Chapter Eighty-Seven No one will ever belong to anyone

  After the 100-day mobilization meeting, I feel that the days are flying by like an arrow. Time is like water in a cup, use some and there will be less, even if you don't use it, it will still evaporate.

  March brings humid weather, spring is filled with new hope, but also pervades the despair of returning tides.

  After lunch that day, Su Yisu returned to the dormitory and ran to the windowsill to see her pot of snowdrop flowers. After a month of careful care, the seedlings had finally grown into tender new shoots, and were growing vigorously at a visible rate.

  "It will probably be in bloom soon?" Su Yisou thought with a smile.

  "Sui Su, are you admiring his flower again? What if it gets tired of your face after looking at it so many times?" She Chang walked over and teased.

  Su Yi Su looked at her with a gloomy expression and retorted, "My dear Shuai Zhang, I've been looking at you for three whole years now. Can't I be tired of this face?"

  "Alright." Zhe Chang replied calmly and walked away humming a tune.

  Su Yi silently gazed at her back, thinking: other couples have been facing each other for decades and don't seem to be tired of it. She thought about it again and turned around with a smile, talking to herself in front of the snowdrop flower: "Snowdrop flower, you won't get tired of me either, right?"

  "Hey," Li Shuiyan also returned to the dormitory at this time, and as soon as she entered the dormitory, she saw Su Yisuo talking to herself in front of a flower pot, and couldn't help but be startled. "Su Menghuai, you have that kind of time, why not care about me more? I also need care."

  Su Yisu gave her a disdainful glance and turned to walk back to her own bed, saying: "Li Fengqing, I thought someone like you who is so cynical about the world wouldn't need human affection."

  Li Shuiyan smiled wryly and followed her, suddenly approaching her face and said: "Don't you know that the relationship between people is tied with an emotional bond of intimacy and distance? You don't care about me, turn around and I'll forget you."

  "Cut it out," Su Yisuo turned her head away with disdain. "If that's really the case, then I'm deeply grateful."

  Li Shuiyan hummed and sat back on her own couch, saying: "When you have time, hurry up and hug your family's thighs tightly, otherwise, if you're not careful, someone else will hug them. After all, no one belongs to anyone forever."

  Su Yisu looked at her with a curious expression, "Li Fengqing, when did you become so concerned about our affairs?"

  "I'm afraid you'll cry and annoy people when the time comes!" Li Shuiyan glared at her with a bad temper, changed into slippers and got up to walk towards the bathroom.

  Su Yi looked at her and smiled slyly: "How did I detect a hint of bitterness?"

  Li Shuiyan ignored her.

  Su Yisu felt bored and thought for a while with her head tilted, deciding to call Jiang Fengchen, it seemed like they hadn't contacted each other for a long time...

  After the ringing tone echoed for a few times, Jiang Fengchen's lazy voice finally came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, Yisu?"

  "Chen, are you busy?"

  "No," Jiang Fengchen yawned, "I'm just too lazy to get up when there's nothing to do."

  Su Yisu couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle lightly, "Be careful or you'll sleep like a pig."

  "It doesn't matter, pigs are treated quite well."

  "What else can I say......" Su Yisu's face was full of black lines, "Have you been okay recently? Has anything happened to anyone? Have the guests given you a hard time?"

  "No way. They don't even see who I am, they're all under my control."

  "Virtue!" Su Yisou cursed with a smile.

  "Su Yisu, come here for a moment!" At this time, Li Shuiyan shouted from the bathroom, Su Yisu hastily responded with a sound, turned her head and said to Jiang Fengchen: "I won't tell you. My roommate is calling me."

  "Alright, I'll call you again next time." Jiang Fengchen said and hung up the phone.

  Su Yisu looked puzzled at her phone, and the receiver faintly transmitted a "beep..." disconnection prompt. She couldn't help but furrowed her brow, why did Chen hang up so quickly? In the past, it was always him letting her hang up first...

  "Sui Su!!" Li Shuiyan's roar echoed again. "Coming!" Sui Su didn't have time to think, threw her phone on the bed and rushed to the bathroom.

  Yoon City

  The supermarket was deserted, probably because it was a sweltering noon and people didn't want to come out. The huge supermarket only had a few customers scattered around, who didn't seem like they were there to buy anything. They strolled around aimlessly, looking here and there, very carefree. Maybe they just came to enjoy the air conditioning and kill some boring time.

  The entire supermarket was quiet. An Yiran held a shopping basket in her left hand, and her right hand hung naturally down, strolling leisurely between the rows of shelves. The wound on her right arm had healed somewhat after a month of careful nursing, leaving a large scar at the site of the injury, which still hadn't fully recovered and occasionally throbbed with pain, making it impossible for her to lift anything. However, An Yiran was already very satisfied with this rate of recovery.

  Jiang Fengchen hung up the phone, and An Yiran smiled slightly, saying: "Why did you want to deceive her?"

