He cares about the process
When Jiang Jingshu arrived at the classroom after the monthly break and was packing her things for training, all eyes were on her.
After all, a big news story broke at school: the ex-boyfriend beat up the current boyfriend for love, and not many people could resist gossiping.
For example, right now, everyone's eyes are wandering between Jiang Jingshu and Sun Huai.
Everyone wants to know what will happen next.
Sun Huai seemed to notice the gazes around him. His face was still a little swollen, and he couldn't stand so many eyes staring at him. He grabbed Jiang Jingshu's arm fiercely, trying to pull her out of the classroom, but Jiang Jingshu quickly shook him off. "Still looking for trouble? Haven't you had enough of being hit?"
In class, to save his pitiful self-esteem, Sun Huai took the lead and walked out of the classroom, saying to Jiang Jingshu, "If you don't mind being embarrassed, come outside with me to talk."
Jiang Jingshu smiled and said, "Who's really the one who's embarrassed?" Although Jiang Jingshu said that, she still saved some face for Sun Huai and left the classroom with Jiang Jingshu.
The two went to a less crowded place, and Sun Huai crossed his arms and looked at Jiang Jingshu, "Jiang Jingshu, is this man really your ex-boyfriend?"
“No,” Jiang Jingshu said.
"Damn it, why did he beat me up the moment he saw me, Jiang Jingshu? Aren't you going to give me an explanation?" Sun Huai pointed to the wound on his face. "With so many people at the school gate, he might not feel ashamed, but I do."
“Sun Huai, if you hadn’t been constantly proclaiming that you were my boyfriend, would this have happened? Have you always been so self-righteous that you think I like you? I’ve told you this so many times, but you still don’t believe me. If you were even a little bit humble and thought about what I said, you wouldn’t have gotten beaten up that day,” Jiang Jingshu said. “Besides, did I hit you? You couldn’t beat him, so you come to me for an explanation?”
It's absolutely hilarious. If Sun Huai really had the ability, he should go and demand an explanation from Xie Zhijin.
Even if we take a step back and say that Jiang Jingshu has always been the victim.
"I'm not going to argue with you. How long are you going to keep up this act? You've been waiting for me outside for so long, doesn't that mean you like me?"
"How long are you going to keep being narcissistic?" Jiang Jingshu looked at Sun Huai's exasperated expression and couldn't help but feel speechless. "When did I ever tell you that I was waiting for you? The person I've been waiting for has never been you."
"Then why didn't you wait for me? You're new here, who else could you wait for? And you're waiting with my sister?"
Jiang Jingshu wondered if Sun Huai's second place in the competition was obtained by cheating. Why was he so stupid?
Or is he just too confident? When will he ever learn to be self-conscious?
"Who else can I wait for?" Jiang Jingshu looked at him with amusement.
"Damn," Sun Huai said, seemingly realizing something, looking at Jiang Jingshu, "You don't like him, do you?"
Jiang Jingshu answered frankly, "Yes."
Sun Huai seemed not to have heard Jiang Jingshu's words clearly, and couldn't help but ask, "What?"
“I said, he’s the one I like.” Jiang Jingshu’s voice came through, sounding very serious. She said, “He’s not my ex-boyfriend, he’s someone I’ve always liked, someone I like a lot, someone I like very much, someone I like to the extreme.”
Sun Huai was completely defeated, but Jiang Jingshu stared at him angrily, "So, you injured his face."
Sun Huai immediately sensed something was wrong. "Wait, this guy rushed out and attacked me first?"
Jiang Jingshu approached Sun Huai step by step, seemingly exuding a certain aura, which made Sun Huai suddenly flustered.
"You'd better not provoke me again, and don't bother him anymore, or you'll get even more upset."
Sun Huai: ...
“You don’t know, do you? He’s studied Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) and taught me a little bit. I see you’re quite tall, but you have thin arms and legs,” Jiang Jingshu shook her head, staring at Sun Huai’s figure. “You should think it over carefully.”
