Apple juice flavor
I woke up on the sofa and immediately saw a sandwich and milk on the table. There was also a note that read, "I don't know if you like this."
Jiang Yanmu crumpled the edges of the note several times, saying, "I like it."
Ye Ziyi also brought a sandwich to the hospital. He ate it as he walked towards the break room. Along the way, the nurses teased and joked with him. "Dr. Ye, it's rare to see you bring breakfast to the hospital!"
"My girlfriend made it."
"No, I brought it myself."
"Oh, I made it for my girlfriend and brought it along."
"no"
"I understand, I understand," Ye Ziyi said with a helpless smile as he left.
From that night on, Jiang Yanmu only took out the trash during the day. She even couldn't write her newly started story. She had to take a break to adjust her condition and posted on Weibo, "Due to health reasons, I am unable to update my story. I am very sorry for letting you down. I will adjust as soon as possible and won't keep you waiting too long. Finally, I want to say to you again, I'm sorry."
Jiang Yanmu hadn't gone out much these past few days. Even when Fu Yanjin invited her out or to parties, she made up various excuses to decline. Fu Yanjin didn't think much of it, assuming Jiang Yanmu was just busy lately, and didn't invite her again after that.
Ye's mother stood outside Ye Ziyi's room early in the morning and knocked. "Xiao Yi, it's my birthday today. Do you think it's appropriate for you to stay in bed?" Ye Ziyi tried to bury his face in the blankets, resisting the question from Mrs. Yan outside: "Ms. Yan, I finally managed to come back."
"You finally come back, and all you do is sleep? You don't even have time to celebrate your mother's birthday?" Ms. Yan said, tears streaming down her face. "Waaah, I'm going to tell your dad that you have no heart~ Waaah!" Ye Ziyi was completely defeated by Ms. Yan. He crawled out of the covers and said plaintively, "I was wrong, Ms. Yan. I'll get up now."
Ms. Yan succeeded, and her expression instantly changed: "Okay~ Come down quickly."
"Okay." After washing up, she thought about finding something to eat, but couldn't find anything for a while. She asked Ms. Yan, who was kneading dough next to her, "Ms. Yan, is there no food?"
"Are you done with your work? Then eat!" Ms. Yan glanced at Ye Ziyi and said. Ye Ziyi asked with a puzzled look, "What is it?"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you," Ms. Yan said without batting an eye.
"..."
“Now, it’s no trouble for you to send a message to Xiaoyan and ask her to come over for dinner.” She nudged Ye Ziyi with her shoulder and said, “Did you hear me?” Ye Ziyi poured himself a glass of water, took a sip, and then said, “I don’t think she’ll come.” Ms. Yan was anxious. “Why won’t she come? Did you call her?” Ye Ziyi opened WeChat to send a message and said, “I’m asking, but I haven’t seen her come out recently. She says she’s busy.”
Ms. Yan stepped forward, feigning interest, and asked, "How did you know?"
"Oh, some classmates asked me out in the group chat before, but I declined. It was posted in the group."
"Oh~" Ms. Yan said, then went back to kneading the dough. Not long after, Jiang Yanmu sent a message, a rejection. [Sorry, I've been busy lately and can't come to eat Auntie's cooking. Could you please tell Auntie I'm very sorry?] Ye Ziyi held up his phone to Ms. Yan, showing her Jiang Yanmu's reply. "Look."
[Jiang, do you have time? Ms. Yan would like to invite you to our house for dinner.] Ms. Yan looked at the message her son had sent and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She snatched the phone and made a voice call. "Watch this, sending WeChat messages won't work, understand?"
Ye Ziyi muttered under his breath, "Didn't you tell me to send it?" Ye Ziyi nodded in agreement with Ms. Yan beside him. Jiang Yanmu, on the other end of the phone, stared at the incoming call notification on her phone screen. After mentally preparing herself for a long time, she finally picked up the phone and answered, "Hello?"
"Xiaoyan, it's Auntie's birthday today. Are you sure you can't come?" Jiang Yanmu didn't expect it to be Ye's mother calling, but if it were Ye Ziyi calling, she would be even more at a loss for words. Jiang Yanmu hung up the receiver, closed her eyes, took a few deep breaths, and then spoke, "It's Auntie's birthday. I'll definitely take a day off to come."
"It's a deal! Xiao Yi will pick you up later."
"No need, Auntie, I can take the bus myself."
"It's okay, it's okay, let him answer. He has nothing else to do, answering your calls won't kill him."
