Chapter 51 Long Qi vs. Lin Ersi: Lin Ersi disappears, Boss Xu...
There will always be some impulsive misunderstandings in youth. At your age, you probably can't distinguish between dependence and liking. We don't need to hold a grudge about what happened last time.
The road ahead is long, and you will meet a girl who truly moves you and whom you want to protect for the rest of your life.
Just like me now, I have also found my true love.
When true love arrives, all misfortunes will turn into good fortune. Having Aqing is the happiest and most grateful thing for me.
He and I will be together for a very long time. After we get married, I believe Xingmian will definitely bless me!
I was wrong to hit you last time and the time before that. Sister Ayu sincerely apologizes to you and hopes to get Lin's forgiveness!
—July 12th, Xu Zhiyu
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Above is the orange letter that accidentally fell out of his book while he was in his room.
It was written to him by his older sister on the day of the parent-teacher conference. When he read the latter part, he was furious.
Blessings? Impossible. He doesn't bless her at all. He only loves Xu Zhiyu, and there's no one else now, nor will there ever be anyone else!
He wouldn't let go, he wouldn't let her go to another man!
The day before school started, he opened the game and was surprised to receive a skin as a gift from an older sister, along with her second message:
Master Ah Song!
Thank you for your patient guidance over this period of time. My gaming skills have really improved a lot!
But ever since the last time the five of us played games together, my boyfriend has been very concerned about me playing games with you. I've explained it to him properly, but he's still not entirely at ease.
After all, he's my lover, so I'm sorry, but to put his mind at ease, I can no longer play games with you...
To express my gratitude and apology, I sent you a skin; I hope you understand.
—August 30, Ayu
Lin Xingmian stared blankly at the text on the screen.
Contemplating Qing, contemplating Qing, and contemplating Qing again!
At this moment, his helplessness and disappointment reached their peak.
The boy couldn't understand it no matter what.
Why? Why?
Why does this world have so many rules? Why was I born into the Lin family? Why couldn't I have been born a few years earlier? Why couldn't I have been born in Mushui City?
distinct!
He was clearly the one who fell for her first!
It was clearly him!
He was clearly the one who entered her world first, so why? Why did Chen Siqing have to appear?
He hates people with the surname Shen! He hates Lin Shukai!
How wonderful it would be if I were just a child from an ordinary family.
It's not like he'd kept saying "I like you" to her for so long, only to have someone else beat him to it, and he still couldn't bring himself to tell her.
The boy closed his eyes, and once again, his eyes welled up with tears.
He stood up and slowly walked to the balcony railing, leaning against it. Below was a crystal-clear blue swimming pool. He rested his head on the lace railing and suddenly felt an unprecedented exhaustion.
He was so exhausted that he wished there was the ocean below, so that if he jumped in, no one would know and no one would save him.
My fingers loosened slightly, and the phone slipped from between them.
With a "splash!", he fell into the pool.
He stared blankly down at the splashing water below, watching his own soul struggle within it... until he was completely submerged, the boy didn't utter another word.
What could he do besides watch?
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School has started at No. 1 Middle School.
Hearing that high school students would be reporting for duty on the afternoon of the 31st, Mr. Xu thoroughly cleaned the supermarket that morning.
Especially the wall with the colorful sticky notes, I hadn't paid much attention to it before, but when I cleaned it carefully today, I found that a lot of sticky notes had fallen off, and there were several places where the wall was bare!
Not only that, but many of the stickers have become wrinkled for some unknown reason.
She shrugged and replaced the sticky note with a new one.
Business is naturally good during the back-to-school season. It gets busy, but one person can handle it.
Boss Xu dressed up beautifully today, wearing an ankle-length chiffon slip dress, a mustard green knitted cardigan, and a low bun hairstyle she recently learned on Xiaohongshu. Overall, she looked very ladylike.
She took out a mirror and looked at herself for half an hour, touching up her lip gloss and applying mascara.
Xu's mother was on the night shift today and didn't go to the hotel until 6:40 pm. Since the shop assistant Jingjing had gone back to university, the shop was suddenly short-staffed. Xu's mother was worried that her daughter was too lazy to handle the workload, so she came to the shop to help out when she had free time.
She watched her daughter fiddling with her eyelashes and teased, "You're already so adorable, how much more do you need to apply?"
Xu Zhiyu glanced at her mother, clicked her tongue, turned to another direction, and continued swiping in the light shining in from outside the door.
At noon, there were already regular customers coming and going in the store. Everyone greeted Boss Xu warmly when they came in, and they were used to her doing some new things at the cashier.
After thinking for a moment, Xu's mother tentatively asked, "You're not playing mahjong tonight?"
Ah Yu: "Go ahead and hit them!"
Xu's mother: "Oh? Playing mahjong takes so long? I thought you were going out with Xiao Shen tonight."
Ah Yu looked uncomfortable: "Can't I put on makeup for a long time when playing mahjong? I only put on makeup when I'm in a good mood, it's not like I have to do anything special..."
