She tossed the bath salt balls into the basket slung over her arm.
"Look at this, it's cloud-shaped, isn't it super cute?" Zhen Tian smiled at the video while holding up an essential oil ball: "I've used this before, it's milk-flavored. I'll have another one."
"Wow, this plate looks so good!" Zhen Tian walked to another shelf and kept exclaiming, "They look so good, I can't choose!"
She pouted awkwardly.
"Buy them all," the man in charge of the camera said generously.
"But we can't use it all!" Zhen Tian rubbed her nose. "You can use whatever we can!"
"good."
Ji Yuzhi was used to cleaning up after her and resolving her troubles; he would agree without hesitation whenever she asked.
Zhen Tian laughed: "Zhizhi, you'll be laughed at if you use this, it's a bit effeminate."
"..."
"Never mind, I'll just pick a few of the ones I don't need and give them to you." Zhen Tian shook the essential oil balls at the camera again and put the whole plate into the basket.
The small basket she was carrying was already full, overflowing with essential oil balls.
She handed the basket to Ji Yuzhi and then took another empty basket: "This time, I'll take everyone to see the scented candles in this shop. I like to light one when I take a shower, and I often light an aromatherapy lamp when I go to bed at night. I can only fall asleep with a little bit of light."
Zhen Tian went to the familiar shelf and took out some commonly used scented candles and essential oils.
Having finished buying everything I wanted, all that's left is to wander around.
She would put anything pink and cute into her basket, regardless of whether it was useful or not.
The two carried two large baskets full of items to the checkout counter to pay.
Even after Zhen Tian folded the long receipt three times, it was still more than 30 centimeters long. She waved the receipt at the camera.
"My shopping spree for today is over. Here's my list of spoils. I'll share the list of my favorite items with you all when I get back. That's all for today. See you next time."
After Zhen Tian finished speaking, she turned off her phone. She then gave Ji Yuzhi a fawning massage on the shoulders, saying, "Thank you for your hard work, Zhizhi."
He chuckled, patted the back of her hand that was gripping his arm, and gestured for her to release her grip.
Ji Yuzhi stretched his shoulders; they were indeed very sore. Even though the phone was light, holding it for an hour to take pictures was tiring.
"Are you hungry?" Ji Yuzhi was carrying her two large bags of things in one hand. If the clothes hadn't been stored away earlier, he wouldn't have had a free hand to hold Zhen Tian's hand.
"Hungry..." Zhen Tian rubbed her stomach with her free hand and glanced at her watch: "It's already past three o'clock."
What would you like to eat?
"Fenmi Chicken." As soon as Ji Yuzhi finished speaking, Zhen Tian quickly replied, as if she had been waiting for him to ask: "I also want tonkotsu ramen."
"good."
After eating, the two strolled around the mall for a long time. Ji Yuzhi bought her many little dresses that she liked, and finally bought her a dinosaur-themed top and shorts. When she tried them on, she was as happy as a child. Ji Yuzhi was captivated by her cuteness.
By the time the two got home, it was almost eight o'clock.
Zhen Tian was too tired to move at all. She sat in the passenger seat and whined, "Just carry me, please~"
As he spoke, his body swayed restlessly from side to side.
His eyes were full of laughter as he indulgently squatted down in front of her and easily carried her on his back. Ji Yuzhi's hands were full of shopping bags, and he was carrying her on his back, but he walked steadily and unhurriedly with every step.
Because her hands were full of shopping bags, Zhen Tian had no choice but to hang herself on his body.
The distance from the underground parking lot to the upper floor wasn't too far, and Ji Yuzhi knocked on the Zhen family's door.
"You're back!" As soon as Lu Ti opened the door, she saw her daughter clinging to him like a spoiled child: "Aren't you going to get down? Yu Zhi is carrying so many things, and you still want him to carry you?"
"Mom, I'm tired!"
"You're tired, you're the only one who's tired. Isn't Yuzhi tired? Get down here." Lu Ti slapped her daughter's bottom in annoyance, then took the things from Ji Yuzhi's hands and put them on the ground.
"If it's not going to rain, then it's not going to rain." Zhen Tian turned her head away, not wanting to look at her mother.
"It's alright, Aunt Lu." Ji Yuzhi smiled and put down the bag in his other hand.
"You're all home now, why aren't you coming down? What are you doing?" Lu Ti slapped Zhen Tian again.
"snort!"
Zhen Tian swung her legs a couple of times, her smug little face making Ji Yuzhi laugh nonstop.
He freed his hands so he could hold Zhen Tian's legs and lift them up a little.
Zhen Tian tightened her arms around him as he did so.
"We can't spoil her like this." Lu Ti sighed. "You haven't had dinner yet, have you? Aunt Lu will go heat it up for you."
"Okay, thank you, Aunt Lu."
Ji Yuzhi carried Zhen Tian into the bedroom and gently placed her on the bed.
The little girl lay on it, her pink gauze dress and long, flowing hair spread out on the bed.
Ji Yuzhi took off her shoes and put them aside, then gently massaged her calves with both hands.
She grunted twice and yawned.
"Don't sleep, eat first, then you can sleep."
"I'm not sleeping." Zhen Tian yawned again and rubbed her eyes.
Ji Yuzhi stayed with her until they finished their meal before returning home.
Zhen Tian returned to her bedroom with her shopping bags, her sleepiness completely gone.
As Ji Yuzhi's smile slowly faded, she went into the bathroom, turned on the hot water, and dropped in a newly bought sea salt ball. She watched the ball float in the water, coloring the clear water. The soft, rustling sound of the sea salt dissolving, combined with the steam from the bathroom, seemed to sting her eyes, making them sting uncontrollably.
Zhen Tian buried herself in the bathtub, hugged her shoulders tightly, and cried silently.
She came out of the bathroom and lay on the bed, unable to sleep all night.
The news of Ji Yuzhi's departure brought Zhen Tian uncontrollable anxiety; what she didn't say was that she had been suffering from insomnia for a long time.
The days of self-deception will soon be over.
...
School.
The students are about to transition from their first year of high school to their second year.
The classmates haven't changed; only the class has. So everyone is still chatting and laughing, and moving up to the second year of high school seems to have had no impact on them.
But that wasn't the case for Ye Qingyan.
The cute and talkative Zhen Tian who used to chat and laugh with her is gone. In her place is a silent and withdrawn Zhen Tian who has even stopped laughing.
Ye Qingyan glanced at Zhen Tian next to her during class, then quickly looked away.
After class, the four of them avoided Zhen Tian and went outside into the corridor.
"What's going on here?" Yang Feiguang scratched his head, still looking like a typical straight man with a silly expression.
"You have no idea how hard it is for me." Ye Qingyan said with a bitter face, "I sat next to Tiantian and didn't dare to breathe loudly, I didn't even dare to talk to her. Can you understand me?"
"What's wrong with her?" Shao Junli frowned.
"lovesickness!"
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