Chapter 7 Heatstroke
Wen Eryu pretended to take the pen and slowly write his name on the test paper, but his ears were already perked up to eavesdrop on the conversation next to him.
She hadn't expected that Shen Jize and An Xinqing had reached the stage of meeting their parents. Her gossipy heart instantly ignited, and she secretly glanced at the two of them out of the corner of her eye.
Shen Jize still had that icy face, and the pen in his hand never stopped writing, which made An Xinqing, who was standing next to him, feel a little embarrassed.
Everyone in the class looked at An Xinqing. At this moment, Shen Jize finally stopped writing, raised his head, and said calmly, "Well, let's go."
"Wow——" The people around immediately started to cheer.
An Xinqing looked at Wen Eryu with a smug look on her face, her eyes full of provocation.
"My mother even specially cooked your favorite dishes." An Xinqing felt secretly happy.
Every word she said inevitably made others imagine and distort the relationship between the two, even Wen Eryu was no exception.
Shen Jize didn't say anything. He quickly packed his schoolbag and walked out of the classroom on his own.
"Hey, Chen Jize, wait for me." An Xinqing hurriedly caught up.
Wen Eryu turned his head to look at the two figures outside the window, one in front and one behind, and breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s good this way, there is someone by his side in this life.
But when she turned around, the name on the test paper was stained into a black circle by a straight liquid marker.
“…”
*
For several days, Shen Jize did not show up in the classroom. He only saw him on the day of the make-up exam.
Wen Eryu happened to be sitting in front of him.
The test papers were passed from front to back. After Wen Eryu took one, he passed the paper to the back.
Suddenly, she felt a cold touch on her fingertips.
Shen Jize's hand touched hers lightly, but he quickly withdrew it as if nothing had happened.
Wen Eryu immediately straightened his back and leaned his chair forward a little, then picked up the pen and looked at the first question somewhat at a loss.
"Students, the exam bell hasn't rung yet, so you can't pick up your pens now," the invigilator reminded at the podium.
In an instant, the pen in her hand was like a hot potato: "Okay, teacher."
Wen Eryu was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into immediately.
There were three exams on the first day and three exams on the second day.
When the last exam was over, Lin Cheng was already waiting for her at the school gate.
After seeing Wen Eryu coming out, Lin Cheng waved at her and shouted, "I'm here!"
Wen Eryu ran over with her schoolbag on her back: "You've been waiting for a long time."
"No." Lin Cheng shook her head. "Oh, by the way, didn't Shen Jize take the make-up exam with you? Why didn't I see him?"
Wen Eryu paused. Shen Jize handed in the paper halfway through the exam. His face looked a little bad, as if he had something urgent to do.
She said, "He finished his exams a long time ago, so he must be busy with something."
Lin Cheng nodded slowly, and soon she took Wen Eryu's arm and said, "Tomorrow is the weekend, let's go to the amusement park together."
"Is it the newly opened one? But I heard that admission tickets are hard to buy." Wen Eryu said.
Lin Cheng had guessed she would say that, and with a smile she took out two tickets from her schoolbag and waved them in front of Wen Eryu.
"Here, it's nothing."
Wen Eryu's eyes widened. She didn't expect that Lin Cheng actually got the tickets.
She screamed, "Chengcheng, you are so awesome!"
Lin Cheng was so flattered that her face almost flew to the sky: "Then it's a deal, we'll meet at the entrance of the amusement park at 9:30 tomorrow morning."
Wen Eryu held her and jumped a few times on the spot: "Great."
*
It was a cloudless Saturday, so Wen Eryu checked the weather forecast and found that the highest temperature today was 38 degrees Celsius.
She applied several layers of sunscreen in the room, then put on a pair of sunglasses and went out.
When they arrived at the entrance of the amusement park, Wen Eryu did not see Lin Cheng. The scorching sun made her skin sting. Even with sunglasses, she could only squint to see everything around her.
She took out her phone and called Lin Cheng: "Where are you?"
From time to time, the sound of cars could be heard from Lin Cheng's side. "I'm on my way here, but the road ahead is jammed. It seems someone got into an accident over there."
"I see."
Lin Cheng said, "It will probably take another half an hour to get there. You can wait in the snack bar next door for a while."
After Wen Eryu hung up the phone, he looked around for a while and saw only a milk tea shop nearby.
Because today is the weekend, everyone is taking advantage of the holiday to come out and have fun, and the milk tea shop is packed with people. Wen Eryu looked through the glass from outside and found that all the seats were full of people.
Just as she was sighing and worrying about where to wait for Lin Cheng, a voice sounded behind her.
"Chen Jize, I want to drink milk tea." An Xinqing's voice was neither loud nor soft, just reaching Wen Eryu's ears.
When Wen Eryu heard Shen Jize's name, she was stunned and froze in place, not daring to turn around, for fear that the two of them would recognize her.
After a moment, Wen Eryu heard his voice.
"Well, what would you like to drink?" he asked indifferently.
An Xinqing thought for a while and said, "Strawberry milkshake, low in sugar. I'm trying to lose weight recently."
