Chapter 12 Confession
Jiang Le had just finished washing up and was lying down when his phone started vibrating like crazy. It was Li Yan.
When I clicked on it, the screen was full of messages she had sent and then withdrawn, as if she had left without a trace. So in the end, only a lonely message was left standing there.
【Hurry up and reply to me, urgent, urgent, urgent! 】
Jiang Le calmly replied: [Beibei will carry it on his back.]
Instantly, Li Yan's complaints flooded in like a tide. After being forced to revisit a secret she already knew, Jiang Le's gaze lingered on the soul-searching question in the chat box.
So, what do you think of her?
Jiang Le's clever little brain raced, nearly burning out her CPU. Finally, she carefully typed out her reply.
Jiang Le: [Wrong typo?]
"Hmm?" Li Yan on the other side of the screen blinked his eyes, his face full of question marks, fingers flying: [No! Tell me! Are she and I a good match? Does she like me? If not, why did she stuff a bag of gold bars in my pocket? Why does she feed me every day? Why does she always take me to the bathroom? Why...]
A series of "whys" made Jiang Le dizzy and he almost didn't recognize these three words.
It took her a long time to finally match the name "Chen Ting" with the short-haired girl in her memory who always carried a bag of snacks, was passionate about Li Yan, and was cold as ice to herself.
Jiang Le: [She is a girl.]
Li Yan: [???]
【？ ？ ？ ？ ？ ？ 】
The other end of the phone was instantly flooded with question marks. Li Yan held the phone, his face filled with shock, "You didn't even know that?", as if Jiang Le had missed the most important news headline in the world.
Jiang Le: [Should I know?]
Li Yan: [Chen Ting! Chen! Ting! Shouldn't you know that we were in the same class in freshman year of high school? She even sat at your desk!]
Li Yan: [Crazy.emoji]
Li Yan was heartbroken. She felt deeply that Jiang Le should go to the hospital to check his brain. It was bad enough that he had face blindness, but now even his memory was gone.
The brief month of friendship between classmates in the first year of high school before the division into arts and science classes has long been blurred in Jiang Le's memory as he focused on studying.
Li Yan: [Forget it, forget it. You won’t understand even if I tell you.]
Jiang Le: [You are all girls.]
Jiang Le typed this calmly.
Li Yan: [Let me tell you something you don’t know.]
Jiang Le fell into deep thought, [I have never received a love letter from a girl.]
Li Yan: [Hehe, do you still want me to give you the "Best Straight Woman" award? ]
Jiang Le: [Don't always use these lame jokes.]
Li Yan: [Are the memes you usually use very legitimate?]
Li Yan: [rolling eyes.emoji]
Jiang Le: [Is this how it is used?]
"..." Li Yan slammed his phone on the bed, closed his eyes and stopped chatting with Jiang Le.
I can't communicate with this person.
Jiang Le on the bed fell into deep thought again. It was obvious that Jiang Le, who had always read books and thought she knew everything about astronomy and geography, had now touched upon her blind spot in knowledge.
She lowered her head and typed a few words on her phone, [How can you be together? ]
With a ding-dong sound, Li Yan sat up with a jerk, glanced at the screen, and replied in a lost and speechless voice, "Why not? You're even more of an old-fashioned person than my mom. She understands the freedom of love and is too lazy to talk to you."
Jiang Le tried to make amends: [Is there anything special about love?]
Li Yan: [Haha, it's about the right time and place, destiny, and fate. Anyway, it's not about making fearless self-sacrifices for the survival of mankind.]
It felt like she was being mocked, but also like she wasn't. Her words seemed normal and reasonable. Jiang Le puffed out his cheek, having already convinced himself.
Li Yan: [sarcasm.emoji]
Jiang Le stood there in a daze. Okay, she was just mocking him.
Jiang Le seems to be born without this string.
Jiang Congyue had no biological children; she was a lucky heir chosen at random. Be it fate or destiny, since she had been given everything, all she had to do was study hard and ensure the Jiang family's legacy would be passed down to future generations.
As for the rest, it doesn’t matter.
