Chapter 142
“I wish us all a bright and beautiful future!”
As the celebration came to an end, Jiang Yunu held a glass filled with freshly squeezed juice and asked her to raise it like a toast.
Obviously, there were no alcoholic drinks tonight, but perhaps because there were so many people in the room and the soup pot was steaming, her face was stained with two faint red spots, making the little girl look as if she had been drinking.
"We should be the ones blessing you." Zhou Jinxue leaned slightly to the side, letting the breeze from the window hit Jiang Yunu's face. She was sitting right next to the window.
Unfortunately, the evening breeze in summer is also relatively gentle and cannot refresh people.
Jiang Yunu wore a cheerful smile, the glass swaying gently in her hand. She continued with a smile, "I can wish you all the best, because I have achieved my goal for this stage."
The little girl said generously, "Now I can transfer my blessings to everyone."
Having successfully passed the entrance examination and been admitted to the senior high school within his preferred range, Jiang Yunu couldn't be more satisfied with his current results.
Reiss Daniel was afraid that if she shook it any further, the cup would fall over, so he raised his arm calmly, first stabilized Jiang Yunu's forearm, and then smoothly removed the cup from her hand.
"Don't shake it in your hand if you don't want to drink it," said Resdaniel.
The male teacher's movements and gentle teaching were so natural that Aunt Dai Si, who was not far away, looked at her sideways. At this moment, the red-haired lady suddenly understood more clearly why Jiang Yunu felt that this male teacher was like her "other mother" at school.
...It's really a bit similar.
"My hands are very steady," Jiang Yunu said. "I won't shake the drink out."
Having said that, the little girl did not reach out to pick up the cup again, and was still relatively obedient and honest.
Lucy, who arrived late, sat across from her at the table and teased her, "You've achieved your current goals, so don't you have any new goals after you go to senior school? Don't you need to keep your blessings and continue to work on your next goals?"
Everyone turned their eyes to Jiang Yunu, wanting to see how she would answer.
Jiang Yunu was calm and composed.
"Of course there are goals for the next stage," Jiang Yunu said cheerfully, "but that's already for the next stage. I'll find ways to accomplish it when the next stage begins. There's no need to offer your blessings in advance."
In reality, Jiang Yunu is the kind of person who will find ways to achieve her goals even without the blessing of others. Even without the blessing or approval of others, she is her own number one supporter.
Of course, such words are inappropriate in this context. Everyone here has sincerely and wholeheartedly supported her for a whole year. The white-haired girl can be self-reliant even without support, and when she does have support, she will certainly cherish those who are willing to support her.
"I've achieved my stage goal." Jiang Yunu said obediently, "When the next stage begins, if necessary, I will immediately ask everyone for encouragement."
"Look at that," Mudisa said. "Such confident words—'if necessary'."
The teacher, who had the temperament of a "Mother Earth", spoke with a smile, and obviously did not think there was anything wrong with her students being so confident.
Jiang Yunu boasted: "What if I get very lucky in the future and no one needs to worry about me? I can do everything well."
Aunt Daisy said, "Then it's still hard not to worry about you."
Everyone laughed at once.
No one could say this more convincingly than the guardian himself.
When the celebration was over, Jiang Yunu and Qiao Yisen were responsible for sending the guests back to the street.
Just as Zhou Jinxue walked out of Building 78, she glanced at the building across the street. The senior student brought up the topic everyone had been wondering about: "Is there a vacant unit in the building across the street?"
Xie Shi also said: "Your brother said before that this is your secret base?"
"Hmm."
Jiang Yunu shook her head slightly, as if she had really drunk something that made her tipsy tonight and needed to shake her head in the evening breeze to sober up.
"Would you like to take a look?" she said. "This is where I stayed for a while."
Zhou Jinxue and Xie Shi didn't quite understand the meaning of "stayed for a while". They always thought that Jiang Yunu and the Qiao family mother and son were a family. Although Jiang Yunu's surname was different from Qiao Yisen's, it was normal for a niece and aunt to have different surnames.
Reiss Daniel's eyes flickered slightly, and he seemed to be thinking about something.
Jiang Yunu had previously shown the small building opposite to both Qiao Yisen and Aunt Daisy with such generosity that she truly believed it held nothing back. So when the guests, led by Zhou Jinxue, nodded, and Teacher Mu Disha politely indicated she'd like to see it too if she didn't mind, Jiang Yunu boldly stepped forward and flung open the door to the building opposite.
"Everyone step back a little." Joyson gave the command at the right time.
Young Master Xie didn't understand the necessity of this reminder at first, but soon after, his precious and sensitive nose quickly began to itch in the fine dust blowing in his face.
And sneezed in a very unflattering way: "A-choo!"
Everyone else had retreated out of the dust's reach.
"...Is this a hidden weapon aimed at me?" Young Master Xie asked, covering his nose.
"That's the price you paid for not believing me sooner," Joyson said sharply.
But in a blink of an eye, Shesh was no longer in the mood to argue with the red-haired boy.
