CSGM - Chapter 162
Chapter 162: Extra - Parallel World
Chu Xi quickly washed up at home, put on a white T-shirt, tight jeans, and a long shirt jacket, then went out.
She wore a white baseball cap on her head. Her medium-short hair was tied into a high ponytail, threaded through the hole in the back of the cap. Her whole look was youthful and energetic.
Ren Zhi was wearing a pink hooded top. Her legs were straight, and she wore khaki capri-style casual pants, revealing her smooth ankles below the cuffs.
The pattern on her clothes was a pair of hopping little rabbits, giving it a whimsical, fairytale-like charm.
The two met at the library entrance at 12:25 PM and discussed where to go for lunch.
Chu Xi looked at the old man with the white beard across the street and answered without a second thought:
"Let's get KFC!"
Ren Zhi's eyes curved into a smile.
"Oh, you like that stuff."
"Yeah. Let's go. I'll carry your backpack for you."
"Ah, no need. I can carry it myself."
Chu Xi's hand was on her backpack strap, but Ren Zhi refused.
"Alright, then I'll help you if you get tired," Chu Xi said.
They waited for a while at the traffic light, and three minutes later, they pushed open the glass door of the KFC restaurant.
There were quite a lot of people due to the National Day holiday. Chu Xi had Ren Zhi go grab a seat while she went to queue.
Most of the people in the restaurant were kids their age. Some were accompanied by adults, while others came in groups with their friends.
Clearly, she and Ren Zhi were among the latter.
Chu Xi didn't like making choices. When she got to the front of the line, she directly ordered a "Celebrate the Holiday" National Day combo meal.
Anyway, she had mentally calculated it, and the value for money was pretty good.
It had fried chicken, fries, and Coke. This was exactly the kind of food she wanted to bring Ren Zhi to eat.
The popular combo she ordered came out quickly. In no time, she was carrying the tray to the seat Ren Zhi had saved.
Speaking of which, Ren Zhi's luck was pretty good.
Just as a mother and her son finished eating and left a small two-person table by the window, she quickly called a staff member over to clean up. After they took away the tray and wiped the table, Ren Zhi immediately sat down.
It was a good spot to eat. Chu Xi saw a little boy with a balloon pass by outside, staring enviously at their table through the glass before being pulled away by an adult.
Chu Xi had long since discovered she didn't have much of a sympathetic heart. Not only that, but she even gave the little boy a triumphant smile.
Ren Zhi picked up a beef burger and took small bites. She was still very quiet and well-behaved when she ate.
Chu Xi pointed to the spicy chicken wings in the bag and said, "Eat this. Don't you like it?"
Ren Zhi nodded. "I like it all. I'll eat this first."
"Here, here, try some fries." Chu Xi squeezed out some ketchup and fed one to her.
It was right in front of her face, so Ren Zhi had no choice but to lean in and take it with her mouth. In a moment, her cheeks puffed up like a pufferfish.
Ren Zhi quickly shook her head. "Mmph."
Her mouth was full of food, so she was too embarrassed to speak. She could only use her eyes to signal for Chu Xi to stop feeding her.
Who feeds someone one bite after another like that?
She felt like Chu Xi was trying to stuff the entire box of fries into her mouth.
Chu Xi laughed. "Then eat slowly. Have some Coke."
Ren Zhi struggled for a moment before managing to swallow the food in her mouth. She took out a spicy chicken wing, held it by both ends, and took a bite with a "crunch."
The crispy fried chicken skin melted in her mouth, filled with the rich aroma of fried food.
Chu Xi stared at her without blinking, looking exceptionally happy.
Ren Zhi tilted her head. "?"
With a confused look on her face, Chu Xi smiled, pointed at the fried chicken, and said, "You should eat more of this. Is it good?"
Ren Zhi replied softly, "It's good. You eat too."
Chu Xi asked again, "Is the Coke good?"
Ren Zhi answered honestly, "It's good."
