I enjoy the idea of "childhood sweethearts".
At an age when gender awareness is developing rapidly, seeing a pair of opposite sexes together seems to trigger some kind of excitement, and people will inexplicably start teasing them, making the two people blush and feel so embarrassed that they can't even look at each other.
But this tactic had no effect on Jiang Yingxu and Shi Miao.
Jiang Yingxu would look at people coldly and expressionlessly, and speak up to stop them without any politeness. His tall and aloof posture made the people who were making a fuss shut up.
Shi Miao would smile and rotate her wrist. If they didn't listen to Jiang Yingxu, then the Cat King wouldn't mind letting someone try her fist, which was as big as a red bean bun!
What's embarrassing or shy about it?
The two remained completely unaffected and continued to do as they pleased.
Yet, she is someone who is exceptionally good-looking and academically gifted, naturally possessing a radiant charm.
So much so that students who had gone on to high school together from the junior high section of the experimental middle school, upon hearing their classmates talk about Jiang Yingxu and Shi Miao, would confidently assert that—
"impossible!"
"They are definitely family members who grew up together; there's no way they could become lovers!"
"I was in the same class as them in junior high, don't you think I don't know that?"
"The way you two act is exactly like the ancestors and their little followers!"
As more people talked about it, and then saw the two of them huddled together as if no one else was around, it could be described as an act of intimacy or even familial affection.
The gossipy people believed it.
In the tedious study period, some gossip and rumors are always needed to pass the time.
After being passed around, it finally reached the person in question.
Shi Miao picked out a popsicle from the freezer, and upon hearing her friend's account, she almost dropped her school ID card.
"What do you mean... that I can act recklessly and do whatever I want just because I grew up with Jiang Yingxu?"
"All I did was order him around a few times, give him food I didn't like a few times, and force him to let me bully him a few times..."
Shi Miao's tone gradually weakened.
He was speechless and could only give his friend a thumbs up.
She scratched her face, realizing for the first time in her life that it seemed, perhaps, maybe, her attitude towards Jiang Yingxu was slightly, mildly, and a little arrogant.
This happened to be a physical education class.
It was hot, and the PE teacher was too lazy to bother with anything. He just said a few words during the assembly, reminded everyone to be careful, and then dismissed them to do their own thing while he went back to his office to enjoy the air conditioning.
Holding a strawberry-flavored shaved ice, Shi Miao skillfully climbed onto the spectator stand next to the main stage and found Jiang Yingxu sitting in the shadows.
He was looking down at his phone.
The Yan family had given prior notice and obtained permission from the school.
When he started high school, Jiang Yingxu felt that he had extra energy and took the initiative to ask to start getting familiar with the group's affairs.
After all, it's a daily occurrence to see Yan Xingrong and Ji Cailing, those two business idiots, with their heads blank when it comes to group affairs, only able to say things like, "What should we do about Xingtai/sister-in-law?"
This is really worrying.
Fortunately, the large business group already has its own stable operating rules, and as long as the two of them don't make any rash decisions or act recklessly, there will be no problem with daily operations.
When Jiang Yingxu offered to help, the couple felt a huge weight lifted off their shoulders. They didn't care at all about their son being a high school student and eagerly handed over part of their work.
They also said, "It's okay, don't worry about learning or doing it. If you can't do it, your uncle and aunt will support you!"
Jiang Yingxu was cautious by nature, and he learned little by little, so he certainly wouldn't make any rash decisions.
He was reading a recent group affairs briefing compiled by Secretary Yan Xingrong.
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of a lithe figure.
Jiang Yingxu smiled slightly, but before he could even look up, he heard a familiar, sweet voice, "Jiang Yingxu!"
The girl excitedly climbed the steps and gave him the other half of the shaved ice she was holding.
"It's melting, eat it quickly!"
Each person held half a strawberry-flavored popsicle, hiding in the shadows beside the stage, sitting side by side, stretching out their legs comfortably.
Shi Miao, with the plastic mouthpiece in her mouth, wiggled her leg and bumped into him.
Her long eyelashes blinked, and as she tilted her head, her clear, amber cat eyes glanced at him briefly before looking away.
He seemed unusually conflicted, and even his tone of voice was somewhat slow.
"Jiang Yingxu, I just heard a rumor about us..."
Shi Miao gave a brief explanation.
Without looking at the expressions of the people around him, he lowered his head, listlessly sipped his sweet, icy crushed ice, and asked in a muffled voice:
"Am I really being unreasonable?"
It's better not to recall it.
As Shi Miao walked along, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that she was indeed no different from stepping on Jiang Yingxu's head.
Sometimes Shi Dai couldn't stand her. She angrily rubbed the kitten's head and said with a sneer, "Do you think I have a good temper like Jiang Yingxu, so you can jump around and boss me around?"
Why.
All right.
Shi Miao whispered, "I didn't pay attention before, I will in the future..."
He hadn't finished speaking.
The boy suddenly grabbed her hand, which was bracing against the side of the steps.
His long, slender, pale fingers, warmer than her own, completely enveloped her fingers, a controlling posture that left her no room to resist or break free, holding her tightly in his burning palm.
Since the two of them grew up and entered junior high school.
Jiang Yingxu rarely hugs or holds hands like he did when he was a child, and he no longer says "I like you" all the time.
He no longer got too close, maintaining a proper distance between them, becoming polite, restrained, and showing a good sense of propriety.
Therefore, this gesture of holding hands seemed both sudden and long overdue.
Shi Miao was stunned for a moment, as if she had been burned by the heat of his palm. Her heart pounded, and she reflexively turned her head to look at him.
He met a pair of slightly lowered, dark eyes.
His gaze was fixed and focused.
Beneath the calm surface of the water lies a turbulent undercurrent, carrying with it a certain dark and intense emotion.
He has passed puberty and did not experience a period of hoarseness like a duck's quack; his voice has simply become deeper.
Jiang Yingxu called her by her name, which was rare for him.
"Time is fleeting."
He spoke calmly and clearly.
How do you know it's not me who's enjoying it?
"in other words."
"As long as you want it, as long as you're happy."
"I would be content."
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"Meow Meow Diary"
What are you doing?!
No, it's not.
How can you say "I don't care" as if you "I like you"?
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