes, anyone, not just Senior Jiang Qing.
Even if one person made a mistake, it would be a pain that Jiang Qing could not bear again.
Bathed in Jiang Qing's inexplicably loving gaze, the few people looked at each other in bewilderment.
What should I do? I feel like I’m on the verge of becoming a pervert.
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