Sun Huai watched Jiang Jingshu leave; he had lost face big time today.
Back in the classroom, the bespectacled man saw Sun Huai return and quickly went to greet him, "Brother Huai."
"Get the hell out of here." Sun Huai was seething with anger as he looked at the bespectacled man. "If you hadn't been talking and talking and talking next to me, would I have been so humiliated today?"
The bespectacled man was confused. "Brother, I'm not talking nonsense. Doesn't he—" Before he could finish speaking, Sun Huai slapped him on the back of the head. "Shut up. I don't want to hear you give up anymore. Get out of here."
The bespectacled man had no choice but to return to his seat and stare at Jiang Jingshu beside him.
Jiang Jingshu noticed the gaze beside her and smiled slightly. "What's wrong? Did your older brother get tired of you and kick you out?"
"Jiang Jingshu, can you stop causing trouble?" The bespectacled man stared at Jiang Jingshu.
Jiang Jingshu looked completely innocent. "What, is this my fault too?"
Jiang Jingshu was packing her things. "You can slowly resent me. It would be best if you hated me until I came back from training camp."
"Are you leaving?" the bespectacled man asked her.
"What?" Jiang Jingshu looked at the bespectacled man's expression with suspicion. "I'm warning you, if you spread another piece of nonsense to me, I'll kill you when I get back."
"I've already spoken to your older brother, and we've made things clear. So stop making a fuss. Our friendship as classmates ends here."
—
Xie Zhijin returned to Z City, and Jiang Jingshu also began intensive training.
After six months of intensive, closed-door training, Jiang Jingshu packed her bags and called Su Xiaoyue.
"Jiang Jiang, are you going to training camp tomorrow?" Su Xiaoyue answered the phone quickly.
"Yes, Xiaoyue, I've been in closed training for six months, and my phone was taken away," Jiang Jingshu said.
"What? You're confiscating phones again? Can't we just sneak them in like before?" Su Xiaoyue asked dejectedly. "How am I supposed to contact you now, Jiang Jingshu?"
"Sorry, but she should send it once a month. I'll contact you then?"
"Jiang Jiang, send me your training camp location," Su Xiaoyue said. Although Jiang Jingshu was a little confused, she still gave her her location. "Why do you need to know my location?"
Su Xiaoyue simply said that knowing her location made her feel more at ease. Jiang Jingshu didn't press further. Su Xiaoyue then gave her several more instructions, reminding her to call Su Xiaoyue every month to let her know she was safe.
Jiang Jingshu suddenly found it a bit funny. She was just going to a training camp to learn, so how could there be any unsafe situation?
The two chatted for a long time, but Su Xiaoyue suddenly brought up Xie Zhijin, saying, "Jiang Jiang, did Xie Zhijin go to City A to see you?"
“Mm,” Jiang Jingshu replied.
"Did he get into a fight? He looks bruised and swollen," Su Xiaoyue asked.
Suddenly, Xie Zhijin's image popped into Jiang Jingshu's mind again, and she said, "Yes."
"It's not because of that guy saying he's your boyfriend, is it?" Su Xiaoyue felt her gossip fire ignite, but when she heard Jiang Jingshu tell her it was because she heard bad rumors about Jiang Jingshu, she suddenly flew into a rage, "Is this guy really that awful?"
"It's okay, I've already talked to him about it. No matter what I said before, he wouldn't believe me, but now that Xie Zhijin beat him up, he believes everything," Jiang Jingshu said with a laugh, complaining to Su Xiaoyue.
“This really teaches you something; you learn it in no time.” Su Xiaoyue hit the nail on the head. “I never expected Xie Zhijin to have such a high status now, becoming my ex-boyfriend. That kid might even be secretly pleased.”
As Su Xiaoyue was speaking, she suddenly remembered something and quickly added, "No, this guy would be even happier if he knew that you actually like him too."
