Chapter Thirty-Four: The Faint Fragrance of Lemon Grass

  Jiang Zuo snapped his fingers and said, "Lin Wan is indeed Lin Wan, always cutting to the heart of the matter."

  "Let's just let it go." Lin Wei said with feigned modesty.

  Seeing them getting more and more absurd, Su Yisuo pretended to be angry and said: "Hey, are you two done yet?"

  Jiang Mo raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "They say that when a girl is in love, her IQ drops to zero. Now I've finally seen it for myself. Lin Wan, look at you, just started dating and already completely defending Jiang Fengchen without any principles!"

  "By the way, you're also in love, have you forgotten?" Lin Wan reminded kindly.

  "I... I am of course referring specifically to Su Yi Su!"

  "Yes yes yes..."

  Two people sang and harmonized, and then put Su Yisuo on one side. Su Yisuo was extremely depressed, lazily yawning, waving his hand and leaving, returning to the dormitory to make up for a nap. Fortunately, today is Sunday, no classes in the afternoon, otherwise Su Yisuo would have spent the evening self-study in a lackluster manner. Is it worth sacrificing nap time for a date? Until he fell asleep, Su Yisuo was still thinking about this question.

  When the first class of evening self-study was over, Su Yisuo was about to lie down and rest her eyes, when she suddenly heard someone knocking on the window outside. She quickly jumped up to take a look, and Su Yixin's face with a hint of a smile appeared before her eyes.

  "What's the matter?" Su Yisuo walked out of the classroom, asking in a bad mood. People like Su Yixin are absolutely troublemakers, and coming to find her must be for no good reason. This has been verified by her over the years, and it has never failed, so this time won't be an exception either? Then don't blame her for not having a good face.

  As expected, Su Yixin chuckled and handed her two A4 papers with dense text, saying "Good sister, help me polish it a bit, you know my language level."

  Su Yi raised an eyebrow and took it over, glancing at it roughly for a few moments before saying: "This is... a speech? Su Yi Xin, what are you going to do?"

  Su Yixin showed a pleased expression and replied, "It's just an experience exchange! My language skills are not good, but my science grades are still quite good."

  "Wow, you've finally grown up?"

  "That's a must, how about it? Are you proud of having an older brother like me?"

  Su Yi let out a cold snort and said: "If you have the ability, don't make me change my ways. Otherwise, I might just become arrogant."

  "Oh no!" Su Yixin panicked, "At my level of expression, losing my own face is nothing, but losing the school's face would be unbearable!"

  "Huh?" Su Yisuo was confused, "Where are you going for an experience exchange?"

  Jiangcheng Middle School!

  "Ah!" Su Yisou sighed gradually, "Indeed has talent! Alright! This manuscript will be taken care of by me!"

  "It's tomorrow already, hurry up!"

  "Got it! Got it!"

  Su Yisu readily agreed, but when he took back the seat and looked at it carefully, he was bitterly disappointed. Not to mention his language foundation, everything written here is about science, with specialized terms popping up one after another, making it impossible to understand, let alone revise!

  More than 2,000 words of the manuscript, she spent two classes plus a class break and half an hour after self-study to finish revising it. She had never stayed in the classroom after self-study before, but this time she broke her own record by staying for half an hour, still working hard with her head down. Su Yisuo, who had never been so diligent before, had already scolded Su Yixin thousands of times in her heart, but looking at the revised manuscript, she couldn't help but feel proud and satisfied, her whole body filled with a strong sense of accomplishment.

  More than 2,000 words of science experience exchange speech! Writing a language composition only needs about 800 words. Okay, although she was only in charge of revising it, she also made a great effort, right? So after handing the speech back to Su Yixin, Su Yixin fell asleep feeling quite pleased with herself.

  A new day is dawning.

  The Jiang City Middle School was exceptionally lively that day. In order to "improve the promotion rate" as mentioned by the leaders, the principals of various middle schools in Jiang City brought their proud students here to hold a student experience exchange meeting, exchanging learning experiences and insights, with the aim of common progress.

  Su Yixin and their team leader were very young, somewhat unreliable, and had just arrived at Jiangcheng Middle School without knowing where to go, leaving a few students wandering around the campus. However, since there was still plenty of time before the discussion meeting, they didn't feel rushed at all, and instead went off to play with great enthusiasm.

  To ensure that they could enter the venue smoothly, Su Yixin first inquired about the specific location of the venue and went to investigate. The entrance of the venue was crowded with students and teachers. Their team leader teacher was also there, chatting happily with teachers from other schools, talking about something unknown.

  Su Yixin glanced at the time and saw that there was still half an hour before going on stage.

  The teacher was afraid of what might happen, so he brought them here early, but they had to wait. After thinking about it, Su Yixin quietly walked around the venue and left. He wasn't stupid enough to just stand there and wait!

  Going around the comprehensive building where the venue is located, Su Yixin appeared in the artificial bamboo forest of Jiangcheng Middle School.

