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Chapter 127 The Magpie Bridge in the Old Street (6K)

As the dark blue moonlight filtered through the gauze curtains, Li Zhi was tossing and turning in bed, twisting the corner of the quilt between his fingertips.

Her silk nightgown was already wrinkled and crumpled, just like her mood, which was being torn apart by the glutinous rice cake and her lazy sleep.

Why get up early to buy that rice cake when the bed is so comfortable?
Although the taste is quite good, it's not worth getting up this early just for a bite to eat!

But since we've already agreed, what can we do?

"Li Zhi, Li Zhi, are you really going to give up your precious time in bed just for a couple of bites of ice cream?"

Li Zhi suddenly threw off the air-conditioning blanket and sat up, her hair sticking up messily in the warm yellow light of the bedside lamp.

"This is so annoying! It's all that idiot Shen Yuan's fault!"

Thinking of this, Li Zhi turned around and kicked the doll by the bed.

To ensure he could easily kick these dolls, Li Zhi usually placed them by his bedside.

This way, you can not only kick the bed whenever you're unhappy, but you can also surround the bed to increase your sense of security.

After kicking the doll, Li Zhi felt much better.

The pillow gently caught her as she fell back down.

The beautiful girl lay on her back on the bed and finally convinced herself.

"Ugh, forget it. National Day is almost here anyway, three days off is enough for me to sleep in. And I get a week's worth of ice cream!"

"I eat three a day! You idiot Shen Yuan, I'll eat you out of house and home!"

The beautiful girl thought viciously.

Can Shen Yuan go broke from eating ice cream?

You probably won't go broke from eating it all.

Although the system is stingy, it's still perfectly fine to get an ice cream from the school supermarket.

Before going to sleep, Shen Yuan did half an hour of exercise, which increased his mission time to 45 hours.

Since last Saturday, Shen Yuan has maintained a daily exercise routine of about 5 hours.

Kegel exercises combined with hand grip strengtheners, and bicep curls.

Emmmm…

Textbook bicep curl.

Shen Yuan really didn't expect that this thing could actually be used for calculation.

So knowledge really does have weight!

However, due to the large range of motion, Shen Yuan usually chooses Kegel exercises and hand grip strengtheners during class.

Kegel exercises were Shen Yuan's favorite.

Because you can't see it at all.

It can also help students who sit for long periods of time avoid the troubles of hemorrhoids.

It can further enhance Yang...

Okay, that's all for now. Those who know, know.

Shen Yuan slept very well. He fell asleep and when he woke up again, it was already 5:30.

In case his older cousin couldn't get up, Shen Yuan immediately made a phone call.

"Hmm?" came my older cousin's confused voice from the other end of the phone.

"Get up! Didn't we agree to go to the old street?"

"Wake me up in 20 minutes."

Yang Yishui hung up the phone immediately after speaking, not giving Shen Yuan a chance to say another word.

Shen Yuan stared at the phone that had already been disconnected, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Okay, let's wait another 20 minutes.

As soon as he put down his phone, Shen Yuan's gaze fell on the wall above the bed.

I don't know if Li Zhi has ever woken up.

Shen Yuangang was about to make a phone call, but then he remembered what his older cousin had said.

"Never mind, I'll get up first."

Shen Yuan spoke, and then got up.

That's probably the downside of having lots of energy.

After waking up every morning, Shen Yuan basically has no intention of going back to sleep.

I can't sleep at all.

Twenty minutes later, Shen Yuan called his older cousin right on time, and then hung up amidst her grumbling.

However, in doing so, the older cousin was also successfully woken up by Shen Yuan.

After waking Yang Yishui, Shen Yuan's gaze fell on another person in the chat list.

Shen Yuan didn't hesitate for long before making a WeChat call to Li Zhi.

The cold blue morning light of 5:50 had not yet reached the windowsill when Shen Yuan heard the long rustling sound of fabric the moment Li Zhi pressed the call button.

The receiver carried the soft, rustling sound of a silk nightgown and an air-conditioning blanket tangling together, like silkworms gnawing on mulberry leaves.

"Ok?"

A muffled nasal tone, accompanied by warm breath, brushed past the microphone. The girl's hoarse voice was like half-melted ice cream, the sticky trailing tone dragging out sweet ripples in the current.

"Time to get up, the sun's already high in the sky."

