Chapter 22 Request to add as friend
After dinner, Chi Jinjin helped her mother wash the dishes, and the family chatted while shelling peanuts in the yard.
After peeling the peanuts, it was already around seven or eight in the evening. Chi Jinjin took a shower and lay down on the bed.
But she had slept for a long time during the day and couldn't fall asleep, so she turned over and reached out to take the mobile phone from the table beside the bed.
Chi Jinjin opened QQ and saw all the messages from class.
A few days ago, Tang Shi added her to the school's private group. She suddenly thought that since all the students in the school were in this group, would Nan Xuqiu be there?
But Tang Shi said that there are many school groups and they may not be included here.
Chi Jinjin curiously clicked on all the members and found that Nan Xuqiu was really there.
Chi Jinjin was excited, as if she had discovered some treasure. She clicked on his homepage hesitantly.
Nan Xuqiu’s homepage is very simple, with a paulownia tree as the background and an anime character as the avatar, and nothing else.
Wutong again?
Chi Jinjin remembered that the pen he gave her also had paulownia leaves on it, so did he like paulownia?
She wanted to click on his space to take a look, but she stopped when her fingertip was only a millimeter away from the screen.
Tang Shi told her that if she looked at someone else's homepage, that person would see it.
If he saw me, what would he think of me? Would he think I was spying on him?
Although, she did seem to be spying on him a little bit...
Chi Jinjin still withdrew her hand timidly.
I stared at his QQ avatar for a long time and studied his background picture.
When she was at home, Chi Jinjin was just like usual. Her parents were working on the farm outside, while she was cleaning, washing clothes and cooking dinner. She spent the rest of her time reading and doing her summer homework.
The old-fashioned electric fan was blowing. Chi Jinjin was sitting on a mat with a small table in front of her. Her homework and books were placed on the table. She was lying on the table doing her homework, and the pages of the book were constantly turned by the wind.
Chi Changgui walked in and handed her half a sweet potato.
"Thank you, Dad." Chi Jinjin took it, grabbed the spoon and started eating. The happiest thing in summer is probably to eat watermelon under the fan.
At this moment, Chi Jinjin's cell phone suddenly rang. She thought it must be a message from Tang Shi, so she took it and took a look, but found that it was not a message from Tang Shi, but someone adding her as a friend.
Who added me as a friend?
Chi Jinjin was puzzled. She clicked on the phone and almost dropped it. The person who added her was actually Nan Xuqiu!
She choked on the watermelon juice in her mouth.
"Senior Nan actually added me?" Chi Jinjin couldn't believe it. She looked carefully, afraid that she was seeing things, but no matter how she looked, it was really him.
Looking at his number, Chi Jinjin's heart started beating wildly, and she couldn't suppress her happiness and excitement.
She took a deep breath to calm herself down, then with trembling fingers she tapped the word "agree".
The screen switched to an interface with only her and him. Chi Jinjin's heart became even more nervous, and her brain was working rapidly, wondering whether she should say something now.
Do you want to say hello to him?
So how do you say hello?
Just as she was hesitating and struggling, Nan Xuqiu sent a message: [Xiaochi, hello, I am Nan Xuqiu.]
Chi Jinjin quickly typed "Hello, Senior Nan" in the chat box, followed by a cute emoticon, but she felt that this didn't seem good, as it seemed like she was deliberately pretending to be cute and childish, so she deleted the emoticon, changed it to a period, and replied to him.
Then I waited for his reply with anticipation and anxiety.
But after waiting for a long time, he didn't come back.
She couldn't help but feel a little worried, wondering why he didn't come back. Was he angry because she didn't come back in time?
Chi Jinjin looked at the interface and suddenly felt lost and depressed.
She felt her thighs suddenly get cold, and when she looked down, she realized that the watermelon juice in her arms had flowed onto her shorts. She was still wearing a pair of white shorts.
Chi Jinjin quickly put down her phone, stood up to get some paper to wipe it, then changed her pants and washed them.
At the end of the day, Chi Jinjin's mind was completely disrupted. She was distractedly thinking about when he would reply to her message. She took out her mobile phone to check it almost every minute. She also set him as a special care and turned up the volume of the reminder, for fear of missing his reply.
But at night, he didn't reply. Chi Jinjin looked at her phone, lowered her head and sighed, thinking disappointedly, maybe he just wanted to say it as a token of his affection and added her casually.
Zhang Xianmei called her outside to eat, so Chi Jinjin turned off her cell phone, put it in her pocket, and went out to eat.
