Very careful
The Changyin Lake Pavilion is adjacent to a small park on the south bank of the lake. At this moment, the park is also bustling with people, and vendors selling balloons and snacks are shouting hard.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there are still so many vendors. Behind this prosperity, there are also the hardships of the people at the bottom.
If it weren't for Lu Xiye and Li Rongrong's family coming here today, if it weren't for the one million, Cheng Yuping should also be among these vendors at this moment.
The street lights in the park lit up, and the fountain in the central fountain square rose and fell with the music.
Jiang Zhizhi, Li Rongrong and Lu Xiye walked around the fountain square and headed towards the pavilion. Suddenly, a little girl came running over holding a string of fish balls. She didn't have time to look at the road and bumped into Jiang Zhizhi. The ginger juice on the fish balls rubbed onto Jiang Zhizhi's down jacket.
Jiang Zhizhi stumbled and Li Rongrong, who was standing beside her, quickly supported her. "Zhizhi, are you okay?"
"It's okay." Jiang Zhizhi said.
Li Rongrong looked at the little girl angrily, "Little kid, why aren't you looking at the road?"
The little girl's face flushed red after being scolded by Li Rongrong. She said awkwardly, "I'm...I'm sorry..."
“Yingying!”
A young man ran over anxiously. He was stunned when he saw Jiang Zhizhi and the others, but he quickly apologized to Jiang Zhizhi, "I'm sorry, my sister didn't mean it. I'm sorry..."
"Lin Jing? Why are you here?" Lu Xiye recognized him and frowned.
Jiang Zhizhi also had an impression of this boy. He was Lu Xiye's classmate, and the two seemed to have a good relationship. She often saw them together at school.
"Our family came here to watch the fireworks display." Lin Jing's face flushed red, perhaps because he was cold or nervous. "Jiang Zhizhi, I'm so sorry. How about I compensate you with another piece of clothing?"
Li Rongrong said jokingly, "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. How can there be a clothing store open?"
Jiang Zhizhi took out a tissue from her pocket and wiped the sauce off her clothes. "It's okay, I'll wash it when I get home."
"But it's not convenient to play outside with your clothes like this." Lin Jing said guiltily.
"It won't be that obvious after you wipe it clean." After wiping off the sauce, only a faint yellow-black mark was left. Although it was still visible, it was night time and the light was dim, so it was not as obvious as during the day.
Lin Jing still looked very guilty, but after Jiang Zhizhi said that, he didn't say anything else.
In the distance, Xu Jiaojiao, who was on her way to the pavilion, saw them and ran over while calling out to them, "Zhizhi!"
Compared with before, Xu Jiaojiao seemed to be taller. She wore a short cashmere coat on the upper body and tight jeans on the lower body, which made her look sexy and beautiful.
When she came in front of Jiang Zhizhi, Xu Jiaojiao saw Li Rongrong and Lu Xiye beside her.
Li Rongrong is fine, but why would Lu Xiye, who has nothing to do with them, be with them?
Suddenly, Xu Jiaojiao remembered the day when she went to give Jiang Zhizhi a birthday present, and Lu Xiye was also with Jiang Zhizhi. She seemed to understand something and said with a wicked smile, "Hey, why is Lu Xiye here too, acting as a protector for the two of them?"
"What's it to you?" Lu Xiye rolled his eyes at her, too lazy to explain.
"Of course it's my business. I originally wanted to introduce Zhizhi to my other friends, but it would be inconvenient if you were here." Xu Jiaojiao said quietly.
Li Rongrong was puzzled, "Why is it inconvenient when Lu Xiye is here?"
"My friends have fought with him. They are incompatible with each other." Xu Jiaojiao is from No. 4 Middle School, and Lu Xiye is from No. 1 Middle School. The fight between No. 1 Middle School and No. 4 Middle School some time ago has not yet subsided. The people on both sides are incompatible with each other, not to mention that Lu Xiye was the "main force" of No. 1 Middle School at that time.
"Hehe, you have the nerve to introduce those bad friends of yours to Jiang Zhizhi? Jiang Zhizhi is the top student in our No. 1 Middle School." Lu Xiye sneered disdainfully.
Xu Jiaojiao sneered, unwilling to be outdone. "You talk as if you're some good student."
"At least better than you!" Lu Xiye said angrily when Xu Jiaojiao touched his sore spot.
