Chapter 114: Want to Eat Tofu

  After the meeting, when he walked out of the school gate, Cen Yanqiu was in a daze. He couldn't understand why his best friend Yang Chengyu would make such a proposal. After some thought, he feared that he might not be able to bring his own youth to life because this was absolutely a challenge. He was only suitable for being on stage, playing the roles of his favorite anime characters, saying their lines and doing their actions.

  Now thinking about it, the self on stage has always been playing others, but has never truly performed itself.

  Ji Ningning walked beside Cen Yanqiu, their footsteps light as they watched a few classmates shouting about going to eat something together. Ji Ningning suddenly felt an inexplicable emotion, and was overcome with a sense of melancholy, wondering how much longer such days could last, and when everyone would go their separate ways.

  Ji Ningning turned her head, looked at Cen Yanqiu and asked: "Where's Mo Fei? Why didn't she come together with you all today when everyone rarely goes out to gather together?"

  As soon as Cen Yanqiu heard Mo Fei's name, he just smiled and said, "She says she doesn't like too many people, but she is a girl who likes lively things."

  Ji Ningning looked at Xun Yanqiu at this moment, and suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness. When did he become so gentle? If it were in the past, how would he say such words to her. Indeed, he was no longer that boy who only knew how to bicker with her.

  Ji Ningning didn't speak, at this moment all the words in her throat were stuck and she couldn't say a word. How much she wanted to pretend that she knew nothing, how much she wanted to pretend that she was extremely indifferent, but the subtle oppression emerging from her heart clearly reminded her that she was sad, that she was sorrowful. Because of sadness, because of sorrow, so she couldn't speak.

  Today Yang Chengyu's farewell party proposal, she liked it very much, and the feeling was also very deep. She performed the most real self, just putting her own rainy season in front of everyone, letting the warm sunshine dry it.

  Maybe she knows what to do now.

  At this time, Yang Chengyu hastily slipped to the side of Cen Yanqiu, inserting himself between Cen Yanqiu and Ji Ningning, and said with a sly smile: "You two are too unkind, everyone is discussing what to eat later, but you two are secretly meeting in private while Mo Fei is not around!"

  "Don't say such misleading things, I'm a person with 'family', if she finds out, won't I be dumped?" Zeng Yanqiu said jokingly, he naturally didn't know that his words would bring a kind of sadness to Ji Ningning.

  Ji Ning didn't say a word, sometimes she thought to herself, if only she didn't like him, that would be great, then she wouldn't be affected by anything he said. Just like now, if she didn't like him, then she must be able to retort sharply.

  But now she just can't do it, even if she pretends to be nonchalant, she still can't.

  Cen Yanqiu suddenly felt unaccustomed to it, was this the cost of growing up? Why did Ji Ningning, who had originally felt especially close to him, now seem so far away from him? She was no longer the girl who would recklessly tease him after he said something, nor was she the one who would raise her textbook and hit him on the back when he said something wrong. Cen Yanqiu wasn't a masochist, but he was a habitual patient. He was used to seeing his friends quarreling together, used to Ji Ningning often opposing him, and used to being able to see his dad and mom when he went home.

  But all of this seems to be fading away bit by bit, although it hasn't completely disappeared yet, but it's no longer like before. At this moment, he somehow has a premonition that one day, he will lose them forever.

  Yang Chengyu only then discovered the fleeting worry on Ji Ningning's face. He helplessly let out a quiet sigh, and smiled at Ji Ningning: "Ningning, what do you want to eat? Tell me everything, we'll order together later, I'll pay!"

  "Hey!" Xun Yanqiu looked at Yang Chengyu, couldn't help but chuckle and said, "You're so quick to pay the bill for girls, why haven't I seen you treat me to a meal?"

  "Shameless! You're not even embarrassed to say that!" Yang Chengyu looked at Cen Yanqiu with disdain. "A grown man, and you have the nerve to ask me to pay for you? What do you do when you go out with your girlfriend?"

  "That's different!" retorted Xun Yanqiu.

  Yang Chengyu didn't care about Qian Yanqiu's anger and turned to look at Ji Ningning, continuing to ask: "Ningning, tell me, what do you want to eat?"

  "I want to eat tofu," said Ji Ningning, who couldn't help but smile. Yes, she especially wanted to eat tofu at this time, white and tender, soft and smooth, eating it would also make her mood better. Ji Ningning liked to eat tofu, but it seemed like it had been a long time since she last had some, so now she must take advantage of Yang Chengyu's treat and thoroughly indulge herself.

  "Ji Ningning, I didn't know you had such a weird hobby!" Chi Yanqiu couldn't help but mock, although Ji Ningning had withdrawn from the war between them earlier, he still wouldn't learn to quit and wanted to go back to how things were before.

  Ji Ningning took a deep breath, turned her head away, and glared at Cen Yanqiu with a fierce gaze. "Only an idiot like you would think that way," she said coldly. "What's called a hobby? This is called a good habit! You don't know how nutritious tofu is, it's my favorite food!"

  "I feel a strong sense of malice..." Xun Yanqiu couldn't help but chuckle, and Ji Ningning finally spared him a glare, and also finally spared him some words.

  At this moment, Xun Yan's phone in his backpack rang. He furrowed his brow and slowly took out the phone. This call, he knew who was calling, it was Mo Fei, who had snatched his phone and set a special ringtone for herself. At that time, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, girls would inevitably be a bit willful, and naturally they would ask their boyfriends for special privileges.

  Yang Chengyu looked at Qin Yanqiu's tightly furrowed brow, as if he had thought of something. Qin Yanqiu's parents were always quite strict and often didn't allow him to stay out for too long. Although Yang Chengyu also felt a bit worried for Qin Yanqiu, he still asked with a light smile: "Is it your dad and mom calling you back home for dinner again?"

  "No." Cen Yanqiu simply said this sentence and slid his finger across the receiver, "What's wrong?"

  I don't know what the other person said, but Xun Yanqiu was still at a loss. After a while, he finally said, "I'm at home, my dad and mom are here."

  "Hmph...!" Yang Chengyu couldn't help but burst out laughing, guessing that must be Mo Fei, otherwise Qin Yanqiu wouldn't tell such a lie.

  However, Yang Chengyu was also puzzled. Xun Yanqiu seemed to have not returned home on time for a long time. Usually, he didn't need to tell his family about any activities at all, and it was completely unlike the "good boy" image of the past.