Only now did Jiang Hua understand what Yue Ge meant by helping him get used to it.
It takes twenty-one days to develop a habit.
His cheeks were red, he covered his mouth tightly and retreated, but his retreat was blocked by a tree trunk, making him unable to retreat.
Different from the last time, this time it was just a kiss like a dragonfly. Yue Ge did not forget that this was a school.
Jiang Hua's mind went blank due to the sudden attack. The only thought he had left was whether something like this would happen in the next twenty days.
In order to cover up his shyness, he actually hid behind Yue Ge and returned to the topic calmly.
"Then when the time comes, I'll just do this and you take the beating for me."
In the blind spot of Yuege's sight, he hurriedly fanned his face to cool down.
Yue Ge glanced at the moving shadows on the ground, and said with a smile in his voice: "Okay."
"Well, he probably won't beat you either..."
In Jiang Hua's mind, with Yue Ge's not particularly strong body and gentle personality, he would not fight back even if he was beaten, let alone fighting.
So apart from being listened to, he didn't take Yue Ge's promise seriously.
"By the way, this is for you."
After finally cooling down the heat on his face, Jiang Hua took out his bank card and quickly stuffed it into Yue Ge's uniform pocket.
Yue Ge subconsciously touched it: "What is it?"
"Advanced tutoring fee."
Yue Ge stared at the brand new card in his hand for a few seconds before asking: "Why prepay?"
"...You are so popular." Jiang Hua pretended to kick the pebbles at his feet: "I paid it in advance to save you from changing jobs."
This reason is so far-fetched that anyone who learns about this will probably think that Jiang Hua has a deep love for Yue Ge and that he is in a period of passionate love and has gone to his head.
On the surface, this was indeed the case, but as he stayed with Jiang Hua day and night and saw Jiang Hua's thoughts written on his face every day, Yue Ge's first reaction was to be puzzled.
Especially in the process of getting along so far, he has not shown that he is in distress, nor has he hinted that Guojiang Hua would lend a helping hand.
Immersed in his troubled thoughts, he murmured unconsciously.
"Why?"
"Why?"
Whether it was for compensation or help, they were all for unspeakable reasons. Jiang Hua could only use impatience to cover up his guilty conscience: "Stop talking nonsense, it's just to make up for the tuition fees."
Yue Ge came back to his senses and took a deep look at Jiang Hua. His eyes were unusually complicated.
"Okay, thank you."
Although he was puzzled, he still accepted this 'good offer' without any burden, neither declining nor asking about the amount of money.
At least one thing Yuege can be sure of is that the 'good intentions' are not without reason.
Putting away his bank card, Yue Ge lowered his cold eyes and said, "Then I will be more dedicated."
Seeing that he accepted the money, Jiang Hua breathed a long sigh of relief. In addition to relieving some pressure, there was also a hint of joy in his heart.
He couldn't hide his happiness at the thought of being able to help Yue Ge.
"No, if you have something to do at home these two days, just leave me alone." Jiang Hua waved his hand and said, "Anyway, it doesn't matter if you are late for tutoring for two days."
Yue Ge nodded: "I'm afraid I won't be able to attend class this week. I will find a way to make up for it in the future."
Jiang Hua became even happier and said with a smile, "It's okay if you don't patch it up."
Rubbing the top of his hair with her warm palms, Yue Ge smiled lightly at him, with a touch of endearment flashing in his eyes.
"I'll make it up."
My heart seemed to have been lightly poked by something, and I missed half a beat of heartbeat.
Jiang Hua averted his eyes and thought uncomfortably that maybe he wasn't used to it yet.
...
That night, the system prompted that the progress bar had increased by another 1%. The increase was quite confusing.
No cheating plan was implemented today, and everything was normal for Yue Ge at school. Why did his salary suddenly increase by 1%?
Jiang Hua curled up on the sofa and tried to speculate: "Is it the temptation of money?"
System: "Not sure."
After thinking about it all night, he couldn't figure it out, so he could only throw the question to the back of his mind.
As luck would have it, in the first week after his parents returned to China, Yue Ge took a week's leave because of family matters. The two parties couldn't get along, so Jiang Hua temporarily saved the effort of covering up.
He is not a person who thinks things over and makes plans in advance, so he doesn't feel the urgency and doesn't bother to think about whether his puppy love will be exposed in a week.
