"I'm gоing bасk."
Su Zаi Zai didn't know hоw tо rеасt.
Her eхрression wаs dazed аs shе sоftlу uttеrеd an "Oh."
Оnly after hearing Su Zai Zаi's rеspоnse did Zhаng Lu Rаng stаrt wаlking baсk.
Su Zаi Zаi stооd in plаce, not immеdiаtelу heading homе.
She starеd at Zhang Lu Rаng's rеtrеаting figurе until hе rеachеd thе cоrnеr.
Тhen, hе turned lеft.
Su Zаi Zai suddenlу rеalizеd what had just haрpened.
Shе rаisеd her hаnd, trying to cооl dоwn the hеаt оn hеr fасe.
Тurning аround fоolishlу, she walkеd towаrd hоmе.
While wаiting fоr thе еlevator, it suddеnly occurred tо her.
Wasn't Zhang Lu Rаng's home... tо the right?
Su Zаi Zаi entеred her room, sat on the bed, and hugged a pillow, lost in thought.
Half an hour later, she hesitantly opened her phone.
She sent Zhang Lu Rang a WeChat message.
— July 12, 2013, we kissed~
Zhang Lu Rang: "..."
He immediately tossed his phone aside and buried his face in the pillow.
In the room, the air conditioner emitted a "click-clack" sound as it operated.
Under the bed, Su Su was sleeping, her breathing steady and shallow.
The light was dim.
Only the moonlight streaming in through the window and the faint glow from the phone on the bed illuminated the space.
After a long while, feeling somewhat stifled,
Zhang Lu Rang turned over.
The corners of his mouth hidden in the pillow had long since curled up silently.
Seemingly guessing he wouldn't reply,
Soon, Su Zai Zai sent two more messages.
— Lùràng, I'm really bad at math.
— Can you help me catch up? I can't afford tutoring classes [/pitiful]
He pressed the back of his hand against his lips and slowly typed a word.
— Okay.
The next afternoon.
Su Zai Zai stuffed the books she needed into her backpack, slung it over her shoulder, and headed downstairs.
She met up with Zhang Lu Rang downstairs.
The two walked toward a dessert shop near Jinghua.
When he saw her, Zhang Lu Rang's expression was still somewhat unnatural.
He wanted to act as if nothing had happened and didn't speak.
But Su Zai Zai shamelessly asked, "How did it taste?"
Zhang Lu Rang: "..."
"To be honest, I think among my facial features, my lips are the sexiest."
"..."
"Do you like them? Want to kiss again?"
Zhang Lu Rang stopped walking and looked at her expressionlessly.
Seeing this, Su Zai Zai immediately changed her tune: "Let's go, study."
Even though she changed the topic promptly, Zhang Lu Rang still frowned and scolded her.
"Don't keep thinking about these things."
She couldn't hold back and retorted, "Didn't you kiss me yesterday?"
"..."
Su Zai Zai bounced in front of him, walking backward to face him.
"Will you give me a title? Give me a clear answer."
Zhang Lu Rang pulled her back and said, "Walk properly."
"Ugh, why are you so..." Su Zai Zai was utterly frustrated. "What should I say to you..."
"..."
"Fine, two years, think about it yourself." Su Zai Zai lowered her voice, threatening him, "I... I could also possibly fall for another guy."
Hearing this, Zhang Lu Rang turned to look at her.
Though unsure if it would work, Su Zai Zai continued guiltily, "I'm serious, you..."
Zhang Lu Rang interrupted her: "I'll give it."
Hearing the expected answer, Su Zai Zai said "Oh" and fell silent.
She lowered her head, the corners of her mouth lifting.
After walking just a few steps, Zhang Lu Rang beside her spoke again."Don't like other boys," he mumbled gloomily.
The two walked into the dessert shop and found a corner seat by the window.
The shop had a pleasant atmosphere, with warm yellow lights creating an especially cozy ambiance.
Soft music played in the background, soothing the mood.
Su Zaizai sat down first, then patted the spot beside her, signaling him to sit there.
Zhang Lurang had intended to sit across from her, but seeing her gesture, he obediently took the seat next to her.
After ordering two drinks, they took out their workbooks.
Su Zaizai pulled the final exam paper from her workbook.
Flipping through it, she said, "I feel like I didn’t make many mistakes in the earlier questions, but I basically couldn’t do the last three big problems..."
Zhang Lurang took the exam paper and scanned the answers she had written.
The final exam papers hadn’t been reviewed yet, so Su Zaizai didn’t know how many mistakes she had made.
Lowering his eyes, Zhang Lurang asked softly, "How many points did you get?"
"I scored 102 this time!" she said proudly.
He picked up a pen and circled the questions she had gotten wrong.
"You missed four multiple-choice questions and two fill-in-the-blanks—thirty points in total."
Su Zaizai couldn’t believe it.
"That can’t be right. How did I get 102 then?"
"..."
Unwilling to face reality, she shifted the blame onto him, saying, "Lurang, don’t think your answers are always the correct ones."
Zhang Lurang: "...I got a perfect score."
"Oh." Su Zaizai lowered her head and humbly asked, "Where did I go wrong?"
