Chapter 97: Gazing at Each Other in Silence from Afar

  Apart from the school gate, Lin Wancai suddenly remembered something and exclaimed: "Jiang Shu Jing! Why haven't we seen Chen Jie Rui for the past two days? Where did he go?"

  Jiang Zuo's expression didn't change, "It's settled!"

  "Cut," Lin Luo and Su Yisu simultaneously snorted in disdain upon hearing Jiang Zuo's words, "Believe you? I'd like to see that."

  Jiang Zuo smiled and said, "I think I'm being quite serious, why don't you believe me?"

  "That's a serious distortion of the facts, okay?"

  "Not good." Jiang Zhe pouted in dissatisfaction.

  "To be honest, where did Chen Jierui go?" Su Yisu directly ignored her pretended dissatisfaction.

  Jiang Yaohan shrugged his shoulders, "Something's up at home, I'll be back after the exam, and only return tomorrow to pack my luggage."

  "Hey," Lin Wan teased, "why are you running so fast? Don't stay and see us off? To be honest, after graduating from high school, it's going to be really hard to meet up again."

  "Mind your own business! Get in!" As Lin Wei spoke, Jiang Ya had already hailed a rickshaw and was ushering them into it with a serious expression.

  "Hmph, I'm getting angry! ~" Lin Wan turned his head and teased Su Yisu unscrupulously, laughing as he got on the car.

  There were unexpectedly few people at the station, Su Yisuo had thought that there would be many graduates rushing to the station to take the train home today, it seems... The three of them are already very eager to go home?

  "Hey, what are you standing there for, hurry up!" Lin Wan walked and walked, feeling that Su Yisu behind her hadn't caught up, and couldn't help but turn her head to take a look. Sure enough, she saw her standing at the door staring blankly at the waiting room. She felt embarrassed and yelled out in a very unglamorous manner.

  Jiang Zuo also heard the sound and stopped. Turning her head, she seemed to smile but not quite, gazing at Su Yisou. Although she didn't say a word, her expression was enough to prove what she was thinking about at this moment.

  Su Yisuo looked at the playful expressions of her two good friends, feeling a bit embarrassed. She scratched her head and followed them, making an excuse for herself: "Can't we take a break?"

  "Go ahead, but you have to really take a break." Lin Wan wouldn't give her an excuse.

  "Come on!" Su Yisu walked away with her luggage, quickly passing by the two of them and disappearing into the distance, leaving behind the two who were still laughing.

  "Oh no!"

  Lin Luo and Jiang Mo had not yet recovered from their shock when they heard a cry of surprise coming from Su Yisu, who was walking in front of them. Suddenly, her face turned black again, "This guy is always so muddle-headed. What's wrong this time?" When the two turned around, they found that Su Yisu, who had been walking with her head down, had accidentally bumped into a boy's chest. Seeing this situation, the two couldn't help but laugh, "Su big sister, can you be any more foolish?!" The boy lifted his head, and the two were immediately startled. Jiang Mo even cried out without regard for appearances: "Chen Jierui! How did you end up here?"

  Su Yisu just lifted her head, dazedly looking at Chen Jierui in front of her. She turned back to look at Jiang Jiuling and Lin Wan, who were both shocked, before reacting slowly: "Right, Chen Jierui. How did you end up here?"

  Chen Jierui smiled and said, "I'll come over naturally after I'm done with family matters. Is there a problem with that?"

  "What's going on! How can this be so coincidental!" Lin Xiao also exclaimed.

  "You must believe that in the vastness of things, there is a destined connection."

  "Destiny is a matter of individual heads," Jiang Zhan walked up with a big smile. He directly threw the luggage in his hand to him, "Since you're here, just be our laborer, don't worry about not being paid, humph." As he said that, he easily threw down the three people and headed towards the train station.

  Su Yisu hesitated for a moment, but ultimately pulled her suitcase tightly and smiled innocently at Chen Jierui, saying: "Chen Jierui, since you've got a girlfriend like this, just resign yourself to your fate." With that, she also dragged her suitcase and left.

  The remaining Lin Wan naturally wouldn't stay for long, with a poker face she walked past Chen Jie Rui's side and said: "Chen Jie Rui, just accept your fate, haha."

  Chen Jierui helplessly shook his head and smiled as he carried Jiang Zhanlin's luggage behind them. This carefully planned encounter seemed to have a bit of drama? Forget it, who made his girlfriend lack romantic cells anyway.

  Sitting on the bus, Su Yisu suddenly felt a pang of melancholy as she watched Chen Jierui putting their luggage away with great effort outside the window. How long would this long-distance relationship last? Jiang Fengchen, we were young and in love, thinking that our love would last until the end of time, but will it really not be defeated by time and distance?

  At this time, Jiang Fengchen was at An Yiran's home. Tan Ziyao had been sticking to An Yiran since she recognized her as her cousin, and the three of them often had dinner together. On this day, Tan Ziyao shouted that she wanted to make dumplings to eat. An Yiran indulged her and went out to buy dumpling wrappers and fillings without saying a word. She was busy wrapping dumplings. Jiang Fengchen had never wrapped dumplings before and was curious about it. He enthusiastically followed An Yiran's guidance and carefully started wrapping dumplings.

  "Ah-choo!" He, who was concentrating on wrapping the dumplings, suddenly let out a strange sneeze. He sniffled and said, "How weird, why am I sneezing on such a hot day?"

