Chapter 75
When Chi Jun returned to the lakeside, a group of people were lying or sitting haphazardly, each holding an ice cream and eating it.
Seeing him return, Li Rui, his mouth frozen by the ice cream, greeted him:
"Oh, you're back? I thought you fell into the toilet. I was thinking of buying a chopstick to fish you out."
Chi Jun chuckled, too lazy to pay him any attention.
Unlike the group of lazy and carefree boys, Xu Qingzhou was sitting properly on the step closest to the lake, looking ahead and enjoying the lake breeze.
From behind, she was also holding an ice cream bar with its wrapper removed.
Only when he got closer did Chi Jun realize that the ice cream had melted a bit, and a creamy liquid was dripping down his thumb.
"Hello."
He suddenly called out.
Xu Qingzhou hunched his shoulders and snapped back to reality.
She looked up at Chi Jun.
Chi Jun gestured with his chin toward the ice cream in her hand.
"It's melted."
Xu Qingzhou looked down and quickly used his other hand to unzip his backpack.
However, because she had to be careful not to spill the ice cream liquid on her backpack with her right hand, she couldn't easily open the zipper with one hand. She tried several times but couldn't open it. Chi Jun couldn't bear to see this, so he simply bent down and opened the zipper for her. He quickly rummaged through the tissues and pulled one out to wipe the liquid off her hands.
He didn't wipe very hard, but Xu Qingzhou's hand clearly pulled back slightly, and then he reached out with his other hand and took the paper from his hand.
He looked down at her.
The little girl squinted at him quickly, facing the sunlight, then lowered her eyelashes and mouthed:
I'll do it myself.
Chi Jun had no suspicions. Just then, Li Rui shouted a suggestion, saying that since everyone had been playing together for so long, it was inevitable that everyone's preferences could not be accommodated. So, when we were queuing for the Ferris wheel from 4 to 7 pm, everyone could go their own way and try the rides they wanted to play the most, and we could just meet at the Ferris wheel at 7 pm.
This suggestion was very humane, and everyone raised their hands in agreement.
So, after finishing their ice cream and distributing the dinner bento boxes that Xu Qingzhou had prepared in advance, the group set off again with high spirits.
Chi Jun naturally went with Xu Qingzhou.
He asked Xu Qingzhou what he wanted to play, and Xu Qingzhou thought for a moment and said: "Roller coaster."
When Chi Jun saw the answer, he scoffed:
"You dare to play?"
Xu Qingzhou was a little embarrassed and was about to say, "You play, I'll wait for you downstairs," when Chi Jun grabbed her wrist and led her down another path without giving her a chance to speak.
Xu Qingzhou was forced to follow him.
Where are we going?
Chi Jun: "Carousel."
"..."
Xu Qingzhou recalled the scene from that morning when Chi Jun followed him on the carousel, mingling among a group of children, and being ridiculed by Li Rui and the others.
Xu Qingzhou: [I don't think I really want to play...]
Chi Jun raised an eyebrow:
Unfortunately, I really want to.
"..."
Perhaps wanting to make up for not being able to play enough in the morning, Chi Jun pulled Xu Qingzhou to the carousel and, taking advantage of the fact that there weren't many people around, rode it five times.
Xu Qingzhou followed quietly and had a great time.
After riding the carousel, the two found a bench and sat quietly to have dinner.
The sun was about to set, and the lake was bathed in a layer of orange-red light, rippling gently. The amusement park, which had been bustling and lively all day, seemed to have gained a touch of solemnity and tranquility at this moment.
Perhaps because many tourists had already left, the queues for the attractions that Xu Qingzhou and Chi Jun went to queue for after the meal had been shortened by at least half.
While queuing for the treasure hunt, I even bumped into Li Rui.
Li Rui simply moved a few people to the back and lined up with them, saying mysteriously:
"Hey, guess who I saw while I was riding the bumper cars?"
Before Chi Jun and Xu Qingzhou could answer, he clapped his hands suddenly:
"Xuan Li!"
Xu Qingzhou couldn't help but turn his head to look at Chi Jun.
Chi Jun's face remained expressionless, as if he and Xuan Li had never met in private and were only acquainted through a brief greeting that morning.
