I'm very happy
Since the day they parted ways with Su Xiaoyue, they have never seen each other again, nor have they exchanged a single message.
Jiang Jingshu could only sigh silently, knowing that the two of them could never go back to what they used to be.
These past few days, Su Xiaoyue had been on her mind the whole time, and she had completely forgotten about her college entrance exam results. It wasn't until she received a text message at midnight that she realized the results were out.
She scored 415 points, and with her joint exam score of 257 points, her total score was 528.75.
This score was high enough for her to get into a good art academy. She couldn't help but wonder how many points Xie Zhijin had scored.
She sent Xie Zhijin a message.
"Xie Zhijin, I scored 415 points."
Xie Zhijin called, "Very impressive."
As soon as the call connected, Jiang Jingshu heard Xie Zhijin's praise and couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you laughing at?"
Hearing the sounds on the other end of the phone, Xie Zhijin couldn't help but ask a question.
"What score did you get?" Jiang Jingshu did not answer Xie Zhijin's question.
“521,” Xie Zhijin said after thinking for a moment.
"Huh?" Jiang Jingshu was a little disappointed. "521?"
“I love you too,” Xie Zhijin said immediately.
Realizing she had been tricked, Jiang Jingshu was a little annoyed. "I thought you really failed the exam."
"I'm sorry, I got 521+100 points." Xie Zhijin said, suppressing a laugh.
Jiang Jingshu: ...
I really don't know where Xie Zhijin learned these corny love phrases.
After a long pause, she said, "Ask me again, what was my overall score?"
Although Xie Zhijin didn't understand, he cooperated fully, asking, "What score did you get?"
“521,” Jiang Jingshu said, pausing meaningfully, “add 7 points.”
After saying that, Jiang Jingshu couldn't help but laugh, "That's so greasy, I can't continue."
"Jiang Jingshu, where are you going to go to school?" After chatting and laughing for a while, Xie Zhijin straightened his expression and asked, "Are you going to stay in Z City?"
certainly.
Jiang Jingshu will not go to university elsewhere.
She will stay here and spend more time with Jiang Yuan in her limited time.
This can be seen as a way of making amends to Jiang Jingshu from the past.
"I will go to Z University." Z University's art department is quite good, and it is also a relatively good undergraduate institution. Jiang Jingshu subconsciously chose this place without much consideration.
“Then I’ll apply to this school too,” Xie Zhijin said.
Jiang Jingshu, however, seemed to disagree, saying, "No."
"Why?" Xie Zhijin asked.
"Xie Zhijin, you scored over 600 points. You can't waste your points like this."
Jiang Jingshu's attitude was very firm, and Xie Zhijin didn't say anything more.
After hanging up the phone, he stayed in the room for a long time.
Xie Zhijin moved out of the hotel and rented a two-bedroom, one-living room, one-bathroom apartment. One room was his own bedroom, and the other room was a studio.
He stepped inside.
Inside were messages from Jiang Jingshu, and Xie Zhijin couldn't help but shake his head. He held a painting and looked at it again and again.
The little girl drew a lot of pictures for him.
In every picture, he seems to be bathed in light.
Xie Zhijin watched quietly. Faced with the choice of university, he had already made up his mind to apply to Z University.
Jiang Jingshu told him not to waste his points, as they could create a better future for him.
But what Jiang Jingshu didn't know was that he had no interest in any of it.
Xie Zhijin didn't think his future was anything special. He had always lived a law-abiding life. Just like when he first started studying, it was all to make his adoptive parents happy and to avoid getting beaten up as much as possible.
Even the live streaming business is simply a means to survive in this world.
He had no ideals, no other hobbies, and for him, his future was simply about following the established rules step by step.
It doesn't matter to him where he goes to university or what he studies.
Until he met Jiang Jingshu.
He felt as if the word "future" had become a reality.
He was certain that his future belonged to Jiang Jingshu.
Without her, Xie Zhijin sees no other future.
So Xie Zhijin secretly filled out the form for Z University and enrolled in its law department.
Xie Zhijin was afraid that Jiang Jingshu would think he was immature, so he didn't tell Jiang Jingshu about his college application right away. Jiang Jingshu didn't find out until the day she received the admission notice.
The two sat downstairs, and Jiang Jingshu silently looked at Xie Zhijin's admission notice.
Xie Zhijin kept his head down and didn't say anything.
Jiang Jingshu stood in front of him, and she was angry when she saw Xie Zhijin appear before her holding the same admission notice as her.
She said, "Xie Zhijin, can't you think about yourself?"
Xie Zhijin remained silent.
"With such high scores, why did you come to Z University?" Jiang Jingshu suppressed her anger, staring at Xie Zhijin. "Why didn't you think about yourself? Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"I also want to stay in Z City to develop my career," Xie Zhijin said in a low voice, like a child who had done something wrong.
“Xie Zhijin, you chose Z University because of me.” Jiang Jingshu stared into Xie Zhijin’s eyes. “I don’t like this.”
"It's not because of you." Xie Zhijin shook his head.
"What if I leave one day? What if we argue? What if we don't end up together?" Jiang Jingshu stared at Xie Zhijin. "Would you blame me?"
“This is my own choice, Jiang Jingshu.” Xie Zhijin did not expect Jiang Jingshu to react this way. He had never regretted any decision he had made.
And his choice of Z University was not because of Jiang Jingshu.
He admitted that he wanted to be closer to Jiang Jingshu, to go to the same school as her, to attend classes together, and to take walks together.
He made this decision not because he wanted to gain anything, nor was it intentionally for Jiang Jingshu to see.