Before he could answer, Su Zaizai continued, "If I calculate it this way, I got 40 points on the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank sections, which means I scored 62 on the big problems..."
"..."
"No way, I completely guessed on the last three big problems!"
Zhang Lurang’s temple twitched, and he began explaining the problems to her.
After going through them once, Su Zaizai said gloomily, "Why is it 'add to the left, subtract from the right' here?"
"..." He continued explaining.
"Sigh, I still don’t get it."
Zhang Lurang decided to explain it again.
He had just opened his mouth, but before he could speak—
Su Zaizai grinned cheekily and said, "Maybe I’ll understand if you kiss me."
He turned to look at her and said coldly, "Do you want to go home?"
"...Let’s move on to the next problem."
After he finished explaining the last big problem and Su Zaizai had digested it, she said, "Lurang, let me help you with English. This time’s English exam was really hard."
Zhang Lurang: "..."
"How many points did you get?"
Zhang Lurang hesitated before answering, "Over eighty."
Su Zaizai blinked. "How did you improve so fast?"
He didn’t answer.
Su Zaizai rested her chin on her hand, lost in thought.
After a while, she suddenly asked, "Lurang, what if I don’t get into Z University?"
Zhang Lurang opened the workbook in front of her, not taking her words to heart.
"Focus on your problems."
The night before Zhang Lurang returned to B City.
He hesitated but still called Su Zaizai out.
Su Zaizai was in low spirits and didn’t speak first when she walked up to him.
Zhang Lurang grabbed her wrist and handed her the bag he was holding. "Take this."
"Okay." She obediently accepted it.
Su Zaizai opened it and took a look.
Seven rows of jelly cups.
Soon, she heard Zhang Lurang speak.
"Eat one every day. When you finish them, I’ll be back."
Hearing this, Su Zaizai looked up at him.
Zhang Lurang smiled, patiently comforting her.“And I’ll give you the next portion later.”
For some reason, her mood lifted a little, and she whispered, “Got it.”
Zhang Lurang hesitated for a moment before mustering the courage to add, “Don’t play with other boys.”
Chapter 35
Why can I only eat one jelly a day?
Why can I only see the great beauty during National Day?
And why, when I finally saw him during National Day, at such a happy moment, did he not believe that I really only ate one jelly a day? :)
—From Su Zaizai’s Little Fairy Diary
After school in the afternoon, Su Zaizai returned to the dormitory to take a shower first.
After washing her clothes, she used the towel draped over her neck to dry her hair.
Walking over to the cabinet, she took out her phone and glanced at it.
Su Zaizai had sent Zhang Lurang a message before the noon break:
—How are your new classmates? Is the school environment good?
He had just replied: Everything’s fine.
Seeing this message, although Su Zaizai felt relieved, she also inexplicably felt a pang of sadness and displeasure.
Pursing her lips, she asked directly: Is it fine even without me?
After waiting for a while, she didn’t receive a reply.
Su Zaizai didn’t mind much and put her phone back.
Then, she picked up the hairdryer and went to the laundry room to dry her hair.
Ten minutes later, Su Zaizai returned to the dormitory and placed the hairdryer back in the cabinet.
Just then, she noticed the screen lighting up.
Zhang Lurang had sent a message.
—Mm.
Su Zaizai: “...”
Before she could get angry, two more words came from the other end.
—Not fine.
Only after leaving the dormitory building did she realize it was raining outside.
Su Zaizai went back to the dormitory to get an umbrella.
After thinking for a moment, she walked over to the cabinet and sent Zhang Lurang a few more messages.
Su Zaizai: It’s raining here in City Z.
Su Zaizai: If it’s raining there too, remember to bring an umbrella.
Su Zaizai: Don’t get caught in the rain.
She hesitated for a moment but ultimately put her phone back.
If she took it to the classroom, she’d definitely be tempted to chat with him.
And she might even end up encouraging him to bring his phone to class too.
Su Zaizai didn’t dwell on it any longer and headed out.
Summer rain comes suddenly, pouring down noisily onto the ground.
The air carried a faint earthy scent, stirring a restless feeling inside.
Su Zaizai carefully avoided the puddles of all sizes on the road and first went to the convenience store to buy a few pen refills.
Leaving the store, she instinctively turned her head and looked toward the school gate.
She remembered the first time she met Zhang Lurang.
It felt like time had passed so quickly.
The moments spent with him seemed to fly by in the blink of an eye.
Suddenly, she felt the days ahead would be hard to bear.
Su Zaizai returned to her seat.
She set down her backpack and reached into the bag hanging on the side of her desk to take out a jelly.
Wang Nan propped her head up with one hand, turning sideways to look at her.
“You really do eat one a day.”
Su Zaizai tore open the wrapper with a sharp ripping sound.
The eleventh one. There was still one left in the second row.
Thirty-one in total.
But it seemed like there were only twenty-five days left until National Day.
Did the great beauty give me an extra row…?
Before she could figure it out, Wang Nan beside her spoke up, “Hey, give me one.”
Su Zaizai immediately refused, “No.”
“...Su Zaizai, you’re getting stingier by the day.”—-
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