bitter melon flavor
After dinner, Jiang's mother dragged me out for a walk. Even while we were out, I was still thinking about my homework: "I haven't done my homework yet! ↗～"
"You've been working all day, you need to rest. Just take a walk with me." Holding Jiang Yanmu and Jiang Nan's arms on either side, the family went for a stroll to digest their food. During the walk, Jiang Yanmu mostly listened to them talk, barely saying a word…
Leaning on the table, waiting for Ye Ziyi to start the video call, she fiddled with the cat pendant hanging from the nightlight's cord in her other hand. "Cat pendant"
"Yes! It's the same as the one I gave you last time. I bought two back then."
"oh"
"Hey, where did you put your kitten pendant?" the child asked curiously, craning its neck and shaking its head.
Ye Ziyi brought back a black backpack and showed Jiang Yanmu the little cat pendant with the small zipper hanging at the front. "Can you see it?"
"It's a little hard to see, could you step back a bit?" He even moved closer to get a better look.
"good"
"I see it now! It's beautiful and cute." She touched her own cat pendant, pretending she was touching his. She secretly took out her tablet, snapped a picture of Ye Ziyi holding his bag, then quickly took it away, pretending nothing had happened.
"Um"
"An orange-toned background..." After practicing his essay for a while, he stretched. "Finally, I feel incredibly strong now."
That's impressive.
"Of course~" She twirled her pen and continued working on the remaining questions. For the next few days, the two only video-chatted, remaining silent. They only spoke occasionally when discussing the questions. In a few days, it would be Jiang Yanmu's art exam time. Still a little nervous, she said in a video call that evening, "I'm going to the art exam in a few days, I'm a little nervous."
"It's okay, just play normally."
"Okay," she hugged the teddy bear tightly in her arms.
Before Jiang Yanmu set off for her art exam, the group chat of the five members kept buzzing with messages of encouragement and best wishes for her success. One message read, "Good luck on your art exam! Jiang Xiaoyan, I'm here, waiting for you to come back and hug me.jpg." - Fu Yanjin.
[Good luck on your art exams!] Shen Kuo
[Good luck on your art exam! Jiang Xiaoyan, we're waiting for you to come back. I'll treat you to dinner to celebrate your success. (Image of a husky spinning around and setting off firecrackers)] Upon hearing this...
[Good luck on your art exam, Jiang. Don't be nervous, let's shake hands.] Ye Ziyi
[Hearing this, I really like what you said this time. Thumbs up! Thumbs up! Thumbs up!] Fu Yanjin gave it three thumbs up in agreement.
[What? Weren't your previous words nice? (Husky stomping its feet in anger.gif)]
[Yes] Fu Yanjin.
[Bomb bomb bomb] Upon hearing this.
Thank you all, I will do my best! (bows)
After reading everyone's messages, Jiang Yanmu turned off her phone and handed it to her teacher. She then resumed drawing as usual. After this session, Jiang Yanmu was finally able to temporarily escape drawing. She returned home and immediately buried herself in the covers and fell asleep.
The next day, I realized I'd forgotten to send a message to the group chat: "Sorry, I fell asleep last night and forgot to say it."
[It's okay, so how did the test go yesterday? Hamster clasps its hands together, looking forward to it.jpg]
I don't think there's a problem.
[That's awesome! I knew Jiang Xiaoyan could do it!]
[Upon hearing this, I'll treat you to dinner! @I know I'm handsome (wiping sweat and rolling eyes.jpg)]
[Handsome guy's here! Making a dazzling entrance.jpg]
[Arrange it immediately! Chunhe, handsome guy with sunglasses tomorrow night at 5 PM.jpg]
Gathering at a roadside stall to eat barbecue skewers
...
Time flew by, and the physical fitness test began. Not long after the test, the bell rang. Those who had finished running could go to the cafeteria for lunch. After walking only a few steps, it started to rain. After running 800 meters, Jiang Yanmu's lips were pale, and she felt too unwell to eat. She went straight back to the classroom to rest and recover.
After the physical fitness test, most of these elective courses were used for reviewing other main subjects. It's hot, but I've inexplicably been craving hot pot. I want to eat it, but I'm worried that eating it will affect my college entrance exam in a few days, so I'm waiting until after the exam to eat it.
Tonight's video call on the tablet will be the last one. In the lead-up to the college entrance exam, they haven't been doing many practice problems; instead, they've been playing games and watching movies.
Perhaps worried that Jiang Yanmu would become nervous again, he made an excuse after thirty minutes, saying he was tired. He wanted her to play a game with him for a while to help him relax.
"Let's take a break then."
"Hmm," she thought for a moment, then said, "Play games?"