Based on his precise analysis of Chen Ting's behavior, Jiang Le offered a conclusion and a warning: [She likes you. But she's the daughter of the bank president. If you two are together, you'll face a lot of resistance.]
Li Yan's heart sank as she eagerly waited for Chen Ting's reply. Her parents were open-minded and didn't care, but what about Chen Ting?
[But it doesn't matter.] Jiang Le typed the string of words calmly.
Li Yan: [Frustrated puppy emoji, what can you do?]
Jiang Le: [My family is richer than the Chen family.]
"!!" Li Yan's eyes widened suddenly, and he almost dropped his phone. This overwhelming sense of "richness"! This simplistic and crude logic! This arrogant confidence!
But she damn well loves it!
However, this was the first time she heard the word "my home" from Jiang Le. She knew that Jiang Le was adopted, so she would usually carefully avoid this topic to avoid making her sad.
Why did Jiang Le suddenly say this today?
After chatting for a few more sentences, the two reached a consensus: conserve their energy and get up early tomorrow to do big things!
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The next day, when Jiang Le's alarm clock rang, she jumped out of bed in a flash.
She has an important task today and cannot slack off!
After washing up quickly, he went downstairs with a bag on his back and forced himself to eat a few bites of breakfast at Jiang Congyue's invitation.
"Have fun." Jiang Congyue put down the cup and curled the corners of his lips slightly.
Jiang Le frowned, quickly moved her coffee away, and called out, "Auntie He, change her to a cup of hot milk." Then he turned around and scolded, "Don't drink this, do you hear me?"
"Okay, okay, okay." Jiang Congyue raised his eyebrows and raised his hands to beg for mercy.
Looking at Jiang Congyue, who looked like a playful old naughty boy, she shrugged helplessly and sighed, "I'll be leaving first."
"Bye~" Jiang Congyue said with a smile, and blew her a kiss in the air.
Li Yanbao's car stopped at the door on time. She leaned half of her body out of the window and waved, "Jiang Le, hurry up!"
But the next second, she was pulled back to her seat by a strong force. Li Yan frowned and looked over. Seeing Chen Ting's cold gaze, he immediately smiled again, "Why are you pulling me?"
Chen Ting spoke in a flat voice, "It's dangerous, and she can get on the car without being asked."
"Hey, I think you are too dissatisfied with Jiang Le!" Li Yan pouted and complained.
Jiang Le ran to the car and happened to see Chen Ting looking at her with an icy gaze. She raised her eyebrows and gave him a provocative smile.
When Li Yan moved his butt and looked over, the two of them turned their faces away tacitly as if nothing had happened.
"Jiang Le, you sit here with me! Li Yan, you sit in the front." A girl sitting in the back pushed Li Yan next to her and glared at him with an "unkind" look on her face.
Such a good opportunity, why do you run to the back and sit there?
Before Li Yan could react, Jiang Le had already calmly sat down opposite Chen Ting. Li Yan could only sit back dejectedly.
Jiang Le glanced at him sideways, and the veins on the back of Chen Ting's hand holding the kettle were tense. He turned his head to look at Li Yan who was still grinning foolishly, and shook his head with a smile.
Chen Ting looked as if he wanted to eat himself. Only a fool like Li Yan could not see that.
There were four women and two men in the car. With Li Yan and Xiao Lexin, two good talkers and jokesters, there was almost no dull moment and everyone was joking and laughing all the way.
Arriving at the destination, the six of us filed off the bus, with two men very gentlemanly carrying most of the heavy equipment.
"Chen Ting! What do you want to eat? I brought a lot..." Li Yan was like a happy puppy, clinging to Chen Ting and counting the treasures in his backpack with his fingers.
Before Li Yan threw the backpack over his shoulder, Chen Ting had already reached out and picked it up very naturally, his movements as smooth as if he was taking out his own things.
"Hey! Chen Ting, you got the wrong one! That's my bag!" Li Yan yelled, snatched it back, and quickly put it on his back like a small animal guarding its food.
Chen Ting's hand froze in mid-air, his fingertips curled up, "..."
