I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

That's why, no matter how much Xu Youwei talked about history in front of Lin Mu, the most widespread gossip in the two middle schools of Guoning always revolved around Chen Junqian and Zhu Wenyun. Firstly, Zhu Wenyun's appearance was more outstanding among her peers, and she was also a top student. Secondly, the stories even included elements that were popular, such as fighting and seeking revenge. So, what reached the ears of parents like Xu Zhiling was naturally their rumored romance.

"It is indeed related to Wenyun... Novelists who can write romance novels are really despicable."

"Ahem, I think it's because they're capable, so who's really going to confess?"

“Shen Nianqiu, you don’t know her anyway. Forget it, I’ll go talk to Wen Yun about this.”

After throwing down that name, Xu Youwei, having made up her mind, grabbed the package and dashed out of the office again, leaving Xu Zhiling sitting there shaking his head helplessly.

Another name I've never heard of.

In any case, I hope that child won't follow in my footsteps.

"We've arrived, this is the place."

After leaving Zhu Wenjun's house, Chen Junqian took Shen Nianqiu straight to his newly purchased house. Although only he and Gu Lingguo occasionally came here, the space was still clean and bright because a cleaning service was hired to clean regularly. Shen Nianqiu herself exclaimed in surprise when she opened the door:

"Is it really such a big house?"

"Yes, you can choose any room you like, sister."

"Then, which room does my younger brother live in?"

Chen Junqian had a feeling that this kind of conversation had happened before when he brought Gu Linguo here, but he still nodded and replied:

"The first room from the left on the second floor."

"Oh, I see. I'll go upstairs and take a look."

Shen Nianqiu strode briskly up the stairs, her gaze sweeping across the corridor. Besides the room Chen Junqian had mentioned earlier, she suddenly noticed something hanging on the door of the third room from the left, one room away from him. Upon closer inspection, she found it was a nameplate with "Lin Guo's Room" written in cute artistic font.

With a slight stirring in her heart, Shen Nianqiu immediately pictured the other person's appearance in her mind. Instead of saying anything like "So I'm not the first one," she simply ignored it and gently reached out to push open Chen Junqian's bedroom door.

"It's simpler than I thought. It seems my younger brother doesn't usually sleep here?"

"To be precise, I have never slept here even once."

Chen Junqian was somewhat helpless about this. The main reason was that he had a younger sister who would wake him up at a fixed time every morning. If he didn't come home at night, he had to report it in advance. Moreover, he really didn't need to sleep here. Apart from some of his favorite anime merchandise, the room was indeed worthy of Shen Nianqiu's evaluation of "simple".

Especially compared to his actual bedroom, which has been completely overwhelmed by Lin Mu's colors and presence, especially after Gu Linguo's things were all moved out. If reality were a coloring game, Chen Junqian's bedroom would now be clearly marked with Lin Mu's exclusive colors. I wonder if there will be any comments like "Lin Mu's face is so bright" on the screen.

"But it's pretty good too."

Upon hearing that Chen Junqian had never slept here, Shen Nianqiu felt somewhat bored and turned to leave, heading directly to the second room from the left, the one that Gu Lingguo hadn't chosen.

The huge floor-to-ceiling windows almost cover the entire wall, and the warm afternoon sunlight pours in without reservation, making the whole room bright and clear, without any sense of oppression as if every inch of space has to be utilized.

A large solid wood desk faces the window, with an eye-friendly desk lamp on it. Next to it is a bookshelf that reaches the ceiling, but it is still empty. The bed is soft and off-white, covered with a fluffy and warm-looking down comforter. In another corner of the room, a spacious wardrobe is waiting for its owner.

"Then I'll take this one!"

After agreeing to this, Shen Nianqiu placed something from her pocket on the bed as if asserting her ownership, where it shimmered in the sunlight.

A cherry blossom petal that she had carried close to her body for five years, never daring to leave at home or in her dormitory, finally fell to the ground at this moment.

But perhaps it shouldn't be just five years.

Chen Junqian looked at the cherry blossom petal, then at the girl in front of him, her eyes shining brightly in the sunlight. Suddenly, he heard a familiar sound in his mind—the sound of a new romantic comedy achievement being accomplished.

The Miracle of Cherry Blossom Manga

When I returned this time, there shouldn't have been any reaction from the other party, which was completely different from last year when the road was almost blocked by a sudden heavy snow. However, this time I passed the system's judgment conditions and achieved the goal.

Chen Junqian shifted his focus back to the conditions for achieving this accomplishment:

[Condition for achieving this: When you almost miss meeting or reuniting with a certain female protagonist due to various unforeseen circumstances, you still manage to meet her in the end through the joint efforts of both parties]

At that moment, he suddenly realized something.

This achievement, or rather this miracle, may have spanned a longer period of time than he imagined.

And the so-called encounters and reunions...

Actually, it refers to the period from the previous life to this life.