He didn't choose Z University for Jiang Jingshu's sake; he chose it for himself.
A person who has no passion for life and only wants to live day after day in a routine and conventional way, one day, someone appears who breaks his peace and gives him a different kind of emotion.
He greedily wanted to hold on to her, even wanting to stay by her side forever.
He did it for himself, because he wanted to stay by Jiang Jingshu's side.
Therefore, he will never take this as proof of "love" because he has always been thinking of himself.
Therefore, when Jiang Jingshu finished speaking, Xie Zhijin said, "Jiang Jingshu, I chose this place for myself. If we quarrel in the future and you leave, I will not regret it."
Jiang Jingshu didn't believe what Xie Zhijin said; in her eyes, feelings were very realistic.
Perhaps because she had spent so many years in the deep palace, she had never experienced a love that was truly unforgettable, since true love did not exist in the deep palace.
Just like how the emperor once had many affairs, he would regret his past leniency when conflicts arose.
She had even seen many palace servants. When a palace maid and a eunuch took a liking to each other, the eunuch would use his connections to work in the same palace as the maid. After a conflict arose, the eunuch would often use vicious words to insult the maid, and even say to her, "I came here for you in the first place."
She had seen many such things, and she believed that Xie Zhijin was not that kind of person.
But she couldn't be 100% sure that this wouldn't happen.
She was afraid that when she left, Xie Zhijin would be left alone in the school, looking at the places where they used to walk and the cafeteria where they often ate, and would think of her.
She was afraid that if they had a disagreement, Xie Zhijin would say to her, "I came to Z University because of you, I should have known better than to come..."
She was even afraid that after they broke up, Xie Zhijin's next girlfriend would ask him, "You got such high scores, but you went to this school for your ex-girlfriend. It's not worth it."
Jiang Jingshu had too many concerns. She didn't know how to tell Xie Zhijin what was on her mind. She was always afraid that they wouldn't end up together and that Xie Zhijin would regret his decision.
But now Xie Zhijin was so sincere and earnest, and said to her in a firm tone, "Jiang Jingshu, I came to Z City for myself, not for you. I will never regret this decision, and I will never blame you."
Jiang Jingshu just stared at Xie Zhijin, unsure whether she should believe his words.
Actually, she believed it.
Jiang Jingshu simply sighed and accepted the admission notice from the boy's hand.
The two admission notices were exactly the same. Jiang Jingshu felt a heavy weight in her hands; she was holding the future of both of them.
Back home, Jiang Jingshu took a picture of her college admission letter and sent it to Su Xiaoyue. She didn't expect to get a response from Su Xiaoyue, but she received a message from Su Xiaoyue instead.
This was the first time in many days that Jiang Jingshu had received a message from Su Xiaoyue.
"I'm in the Chinese Literature Department at University A."
These seven simple words brought Jiang Jingshu an unprecedented sense of relaxation.
Finally, she could say one more word to Su Xiaoyue.
Jiang Jingshu called her, "Xiaoyue."
The call was quickly connected, and Su Xiaoyue's voice came through, "Jing Shu."
She called out Jiang Jingshu's name, and Jiang Jingshu gave a bitter smile. Perhaps she would never hear Jiang Jingshu call out "Jiang Jiang" again.
This might be how Su Xiaoyue distinguishes between the two people.
After all, both of them are inseparable friends of Su Xiaoyue.
Su Xiaoyue couldn't confuse two different people, just like someone who likes bright roses and someone who finds roses flamboyant. Even though they share the same body, their differences are quite obvious.
Therefore, she will not treat Jiang Jingshu as the same Jiang Jingshu as before, and will not use the same way she used to address her to address the current Jiang Jingshu.
Clearly, this is unfair to both of them.
"That's amazing, Xiaoyue." Jiang Jingshu knew that the Chinese Literature Department at A University was her dream, and she was genuinely happy for Su Xiaoyue.
Despite being far apart, Jiang Jingshu was very reluctant to part.
In that instant, Jiang Jingshu seemed to empathize with Su Xiaoyue at that moment. When Su Xiaoyue chose to transfer to City A, did she feel the same way?
"Where did Wen Jinyan go?" Sensing the conversation was getting a bit cold, Jiang Jingshu quickly asked.
“He’s also in City A, studying at a medical university,” Su Xiaoyue replied.
"Wen Jinyan actually studied medicine?" Jiang Jingshu asked curiously. "I didn't expect him to be interested in this."
Mentioning Wen Jinyan, Su Xiaoyue became a little more lively, "He said he wants to be a doctor, that's his dream."
Jiang Jingshu gave a brief reply, but finding that Su Xiaoyue didn't express any further desires, she had no choice but to hang up the phone.
Before hanging up the phone, Su Xiaoyue said, "I'm sorry."
Jiang Jingshu quickly stopped her hand from pressing the hang-up button. "I should apologize."
“I haven’t replied to your messages these past few days, but I’ll reply now. You said you bought a really pretty hat, and I saw the picture; it suits you perfectly.”
"It's been so hot these past few days. They told me to eat less ice cream, but I don't want to. Ice cream is the perfect match for summer."
“You said you miss the days when we played escape rooms together, yes, Jiang…” Realizing the nickname that had slipped out, Su Xiaoyue immediately corrected herself, “Jing Shu, I miss it too.”
The last message was sent to her by Jiang Jingshu late last night. She said, "I'm so happy to have met you after traveling here."
Su Xiaoyue remained silent for a few seconds before speaking.
“Me too.” Su Xiaoyue spoke softly and slowly, “Jiang Jingshu, I was also very happy to spend the two years with you.”
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