"……Um."
Shen Jize walked straight towards the milk tea shop. When he passed Wen Eryu, he paused and frowned slightly, but he did not stop.
Seeing his receding back, Wen Eryu instantly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she wore sunglasses and tied her hair into a bun when she went out today, which was very different from her usual dressing style. It was normal that Shen Jize could not recognize her.
Wen Eryu was browsing in several gift shops for a while when Lin Cheng called.
"I'm here, I'm here. Where are you?" Lin Cheng said, gasping for breath.
Wen Eryu hurried out of the gift shop, and as expected, saw Lin Cheng at the door.
"Turn your head," she said.
After the two met, Lin Cheng took the ticket and Wen Eryu to the ticket office.
While waiting in line for ticket checking, Wen Eryu asked, "Didn't you want half an hour? How come it only took ten minutes to get here?"
"Oh, stop talking. I borrowed a bicycle from the roadside and sped all the way here."
When Lin Cheng thought about what had just happened, he shook his head tiredly.
Wen Eryu smiled and said, "It's our turn now, let's go."
At this time, Shen Jize, who had just bought a strawberry milkshake from the milk tea shop, came out and looked at the place where Wen Eryu had just stood under the tree for a while.
When he realized that the person had disappeared, he clenched his hands slightly and glanced around.
"What are you looking at?" An Xinqing patted his shoulder.
Shen Jize came back to his senses and shook his head, then handed her the strawberry milkshake in his hand: "Nothing, let's go."
After saying that, he strode towards the ticket office without waiting for An Xinqing.
An Xinqing bit her lip and stomped her feet: "Wait for me!"
She wanted to get angry, but when she thought that the person opposite her was Shen Jize, her anger instantly subsided.
An Xinqing asked her father to sponsor Chen Jize's studies at No. 4 Middle School. This time, it was her family who asked Chen Jize to accompany her to the amusement park. She knew that Chen Jize was not happy to come to such a place, but he agreed for the sake of his elders' face.
An Xinqing likes Chen Jize, but Chen Jize always seems to want to draw a clear line between him and her and her family. Whenever he has free time, he goes out to work part-time to make money. He wants to pay back the tuition her father funded for him as soon as possible.
But how could An Xinqing let him go so easily? She knew that the person Shen Jize liked was Wen Eryu, so she specially found that girl in the snack bar last time.
She was wondering who on earth could make Shen Jize like her for so long, and let him have a secret crush on her with that handsome face.
An Xinqing was jealous to the point of going crazy! Why didn't Shen Jize like her? Why, why, why!
She dressed up specially today and put on light makeup in the hope that Shen Jize would notice her changes, but it was all in vain. His eyes did not stay on her for more than three seconds.
After recovering her composure, An Xinqing followed with a smile on her face again.
*
There was a long queue for every ride in the amusement park.
As soon as Wen Eryu came in, he pulled Lin Cheng towards the roller coaster.
But Lin Cheng's face turned pale, for no other reason than that she was afraid!
Don't be fooled by her usually carefree personality, but in fact she doesn't dare to try those extreme sports and those exciting projects in the amusement park.
"Can I not play?" Lin Cheng said with a wry smile. She didn't want to spoil Wen Eryu's fun, but when she heard the screams of passers-by in the air, she began to back out.
Wen Eryu turned around and asked, "What's wrong? Are you afraid to play?"
Lin Cheng pretended to be calm and said, "How...how is this possible? Who am I, Lin Cheng, to be afraid of something like this?"
Wen Eryu suppressed a laugh: "Okay, we'll sit in the first row later."
"Ah!" Lin Cheng almost cried.
"Okay, I knew you wouldn't dare." Wen Eryu said, "Then just wait for me downstairs."
Lin Cheng nodded.
After waiting in line for half an hour, it was finally Wen Eryu's turn and she sat in the first row.
The roller coaster in this amusement park is famous for being thrilling and "dangerous", but Wen Eryu is not afraid. After riding it once, not only did he feel a little pain in his neck, but he also felt dizzy.
Lin Cheng helped her rest on a chair nearby.
Suddenly, Wen Eryu saw someone walking towards her in a daze.
She shook her head, opened her eyes wide, and her mind instantly became clear.
Shen Jize and An Xinqing stood in front of her and Lin Cheng.
"What a coincidence." An Xinqing spoke first, "I saw you guys just now when we were on the roller coaster. I was a little unsure, but it was Shen Jize who recognized you first. Now that we've met, why don't the four of us play together?"
Wen Eryu and Lin Cheng looked at each other, their eyes full of rich expressions.
Lin Cheng pulled the corner of her mouth and said mercilessly: "That's not necessary. Our weekend time is precious. Just have fun with Shen Jize."
She emphasized the last sentence deliberately.
Wen Eryu originally wanted to agree with a few words, but her head seemed to be getting more and more dizzy, and the people in front of her began to see double. By the time she realized something was wrong, it was too late.
At the last moment before Wen Eryu fainted, it seemed as if someone held her in his arms and shouted her name loudly.
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