"Su Xiaoyue!" Jiang Jingshu quickly interrupted Su Xiaoyue, but Su Xiaoyue still managed to say the rest of her sentence, "Jiang Jiang, when are you going to tell him? I feel sorry for him waiting all this time."
"Why would the ex-boyfriend be secretly pleased?" Jiang Jingshu asked curiously. "Wouldn't the current boyfriend be pleased? The ex-boyfriend is in the past, what's there to be pleased about?"
However, Su Xiaoyue replied with a smile, "Silly boy, although your ex-boyfriend is in the past, it still means he once existed in your heart. After all, does he think he's not even as important as a friend to you now?"
"Is it really that important that it stayed in your heart?" Jiang Jingshu was still puzzled.
“It’s very important. In my opinion, Xie Zhijin isn’t someone who values results that much. He seems to care a lot about the process. But,” Su Xiaoyue paused for a moment, “Jiang Jiang, you and he seem to be quite different in this respect.”
Jiang Jingshu tacitly agreed.
That's right, the result is very important, isn't it?
“It’s okay, we’re still young. We can talk about these things after the college entrance exam. If he really likes you, he’ll let you think about it slowly. Right now, your task is to focus on training and get into a good university!” Su Xiaoyue said, then said to Jiang Jingshu, “Okay, okay, it’s all my fault. From now on, let’s not mention Xie Zhijin’s name in our chats anymore. Don’t worry, just focus on training.”
"Su Xiaoyue, you have the air of a little adult," Jiang Jingshu teased her with a smile.
The two talked for a long time. After hanging up, Jiang Jingshu thought about it for a long time in bed. In the end, she sent Xie Zhijin a message.
"Xie Zhijin, I need to undergo six months of intensive training, a closed training program."
Soon, she received a message from Xie Zhijin.
Almost every time, she would receive a response very quickly after sending a message.
She asked, "There's something you really want to do, but it's destined to fail. Would you still do it?"
Xie Zhijin's news came a little late this time.
But she still received Xie Zhijin's answer: "Yes."
Jiang Jingshu couldn't help but laugh. Su Xiaoyue was right; he was a person who valued the process.
Jiang Jingshu typed a few more words, "Is it also destined to have no outcome?"
Xie Zhijin remained firm: "Yes."
"Would it be possible to have no ending, and even bring endless harm to oneself?"
Xie Zhijin suddenly called Jiang Jingshu. Jiang Jingshu was stunned for a moment, then answered immediately.
She heard him say, "As long as it's something I like and want to do, I don't care about the outcome, good or bad, I'll accept it all."
The boy's voice was devout and serious, striking Jiang Jingshu's heart heavily.
"Xie Zhijin, if there's a chance, after the college entrance exam, I'll tell you something." Jiang Jingshu's heart pounded because of Xie Zhijin's words.
She thought that perhaps she shouldn't back down anymore.
So what if it doesn't work out? I like him, don't I?
If two people like each other, does the ending matter?
After a long silence, she heard Xie Zhijin say, "Okay."
"Jiang Jingshu, are you going to train for six months?" Xie Zhijin asked her.
"Um."
"Good luck with the training camp." Xie Zhijin only said these four words to her.
"Xie Zhijin, I hope I can stay until the day I can tell you my secrets." Jiang Jingshu said, then hung up the phone.
Jiang Jingshu rubbed her temples, wondering if Xie Zhijin would think she was a strange person after hanging up the phone.
As she was thinking, Xie Zhijin's image seemed to appear in Jiang Jingshu's mind. Jiang Jingshu's mind was filled with the image of Xie Zhijin standing in front of her, smiling and saying to her, "No, it won't happen."
Jiang Jingshu couldn't help but laugh as she stared blankly at the agave on the table.
If she were still alive on the day the college entrance exam ended, she would tell him everything, word by word.
Then apologize to him and tell him that she really likes him, really likes him a lot.
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