"Love After Love 5-0=? Chapter 12 Love War"

  Love is a cruel war, the winner seems invincible, but there is no ever-victorious general.

  Ji Huaning won in the battle for Jiang Yuan Ying.

  Ji Huaning achieved an unprecedented victory.

  She walked with her head held high, a spring breeze on her face, revealing the pure and charming innocence of a girl who had just fallen in love for the first time. The famous golden boy and jade girl on campus had now become a real couple, and they were no longer so provocative to speculate about. Except for Qin Yijiang, who had been gloomy for a long time, everyone thought that the original triangular relationship had officially ended with the withdrawal of Rose Princess.

  At school, they followed the rules and studied diligently as usual, assisting their teachers. However, their mood was different now. Jiang Yuan Ying would occasionally gaze at Ji Hua Ning's back, lost in thought, while Ji Hua Ning would turn around to borrow a ruler, and the two would exchange a smile that could squeeze out honey, causing Xie Qi Da to make a strange pose, hugging himself and shivering all over.

  As before, they still walked together after school. Jiang Yuan Ying still took a detour every day to send his girlfriend home first and then return the same way. He didn't dare hold hands on the bustling streets, but when crossing the road or in quiet alleys with no one around, Jiang Yuan Ying would secretly grasp Ji Hua Ning's small hand in his palm, warm and slightly sweaty. Neither of them dared to look up at each other, they just looked at the shadow of their entwined hands under the sunset, happily leaning against each other.

  The first kiss took place on a winter evening of that year, with wind and snow raging outside. The tenderness that couldn't help but squeeze each other into their bodies had already departed from the initial pure shyness, revealing another side of passionate possession in love. As for the feeling at that time, Ji Huaning only remembered that his heart could beat so fast, as if it was about to jump out. A kind of inexplicable passion dominated the two people, she looked at his intoxicating handsome face slowly approaching herself, and then closed her eyes.

  Awkward. The two shared the clumsiness of their first kiss. Although they were initially at a loss, they still yearned for each other deeply, and so again and again.

  I love this person, Ji Huaning thought. The unfamiliar surge in her body's turbulent emotions, like a small bug biting at her heart. At this moment, she felt they belonged to each other, even if it was just a kiss. From the initial must-have, to now being trapped in his gentle affection, wanting to never part ways, Ji Huaning thought that's what love is all about. However, many things can only be understood after experiencing and even suffering through them, just like the snowy path they walked together, leaving behind two deep footprints, but it's hard to turn back.

  The happy and sweet time always has an end, in the blink of an eye, black July is already beckoning to this group of students who are about to enter their third year of high school. And He Le Rongrong's front and back desk of four people also face the fate of having to separate - class division.

  Jiang Yuan Ying was destined to follow in his father's footsteps, advancing on the path of medicine, he could only choose chemistry. Qin Yi Jiang also chose chemistry, Xie Qi Da chose physics. Ji Hua Ning, however, hesitated, her grades were balanced, and it seemed like she could choose anything, but choosing chemistry, she couldn't think of what she should do in the future. It was only then that she realized, from childhood to adulthood, she had never had a so-called dream!

  That day, she returned home in a daze, looking back on the path she had taken. She had always been a good daughter, a good student, with parents who were role models and a boyfriend who was enviable. But what about afterwards? What kind of work would Ji Huaning do in the future? How would she establish herself in society?

  She really didn't know.

  When Lin Jinglan returned home from school, she was told to lock herself in her room as soon as she got back. Jiang Yun especially asked him to go take a look and see if their daughter had any worries on her mind. As children grow up, they often don't want to talk to their parents about many things, leaving them with no choice but to watch anxiously.

  Lin Jinglan nodded in agreement, still meticulously putting away her school bag and the shoes at the entrance, washing her hands clean of scallions, before heading upstairs.

  Knock, knock, he lightly knocked on the door. Ji Huaning knew it was Xiao Lan, so she didn't go to open the door and just sat at her desk with a sulky expression. Lin Jinglan gently pushed the door, which wasn't locked. He walked in front of her, but she didn't look up at him, instead doodling randomly on a piece of paper in front of her. With his keen eyesight, he quickly caught sight of the blurry words on the paper: doctor, teacher, and something far away... He vaguely understood what was going on.

  "Hua Ning, are you... hesitating about choosing a major?"

  Ji Huaning finally looked up at him, a departure from her usual ferocity. At this moment, she made him think of the word "weak". "I don't know what I should do in the future," she crumpled the paper in front of her and threw it to the corner of the wall.

  She had never told anyone about this, not even Yuan Ying. She didn't want anyone to see her helpless side. But Xiao Lan was an exception, she let her guard down around him. From young to old, there were too many exceptions that happened to him.

  Lin Jing sat down in a chair beside her. "What's there to be annoyed about? How many people really know what they want?" His voice was slow but firm, like an experienced old man, which made Ji Huaning dissatisfied and say: "You little devil, you're not even at the stage of talking about ideals yet! It's easy to talk when you don't have to face choices!"

  Lin Jinglan remained silent. As a child prodigy, he had actually faced choices more than once, such as whether to skip grades, and people from local research institutions would come to see him, hoping that he could be used by them in the future. But just like Hua Ning said, he was only twelve years old, and he didn't know if his current choices would lead to regret later on, so he simply rejected all of them. Ji Huaining, ah, the girl who was gentle and obedient in other people's eyes, but fierce and overbearing in his own eyes, what would she be suitable for in the future?

  Non-stop phone calls from busy white-collar workers; in the conference room, eloquent corporate elites... his mouth corners slightly curved.

  Affable kindergarten teacher, wearing black-framed glasses, staring at the computer's IT... He shook his head to himself again.

  Ji Huan Ning looked at him strangely and couldn't help but laugh. "What are you indulging in by yourself over there?"

  Lin Jinglan told her about the several ideas she had just come up with, and Ji Huaning also fell into this beautiful fantasy of the future. Through Lin Jinglan's one-by-one suggestions, various different future scenarios emerged in her mind, and the two people couldn't help but laugh and shake their heads together, and the knot in their hearts was also gradually loosened in the laughter.

  The next day, Ji Huan Ning firmly chose to retake the politics exam. Thanks to Xiao Lan's good fortune, the originally vague and abstract "future" and "prospects" had turned into some clear and distinguishable images. It turned out that finding one's ideal was such an easy thing, it was just that she had added too many restrictions to it herself. At this time, she couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic towards her boyfriend, who seemed to have been destined not to be able to choose his own future since birth. Would he feel lost?

  Jiang Yuanying just smiled faintly at this question.

  "My parents raised me up, and their ideals are my responsibility. Besides, who wouldn't yearn to be a doctor who can save lives and heal wounds?"

  It's hard to distinguish between love and hate, and it's also difficult to capture any dissatisfaction. Ji Huaning let out a light sigh, and the first crucial choice in life just passed by like this.

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