Chapter 29
Leaving the subway station, the crowded crowd gradually dissipated and Xia Zhiheng let go of her sleeve.
It was strange that when her sleeves were loosened, she actually felt reluctant for a moment, like a drop of water sliding off a lotus leaf, silently.
Zhang Jusong smoothed the hair by his ears and changed the subject: "It's really too crowded."
Xia Zhiheng agreed: "Yes, we should walk around outside for a while and take the subway at a different time."
The two of them walked out aimlessly, chatting about trivial things, towards the school.
Passing by a small shop, he saw a clerk moving goods. An old van was open and blocking the path, and boxes of food were being unloaded. Zhang Jusong glanced at it and saw the words "moon cake" written on the box.
Counting the days, the Mid-Autumn Festival is indeed approaching.
"Do you want to eat mooncakes?" Xia Zhiheng asked.
Zhang Jusong shook his head: "Neither."
She doesn't really like sweet snacks, let alone seasonal desserts like mooncakes. But words like "Mid-Autumn Festival" and "mooncakes" always quickly arouse people's reverie.
"Are you planning to go home for Mid-Autumn Festival?" she asked.
"No. What about you?"
"I'm pretty much the same."
Since coming to City A to attend university, she has never seen the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival in her hometown again. Away from her family and alone, these festivals are just ordinary days to her. She gets up, eats breakfast, and goes to the library as usual.
She thought of the Mid-Autumn Festival during her freshman year, and said to Xia Zhiheng with a smile, "By the way, freshmen will receive mooncakes from the school. I received one then, too, and it was this big—"
She made a circle with her hand and said, "It seems to be made of red bean paste. The taste is so-so, but it has our school emblem printed on it, which makes it quite memorable."
Only freshmen have it, not the second year. Usually on the Mid-Autumn Festival, she would buy a small red bean paste mooncake from a small store, and eat it to celebrate the festival.
Xia Zhiheng looked at her and said, "It's so big, I can't finish it. Sister, how about I cut half for you?"
"Sure."
Zhang Jusong agreed without hesitation, completely unaware that this sentence concealed the subtle meaning of "Let's celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival together".
Xia Zhiheng raised the corners of his mouth and smiled without saying a word.
Back to school, it’s class time as usual.
In the evening, Zhang Jusong received a message from senior Ayan.
"Are you going home for the Mid-Autumn Festival? There is an activity going to the orphanage to visit the children. You can join in if you want."
Follow up with a forwarded push of activity details.
Zhang Jusong clicked on the push notification and looked at it carefully, paying special attention to the time and place, both of which were quite appropriate.
She typed "OK, I'll join." Just as she was about to send it, her fingertips suddenly stopped, deleted the words one by one, and sent another sentence: "I have a friend who wants to go with me. Can we sign up together?"
Senior Ayan responded straightforwardly: "Of course!"
She put down her phone and caught a glimpse of the red glow outside the window.
A small beam of sunlight passed through the glass window and fell onto the white putty on the wall, condensing into an orange spot of light. Although small, it was beautiful and warm.
She stared at the spot of light for a while, and suddenly Xia Zhiheng's smiling face popped up in her mind. The rosy glow and the young man were clearly two completely unrelated things, so how could they be associated together?
baffling.
She shook her head, threw away the messy thoughts, and slowly forwarded the message that Senior Sister Ayan had just sent to Xia Zhiheng. Of course, she skipped the part where she asked about "having a friend".
"Want to come together?"
The second after the message was sent, Xia Zhiheng's reply popped up.
"Good^_^"
On the Mid-Autumn Festival.
When I woke up in the morning, the dormitory was quiet. Manman was a local and went home like a whirlwind when the holiday came; Annie made an appointment with her classmates to go somewhere for a trip and left last night.
Zhang Jusong climbed out of bed, stood on the beige square tiles illuminated by the sunlight, and stretched.
In the morning, I have nothing to do. I sleep until I wake up naturally. I don’t have any homework to do and no one comes to disturb me. I feel like a “little god with nothing to do”.
After breakfast, she wandered aimlessly in the nearby streets and saw a boutique. She looked around and made sure it was the kind of store where there would be no sales clerks or shopping guides to disturb her before she walked in.
There were shelves filled with goods. A young saleswoman was squatting beside the shelves stocking goods. When she saw someone coming, she said "Welcome" and continued doing her own thing.
Zhang Jusong felt relieved and looked at the beautiful accessories slowly. A pair of silver rabbit earrings caught her attention. She took them off and took a closer look. The jade rabbit was pounding medicine, which was very cute.
Her eyes lingered on the little rabbit, feeling both happy and regretful. She had not pierced her ears because she was afraid of the pain. And with thick earlobes like hers, it was said that piercing would easily close them, so she gave up the idea.
After looking at it for a long time, when I was about to put it back, the clerk's voice suddenly rang in my ears: "This little rabbit is on sale now, it's a good deal!"
Zhang Jusong was startled and blinked: "Ah... I don't have my ears pierced."
The saleslady said, "I remember we still have clip-on earrings. There's only one pair left. Wait a minute, I'll look for them!"
