Ying Yunsheng was a little annoyed, kicking the stones by the lake with the tips of his shoes.
Ji Li glanced at the time: "We've explored the school enough, shall we go get dinner?"
Are you hungry?
Ji Li hummed in agreement: "A little."
Ying Yunsheng pulled him towards the school gate: "What do you want to eat?"
"Jianbing Guozi" (a type of savory crepe).
There was a small cart selling jianbing guozi (Chinese crepes) not far from the school. Ying Yunsheng had eaten something before leaving home and wasn't hungry yet, so he only ordered Ji Li's portion, specifying that he didn't want scallions or cilantro.
Ji Li took the prepared pancake, opened the plastic bag, and took a bite.
Ying Yunsheng took his hand and led him to a place a little further away to wait for the bus, passing by a milk tea shop.
Ji Li stared at the milk tea shop for more than three seconds.
Ying Yunsheng noticed: "Would you like some milk tea?"
"good."
The shop was crowded with customers. Several wooden tables and chairs were set up on the second floor, and a billboard on one wall was covered with colorful sticky notes.
On the long table below the sticky notes were two stacks of unused stickers, one thick and one thin, and two ballpoint pens.
It's a wishing wall.
Ji Li pulled out a chair and sat down, finishing the pancake in his hand before Ying Yunsheng came upstairs with the order form: "There are too many people, it will probably take ten minutes."
"It's okay, we'll just wait."
Ying Yunsheng also saw the wishing wall, and whether he was moved or simply bored, he actually picked up a ballpoint pen from the table.
Ji Li saw through his intention: "You actually believe this?"
Ying Yunsheng: "I don't believe it."
"Then why are you still writing?"
Ying Yunsheng whispered, "I just wanted to make a wish."
Ji Li's gaze unconsciously drifted to the sticky note in front of him.
Ying Yunsheng pulled his chair away from him and covered the contents of the paper: "You can't look at this."
Okay.
Ji Li stopped looking, but she didn't sit idle either; she tore off a sticky note as well.
Ying Yunsheng moved swiftly, and as soon as he put down his pen, he saw that Ying Yunsheng was still looking down, stealthily sticking a sticky note on the wishing wall, blending it into a bunch of colorful wishes.
Having just finished all this, he met Ji Li's thoughtful gaze beside him: "You really don't want me to know?"
Ying Yunsheng: "You can't look."
Ji Li wasn't particularly curious at first, but now he really was. Unfortunately, the person had already posted it, and the wish wasn't signed, so he couldn't easily flip it over. He could only stick the sticky note he had written on his own onto it.
After the two left with the freshly made milk tea, Ji Li suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, was the question you asked me by the lake about eloping something I learned online?"
“Uh…” Ying Yunsheng was silent for a while, “It’s something I wanted to ask myself.”
"Why?"
"Wishes made in beautiful and pleasant places are more likely to come true."
"What kind of logic is this?"
"There's a tip in the guide that says it always works."
"What?"
"Lust can cloud judgment."
"Uh..." Author's Note:
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 52
Chapter 52
minor courses
"And then?" Ye Ruhui asked.
“That’s all.” Ji Li put the textbooks into the storage box from largest to smallest. “My point at the time was that as long as I showed that I wanted to eat pancakes and drink milk tea, I didn’t even need to say it. He would take the initiative to queue up and order for me. He even remembered my taste preferences and told me not to put any toppings that I didn’t like when making them. He didn’t need to learn any online guides to do this. He was already doing a great job.”
"Well……"
"But after he shared his understanding of the phrase 'lust blinds reason,' I forgot what I originally wanted to say."
"I shouldn't have asked you."
Ye Ruhui and Ji Li's roommate relationship continued into university.
In their graduating class, more than a dozen students from Changqiao High School were admitted to two top universities in China. Most of them were science students, while among the humanities students, only Ye Ruhui had good enough grades and happened to choose Beijing University, and was even in the same class as Ji Li.
The two were not in the same major, but they happened to be assigned to the same dormitory. Meeting an old friend in a foreign land was a happy thing, and Ye Ruhui held this view for a long time.
