Age of Legends

Chapter 178 Those stupid things in youth

After separating from Zhang Chen and the others, Han Zhouxuan took a taxi outside the school gate and accompanied Shen Nuoyi home. In the car, Shen Nuoyi looked at Han Zhouxuan and asked, "Zhouzhou, what happened to you today?"

Han Zhouxuan stuck out his tongue and said, "What? Who is that Zhang Chen to you? Why don't you allow me to hit him?"

Shen Nuo looked at her for two seconds and said, "I didn't say Zhang Chen."

Han Zhouxuan found himself confessing and could only bite the bullet and said, "Hey, I just saw you mention him to me a lot recently, so I was wondering why such a person suddenly appeared. Now I remember, he was the henchman next to Wang Shuowei in the past? I heard that he suddenly became a dark horse. How dare a dark horse come to my house to make trouble?"

"What are you talking about!" Shen Nuo raised his eyebrows and said, "Zhang Chen is a very nice person. We are good friends."

Han Zhouxuan looked at her carefully, thought for a moment and nodded, "It seems true. If you really have something going on with him, you can't hide it. Okay, okay, I'm just a little sensitive, I'm just jealous... Oh, by the way, remember Zhou Tian, make an appointment with Pei Yan! Let's go shopping together!"

The car stopped in front of the TV station community. Shen Nuo got out and Han Zhouxuan took a taxi to continue home.

When Shen Nuo got home, she looked at the box in her schoolbag and felt that it was indeed a bit difficult to give as a gift. The gifts she gave to Zheng Xue and other girls were all relatively small, and could be given to classmates or during breaks. However, Zhang Chen's fan was packed and placed in her schoolbag, and she didn't dare to take it out. She had planned to give it to Zhang Chen after dinner, but today she met Han Zhouxuan and thought about giving it to him together on Sunday night.

It happened that he had finished the test paper today, and Shen Nuo had time to finish knitting a small red lock knot made of a ball of wool in the drawer.

This is the knitting technique her grandmother taught her. Sometimes when she is under great pressure from studying, she uses balls of wool to knit a lot of small items, from zippered wool camellia pendants on school bags to some small dolls and small knitted bags. Whenever she is immersed in knitting, it is the moment when she feels that she can calm down and change her mind.

Zhang Chen's Xiangfei bamboo fan has a small tassel, but this tassel is not firm and will fall apart after a short time. Shen Nuo thought of weaving a peace lock knot for him, which would look good when hung under this small fan. In fact, this tourist handicraft is not very special. First, there is a poem with his name hidden in it, and second, he added a small pendant to make it unique.

However, the pendant has not been finished yet, so Shen Nuoyi was actually a little hesitant about whether to give it away or not. Since he didn't give it away today, he might as well finish weaving the peace lock knot in one go and match them together. On Sunday afternoon, he would go to the outside of Zhang Chen's community and ask him to come out and pick it up.

The things are not actually expensive, but the thought behind them makes them a little special.

And on Sunday morning... Han Zhouxuan asked me and Pei Yan to go shopping, and I had to cooperate with her.

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When Wang Shuowei got home on Saturday night, he reminded Zhang Chen, "Let's have dinner together tomorrow afternoon!"

The next morning, Wang Shuowei slept in. After lunch, he called Zhang Chen and said, "What are you doing? Doing homework? Come on, come on, come on, go shopping with me this afternoon! I'm going to the Nike store on the pedestrian street to buy a pair of shoes. I saw the same wide-leg pants worn by the Hot band on TV. They're pretty good. You go with me to buy a pair, and we can have lunch together this afternoon. Let's meet on the pedestrian street in a little while!"

Wang Shuowei is rich now, and he is quite generous. Zhang Chen wondered if he gave you too much pocket money... However, Wang Shuowei's proposal was exactly what Zhang Chen was thinking now. In the past, Huang Huifen would buy him clothes once or twice a year out of conscience. Now, of course, Zhang Chen declined his mother's company, and he had money to do whatever he wanted.

It has been a long time since I went shopping. I can go shopping with Wang Shuowei, although many so-called "trendy" clothes are not in Zhang Chen's eyes. This is a year influenced by the "Korean Wave". In 98, the Korean government proposed the concept of building a country based on culture and relaxed restrictions on the cultural industry. The Korean Wave culture began to explode and swept Southeast Asia. When Rongcheng created the Digital Culture Festival and promoted the local entertainment and cultural industry, Zhang Chen had Wang Bowen explain this to the leaders and deputy mayor of the Rongcheng Cultural Bureau in person, which successfully attracted attention and the Digital Culture Festival was successfully held.