Aunt Xu: "Oh. By the way, how's your relationship with Xiao Shen lately? I haven't heard you mention him much lately. When you first started dating, you talked about 'Aqing' in almost every other sentence."
Mr. Xu and his mother usually don't stand on ceremony and say whatever comes to mind.
She said, "We had a little argument two weeks ago, but we've made up now. Relationships always have a honeymoon phase and a quiet phase. We're still doing great. We've made plans to go on a trip to Yunnan after school starts, when Qing takes her annual leave."
Xu's mother clapped her hands: "Oh dear, speaking of travel, your dad and I were just talking about going on a summer trip, but it fell through again! His work schedule is inconvenient, and mine is inconvenient too! Sigh, I really envy you young people, you can just pack up and go!"
Ah Yu took her mother's words to heart. She touched up her makeup and put away all her cosmetics.
He said, "Mom, I'm telling you, our supermarket is doing well right now, so we're not too worried about money. You and Dad can each take a few days off, I'll plan the trip, buy the tickets, and we can go! Why worry about so many things? The more you think about it, the less you'll be able to take the first step!"
Xu's Mom: "Okay, okay, winter vacation, then we must go out and play during winter vacation! To Harbin! To go skiing! I saw videos of it looking so fun!"
Xu Zhiyu patted her chest confidently: "No problem, leave it to me."
After chatting with his mother, Mr. Xu, unusually lazy, did not linger in her doghouse or on the second-floor sofa.
Even in the sweltering midday heat, she stood at the shop entrance pacing back and forth, carefully observing the passersby.
Before I knew it, the whole afternoon had passed...
The crowds came and went, and her legs were about to buckle from standing!
Okay! Let's get a small stool out!
Unfortunately, by the time all the students from No. 1 Middle School had left, it was already getting dark.
The person that someone was hoping for didn't come.
He'll come tomorrow, she thought.
But... he didn't come tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or the day after that.
Ms. Xu was somewhat frustrated. She wanted to ask him why he hadn't come, but she had no way to contact him! She regretted that she had refused to add him on WeChat in the first place.
It's because she's confident she'll never think about him.
Or is it because she has no reason to think of him?
Is it okay to say it in my sister's name? Is it okay to say it out of concern? Is it okay to say it out of sympathy, or...?
She didn't know.
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Time flies, and two months have passed since the start of the school year.
Both the locust trees in Huainan Lane and the ginkgo trees in Xingbei Lane have turned completely yellow.
The anxiety of waiting was lessened by the passing customers.
Mr. Xu should now fully understand that he won't be coming tomorrow, and probably never will again.
She felt terrible after coming to this conclusion.
I don't enjoy eating anymore, and I even dream when I sleep.
Her heart was so empty, so very empty, with a huge hole in it!
Her mind was very crowded, filled with all sorts of reasons she had made up for him not to come to the supermarket, which made her head feel very heavy and not relaxed at all!
This isn't even the worst part!
The hardest part is that she doesn't dare tell anyone about these thoughts!
Especially Ah Qing!
She was clearly worried about Xingmian in the name of her older sister, but it seemed that subconsciously, whenever she missed Xingmian, she would feel a strong sense of immorality!
She can't think about Xingmian; that's not fair to Aqing.
A voice in her head told her this.
"Little fish?"
"Huh?" She trembled in surprise.
Shen Siqing entered the room and patted her head: "What's wrong with you lately? Why are you spacing out again?"
Ah Yu shook her head blankly: "No, nothing."
Chen Siqing: "Have you packed your luggage? We're leaving first thing tomorrow morning."
Ah Yu: "I know, everything's packed."
It was an ordinary afternoon. It was already November. The locust trees outside the supermarket were turning yellow, and the roads were covered with patches of autumn-limited carpets, some of which were crisp and some were soft when you stepped on them.
However, Grandpa Meng would clean it up the next morning.
Boss Xu and Shen Siqing are going to Yunnan for a week-long trip tomorrow. This trip is for Xu Zhiyu to fulfill a very important promise.
Do you still remember the promise Boss Xu made to comfort Shen Siqing after he was punched by Lin Xingmian?
[Aqing, I'm sorry you got hurt because of me. Please don't hold a grudge against him. I treat him like a younger brother. His parents are gone, so he relies on me a lot. I'll find another way to make it up to you.]
They have been together for almost half a year, but due to Ah Yu's personal reasons, they have not kissed or made love yet.
Shen Siqing initially tried to persuade and comfort him, but later he got used to it and let things take their course.
When Ayu asked him what compensation he wanted, Shen Siqing naturally said that he wanted to have sex with her.
It's only natural for couples to have desires for intimacy, but given her repeated physical aversions, she discussed it with A-Qing. Perhaps it was because they didn't take kissing seriously enough. If they added a lot of ritual and prepared themselves mentally beforehand, she was sure she could succeed.
That's how the two of them came up with the plan to travel to Yunnan.
That's right, they found an excuse to go out for some alone time and research how to make love successfully.
As Aqing said, it was his first time too, and he had no experience whatsoever.
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Author's Note: The typos in the previous chapter have been corrected. There will be another update later tonight.
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