As soon as Shen Yuan finished urging her, a long whimper escaped the girl's throat, her drowsy voice turning the single syllable into a coquettish vibrato:

"Woo——"

The air conditioner blanket suddenly made a rustling sound as the fabric tightened, probably from the pretty girl turning over in bed in a huff, her muffled complaints mixed with the rustling of the fabric:

"No... you idiot Shen Yuan..."

The words were fragmented by the yawn, yet the gradually clearing nasal tone could still be heard, like the soft, smooth texture of an ice cream cone slowly collapsing after being heated.

Hearing the voice coming from the phone, Shen Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed slightly.

Damn, are you trying to provoke me like this so early in the morning?
Shen Yuan resisted the urge to convert the audio into video and continued speaking to Li Zhi.

"She's up! Sister Shui is already up."

"I want to sleep, let me sleep a little longer."

Although that's true, Shen Yuan could already hear a hint of liveliness in Li Zhi's voice at the end.

Based on Shen Yuan's understanding of Li Zhi, he could roughly deduce that the beautiful girl had most likely already woken up.

I just don't want to get out of bed yet.

In situations like this, you have to resort to some tricks.

Shen Yuan smirked and lied, "Alright, but you better behave yourself while you sleep. Do you know I'm making a video call right now?"

Sure enough, the next second, a series of rapid rustling sounds suddenly burst from the phone's receiver, and the air conditioner was violently pulled up, creating a gust of air.

The silk quilt corners rubbed violently against the velvet sheets, making a rustling sound. Li Zhifei quickly wrapped herself in the quilt and curled up like a silkworm cocoon.

The beautiful girl's back suddenly tensed up and arched in a panicked arc under the silk quilt. Her knuckles, gripping the edge of the quilt tightly, turned white from the force. The tips of her ears, peeking out from between her hair, blushed crimson in the quilt.

"Shen Yuan, you pervert!!"

A scream, muffled by cotton wool, came through the fabric with a trembling sound.

Shen Yuan held the phone a little further away and said with a smile, "Just kidding! You can see for yourself what I'm typing."

As soon as Shen Yuan finished speaking, the other end of the phone went silent.

However, a rustling sound soon followed.

A tangled clump of black hair peeked out from the top of the air-conditioning quilt wrapped like a silkworm cocoon, and half of a flushed face was revealed after the quilt was pulled back.

When eyelashes flutter frantically, they cast tiny shadows on the eyelids, like butterfly wings startled by morning dew.

Her wide-open almond-shaped eyes were still misty with lingering moisture, and the thin layer of sweat on the tip of her nose shone with a pearly luster in the cool air conditioning.

When Li Zhi's gaze fell on the phone screen showing a voice call in progress, how could he not know that he had been tricked by Shen Yuan?

Li Zhi sat up immediately.

"What the hell..."

Before Li Zhi could finish speaking, Shen Yuan's voice rang out quickly from the phone.

"Get up quickly, or I'm really going to call you!"

Li Zhi pointed at the wall and shouted angrily, "Oh my god! You wait, I'll get up and kill you right now! I'll open your door in 5 minutes!"

"Come on, come on, I'm coming to your door right now!"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhi immediately spat out, "Pah! Seran! Dream on!"

"Tsk."

Shen Yuan shook his head regretfully, realizing he hadn't fallen for it.

"Sister Shui will be here in about 20 minutes. You can get ready now."

"I know, I know."

Li Zhi's impatient voice came through the phone, and then it was hung up.

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhi stepped barefoot onto the carpet beside the bed, where the plush toy that had been kicked over was still lying crookedly at the foot of the bed.

Looking at the doll, Li Zhi was immediately furious and stepped on it!

"You idiot Shen Yuan, die!"

The barefoot girl, standing on the edge of the plush carpet, suddenly exerted force, her arches taut in a sharp arc, her pink toes sinking deep into the belly of the plush toy.

The large, crooked dog doll trembled in the morning light, its plastic eyeballs reflecting the stray strands of hair.

The cotton underfoot made a soft squeaking sound, and Li Zhi suddenly felt as if he had stepped on jelly formed from the morning mist.

In the sudden, unexpected slip, the hem of her silk nightgown spun open like melted butter, and her bare knees drew a frantic semicircle in the air.

As the mattress springs groaned, the girl's waistline, like a flower stem broken by the wind, suddenly tumbled into the still-warm blankets.

