Chapter 33: The girlish thoughts that Qingmei would harbor when she was seventeen years old...
After returning to the classroom, Wen Xin quietly handed her a note and asked him what was wrong with Zhou Suiye recently and why he didn't play with her anymore.
Bo Xia didn't explain in detail. She didn't know whether she should share this secret or not. She just said that something happened in his family. Wen Xin was also a person who knew her limits. After getting this answer, she didn't try to get to the bottom of it. She just occasionally expressed her concern for Zhou Suiye.
As for the person who received the concern, he naturally felt like he had seen a ghost.
For a long time, Zhou Suiye actually found it difficult to let go. He just covered up the scars and pretended nothing had happened.
He even had time to inquire about Jin Yunyan's love life. The latter looked bored and asked him who he had accepted the favor from. He vaguely said it was one of Jin Yunyan's suitors. Jin Yunyan walked forward and said: "Then I will give you double."
“It’s not about the money.”
The young man paused, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "What's the question? Do you prefer the feeling of betraying your brothers to the money?"
"Am I that kind of person?"
The answer given by Jin Yunyan's expression is self-evident.
He walked quickly ahead with his long legs. Zhou Suiye jumped over and grabbed his schoolbag, leaning on him and asking if he could come over to help with their studies this weekend. Jin Yunyan said helplessly, "Okay."
The two of them gathered together to chat, and Zhou Suiye shamelessly said, "Why don't we go to your house? I can have a meal there then."
Jin Yunyan was not a stingy person, so he said "hmm".
It wasn't the first time Zhou Suiye went to Jin Yunyan's house, but it was the first time for Bo Xia and Wen Xin. Even though Wen Xin came from a well-off family, she was still surprised by the almost magnificent decoration of his house.
Bo Xia's mood was even more complicated. He felt the gap between them, but also felt closer to him. In the end, he simply began to study the architectural features of his house.
"Sit wherever you like."
After Jin Yunyan finished speaking, the nanny at home cut up some fruit and served it to them, along with snacks and milk. The nanny seemed very enthusiastic and wanted to take out all the edible things in the house. Jin Yunyan smiled helplessly: "Auntie Chen, that's enough. They can't eat that much."
Wen Xin raised her hand: "I can."
Auntie stood aside and laughed awkwardly: "Isn't that the first time I saw you bringing friends home? I thought you didn't have many friends at school."
"He's...very popular in school." Bo Xia's cheeks turned pink.
"Yeah," Wen Xin propped up her cheeks and ate snacks unceremoniously, "If I were to sell his contact information, I would have become rich by now."
After studying as usual, hot meals were already on the table.
Because there were guests, the dishes were a little more sumptuous than usual. Wen Xin was a little surprised: "You usually eat so well, no wonder you're so tall."
The emotional value given by several people was very high, and they kept telling the aunt that the food was delicious.
Jin Yunyan, on the other hand, ate very politely, probably because he was at home. He looked more relaxed. After a while, he slowly put down his chopsticks, sat there and watched them quietly.
The phone in the living room suddenly rang. Auntie answered the phone and told Jin Yunyan: "It's your sister Qinghe."
"Just say I'm not here."
After hearing this, the aunt said, "Your brother Yan said he's not here."
The others were dumbfounded when they heard this. These two people really dared to say it and do it.
After the call ended, my aunt said accusingly, "Look at you. She came all the way from Beijing to see you a while ago and asked you to take her out for fun, but you refused. Now you're not even answering my calls."
"Aunt Chen, it's my fault," Jin Yunyan admitted calmly, but he showed no intention of changing his mind. "But you also know that I'm usually very busy and don't have time to accompany him."
Others might believe it, but Zhou Suiye didn't believe it at all.
Although he usually has a lot of competitions and exams, he doesn't have the energy to spare even this little time. It's obvious that he just doesn't want to care about it.
Bo Xia put down her chopsticks, and something flashed through her mind, and she suddenly understood something. She thought of the girl next to Jin Yunyan last time. Could it be...
"Auntie, who is that Qinghe sister? Is she Jin Yunyan's friend?" Wen Xin probably guessed something and helped her ask the question in her heart.
Aunt Chen smiled and said, "Oh, it's the child of a family friend of the Jin family, the same age as Ah Yan. This child has been clinging to Ah Yan since he was young, but our Ah Yan has a cold personality and is difficult to get along with..."
She said some more things, which made Bo Xia even more certain that the girl she saw last time was the same one. It turned out that Song Qinghe came to Nan'an to play that day, and Jin Yunyan probably thought that the other party came from afar, so out of courtesy he took her out for a walk.
The two have known each other for many years, so naturally they look very familiar.
Bo Xia's heart knot was untied, and her steps became much lighter when she left Jin Yunyan's house. She opened the milk Aunt Chen gave her before leaving and took a sip. Wen Xin, who was standing next to her, nudged her arm and said, "Are you happy?"
