Chapter 17 Diary

After returning, Chen Yuan went straight to sleep.

Xia Xinyu, on the other hand, had to leave on a long trip the next day, and her electricity bill at home hadn't been paid, so she took another shower at Chen Yuan's place while he was sleeping. After drying her hair, she carefully left and returned to her own room to prepare for sleep.

The time was 23:52. For other young people, the night was just beginning. But she, with her regular routine, rarely slept so late, so drowsiness had long since set in.

Weary from the day, she could have fallen asleep as soon as she lay down, but too many things had happened today, and if she didn't finish them today, they would encroach on other times.

So, she took out her phone and opened the notepad.

Tap, tap, tap, she began to type.

October 18th, sunny, slightly warm.

Today was a very normal day until school was out.

At noon, I talked with my aunt about going home and the funeral.

In the afternoon, I had PE class, and Qian Duo'er and Yu Xin Yue pulled me to play badminton for a while. Then, when school was out, they insisted on leaving the school gate with me.

No. 11 Middle School had club activities today, so he got out of school early. I asked him if he could wait for me, and he agreed immediately. He waited for me at the school gate for a while, bought me a Super A Cheese Peach smoothie, and we ate shengjian (pan-fried buns), guotie (pot stickers), and duck blood soup from "Jiangning Shengjian."

While shopping, he played the challenge of writing from 1 to 500 and won a movie card and two dolls.

Finally, we went to see a movie. The beginning was good, but the end was a bit boring. After watching it, we went home.

When she typed to this point, Xia Xinyu's fingers stopped. After reviewing it, she found nothing missing and exited the notepad.

She had always had the habit of writing a diary, and she had persisted for several years, except for the few days after receiving the news of her parents' death, when she temporarily stopped updating it.

Although she had always wanted to make up for those few days, she had been very busy recently and couldn't find the time.

Well, I'll wait until I have some free time.

Xia Xinyu put down her phone and was about to go to sleep when she was interrupted by a command from her brain, and she picked up her phone and opened the photo album.

The first photo was a group photo of Chen Yuan and herself. But he didn't know that he had taken a group photo with her.

If someone accidentally sees my phone, the first thing they'll see is this...

Well, I'll put it in a certain album.

School...

No, he's not from our school.

Shaoxiang... This album is for photos from my hometown. It would be a little strange to put him in it.

Then, "Me."

Xia Xinyu didn't have many photos in her own album. There were only a few selfies and landscape photos. Most of them were taken by Qian Duo'er, the small girl with glasses, and sent to her. So, she probably had more photos of herself than she did.

Although she had occasionally protested, thinking that it was impolite to take pictures of her all the time, she could only let the other party bully her after they said, "Isn't it because you're beautiful, kind, and generous that I take pictures of you? What are you being so proud of?"

And besides these well-taken photos, there were only a few group photos of herself and the two of them. Most of them were casual group photos taken when going out to play. It was obvious that she wasn't good at taking photos.

These can be called "Me."

So, if I put Chen Yuan here...

Why does it feel like letting him enter a girls' dormitory?

Worrying and worrying, it was already past twelve o'clock.

No, I really need to sleep.

In the end, the foolish Xia Xinyu finally thought of creating a separate album called "o" and putting Chen Yuan in it.

However, since there was only one photo in this album, it was still a bit strange...

"No, I need to sleep!"

Hugging her head, Xia Xinyu, whose eyelids were drooping from sleepiness, was about to be annoyed by her tangled state of mind.

Clearly, when Chen Yuan secretly photographed her, he was so relaxed and casually put it in his album.

According to him, she, as the person being secretly photographed, had lost her composure instead.

Then, I'll add a lock.

Never show it to anyone but myself.

Like some strange collector, or a狂热 kuangre (zealous) fangirl, she mysteriously disposed of this photo. Then, she put down her phone and reached for the doll on the bedside table to perform her pre-sleep ritual.

When her hand touched the cute bear hat, she skipped over the large stuffed animal and grabbed the slightly smaller blue scarf, the cold cat, and hugged it in her arms...

...

Chen Yuan went straight to sleep after returning home yesterday. He seemed to remember that even though Xia Xinyu was so sleepy, she still wanted to shower, took a shower at his house, and even asked him if she could blow-dry her hair because the sound was a bit loud and would disturb his sleep.

She probably still blew it dry.

After all, he mumbled back at the time, "Blow it, don't be polite. I sleep very soundly. It's okay if you kill someone here..."

It can only be said that people have no brains when they are sleepy.

However, due to his long-term biological clock habits, he still woke up at seven in the morning and didn't stay in bed for too long.