As she spoke, the saleslady pulled out a pair of jade rabbit ear clips from a pair of sparkling jewelry. "Here, this is it!"
She had gone to great lengths to find them, so Zhang Jusong felt embarrassed to refuse and had no choice but to take the pair of jade rabbit ear clips to pay the bill.
After I opened the order, the clerk was very happy and said with a smile: "Let me bring it for you. Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, just in time for the festival!"
"Then... thank you for your help."
After putting it on, the saleslady stared at her for a while and suddenly said, "Why don't you tie your hair up so that your neck and ears are exposed, it will look better!"
Zhang Jusong: "Uh, forget it, it's a bit troublesome."
"It's okay. I just happened to have a rubber band. I'll give it a try for you."
The salesgirl acted quickly and quickly gave her a high, fluffy bun.
After she was done, the saleslady pointed out to her to look in the mirror and said with great satisfaction: "How is it? Isn't it cute?"
The girl in the mirror had a dazed expression on her face. Her hair was tied up, revealing a part of her fair neck. The earlobes on her earlobes sparkled brightly under the light.
"You look good in a bun. I realized your face is so small after you put it on!" The saleslady was so happy as if she had scored high in a dress-up game. "You will look even more beautiful if you wear a long skirt or top that shows your collarbone!"
She handed the shopping receipt to Zhang Jusong with a smile: "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!"
Enthusiastic emotions may indeed be contagious.
On the way back to the dormitory, Zhang Jusong's steps became much lighter.
She wanted to look around to see if she had the style of skirt the salesgirl mentioned, but once she opened the closet, she gave up the idea. The closet in the student dormitory was extremely simple and long, causing all the clothes to pile up together. Finding a piece of clothing was like digging coal.
Forget it.
So, wearing a jade rabbit ear clip with a baggy T-shirt to attend an event? Wouldn't that be a bit too deliberate? Zhang Jusong thought about it and decided to let her hair down and drape it over her shoulders. This way, the jade rabbit on her earlobe would not be so obvious.
The activity was scheduled after lunch. About a dozen students gathered at the old school gate first and then took a bus together.
When they arrived at the old school gate, quite a few people had already gathered. Zhang Jusong saw Xia Zhiheng from afar and was about to greet him when he heard senior Ayan's voice: "Jusong, here."
She gave Xia Zhiheng an apologetic smile, turned around and walked towards Senior Sister Ayan and the others, greeting several other students. She felt a little nervous, wondering if they would think it was weird that she was wearing an ear clip.
However, after meeting, they continued to talk about the previous topic, talking about the social work activities they had participated in before.
Zhang Jusong couldn't get a word in, so he just stood there quietly with a faint smile on his face.
She felt a little disappointed. It turned out that it made no difference whether she wore the ear clip or not. Anyway... no one would notice.
When everyone gathered, the group set out in a mighty procession, their destination being the welfare home.
She had never worn ear clips before, and by the time she arrived at her destination, her earlobes were already slightly sore.
I won’t bring it next time, she thought.
The leaders of the welfare home attached great importance to this event and specially held a small welcome ceremony in the conference room.
Most of the children here are girls. Those who have not been adopted usually have some illnesses and are not in good condition.
After an introduction, the students divided the tasks into pairs.
Senior Ayan prepared a lot of mooncake box toys and distributed them to everyone.
Seeing Zhang Jusong's serious face, she smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. This is not a defense. To put it bluntly, you just need to play with these kids, tell them stories, play games, etc. Are you in the same group with your friend?"
"Yeah." Zhang Jusong nodded and pointed at Xia Zhiheng who was lagging behind, "That's the classmate."
Senior Ayan pushed up her glasses and said, "Tsk, sure."
She smiled and stuffed the mooncake into Zhang Jusong's hand: "Okay, let's gather here and go back together."
As soon as he finished speaking, another classmate came up and started talking about other topics.
The host of the event is really busy, Zhang Jusong sighed in his heart.
She held the mooncake and walked towards Xia Zhiheng: "It seems that we are responsible for a little girl named Qiqi."
Xia Zhiheng hummed, his eyes falling on her earlobe.
"My sister's ear clips are very beautiful."
"Eh?" Zhang Jusong stammered, "Thank you."
He suddenly leaned closer, and the faint scent of orange blossoms lingered at the tip of his nose.
"Will it hurt? It looks a little red."
If it was expected that the ear clips looked good, this sentence surprised her.
It seemed that he was more worried about whether she would be comfortable wearing it than whether it would be beautiful.
Inexplicably, she suddenly felt very aggrieved. She lowered her head and said slowly: "Well... a little bit."
When she saw this, Xia Zhiheng's handsome eyebrows immediately frowned: "If it hurts, why not take it off?"
Zhang Jusong had wanted to take off the ear clip since early in the morning. After hearing what he said, she took it off immediately and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sure enough, I'm still not used to wearing such beautiful jewelry." She muttered and put the ear clips into her bag.
Xia Zhiheng smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. It looks good whether you wear it or not."
Zhang Jusong glared at him and couldn't help but laughed.
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