The magic incantation is you
After that, Jiang Jingshu devoted herself entirely to the final exam review stage. She listened attentively in class every day and studied the notes that Xie Zhijin had prepared for her after class.
Xie Zhijin's notes were very detailed, and Jiang Jingshu read them with almost no difficulty. Jiang Jingshu even thought that Xie Zhijin could really become a teacher in the future.
It's already quite remarkable that someone who knows nothing can understand what you've written, let alone someone like Jiang Jingshu, a super academic failure who traveled from ancient times. As she flipped through the pages of her notes, it seemed that every page was filled with the boy's affection.
Jiang Jingshu turned to the page with the sequence, where Xie Zhijin had written: "Call me if you don't understand."
Jiang Jingshu couldn't help but smile.
Since Jiang Jingshu's eighteenth birthday, she seems to be able to face her feelings more openly. She no longer deliberately ignores Xie Zhijin's messages, nor does she subconsciously distance herself from everyone in this world.
Even if she has formed bonds here, so what? No one around her is afraid, so why should she back down?
Jiang Yuan asked Jiang Jingshu if she wanted to return to Z City so that he could take care of her, given the tight schedule and heavy workload of the second semester of senior year.
Jiang Jingshu thought about it for a moment and finally agreed.
Perhaps she should cherish the moments spent fighting alongside her partners.
Although the final outcome was separation, this experience will remain deeply etched in Jiang Jingshu's heart.
The system seemed very pleased, and he was unusually talkative today. "I'm really happy that Your Highness thinks this way."
Jiang Jingshu simply told the system, "You're right, after all, I'm currently living in this era."
Worrying about the future too early may not be a wise choice.
Since we are in the present moment, let's live in the present.
Therefore, before the winter vacation this year, Jiang Jingshu was picked up by Jiang Yuan and taken back to Z City.
Before leaving, Jiang Jingshu was packing her luggage in the dormitory when Li Xuan asked her, "Jingshu, are you going back to Z City?"
Jiang Jingshu smiled and said to her, "Yes."
Are you going to pursue love?
Since Jiang Jingshu confessed her feelings for Xie Zhijin to Li Xuan, Li Xuan has been very supportive of her, telling her, "It's really rare for someone you like to like you back."
You can't deny that there are many unrequited and humble affections in this world that end without a trace. To encounter a reciprocated and mutual affection is extremely rare.
Jiang Jingshu smiled and replied, "It's not about pursuing love."
What Jiang Jingshu pursued from beginning to end was not simply "love." For Jiang Jingshu, the word "love" was extremely frivolous.
The emperor had said he loved all his concubines, but he never truly showed his love.
Jiang Jingshu does not believe in love.
She was chasing after her own heart.
Her heart told her that she needed to return to Z City, that she needed to fight alongside her friends, and that she needed to reciprocate the passion that burned as brightly as her own.
Wherever her heart is, that's where Jiang Jingshu will be.
Li Xuan assumed Jiang Jingshu was just shy and teased her, while also helping her tidy up her luggage and seeing her downstairs.
Jiang Jingshu carried her suitcase and stepped into the train station.
She found her seat, and as she sat down, the same voice reached her ears, "Jiang Jingshu, let me help you put him up there."
Jiang Jingshu looked up at the boy who was speaking in front of her. The boy bent down, lifted Jiang Jingshu's suitcase, put it on the luggage rack, and then sat down next to her.
"Why are you sitting here?" Jiang Jingshu asked him.
"Why not?" Xie Zhijin looked at Jiang Jingshu with amusement.
"What if someone takes this seat?"
Xie Zhijin simply smiled and took out a screenshot of his train ticket, handing it to Jiang Jingshu, "Unfortunately, the seat next to you is now mine."
Jiang Jingshu smiled and said, "How did you end up here, and why did you happen to buy the seat next to me?"
Xie Zhijin said to her, "Jiang Jingshu, if I said I have magic, would you believe me?"
Jiang Jingshu nodded.
Xie Zhijin seemed somewhat surprised, but Jiang Jingshu told him, "I believe you."
Jiang Jingshu glanced furtively at the profile of the person beside her. When she came to A City from Z City, he was the one who appeared by her side, helped her put her luggage on the luggage rack, and even beat up the bully who was harassing her.
She happened to be sitting next to Xie Zhijin at that time.
The moment Jiang Jingshu returned to Z City from City A, the person beside her spoke to her in the same gentle tone, "Jiang Jingshu, let me help you put him up."
As if by magic, the boy sat down next to Jiang Jingshu, tilted his head, and said to her, "The seat next to you is mine."
"How can this not be a kind of magic?" Jiang Jingshu was certain that Xie Zhijin was that magician, whose magic allowed him to always appear in front of her in time.
Jiang Jingshu said to him, "Xie Zhijin, you must be a very powerful magician."
"Do you want to learn?"
Jiang Jingshu nodded. "What's your magic incantation? Is it love?"
Xie Zhijin smiled and shook his head, then gently pointed at Jiang Jingshu with his finger, "The magic incantation is actually you."
The high-speed train was moving at breakneck speed, and everything in the world seemed to be moving very fast, such as the trees outside the window that were constantly rushing past, and the wildly beating hearts of the two people.
Everything in the world seems to move very slowly, such as the people sitting quietly on the bus, or the profile of the person next to you, just like when you arrived.
Jiang Jingshu stared into Xie Zhijin's eyes, remained silent for a long time, and then said, "Xie Zhijin, you seem to really have magic."