HOT group appeared on the cover of Light Music magazine this year, becoming the first Korean group to receive a full-page cover report in China. The tickets for the Beijing concert were sold out, triggering a star-chasing craze that emptied the streets. Even Wang Shuowei was influenced and wanted to imitate and buy some Korean clothes.

When I went out at noon and met them in front of the pedestrian street, there were Zheng Xue, Yu Zexi and Liu Jin.

The three of them greeted Zhang Chen. It turned out that the three of them were eating at the snack street in the city center today. Wang Shuowei had invited his classmates and friends to come over today. He called them and let them know they were here, so he pulled Zhang Chen over.

"Shen Nuoyi is also going out to play with friends today, so why not she come to dinner tonight!" Zheng Xue said to them.

Liu Jin said: "Is it that Han Zhouxuan? Isn't she studying in the UK? Why hasn't she left yet?"

Liu Jin and Yu Zexi were both from the East District of Nanguang Company. They were studying at Yude School together, but they were not in the same class as them. They belonged to the circle of the compound. However, they had heard of Han Zhouxuan's fame.

Zheng Xue said, "Maybe school hasn't started yet, and the school has different individual arrangements!" She was actually a little jealous, because Han Zhouxuan's arrival delayed her and Shen Nuoyi's original plan to have dinner together in the afternoon. Although Shen Nuoyi had invited her to join them on Friday, Han Zhouxuan only invited people she knew, and she and Han Zhouxuan were not familiar with each other, so it would be awkward to go to dinner together, so she just gave up.

Zheng Xue looked at Zhang Chen more. From Qin Tangxi's words on the 18th birthday party, everyone could tell that Zhang Chen was probably secretly in love with Shen Nuoyi. When they were leaving school after the evening self-study on Friday, Zheng Xue didn't understand whether Han Zhouxuan did it on purpose or not. Anyway, he listed all the people who pursued Shen Nuoyi, such as how wealthy their families were and how talented they were, which might have touched Zhang Chen.

And more importantly, as Qin Tangxi revealed, Shen Nuoyi actually likes Pei Yan.

Thinking about it, Zheng Xue felt that it was about the same. None of the boys in Yude who had good conditions could conquer Shen Nuoyi. If she liked Pei Yan, it would be very reasonable.

When she thought about this, she felt sorry for Zhang Chen. She felt that her friend who grew up with her in the same courtyard might have understood the gap and the chasm at this time, so he could only suffer in his heart, and Zheng Xue didn't know how to comfort him.

However, the banter between Yu Zexi, Liu Jin and Wang Shuowei actually diluted the slight melancholy that lingered there.

Everyone went shopping together. Wang Shuowei bought sportswear and shoes, Zheng Xue also bought a T-shirt, and Yu Zexi and Liu Jin were also "strongly recommended" by Wang Shuowei. Yu Zexi bought a baseball jacket, and Liu Jin also bought a pair of wide-leg pants. Zhang Chen looked down on their so-called "trends". To be honest, the current programmer's outfit of plaid shirts and jeans is more in line with his aesthetic, so he just bought two not-so-"trendy" clothes in the category of being dry and neat.

After accompanying them shopping, Zheng Xue wanted to go to the nearby Pacific Department Store to buy some women's accessories. No one could persuade her, so a group of people followed her.

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Han Zhouxuan felt that her heart was beating fast today. Although going out shopping with Shen Nuo and Pei Yan was common in junior high school, Han Zhouxuan only had a good impression of Pei Yan at that time, which was very different from now when she was planning to express her feelings to Pei Yan.

According to the previous plan, the three of them went out to eat, drink and go shopping today as usual, so as not to arouse Pei Yan's suspicion.

Before lunch in the afternoon, Shen Nuo would find an excuse to leave, and finally let Han Zhouxuan confess his feelings or express his feelings.

Of course, Shen Nuoyi originally wanted her to make an appointment with Pei Yan herself from the beginning. Han Zhouxuan immediately refused: "Are you okay? Just let me and Pei Yan come out together. I will be so embarrassed! No, you must be there and accompany me!"