  The green bamboo grows luxuriantly, occasionally a breeze blows by, the bamboo branches sway left and right, rustling softly. Sometimes one or two dry leaves float down, twirling in mid-air before gently drifting to the ground. The bamboo forest is serene and elegant, giving off a cozy feeling!

  At this time, a commotion came from behind, breaking the tranquility. Su Yixin turned her head to take a look, and a group of art students carrying their easels were coming over.

  Bamboo forest sketching? It seems like a pretty good idea. Su Yi Xian thought to herself, retreating to the side to give them way.

  Shen Beiqiu and his classmates walked together, noticing Su Yixin who had retreated to the side. They felt that there was something familiar about him, but they couldn't quite put their finger on it, and they couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.

  Such an obvious gaze, Su Yixin felt it even without looking, and a thread of doubt rose in his heart: Does that person know me?

  Seeing the other person still looking in his direction, Su Yixin thought for a moment and walked up to him, politely greeting him: "Hello, sorry to disturb you, do you know me?"

  Shen Beiqiu was somewhat surprised that he would come over, thinking to himself that he had indeed been a bit rude. He smiled apologetically and said: "I keep feeling like your eyes and eyebrows look like someone I know, but I just can't quite grasp the impression, so I couldn't help but take a few more glances. Sorry about that."

  Su Yi Xin heard this and suddenly felt delighted, saying: "Could it be that the world is so small, and in Jiang City there's another person besides Su Yi Su who looks very similar to me?"

  "Su Yi Su?" As soon as he heard the name, Shen Beiqiu understood everything. He took a closer look at Su Yixin and found that his features were identical to those of Su Yisu. He couldn't help but laugh and said: "I only knew that Yisu had a twin brother, but I've never met him in person. Today, I finally got to meet him. What a coincidence!"

  "Oh, So-yi's friend?" Su Yi-xin was surprised, this girl knows quite a few people!

  Shen Beiqiu nodded and introduced himself: "My name is Shen Beiqiu, we were classmates in elementary school."

  Upon hearing the name, Su Yi Xin couldn't help but size him up from head to toe, and after a long while, he nodded in satisfaction: "I've heard Su Yi Su mention you before, saying that you're incredibly talented, refined, and courteous. He even told me to learn from you more often! I didn't believe it at the time, but now that I've met you, I have no choice but to admit it!"

  "Hehe......" Shen Beiqiu felt embarrassed, "Don't listen to Yi Su's nonsense, I'm not worthy of being on any stage."

  "No, no, no," Su Yixin repeatedly vetoed, "Compared to that dead girl's boyfriend, you're much better!"

  "Boyfriend?" As soon as he heard this word, Shen Beiqiu's smile froze on his face, shock and loss were all over his face, but he quickly realized his mistake, deliberately calmed down his emotions, dryly laughed, and continued to say in a nonchalant tone: "Yi Su already has a boyfriend? It seems like it's really been a long time since I last saw her."

  Su Yixin suddenly realized something was off when he saw Shen Beiqiu's stiff expression, and immediately regretted not understanding the situation earlier. He quickly changed the subject, saying "Friends should keep in touch often, it's a good thing." As he glanced at the time, he found that there wasn't much time left before the event started, so he hastily bid farewell, "I still have to attend some discussion meeting, I'll take my leave first."

  Shen Beiqiu nodded with a stiff smile.

  After Su Yixin walked away, his smile suddenly disappeared. He quietly set up his easel and didn't bother with the classmates beside him. He adjusted the colors and started painting, not caring about composition or angles, just wanting to leave no gaps in his time.

  His face was unusually calm, staring intently at the canvas, unable to discern joy or sorrow, but if one looked closely, they would discover a deep and bottomless despondency in his eyes.

  Dazed, Shen Beiqiu heard the sound of his teacher's voice and looked up at the dormitory building behind him. His class teacher was standing on the balcony of a third-floor dorm room talking to a classmate.

  But his gaze fell on the lemon grass in the sun, which was growing very well. The teacher had told him that lemon grass likes sunlight, so she often moved it out onto the balcony to bask in the sun. Today there was no sunshine, and it was gloomy outside, probably because the teacher had forgotten to bring it back yesterday.

  That lemongrass was specially bought by their teacher, who cultivated the lemongrass seeds in beautiful ceramic pots and took great care of them. The teacher said that lemongrass has a light fragrance, can be used as medicine, can be used as a condiment, and can even be used to make tea. Keeping it at home, you can always smell its refreshing scent.

  It also has a language of flowers, but it doesn't have the fragrance that is as lingering and memorable as its own. Instead, it has a deep sorrow - unspoken love.

  Is it really oneself? Shen Beiqiu silently withdrew his gaze and stared at the canvas in front of him, lost in thought.

  Fragrance? That's clearly the taste of heartache.

  Some love, when spoken, is a kind of hurt. Once the words are left unspoken, they can never be spoken again. One moment of hesitation is an eternal miss.

  Finally, Shen Beiqiu could only comfort herself: As long as you're happy, that's all that matters.

  At this time, someone in front called out to him again, "Shen Beiqiu! Come quickly! Lin Xue Xiao has fainted!"