Chapter 16: Can’t Go to and from School Together [VIP]
When I was thirteen, I sowed the seeds of my dream, hoping that it would blossom and bear fruit.
——"Zhen Hao Diary"
"Yunyun, don't scare me." Zhou Chunrui was frightened by Yan Yunshu's serious expression. "Is the news really that bad?"
When she made that exaggerated expression, Yan Yunshu actually relaxed a little: "It's not that bad actually, it's just... it's just..."
She didn't know how to say it for a moment.
"Yunyun, if you keep me in suspense, you'll have to pinch my Ren Zhong point later." Zhou Chunrui was almost dying of anxiety.
"Yunyun, just speak directly," Zhen Hao tried to appease Yan Yunshu. "If there's anything, we can figure it out together. Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang."
Yan Yunshu took a deep breath and then continued, "I broke my appointment this afternoon. First of all, I'm very sorry for keeping you waiting and worrying. I didn't mean to break the appointment. My dad drove me to school, and he said... he said..."
"Yunyun, if you keep talking like that I will strangle you to death, then go and turn yourself in." Zhou Chunrui was very anxious.
Zhen Hao: “…”
Zhou Chunrui always had this knack for lightening a tense atmosphere. Yan Yunshu's frayed nerves relaxed considerably at her joke, and the words he'd been struggling to express came out naturally: "My dad has booked a car for me with Uncle Zhang, so we can't go to and from school together anymore."
Uncle Zhang is a sports car driver in town. He mainly undertakes some pick-up and drop-off services, including but not limited to delivering goods and picking up people. Recently, he contracted a job to pick up children from nearby families and drop them off at school.
I pick up my child from No. 3 Middle School every Friday and send him to school on Sunday afternoon. The cost is 150 yuan per month.
This is a huge sum of money for Zhen Hao's family. Her monthly living expenses are less than 100 yuan, so she naturally has no chance to ride in Uncle Zhang's car.
"My dad thinks it's unsafe for me to ride a bicycle to and from school, so..." Yan Yunshu actually wanted to resist, but Yan Shi always kept his word, and she knew what the result would be without even trying.
"Oh, I thought it was a big deal." Zhou Chunrui waved his hand, "Yunyun, we just can't go to and from school together, it's not like we'll never see each other again. Don't take it so seriously."
"But we agreed to be together..." Yan Yunshu is a typical person with a strong sense of morals. She would blame herself terribly just for not doing what she said.
"Yunyun, no matter what happens to us in the future, our hearts are together." Zhou Chunrui, who has always been carefree, rarely said such a pretentious word.
She felt a little embarrassed after she finished speaking: "Well, anyway, this is not a big deal here, right?"
Zhen Hao nodded in agreement: "What Rui Rui said is what I want to say."
With their comfort, Yan Yunshu finally broke free from the depressed mood during the day, and the atmosphere between the three of them returned to the previous relaxed and laughing atmosphere.
At the end of the conversation, Zhen Hao suddenly remembered something: "Oh, I'm afraid I can't eat fried white rice cake with you guys tomorrow night."
"Are those annoying girls bothering you again?" Zhou Chunrui looked at Zhen Hao nervously.
It shouldn't have happened, but it's not ruled out that one of them said something to Zhen Hao when she was not paying attention.
"No, it's none of their business." Zhen Hao was amused by her reaction. "How about we have fried white rice cake for lunch tomorrow? I want you to accompany me to two places tomorrow."
Zhou Chunrui naturally agreed with both hands: "Okay, okay, I have no objection."
"That's fine with me too." Yan Yunshu followed.
"But why two places?" Zhou Chunrui asked puzzledly, "Besides going to Mr. Qiu's place, where else should we go?"
Zhen Hao said mysteriously, "You'll know tomorrow."
"You stinky bastard, you know I'm curious, but you still treat me like this!" Zhou Chunrui said as he reached out and gently pinched Zhen Hao's neck, "I really want to strangle you to death, and then turn myself in. I'm going to do what I say, I'm telling you..."
Zhen Hao teased her: "You mean what you say? You better get up on time tomorrow before you say that."
"Ahhh! Yunyun, look at her!" Zhou Chunrui grabbed Yan Yunshu and cried, "She bullies me so much."
The three girls unknowingly deepened their friendship while playing around, as evidenced by the bright moon in the sky.
Although the love letter incident has come to an end for the time being, the prejudice in people's hearts is as huge as a mountain. There are still many people spreading rumors that Zhen Hao has a crush on Shi Hangyu, and they think that she is overestimating herself by liking one of the most popular boys in the grade.
Only Zhen Hao knew in her heart that it was not a rumor. She really liked Shi Hangyu, and she felt a little secretly happy that her name would appear together with his from time to time and be discussed.
This secret joy is indescribable, both intoxicating and terrifying.
After all, stolen things are never yours, and the same goes for happiness.
This caused her to be even more hesitant to approach Master Hangyu directly than usual, and she always avoided him.
Because of this matter, he has been feeling uneasy and avoiding her intentionally or unintentionally.
In this way, the chances of hitting 100 in two lessons are very slim.
During Chinese class,.
The teacher was talking about the use of grammar at the podium, and Zhen Hao was wondering in his mind whether the boy really liked Yu Ling as others said.
"My deskmate—"
She wanders
"My deskmate—" the man called her again.
Only then did Zhen Hao come to his senses.
It was Yu Ling calling her.
"What's wrong?" Zhen Hao felt a little guilty when he was suddenly called by one of the main people.