"I'm going to the market tomorrow. Do you want to come and play?" Chi Changgui asked.
Chi Jinjin shook her head and said, "No, Dad."
"Then do you have anything you want to take?" Chi Changgui picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into Zhang Xianmei's bowl next to him.
Chi Jinjin thought for a moment and said, "Dad, please bring me two or three pens. My pen is out of ink."
"Okay." Chi Changgui nodded.
At this moment, the cell phone in my pocket suddenly rang.
Chi Jinjin was immediately delighted. She quickly finished the rice in her bowl, put down her chopsticks, and said, "Mom and Dad, I'm done. You guys take your time eating. When you're done, call me and I'll wash the dishes."
After saying that, she hurried back to her room, closed the door, and took out her cell phone to check the message.
Nan Xuqiu said: [Sorry, something suddenly happened during the day and I forgot to reply.]
Chi Jinjin immediately replied: [It’s okay, it’s okay.]
Nan Xuqiu: [Where are you now?]
Chi Jinjin: [I'm at home.]
Nan Xuqiu: [Can I ask you to do me a favor?]
Chi Jinjin: [Of course, what can I do for you?]
Nan Xuqiu: [I like the smell of your soap. Could you please ask Auntie if she sells it? If so, could you bring some over for me?]
Chi Jinjin was stunned. She didn't expect that Nan Xuqiu liked her soap so much.
She replied: [No problem.]
Nan Xuqiu: [Thank you.]
Chi Jinjin: [You're welcome.]
Nan Xuqiu: [Then I won’t bother you anymore.]
Chi Jinjin: [Yeah, when school starts, I'll definitely bring it to you.]
Nan Xuqiu: [Okay.]
Chi Jinjin sent him a smiling emoticon in reply.
The conversation between Nan Xuqiu and Chi Jinjin ended, but the conversation between Chi Jinjin and Nan Xuqiu did not end. She looked through the chat records with him over and over again. Although there were not many, she was very happy.
Perhaps she was too happy, which gave her the courage to open his space.
Chi Jinjin thought, should I be considered his friend now? Even if not, I was still someone I knew, so it shouldn't be a big deal to check his space.
She entered his space. There were very few posts on his space, only about ten or so, and every one of them was related to study, asking about Olympiad mathematics, chemistry, and occasionally posting a photo of a book.
But it also just proves that he is single and has no girlfriend or anything.
Chi Jinjin happily read it back and forth many times, trying to get more information about him from these scattered things.
She had never been by his side, but she seemed to have always been controlled by him...
The next day, while helping Zhang Xianmei wash vegetables, Chi Jinjin said to her, "Mom, when you have time, can you teach me how to make soap?"
"Why do you suddenly want to learn this?" Zhang Xianmei asked curiously.
Chi Jinjin said with a guilty conscience, "I just suddenly felt like it."
"Okay, I'll teach you when I have time." Zhang Xianmei said with a smile.
Chi Jinjin nodded happily.
A few days later, it rained, so Zhang Xianmei taught Chi Jinjin how to make soap.
Chi Jinjin was not very skilled and always got burned, but fortunately she finally made soap exactly the same as her mother's.
She wrapped the soap she made in waste paper and put it into cardboard boxes.
Does Chi Jinjin want to tell Nan Xuqiu?
Perhaps wanting to take the opportunity to talk to him, she took a photo and sent him a message: [Senior, I've asked my mother to make your soap.]
She sat on the edge of the bed, biting her fingers, nervously waiting for his reply.
After a while, Nan Xuqiu replied: [Yes, okay.]
Chi Jinjin felt excited.
Looking at the date on her phone, she suddenly hoped that the holiday would pass quickly because she was already looking forward to their next meeting.
Just like what is said in "The Little Prince", if you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then I will start to feel happy from three o'clock.
The closer the time gets, the happier I feel.
At four o'clock I'm restless and I discover the price of happiness...
She hummed a tune and walked out of the room happily, preparing to clean up the dishes, but found that they had already been cleaned up by her parents.
"Mom, didn't you say that after you finished eating, you would ask me to clean up?" Chi Jinjin stepped forward and said.
Zhang Xianmei sat on the sofa, watching TV and saying, "It doesn't matter who cleans up. Mom didn't do anything today anyway."
Chi Jinjin smiled and sat down to watch TV with them.
The next day, it was still a rainy day, but it couldn't extinguish the summer heat.