Rubbing his eyes, Chen Yuan got out of bed and was about to brush his teeth when he heard the roar of an engine downstairs.

Peeking out of the window, he saw a black Buick Regal parked next to the tree downstairs that the landlord often fucked.

Then, a woman who looked like a senior teacher aiming for a special-grade teacher got out of the car.

Overbearing aura!

Chen Yuan subconsciously pulled the curtains to avoid her.

But then he suddenly realized that the other party didn't know him, so he slowly opened the curtains again and continued to watch the drama.

A man who looked a bit dull got out of the driver's seat and didn't follow her upstairs. Instead, he stood in front of the tree, looking quite puzzled as he observed the pad tied to the tree. His clever little brain seemed to be thinking - what is this pad for?

It's just a safety measure when fucking a tree.

Is that my uncle-in-law?

His hair is a bit thick on top.

First, rule out doctors, programmers, and tractor maintenance and repairmen.

But he also looks like he works in a unit.

The middle class of Xia Hai.

In fact, Xia Xinyu had told him that her aunt had always wanted her to come and live with her, but she hadn't agreed because she always felt uncomfortable living in someone else's home.

In the days after her parents died, her aunt also came twice to take her away, but Xia Xinyu was only focused on wanting to die at that time and had no other feelings, so she refused as well.

Xia Xinyu was able to go to No. 4 Middle School because she had good grades, which was enough to meet the admission line. But more importantly, her aunt used her connections to get her a degree, otherwise, with a Jingnan hukou (household registration), it would have been basically impossible.

So, her aunt is actually a very kind person...

"Damn, footsteps!"

The footsteps in the corridor made Chen Yuan a little flustered and inexplicably opened the closet, as if he wanted to be like Doraemon and sleep inside.

And on the top row of his half-full wardrobe, the Holy Xinyu was displayed there.

Looking at this cat that was smiling happily, Chen Yuan remembered that she was also smiling silly at him on the subway last night.

No matter what he asked her, she wouldn't say anything, as if she had secretly stuck a little turtle on him, playing tricks very obviously, and he couldn't find the little turtle anywhere.

And the Heart Voice at this time was like a modifier, revealing all of Xia Xinyu's flaws.

[He definitely doesn't know that I secretly photographed him while he was sleeping...]

Hey, it's not a big deal, Xinyu baby.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan took out his phone and opened the photo of Xia Xinyu standing on the beach by the riverbank, holding up her skirt and bathing in the moonlight: "It's not like I don't have one either."

However, she has also seen this photo.

And the photo of me being secretly photographed...

What exactly is it like?

Chaozi, can't you directly transmit a bit of the picture to me?

Pure Heart Voice is too low.

What, the ability of perspective will be refreshed next week?

Okay, Chaozi, you said it. If you lie, you have no m. (mother)

With such a reliable aunt, a mysterious but seemingly good uncle-in-law, and this Buick Regal, which I'll praise along the way since it's already here, Xia Xinyu shouldn't have to worry, right?

Standing by the window, watching Xia Xinyu and her aunt go downstairs, and her uncle-in-law put things into the trunk and then prepared to leave, Chen Yuan's expression remained unchanged.

Suddenly, Xia Xinyu said something to her aunt, and then returned to the apartment building alone.

She must have forgotten something and is going upstairs to get it, right?

Without guessing too much, Chen Yuan pulled the curtains, went to the bathroom, poured a glass of water, squeezed on toothpaste, and looked at himself in the mirror with his bangs slightly curled up while brushing his teeth.

Since it's the weekend, I should be sleeping at this time.

After all, she was so tired yesterday, she must be thinking the same thing.

She's thinking that I'm sleeping, so with her polite personality, she didn't send me a message, fearing that the pop-up sound would disturb...

Knock, knock, knock.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Hearing this, Chen Yuan immediately put down his toothbrush and prepared to open the door.

But the increasingly urgent knocking made him hesitate.

What the hell?

Is my aunt going to kill me, and you're here to give me the news?

With the toothbrush still in his mouth, Chen Yuan went to open the door.

And after Xia Xinyu saw him, she suddenly grabbed his hand, placed the 'sachet' from that day in his hand, and wrapped his fist with both hands.

After he held it firmly, she let go.

Chen Yuan: "Huh?"

"Going home, more than luck, I need courage. And you need luck more."

Because her aunt was still waiting, Xia Xinyu waved goodbye after saying that.

But at the moment she reached the stairs, she stopped, turned her head, and smiled, reminding him, "I'm only borrowing it for two days. Remember to return it to me!"

"..." Lowering his head, looking at the 'lucky sachet' in his hand, Chen Yuan still hadn't reacted to what was happening.

Moreover, wasn't this originally mine...