Chapter 26 Dialogue: "You can contact me anytime, even if it's nothing."
According to the original plan for the spring outing, once the afternoon was over, the teachers announced that the spring outing had successfully ended. Each class cleaned up their respective areas, and after the student council inspected them, they could choose to return to school with the main group or go home on their own.
Because there will be make-up classes on Sunday this week, some boarding students who live far away will choose to stay at school to prepare for the upcoming monthly exam and study hard.
Because Ning Yanzhao and Jing are still day students, they chose to go straight home. Today, Jing is still going home with Ning Yanzhao for the weekend, but strictly speaking, they only have one day off.
"Ugh, I can't stand school anymore. Can't they just give us two days off? We have to have extra classes. I'm amazed."
"Shh, this is something that can't be talked about."
"What can I do during this day off? Read novels, watch anime, or watch my favorite idol's latest performance videos? I'm so conflicted. There's just not enough time. I'm so busy that I don't even want to go to sleep."
Seeing Jing Yiran so worried about how to maximize their fun plans for tonight, Ning Yanzhao couldn't help but chuckle. She said in a mock-serious tone, "Aren't you worried about the upcoming monthly exam?"
"If worrying were useful, I wouldn't be in pain. I'll just study hard in the classroom. Since the school doesn't give us a full weekend, I'll give myself a break. People need rest sometimes too."
“That’s true.” Ning Yanzhao belatedly realized that even if she meant to joke, she had become the kind of person who “kills the mood.” “I’m sorry, I was wrong. You are absolutely right.”
"You don't need to be so 'old-fashioned.' Studying is indeed a sacred and inviolable thing. In the eyes of parents and teachers, studying can even be a passport to explain everything. You're not wrong. But besides studying, what do you plan to do on your only day off?"
Although the spring outing went smoothly and Ning Yanzhao's leg wasn't injured like before, she was still worried.
Because Ning Yanzhao knew from the Xu Yongqing incident that things were not as simple as they seemed on the surface, and the He Shenmo incident should not have passed so easily either. There must be something she didn't know that was lurking deep inside, which would unexpectedly erupt when she was not prepared.
"How about we spend this day at home editing our spring outing video, and then treat ourselves to a movie tonight?"
“Okay.” Jing Yiran originally planned to edit it when she went home next week, since the teacher wasn’t in a rush, but it wouldn’t matter if it was done a little earlier now.
"Okay, then it's settled. So, what movie should we watch?"
"How about 'Summer Romance'? I've heard it's pretty good."
"Ah, I know that. Speaking of which, I originally wanted to see this movie in the cinema, but I had final exams during the weeks it was released, and the cinemas stopped showing it after we finished our exams. I didn't expect it to be available on online platforms now. It's so annoying. I was really looking forward to seeing it in the cinema and experiencing the atmosphere."
"It's okay, there will be other opportunities in the future." If Ning Yanzhao remembered correctly, this movie would be re-released in theaters a few years later.
"real?"
"I guessed..." Ning Yanzhao thought, it would be good to give Jing Yiran a little surprise in the future.
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The two continued walking along the way home. Ning Yanzhao followed the recent plan and took a slightly detour to check out "M Plus" street. However, the street was no different from usual, and it seemed that no clues could be found on the surface. It seemed that the most effective way to stop He Shenmo's matter was to start from the source of "rumors".
When the two arrived at Ning Yanzhao's house, Wen Huiquan had just prepared dinner.
"Auntie, I'm bothering you again."
"Don't say it's bothering me. I was so happy to hear from Yanzhao that you were coming. Hurry up and wash your hands and come eat."
"good."
After washing their hands, Ning Yan and Jing Yiran felt even hungrier when they saw the sumptuous dinner, as if they had never eaten any of those skewers that day.
"By the way, Mom, is Dad going to be out for dinner again today?"
"Um."
"Next time, please don't work overtime so late. It's too tiring. Shining a flashlight on those deep-buried pipes in the dark is not only difficult to see, but it's also bad for your eyes."
“It’s okay, your dad’s eyesight is fine. Once when you were buying something, you were standing far away from your classmate, and your dad could see you clearly.”