Jiang Yanmu knew she couldn't go against Ye's mother's wishes, so she finally agreed. "Haha, okay. Thank you, Auntie and Ye," Jiang Yanmu said in a deliberately casual tone.
"No trouble at all," she said, turning around and tossing the phone back to Ye Ziyi. "Did you hear me?"
"I heard you." Jiang Yanmu glanced through the hole, confirmed it was Ye Ziyi, and then opened the door. "Thank you for your help, Ye Ziyi."
"No trouble at all, let's go."
"Okay, sure." The two had only taken a few steps when Jiang Yanmu stopped. "I haven't prepared anything for Auntie yet." Ye Ziyi also stopped, turned around to look at Jiang Yanmu, and smiled, "It's okay, no need. She's very happy that you're here. You don't know, if I hadn't brought you here sooner, she wouldn't have fed you." Ye Ziyi complained to Jiang Yanmu, looking aggrieved.
"Thanks a lot"
"Not hard work"
"What does Auntie like?" Jiang Yanmu asked anxiously. "Not bringing a gift, I think..." Ye Ziyi answered the rest of the question for Jiang Yanmu. "She'll feel uneasy, right?"
"Hmm," Ye Ziyi said while driving, "Ms. Yan likes sweets, so we can just buy them from her usual place."
"Okay." Jiang Yanmu had been cooped up at home alone for several days. Even after coming out today, she was still a little nervous and scared, but being with the person she liked made her feel inexplicably at ease. Ye Ziyi brought Jiang Yanmu home. As soon as they stepped inside, the person inside heard the noise and threw themselves into Jiang Yanmu's arms. "Xiao Yan, you're here!"
"Yes, Auntie," Ms. Yan noticed the gift box in Jiang Yanmu's hand and asked happily, "Is this for me?"
"I hope Auntie likes it," Jiang Yanmu said hesitantly, handing the gift box to Ms. Yan with both hands.
"I love it!" Jiang Yanmu eagerly opened the gift box and ate a macaron. "Mmm~ Delicious. Xiaoyan, have some too." Ms. Yan stuffed a macaron into Jiang Yanmu's mouth. "Hmm, it is indeed delicious, but it's too sweet. I can't eat much more."
"Then eat more later." Saying this, she took Jiang Yanmu's hand and led her to the living room. She then ordered Ye Ziyi around, "Go cut some fruit and chat with Xiaoyan."
"Yes, Ms. Yan." The group sat together, chatting and eating. They hadn't checked the time; it was already quite late. Jiang Yanmu was about to get up and leave when Ms. Yan called her back. "Xiao Yan, it's so late, why don't you stay the night? Xiao Yi can take you home tomorrow, okay?"
"Thank you, Auntie." The atmosphere at Ye Ziyi's house was pleasant, gradually dispelling Jiang Yanmu's fear. "Thank you," she texted Ye Ziyi. "It's nothing," Ye Ziyi replied, thanking her not only for the meal but also for being rescued from the mire. "Thank you everyone for waiting for me. Everything's alright now. I'll load the new chapter in a few days. Thank you. (Cat bows.gif)"
Fan 1: "Little Jiu, how are you feeling?"
Fan 2: "It's good that you're alright now."
Fan 3: "Waiting eagerly for Xiao Jiu's new chapter."
...
After replying to everyone's concerns on Weibo, "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine now," Jiang Yanmu opened her writing app and started working on her draft all night, finally going to sleep close to five o'clock. She only slept for a total of less than two and a half hours before getting up. "Up so early, Xiaoyan. Come and have breakfast!" she beckoned, gesturing for Jiang Yanmu to come and eat.
"Oh, okay. Thank you, Auntie."
"You're welcome. I'll have Xiao Yi deliver it to you later," Ms. Yan peeled an egg and handed it to Jiang Yanmu.
"Okay," Ye Ziyi dropped Jiang Yanmu off near the coffee shop. Jiang Yanmu ordered her usual three dishes at the coffee shop, and after leaving, she hummed a song and skipped home. She opened her arms, squatted down, and hugged Xiao Chu, saying, "Xiao Chu, I'm home!"
"Meow (If you're done, give me food!)" Xiao Chu stubbornly patted Jiang Yanmu with its paw.
Hearing about the recent release of a new song, it's amazing! The first lyric has surpassed one million views. To celebrate this good news, Wenyan found some free time and invited everyone out. Everyone: "Congratulations on the new song surpassing one million views! Cheers!"
"You've all heard my song, haven't you?" Wen Yanyou said, taking a sip of her drink.