Chi Jinjin was troubled by a math problem. She really hated things related to numbers, but she really wanted to solve it. Although she could find the answer by searching on the Internet, the process was very simple.
Suddenly, she wondered whether she should ask Nan Xuqiu?
He has such good academic performance.
"Senior, I have a question that I don't know how to do."
Chi Jinjin typed a few words, but then felt that asking this question was too abrupt, so she edited and revised it, finally sending: [Senior, are you there? I have a problem that I can't solve. Would you be able to teach me? If you don't have time, then I'd better not bother you.]
After a while, Nan Xuqiu said: [Okay, send it to me.]
Chi Jinjin took a photo of the homework and sent it to him.
Then she collapsed onto the table, drumming her fingers on it, nervously waiting for his reply.
After a while, Nan Xuqiu sent her a video.
Chi Jinjin clicked on it and saw Nan Xuqiu's voice. He said, "It's hard to explain in typing, so I recorded a video to explain it to you."
Although he couldn't be seen in the video, just looking at his hands made Chi Jinjin feel satisfied and lost in thought.
The phone rang, and Chi Jinjin finally came back to her senses. Nan Xuqiu asked: "Did you understand? If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me."
Chi Jinjin finally realized that she hadn't even had time to listen to his explanation. She replied guiltily, "Yeah, I understand. Thank you for your guidance, senior."
After it was sent, she hurried to listen. She had to say that Nan Xuqiu had a talent for being a teacher. His explanation was very detailed but easy to understand. The key was that his voice was pleasant, like cool spring water, like he was telling a story.
So, Chi Jinjin saved the video, watched it over and over again, listened to his voice again and again, and rolled around on the bed happily.
Gradually, the summer vacation is coming to an end without us noticing, and the hottest June is also waving goodbye.
Chi Jinjin set out on the road back to school again. Her backpack was full of love from home. She carried her cell phone and a paper box of soap all the way from the countryside to City A.
"Jinjin!" Tang Shi ran over from next door and said, "Hurry up, help me! I haven't even touched any of my summer homework! Hurry up and copy it for me!"
Chi Jinjin was not surprised. She handed her the homework that had been prepared on the table and said, "Don't copy everything from me. I can't guarantee that everything is correct."
"Don't worry, this is not my first time, and I copied the mistakes. Thank you, big brother." Tang Shi took the homework and said gratefully as if receiving a reward.
Chi Jinjin smiled helplessly and said, "Hurry up and do it, the evening study session is due."
Tang Shi ran back to the next room and started writing furiously at the table, creating a "miracle".
Nan Xuqiu sent a message asking: [Have you returned to school? ]
Chi Jinjin quickly replied: [Yes, I replied.]
Nan Xuqiu: [Would it be convenient for you to deliver something to me? ]
Chi Jinjin: [That's convenient, Senior. Where are you now? I'll bring it to you right away.]
Nan Xuqiu: [Cherry blossom forest.]
Chi Jinjin: [Okay, okay, I'll be right over.]
Chi Jinjin ran to the mirror, tidied herself up, smoothed her frizzy hair, then picked up the paper box on the table and hurried to the cherry blossom forest.
When we arrived at the cherry blossom forest, he was indeed there, looking up as if he was looking at something or thinking about something.
Chi Jinjin walked forward and called out gently and carefully, "Nan, Senior Nan..."
Nan Xuqiu looked at her and said, "You're here."
"Is this for me?" Nan Xuqiu's eyes fell on the cardboard box in her arms.
Chi Jinjin nodded.
"Thank you." Nan Xuqiu took the box from her arms and said, "I was thinking of going to get it from you, but I can't get into your dormitory. It's really hard for you to bring it to me."
"It's not hard, not hard at all." Chi Jinjin shook his hand and said lightly, "This weight is light for me. I don't feel tired at all."
"How much does it cost?" Nan Xuqiu asked.
Chi Jinjin said, "No, no, my family was going to make it anyway. This is a little extra, so my mom said she would give it to you. Just consider it... just consider it as a thank you for teaching me the questions."
"In that case, aren't you at a loss?"
"How can I possibly lose money? Hiring a tutor these days costs over a thousand, let alone someone like you, senior."
Nan Xuqiu smiled and said, "Then thank Auntie for me."
"Yeah." Chi Jinjin nodded and added, "That you, no, my mom said that if you still want it after you've used it up, just tell us."
"Okay, then I won't be polite." Nan Xuqiu said with a smile.
Chi Jinjin was embarrassed to look at him directly, so she turned her head and looked to the side.
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