Chu Xi looked gratified. "Eat more."
-You won't be touching this stuff in the future.
So, when Ren Zhi was young, she was just like other kids, loving fried food.
Out of a sense of vengeful compensation, Chu Xi thought to herself that she would bring Ren Zhi to KFC every day of the holiday.
After lunch, Chu Xi took her to a nearby escape room.
This was a popular form of entertainment back in their middle school days. Inside the escape room studio in the mall, another team of five, also middle schoolers, was currently discussing signing up with the owner.
"Is this 'The Last Person's Classroom' scary? What's the prize for clearing it? Are there any NPCs inside..."
This escape room was a small business, with only one staff member explaining things. Chu Xi and Ren Zhi had to wait on the guest sofa in the back. Another employee brought them two cups of hot water.
Chu Xi leaned against Ren Zhi. She found that she was getting more and more comfortable doing these kinds of clingy things.
Ren Zhi had also established a "pure" friendship with her. Sometimes she would even smile and brush Chu Xi's hair aside, reacting to her physical affection with warmth and enjoyment.
Clearly, Ren Zhi's "power of sexual orientation" hadn't awakened yet. To her, all affection was just pure friendship.
Chu Xi listened to the five people in front of them chattering on and on with the owner. They asked about every single scenario in painstaking detail. Chu Xi had already understood everything, but they were still deliberating.
Chu Xi pressed her brow, leaned forward with her hands on her legs, and clicked her tongue, growing impatient.
Ren Zhi placed a hand on hers, shushed her, and said in a low voice:
"Don't be anxious. We're here to have fun anyway. We can wait a bit."
Chu Xi reined in her impatience.
"Okay."
She asked Ren Zhi, "Are you afraid of the scary ones?"
Ren Zhi thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "Maybe a little..."
But in truth, she had never done an escape room before, only heard others talk about them. She didn't yet know how she would react in that kind of situation.
Chu Xi said thoughtfully, "Then let's play one that isn't scary. How about 'Jungle Maze'? I heard that one is nature-themed puzzle-solving, and there are no NPCs."
Ren Zhi, holding the cup of water she had just sipped from, smiled sweetly. "Okay, let's do that one."
The Jungle Maze scenario cost 60 yuan for two people, which wasn't cheap for middle schoolers. Chu Xi insisted on treating Ren Zhi. After all, her parents had gone abroad to start a business, so her allowance was much higher than other kids'.
A staff member led them into the escape room blindfolded.
When they took off their blindfolds, dim light illuminated the ancient patterns on the four walls.
The staff member left the room and closed the door. Three seconds later, a faint chanting sound began to play.
-For a simple, amateur escape room like this, Chu Xi had already figured out the entire puzzle logic the moment she surveyed her surroundings.
Even so, she dutifully accompanied Ren Zhi in exercising her brain.
-Baby looks so cute when she's thinking.
-Baby is concentrating so hard, she's so well-behaved.
-Baby is so smart, as expected! She found another clue!
Chu Xi couldn't stop grinning. "Hehehe, Ren Zhi, you're amazing. It's all thanks to you."
The normal part of Chu Xi's brain looked at the other large area that had been invaded by pink bubbles and didn't want to speak at all: "..."
After clearing two small rooms in a row, they walked into the third. Chu Xi observed the clues in this room, and her heart skipped a beat.
Her gaze fell on a small hole in the corner.
It was clearly an artificial little hole, with a small round opening at the top just big enough for a person's hand to fit inside.
Any player with a bit of common sense could guess that there would definitely be a clue inside a hole like that.
Chu Xi swallowed, feeling a thin sheen of sweat on her back.
Although the light in the escape room was very dim, with her extraordinary eyesight, she walked to the edge, looked down into the pitch-black hole, and could still see what was inside... snakes.
The outlines of several coiling, twisting figures, wound together.
Of course, they were definitely toy snakes.