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Chapter 53: Why doesn't what's carved on the wall count?! (Part 2)

Shen Nianqiu didn't bring much luggage. Besides a change of clothes, she had a lot of teaching materials and winter vacation homework. High school students are like this: after saving the world, they still have to obediently go back to school to attend classes, take exams, and hand in homework. The rest of her luggage, especially the clothes that Chen Junqian bought for her when she came to Guoning last year, were sent to Guoning by mail before the holiday.

However, since Chen Junqian hadn't told her about the new house yet, the delivery address Shen Nianqiu filled in was Chen Junqian's current residence, Yunqi Jinyuan. Fortunately, they managed to catch the last bit of time before the Lunar New Year when express delivery services stopped. So, after putting down his suitcase, Chen Junqian immediately took Shen Nianqiu to pick up the other luggage.

Actually, Chen Junqian's idea was that since it's a new year, he should just buy a new outfit like last year. However, since the clothes had already been sent over, and there was room for them at the new house, they came along with Shen Nianqiu.

"Speaking of which, when I sent a package at the school's courier point before, my roommate asked me why I was sending my luggage by courier when my home is in Lin'an city. Why didn't I just have my parents drive over to pick it up? The staff at the station also confirmed with me several times, because it does seem a bit strange to send clothes to a small city in the next province."

She casually placed the large box of packages she had brought back on the ground and used a utility knife to cut open the tape sealing it. As she took out her clothes one by one, she straightened and smoothed them out in front of Chen Junqian and put them into the closet, all while smiling and starting a conversation.

"But actually I haven't sent many packages home, and the default delivery address on Taobao is my brother's."

"Me too."

Chen Junqian helped sort the plastic-shelled express packages aside, intending to throw them outside later, and gave the same reply.

Unlike the other female protagonists who are in Guoning, or even right next to her, Shen Nianqiu, who is far away in Lin'an, would find it difficult to convey her feelings without sending a package. Just like in her previous life, when Chen Junqian went to university, his roommates would have their parents send him snacks. Even though he wasn't short of money, he still found the experience of opening a blind box very surprising and satisfying.

Over the past year, Shen Nianqiu has experienced this kind of blind box-like feeling many times, to the point that her roommates all know that she has a boyfriend who keeps sending her things.

As for why it was her boyfriend and not some other parents or relatives, it can only be said that many of the items inside were actually only given to couples. In addition, Shen Nianqiu herself used the excuse that she already had someone she liked when dealing with boys' confessions at school, so it is natural to draw such a conclusion.

"But if I had to choose the most surprising gift my brother gave me last year, it would definitely be those audio files. Is it called ASMR? The files are so big! If I hadn't just gotten a new phone last year, I feel like my memory would have been completely filled up by those audio files."

"Because I wanted to keep the best effect, the WAV format I sent to my sister is much clearer than the regular MP4 format. Actually, my sister should also get a better pair of headphones, like over-ear ones, so that the effect would be even better."

"I'd rather not use headphones. I'm very used to the ones I have now, and I mostly listen to them in my dorm to fall asleep. Over-ear headphones are too big and conspicuous, and they're hard to hide. Besides, being too immersed in them isn't good either, and they're more likely to be noticed by the dorm manager."

When the topic of ASMR came up, Chen Junqian couldn't help but think of a certain mysterious achievement that he had relentlessly surpassed the number of times that could be triggered repeatedly since he sent Shen Nianqiu those audio files last year. His expression immediately became a little strange.

Coincidentally, one of the parties involved also naturally thought of the audio files she listened to. In fact, she always wore only one earphone when listening. One reason was to guard against possible surprise visits from the dormitory manager, as mentioned earlier. The other reason was that she also had to be careful of her roommates.

While boarding high schools like theirs are no strangers to bizarre stories from boys' dorms, this kind of thing happening in a girls' dorm still feels a bit too outrageous, and...

She didn't want Chen Junqian to know about this for the time being.

Although Shen Nianqiu didn't understand the mysterious two-dimensional term "obsessed woman," this behavior, if rounded up, was just equivalent to a boy's fantasies, right? And it was directed at the sleep aid sounds that Chen Junqian had bought for her with professional equipment and put in a lot of effort, just to help her get a good night's sleep.

"Sigh, if it weren't for the fact that my little brother actually has someone to chat with until he falls asleep at night, I would record the same voice for you right now as a way of repaying him."

As for the fact that Zhu Wenyun had been having long phone conversations with Chen Junqian every night since she got a cell phone a few years ago, it was no secret that he had been doing so for a long time. After all, he himself often included such plots in his books. And when Shen Nianqiu thought about how he heard other girls' voices from the last minute before he fell asleep to the first minute after he woke up, she immediately felt that her previous idea was correct.

She didn't believe that her younger brother, who lived in such an environment, was a model student who only wanted to focus on studying and refused to date early. So rather than waiting for others to get there first, she decided to find the most suitable person to reserve the spot for her in advance. That was the girl she went to see as soon as she returned to Guoning.