His disheveled hair swept across the bed like spilled ink, and his right foot, still raised above the doll, lingered on his toes, trembling with the lingering resentment of his failed attempt to vent his anger.

The silk collar slipped down, revealing the hollow of her collarbone, which rose and fell with her rapid breathing, holding half a cup of cold blue morning light that swayed with her body's trembling.

Li Zhi looked up at the ceiling, his eyes filled with lingering anger and sudden astonishment.

Suddenly, a soft laugh rang out in the room.

"Sand dollars."

After washing up, Li Zhi went to her walk-in closet.

Fingertips brushed across the hanging clothes rack, and tiny pearlescent shimmered on the chiffon cuffs.

The wardrobe is neatly arranged with dresses of various colors.

Li Zhi's style of dressing is quite varied, depending on her mood on the day.

The beautiful girl's fingers suddenly stopped as they brushed against a piece of black silk fabric.

The lingering moonlight on her dress climbed up her fingertips, and the hazy colors outlined by the silvery light that night, along with Shen Yuan's sudden pause in breathing, quietly drifted into her ears.

Li Zhi suddenly released her fingers and took a half step back. The ticklish sensation caused by her hair brushing against the back of her neck startled her dazed nerves.

The pretty girl quickly grabbed a pair of wide-leg pants and a sweatshirt.

As she slipped her two long, straight legs into her trousers, she didn't forget to roll her eyes at the air.

"I won't show that idiot!"

It was 15 minutes later when Shen Yuan called again.

Without even thinking, they were definitely urging me to go downstairs.

Li Zhi stuck a note on the door with a sticky note, sent a message to Lao Li on WeChat, and then went out.

Compared to Li Zhi, Shen Yuanze is still the same as ever, relying entirely on shouting.

Anyway, once he's yelled, that's it. Whether Old Shen and Ms. Zhang heard it or not is their business.

As for the kitten, let it run wild in the room.

Anyway, I'll be back in the afternoon.

Just as Shen Yuan finished putting on his shoes, Li Zhiye opened the door to his house.

Shen Yuan burst out laughing when he saw the clothes Li Zhi was wearing.

The light-colored hoodie prominently displayed the slogan "Get up early and be stupid all day." However, Shen Yuan's smile quickly faded.

The first thing Li Shao did after putting on his shoes was to kick them.

Seeing Shen Yuan grimacing and clutching his leg, Li Zhi felt a surge of relief.

"pass."

With clear thinking, it's another day away from nodules.

After the two went downstairs, they soon met Yang Yishui.

Seeing Yang Yishui's car stop, Shen Yuan consciously slipped into the passenger seat.

As soon as Shen Yuan opened the car door, he saw a pile of fruit on the passenger seat.

"Ok?"

Shen Yuan looked at Yang Yishui with a puzzled expression.

Yang Yishui raised her chin: "I bought this for my grandparents. You can sit in the back."

"oh oh."

Shen Yuan nodded repeatedly and then sat down next to Li Zhi.

Looking at Shen Yuan's smiling face, Li Zhi rolled her eyes.

On a holiday morning around 6 a.m., there wasn't much traffic in Jiyang.

My older cousin found a road with fewer red lights, stepped on the gas, and took off.

The violent acceleration slammed Shen Yuan and Li Zhi, who were in the back row, directly onto the back seat.

The tram's acceleration is ridiculously exaggerated.

"Slow down, you bastard!"

"What are you afraid of?"

My older cousin said nonchalantly, "I've been driving for ten years, what are you afraid of?"

"You're only 28!"

"Is there a problem? I got my driver's license when I was 18."

Shen Yuan's lips twitched; he really couldn't refute it.

That's definitely ten years of driving experience!

But don't ask how many years you've driven it.

However, her older sister's driving skills were still steady, and she drove smoothly all the way to the outside of the old street.

"Let's park here. Parking over there isn't very convenient. We'll have to walk there anyway."

Yang Yishui parked the car in an open space.

After the three of them got out of the car, Shen Yuan immediately saw the iconic old tree outside the old street.

Compared to before, Lao Shu's treatment is much better now.

This side of the old street hasn't undergone much renovation, and Shen Yuan can still find some traces of the past.

The shops along the street are still the same, with familiar signs.

"Tsk, it's still the same here."

Yang Yishui looked at the old street in front of her, a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.

Compared to Shen Yuan, Yang Yishui naturally has more memories of the old street.