My parents are open-minded enough. Even if they are exposed, there won't be serious consequences. If I want to hide it from them, I might as well think about how to deal with Qiao Xiuyuan. However, there is still one month before his birthday, so it is still too early to think about it now, and it will lead to a wrong mission.
When something happened to Yue Ge's family, Jiang Hua really couldn't bear to continue working.
After much deliberation, he gritted his teeth and decided to resign himself to being a salty fish for a few days.
After watching Jiang Hua's thoughts, the system sneered: "If you're lazy, you're just lazy, and you're beating around the bush."
Jiang Hua snorted coldly: "How can I be called lazy? I have a conscience and don't want to cause trouble to Yue Ge."
In the next week, Jiang Hua started to live a salty life, putting aside his unattended studies. Feeling his parents' sudden and meticulous concern, his tasks were temporarily forgotten.
It should be a carefree time, but somehow, every day suddenly becomes extra long.
The first two days were fine. Jiang Hua regained the simple happiness he had before being hit by the system. However, the good times did not last long.
On the third day of Xianyu, Jiang Hua held his chin and silently watched Yue Ge, who came and went in a hurry and stopped staying at school at noon. Yue Ge, who didn't even have time to say hello, suddenly felt a little irritated.
On the fourth day of salted fish, Jiang Hua slept until noon. When he woke up, he first saw the extra milk on the corner of the table, and he managed to suppress his irritation.
On the fifth day of salting fish, Jiang Hua was in a good mood when he thought that he would be back to normal after another two days of salting. He had been suppressing and impatient since the morning. He even opened the exercise book for the first time, but in the evening he received a message from Yue Ge.
, saying that I might have to take a week off.
On the way home that day, the driver of the Jiang family felt the low air pressure along the way. Jiang's mother looked at Jiang Hua who was so bored that she started trimming the garden with scissors, and contacted Su Wen anxiously.
When Jiang's mother secretly contacted Su Wen, Jiang Hua was pruning leaves and talking to the system with a serious face.
Jiang Hua: "I can't bear it anymore. I'm going to find out what's going on at his house."
The system joked: "We agreed to be a salted fish, and it's only been a week."
Jiang Hua didn't understand why he was so upset. He could only blame it on the mission deadline: "I only have two years, and a week has passed in the blink of an eye. If it's you, don't be in a hurry!"
System: "Didn't Bai Lianhua say that it will definitely be handled next week? Just wait for another week. He won't lie. There is time for investigation, so why not think about what to do next?"
Jiang Hua had an idea for the next plan on the day he skipped class, and he and Yue Ge made mental preparations for it. Who would have thought that after so long, he couldn't take action, and even his plan to skip classes a few more times was delayed.
The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became, but this depression was resolved by himself. He could not express his dissatisfaction in front of Yue Ge.
Yue Ge must be more worried than him now.
Jiang Hua wielded the big scissors and cut several hairstyles for the green plants at home. After a while, he got tired of it. He went back to his room and took a shower. He was about to send a text message to Yue Ge to ask about the situation when he suddenly received a call from Su Wen.
As soon as the call was connected, Su Wen's worried voice came out.
"Hua Hua, have you encountered something unhappy recently?"
Jiang Hua was stunned, and soon realized that his mother must be meddling in other people's affairs, so he contacted Su Wen.
He was indeed unhappy now. He hadn't complained to Su Wen for nearly half a month. At this moment, he felt the familiar warmth and his mood became even more unprepared.
"A little bit." Jiang Hua said aggrievedly: "I've been so bored by myself recently without you all here."
Su Wen thought it was something. When he heard the reason, he breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but chuckled: "Did you miss me?"
Jiang Hua did not hesitate: "Of course I do!"
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and Su Wen asked jokingly: "Do you miss me more or Xiuyuan?"
Jiang Hua hesitated this time.
After waiting for a moment, Su Wen sighed inaudibly. Just as he was about to speak, Jiang Hua spoke hesitantly.
"I miss you more." He was too honest: "Well, I don't miss Brother Qiao, Brother Su Wen, if Brother Qiao is particularly busy, just tell him not to come back..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Wen didn't speak for more than ten seconds.
Su Wen suspected that he heard wrongly and asked in surprise: "Do you want Xiuyuan not to go back?"
Jiang Hua was shocked, could he be so straightforward?!
"If he is very busy...there is no need to force it."
