Chapter 77 Cinnabar
Zhou Chong pointed to the thick stack of supplementary teaching materials and introduced them one by one: "This book is very suitable for the second round of review. Your foundation in the early stage is already quite solid. Next, you should focus on breaking through some challenging and extended questions."
“These two are also good; I’ve worked with them before, and they’re perfect for your current stage.” Zhou Chong flipped through the books one by one, until he reached the last two thick leather notebooks. “You can use these two notebooks to reinforce your knowledge.”
Jiang Wan turned to a page and recognized Zhou Chong's handwriting. She knew that the two notebooks were notes on key and difficult points in chemistry and biology, as well as summaries of question types, compiled by Zhou Chong himself.
Similar to the physics notes he had given her before, but with more knowledge points to memorize in chemistry and biology, the notebooks were thicker, more detailed, and even the covers were more exquisite.
No longer a flimsy, flaky notebook, but a magnetic clasp notebook with a lychee-textured leather cover.
Jiang Wan stared in disbelief.
Zhou Chong's gift was not unthoughtful; on the contrary, it was very thoughtful, extremely thoughtful.
These supplementary study books were selected and matched according to her current review progress. No one understands her learning situation better than Zhou Chong, and these materials are very suitable for her current needs.
If you let her go to the bookstore by herself, she probably wouldn't be able to find anything in several hours.
Not to mention, there are also those two exclusive notebooks with detailed content and clear logic.
These two books are so thick, I wonder how many days it took him to finish writing them, and how many pens he must have used up.
Jiang Wan was deeply moved, but the fact that this set of study materials appeared among a bunch of flashy gift boxes seemed a bit out of place.
The birthday surprise she had originally imagined wasn't going to be this serious or formal.
Thinking about it carefully, this does indeed fit Zhou Chong's style.
"Thank you." Jiang Wan, holding her books, bowed slightly. "I will definitely do my best on the questions."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Luo Xuan's suppressed chuckle.
She glanced at him, and Luo Xuan covered his mouth, waving his hand apologetically, "Sorry, I couldn't hold it in."
Immediately afterwards, Sun Qianyu couldn't help but chuckle, but under Jiang Wan's warning look, she forced herself to suppress it, "The gift from the academic genius is truly an eye-opener for us mere mortals."
As she spoke, she gave a thumbs-up and nodded repeatedly.
Jiang Wan knew that she was joking with her, but there was no malice in it; it was just a good-natured teasing. She was too lazy to argue with her.
When I looked away, I unexpectedly caught a glimpse of Shi Leyao staring longingly at the textbook in my hand.
Unlike Luo Xuan and Sun Qianyu, Shi Leyao's eyes were full of admiration and a desire to learn.
Noticing Jiang Wan's gaze, Shi Leyao scratched her head sheepishly and looked away.
Jiang Wan raised an eyebrow, understanding the meaning in her eyes, and generously showed her the several supplementary textbooks. "These books are all very good. Would you like to take a look?"
Shi Leyao bit her lip and nodded somewhat embarrassedly.
Jiang Wan smiled slightly and spread out the books. "Then take a picture. You can go to the bookstore later and see if it suits you."
Shi Leyao hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Zhou Chong. "But, this is a gift from Zhou Chong..."
"What's the big deal?" Jiang Wan turned to look at Zhou Chong. "It's okay to lend it to the classmates for reference, right? Would you mind?"
Zhou Chong smiled and said, "Of course not. You can decide for yourself what I give you."
"Really? I knew you wouldn't mind." Jiang Wan smiled and turned to Shi Leyao, saying, "Take a picture with your phone."
"Okay, thank you." Shi Leyao nodded solemnly to the two of them, then took out her phone and took pictures of each of the textbooks.
Seeing this, Jiang Shengming tentatively asked, "Could I also take a picture to take back and see?"
"And me too."
"I'd like to take a picture too."
