After the first exam, Yun Zhao's birthday was approaching. She had already made an appointment with Chen Wanjun and Lin Yuchen to go out for hotpot. After all, it was her eighteenth birthday, so she had to celebrate it more or less. She would be an adult in the future.
Her birthday happened to be on Friday. After school in the afternoon, Yun Zhao went back to the dormitory early to pack his things and was about to go out. At this moment, Chen Wanjun suddenly called her and said that her uncle had suddenly come to school to visit her, so she couldn't go today.
Although Yun Zhao felt that it was a pity, he still said happily,"Then go ahead. Have fun."
After the call with Chen Wanjun, she tidied up her things and was about to go downstairs to look for Lin Yuchen. On the way, she met Zheng Zhi, another girl from Class 7. She was also Chen Wanjun's roommate. Yun Zhao often went to their dormitory to play, so they knew each other.
"Where are we going?" Wang Zhi greeted Yun Zhao from afar.
"I went out to eat with my friends. What about you?”
"Let's go shopping." Wang Zhi smiled and said," I'm going back to the dormitory to get something.”
"Are you alone?" Yun Zhao asked casually.
"With Chen Wanjun." Wang Zhi said.
Yun Zhao was suddenly stunned. He confirmed it again and said,"You and Chen Wanjun are going shopping?”
"Yeah, do you want to come along?”Wang Zhi asked enthusiastically.
Yun Zhao shook his head and felt a chill in his heart. He couldn't believe it. She sent Chen Wanjun another message asking if she could spend her birthday with her today and go to her uncle later. Chen Wanjun said no, and her uncle had called her early in the morning to rush her.
Yun Zhao felt a chill in his heart. It was cold and painful. She didn't want to go out at first, but then she felt that it wasn't good to go back on her word, so she went out to eat alone with Lin Yuchen. During the entire meal, her heart felt very uncomfortable and she felt a pain in her heart.
The next day, Chen Wanjun went to Yun Zhao's dormitory to look for her and brought her a gift. Yun Zhao wanted to ask her about yesterday, but he didn't know how to start, so he was indifferent. Chen Wanjun felt her coldness, so she went back by herself after playing for a while. The two of them were inexplicably cold.
After the second mock exam, Yun Zhao met Chen Wanjun in the stairwell one day. Chen Wanjun greeted Yun Zhao indifferently, and Yun Zhao smiled at her. The two of them walked downstairs in silence.
As they were about to part ways, Chen Wanjun suddenly stuffed an orange into Yun Zhao's hat pocket and left with a smile. Yun Zhao hesitated for a while, but he still sent her a message to ask about her birthday. After a long time, Chen Wanjun replied,"I broke Wang Zhi's kettle. That day, I only went out with her to buy a new one to compensate her.”
Yun Zhao looked at the message and suddenly felt that he was an idiot. Why didn't he believe her? She sent an apology over and wanted to apologize, but she realized that she had been blacklisted. She quickly called, but her phone was also blacklisted.
She suddenly panicked and ran to the door of Chen Wanjun's classroom to look for her. However, Chen Wanjun refused to come out as if she had not seen her. She went over a few times, but Chen Wanjun ignored her.
Yun Zhao was in a daze and was absent-minded in class. Throughout high school, she and Chen Wanjun had never quarreled or had any conflicts. She would never forgive Yun Zhao for this misunderstanding.
On a Friday after school, a month before the college entrance examination, Yun Zhao borrowed Chen Sihan's phone to call Chen Wanjun. When the call connected and she heard that it was her, she hung up silently. Yun Zhao returned the phone and waited for all the students to leave. He couldn't help but wipe his tears silently in the classroom. He cried for a long time and the sky darkened.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded outside the classroom. Yun Zhao quickly wiped his tears and pretended to be playing with his phone. Jiang Ying walked in and was slightly surprised to see Yun Zhao sitting alone in the dark classroom.
"Why didn't you go eat? What are you doing here alone?”
"Oh, I'm not hungry." Yun Zhao whispered,"Did you leave something behind?"”
"I forgot my cup." He picked up the cup on the podium, opened it, and drank some water. However, he did not leave. Instead, he strode to the chair in front of her and sat down. Then, he asked,"Who made you so sad? Your eyes are swollen."
"There's no such thing." She sniffed and said, then turned her head away and stared out of the window in a daze. Jiang Ying looked at her for a while and suddenly said with a smile,"Don't tell me you were dumped by your lover?”
Yun Zhao looked at him speechlessly. For a moment, he didn't know whether to be angry or what to do. Why didn't he have any empathy?
"Tell me, what happened?”he asked again.
Yun Zhao hesitated for a moment before telling him everything in a muffled voice. As he spoke, he couldn't help but wipe his tears.
"Just like that?" He looked at her and said, amused.
"Is this still a small matter?" She said gloomily. She had always remembered their agreement. She could not accept it when it suddenly happened. She had never thought that they would break up.
"Everyone has their own path in life. When fate comes, they will naturally go their separate ways.”he said calmly.
"I don't want to. We clearly agreed in the past that we would always be together.”She said stubbornly in a low voice, her eyes red again.
Jiang Ying was silent for a moment before he said somewhat unwillingly,"Is it possible that it's just your wishful thinking? Perhaps she was just joking at that time and had long forgotten what she had said?”
" No," she said stubbornly." We're all very serious.”
"Then what is she to you?”Jiang Ying could not help but ask," Do you like her?”
"I like it." Yun Zhao nodded. She was a ray of light in Yun Zhao's dark life in the past. She was the person she relied on the most in her heart. She wanted to be with her forever.
"Do you like her like a lover?" he asked again.
Yun Zhao was speechless for a moment. After a long time, she shook her head and said in a low voice,"I don't know what lovers are like."”