  Jiang Fengchen put his phone back in his pocket, a look of confusion flashing across his face. "I don't know, it was just subconscious, probably because I'm afraid she'll overthink things. People say that long-distance relationships are always fragile, and any small thing can trigger suspicion - this is the last thing I want to see happen."

  An Yiran just smiled and didn't take over the conversation cleverly.

  A man, once he lies to a woman, is a sign that they will break up. She learned this sentence from "The Legend of the White Snake", and she never doubted its scientific nature. Jiang Fengchen was willing to lie to Su Yisu, which was enough to prove that her position in Jiang Fengchen's heart had begun to change subtly, making her happy. At this time, she would not go to advise him that lovers should be honest with each other.

  After strolling around for a while, An Yiran's basket was filled with more and more things. Carrying the basket for so long made her right arm feel sore, so she unconsciously put it down and held it by hand. Jiang Fengchen saw this and quickly took over the basket from her hand, saying "Let me carry it."

  An Yi Ran didn't refuse, and smiled apologetically, saying: "I'm really sorry to have brought you here to buy things. Look at my arm, one hand can't exert any strength, and the other is also slacking off."

  Jiang Fengchen subconsciously glanced at Yan Ran's right arm, she was wearing a long-sleeved shirt, the long sleeves covering the injured area, but he knew that under that fabric was a shocking scar, thinking of it, his eyes flashed with guilt, and he looked down, saying: "Yan Ran, I've implicated you."

  An Yiran smiled with a relieved expression and said, "What are you talking about? It's all my own willing heart. If I hadn't been so nosy, nothing would have happened. So, don't blame yourself, and we're good friends, aren't we? Friends should help each other out."

  Jiang Fengchen looked up at An Yiran's calm smile, suddenly feeling a little dazed. A vague emotion flashed through his heart, but by the time he tried to figure out what it was, that inexplicable emotion had already vanished. He could only shake his head and say, "From now on, don't take risks for me again. I don't want you to get hurt because of me, I would feel very guilty."

  "Got it!" An Yiran smiled sweetly and stepped forward, her mood exceptionally good.

  With guilt, there will be attachment, isn't that right? Little Yuan, look, the chips I've bet aren't like throwing stones into the ocean, gone forever.

  Undoubtedly, An Yiran is intelligent. Her every move is calculated and sincere. A woman like An Yiran is indeed very eye-catching. She is gentle, elegant, considerate, and understanding. Any normal man with a normal sense of aesthetics and pursuit would be moved by such a charming woman, not to mention that in front of Jiang Fengchen, she is also someone who dares to take risks for him without hesitation.

  April is approaching soon. Su Yisou's study task is getting busier.

  During class break, Su Yisou raised her head from the pile of books and looked at Li Shuixian, "Want to go to the bathroom?"

  "Go!" Li Shuiyan responded with a crisp tone. The friendship between girls is always strange, they even go to the toilet together.

  When they returned to their seats laughing and joking with each other, Su Yisuo saw the stack of test papers on her desk and immediately stopped smiling.

  She picked up the few test papers that had suddenly appeared in the toilet with a gloomy face, and said irritably: "I just went to the bathroom!"

  In contrast, Li Shuiyan calmly and quickly tidied up the messy test papers and said, "I thought you were used to it, but I overestimated you again."

  Su Yisuo was silently depressed and didn't speak.

  Ah, the college entrance exam. Before the day of the exam arrives, she's probably already exhausted herself to death in a sea of questions! The tactic of drowning oneself in a sea of questions? Hmm... for someone like her who is mediocre and lazy, this tactic can indeed bring out her potential.

  However, compared to her usual apathy towards studying, Su Yisuo was more worried about another thing - she belatedly discovered that Jiang Fengchen's attitude had become increasingly polite and distant!

  Is it her fault that she's busy? In the English class that made people drowsy, Su Yisu was thinking about this question with her chin in her hands. After a long time, she shook her head and denied it: He clearly knew he was about to take the college entrance exam, so he wouldn't distance himself because of this.

  Then that's... a terrible thought suddenly flashed in her mind. Su Yisu hurriedly covered her head, trying her best not to think about it - no, it can't be like this, their feelings are so solid!

  However, reality did not change because of her will. Su Yisu felt extremely uncomfortable every time she heard Jiang Fengchen's faint and evasive tone, but her proud self-esteem made it impossible for her to ask questions without losing face. The two people were just being polite and courteous to each other, with an unspoken understanding between them.

  "Men are restless creatures. The tighter you grasp, the more they want to escape; the more you indulge them, the faster they'll flee."

  "Where's your Chen Jierui?" Lin Wan couldn't help but tease her.

  "He's special!" Jiang Xiao Li proudly declared.

  "Hmph!" This remark successfully drew contempt from both of them.

  While chatting with Tan Ziyao, Su Yisuo couldn't help but pour out her troubles to her. After a moment of silence, Tan Ziyao gave her a bold suggestion.

  "Do you have a holiday for Qingming Festival? Why don't you go to Yincheng to find him?"