"Of course!" Jiang Wan readily spread out all the textbooks on the coffee table in the private room so that all the students could come over and take pictures together.
In the final year of high school, everyone is focused on studying, so it's definitely worth sharing good study materials to help each other improve. There's no need to hide anything.
After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the group said goodbye at the entrance of the restaurant.
"Thank you for your hospitality!"
Be careful on your way back.
Bye-bye~
After instructing a few boys to help escort the girl home, only Jiang Wan and Zhou Chong remained at the restaurant entrance.
Jiang Wan's parents went to the underground parking lot to get their car first, and asked Jiang Wan to wait for them at the entrance after seeing her classmates off. Zhou Chong said he would wait with her.
"How are you going to get home?" Jiang Wan stepped on the curb, leaned forward, and craned her neck to look at the exit of the underground parking garage. "Do you want to ride in my family's car? Let my parents take you home first?"
Zhou Chongzheng was looking down, seemingly lost in thought. Hearing Jiang Wan speak to him, he suddenly snapped out of his reverie. "No need to trouble yourself, it's not on my way."
Looking up, I saw Jiang Wan standing on the roadside stone, one foot in the air, her body swaying and leaning forward.
Without thinking, Zhou Chong reached out, grabbed her shoulder, and straightened her body. "Be careful, you might twist your ankle like this."
A sudden warmth touched her shoulder, and Jiang Wan lowered her head, her ears burning slightly. "...Oh, oh."
A moment later, Zhou Chong released his hand, and the warmth on his shoulder gradually dissipated with the wind.
The heat in her ears hadn't completely dissipated, and Jiang Wan kept her head down, calmly adjusting her breathing.
Just then, Zhou Chong's voice suddenly rang out from above, "Actually, I have another gift to give you."
"What?" Jiang Wan suddenly looked up.
Zhou Chong pursed his lips, his hand in his pocket twitched slightly, then he clenched something in his palm, held out his hand, and opened it in front of Jiang Wan. "This."
Jiang Wan lowered her eyes and saw a thin cinnabar bracelet lying in Zhou Chong's large palm.
She picked up the bracelet with delight, "It's so beautiful, where did you buy it?"
Zhou Chong's lips moved slightly. "It was obtained from a temple."
Jiang Wan froze, her fingertips trembling as she twirled the beads on her bracelet, and she remained motionless for a long time.
She looked up into Zhou Chong's deep, dark eyes, and asked hesitantly, as if in disbelief, "You asked for it?"
“Hmm.” Zhou Chong nodded, his eyes bright. “On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I went to Fayun Temple with my mother. Many people said that it is very effective for praying for career and academic success there, so I got you a bracelet to bless you with a smooth college entrance exam.”
Jiang Wan lowered her head and looked at the cinnabar bracelet in her hand.
A Bodhi seed was tied in the middle of the bracelet. At first, she thought it was just for decoration, but she never expected that he had obtained it for her from the temple.
She bit her lower lip, her eyes welling up with tears, and her nose stung with a soreness.
“Zhou Chong…” she began in a muffled voice.
"Hmm?" Zhou Chong lowered his head slightly to look at her.
Jiang Wan took a deep breath, tilted her head back, smiled slightly, and placed the bracelet back into Zhou Chong's palm. "Can you put it on for me?"
Zhou Chong paused for a moment, then gripped the cinnabar bracelet in his hand. "Okay."
Jiang Wan smiled, her eyes crinkling, and stretched out her right hand, pulling up the sleeve of her down jacket to reveal her wrist.
Zhou Chong lowered his head, loosely held her hand, and carefully helped her put the bracelet on. "All done."
Jiang Wan withdrew her hand, raised it high in the air, and swung her wrist left and right in the moonlight. "Hmm, just right."
Zhou Chong also looked up at the red figure under the moonlight, which was wrapped around Jiang Wan's soft, white, and slender wrist.
It looks great.
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