"So you're already reminiscing about the bygone days?"

Yang Yishui rolled her eyes at Shen Yuan: "Get lost! If you keep yelling, I'll make you walk all the way to your grandma's house!"

Shen Yuan gave a sheepish smile and quickly changed the subject.

"Let's go, let's go, let's have breakfast! I'm starving! All breakfast expenses today will be on Mr. Shen!"

"Tch, so stingy."

As she spoke, my older cousin strode off toward the old street.

"Get down!" Li Zhi cursed as he walked around Shen Yuan from the other side.

Watching the two women walk away, Shen Yuan curled his lip.

To put it simply, rice cake is made by kneading steamed rice flour dough into two rice cake slices and then sandwiching filling in the middle.

In Jiyang, for a period of time in the past, people from the village would come to make rice cakes. The rice cakes were hot to the touch when they came out of the pot, but they were really fragrant.

The rising white steam, carrying a rich aroma of rice, hits your nose.

This is also why rice cakes are so delicious.

The rice cakes must be made from freshly steamed rice flour to taste good; once they get cold, the flavor changes.

There are only two kinds of fillings for the rice cakes in the old street: one is shredded radish and meat filling, and the other is cabbage and meat filling.

The two fillings are wrapped in a thin layer of scallion pancake and slowly baked on the counter.

When I arrived, the rice cakes were not all sold out.

All three of them ordered shredded radish and minced meat, but the cabbage and minced meat filling seemed to be missing something.

The method is very simple: just tear two palm-sized pieces of rice cake from a rice cake ball, put the filling in the middle, and sandwich it in. That's it.

Shen Yuan ordered three fillings, while Li Zhi and Yang Yishui each ordered only two.

After receiving his rice cake, Shen Yuan couldn't wait to take a bite.

The chewy rice cake slices are filled with meat filling and have a crisp texture from the shredded radish.

comfortable.

"Let's go for a walk," Yang Yishui suggested.

Shen Yuan and Li Zhi nodded immediately.

The three of them then strolled around the old street with their breakfast in hand.

The old street must have been the town's earliest "commercial street," which used to house convenience stores, billiard rooms, photo studios, internet cafes, and barbershops.

Along the main road, there is a string of clothing stores, pharmacies, and stationery stores.

Shen Yuan was strolling leisurely along the road, enjoying the tranquility of the morning and the warmth of the sunlight.

Suddenly, he noticed that Yang Yishui stopped in front of a shop not far away, as if she was attracted by something.

"What's wrong?" Shen Yuan asked curiously.

The morning light shone on Yang Yishui's face. She smiled slightly and pointed to the shop, saying, "There's a small staircase inside that leads directly to the second floor. The second floor is an arcade. Shen Ming took me here to play games once before."

"Oh?" Shen Yuan's interest was piqued. "Why didn't he bring me along?"

Yang Yishui smiled and explained, "He took you to an internet cafe, but he ended up getting beaten up by your uncle."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Recalling the scene at that time, he felt both amused and nostalgic.

Generally speaking, the younger brother's first time going to an internet cafe is taken by the older brother.

Shen Ming is Shen Yuan's cousin, and the eldest among Shen Yuan's generation.

When he was a child, his family's opinion of Shen Ming was that he was not a role model for his elder brother.

He was the one who took my older cousin to the arcade for the first time, and he was also the one who took Shen Yuan to the internet cafe for the first time.

Shen Yuan was only in fourth grade at that time, and he was very interesting.

"Speaking of which, what has that idiot Shen Ming been up to lately?" Shen Yuan asked casually.

Yang Yishui thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know, maybe they're busy with wedding preparations."

"You're finally getting married?" Shen Yuan's eyes widened in surprise.

Yang Yishui nodded, a hint of envy on her face: "Yes, from campus to marriage, a full ten years."

As she spoke, Yang Yishui's gaze unconsciously fell on Shen Yuan, and then on Li Zhi, as if she were referring to something.

Li Zhi blinked, pretending not to notice Yang Yishui's gaze, and continued eating her breakfast as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, Shen Yuan did not continue this topic.

Seeing the two of them like this, Yang Yishui smiled and said, "Let's go, stroll around the old street for a while, then we should go to Grandma's house."

Shen Yuan nodded and continued walking on the old street.

Looking at the changes around him, Shen Yuan could still see the old street from his memories.

