I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

The teacher in charge of maintaining discipline walked over to the sound and saw Xu Youwei, whose clothes were out of place with the students of Class 5 next door. She immediately reminded her. Xu Youwei, who had received flowers, seemed to be in a good mood. She responded and then got up again. She rubbed the bouquet on Chen Junqian's forehead twice before leaving, saying "See you tomorrow, it's a holiday."

As the next performance began, all eyes finally returned to the stage. Lin Mu, relieved, placed the bouquet on her lap and carefully and slowly leaned against Chen Junqian's shoulder. After all, everyone had seen their more intimate actions earlier, so this shouldn't be a problem, right…?

The show on stage continued, and Chen Junqian, just like when the two first met, magically pulled a lemon candy from his pocket, unwrapped it, and, using the back of the chair as cover, quickly stuffed it into Lin Mu's mouth.

My fingertips brushed against my lips.

The sweet and sour taste of the candy spread in my mouth, feeling exactly like my mood tonight.

Meanwhile, Zhu Wenyun, who was alone at home, was also discussing the final draft of her new book with her editor.

Which sentence from the book is planned to be printed on the book jacket?

"Hmm... this one, I guess."

Zhu Wenyun typed out the line about the female lead and sent it out:

The so-called evidence of tenderness that was spied on is only one in ten thousand. In a corner where there are only the two of us, he and I, and he and I, have many more romantic secrets.

She is becoming more and more aware of what Chen Junqian truly wants, especially after communicating with him during the creation of this new book. Questions that she used to find puzzling and perplexing now have a crystal-clear outline.

Moreover, if we consider the problem along this line of thinking, many of Chen Junqian's actions so far can be explained in a plausible way. Why has he been so careful to maintain everyone's interpersonal relationships like a master of balance? Why does he sometimes seem indecisive, like a greedy person who chases two rabbits but ends up catching neither? And why did he make her write such an ending?

However, there is another issue that Zhu Wenyun finds jarring: if Chen Junqian truly intended to achieve this goal from the beginning, then he shouldn't have devoted so much energy to that one person, or even made such demands.

Just as she was thinking, Zhu Wenyun's QQ vibrated again. It was a message from Shen Nianqiu, who seemed to be on holiday for New Year's Day as well.

"I want to ask Yun something."

"You said."

"By the way, in your Guoning area, is there a custom of adopting godparents?"

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Chapter 38: Don't say things like "Let's form a couple!" (5k views)

On the first day of 2015, which was also the first day of the New Year's Day holiday, Chen Junqian, who had no intention of staying in bed, opened his eyes early in the morning as usual, driven by his biological clock. After the New Year's Day performance last night, he went straight back to take a shower and go to sleep. It was rare for him not to stay up late before the holiday. After a good night's sleep, he felt much clearer in his mind.

Before his younger sister came to wake him up as usual, Chen Junqian lay on the bed with his eyes half-closed, thinking about his plans and intentions for the next month, which had always been a habit of his.

The Spring Festival in 2015 was a month later than in 2014. Last year, the Lantern Festival fell on February 14th, which was the same day as Valentine's Day last year. This year, the first day of the Lunar New Year was on February 19th, so the winter vacation would also start later. Unlike previous years, when you could look forward to the winter vacation after the New Year's Day holiday, the winter vacation would start later.

But in fact, as the only reborn person in the small county of Guoning, Chen Junqian also knew something that would probably make the junior high students in this year's class even more indignant if he said it now. That is, the school administration had not known what had gotten into them this year, but not only did they arrange semi-mandatory make-up classes during the winter vacation, but they even planned to make up for them until the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, which was equivalent to the senior high students. He remembered that when the receipt was issued a month later, the whole grade was full of complaints.

However, for Chen Junqian himself, this incident can help him successfully complete the last piece of the puzzle for the achievement of "Campus Figure of the Year".

As the male protagonist of a romantic comedy, the first condition he actually achieved was to "bring glory and fame to the school in a major event or competition," which he officially obtained when he participated in the "Chinese Character Dictation Competition" two years ago. The usual condition of "being envied for always being surrounded by all kinds of beautiful girls" was actually delayed until this semester of his third year of junior high school, when he finally achieved it through Zhu Wenyun's visit. Now, all that remains is the last condition: "to bring benefits to all students in the grade."