"Okay," the two tacitly opened King of Glory, though they also played Sky: Children of the Light. But after playing for a while, it wasn't the same as before. Only occasionally would Jiang Yanmu call Ye Ziyi to log on and film videos or explore the map, and he would log on. Jiang Yanmu chose Cai Wenji, and Ye Ziyi chose Lan. In the latter half of the game, Ye Ziyi was farming blue buff in the enemy jungle. Jiang Yanmu went to help, but after a few casual auto-attacks, she ran out of mana and prepared to recall.
Then I saw him take the blue buff, and then stop. I thought he was done with it. It took me a while to realize he was taking it for himself. I stopped and went back to town, took the blue buff, and sent Ye Ziyi a system-generated "Thank you." He then disappeared into the background.
We started another game later. This time, I chose Diao Chan, and he chose Yao. After helping me secure a lane, he went to support the marksman. Before the game started, Jiang Yanmu was positioned on the first floor and locked in Diao Chan. Then, the opposing team picked a bunch of crowd control heroes. Daji and Zhang Liang, the two of them, completely controlled Jiang Yanmu. After a few minutes, Jiang Yanmu was pinned under the tower, not daring to leave at all, and remaining silent whenever she tried to.
Then Ye Ziyi would occasionally come to protect Jiang Yanmu. When a teammate was crowd-controlled, Jiang Yanmu would go in and use her ultimate, jumping around in all directions the entire time. This made Jiang Yanmu's palms sweat, terrified of dying again. The game started to improve later, but somehow, the enemy team turned the tide again. "Diao Chan, jump them to death!" Arthur said.
In the end, only Jiang Yanmu and Ye Ziyi remained in the fountain. Although Ye Ziyi activated Interference, it was to no avail. During the team fight, he had used up Purify and Moonstone. Before their cooldowns were over, he switched to Resurrection Armor and Fiery Dominator. It was still useless; he controlled one enemy after another, and in the end, they both lay dead near the crystal.
Jiang Yanmu chuckled beside the tablet, "Diao Chan can't jump anymore, Diao Chan." It was unclear what had triggered her laughter, but she kept laughing. Meanwhile, Ye Ziyi switched to the game's backend, ordered curry rice, and then switched back. Only after Jiang Yanmu finished laughing did he ask, "Want to continue playing?"
"Let's play one more round. Sorry, I was laughing for a bit too long."
"fine"
After finishing the game, Jiang Yanmu ordered Xinjiang fried rice and fried chicken. She then selected a drama to watch on her phone. Ye Ziyi, unsure of what to watch, joined Jiang Yanmu in watching the drama she was following. Jiang Yanmu dipped some in honey mustard and said, "Hmm, it's quite delicious. Ye, you should try it too."
"Oh, you didn't order fried chicken."
I just ordered.
"Okay," I said, taking another bite of the honey mustard coating the fried chicken.
The fried chicken Ye Zi ordered arrived, and Jiang Yanmu watched Ye Ziyi eat it with honey mustard the whole time. "How is it?"
"good"
"Hmm! That's practically delicious." If Jiang Yanmu had a tail, you'd always see it, wagging high with joy. She picked up a new piece of fried chicken, held it up, and gestured for Ye Ziyi to do the same, saying to Jiang Yanmu across the distance, "Hold up a piece!"
Ye Ziyi paused for a moment, then belatedly shouted, "Lift up the block!"
Even when the two went out to eat, the video call was always on. Then, they started scrolling through videos on their phones again, and one of them showed a husky that tripped and fell over while running. Jiang Yanmu initially didn't want to laugh, but the comments on the screen made her laugh out loud, "Hahaha, Ye, look, isn't it cute~" She held her phone up to Ye Ziyi to show him.
"She's quite cute," Ye Ziyi said, and then Ye Ziyi watched several more videos.
On the day of the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao), police tape was put up, and the area outside the examination hall was filled with parents and vehicles surrounding the site. When the final bell rang, the students emerged one after another, waiting for the school gates to open. As soon as they opened, they rushed out, running towards those waiting for them, embracing them, and weeping with joy.
Jiang Yanmu was still deep in thought about confessing her feelings as she walked out of the school gate. Her mother and Jiang Nan were waiting for her outside. Seeing her, her mother waved and called out, "Xiao Yan—! Over here!"
Hearing the voice, Jiang Yanmu looked over, perked up, waved and smiled at them: "Hey, you're here!"
He ran over, thinking to himself, "Forget it, I'll think about it when I get back."
Jiang's mother hugged Jiang Yanmu tightly and patted her head. "Go home and have some good nutrition. Oh, and I brought you some milk tea." Jiang Nan handed Jiang Yanmu the milk tea.
"Delicious~" They put their arms around each other and went home. Tonight they were having the hot pot that Jiang Yanmu had been wanting to eat for a while; they'd bought a ton of ingredients and were going to eat their fill all at once. Halfway through the meal, a voice call came through in their group chat: "I need to take this call."
"Good" Jiang's mother
"Finally finished the exams~ I'm free~" Fu Yanjin.