"..." Jiang Le, who had witnessed the entire process, couldn't help but let out a short, cold laugh. It was hopeless. Looking at these two people, she couldn't tell whose love life was more difficult.
After they climbed over a small hill, the view opened up to a flat meadow with a clear stream gurgling nearby.
"This is it!" Xiao Kexin announced with a smile.
As if granted amnesty, everyone rushed to the stream, scooping up the cool water and splashing it on their faces to wash away the heat of the journey. A timely mountain breeze blew by, bringing with it the fragrance of grass and trees, and everyone let out a sigh of satisfaction.
"Great!" Someone shouted, and everyone couldn't help laughing.
This time the team was led by Xiao Kexin. He assigned tasks to them. They were so excited that they rushed to work.
However, in order to create an opportunity for Li Yan and Chen Ting to be alone, they were asked to go to the stream to wash vegetables, and the rest of the people tacitly formed teams to do other things.
Two boys were responsible for setting up the tent, while Jiang Le and another girl sorted the luggage and set up the barbecue grill.
"Hey, Jiang Le, look." The girl who had just spoken in the car about changing seats nodded at Jiang Le next to her and whispered to the two people by the stream.
Jiang Le looked up. Two figures were very close together, by the stream, under the sun, bumping into each other, playing a childish game of pushing and shoving, never getting tired of it.
"Hey! Are you two going to wash vegetables forever?" A boy who was setting up a tent raised his head and teased with a smile.
Li Yan turned around when she heard the voice, her face flushed, and she glared at him angrily. Everyone laughed in good faith.
Jiang Le glanced at them curiously. The young men's minds were as pure as the wind in the mountains. A little thing could make them smile.
The voices she heard were as full of kindness as the smiles on their faces.
A thought flashed through her mind: was it really necessary for them to have six people together? Someone had ulterior motives, wanting her to experience the excitement she had always been isolated from.
Her eyes fell on Li Yan, who was splashing water and laughing, and the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously.
She shouldn't be hurt by the thorns that grow in a narrow place, and thus isolate herself from all the thorny flowers. The fragrance they emit is so refreshing.
The group had a lively afternoon, ate and drank their fill, and were secretly gathering their energy for the big event in the evening.
The sky gradually darkened, and stars lit up the dark blue sky one after another.
Everyone excitedly checked the meteor shower forecast on their phones, waiting with bated breath.
However, Jiang Le felt his hands and feet were as heavy as lead, his strength drained from him, a sharp ringing in his ears, and a sharp pain in his head as if it were being pierced by countless needles. Waves of nausea surged up.
She suppressed her discomfort, not wanting to ruin the atmosphere, and quietly retreated to the edge of the tent. She squatted down, found some spare heat-relief medicine, and swallowed a few pills. When she seemed to have recovered a little, she took a deep breath and walked out again.
"Hey? Jiang Le, where have you been just now? Come here quickly!" Li Yan sneaked out from the other side and grabbed her arm excitedly, almost pulling her to stagger.
"The news said it's coming soon! What should I do? I'm so nervous!" Li Yan's palms were full of sweat.
Jiang Le's mind was still hazy, his face pale, and he forced a soothing smile: "Stay calm. You... will definitely succeed."
"Ah! Look! Make a wish quickly!" someone shouted.
A dazzling streak of light tore through the dark night sky, dragging a long silver trail, instantly lighting up everyone's eyes.
"Chen Ting! I like you! Be with me!" Li Yan, holding a large bouquet of flowers that he had hidden at some point, rushed towards Chen Ting, who was closing his eyes and making a devout wish, like a small cannonball.
Chen Ting suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes reflected the starlight and the figure running towards him.
The next second, she opened her arms and hugged Li Yan tightly, almost fiercely. Her hot breath brushed against Li Yan's ear, and her voice trembled slightly, "My wish... has come true."
“Together, together!”
As the crowd waved their hands and screamed and cheered, Jiang Le's raised hand trembled, his vision gradually blurred, and the sounds in his ears slowly dissipated.
"Jiang Le!"
Someone screamed in surprise, and then there was a loud sound of something hitting the ground.
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Jiang Congyue:7
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