So, what could be a better "benefit" for students than freeing them from the torment of extra tutoring and allowing them to start their winter break early?

Moreover, Chen Junqian knew very well that even without him taking the lead, based on the development in his previous life, several daring students would have colluded throughout the grade, impersonating parents, teachers, and students themselves to call the city and provincial education departments around the clock to report tutoring and accomplish this feat. His good deskmate Zhong Yu seemed to be one of them. After all, there shouldn't be many students in the grade who wanted a holiday more than him. It even seemed that he himself provided three mobile phones as logistics.

Thinking this, Chen Junqian heard familiar footsteps and the sound of a door opening again. Although a certain younger sister had made some bold statement about 'being able to replace him' in front of Lin Mu's voice message bar half a month ago, in reality, she had really changed her usual behavior and started to act like a younger sister character in a romantic comedy, refreshing his arms every morning and whispering sweet nothings in his ear. Of course, that was impossible. In fact, if that were the case, Chen Junqian would have to doubt whether he had a romantic comedy system in his mind or a world modulation mode system.

However, one could still feel the distance closing, especially with the magical enhancement of the winter setting. The other person was able to sit on the edge of my bed quite naturally, then lie down and lean their head in, their lips touching...

Stop, stop, stop, stop! This is definitely not right, is it?

Chen Junqian subconsciously opened his eyes and turned his head to look to the side. Sure enough, what came into his view was his girlfriend, cough, one of them.

Chen Junqian, who always felt that one day he might be chased by relatives' kids asking, "Brother, how many girlfriends do you have?", looked at Zhu Wenyun, who had said goodnight on the phone the night before but was now saying good morning to him just a few hours later. He twitched the corners of his mouth and said with a somewhat subtle expression:

"Wenyun, what brings you to my house today? And so early too."

As the founder of the Guo Ning childhood sweetheart trio alliance, in fact, if we only discuss the score of the childhood sweetheart attribute, Zhu Wenyun is not even as good as Gu Lingguo who lives next door. The reason is that the other party basically never takes the initiative to come to his house. The two of them almost always meet outdoors or at Zhu Wenyun's house, whether it is a regular day or a holiday.

"And where did you get the key?"

"I borrowed it from Mumu last night, here it is."

Zhu Wenyun, lying on Chen Junqian's bed, took out a key from her pocket. Judging from the cartoon pattern on the keychain, it was indeed the spare key to his house that Lin Mu had. Although Chen Junqian himself had long known that the reason why this thing was now so widely distributed that almost everyone had one was because it was with Mu Mu, seeing that the other party could lend it to another girl so easily still made him feel like he had a sore throat stuck in his throat and didn't know where to start spitting it out.

"So, what's the first question?"

"Would Junqian believe me if I said I couldn't go to Ningzhong to see the New Year's Day performance last night?"

"If Youyou hadn't sent the recording of our class's program to our little group last night, I would have really believed it."

Just as Chen Junqian thought on stage last night, his other girlfriend certainly wouldn't miss such an opportunity to take photos openly. It's just unknown whether the photographer who came last night is the same one from elementary school a few years ago. However, the quality of the finished product is still very good. The picture is clear, the sound is excellent, and there are even multiple cameras. It won unanimous praise from everyone. Even Shen Nianqiu, who is far away in Lin'an, gave it a thumbs up.

"But I thought Wenyun would sneak in, since quite a few students managed to get in last night."

"Because yesterday was also the deadline for the new book, there was nothing I could do. But now my work is officially over. Next, I'll be busy with the editorial department and the publishing house. The Chinese New Year is also late this year, so I estimate it will be officially published before the New Year. I'm quite satisfied with it myself, but I don't know if the readers, or you, will buy it."

“I have always trusted Wenyun.”

"That's for the best."

Zhu Wenyun, who was lying on her side next to Chen Junqian, smiled upon hearing this and reached out to tuck a few strands of long hair that were hanging in front of her eyes back behind her ears, as if she was about to get down to business.

"Nianqiu, Youwei, Mumu, and of course me. Now, I've written the stories of four people. I feel like we can start changing characters next."

"If Wenyun wants to write about Lin Guo, I feel she needs to brush up on a lot of knowledge about anime and manga."