Zhou Suiye on the other side raised his hand and rested it on his arm: "Isn't it? Knowing that Ah Yan doesn't have a girlfriend, someone is happy again."
She was originally just in a much better mood, but she felt a little embarrassed after what these two people said.
The Japanese cherry blossoms on the roadside had fallen petals to the ground due to the ravages of rain, and green buds had already grown on the treetops. Bo Xia suddenly didn't understand why she was so happy. Even so, she would not be the one standing next to him.
What's more, people like him are the gentlest but also the cruelest. When they know that others like him, they will stay away from them even more. Even Aunt Chen said that he has a cold personality and few friends.
Why should she be the exception?
Secret love is such a chaotic thing. She was so worried about losing everything that she even started to feel bad for the girl. If he knew one day that she liked him, would he also keep his distance from her like this?
She looked at the green plums growing on the roadside and always felt that her secret love was not over yet, but it seemed to be over.
…
Before they knew it, the college entrance examination was approaching. I don’t know if it was influenced by the senior high school students, but this group of sophomores were inexplicably surrounded by an atmosphere of separation and learning.
When returning to the classroom from the playground, Bo Xia couldn't help but sigh that the third year of high school was about to begin. For them, the third year of high school was like a flood and a beast, but also like a battlefield where they had to fight alone in the final sprint.
Wen Xin wasn't worried about any of this at all: "We'll just have to deal with it. The worst that can happen is we'll just have to do a few more papers. Now we might as well think about how we're going to have fun during the holidays."
During the college entrance examination, the school will inspect the examination rooms, and their second-year high school students will have a few days off.
Wen Xin added, "And I heard that the school will invite a band to hold a music festival at the end of this month. Doesn't that make things easier?"
Even Bo Xia, who was obsessed with studying, felt a little enlightened after hearing the news. After all, studying had been too boring during this period, and now he had a chance to relax.
After this music festival, it won’t be too late for them to prepare for their senior year of high school.
Bo Xia smiled and high-fived Wen Xin, and the two of them walked briskly back to the classroom.
The news spread quickly throughout the class, and everyone was enthusiastic about this non-study group activity. However, it was the rainy season recently, and the water was flooding, so almost all the students were praying that it would not rain.
Everyone's expression was as pious as when they usually prayed that it would rain during physical education class and morning exercises so they could go back to the classroom to rest.
After a period of hard study, Lao Futou finally stood on the podium. He coughed and shook his cup, which was half full of tea leaves. "Let me tell you something. Isn't the school going to have a music festival on Friday? When that time comes..."
The rest of the words were drowned out by the cheers from the audience before they were even uttered.
“Quiet… Quiet…”
The usually dignified Fu Qiangmin suddenly became a decoration. Because the students in the audience were too excited, no one listened to him for a while. Until he looked at everyone coldly for a few seconds, the classroom immediately fell silent.
"Have you forgotten what grade you're in? You still think you're freshmen who can have fun as much as you want. Your third year is almost here, so you're really not in a hurry," the homeroom teacher said, using his usual cold shoulder to dampen the students' enthusiasm. He then added, "But everyone, relax for this music festival. After you relax, you have to focus on your studies, okay?"
"knew--"
To prepare for the music festival, Bo Xia went with Wen Xin to buy some snacks. On the day of the festival, Wen Xin even secretly brought her camera with her. Fortunately, the weather was kind to them. Although it wasn't sunny, there was no sign of rain either.
Before going to the playground, Wen Xin saw Meng Roujin still carrying the test paper, so she quickly held down her schoolbag and said in an exaggerated tone, "Hey, you demon, how dare you bring such an evil thing to the playground."
Bo Xia echoed: "That's too much."
Meng Roujin admitted defeat and put the test paper away: "I won't take it with me, okay."
Several girls walked to the playground holding each other's arms. After finding their class seats, Bo Xia saw Jin Yunyan at a glance. Before she could react, Wen Xin quickly pulled her over and let her sit in front of Jin Yunyan.
Even though she knew his eyes were not on her, she still felt nervous about being watched. Moreover, the music festival had not yet started, the stage was still being set up, and the dazzling lights fell down, shining on them.
She couldn't relax, her cheek suddenly felt cold, and when she reached out, she found a cup of milk tea. Zhou Suiye sat down and gave each of them a cup.
The girl sitting on the other side was joking with Zhou Suiye, asking why he didn't buy her a cup. She originally just laughed it off, but when Jin Yunyan heard that, she handed over the cup in her hand.
The girl was flattered: "Thank you."
Bo Xia didn't know that he had given these things away because he didn't like them, just like the bottle of milk he had given her. She just felt sour and envious. Even if it was the same milk tea, she still wished she could have the one he gave her.
It was a very strange and awkward thought, something that only a seventeen-year-old girl would have.
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