But, Chu Xi was scared of those things.
No, she had to clarify for herself. To be precise, it wasn't fear, but disgust. Disgust at their shape, their patterns, and their texture.
She rubbed the back of her hand, feeling the fine hairs stand on end. A chain reaction spread up her arm, raising goosebumps.
Ren Zhi looked around and walked over. "Hey, there's a hole here..."
Chu Xi reached out and stopped her. "There are snakes inside!"
"Snakes?" Ren Zhi blinked at her, then smiled the next second. "They're just toy snakes."
Chu Xi's neck was stiff. "Yeah... toy snakes... looks like there are several of them..."
Ren Zhi mumbled, "Do you think there's a clue inside? Usually, there's a clue in places like this, right? We're missing a key for that box-"
She turned and pointed at a locked box inside a tree hollow behind them.
Chu Xi nodded. She hadn't seen it, but there probably was one.
"Are you afraid of snakes?"
She rubbed her slightly sweaty palms. If Ren Zhi was scared, she would bite the bullet and get the key herself.
But Ren Zhi smiled. "What's there to be afraid of with toy snakes? I'll go."
Chu Xi breathed a sigh of relief, then covered half her face a moment later, wondering if she had acted too cowardly.
In a flash, she saw Ren Zhi squatting by the hole in the corner, her hand inside, rummaging around.
It was a bit troublesome. Ren Zhi pulled out several intertwined red and green toy snakes and set them aside.
"Ah-!" A startled cry erupted in the escape room.
Chu Xi quickly turned around, ran to the opposite corner, and faced the wall with her back to the snakes.
"..."
So damn embarrassing.
Ren Zhi looked at her, then at the pile of things she had just pulled out, and had a sudden realization.
After finding the key in the hole, she stuffed all the toy snakes back inside.
"Alright, it's okay now," she said, coming over to Chu Xi and dangling the key in front of her eyes.
"I just think they're a little disgusting..." Chu Xi said, humbly trying to save face.
"Hahahahahaha, I know." Ren Zhi laughed very happily.
Who knew that this wretched escape room had more than just that one spot with toy snakes. In the passage between the fourth and fifth rooms, there was an even scarier second helping.
As Chu Xi and Ren Zhi were crawling through the passage, toy snakes rained down from above with a rustling sound. Chu Xi's face turned pale with fright. Thankfully, Ren Zhi hugged her and threw aside the toy snakes that had landed on her.
Although they ultimately cleared the escape room within the time limit, and the owner offered them a free chance to play another scenario, Chu Xi said, "No, thanks."
Her expression looked as if she would never patronize their business again in her life, leaving the owner confused. They had both cleared it successfully, so why did this young girl look like she had a deep-seated grudge against the game?
After the National Day holiday ended, the students of Sicheng Middle School's junior high division returned to school to face exams.
Chinese, Math, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Politics, History-the nine-subject exam seemed even more complex and redundant than high school before subject specialization.
The monthly exam took a full three days. During those three days, the entire junior high division seemed to be shrouded in an invisible, tense atmosphere.
Students getting nervous about exams had already become a subconscious conditioned reflex.
The most annoying rule during the exams was not being allowed to turn in the paper early. This forced Chu Xi to sleep out of sheer boredom in the exam hall for more than three hours every day.
-And some clueless teachers would even come and wake her up mid-exam, telling her to take it seriously.
Chu Xi pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed, holding back her frustration.
Is it not possible that I finished these questions in half an hour?
The exams ended.
On the first day of regular classes, the students were already asking about their scores.
Chinese, Math, and English were tested on the first day, and everyone was discussing whether the teachers had finished grading the papers.
"I saw a stack of graded math papers on Teacher Zhou's desk!"
"I think they were from Exam Room 2. I flipped through them but didn't see yours."
"The answers for the English multiple-choice are here! Come check them quick!"
"The answer to the second multiple-choice question was C? I think I chose C. I saw 'did' was past tense..."