"Of course I listened!" Fu Yanjin replied, clinking her glass against the glass of the person who had heard the words.
Jiang Yanmu “listened”
"Hmm," Ye Ziyi
"It was only because Yan Yan dragged me to listen; otherwise, who would want to go?" Shen Kuo said. Hearing this, he raised his glass again, and the others followed suit. "One more!"
Everyone cheered and took a sip of apple juice. "So sour!" Jiang Yanmu thought to herself.
"Who ordered this apple juice? It's so sour!" Fu Yanjin exclaimed, pushing the apple juice away. Shen Kuo scoffed from the side, "Who else could it be?" Hearing this, she wasn't angry; instead, she seemed quite smug, raising an eyebrow at Shen Kuo and saying, "It wasn't me, it was..." Amidst the standoff, Jiang Yanmu silently raised her hand and said, "It was me. I was curious about the taste of apple juice, so I ordered some to try, but I didn't expect it to be so sour." As she spoke, she felt the sour taste rise in her mouth again. Hearing this, she shrugged at Shen Kuo, seeing him look embarrassed for the first and only time. "Hahahaha!" she laughed so hard she almost fell over on the table.
Fu Yanjin buried her face in Jiang Yanmu's shoulder and said with a wry smile, "Jiang Xiaoyan, you can't try this again in the future. Children don't have that many lives to try."
"I'm sorry, Yan. How about I order you something else?" Fu Yanjin was so frightened by Jiang Yanmu that her hand trembled, and her voice trembled with fear: "Wh-what other things..."
"Songyou juice is delicious, I've tried it before!" Jiang Yanmu gave a thumbs up, repeatedly praising it to prove how good it was. Fu Yanjin, seeing Jiang Yanmu's affirmative look, said, "Okay, then let's drink this one."
After saying "Okay," she ran to get the Songyou juice. "To make Jiang Xiaoyan happy."
The day of the high school entrance exam is drawing ever closer. The only sounds around me are the countdown, the turning of pages, and the doing of practice tests—these companions until the very day of the exam. "Don't whisper to each other."
The bell rang, and the teacher began collecting the papers. At that moment, they were free. Jiang Yanmu and Fu Yanjin ran to each other and hugged. "Happy graduation, Yan!"
"Happy graduation, Jiang Xiaoyan."
"Hey, how about we go on a graduation trip together!" The two walked hand in hand towards the classroom. "Sure!"
"When they come back, we'll invite them all together."
"Hmm," the five little ones, dragging their suitcases, boarded a plane in the middle of the night to see Emerald Lake in Chaidan. Just like its name, it's like an emerald gem, beautiful and sparkling. Two of the girls were so busy taking pictures of Emerald Lake that they couldn't walk anymore. They only stopped to eat when their phones ran out of battery.
Luckily, the battery was low, otherwise they could have kept filming. This trip gave the three guys a real taste of how terrifying it is for girls to go shopping. Like perpetual motion machines, they never seem to get tired. They were so exhausted they collapsed onto their beds, but only Wenyan was truly exhausted; the others were alright.
The next day, he was dragged along again, shopping, carrying all sorts of things. Hearing this, he, exhausted from carrying so much, casually found a place to sit down and complained, "Grandpas, why don't we take a break? It's already noon." Shen Kuo stood to the side, grumbling, "So much trouble!"
Hearing this, she didn't argue with Shen Kuo. Instead, she hugged the bag and threw a tantrum, saying, "No, I'm tired, I can't walk anymore, I'm hungry, I can't walk anymore."
"It really took quite a long time," Ye Ziyi said, stopping as well.
"Let's eat then. Thank you for accompanying us and carrying our things." Jiang Yanmu took the menu and handed it to Ye Ziyi and the others so they could order. "You guys order. You've done so much hard work, thank you for your help."
"Thank you," Ye Ziyi said, taking the menu and handing it to Wen Yan so he could order. Jiang Yanmu and Fu Yanjin weren't idle either, unpacking their purchases. Fu Yanjin took out a hairpin and pinned it in Jiang Yanmu's hair. "Beautiful!"
Jiang Yanmu showed the picture to others, asking, "Isn't it beautiful?" Hearing this, Jiang Yanmu buried her head in her food, not even looking up, and replied perfunctorily, "Beautiful, beautiful."
Ye Ziyi genuinely thought the hairpin looked good on Jiang Yanmu, while Shen Kuo's comment was ambiguous.
“That’s right,” Fu Yanjin said with a proud expression.
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