Age of Legends

Chapter 174 Ice Cream Regret

When Zheng Xue and Shen Nuoyi were walking back from the playground, she noticed Zhang Chen. In fact, from Zheng Xue's perspective, she felt quite sympathetic towards Zhang Chen. Only then did she understand why Zhang Chen refused when Zhuang Yanyue pursued him.

Logically speaking, Zhuang Yanyue was quite good in all aspects at that time. It was a great honor for her to be attracted to a loser like Zhang Chen.

It’s no wonder that Zheng Xue was so straightforward. They grew up in the same courtyard and knew each other very well. In Zheng Xue’s opinion, Zhang Chen was just a peasant in the same community. It was Zhang Chen’s refusal at that time that surprised her.

At that time, Zhang Chen seemed more mature than ever, and seemed to have aged several years in an instant. Zheng Xue even thought that Zhang Chen was possessed by evil spirits.

As a result, when Zhang Chen turned 18, Qin Tangxi said something that solved all the doubts.

There is a high probability that my childhood friend has fallen in love with Shen Nuo.

If it were any other time, Zheng Xue would probably have laughed at him. If she was a child, Zheng Xue might have even brought up the fact that Zhang Chen liked Shen Nuo, but now she seemed unable to laugh at him.

Any serious love you have at the age of eighteen is worth cherishing.

Even she had heard of Pei Yan's name, and if Shen Nuoyi was indeed as her sister said, Zhang Chen, or even anyone else, would be finished. The opponent was really strong.

When going upstairs, Zheng Xue met a friend from kindergarten and stopped at the stairs for a while. Shen Nuoyi left first, so he turned the corner on the second floor and walked side by side with Zhang Chen.

"It's a gift I brought you during my trip. I put it in my bag and will give it to you before evening study."

After hearing Shen Nuoyi mention the travel gift, Zhang Chen said, "The missing people have finally returned. It's not easy."

Shen Nuo could immediately sense the anger in Zhang Chen's tone.

She also knew that she had gone too far, but there was nothing she could do. Han Zhouxuan was too clingy. She had never been able to resist Han Zhouxuan. Her parents were busy at home before, so she was left to her grandmother, who was then the principal of an elementary school, and was well raised by her grandmother. However, she still lacked the company of her parents, and she didn't have many friends. Everyone thought she was difficult to approach. There was even a boy who often bullied her and later scribbled on her clothes, which made her angry. She poked his arm with a pencil, and then he was beaten by his parents. The boy burst into tears and said that he liked Shen Nuoyi and bullied her just to get her attention. The whole community knew about it, which made her speechless.

Look, even the boys who liked her used such clumsy means, and she had no good friends at all. And during that time, Han Zhouxuan's appearance and companionship almost made up for the shortcomings of Shen Nuoyi's childhood.

They often slept in the same bed, talked about everything, and got along like real sisters.

From the time she and her parents returned to Rongcheng from their hometown until the start of school, she was almost inseparable from Han Zhouxuan, and there seemed to be a compensatory factor. Han Zhouxuan and Pei Yan were her best friends, but Han Zhouxuan fell in love with Pei Yan. At that moment, the simple relationship before seemed to be gone forever.

Shen Nuoyi felt a sense of loss, as if she were losing her two best friends at once.

So actually, during this period of time, Han Zhouxuan asked her to accompany him, thinking that these were the last days that they could spend together as close friends. She couldn't let it go from the bottom of her heart, so she let her do whatever she wanted. She always felt that if Han Zhouxuan and Pei Yan got together in the future, Han Zhouxuan would not come to her and accompany her during holidays like this.

By then she will have her own boyfriend and her own life in the future.

This is the main reason why Shen Nuo is uneasy, and he is also trying his best to experience the afterglow of the best friendship.

Her mind had been occupied recently with Han Zhouxuan's affairs, so she had neglected Zhang Chen.

Moreover, at this age, Shen Nuoyi actually feels that friends are hard to come by, and naturally, like many people, he is clumsy in love.

They may even be influenced by some literary magazine articles and feel that love will lead to betrayal, aging, and will be worn out over a long period of time. The happy endings in fairy tales are always that the prince and princess get married and live happily together, but they never describe their real life many years later where the prince becomes pregnant, the princess loses her figure, and they dislike each other.

In comparison, friendship should last forever.

But she also felt that she owed Zhang Chen and had a sense of guilt in her heart.

After hearing what Zhang Chen said, she took a deep breath and said, "When Zhou Zhou comes back to China every year, we can only meet at this time. Everyone is busy during the winter vacation and Spring Festival, and she will soon return to school to go abroad. In the future, we will have less and less time together. I want to spend more time with her. Can you understand?"

"That means we can see each other every day at school. There's a lot of time left for us to grow up?" Zhang Chen asked with a smile.

Shen Nuo's cheeks were slightly red, and he said softly: "If you say so, then so be it."

Fine.

Seeing Shen Nuoyi's flawless profile and the blush on her face, Zhang Chen admitted that he was obsessed with childhood sweethearts. Who told him that he loved this girl? He sighed in his heart, so what? He admitted that he was a dog licker. Who said that he couldn't lick the goddess he had grown up with?

Some people say that those who are reborn have a mentality that transcends everything, but in fact they are wrong. Only those who are reborn understand what are precious things and what they should strive for as much as possible.

For this reason, sometimes it doesn't matter if you have to be a little humble.

A beautiful lady is my friend, and a beautiful lady is what I long for day and night.

"There is one more thing." Zhang Chen said.

"What?" Shen Nuo looked over.

