Chapter 144: Lessons of Growth
Cen Nian didn’t know what Jin Siyang and Jin Jingming talked about. She only knew that he was out for nearly an hour and hugged her for a long time when he came back.
It lasted so long that Cen Nian felt her legs go numb. When she tried to stand up, she suddenly fell on him. Her hands were stuck in an awkward position. When she met Jin Siyang's half-smile, she murmured awkwardly, "My legs are numb."
"Well, I thought you were hinting at something." Jin Siyang said in a very light voice.
Cen Nian was too lazy to chat with him. Jin Siyang's hand pinched her waist, reached in through her clothes, and gently stroked the soft flesh on her waist. Cen Nian was very ticklish at first. In the beginning, she quickly dodged when Jin Siyang's hand touched her, but now, perhaps she was used to it, and only some tingling sensation was left.
"By the way, we are going to have dinner with Song Ze tomorrow."
Jin Siyang narrowed his eyes, his expression as if he was wondering who Song Ze was. Cen Nian thought he had forgotten: "You don't remember? We were high school classmates. That shouldn't be the case. You have a pretty good brain, don't you?"
"I remember, of course I remember." Jin Siyang responded.
I've been jealous of Song Ze a lot, how could I not remember it?
Song Ze has been eating fish and chips and white rice for the past few months, and he looks even thinner.
He was dressed very coolly, with a silver necklace around his neck, and was sitting with his legs crossed while waiting for someone.
When Cen Nian arrived, he put down his phone: "Little Niannian! Here!" He smiled brightly, like the sun. When he saw Jin Siyang, his smile became a little lighter than before: "Brother, you are here too."
Song Ze put his arm around Jin Siyang's shoulders, and the two of them greeted each other in a friendly manner. Cen Nian and Jin Siyang sat across from Song Ze, and Song Ze handed the menu to Cen Nian: "Xiao Niannian, order whatever you want. I'm hosting today, so don't fight over it!"
"Song Ze, how have you been recently? Why do I feel like you've lost weight?" Cen Nian asked curiously.
"Oh, the food here is really not tasty. You know my cooking is even worse."
"Puff!" Cen Nian couldn't help laughing. She took out two gift boxes and said, "This is the gift Yaoyao and I brought for you."
Song Ze accepted it generously: "You two have a conscience. I thought you had forgotten me."
"How could that be! We are best friends, sisters, okay?"
"Sisters???" Song Ze sighed: "I'm a handsome prince, okay?"
"Yes, yes, you are the prince." Cen Nian followed his words.
They talked about recent events, and Song Ze talked a lot. This was always the way he and Cen Nian got along. He would share everything in detail, and then Cen Nian would listen carefully and finally respond to him.
Jin Siyang took a sip of coffee and felt like he couldn't put anything into his mouth.
Song Ze said as he took a big sip of juice: "By the way, when I first came to England, I ran into Cheng Yiwen. What a coincidence."
Cheng Yiwen later entered the Department of Literature at Peking University as the first in the liberal arts class.
Cen Nian didn't have much interaction with her. They would occasionally nod and say hello when they met at school, and that was all.
"Did she also participate in the exchange program?" Cen Nian asked curiously.
"She came here for a trip. I also saw her boyfriend. I heard he's from the Computer Science Department of Tsinghua University. He's quite good-looking. Of course, I should be more handsome." Song Zeru was as confident as he was back then, and hasn't changed at all.
"Song Ze, you are so confident." Cen Nian praised.
She truly admired Song Ze's self-confidence and longed for his qualities. A person with sufficient self-confidence can face all situations in life with ease.
Song Ze's mouth twitched slightly: "I don't think you are really praising me."
"I'm sincere!" Cen Nian explained seriously, afraid that he wouldn't believe her. She then asked curiously, "Are you in a relationship?"
Song Ze's hand holding the cup suddenly paused, and he glanced in another direction: "Oh, this can't be rushed."
His tone was a little lower than before, but Cen Nian didn't hear anything wrong: "Just be good, all of you."
Because of their conversation, they spent nearly three hours eating. When they were leaving, Song Ze took out the gift he had prepared, "Xiao Niannian, this is for you. This is for Zhu Zhiyao."
"I heard you're getting engaged? Consider this my early engagement gift to you."
Cen Nian was stunned for several seconds: "Aren't you going back to Beijing during the summer vacation?"
"No, I'm planning to travel around the world to see sights I've never seen before. I'm afraid I won't be able to make it to your engagement party." Song Ze changed his usual playful demeanor and became more serious. "We're good friends, so of course I have to personally deliver the engagement gift to you. Little Niannian, I still say, I wish you happiness!"
Cen Nian held the gift box, feeling touched: "Thank you, Song Ze."
"You won't be moved to tears, will you?" Song Ze put his hands in his pockets, leaned over slightly to look at her, with a bright smile on his face: "Okay, I'm going back. Goodbye, Xiao Niannian."
"goodbye."
Cen Nian looked at Song Ze's back as he left. He walked away in a very elegant manner. When they were some distance apart, Song Ze raised his hand and made a goodbye gesture.
Cen Nian always thinks of the days in their senior year of high school when they worked hard together and encouraged each other.
Seeing her progress, Song Ze and Zhu Zhiyao would praise her sincerely and generously, giving her enough emotional value.
During her senior year of high school, Cen Nian didn't have time to eat breakfast several times. She only wanted to study more. Later, Song Ze found out. He kept a close eye on Cen Nian every morning to see if she had eaten breakfast. After making sure that she had forgotten to buy breakfast again, Song Ze would always "scold" her while taking out the extra breakfast he had bought.
In their senior year of high school, there was no "Calling for the Top" ceremony. Song Ze was always bold and informal. On the eve of the college entrance examination, after the last evening self-study get out of class, Song Ze shouted towards the teaching building: "Good luck in the college entrance examination!"
Within two minutes, the entire teaching building was in an uproar. Seeing him laughing so freely, Cen Nian sincerely admired his courage.
Song Ze said to her, "Xiao Niannian, good luck on the college entrance examination. I wish you get what you want."
They have been through a lot, but these little daily events have always been imprinted in Cen Nian's mind and cannot be erased.
Separation is a lesson of growth, an inevitable existence in life, and also the subject that Cen Nian dislikes the most.
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