He responded with an "oh," a reaction that could be described as indifferent.
Li Rui, however, remained excited:
"It seemed like she had a few words of argument with that guy, and that's when I found out that the red-haired guy wasn't her boyfriend at all!"
Chi Jun found it funny:
"If it's not true, it's not true. Why are you getting so worked up?"
"I'm so excited for you, bro!"
"Isn't this a case of the emperor not being worried but the eunuch being anxious?"
"Heh, so what if I become a eunuch for my brother's marriage? So what? Seriously, bro, Xuanli is a perfect match for you!"
"..."
The two men behind him chatted casually, while Xu Qingzhou remained silent, scrolling through his phone with his head down.
She wasn't sure if it was because she ate too much for dinner, but she felt a tightness in her stomach, which was quite uncomfortable.
It's probably because I ate too much.
She told herself.
*
Overall, treasure hunting seems to be the most popular activity. After finishing one round, the three of them spontaneously went to queue up again.
After the second ride ended, whether we had enough fun or not, it was time to go queue for the Ferris wheel.
The three of them reluctantly set off for the Ferris wheel. From a distance, they saw Wang Shuai and his group sitting cross-legged by the flower bed, engrossed in playing a mobile game.
Seeing them approaching out of the corner of his eye, Wang Shuai shouted, "Damn, they're finally here! I've been waiting forever!"
Li Rui walked over and snatched his phone away:
"Come on, your flowers haven't withered at all, they're in full bloom!"
"Hey! Give it back! This is the crucial moment!"
After a brief struggle, Wang Shuai finally managed to grab the phone, but by then he had lost the game.
Enraged, he kicked Li Rui, but also took the opportunity to put away his phone, saying:
"Then let's go queue up?"
After saying that, he glanced at the huge line ahead and said, "I wonder if we can catch the fireworks at the highest point."
The fireworks show starts promptly at 8:30 pm. It's 7 pm now, so they have an hour and a half to wait. It's possible they'll get their turn.
But regardless of whether it's your turn or not, you should still line up.
When they rejoined the main group and began another long queue, everyone had already learned from experience—they would chat for a while, then take out their phones to play cards or other games, and the time would pass by unnoticed.
Xu Qingzhou didn't play games with them. While waiting, she put on her headphones and focused on doing her English listening practice.
She actively blocked out the excited sounds of boys playing games around her.
After finishing several sets of listening exercises, Xu Qingzhou rubbed his neck and looked up ahead.
As far as the eye could see, there were only about twenty people ahead of me; it should be their turn soon.
She locked her phone and put it in her bag.
When Xu Qingzhou took off his headphones, he heard several boys behind him also quit the game and were chatting about all sorts of things.
As they were chatting, Wang Shuai suddenly said:
"Hey, have you guys heard? There's this weird story about Ferris wheels."
"What?"
"Couples who ride Ferris wheels will definitely break up!"
When he said this, Wang Shuai deliberately lowered his voice and looked very serious.
To everyone's surprise, the response was quite the opposite; a group of men around them burst into laughter.
"Such a good thing? I'll break up with you! Anyway, I'm single."
"Wow, this Ferris wheel is really thoughtful!"
"Let me count how many couples will break up tonight, 1...2...3..."
Xu Qingzhou: "..."
Although her first reaction was that these words were too harsh, to be honest, she didn't believe the claim.
A breakup is simply a matter of feelings fading or incompatibility; how could it have anything to do with a Ferris wheel?
Chi Jun seemed to think so too.
Because the next second he jokingly asked Wang Shuai:
"Have you tried it?"
Unexpectedly, Wang Shuai immediately straightened his face upon hearing this: "How could I talk nonsense if I haven't tried it?"
Everyone: "..."
Is there actually someone who has come forward to give their own account?
So for the next five minutes, Wang Shuai began to ramble on and on about a series of strange things that happened after he and his ex-girlfriend rode the Ferris wheel. He talked about how he was easily angered by trivial things, how he could fall over while riding an electric scooter with his girlfriend, and so on. In short, they broke up in a daze.
The crowd listened in stunned silence, half believing and half disbelieving.