Jiang Ying thought for a moment and said," Just like how you treated me in the past. Do you want to kiss her and be more intimate with her?"”
Yun Zhao quickly shook his head. He didn't dare to think about that scene. She had never thought of that.
He suddenly heaved a sigh of relief and said calmly,"Life is a journey. She accompanied you on this journey. You just have to remember her friendship. The rest can't be forced. If you don't say goodbye to her now, you will have to say goodbye one day in the future.”
"Why?" She asked in confusion," Why can't we be together forever like we promised?”
"Because you are only friends, not partners. Only your partner will always be with you. In the future, your friend will also find her own partner and spend the rest of her life with her, but that person is not you.”
Yun Zhao sniffled and looked at him without saying anything. He didn't quite understand what he was saying. What friend or partner? Did he need to be so clear about it?
"Can partners always be together?”she asked.
" No one can be with another person forever," Jiang Ying shook his head and said." Because each of us is an independent individual who only belongs to ourselves."”
"Oh." She replied in disappointment and did not say anything else.
"Don't be sad."
She did not speak. After a long time, she said in a low voice,"You won't understand."
Jiang Ying was stunned for a while, then he looked at Yun Zhao with a complicated expression and smiled self-deprecatingly.
"I know better than anyone." He said," You're the one who doesn't understand.”
"Ah, yes, you know the king, astronomy, geography, mathematics, physics, and chemistry. You also know Feng Shui runes.”She suddenly laughed, her eyes red as she sniffed at him.
Jiang Ying looked at her helplessly. Finally, he sighed deeply and said,""What a little brat."
"If I'm a little brat, then what are you? An old man?"
"How am I old?" He said unwillingly with a depressed expression.
"You're ten years older than me. You're already twenty-eight or twenty-nine, and you're still not old?”She looked at him mockingly.
" Heh," he sneered. He was probably too angry to speak.
"When do you plan to get married, Teacher Jiang?”She suddenly asked with concern.
"With whom?" Jiang Ying asked in confusion.
"Teacher Su." Yun Zhao said matter-of-factly.
"Is there something wrong with your brain?" He frowned and looked at Yun Zhao, seemingly very depressed.
"Ah, really?" Yun Zhao suddenly realized that Jiang Ying and his Miss Su had probably broken up again, so he quickly comforted her,"There's no hurry. There will always be someone suitable for you.”
Jiang Ying sneered disdainfully and said,"You sure know how to arrange things."
"A man has forty flowers. Teacher Jiang, you're so outstanding and knowledgeable. You definitely won't be single.”She pursed her lips and teased, revealing a pair of dimples.
"Then what if I'm always single?”He ignored Yun Zhao's mockery. Seeing that Yun Zhao seemed to be in a much better mood, he also joked.
"Then you can only make do with it yourself, or go to places like square dancing to see if there are any suitable aunties for you.”She bit her lips and said with a smile.
"That won't do. I have to wait for you to grow up and marry me.”There was a hint of a smile in his voice, but the sky outside was completely dark, and no one said they were going to turn on the lights. Yun Zhao couldn't see his expression clearly.
"I don't want to." She rejected him immediately. Although she knew that he was joking, she still felt nervous for no reason. Her palms were numb.
"Why?" He pretended to be surprised and asked. He couldn't help but lean closer to her, probably to see if her expression was serious or joking.
"You're too old." She stepped back and covered her face as she giggled.
"I'm ignoring you." He turned on the lights gloomily and said to her,""Let's go eat."
"I'm not eating. I'll just do my homework here.”She shook her head and refused. Then, she took out her test paper and prepared to start working.
"Look at how sad you are. You don't even eat.”He shrugged and said,"I'll go out and buy you some food. Can you wait for me here?"”
"No need, no need. I'll go out and eat by myself.”She quickly stood up and said. She didn't have the face to ask the teacher to buy her food.
"Then go ahead. I'll wait for you here.”He waved at her calmly.
When Yun Zhao returned from dinner, it was almost seven o'clock. Although it was Friday, because the college entrance examination was about to begin, there were still many students sitting in the classroom. Jiang Ying had already returned to the podium and sat down. When he saw her return, he smiled at her. Yun Zhao felt a shock in his heart, as if... The surroundings were suddenly filled with flowers. She turned her head away in embarrassment and stopped looking at him.
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There was still half a month before the college entrance examination, and the students all began to write their yearbooks. Seeing that everyone was writing fervently, Yun Zhao couldn't help but buy a copy and ask his classmates to help her. After he finished writing, Yun Zhao flipped through the pages one by one and was surprised to find that the labor committee member had apologized to her for cleaning in the past. She smiled in relief and wrote a copy for him, telling him that it was okay. It was already in the past, so there was no need to worry about it.
If it weren't for him, she wouldn't have been able to kiss Jiang Ying, and so many things wouldn't have happened. Her father wouldn't have come all the way to school, and he wouldn't have listened to Jiang Ying's words and left her in her mother's care. She wouldn't have had the peaceful life she had this year, and she wouldn't even be the person she was now. If all these things hadn't happened, she might still be competing with her father, climbing the wall to surf the internet, smoking in the internet cafe, or playing games with dark circles under her eyes.
She did very well in both the first and second mock exams. She entered the top 50 of the grade in the first mock exam, the top 20 of the second mock exam, and the top five of the grade in the last mock exam. This shocked the entire class because their school was divided into the ordinary class and the elite class after the end of the first year of high school. Her class belonged to the ordinary class, and now she was the only student in the ordinary class who entered the top 10 of the grade. In fact, Yun Zhao had entered the top 10 of the grade in his first monthly exam in the first year of high school. Now, he had only returned to his normal level. He would hold on for another half a month. She would be free.
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