Shen Nuoyi had no choice but to follow the plan. However, because he and Han Zhouxuan were both worried today, it seemed a bit awkward, which made Pei Yan feel a little strange. "What's going on with you two today?"

Both of them were startled and looked at Pei Yan's face, which really made many girls become crazy and frowned slightly.

"What...what happened?"

"Why are you two so close to each other today? You're holding hands all the time and whispering behind me all the time...are you so inseparable?" Pei Yan didn't understand.

"Ah, that..." Shen Nuo tried to smooth things over with an awkward smile, "Zhou Zhou is leaving! Can't we just talk to each other for the last time?"

Han Zhouxuan also seemed to be emboldened for a moment, and said with his chest puffed out, "Yes, no!"

Pei Yan frowned slightly, feeling something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it. However, Shen Nuoyi's dominance made him speechless for a while. It was always like this. Shen Nuoyi was so willful that he basically had no way to deal with her.

Han Zhouxuan whispered to Shen Nuo, "It has to be you! I can't even raise my voice in front of him now."

Shen Nuoyi sighed helplessly at her best friend. Although she was usually very energetic, she would lose her composure immediately when it came to such things. She was even more inexperienced than herself. If she wasn't here today, she wouldn't even dare to see Pei Yan on her own.

"Wow, this store is nice, let's go check it out!" Han Zhouxuan's eyes lit up when he saw a brand store featuring American academic style, and he pulled the three people in.

This store has both men's and women's clothing. Pei Yan was looking at men's clothing nearby, while Han Zhouxuan and Shen Nuo were looking at women's clothing. Han Zhouxuan was trying on clothes in the dressing room and whispered to Shen Nuo, "Nuoyi! I want to give Pei Yan this scarf, but I don't know if it will match him. What should I do?"

Shen Nuoyi said unhappily, "Then let him try!"

"How dare I! Can't you see that he already has his suspicions? I'm afraid that as soon as I bring it up, he'll see through my thoughts right away."

"Wouldn't it be better this way? Don't you want him to know?"

"Atmosphere, atmosphere, obviously a good environment is the atmosphere when eating at night, it can't be exposed at this time!"

Shen Nuoyi was speechless for a moment. He looked at the timid Han Zhouxuan, then looked at the brown bear scarf in her hand with light pink nail polish, snatched it away, turned around and walked out of the fitting room.

Seeing Pei Yan standing in front of a clothing model, she took a deep breath, walked forward with the scarf in her hand, and put it directly around Pei Yan's neck with both hands.

I thought that Han Zhouxuan in the fitting room could see it at this time.

Han Zhouxuan saw it, and Pei Yan was also a little surprised. He subconsciously asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm planning to buy a scarf for my dad. See if this one is suitable." Shen Nuoyi responded.

"Oh." Pei Yan didn't doubt anything else, because he was used to Shen Nuoyi's straightforwardness. But in fact, when she rushed towards him and hung the scarf around his neck, he was still nervous for a moment.

The shop assistants were all watching in amazement, because when the man and two women came in, the beauty of the two girls and the handsomeness of the boy were really eye-catching, and people were still guessing who were the couple. But now seeing this pretty girl coming out of the locker room to get a scarf for her boyfriend, they were immediately relieved. This is a match made in heaven.

But Han Zhouxuan's eyes did not entirely fall on Pei Yan and the brown bear scarf she had chosen for him on his chest, but her eyes stayed on the store entrance facing Shen Nuoyi and Pei Yan, where a group of men and women had just come up the escalator of the shopping mall, and then they saw the actions of Shen Nuoyi and Pei Yan in the bright and clean floor-to-ceiling windows and the open door of this American youth clothing store.

Wang Shuowei, who was holding a shopping bag, had cream on his lips, because they were still eating ice cream just now. As this was a high-end shopping mall, people were not allowed to enter the mall while eating ice cream, so they quickly finished their meal at the door. A group of people came up to accompany Zheng Xue to shop for women's clothing, and then when they walked here, they saw Shen Nuoyi hanging the scarf on Pei Yan.

Zheng Xue was also a little dazed. The voices of Yu Zexi and Liu Jin were still hanging in the air. "Ah, isn't that Shen Nuoyi... who is that man?"

