Age of Legends

Chapter 76 The future is promising
Shen Nuoyi tossed and turned at home, her mind constantly flashing through the scenes of today, the first time she met Zhang Chen, and the times that had appeared in her life.

Zhang Chen is lively and cheerful, and she has had a good impression of him since childhood.

It's just that Zhang Chen is too erratic. He is naughty and often goes against her. Sometimes when Shen Nuoyi is alone with him, before she can talk to him for a few words, she will be interrupted by Zhang Chen's histrionic personality and quickly go off topic, leaving Shen Nuoyi at a loss as to what to do with him.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Chen has become more and more attractive to her recently.

But she was really very excited. Whenever she thought of Zhang Chen's words, her face would turn red. Even when relatives came to visit in the afternoon, she felt dizzy several times when she helped her mother serve the food to the table.

The mother couldn't help but scold him: "You only add a little bit of rice, and you only eat a little bit? You don't even know which dish to serve. You seem absent-minded recently. What are you thinking about?"

The relatives laughed and said, "Hey, your Yi Yi is just good at studying and doesn't care about anything else. It's a waste of talent to serve rice and carry bowls! All of you, learn from your sister! Hurry up and help serve the rice! You just know how to eat!"

Shen Nuoyi's cousins were sitting on the sofa in the living room, eating candies, dried goods and fruits: "......!?"

After the relatives left, Shen Nuo returned to her bed and hugged her doll in a daze. She looked at the green plants in the community outside the window, and almost crushed the doll in her arms into a pot cake.

After a moment, she picked up the extension phone in her room, took a deep breath, and called Zhang Chen.

The person who answered the phone was Zhang Chen.

Hearing the incoming call, Zhang Chen asked on the other end: "Shen Nuoyi?"

"Zhang Chen, can we meet at the overpass of the big roundabout at nine o'clock tomorrow morning?"

The big roundabout is actually a diversion lane at the intersection. There is a shopping mall next to it, and it is at the midpoint of the line connecting Zhang Chennan’s company and the TV station compound.

The next morning, Zhang Chen saw Shen Nuoyi at the expected time.

She was wearing a pure cotton coat, a T-shirt and straight jeans, with a red bow tied around her neck and a small bag. She looked slim, beautiful and elegant, but her eyes were a little puffy.

I guess I didn't sleep well last night.

Shen Nuo looked at Zhang Chen on the other side of the overpass from a distance and her heart skipped a beat. It seemed like the two of them were on a date, so her face turned red before she even went over.

When she arrived in front of Zhang Chen, her pretty face was slightly ironed, like the morning glow stained with smoke.

"Hello." Zhang Chen waved his hand to say hello.

Holding the strap of the small bag with both hands, Shen Nuo pondered for a moment and said, "Zhang Chen, I received what you said to me yesterday."

"Ok?"

"You said you didn't need my response. But after thinking about it, I think I should respond to you."

"Our current status and future are very far away for us, and we can't promise anything. However, we should do everything we can at this stage, study hard, and get into college..."

"We'll think about this later, okay?"

In that spring when the wind blew, the boy and the girl did not think about forever, but agreed on a promising future.

Looking at the girl in front of him whose nose was slightly red from the cold, she spoke in a low voice. She seemed to be worried that he might be distracted, so she corrected his thoughts and encouraged him to work hard to get into college and not lose his ambition.

"That's what I meant." Zhang Chen smiled at her, "I think what you said is very good, let's do it."

I have always been a wife who follows her husband's lead.

Her heart was already beating fast, and Zhang Chen's smile made her even more flustered. She was really afraid that the situation between them would develop to an uncontrollable level. This stage should not be the time to confirm a relationship between a man and a woman. This was not good at all and it was not right.

Shen Nuoyi's traditional character and strict family education since childhood made him not afraid to cross the line, but he also clearly and rationally looked at the relationship between young men and women at this time.

She also envied the love stories recorded in poems and articles that have been passed down through the ages, but she knew very well that the so-called vows of love nowadays were rootless and floating.

How can you make a promise when your parents have to pay for your tuition and you don’t know where your future lies?

When two people establish a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, it is just like playing house. Some people may believe that they will be together after a long time, but unfortunately, the probability of that is very slim. Although Shen Nuoyi likes to read romance novels, she has a clear understanding of this aspect. She is not a love-brained person.

So sometimes when she saw the love letters others wrote to her, some were straightforward, some were written with gorgeous words, describing the romantic things, she sometimes just wanted to watch the fun...

How can you praise me?

That's it?

This is a good sentence. Are there any more?

With such a rich imagination, why don’t you go to heaven?

Take me to Tokyo, Paris, Türkiye? ... Sorry, I don’t want to go to any of them!
But she still couldn't resist what Zhang Chen said yesterday.

Because there is a kind of seriousness that penetrates time and makes her feel it clearly.

Now the connection is complete.

Shen Nuoyi lowered his head again, blushing, and said, "Then... I'm leaving."

"Well, is there a party at home today?"

"I'm visiting relatives."

"Okay. Happy Chinese New Year."

"It's too early to say that." Shen Nuo said.

"Ok?"

"Call and tell them on the day of the Spring Festival." Shen Nuo blushed.

"I'm really leaving."

Then she turned back in the direction she came from, took a few steps, and looked back, "Hey, you have to continue to like me."

"Ok?"

Shen Nuoyi added, "Because... I kind of like you, too."

Then she turned around, and at the moment when Zhang Chen was stunned, the tall girl walked into the misty streets of Rongcheng in the early morning.

The female sanitation worker who was sweeping the fallen leaves of the sycamore tree nearby looked at the couple and smiled like an auntie.

……

Before the Spring Festival, Zhang Chen took his ID card and went to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with his godfather Wang Bowen to apply for a passbook.

Wang Bowen transferred the portion of the show's revenue that belonged to Zhang Chen to him. Apart from the 100,000 yuan given to his parents, another 76,500 yuan went into Zhang Chen's bank card.

The girls at the bank who were handling savings were quite shocked. Although there was no shortage of wealthy customers depositing money in the bank, the level of the front desk was not high enough, and the big customers were basically monopolized by the supervisors. It was also surprising that Zhang Chen, who was less than 18 years old, had such a large sum of money.

Working in a bank is one of the most respectable and stable jobs these days. How many people envy anyone who can get a job there? The girl at the counter with delicate features got in through connections, and she thinks she is from a wealthy family. However, all her savings from her time working till now are less than 10,000 yuan. Looking at this high school student, she feels so depressed.

So I actually went a little beyond the limit and asked, "I don't know if this is a bit presumptuous, but I want to ask, my brother is about the same age as you, and he's also in high school...but, does your family give you so much money at once?"

Because she saw Wang Bowen depositing cash for Zhang Chen.

"This is my New Year's money this year." Zhang Chen said with a smile.

Seeing the stiff expression of the girl at the counter with her hair in a bun and delicate hairpins, Zhang Chen felt Miss Yan's happiness.

(End of this chapter)