"Yes, I can finally get some rest." Jiang Yanmu.
"Let's go have some fun! There's a fireworks festival in Jinghui tonight, wanna go?"
"I think it's a good idea. What about you, Jiang Xiaoyan?"
"Can"
"When?" Ye Ziyi asked.
"8:30 pm the day after tomorrow."
"Okay, OK." Fu Yanjin
"Oh, right, let's go on another graduation trip!" someone suggested.
"I wholeheartedly agree!" Fu Yanjin raised her hand, agreeing with what Wen Yan said.
"I can too."
"You guys chat first, I haven't finished eating yet." Jiang Yanmu
"Okay, go ahead, Jiang Xiaoyan."
The five kids went on their graduation trip, starting in Hawaii. The hotel they booked had a view of the ocean right from the window. Before leaving, they sprayed sunscreen all over themselves. They went to a breakfast place and ordered a Loco Moco meatloaf rice bowl. After that, they had some berry smoothies. While shopping, they bought a frangipani flower and put it in their hair.
Today, I wore a bun hairstyle and a green sundress with a puffy hem. The five little ones were surfing on the beach. Although most of them didn't know how, thankfully there was an instructor. After learning enough, everyone started to try it out. Before surfing, Jiang Yanmu changed into some suitable surfing clothes.
Several times she tried to get on the surfboard, Jiang Yanmu would fall into the water after only a short time. She was completely soaked, and water got into her mouth several times. She fell every time she went on the surfboard, exclaiming, "Ouch!"
"I fell, I fell! ↗~"
"Help! Help!"
"I can~"
...
Fu Yanjin recorded several videos of Jiang Yanmu falling on her phone while she was on the shore. Jiang Yanmu, exhausted, climbed out of the water and lay on her surfboard. She saw Fu Yanjin fiddling with her camera and assumed she was going to take pictures of her. Jiang Yanmu then posed for photos, and Fu Yanjin actually started taking pictures.
We played on the beach until sunset. Hearing this, I grabbed a passerby and asked them to take a picture of us, saying "cheese!" to everyone.
In the photo, two girls are standing together, arm in arm, at the front. Shen Kuo and Ye Ziyi stand on either side of them. Shen Kuo's eyes are on Fu Yanjin, while Ye Ziyi may have glanced at Jiang Yanmu before looking at the camera, or perhaps he was just looking at the camera. Nobody knows for sure except the person taking the photo. Wen Yan, like a conspicuous bag, stands behind Jiang Yanmu and Fu Yanjin, making a peace sign on each of their heads. Passersby couldn't help but laugh when they saw Wen Yan.
They spent the rest of the day shopping and eating... The next day, Jiang Yanmu rummaged through her closet for a long time, looking for Ye Ziyi's QQ number that she had written down. After hesitating for a while, she finally searched for his QQ number and added him. She was supposed to confess directly, but inexplicably, the friend request she sent was "Hello, Ye Ziyi, I am your former classmate."
Not long after, the application was approved, and the other party simply sent a cold message: "Who are you?"
This was the first time Jiang Yanmu had ever seen him so cold.
"Your former classmates"
"oh"
Ye Ziyi
“ ”
"Can I ask you a question?" Jiang Yanmu deliberately changed her typing habits.
She quickly replied, "No." Jiang Yanmu stared at the cold "No."
She wanted to ask again, but fighting back tears, she asked one more time to confirm: "Is this true?"
"Um"
The tears welled up in her eyes as she said "thank you," and she couldn't hold them back any longer. Her hands trembled unconsciously, and it took her ages to type "thank you" before she finally finished and sent it.
"Luckily, it's good that I didn't confess directly, right..." she said, hugging her teddy bear. That period of time was so wonderful, so wonderful that Jiang Yanmu thought he liked her a little bit too. But in the end, she realized that she was the only one who loved, the only one trapped.
Jiang Yanmu gave herself three months to process what had happened.
She kept visiting his social media profile using her QQ space. Even though his profile only had a few posts, Jiang Yanmu kept looking at them. Perhaps she wanted to see them a few more times over the next three months, and then stop. She wanted to try to let him go, and let herself go. But in the years that followed, she might have let go, or she might never have…
The rest of the holiday was for the graduation trip. Of course, it was to Liuzhou to eat authentic Liuzhou snail rice noodles. But the night before, Jiang Yanmu developed a fever that lasted for a week.
Jiang Yanmu sent a message to Fu Yanjin privately.
Sorry, I have a fever and can't go.
We'll go when you're better.
"No need, you guys go. Just take my share with you, and tell me when you get back whether it's authentic or not."
Okay, then you should get some rest.
I still had a fever when I sent the message. I propped myself up, typing with trembling hands. After I finished, I collapsed back onto the bed.
"I never imagined that video call would be the last..." Jiang Yanmu drifted off to sleep. Unbeknownst to her, a tear rolled down her cheek.
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