Young Master Xie covered his nose and stared blankly at the house with the open door in front of him.
This was even worse than his previous comment that it "didn't look as good as his warehouse". To be honest, Shesh felt from the bottom of his heart that the house in front of him was not worthy of being his garbage recycling site.
It is not only shockingly dilapidated, but also shockingly empty.
"It was in better condition a year ago." Jiang Yunu looked around the interior of the house. She didn't feel embarrassed, but she still felt a little guilty about its appearance. "It's true that it hasn't been taken care of for a long time, so it looks a bit miserable."
“That’s great,” Shesh said.
Jiang Yunu: "Hmm?"
Shesh lowered his hand that was covering his nose. He seemed to want to take a deep breath, but quickly realized that this would easily result in him inhaling a large amount of dust.
"...I was really afraid that you would say to us, 'Look, isn't this house nice?'" Young Master Xie tried to speak as naturally as he usually did in banter and banter.
Jiang Yunu laughed: "I still have this bit of self-awareness."
She spoke in a light tone.
However, the relaxed look of the white-haired girl made the adults even more silent - they were aware that the environmental conditions of the "secret base" were not very good, but she seemed to have stayed here for a while before, so what kind of life did Jiang Yunu live before?
Why?
Several questioning glances turned to Jodaith, and the red-haired lady sighed visibly but silently.
She shrugged her shoulders slightly to indicate that it was a long story.
Several adults did not ask further questions in front of the children.
The children who came to visit happened to be people like Zhou Jinxue and Xie Shi who knew how to "assess the situation", so they didn't say much.
The inspection of Jiang Yunu's "secret base" was very hasty, and the crowd did not even go in for a detailed tour - for a place like this, just standing at the door and taking a look at the exterior and the interior of the first floor is enough to infer the overall situation.
Jiang Yunu briefly introduced the place where she had stayed for a short time. All the teachers, students, relatives and friends tried to be natural and did not show too many strange emotions, but a certain invisible pity for the white-haired girl was rising rapidly.
"You will have a better 'secret base' in the future." Mudisa's palm gently brushed Jiang Yunu's hair. "Teacher said, you know the words of the 'primitive tribal female chief' are always effective."
Jiang Yunu thought about it seriously and said, "If I buy a house in the second largest district, it may still be difficult for me to afford it."
"..." Lu Xixi unceremoniously stretched out her long arm from behind and flicked the little girl on the forehead. "Teacher Shasha was really trying to please you, but you were just messing around with the accounts, you practical money-grubber."
Jiang Yunu laughed “hehe”.
"Forget it." said Reisdaniel.
After visiting the "secret base", Jiang Yunu and Qiao Yisen had already sent the guests back to the intersection of the dilapidated street. In the distance, the headlights of various vehicles were projected from afar on the empty track, like fish eyes lighting up above the night sky of Chat City.
Among the "school of fish" vehicles, several of them swam precisely towards the intersection of the dilapidated street - they were special vehicles coming to pick up the guests and take them home.
Reiss Daniel stood at the intersection, the headlights of the downgoing special car brushed against the ends of his hair, and he looked at Jiang Yunu.
"He's a bit of a money-grubber, so it's better for him to be more practical in his dealings with others," he said. "At least that way, he won't be easily deceived in the second district."
Jiang Yunu felt a contradictory worry from Reiss Daniel - he was the one who thought it would be better for her to move up, but he was also the one who was afraid that she would encounter all kinds of troubles and misfortunes after reaching the front row area.
But no matter whether Mr. Lei’s mentality can be “contradictory and unified”, time continues to move forward.
The celebration ended and soon, summer vacation came to an end.
"Have you grown taller again?" One day at the end of summer vacation, Jodie suddenly said this to the little girl.
She looked Jiang Yunuo from left to right, and raised her hands to gesture at the top of Jiang Yunuo's head and herself.
During this time, Jiang Yunu moved his arms and legs and said, "Are you okay? Is there anything?"
Qiao Daisi measured it manually, and then she told Jiang Yunu with certainty: "Yes."
The red-haired lady's eyes swept over Jiang Yunu's cuffs and trouser legs again: "And the new clothes I bought you before summer vacation have become tight again - don't you feel it yourself?"
Jiang Yunu said honestly: "No."
For me, growing taller during the growth period seems to happen unconsciously. It takes someone around me to suddenly notice the change and come to remind me before I can discover it.
It is not uncommon for children in their growth spurt to grow a lot taller during one summer vacation.
Furthermore, Jiang Yunu preferred loose, casual clothing for her daily life. The clothes she'd bought before summer vacation were so baggy they looked like they were half a size too big. However, after she'd grown a bit taller, the clothes had actually become more fitted. And because the sleeves weren't so short when she raised her arms, or her calves showing when she stretched her legs, Jiang Yunu hadn't immediately noticed the change in her clothes.
"I have to buy you two more sets of clothes," said Aunt Daisy. "Otherwise, I'm afraid that within two months of arriving at your new school, you'll find that all your clothes and pants are nine-tenths or even eight-tenths long."
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