  Tan Ziyao's face revealed a meaningful smile, "Perhaps, someone is thinking of you."

  Jiang Fengchen smiled ambiguously and said, "I think it's more likely that you're secretly cursing me in your heart."

  "Big sister!" Tan Zi Yao took the opportunity to tattle on An Yi Ran, "Look at him! He's actually ruining my image like this in secret!"

  An Yiran smiled helplessly, "You guys, can't you just grow up a bit? You're so childish."

  Tan Zi Yao nonchalantly raised her face and said, "I was young to begin with."

  "So you're saying I'm old?"

  "No, no..." Tan Zi Yao shook her head in denial, lowering it in guilt.

  In the midst of their conversation, Jiang Fengchen felt a little dazed again. The edge of the dumpling wrapper he had only wrapped halfway, which had been smeared with white water, became stiff again due to oxidation in the air. He stared blankly out the window and through the half-closed window, he could only see the top of the tall plane tree. Just like when he used to sit in class, looking at the top of the phoenix tree by the basketball court through the window.

  "Jiang Fengchen? What's wrong?" An Yiran asked, seeing Jiang Fengchen in this state.

  Jiang Fengchen snapped back to reality, lightly laughed to cover up the awkwardness on his face, and replied: "Nope, just listening to you guys talk."

  Tan Zi Yao pursed her lips and whispered softly: "I'm afraid you're getting sentimental again."

  Fortunately, An Yiran and Jiang Fengchen did not hear her whisper. An Yiran looked at the results on the table and said, "It's almost done, I'll take it down to cook."

  Jiang Fengchen nodded silently and quietly sighed. Everyone has their own worries, I suppose. Yisu, where are you now?

  The bus slowly headed in the direction of Guyong Town, Su Yisu sat on the seat and was about to fall asleep. For her, taking a bus was always an extremely exhausting thing. However, Lin Wan sitting next to her took out his mobile phone and logged onto QQ, chatting with someone, his face occasionally revealing a timid or excited smile.

  The person sitting next to Jiang Zhanlin was bored and looking around, when she saw Lin Wan's little girl-like appearance, she suddenly thought it was fun, so she stuck her head out across the aisle, slyly making a gesture as if she wanted to snatch her phone. As soon as Li Linwan saw Jiang Zhanlin's hand reaching over, she instinctively protected her phone in her arms and stared at her warily, "What are you doing?"

  "Really a ghost! Speak up! Who are you chatting with? You're so sneaky, it's definitely not something good!"

  Lin Wan felt a little guilty, "You... what business is it of yours?!"

  "Oh..." Jiang Zhan suddenly understood, "No need to say, I already know. It must be that chat with your uncle or something? Tsk tsk, not easy at all. Online romance can last this long, it's really not easy."

  Lin Lin rolled her eyes and said nothing.

  "Really? Hmph! I was right after all? I'm just too clever!"

  Lin Wan looked at her with a black line on his face, "Jiang Xiao Ling, can't you be less self-absorbed?"

  "No!"

  Looking at Jiang Zuo's smug face, Lin Wan decided to pretend she didn't know her and continued chatting on QQ.

  After a while, Jiang Xiao suddenly called out in a low voice, "Lin Luo, is this the rhythm of your meeting? What if you die from seeing the light!!"

  Lin Xiao was startled by Jiang Zuo's sudden appearance and looked up to find that she had sneaked up again without her noticing, eavesdropping on her conversation with Uncle. She couldn't help but scold: "Jiang Zuo! Is it right for you to sneak around and listen in on people's conversations?"

  Jiang Zuo's expression was one of utter normalcy, "If I can see it, why wouldn't I want to? Not being able to see it is what's really stimulating. Seeing it means I've discovered this secret, right? Meeting up? Wow, just thinking about it gets me excited! To think that I've lived for so long and never had a blind date with an online friend before!"

  Lin Wan's face was somewhat unnatural, "Netizens, ah, yes, you're right, just netizens. How can the internet be compared to reality?"

  Jiang Zuo keenly sensed the loss in her tone and hastily comforted her, "What's wrong with netizens? Aren't they human too? Many people have met online and gotten married! What's wrong with meeting?"

  Lin Wan looked at her with a strange gaze, "Didn't you used to be the one who was most opposed to meeting online friends? You said something about psycho killers and robbers, weren't those your words? How come you're now encouraging me like this?"

  "Hmm, this... " Jiang Zuo was momentarily at a loss for words, paused for a moment, and then smiled slyly: "We've graduated, so what's wrong with going crazy once? If we don't go crazy now, we'll be old. Besides, the legendary uncle, you really don't want to see him? Don't lie to me, I won't believe it."

  Lin Wan was somewhat dazed, her eyes vacant and slow to respond.

  At this time, Su Yisuo dazedly woke up from her sleep in the Xinglong Temple, rubbed her eyes and looked at the two of them asking: "What are you guys talking about?"

  "In a plot for a magical encounter." Jiang Xiao said mysteriously.

  "A magical encounter?"

  Jiang Zuo Cong refused to accept it, turned to Lin Xiao and persuaded her strongly: "Xiao, we'll accompany you there, if anything goes wrong, we'll leave immediately! Don't regret it, if we miss this village, there won't be another chance like this!"