"Do you want to go to the bathroom together?" Yu Ling looked at her with her eyes curved and a harmless smile on her face.
Hearing this, Zhen Hao looked up at the podium.
The head teacher has long disappeared.
It turns out that the get out of class is over.
"Okay." Zhen Hao did not refuse Yu Ling's invitation.
After they left the classroom, Zhou Chunrui imitated Yu Ling's tone and said to Yan Yunshu, "Classmate, do you want to go to the bathroom together?"
The voice was coquettish but also deliberately intimate.
Yan Yunshu rubbed his arms uncomfortably and asked seriously, "Rui Rui, can we discuss something?"
Zhou Chunrui had no doubts: "Please tell me."
"Can you please not speak to me in such a pinched voice? I feel uncomfortable..." Yan Yunshu expressed his feelings without any hesitation.
Zhou Chunrui: “…”
She found that she had a tendency to be violent recently, because she not only wanted to strangle Zhen Hao, but also Yan Yunshu.
"Yunyun, you don't love me anymore." Finally, Zhou Chunrui started to act like a spoiled child, "It's rare for me to act like a spoiled child, and you actually said that to me. I'm so sad..."
Yan Yunshu: “…”
On the way to the restroom, Yu Ling casually brought up someone: "Okay, what do you think of Song Jing?"
"Song Jing?" Zhen Hao was a little surprised that she suddenly mentioned this person. "I'm not familiar with him, so it's hard for me to comment on him."
This is the truth.
She was indeed not familiar with Song Jing.
"Oh, I see." Yu Ling replied pretending to be indifferent.
"What's wrong? Why are you talking about him suddenly?" Zhen Hao asked, following the topic.
"Nothing." Yu Ling showed her signature gentle smile again, "Just chatting casually."
Yu Ling, who was just chatting casually, was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to make Zhen Hao sad.
Zhen Hao, on the other hand, had no idea what Yu Ling was thinking and still treated her as the kind and beautiful classmate she was.
As soon as school was over in the morning, Zhou Chunrui couldn't wait to ask Zhen Hao, "Okay, where do you want us to go with you? Tell me quickly."
She had endured it all night and all morning, and her curiosity had reached its peak.
Zhen Hao took out an envelope somewhat embarrassedly and said solemnly, "Go to the post office."
She didn't tell anyone about this, including Zhou Chunrui and Yan Yunshu, who still didn't know what she was going to do specifically.
When Yan Yunshu saw the recipient on the envelope, he was a little surprised but also felt it made sense.
Zhou Chunrui, on the other hand, widened his eyes slightly and read out directly: "Yilin Magazine?"
"Shh, keep your voice down." Zhen Hao hurriedly pulled Zhou Chunrui's school uniform sleeve. "I want to try, but I don't know what the result will be."
This magazine was the nation's top-selling publication, especially popular among middle school students. The moment Zhen Hao saw it was holding an essay contest, she decided to enter.
No matter what the result is, she wants to give herself a chance to try.
"Okay, you can do it. I support you!" Zhou Chunrui's eyes lit up when he realized what was happening. "When you become a great writer in the future, I can proudly tell everyone that I have a writer friend. It will definitely be a hundred times better!"
"We've only just started now?" Zhen Hao was extremely helpless. "You're already dreaming."
"You should always have dreams. What if they come true?" Zhou Chunrui didn't care. "Anyway, I believe in you."
The post office was just 500 meters away from the school, and they arrived there quickly.
Zhen Hao reverently and carefully dropped the envelope into the mailbox, then stood there for a few seconds before slowly exhaling, "Alright, my dream was successfully delivered."
"To celebrate taking the first step towards my dream, let's go eat fried white rice cake. I'll treat you!" Zhou Chunrui said generously.
Zhen Hao disagreed: "We agreed to treat you."
"Oh, what's our relationship? Don't worry about these details." Zhou Chunrui smiled and narrowed his eyes. "At worst, you can treat me next time. Anyway, today is my treat."
"Stop arguing, I'll treat you today." Yan Yunshu intervened.
"How about this, we take turns." Zhou Chunrui quickly came up with a brilliant idea. "I'll treat on Mondays and Wednesdays, Yunyun treats on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Haohao's turn on Friday. Today is Monday, so it's my turn. What do you think? Am I super smart?"
When Zhen Hao heard this, he disagreed even more: "Why do I only get one day?"
Zhou Chunrui gave a very reasonable reason: "Because you always eat the least, so we decided happily."
Yan Yunshu smiled and nodded: "I agree."
Zhen Hao: “…”
She felt like something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
While they were arguing about who should pay, Yu Ling invited Ouyang Yamei and her sister and Lou Zhixia out to dinner.
When they were all growing taller, four girls ordered a large table of dishes, which startled the waiter so much that he carefully repeated, "It is recommended that each person have one dish to avoid waste."
Ouyang Yaya waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, it won't be wasted."
The waiter then placed the order with confidence.
After they sat down, they all took out their cell phones.
Lou Zhixia’s cell phone was newly bought, one for her and one for her sister.
With Lou's father's income level, it is absolutely impossible for him to afford two mobile phones at once, so Lou Zhixia knew without asking that they must have been given by that uncle.
Whenever her friends asked her about it, she would always answer like this: "It was bought by an uncle who is in business."
"Lingzi, Lingzi!" Ouyang Yamei suddenly said excitedly, "According to reliable information, Song Jing will return to school this afternoon!"
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