"You are the last one in No. 1 Middle School, but I am not the last one in No. 4 Middle School." Xu Jiaojiao said proudly.
Li Rongrong couldn't help but say, "Lu Xiye isn't the last in our No. 1 Middle School. He did very well in the final exam."
Xu Jiaojiao didn't expect that Li Rongrong would stand on Lu Xiye's side and confront her. When they were in elementary school, she and Li Rongrong had a pretty good relationship.
For a moment, Xu Jiaojiao felt like she had eaten a fly raw, and she felt very disgusted.
"Stop arguing, let's go watch the fireworks, it's about to start..." Lin Jing reminded them carefully from the side.
Jiang Zhizhi knew about the conflict between No. 1 Middle School and No. 4 Middle School, and Lu Xiye and Xu Jiaojiao were not good-tempered. If they really fell out, it would be even more disappointing. After hearing Lin Jing's words, she quickly took advantage of the situation and said, "Yes, let's go watch the fireworks. If we're late, we won't be able to find a good seat."
"I know a good spot. There's an empty stage over there. You can go up to the roof from the side." Lin Jing glanced at Jiang Zhizhi secretly and pointed in the direction of the stage.
In the dim sunset, his cheeks were also red.
Li Rongrong stood on tiptoe to look over there. Sure enough, there was an empty stage not far away. If she could reach the roof of the stage, she could take in the entire Changyin Lake. It would be a perfect place to watch the fireworks.
But she also said worriedly, "Can we get on that stage? They won't stop us, will they?"
"Sure, I'm very familiar with the grandfather in that yard." Lin Jing said.
After a while, Jiang Zhizhi and others followed Lin Jing to the stage. After a few simple words, the old man guarding the door let them in.
"You guys go upstairs first, I'll go back later." Lin Jing asked his sister to follow Jiang Zhizhi and others to the roof, and he turned around and ran away.
Just as I reached the rooftop, it was exactly seven o'clock. With a "whoosh", a ray of light shot up and bloomed against the background of the pitch-black night. In an instant, it seemed as if the entire night sky was illuminated.
"Wow! That's great, we made it just in time!" Li Rongrong was very happy.
Xu Jiaojiao sat reclining on the stone fence on the roof, the fireworks making her pretty face sparkle. She turned around and looked at Jiang Zhizhi, "Zhizhi, Happy New Year."
A warm feeling welled up in Jiang Zhizhi's heart, and her eyes softened. "Happy New Year."
The night makes people sentimental, the warmth in the cold makes people addicted, the torrent of past and present lives seem to be entangled together in an instant, accompanied by fireworks one after another, everything in front of you is a distant and beautiful dream.
Looking at the graceful and charming Xu Jiaojiao, Jiang Zhizhi couldn't help but think of her miserable future in her previous life.
Can this life be changed?
At this moment, she sincerely hoped that Xu Jiaojiao would have a good ending.
After the first fireworks display ended, Lin Jing rushed back carrying two large bags of things.
"Oh my god, why did you buy so many things?" Xu Jiaojiao jumped down from the fence and looked at the things Lin Jing bought in amazement.
Two big bags, one for firecrackers and one for snacks.
The firecracker bag was filled to the brim with six fairy wands, two large boxes of ground rats, and four sky rockets.
There are even more snacks, such as roasted sweet potatoes, candied haws, grilled sausages, fried chestnuts, small twisted dough sticks, and a big bag of grilled skewers.
Li Rongrong flipped through the two large bags and smacked her lips in amazement. "Wow, how much did you spend on this? Hundreds, right?"
"No... not that much." Lin Jing said with a red face: "Yingying soiled classmate Jiang Zhizhi's clothes. This is my compensation to you."
Looking at these things, Lu Xiye's face looked unhappy. How could he not see that this guy bought these things to please Jiang Zhizhi.
He hadn't thought of buying these just now, and now he felt like Lin Jing had tricked him.
Thinking of how Lin Jing mentioned Jiang Zhizhi all the time at school, he became more and more annoyed.
"By the way, I also bought a bottle of baking soda. Soak the clothes in it first, and it should be able to clean the dirty spots. This is what my mother usually uses." Lin Jing took the bottle of baking soda from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Zhizhi.
Jiang Zhizhi was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Lin Jing would even buy this. "Thank you."