The internet cafe that has already closed, the billiard room that is still open, the photo studio with old photos hanging on the wall, and the backyard of an old house deep in the old street, covered with flowering vines.

Hearing the children's laughter and chatter in the old street, Shen Yuan smiled.

Each generation has its own old streets.

The old street that belonged to Shen Yuan now only exists in his memory.

"Come on, come on! Shen Yuan, Li Zhi, stand here!"

Yang Yishui led Shen Yuan and Li Zhi to the backyard, which was covered with flowering vines.

Li Zhi was actually a little reluctant to take photos with Shen Yuan, but in fact, her older cousin had already taken photos with Shen Yuan and with herself before that.

So, following the order, now it's time for a photo of myself and Shen Yuan.

Yang Yishui is so cunning!

Li Zhi reluctantly stood with Shen Yuan.

Vines climb all over the faded blue brick wall, and the gnarled branches weave a flowing dome on the arched flower trellis.

Unidentified flowers are still blooming in late September.

The pale purple petals unfolded, swaying gently above Shen Yuan and Li Zhi's heads in the morning breeze.

Tiny dappled sunlight filtered through the gaps in the vines, casting shimmering gold leaf patterns on their hoodies.

"Shen Yuan, move a little to the left."

Hearing Yang Yishui's voice, Shen Yuan glanced at Li Zhi, then took a step closer to the girl.

Yang Yishui swiped her finger across the screen to focus, and looking at the two people in the viewfinder, a satisfied expression appeared on her face.

Old vines twined around the arched flower trellis, and pale purple flowers bloomed above the two people's heads.

After freezing the scene before her, Yang Yishui suddenly said, "Hey, don't you guys think those flowering vines look like a magpie bridge?"

Morning light filtered through the vines, casting dappled gold spots on their hair, and the petals trembled gently with the breeze.

The moment the words "Magpie Bridge" appeared in the air, two gazes simultaneously traveled along the vines towards the dome.

The dappled sunlight filtering through the gaps in the flower stand shattered into stars in Shen Yuan's pupils, while Li Zhi's upturned jawline was coated with a soft, mother-of-pearl-like sheen.

It's unclear whether it was the hem of someone's garment that stirred the air, or perhaps a rapid heartbeat that disturbed the resting morning breeze.

The warm golden morning light filtering through the gaps in the trellis wove a flowing net on their faces, and Shen Yuan's bobbing Adam's apple and Li Zhi's trembling eyelashes formed a wonderful harmony in the dappled light.

Two pairs of eyes, brimming with the morning light, suddenly collided as they focused their gazes, and the dust suspended between the trellises abruptly condensed into a galaxy.

Their intertwined gazes entangled in the fragrance of the flowers, forming invisible threads that subtly connected the thin layer of sweat on the tip of the girl's nose with the trajectory of the boy's Adam's apple.

The blush spread from the tips of her ears down her neck.

As the shadows of the flowers swayed, Shen Yuan suddenly felt a dampness in his throat, like morning mist, and his fingertips unconsciously caressed the seams of the hem of his sweatshirt.

It was as if they wanted to weave their entangled gazes into the interwoven threads of cotton.

The blush spreading from Li Zhi's ear tips had already smudged down her neck to her collarbone, and the dappled sunlight filtering through the trellis landed right on the tip of her burning nose, like stars falling from the Milky Way.

Shen Yuan's hand hesitated at the edge of his pocket, then he finally clenched it into a fist and coughed lightly.

"This dilapidated trellis needs to be repaired."

The mumbling had a slight nasal tone, but it couldn't hide the slight tremor in the last syllable, like sugar granules.

Li Zhi's loose hair swayed rapidly in the morning breeze.

"Ok!"

The sudden downward curve of her chin resembled the leaves of a startled mimosa plant, and her blushing earlobes appeared and disappeared among her wisps of hair, as if ripe cherries on a branch were being pushed by the wind to hide deep within the green leaves.

Yang Yishui remained silent, but simply filmed the scene.

Looking at the innocent and beautiful appearance of the young man and woman in front of her, Yang Yishui's knuckles trembled slightly as she held up her phone, and the smile lines at the corners of her eyes resembled the curves of flower petals unfolding.

My older cousin thinks that if these two really get married, she should sit at the head table.

This video will be played repeatedly during their wedding!
　Emmm, I accidentally wrote too much, so I just posted it all together.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)