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Back in Z City, Jiang Yuan was waiting for her at the train station entrance. He was surprised to see Xie Zhijin and Jiang Jingshu getting off the train together. Jiang Jingshu gently tugged at Xie Zhijin's sleeve and said, "My dad is there."
Following Jiang Jingshu's gaze, Xie Zhijin suddenly felt a little guilty. He said to Jiang Jingshu, "You go over there yourself."
Jiang Jingshu asked him, "Why?"
Xie Zhijin seems to still be holding a grudge about the previous "early love scandal." He said, "After all, my mother hit you, and in front of my uncle. My uncle must hate me."
Jiang Jingshu patted Xie Zhijin's hand reassuringly, "What are you afraid of? It's not like you hit me, and my dad is very reasonable."
Xie Zhijin then walked up to Jiang Yuan with Jiang Jingshu and said to Jiang Yuan, "Hello, Uncle, I am Xie Zhijin."
Jiang Yuan glanced at Xie Zhijin and said kindly, "You've come to pick up Xiaojing too?"
Xie Zhijin nodded.
Jiang Jingshu took Jiang Yuan's arm and said, "You haven't officially met him yet, have you? He's a good friend of mine."
Jiang Yuan smiled and tapped Jiang Jingshu's forehead, then said to Xie Zhijin, "Let's go home for dinner together?"
Xie Zhijin smiled and declined.
Jiang Jingshu said goodbye to Xie Zhijin and went home with Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Jingshu sat in the passenger seat, and Jiang Yuan asked her, "You haven't been in a relationship yet, have you?"
Jiang Jingshu: ? ? ?
She suddenly tensed up, a strange feeling. She was clearly not in a relationship, and her relationship with Xie Zhijin was just that of friends, but why did she feel so guilty when asked about it?
Jiang Jingshu was unaware that her expression had betrayed her true thoughts to Jiang Yuan.
"No." Jiang Jingshu straightened her expression.
Jiang Jingshu had no intention of dating Xie Zhijin; they had always been just friends.
However, Su Xiaoyue always told her that this was "more than friendship, but not quite love."
"Don't worry, Dad, I won't have a relationship too early," Jiang Jingshu said to Jiang Yuan, holding up three fingers.
Jiang Yuan just smiled and continued driving home.
Having not been back to her own little room for a long time, Jiang Jingshu really missed it. Lying on her little bed, she couldn't help but sigh, "It's so comfortable here."
But then a soft laugh came from the system.
Jiang Jingshu asked him, "What are you laughing at?"
The system replied, "It's been a long time since I've seen Your Highness like this."
Jiang Jingshu also lay on the bed with a sigh of relief and fell into a deep sleep.
When I woke up again, it was already the next morning. My phone received a message from Su Xiaoyue: "Jiang Jiang, come shopping with me!"
Jiang Jingshu smiled and replied, "Okay."
The two were dressed in thick clothes and met on the street. It was close to the New Year, and the streets and alleys were very bustling. There were vendors selling lanterns and firecrackers.
Su Xiaoyue stood in front of a firecracker stall for a long time. Jiang Jingshu asked her, "Do you want to set off firecrackers?"
Su Xiaoyue stared at Jiang Jingshu with a mischievous grin, "Jiang Jiang, I'm going to secretly buy some to take back."
Jiang Jingshu laughed, "Are you trying to scare Wen Jinyan?"
"How did you know?" Su Xiaoyue asked, realizing she'd been caught out. "I'm still giving him the cold shoulder!"
"Why did you two argue?" Jiang Jingshu found it strange. The two usually had a very good relationship, how could they argue? "How did he bully you?"
"Hmph!" Su Xiaoyue stomped her foot and said to Jiang Jingshu, "He won't introduce me to any boyfriends."
Jiang Jingshu: ?
"What? Jiang Jingshu seemed to think she had misheard. "Why would you want to introduce me to a boyfriend?"
"Oh dear, I've been getting criticized by readers lately for my novel. They say the romance in my stories is too unrealistic, and that real relationships aren't like that." Su Xiaoyue could only tell them the whole story. "Well, I've never been in a relationship, so how would I know what it's like?"
"So you asked Wen Jinyan to help you find a boyfriend?" Jiang Jingshu chuckled. "Then I think I know why Wen Jinyan was angry."
"Jiang Jiang, are you actually siding with Wen Jinyan?" Su Xiaoyue looked at Jiang Jingshu with a hint of resentment. "Wen Jinyan even said that I've gone crazy from writing novels. I was just joking with him, but he became so serious and even yelled at me."
"He actually yelled at you?" Jiang Jingshu quickly asked. "That's unforgivable."
"Exactly!" Su Xiaoyue stamped her foot.
Jiang Jingshu found Su Xiaoyue in front of her to be very cute. She could tell that Wen Jinyan's concern for Su Xiaoyue was not just a simple "childhood sweetheart" relationship, and that Su Xiaoyue clearly liked and depended on Wen Jinyan without realizing it.
Jiang Jingshu patted her head with a smile, "Alright, let's buy lots of firecrackers and scare him to death!"
The two of them shopped for a long time, bought a lot of fireworks and firecrackers, and then returned home.
Jiang Jingshu opened Xie Zhijin's chat window and asked him, "Xie Zhijin, do you like setting off firecrackers?"
Soon, news of Xie Zhijin arrived.
Xie: I didn't let him go.
Xie: But I think I'll like it.
Jiang Jingshu smiled and quickly typed, "How about we set off fireworks together this Chinese New Year?"
Xie: I'd be happy to.
Jiang Jingshu put away her phone and lay down on the table. It was another New Year, and Jiang Jingshu's memory drifted back to her first New Year here.
That was her first experience of a modern New Year.
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