"Pfft..." Ning Yanzhao was startled when Wen Huiquan suddenly brought up this matter. She didn't expect that she had dug a hole for herself today.
"What's wrong? Are you alright? I haven't heard about this before. Which classmate was involved?"
"It's nothing, just someone I met when I was in a writing training class, a classmate you don't know." How could An Nianyu not be considered a classmate in a writing training class? To avoid Jing Yiran continuing to ask, Ning Yanzhao could only laugh it off, unaware of Wen Huiquan's silent, smiling expression.
"Oh, I see."
"Let's stop talking and hurry up and eat. After we finish eating, we can watch the movie quickly."
"Yes, you're right. We need to hurry."
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After the family finished dinner, Ning Yanzhao went to wash up first, while Jing Yiran went to her room to use the computer to go online.
When Ning Yanzhao came out after taking a shower, she saw that Jing Yiran seemed to be so sleepy that she fell asleep on the table.
Indeed, today's spring outing was entirely on foot, and Jing Yiran also had to take on the filming task, carrying a rather heavy camera the whole way, so she must have been exhausted.
Ning Yanzhao noticed that Jing Yiran was unconsciously rubbing her arm as she fell asleep with her head on it. She looked over and realized that the window in the room was open for ventilation. The spring night in this city was a bit chilly, so she went over and closed the window.
Ning Yanzhao saw that Jing Yiran had just turned on her computer and was processing the photos and videos taken during today's spring outing. She had to admit that the photos were quite good, capturing everyone's various vivid expressions.
In the last two class group photos, Ning Yanzhao saw An Nianyu standing a few rows behind her. She thought that this was probably the first time she had taken a photo with him in both of her lives. Regardless of whether the photo still existed before she traveled back in time, she had to save it carefully. She took a picture with her phone and saved it to her cloud drive.
Many photos on her old phone were crushed by a car before she could save them. This time, Ning Yanzhao learned her lesson and made sure to back them up to a cloud drive first.
Right, Ning Yanzhao suddenly remembered something and quickly re-downloaded the Penguin App. She wanted to see what An Nianyu had sent her when "she" was hospitalized in a coma after the car accident.
As soon as Ning Yanzhao logged into her Tencent QQ account, she saw many red dots.
Ning Yanzhao, who has obsessive-compulsive disorder, first checked all the red dots on various advertisements before looking at the unread messages. Jing Yiran usually uses WeChat directly with her, so apart from some 999+ messages in the class group, the only contact she can reach is An Nianyu.
An Nianyu's QQ account remains the same black island in Ning Yanzhao's memory. The two haven't spoken since they last accepted each other's friend requests on QQ. After their essay tutoring class, when An Nianyu said he wanted to ask Ning Yanzhao a math question, he was interrupted by a car accident and nothing came of it.
[ANY Island]: Do you still need the math question you said you wanted to ask during the day?
[ANY Island]: How have you been lately? I haven't seen you at school in a long time.
[ANY Island]: Happy New Year! (Mass message)
...
[ANY Island]: I haven't seen you since the start of the semester. Did you really transfer schools?
It turns out that An Nianyu had indeed tried to contact her on Tencent's Penguin platform many times, but she hadn't replied to any of his messages.
Ning Yanzhao originally wanted to send a message, but after typing for a while, she felt that it would seem strange to suddenly send a message now, so she decided not to reply and deleted it word by word.
【ANY Island】: Do you need to contact me?
Ning Yanzhao: "..."
Ning Yanzhao was surprised that An Nianyu suddenly came online, and probably happened to see "The other party is typing...", which made her feel very awkward.
After a brief hesitation, Ning Yanzhao decided to tell the truth.
【YZ】: It's nothing. I just re-downloaded the Penguin App today and checked your message, but I don't know how to reply.
An Nianyu already knew what had happened before, so he had been staring blankly at his QQ chat interface with Ning Yanzhao until he noticed something flashing in his peripheral vision. He realized that Ning Yanzhao had finally come online and he had seen her interface status the whole time.
An Nianyu was afraid that Ning Yanzhao would just log off without saying anything, so he took the initiative this time.