Amidst the buzz of discussion during the break in morning self-study, Chu Xi and Ren Zhi left the classroom and leaned against the wall in the hallway.
Today, all the students were anxiously discussing exam-related matters, so the number of people in the hallway was much lower than usual. Outside, the golden leaves of the ginkgo trees were scattered by the wind, and there was even a hint of tranquility in the air.
Ren Zhi asked cautiously, "How do you feel?"
Chu Xi turned her head to look at her. "Feel about what?"
Ren Zhi: "The exams... how do you think you did?"
Chu Xi took two seconds to consider how best to put it.
After thinking, she said, "Not bad, I guess. I didn't think any of the questions were hard."
Ren Zhi let out a breath, feeling a slight pressure in her heart, and mumbled to herself.
"I wonder if I can make it into the top fifty in our grade..."
Chu Xi chimed in, "It's okay if you don't. I can help you copy the test papers."
Although she really couldn't figure out what damn use this stupid "punishment" devised by their stupid head teacher was.
But who could argue, when her baby was such an obedient, good student.
Ren Zhi chuckled and asked in return, "Don't you have to copy them yourself?"
Chu Xi: "Why would I have to copy them?"
Ren Zhi: "Didn't you aim for first in the grade?"
Chu Xi said matter-of-factly, "But I am first in the grade."
Ren Zhi looked at her serious expression in surprise.
"You're not kidding?"
Chu Xi scratched her head. "What's there to joke about? The exams weren't hard."
Ren Zhi's expression grew even more surprised, and a trace of admiration for her appeared on her face.
"Did you solve every single question?"
"Yeah."
"Wow..." Ren Zhi said in awe. "I never would have thought you were a top student... No, if you get first in the grade, you're a study god."
Top students have to work hard, but someone like Chu Xi, who usually doesn't even break a sweat, should be considered a study god.
In any case, since she said she would do well, Ren Zhi believed she would do well.
Chu Xi smiled. "Then wait for me to move back, okay?"
During the long break on Thursday morning.
Chu Xi was called to the head teacher's office. Ren Zhi was sitting at her desk alone when the class bully, Mingzhi, and his buddy, Zhou Tao, suddenly approached.
Ren Zhi caught sight of them out of the corner of her eye. Her heart sank, and she immediately became vigilant.
What are they... going to do now?
Ren Zhi unconsciously pressed her lips together and took a sip of water to ease her nervousness.
"Sister Zhi." Mingzhi walked to the edge of the aisle and called out to her.
Ren Zhi turned her head, maintaining her composure. "What is it?"
Mingzhi fumbled in his pants pocket and pulled out a fifty-yuan bill and a ten-yuan bill. The two bills were rolled together. Mingzhi flattened them out and handed them to Ren Zhi.
"I'm paying you back the money I owed you. It's sixty in total. Can you count it and see if it's right?"
Ren Zhi was suddenly stunned: "...?"
Mingzhi quickly said, "The first time, I borrowed twenty from you at noon to buy fried skewers. Another time during P.E. class, I borrowed five to buy water. And then there was the time I borrowed ten to request a song at the broadcasting room..."
Actually, Ren Zhi didn't need Mingzhi to calculate it; she remembered exactly how much he had borrowed.
After all, every single time had left a deep impression.
It had added up over time. In total, Mingzhi had borrowed sixty yuan from her without paying it back.
Ren Zhi said, "It's sixty yuan. I remember."
But she couldn't figure out why Mingzhi had suddenly come to pay her back.
Ren Zhi took the money, completely bewildered. Mingzhi said with an apologetic smile:
"Sorry about before. My family doesn't give me much money, so I was a bit short on cash and made you wait a few days. Sister Zhi, please don't hold it against me. I won't borrow money from you again!"
Mingzhi even looked at her with a hint of fear, his tone somewhat fawning. After speaking, he quickly put an arm around Zhou Tao and left.
