Summer Green Apples

After lunch, Ji Xiwen went back to her room to rest.

I had just lain down in bed when CS sent me a message.

CS: [Why are your parents back?]

CS: [Your grades are so good, are you getting a different attitude now?]

Xi Wu Bu Wen Zhong: [I don't know, and I don't want to guess what they're thinking anyway. I don't need to anymore.]

CS: [Yes!!!]

CS: [Now that you have me, I'll give you whatever you want, as long as I can.]

Ji Xiwen: "..."

She couldn't help but curl her lips into a smile.

Actually, after being a left-behind child for so many years, she had long since let go of the past and was not sad at all.

But seeing Chi Sui say that made her happy.

It's a kind of inexplicable joy.

Ji Xiwen lay on her pillow, texting with Chi Sui. Their conversation ranged from their parents to their new school and then to the cost of living in Beijing.

After chatting for more than twenty minutes, her eyelids became so heavy that she put down her phone and fell asleep.

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the other side.

Chi Sui waited for a few minutes, but Ji Xiwen didn't reply. He knew without guessing that Ji Xiwen had fallen asleep, so he changed his position, exited the chat window, and glanced at the group chat.

If we don't chat, we'll talk to each other (3)

Xu Jiyang: [I've already gotten off the plane, @CS remember to come pick me up.]

Li Junyu: [I have legs now, I can walk by myself, no need for you to bother.]

Xu Jiyang: [?]

Xu Jiyang: [Dead White Lotus.]

CS: [@Xu Jiyang, okay, I'll come pick you up myself. You wait.]

Xu Jiyang: [Wait a minute, I don't need it anymore.]

CS: [Don't mention it (smiles)]

Chi got up, washed up, changed his clothes, and sent Ji Xiwen a few messages to let her know before leaving.

They've now made it a habit to talk to each other about everything they do every day.

Ji Xi woke up at three o'clock, her head still a little groggy. She picked up her phone and looked at it.

1:30.

CS: [I'm heading out. Li Junyu and some human trash have arrived; I'm going to pick them up.]

Two points.

CS: [Meeting successful. Long time no see. Xu Jiyang is as ugly as ever.]

2:30.

CS: [Come eat.]

Below is a photo of a hot pot restaurant.

Eating hot pot in the middle of summer?

Ji Xiwen replied with a couple of sentences, then sobered up for a while, got up, combed her hair, and went out.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw Ji Feiran squatting on the ground, staring at the director half a meter away.

The director lay lazily in the shade, ignoring him.

It wasn't until he saw Ji Xiwen that the director barked, got up, and slowly leaned against Ji Xiwen's leg, whimpering softly.

Ji Xiwen squatted down and rubbed the director's head.

Ji Feiran stood there stunned for a moment, then crept closer and cautiously asked, "May I touch it?"

"Sure," Ji Xiwen said. "It has a very good temper and doesn't bite."

"Really?"

Ji Feiran's eyes sparkled with surprise, shining brightly in the afternoon light, their black and white contrasting sharply. He reached out his delicate little hand and tentatively touched the puppy's head.

The director flicked his tail but didn't react.

Ji Feiran said, "So well-behaved."

Ji Xiwen stared at him silently.

He's only eight years old, and all his emotions are written on his face; the happiness on his face right now is undeniable.

"Do you really like puppies?" Ji Xiwen asked.

"I like it." Ji Feiran nodded frantically. "But my mom won't let me keep one, saying it's too expensive. So I always like to go to Xiao Chu's house to play. She has a Samoyed, which is super cute."

"Sister Xiao Chu?" Ji Xiwen heard this name for the first time.

"right."

Ji Feiran nodded. "She's our neighbor, five years older than me. She's really nice and often takes me out to play."

Ji Xiwen smiled.

Ji Feiran kept patting the director's head and continued, "She's a very nice person. You'll see when you come to our house, sister."

Perhaps because he was too young, he naturally treated Ji Xiwen as an outsider, or perhaps he didn't understand what the word "our family" meant to Ji Xiwen.

His expression was remarkably natural, with a smile playing on his lips.

Ji Xiwen smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Because Mingying and Ji Zifeng returned early, Ji Xiwen stayed at home all day. In the afternoon, she even went to tutor Ji Feiran with her homework at Mingying's request.

Mingying took away Ji Feiran's toys, tapped his head with her finger, and said, "You should learn from your sister. If you're not going to fight for yourself, are you content to always be at the bottom?"

Ji Feiran pursed her lips. "What's wrong with the countdown?"

Mingying: "Shameful."

"But someone always has to be at the bottom," Ji Feiran said.

Upon hearing this, Ji Xiwen raised an eyebrow imperceptibly.

She hadn't actually had much contact with Ji Feiran and didn't know much about his personality, so she was still a little surprised when she heard those words.

Both Mingying and Ji Zifeng are very concerned about their image.

Ji Feiran grew up with these two, yet he could say such things.

Mingying: "You're going to make me so angry!"

She took her toys and went out the door.

Ji Feiran sighed, slumped onto the table, and turned to look at Ji Xiwen, who was standing close to him. "Sister, do you think studying is difficult?"

"Difficult, but not that difficult." Ji Xiwen thought for a moment. "If studying can change my destiny, then it's not difficult for me."

"destiny?"

Ji Feiran repeated, "What is fate?"

Ji Xiwen looked at the baby fat on his cheeks, her gaze slowly descending. The short-sleeved shirt he was wearing was from a very famous brand, costing at least three or four hundred yuan, which was very expensive for people in the countryside.

He wore a phone watch on his wrist and a jade pendant around his neck.

"Is your kindergarten good?" she asked softly.

"OK."

When this topic was brought up, Ji Feiran's eyes lit up. It was clear that he really liked kindergarten. "It was super great. There were lots of fun things to do. We got hamburgers every Friday, and there were all sorts of music and dance classes. I want to go back to kindergarten now."

Ji Feiran propped her chin on her hand and looked at Ji Xiwen: "Sister, why are you asking that?"

Even though Ji Feiran wasn't familiar with this older sister, he would always say to others in Beijing, "My older sister is super beautiful."

His impression of Ji Xiwen was that she was beautiful and had a good temper.

Just like now, her hair is draped over her shoulders, with wispy strands at eyebrow length, and she has almond-shaped eyes with blunt, rounded outer corners, giving her a very approachable appearance.

In the quiet room in the afternoon, there was a sense of peace and tranquility.

"You grew up in Beijing with your parents, and the kindergarten and primary school you attended were both very good schools."

Ji Xiwen smiled and said, "I grew up in this village. The kindergarten I attended was right at the edge of the village, but it was demolished a long time ago. The primary school is in the town, and it's not enrolling any new students this year. That's just fate."