An Nianyu once heard a song told from a male perspective. The general idea expressed by the music video and lyrics is that the male protagonist is troubled by why the female protagonist doesn't reply to his messages. If the female protagonist does reply, he will send all sorts of interesting emojis that he has already prepared, based on what the female protagonist says and the feelings she is trying to express.
However, even halfway through the song, the female lead still hadn't replied to him. The male lead started imagining how sad he would be if he lost her. The song expresses the male lead's longing for the female lead by repeatedly singing the chorus until the very last scene when the female lead finally replied to him. It turned out she had been busy with something important and hadn't had time to reply. The male lead smiled and said to the female lead, "It's okay, we'll see you later." Then the music video ended with the video and the lyrics.
An Nianyu felt like the male protagonist in that song, his emotions fluctuating with the news about Ning Yanzhao. He just didn't know if his story would end happily like the music video. Fortunately, it was all a lie, but that didn't mean the opportunity would come all the time.
【ANY Island】: Actually, as a friend, you can contact me if you're free.
An Nianyu actually wanted more than just to be friends with Ning Yanzhao, but anything else seemed too premature for their academic plans. As things stand now, things are pretty good for the time being. Since she won't transfer schools, there's plenty of time for everything to happen in the future. After all, nothing comes easily.
【YZ】：Okay (sun.jpg), can I ask you directly about anything related to my studies from now on?
Looking at Ning Yanzhao's words, An Nianyu thought that she really loved studying. He was glad that he hadn't said anything "excessive" just now. It is said that young people should not easily limit themselves, but in fact, most people of their age can only have the right to talk about anything in the future if they maintain good grades.
【ANY Island】: Yes, you can ask me any questions about studying.
【YZ】: Thank you (smiling.jpg).
Actually, Ning Yanzhao had more to say just now, but she was afraid of scaring An Nianyu away, and she was also worried about her time-traveling adventures and the possibility of her disappearing at any moment. So she shifted her focus to studying, hoping for a change in the future. At that time, she would definitely, definitely…
"Yan Zhao, what are you laughing at here?"
Jing Yiran woke up without Ning Yanzhao noticing, and seemed to have seen her silly smile.
"there is nothing."
"Really?" Jing Yiran clearly didn't believe it. Ning Yanzhao's expression was completely different from the smile she gave when she saw something beautiful and interesting.
"real."
Let me take a look.
After Jing Yiran finished speaking, she and Ning Yanzhao started playing around, with Jing Yiran trying to "snatch" her phone to see what secrets were inside. However, Ning Yanzhao would never let Jing Yiran know her little scheme, lest she make fun of her later. So the two of them kept chasing each other in the small space of the room, neither of them giving way, until they finally stopped when they were tired of "fighting".
"I'm not fighting anymore, I'm going to take a shower." Jing Yiran was the first to give up the fight.
"Okay, go ahead." Ning Yanzhao was happy to call a truce.
Because the two of them were already tired from their spring outing, and with all the commotion they had just experienced, when Jing Yiran came out after taking a shower, she found Ning Yanzhao already asleep.
"Good night," Jing Yiran whispered to Ning Yanzhao.
"Good night." Unexpectedly, Ning Yanzhao replied in a daze.
"Haha, go to sleep, go to sleep, we'll watch the movie tomorrow."
Perhaps because of the messages An Nianyu sent a few days ago and today, Ning Yanzhao was in a very good mood that day, had a good night's sleep, and woke up feeling refreshed in the morning.
On Saturday, the only day off this week, Ning Yanzhao did her homework and watched a movie. She also "invented" new dishes with Jing Yiran and her mother. The day passed by easily.
After a pleasant Saturday holiday, Sunday is a make-up day to catch up on the lessons missed on the spring outing, so for everyone, it's also the start of a new week.
Today, Ning Yanzhao and Jing Yiran went to school together, a rare sight, as Jing Yiran usually arrives quite late.
However, as soon as the two entered the classroom, they heard a noisy commotion and sensed that the atmosphere was unusual.
Why is the classroom so lively today?
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Author's note: That movie title was made up by me [laughing and crying emoji]
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