The first time Ye Ruhui changed his mind was during the National Day holiday of the first semester. The capital was too far from Chongliu, and Ye Ruhui had just planned to spend the holiday at school. But when he turned around, he saw Ji Li packing his luggage. He asked where he was going, and Ji Li replied generously that he was going on a date.
Ye Ruhui had heard about the affair between Ji Li and Ying Yunsheng, but seeing and hearing are two different things.
Fortunately, after that incident, Ji Li had a period of normal classes for several months until Christmas arrived a few months later.
Then came New Year's Day, a week later.
...
Ye Ruhui could never understand why the other person's persona changed from an emotionless pet shop owner to a seasoned pet owner simply because they had been in a relationship.
The pet he keeps specifically refers to Ying Yunsheng.
This question persisted until the second semester of his freshman year. He went back to Chongliu and, upon returning to school, began to actively ask Ji Li how to be kind to others in a way that would easily move them.
Then I heard Ji Li tell the story about the jianbing guozi and the milk tea shop.
However, his only thought after hearing it was that he shouldn't have asked.
Ji Li zipped up her suitcase: "By the way, why did you suddenly ask me this?"
Ye Ruhui: "Just asking."
"Are you dating someone?"
"Well……"
"Still not dating, is it just unrequited love?"
Ye Ruhui sat in a swivel chair, spinning around on the ground: "I met her in Chongliu, and she also got into this university."
"What a coincidence?"
“During the May Day holiday, Xiaosa went there for a look. I was hoping to give him a scare, but he wasn’t scared at all. Instead, he dragged me up to the podium to give his new class of senior high school students some advice,” Ye Ruhui said. “His new top student is quite good-looking, like a rabbit that has come to life.”
"And then you fell in love with him?" Ji Li found it a bit unbelievable. "Love at first sight?"
Ye Ruhui spoke frankly: "It was lust at first sight."
“Uh…” Ji Li still had a question: “But why do you insist on asking me for experience?” He was clearly in a special situation.
Ye Ruhui: "Oh, he's a man."
"Uh..." Ye Ruhui leaned on the back of the chair with his elbow: "Speaking of which, what exactly did Ying Yunsheng write down as a wish back then?"
Ji Li: "I don't know."
"You've been in college for so long, haven't you ever thought about going back and looking through your things?"
“I have thought about it.” Ji Li stood his suitcase upright. “But he doesn’t want me to see, so there’s no point in me trying to spy on him.”
Ye Ruhui: "Then what did you write?"
Ji Li: "May Ying Yunsheng's wish be fulfilled forever."
"Uh..." Ye Ruhui looked on with disbelief.
Ji Li carried her suitcase and went out the door.
It's the beginning of the second year of university, and Ying Yunsheng should still be in class at this time. I don't know how he sent me the message: "Have you left the dorm yet?"
With one hand pulling the suitcase, Ji Li could only type with one hand: "Almost at the school gate."
He went through the gate, turned off his phone, looked up, and suddenly caught sight of a familiar figure.
Ying Yunsheng strode towards him, reached out and took the suitcase from his hand: "I'll give it to you."
Ji Li looked at him: "Weren't you in class?"
“It’s an elective course, the teacher has already taken attendance.” Ying Yunsheng handed him the plastic bag. “I just saw a new pan-fried dumpling place, I’ll try it and see if it’s good.”
The pan-fried buns were still piping hot when they came out of the pan, and you could smell their delicious aroma even through the packaging.
Ji Li poked one with her chopsticks, blew on it, and ate it.
Ying Yunsheng: "Is that alright?"
Ji Li hummed in agreement and then poked another one over to feed it.
Ying Yunsheng had half a pan-fried bun in his mouth, but didn't swallow it, staring at him intently.
Ji Li gently tapped him with the other end of her chopsticks: "There's soup in the pan-fried buns. Aren't you afraid of splattering it everywhere if you just tear it in half like this?"
"Uh..." Ying Yunsheng could only finish the pan-fried bun by himself.
Ji Li seized the opportunity and kissed his lips after he swallowed.
Ying Yunsheng's ears felt hot.
Ji Li smiled and said, "Why do you still blush so easily?"
I haven't made any progress at all this year.