Su Wen was silent for a long time. When he spoke again, he was so happy and surprised that he suppressed his words in his voice.
"Okay, I'll tell him."
"Um..."
Su Wen confirmed again: "Have you really not encountered anything unhappy recently?"
"There's really nothing to be unhappy about." Jiang Hua changed to a more comfortable position and lay down: "It's just too leisurely. Don't listen to my mother's nonsense."
Su Wen smiled and said, "Auntie showed off your achievements everywhere last time. Haven't you been studying hard recently?"
Jiang Hua curled his lips and fiddled with his buttons unhappily: "I don't have to study recently, he doesn't have time to care about me."
"...he?"
Jiang Hua suddenly covered his mouth.
Su Wen and Qiao Xiuyuan went to the same school. They were both abroad and must have been together often. If Su Wen knew about his early love with Yue Ge, Qiao Xiuyuan would also know about it.
His brain has never been running so fast: "I, I hired a tutor. The teacher is busy recently and cannot tutor me for the time being."
"That's it..." Su Wen's smile faded a little: "When you talked about puppy love before, I thought you were in love."
Jiang Hua didn't want to lie, so he could only laugh twice and said vaguely: "Have I talked...?"
He was thinking how many days he could keep it secret. Since he could delay the beating until next month, he certainly didn't want Qiao Xiuyuan to rush back and beat him tomorrow.
Su Wen refused to give up and said slowly: "Yes, I suddenly mentioned it one night a month ago."
"..."
Jiang Hua's head was stuck and he was speechless for a moment.
Seeing his silence, Su Wen hesitated and said, "...Is it because of Xiu Yuan?"
Su Wen wanted to ask if Jiang Hua took Qiao Xiuyuan's longing for him as a liking, but in Jiang Hua's ears, he understood that he was curious because of Qiao Xiuyuan's broken love.
So he admitted it without hesitation.
"Yes, it's because of Brother Qiao!"
Su Wen pondered for a moment: "Then now..."
"Now...now I understand, I'm not curious at all!" Jiang Hua was forced to start talking nonsense, and he was experiencing the feeling of puppy love, so he was really not curious anymore.
Fortunately, after listening to what he said, Su Wen seemed to be in a better mood for some reason, and the topic finally turned to this article.
The two chatted about some trivial matters before hanging up the phone. Jiang Hua also inquired about Qiao Xiuyuan's recent mood. After learning that there was a trend of improvement, he still couldn't relax.
However, it was not yet mid-November, and it was too early to get beaten. After talking to Su Wen on the phone, Jiang Hua felt much relieved. He sent a message to Yue Ge to ask, but Yue Ge still said that there was no need to worry.
No matter how you look at it, it seems perfunctory.
My mood, which had only improved after an hour of chatting, would suddenly turn negative just by Yue Ge's words.
Jiang Hua hammered the quilt hard twice, but finally couldn't hold it back and started typing on the keyboard.
[No more sugar: [The cat is angry]]
[No more sugar: I want to help too, I’m too bored.]
Not long after the message was sent, Yuege replied with a voice message.
His tone was still calm, not like he was busy taking care of a patient at all.
"No, if you are really bored, although we don't have time to make up classes, we can take the time to continue cultivating habits."
【No more sugar: You should be busy.】
Jiang Hua kept pruning the garden at home for two days. The gardener who had been robbed of his job was very frightened and did not dare to express his anger.
During the salty fish time in the second week, as soon as he entered the class, his eyes were attracted by a jar of candies on the table.
A transparent jar, various plum candies, and a simple sticky note.
Jiang Hua took a quick look and hid the candy in the desk.
His whole face was buried in his arms, leaving only the red tips of his ears, and the depression in his heart disappeared in an instant.
He lay on the table and muttered: "Who are you fooling..."
...
During Jiang Hua's boring time, not only was Yue Ge busy with his family, but since the conversation at the coffee shop that day, Zhao Yebai had also disappeared and rarely came to his eyes.
In the second week of salted fish, when Jiang Hua had almost gotten used to this lazy rhythm, Zhao Yebai suddenly rushed into Class 1, Grade 2, at noon on Monday.
Someone shook him awake from his sleep, and when he saw Zhao Yebai's anxious face, he suddenly remembered that this guy seemed to have vowed to prove something to him a few days ago.
"Hurry!"
Chapter completed!