Chen Junqian was already used to Zhu Wenyun using her social network as a source of material. Firstly, the person in question had no objections, and secondly, it could stabilize Zhu Wenyun's emotions, allowing her to suppress her terrible romantic comedy personality in the world of literature and fantasy. From any perspective, it was a good thing that was more beneficial than harmful.

"Well, but I don't plan to write about Lin Guo first."

"...You're not going to write about Xiao Xi, are you? Let alone physical books like magazines, the control over online novels in China is extremely strict, and it's not like it's some kind of fan fiction, so readers might not even buy it."

"It's alright. It's fine as long as you set it up so that there's no blood relation at all. You can't say that there's absolutely no blood relation to this kind of character. There was a character like this in 'The Temptation to Go Home,' which I watched with my grandma before."

Faced with Zhu Wenyun's words, which were clearly loaded with hidden meanings, Chen Junqian himself became somewhat curious:

"How did Wenjun suddenly find out about this?"

"I guess I deduced it myself. After summarizing your various behaviors and thought processes, I realized that if you were really her brother, you would never do something that would get your legs broken if your own parents found out."

As agreed with Shen Nianqiu at the beginning, Zhu Wenyun still managed to remove her from the matter. However, her words cannot be said to be entirely false. After all, Shen Nianqiu herself did not explicitly say so. It was Shen Nianqiu who had such a doubt in her heart and naturally connected everything, ultimately arriving at the correct answer.

"As for why we haven't talked about this with everyone, I feel it's because Chen Xi herself is used to the way you two get along as siblings. Although it sounds a bit like burying your head in the sand and deceiving yourself, I do think it would be very awkward if we really talked about it. I don't know what Chen Xi herself thinks, but Youwei will definitely react in some way. The reason they can be peaceful and innocent on the surface is because both of them think you two are siblings."

"Well, more or less."

It can only be said that things have come to this point, and Chen Junqian himself can no longer say that he simply wanted a female protagonist who could fool the system's achievement judgment mechanism and help him get some sister-type exclusive achievements. However, the reasons that Zhu Wenyun came up with in her brainstorming were actually surprisingly reasonable and plausible, so she temporarily nodded in agreement.

"So she really is Junqian's sister, even though they aren't related by blood?"

"Yes, my aunt is my grandmother's godmother, and the two families have always had a good relationship. That's why she calls me brother. As for the fact that she also has the surname Chen, it's just that my husband's surname is Chen. That's roughly the relationship."

"Godparents, in some ways, are even more precious than siblings in blended families, mainly because the two sides are generally not very close, right?"

There are actually quite a few cases of godparents in Guoning. Zhu Wenyun's hometown has one. But as she said, generally speaking, the love-hate relationship between siblings who are not related by blood mainly occurs in blended families. The same is true in the TV series "The Temptation to Go Home" that she mentioned earlier. Godparents are similar to distant relatives. Generally speaking, they only meet during festivals. The situation of Chen Junqian and Chen Xi is indeed quite rare.

"Firstly, my aunt and my grandma have a very good relationship; secondly, there's the situation at the company; and thirdly, Xiaoxi lives right next to me now."

As he said this, Chen Junqian glanced at his phone on the bedside table. Although Chen Xi would ask him to come in a little later on holidays, it was about time now, and she could suddenly open the door and come into his room at any moment.

"Is Chen Xi coming to wake you up soon?"

Noticing Chen Junqian's action, Zhu Wenyun rolled over in bed again, burying her face in his pillow, seemingly not intending to get up anytime soon.

"Speaking of which, if she came in and saw me like this, would she have some interesting reaction that could be written into a book? It's really hard for me to just imagine these things, and besides, my own thoughts should be different from most people's..."

"Well, I don't really think so. First of all, she'll have a mental expectation that she'll see your shoes as soon as she opens the door. Besides, Xiaoxi's threshold in this regard has been raised by Lin Guo, and it's been raised to a very high level."

"Lin Guo? Oh, Junqian means that the other person also had the experience of secretly coming to see you and getting caught red-handed, right? Well, after all, she lives right next door to you, the standard position of childhood sweethearts... When did you meet her? I remember now, you pulled her back during that stampede incident in elementary school, and then you coincidentally became neighbors. There are quite a lot of coincidences in this world."

