You're dumping me, huh? Fine, then I'll just pick up the school beauty and make her my wif

Just as everything was proceeding smoothly, Bai Yuning suddenly exclaimed, "Oh dear!"

Jiang Che and Su Qinghe's attention was immediately drawn to it.

Jiang Che straightened up first and walked towards Bai Yuning. "What's wrong, sis? Are you hurt?"

But Bai Yuning completely ignored him, and simply shouted happily, "Found it! Found it!"

Jiang Che: "?"

Then he saw Bai Yuning pull a thick photo album out of a compartment in her suitcase.

The album cover features gold lettering depicting an old-fashioned family portrait, while the corners are yellowed and curled due to its age.

Jiang Che stared at the photo album for a while, and an ominous premonition gradually welled up in his heart.

"Sis, this thing wouldn't be...?"

"Oh right, that's the one. I didn't expect you to have such a good memory."

Bai Yuning smiled and turned to the first page, then beckoned to Su Qinghe with ill intent, "Little Qinghe, come here, come here, I'll show you something good."

Su Qinghe exclaimed "Hey!" and was about to get up when Jiang Che stepped in front of her and blocked her way.

"Hey sis, aren't you tired and hungry after moving all morning? I see there's still a lot of stuff in those boxes that we haven't unpacked yet. Let's hurry up and pack everything up, then go out for lunch and a rest."

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not tired or hungry at all. In fact, I'm full of energy right now."

Bai Yuning still had a mischievous smile on her face. She didn't give Jiang Che a chance to think about his reasons anymore. She bypassed Jiang Che and forcibly pulled Su Qinghe to sit down on the sofa next to her.

Jiang Che could only sigh resignedly, lower his head, and slowly follow the two to sit down.

Su Qinghe curiously moved closer to Bai Yuning and looked at the photo album in her hand.

After seeing the contents of the photo album, she was stunned for a second, and then the corners of her mouth began to turn up uncontrollably.

The photo shows a five- or six-year-old boy wearing a pink princess dress with lace trim and a bow hair clip in his hair. He is standing with his hands on his hips, smiling brightly at the camera.

"This is..." Su Qinghe's voice trembled as she laughed, "Is this A-Che?"

"Otherwise what?" Bai Yuning turned to the next page and burst into laughter. "Look at this one. He picked out the dress himself, saying he wanted to perform 'Swan Lake' with his female classmates at the kindergarten performance."

"Really? Hahahaha—"

Su Qinghe laughed so hard she leaned back, covering her mouth with one hand and pointing at the photo with the other, tears streaming down her face.

Jiang Che's expression at this moment was hard to tell whether it was helplessness or resignation.

"Sis, these are old photos from so many years ago, why did you bring them to Beijing?"

"Good things should be kept, of course."

Bai Yuning turned another page without changing her expression. "Look, Xiao Qinghe, look at this picture. It was taken on his sixth birthday. He insisted on wearing a pretty little dress, and even if the King of Heaven himself came, he would never take it off. He also said he wanted to change his name to Rose."

Su Qinghe had almost stopped laughing, but this comment made her burst into laughter again.

"Rose?" She wiped away the tears of laughter from the corner of her eye. "Is her name really Rose?"

"It's absolutely true," Bai Yuning laughed. "I was in high school at the time, and the school happened to be close to Jiang Che's house, so I lived there for three years."

"You have no idea, I see him spinning in the living room every day when I come home from school. When I ask him, he says it's a ballet spin and he wants to be a ballet prince when he grows up."

Why would a prince change his name to Rose?

"Because he thinks the name has an aristocratic feel," Bai Yuning replied seriously.

Su Qinghe felt that if Bai Yuning continued to show her around, she would probably laugh herself to death.

But Jiang Che couldn't laugh at all. He was joking; his girlfriend had seen his embarrassing past, and anyone who could laugh would probably be possessed.

He took a deep breath, then suddenly reached out, trying to snatch the photo album while Bai Yuning wasn't paying attention.

Unexpectedly, Bai Yuning reacted extremely quickly. Just a second before Jiang Che was about to succeed, she swiftly withdrew her hand, causing Jiang Che to miss his target.

Finally, Bai Yuning couldn't resist adding a provocative remark: "Tsk tsk, Jiang Che, you've never won against me when we were kids, how come you still haven't learned your lesson?"

Su Qinghe sat to the side watching the two of them circle around the coffee table, laughing so hard that tears welled up in her eyes for the second time.

The scene was hilarious. Bai Yuning held the photo album high so Jiang Che couldn't reach it, and Jiang Che couldn't really use his strength to snatch it.

It was like a replica of their playful daily life more than ten years ago.

After watching the show for a while, Su Qinghe reached out and tugged at Jiang Che's sleeve: "A-Che, don't take it, don't take it, I want to watch too."

"...Listen to me, that thing isn't good, we won't look at it."

"But I don't often see you in a skirt, I want to see more of you." Su Qinghe looked up at him, her eyes sparkling as she pleaded.

Jiang Che wanted to say no, but when he met his girlfriend's soft, coquettish eyes, he couldn't bring himself to say the word.

Having no other choice, she gave up struggling and sat back down on the sofa: "Fine, fine, you see."

Since we've already gone too far, we're not afraid of losing even more face.

Bai Yuning handed the photo album to Su Qinghe and sat down next to her to explain: "Look at this one. This photo was taken when he was eight years old and lost his teeth. He lost both of his front teeth at the same time. I still remember it. When he drank water, the water would leak out from the big gap in the middle and then flow back in. It was so funny."

Looking at the photo of the little boy with a missing front tooth who was still grinning, Su Qinghe smiled, but felt a little lost inside.

These things are far removed from her, so far that she could never witness them with her own eyes.

She felt a deep sense of regret for not being involved in A-Che's life for the first ten years or so.

But now, sitting here flipping through old photo albums and seeing how mischievous Ah Che was as a child, it's actually quite nice.

In a way, she transcended time and space to participate in A-Che's childhood, didn't she?

Su Qinghe and Bai Yuning looked at the photos while Jiang Che sat quietly beside them, letting them turn page after page.

Listen to Bai Yuning embellish his childhood stories, big and small, and occasionally show a resigned expression.

Sometimes Su Qinghe would turn her head to look at him, and the tuft of hair on her head would sway playfully because of her movement.

Very cute.

So cute that Jiang Che eventually shifted his attention from the embarrassment to Su Qinghe.

……

By the time the movers had put all the furniture away and Bai Yuning had packed away most of her things, it was already past noon.

Bai Yuning saw the workers off, patted the dust off her hands, and said, "Alright, it's almost done cleaning up. Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner."

"You're treating?" Jiang Che raised an eyebrow.

"Of course! You're helping me move, why would I let you pay for it?"

Bai Yuning rolled her eyes at Jiang Che, then picked up her phone and started searching for nearby restaurants. "Oh, there's a Hunan restaurant over there, rated 4.5, and the reviews say it's pretty authentic. How about we eat there?"

"I'm fine," Su Qinghe said, looking at Jiang Che. "What would you like to eat, Che?"

Jiang Che wasn't picky about food; he was fine as long as he didn't starve.

"Then let's have Hunan cuisine, it's close to home."