"You were not at my eighteenth birthday party that day..."

Shen Nuoyi felt guilty again after hearing this. She thought to herself, Zhang Chen, you did this on purpose. How many times do you have to scold me for this? Or how many years? Shen Nuoyi regretted this the most. If she had known earlier, she should have strongly asked Han Zhouxuan to postpone the trip. If it really didn't work, she could not go to BJ. She could go to a place nearby and shorten the holiday travel time and route. The BJ trip could be put off until next year.

Then Zhang Chen said casually, "They said that you have always had a crush on a boy named Pei Yan."

The expression on Shen Nuoyi's face froze instantly. She didn't ask who said it. After a moment of trance, she looked at Zhang Chen and said, "What do you think?"

Zhang Chen said, "I don't think so. Who are you? The female knight Shen Nuoyi, if you really like someone, you would say it directly. If you like someone, just say it openly, don't try to be a secret crush."

Shen Nuoyi's originally tense body seemed to relax a little. Zhang Chen's words even moved her heart. Really, why could every word he said touch her?
On the other side, Shen Nuo looked at Zhang Chen again and again, thinking that Zhang Chen must have been very sad when he heard such words at his birthday party.

But he remained silent until the two of them had a chance to talk alone, and then he told her the matter directly.

She didn't want to find out who started this rumor because it was meaningless.

She just regretted more definitely that she did not attend Zhang Chen's birthday party.

"But now that the rumor seems to be spreading, don't you plan to clarify it publicly?" Zhang Chen asked.

"The innocent are innocent." Shen Nuo responded, "I have always been like this."

Zhang Chen thought about it and nodded, "It seems to be true. This is you."

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Just as Shen Nuoyi said, there are all kinds of rumors, and if you have to clarify and deal with all of them, let alone whether you can continue your study and life in school as normal, secondly, if you don't take many things seriously, those who are busy with things will naturally stop because they will see that they cannot achieve their goals.

Shen Nuoyi had ample experience in dealing with these things. In the afternoon, her cell phone vibrated. She took the time to read the text message, which was from Han Zhouxuan.

"Shen Nuoyi, I'm so bored. I'll come to have dinner with you this afternoon, and wait for you during evening self-study. I'll go home with you! It's settled. I'll turn down all the parties today. You only belong to me! Hehe!"

"Han Zhouxuan, are you crazy?" Shen Nuo only had time to send this text message, but there was no response.

As expected, when school was over in the afternoon, a small group of people gathered at the entrance of Yude. They all knew Han Zhouxuan and were her old friends from junior high school. When they saw Han Zhouxuan at the entrance after school, and because of her fame, many people gathered around her to say hello and chat about her recent life. Han Zhouxuan was also quite popular among old alumni!

All the old classmates knew that she was here to find Shen Nuoyi. Sure enough, Shen Nuoyi came out with a resentful look on his face and said a few words to Zheng Xue. Zheng Xue then withdrew her hand helplessly and left with the other girls to eat.

"You really came!" Shen Nuo looked at Han Zhouxuan angrily.

But then Han Zhouxuan took her hand and led them forward, "Alright, alright! We've met old classmates, let's have dinner together, it's my treat! Let's go, let's go!"

So Shen Nuoyi was also taken away by the crowd.

After dinner, Zhang Chen and Wang Shuowei found an Internet cafe to turn on the computer. After Wang Shuowei turned on the computer, he said, "I have a ball game in the afternoon self-study. I will go to the stadium directly and wait for you at the door after the evening self-study. The day after tomorrow, I will invite friends to have barbecue and karaoke together. I will have a gathering with classmates and friends. Remember to come."

Zhang Chen agreed.

Wang Shuowei had a ball game so he didn't go to the evening self-study class, so he let himself go and went to the Internet cafe to play a game of "Counter-Strike". At that time, Internet cafes were dominated by CS. Zhang Chen didn't turn on the computer either, and said "I have something to do" and left the Internet cafe first.

Wang Shuowei didn't ask Zhang Chen what was going on or what he was joking about. Zhang Chen's planning and entrepreneurial activities made him restless even though he was in high school. Wang Shuowei didn't understand and didn't ask. He just played as he pleased and went to work if needed.

It is not surprising. After all, in Yude High School, we have seen all kinds of powerful monsters. Last year, a high school student in Yude invented a patent and received a million yuan in patent fees. It is understandable that Zhang Chen has his own talents and wisdom.

Zhang Chen calculated the time and came to the pillar under the reading room building on the right side of the school entrance to wait for Shen Nuoyi.

This was the place they had agreed on. Firstly, this was a sunken building with various ivy flower beds planted next to it. The two met here. Shen Nuoyi had agreed to meet here so that it would be convenient for him to give him a gift. After all, they were in a public place at school, and the souvenirs she brought back from her travels must have been given to only a limited number of people. It would not be good if others saw her not getting any.

Zhang Chen also bought two ice cream cones at the convenience store. He ate one and left one for Shen Nuoyi, then just leaned against the pillar and waited.

The text message came just as evening self-study class was about to start.

"I'm sorry, Zhou Zhou suddenly came to take me out for dinner. I thought I could make it back in time, but now I'm just leaving the restaurant. I might not be able to make it back for the evening self-study class! Don't wait for me, I'll give the food to you on Zhou Tian!"

"It's okay. Be careful on the road."

He replied to the text message with one hand, looking at the empty flower bed and no figure coming. The remaining ice cream cone in Zhang Chen's hand had melted.

The cold cream ran along the base of my left hand and between my fingers.

The water was flowing and dripping all over my hands.

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