But before she reached out to take it, a hand behind her snatched the bottle of baking soda away, "Let me hold it for you."
Lu Xiye glared at Lin Jing with a stern face, as if someone owed him five million.
Xu Jiaojiao took a skewer of meat, leaned against the fence, and ate while grinning mischievously, "Lin Jing, you're so considerate! Did you deliberately let your sister bump into Zhizhi so you could show off in front of her?"
Lin Jing's already red face suddenly turned even redder, and he quickly stammered to explain, "No, it's really not..."
"Don't be nervous, I was just joking." Xu Jiaojiao said leisurely.
As he was speaking, the second fireworks display had already begun.
The atmosphere was very tense, and Lin Jing took apart the fairy wands and distributed them to everyone.
"Where's the fire?" Li Rongrong asked.
"Fire?" Lin Jing was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "I... I forgot."
Xu Jiaojiao sneered, "You just said you were careful, but you even forgot to buy fire."
"I'll go buy it right now." Lin Jing said, and was about to run downstairs.
"No, I have it."
Xu Jiaojiao took out a lighter from her pocket and skillfully lit the fairy wand.
Li Rongrong looked at her in surprise, "Why do you carry a lighter with you?"
"What do you think?" Xu Jiaojiao curled her lips and threw the lighter to Li Rongrong.
Jiang Zhizhi understood the hidden meaning in her words.
She is smoking.
The fairy wand exploded in all colors in Xu Jiaojiao's hand, and the flames flickered on her pretty face, making her eyes look indescribably deep.
"Xu Jiaojiao, it's a new year and a new beginning. Let's make an appointment to get into high school together, okay?" Jiang Zhizhi understood something and said to Xu Jiaojiao.
"I don't know if I can get into high school. No. 4 Middle School isn't like No. 1 Middle School. Not many students have good academic performance."
"I believe you can pass the exam."
Xu Jiaojiao was silent for a long time, then said, "I'll do my best."
When the sixth round of fireworks ended, it was already 8:30 in the evening. The big bag of snacks that Lin Jing bought filled everyone's stomach.
Holding the remaining fireworks, they returned to the small park next to Changyin Lake.
"It's almost nine o'clock. Let's release all the gophers and go home." Li Rongrong yawned and felt a little sleepy.
Everyone stayed up until the early hours of the morning yesterday and got up early on New Year's Day. We are all tired now.
They found an open space and were about to set off the gopher fireworks when suddenly a group of people came from both sides.
"Jiaojiao?"
"Lu Xiye?"
Jiang Zhizhi looked to the left and right.
On the left are several people from No. 1 Middle School led by Zhou Qi, and Wang Wei is also among them.
On the right were a few hooligans from No. 4 Middle School. Jiang Zhizhi recognized the leader, who was the one who had fought with Zhou Qi and others in the gym that day. She had heard Xu Jiaojiao mention him before. His name seemed to be Wang Xing, and he was Xu Jiaojiao's adopted brother.
People on both sides also noticed each other, and in an instant, they were like enemies meeting each other, with jealousy filling their eyes.
"Lu Xiye, why are you with Xu Jiaojiao?" Next to Zhou Qi was a tall girl named Zhou Hui, who was his younger sister and also Lu Xiye's classmate.
Of course, she was the girl who had a conflict with Xu Jiaojiao in the gym that day.
In her previous life, Jiang Zhizhi was also in Class 10. At that time, the only people who led the whole class to ostracize her were Lu Xiye and Zhou Hui.
Lu Xiye rolled his eyes at Zhou Hui and said lazily, "Who I'm with is none of your business."
"It's none of my business if you're with someone else, but it's my business if you're with Xu Jiaojiao. You clearly know that Xu Jiaojiao is my enemy, so why are you still with her?" Zhou Hui is very beautiful. She is the class belle of Class 10. Like Xu Jiaojiao, she is tall and beautiful.
At this moment, she looked at Lu Xiye with red eyes, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Lu Xiye was a little annoyed and was about to speak when Wang Wei suddenly interrupted and said sarcastically, "Brother Ye can't play with the people from No. 1 Middle School now, so naturally he goes to play with the people from No. 4 Middle School."
When Lu Xiye beat him in front of the whole class, the two of them completely fell out. Later, Lu Xiye was isolated, and most of the reason was that Wang Wei was behind the scenes.
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