Just then, Shen Nianqiu heard Chen Junqian's phone ring again. From the fleeting glimpse of the screen, she saw that the caller's contact name was "Youyou".

Xu Youwei.

The name immediately popped into Shen Nianqiu's mind.

Although Chen Junqian had recently told her that only 30% of the content in Zhu Wenyun's new book was related to Lin Mu and Xu Youwei, Shen Nianqiu and Zhu Wenyun were very good friends. Shen Nianqiu had even served as the prototype for a character in the book and had read through all of Zhu Wenyun's original manuscripts so far. Therefore, she was able to distinguish which parts were true and which were false.

If Lin Mu's character is indeed 30%, then Xu Youwei's character is definitely more than that. The entire long underground romance section, with its various psychological activities, could not have been written without personal observation and even questioning.

In fact, Shen Nianqiu had initially wondered if this part was based on Zhu Wenyun herself, since Chen Junqian had admitted that the two of them were indeed dating. However, upon further reflection, she realized that it was impossible, because Zhu Wenyun could only transfer other girls' experiences onto herself, and would never do something like grafting her own experiences onto other girls.

That's why it's possible that Xu Youwei and her brother really did have a secret relationship, but it probably didn't escalate to the ending in the book, so it's unclear what the current situation is.

Thinking of this, Shen Nianqiu unconsciously pricked up her ears, trying to glean some key information from the two's conversation to make a judgment.

Chen Junqian was also puzzled as to why Xu Youwei would suddenly call him at this time. After all, although his desensitization therapy for Youyou had been very effective in the first few days of winter vacation, it was impossible for her to become completely unaffected in a short period of time.

Moreover, he had already said today that he would pick up Shen Nianqiu and bring her back to Guoning. He even received a reply to the message "she has returned safely" that he posted in the group chat an hour or two ago. Why is he calling now?

"Hey, what's wrong? Are you tired from studying and can't wait for the welcome dinner tonight?"

Even though he had many doubts, Chen Junqian's tone remained the same after the call was connected, and he even made a sarcastic remark to the other party.

"...Where is Qinqin now?"

If Chen Junqian didn't clearly remember Xu Youwei explicitly telling him they were breaking up and how he had been depressed for a long time because of it, he felt like he was suddenly transported back to the days last year when she loved to check up on him.

"Is something wrong that you're out with your sister?"

"Oh, so you're not home right now."

For some reason, Chen Junqian sensed a subtle sense of relief in Xu Youwei's voice on the other end of the phone, which reminded him of his classmates last year when the final exams were postponed due to heavy snow. They felt that although they would still come, it was better to delay it for a while.

"Yes, I plan to finish what I'm doing with my sister and then go straight to the restaurant, where we can all meet up together."

After Chen Junqian said that, Xu Youwei seemed to deliberately hold her phone far away and lean over to talk to someone next to her. Only a few broken words could be faintly heard:

"...Give them...an official announcement...don't...Mu..."

Chen Junqian wasn't the only one completely baffled; Shen Nianqiu, who had been listening the whole time, also couldn't figure out what Xu Youwei was up to. After looking at each other for a while, they finally heard clear, coherent sentences coming from the other end of the phone.

"Actually, it's nothing much. The wear-resistant factory suddenly received a strange package. The recipient is Nianqiu, and the address is the old apartment building where Junqian used to live. If it's convenient, we can have her come and pick it up."

To their surprise, it was Zhu Wenyun who spoke this time.

"...So Youyou is asking about Yun's family now?"

"Hmm, why don't you just come over?"

"Wait, let me ask my sister what's in there."

Putting down his phone temporarily, Chen Junqian relayed what the other person had just said to Shen Nianqiu.

"Does my sister know what kind of package this is? I moved two or three years ago."

Upon hearing the recipient's name and address, Shen Nianqiu clapped her hands, revealing a look of sudden realization:

"Could it be a package sent back from the time of the World Expo? But it hasn't been five years yet, it should be four years and eight months now."

"Oh, you mean that letter, sister? The World Expo opened in May of that year, so the timing should be around the same time. I didn't expect it to actually be sent back."

As someone who had also read "My Dearest Forever" several times and heard Shen Nianqiu tell the story of that year's World Expo, Chen Junqian quickly realized what was going on, but immediately added his own comment:

"So why is my address listed as the receiving address?"

Although it was almost five years ago, and in fact even Shen Nianqiu herself couldn't remember what was written in that letter, to the point that she had to improvise one when Zhu Wenyun was writing her new book, when faced with Chen Junqian's question, Shen Nianqiu recalled her feelings and thoughts when she made that choice quite easily, her tone somewhat elusive:

"Because back then, you thought I wouldn't receive that letter five years from now?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Junqian was also taken aback. He immediately realized that what she meant by not receiving the letter was not that the organizers had failed to send it on time, but rather that she might not be there, which was why she couldn't receive the letter.

Moreover, the other party's next two sentences further illustrate this fact.