After all, if we're talking about trust, their breakup was definitely due to these little details; details are what ultimately destroy love.
But if you don't believe it, the little things Wang Shuai mentioned really weren't enough to make them angry. Why were they so angry back then?
However, Wang Shuai finally reassured everyone:
"But don't worry too much. There's another saying—if you kiss for five seconds when the Ferris wheel reaches its highest point, you won't break up. So you can still bring your girlfriends here without worry."
"Hehe, you do need a girlfriend."
"that is……"
Amidst a chorus of self-deprecating laughter, it was finally their turn in the queue.
Perhaps because Chi Jun was playing on his phone and didn't respond while they were talking, and Xu Qingzhou was standing in front of him without saying a word, the staff mistakenly thought they were a couple.
So when one of the Ferris wheel cabins slowly rolled to the ground, a staff member reached out and gently pushed Chi Jun, pointing to the cabin and saying to the two of them, "This one, hurry up and get on."
When Xu Qingzhou and Chi Jun boarded that cabin together, they could still hear Wang Shuai shouting behind them:
"Why are there four of us in one cabin? Sister, I want a cabin all to myself."
However, he was rejected in an instant: "No."
Xu Qingzhou couldn't help but chuckle.
After she and Chi Jun entered the cabin, another staff member immediately closed the cabin door.
Xu Qingzhou sat on this side, and Chi Jun sat on the other side.
As the cabin slowly rose once more, the entire amusement park gradually came into view: the fairytale castle shimmering with lights, the well-arranged streetlights, and the lake shimmering under the moonlight...
Under the cover of night, a dazzling light shone through, like a meticulously painted picture, dreamlike and romantic.
As the cabin ascended higher and higher, the air inside became increasingly quiet.
For some reason, even though Xu Qingzhou and Chi Jun were usually alone in the small rented room, the atmosphere was becoming increasingly strange at this moment.
She was so confused that she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet.
Xuan Li's beautiful face involuntarily flashed into her mind.
This feeling seems to have started when I saw Chi Jun and Xuan Li talking alone by the flower bed in the afternoon. At other times, when there were other people with them, the feeling was not very obvious.
At this moment, the strange feeling became even more pronounced when she was alone in a cabin with Chi Jun.
Xu Qingzhou unconsciously picked at the seat with his fingertips.
But what does it matter to her who Chi Jun is with or who he is talking to?
She has no right to interfere.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingzhou felt even more bitter and heavy-hearted.
Just then, through the glass, I heard a dull "bang".
Xu Qingzhou looked up.
Fireworks!
Like a light illuminating the darkness, this beam of light was like a lifeline, pulling Xu Qingzhou out of the oppressive stillness.
She quickly got up and ran to the glass, gripping it with both hands and eagerly watching the fireworks outside.
She tried to extract a sense of security from this feigned "focus".
But less than five seconds later, she noticed out of the corner of her eye that Chi Jun had also stood up.
Xu Qingzhou's heart skipped a beat. She could clearly feel Chi Jun approaching her step by step. Finally, he stood behind her, leaned forward slightly, and followed her gaze to watch the fireworks together.
Their heads were so close that Xu Qingzhou could clearly feel the temperature of Chi Jun's skin.
Her heart suddenly started racing, and she unconsciously slowed her breathing, afraid to move.
The fireworks kept appearing in my eyes, but they couldn't be remembered.
Xu Qingzhou felt his fingers, which were resting on the glass, become a little stiff.
Just as I was hesitating about whether to find an opportunity to break out of this position, a magnetic voice suddenly came to my ear.
Is it pretty?
Chi Jun's warm breath gently landed on his face and neck, as if it could penetrate his skin, densely spreading into his body and enveloping his beating heart.
Xu Qingzhou's eyelashes trembled violently.
She didn't dare turn around, but braced herself and nodded slightly.
"Zhouzhou."
Chi Jun suddenly called out to her, "Look at me."
Xu Qingzhou was puzzled, but she still slowly turned her head inch by inch, mustered her courage, and raised her eyelids to look at him.
But the next second, she clearly felt a warm hand supporting the back of her head. Without saying a word, Chi Jun lowered his head and kissed her lips.
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