Shen Nuoyi was originally looking at Han Zhouxuan waiting for her response, but she saw Han Zhouxuan staring straight at the door, so she and Pei Yan, who was equally puzzled, looked towards the door together, and found Zhang Chen standing there holding a plaid work shirt he had just bought.

There was a brief moment when Zheng Xue reacted and quickly greeted them to cover up her embarrassment, "Hey! Shen Nuoyi! You are shopping here too! We just strolled over here!" She pretended not to see what the two people did just now, but the fake smile on her face completely betrayed her third-rate acting skills.

Then she and Wang Shuowei looked at Zhang Chen beside them almost at the same time, but saw Zhang Chen nodded to Shen Nuoyi, picked up his bag and was about to continue walking.

Yes.

Why not keep walking now! We've seen them showing off their affection! Although Wang Shuowei couldn't say "Fuck!", he subconsciously followed Zhang Chen.

Yu Zexi and Liu Jin followed, and all they were thinking was, "Hurry up! Hurry up!"

The next moment, Shen Nuo reacted and Pei Yan's voice came from the side, "They..."

But she didn't respond, instead she rushed out the door, "Wait a minute! ... Zhang Chen!"

Pei Yan and Han Zhouxuan, who came from the fitting room, followed him to the door.

Wang Shuowei, Zheng Xue, Yu Zexi and Liu Jin also froze. They didn't understand why Shen Nuoyi asked them to wait a moment, and then called Zhang Chen by his name when he saw that he didn't stop.

They didn't understand a lot of things, and they didn't even understand why the space was suddenly filled with gunpowder.

The shop assistants in the store were all looking outside, wondering why that girl with a masculine appearance and a pretty face suddenly rushed out to the corridor of the shopping mall and made such a loud noise.

At this time, Zhang Chen, who was holding the bag, stopped and turned around. He saw Shen Nuoyi's messy hair tangled in the corners of his mouth and his chest heaving rapidly.

Han Zhouxuan and Pei Yan followed behind. Han Zhouxuan looked at Shen Nuoyi's performance, feeling a sense of shock that he had not understood before.

They saw Zhang Chen turned around and looked at Shen Nuoyi in front of him, and Zhang Chen's eyes fell on Pei Yan beside her, and said, "Is this what you told me before...the innocent will be innocent?"

"Scared!?" Zheng Xue turned sideways and stared at Zhang Chen in surprise.

"WhatF!?" Wang Shuowei's pupils trembled violently. The content of these words made his brain crash.

Throughout the whole process, Yu Zexi and Liu Jin were like two hamsters hiding under the eaves and shivering in the storm, curling up their hands and feet and hoping that misfortune would not befall unrelated people.

Seeing the sparkle in Shen Nuo's eyes, Zhang Chen pointed at the scarf still hanging around Pei Yan's neck and said, "They are a good match. She has a good taste!"

Then Zhang Chen turned around and continued forward with his bag in hand.

The next moment, Zheng Xue and Wang Shuowei only felt a flash in front of their eyes. Shen Nuoyi passed by them without knowing when, and grabbed Zhang Chen's sleeve. The momentary stagnation in her chest made her speechless, "It's not what you think! Don't leave!"

The mall was already crowded with people, and this made passers-by stop and look, people working in nearby shops looked sideways, and even passers-by who had already walked past stopped and looked back, looking at the pretty girl with red eyes, looking helpless and flustered.

Zhang Chen then turned around and looked at Shen Nuoyi and Han Zhouxuan who opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. He retracted his hand, but found that Shen Nuoyi was holding his sleeves so tightly that his five fingers, which used to be long and slender, were squeezed white.

Facing those eyes full of curiosity and speculation about what happened, Zhang Chen nodded, "I understand... You should accompany your friend first!"

Then he exerted a little force and pulled the sleeve out from between Shen Nuoyi's five fingers.

He glanced at Wang Shuowei and the others again and asked, "Are you guys leaving or not?"

"Oh oh" "Oh, let's go, let's go!" A group of people woke up as if from a dream, followed Zhang Chen and left together.

The momentary noise came to an end, and the onlookers looked at the slender figure lingering there for a while, and then slowly dispersed with a lingering feeling.

Han Zhouxuan came to Shen Nuoyi's side without knowing when. Looking at Shen Nuoyi who was still a little dazed, she said cautiously: "Yi Yi...did I...do something stupid? I'm sorry, I'm really sorry..."

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What are the tickets?

(End of this chapter)