I had a feeling that Zhu Wenyun was rambling on and on early in the morning. It seemed that she had been quite tormented by the new book lately, and her mind was full of plot-related content. However, now that the new book has been successfully completed, she should be able to relax for a while.

"It's rare that you've come over this morning, let me make breakfast for you and your aunt."

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Zhu Wenyun sat up in bed again, raised a finger with great enthusiasm, and made this suggestion to Chen Junqian.

"I don't really care, but do you need my help?"

"No need, you can just wait here for your sister to wake you up. I'll go out now."

Watching Zhu Wenyun slip on her slippers and strut out of the room, Chen Junqian inexplicably had a strange idea pop into his head: to create a perfect childhood sweetheart pairing. He combined Gu Lingguo, who lived next door, Lin Mu, who was indeed his childhood friend, Chen Xi, who was responsible for waking him up, and finally Zhu Wenyun, the only one who could cook. This would create a standard template for a childhood sweetheart pairing, and he could then naturally say something like, "What would my XX-kun do without me?"

Amused by his own wild imagination, Chen Junqian lay back down on the bed and closed his eyes to wait for his sister. He didn't have to wait long, or perhaps it was because her movements were much more pronounced than usual today. In less than two minutes, he felt a weight on his arm. Opening his eyes, he saw Chen Xi sitting there, one hand on his shoulder, the other pointing towards the door, her tone quite surprised:

Why is Zhu Wenyun in the kitchen?

"Baidu's selected high-quality answer: I don't know."

"So she came out of nowhere? Her house is pretty far from ours, isn't it?"

"Wen Yun explained that she didn't go to school last night, so she came to check on things this morning."

"...So my brother was woken up before me again."

"So that's what you're focusing on? Well, this is definitely an unexpected situation, and it shouldn't happen again. By the way, Wenyun's breakfast is also very delicious. Xiaoxi still has time to order."

“Like a girlfriend… When I came in, I even saw that she was wearing her brother’s apron.”

"Hmm, so what is Xiaoxi thinking?"

"I'm wondering what kind of couple name her fans would give you if you two really started dating?"

Chen Junqian was taken aback by Chen Xi's answer, and even laughed in exasperation:

"Is your thinking that unconventional?"

"Because I feel like I've become a master of CP names. Although I really don't want to become like this, there are always people like this in the history circle who jump in your face and give you a little CP shock."

It seems that Chen Xi has recovered from the incident of bumping into Zhu Wenyun this morning, and she has now started talking about the history topics that she usually likes to complain to Chen Junqian about.

"Xiao Xi has been reading about the Northern and Southern Dynasties lately, right? Last time it was the Book of Song, wasn't it?"

"Oh, actually the Book of Song is surprisingly long, even though the dynasty only lasted less than sixty years. Let's get back to the topic of the pairing. Brother, do you know about the pairing of Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei, Tuoba Tao, and Emperor Wen of Liu Song, Liu Yilong?"

"...I dare say that the reason these two are so well-known among middle school students is entirely due to Xin Qiji's poem 'Remembering the Past at Beigu Pavilion in Jingkou'."

"Yes, it was the hasty Yuanjia campaign, the sealing of the wolf's lair, and the hasty retreat northward. Forty-three years later, I still remember the beacon fires along the Yangzhou road. How can I bear to look back at the shrine of Emperor Tuoba Tao, where only crows and drums remain? Emperor Tuoba Tao was named Fuli, and then, because Liu Yilong's nickname was Che'er, so..."

"Their couple name is actually Che Li Zi."

Looking at his younger sister, who was lying on his blanket with a look of melancholy and speechlessness, Chen Junqian laughed and asked a question at the same time:

"So, Xiaoxi, what do you think we'd call our CP (couple) if that day ever came?"

"Her fans are called 'Yun Duo'. Following the naming convention for couples, you two could be called Yun Zhong Jun, which would be quite fitting. 'The rainbow is my garment, the wind is my horse, and the cloud lords come down in droves,' a line from Li Bai's poem... Hey, so are you two really dating?"

“Oh, if Xiaoxi thinks that Wenjun and I are dating, she actually thinks that we are dating too.”

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