Ren Zhi looked at the sixty yuan in her hand and seemed to suddenly understand something.
Chu Xi didn't come back until after the bell for the long break rang. Ren Zhi had to wait until the next break to ask her, curious about why the head teacher had wanted to see her.
"Oh... that. It was nothing, she just asked me to explain a problem to her."
Ren Zhi: "?!"
Shocked.jpg.
It was just that Chu Xi's math paper was too good. She had even written down an unprecedented line of reasoning for the second-to-last major question. As for her score, it was undoubtedly a perfect one hundred.
After hearing Chu Xi's explanation of her thought process for that question, the head teacher was convinced that she had earned her score herself.
Ren Zhi blinked in surprise. Chu Xi patted her head and said with a smug little smile:
"I guess I really am the kind of study god you were talking about."
She really enjoyed this look of admiration from Ren Zhi. Chu Xi's heart was soaring with delight.
Ren Zhi: "Wow!"
"Oh, right. Mingzhi actually came to pay me back today. Did... did you say something to him in private?" Ren Zhi asked.
Chu Xi didn't deny it. "Hehe, he's just a paper tiger. It's easy to handle him."
She took Ren Zhi's hand, which was hanging by her side, and stroked it. So soft...
"From now on, no one in this school will ever bully you again. I'll always be with you."
Ren Zhi: "If I get rich in the future, I definitely won't forget you."
"Hehe, is that so? Then if you earn a million, how much will you give me?"
Ren Zhi paused-Could she really earn that much money?
Still, she thought about it seriously and then answered Chu Xi, "I'll give you five hundred thousand."
"Sigh..." This reminded Chu Xi of her post-marriage allowance, and she couldn't help but sigh silently.
"What's wrong?"
"Oh, it's nothing. I just suddenly thought of something sad..."
The following Monday.
All the scores for the monthly exam had been compiled. The exciting moment of announcing the results had finally arrived.
Some students who had flipped through the test papers in the teachers' office already had some inside information and knew who had done exceptionally well in which subjects.
Rumors had already started spreading in the class on Friday morning. They heard Chu Xi got a perfect score in math. Then, other students gathered in small groups and said they had seen Chu Xi's history paper, and it was a perfect score too!
On Monday morning, the physics class representative, who was carrying the test papers to his seat, was surrounded by half the class, who used their connection with him to flip through the papers in his hands.
The full score for the physics paper was 70. The questions on this monthly exam were particularly difficult, and the students were all complaining that they were "insane." Almost everyone's scores were pretty bad; even the class representative only got a 59.
Amidst a pile of papers with scores in the thirties and forties, they actually found one with a score of 70!
Who was it? Did their Class (8) even have someone that talented?
Seeing that score, for a moment, no one could match a name to it. In their minds, no one from Class (8) could get a perfect score.
Then they looked at the name field: Chu Xi.
The other students of Class (8): "...??!"
Without a doubt, when the head teacher posted the overall results chart next to the blackboard, the entire class saw that Chu Xi had become first in the grade with perfect scores in six subjects and near-perfect scores in the other three.
Students with connections ran to the "rocket" Class (1) to ask around and heard that the total score of the person in second place was a full 50 points lower than Chu Xi's.
The whole class was stunned... So she wasn't joking during that class meeting before the National Day holiday?
"Wow!! Chu Xi, you did so well!! You got perfect scores in so many subjects! You're first in the grade!!" a boy exclaimed, jumping down like a monkey to give Chu Xi the good news.
Chu Xi glanced at him, her expression unchanged. "I already knew."
The boy's eyes widened. "How did you know?"
"Is there anyone else in this grade who could have scored higher than me?" Chu Xi retorted.
So wasn't it to be expected that she would be first in the grade?
The boy in front of her: "..."
The other students gathered around the results chart at the front of the classroom: "..."
Fine. A study god. The deadliest flex is the invisible one.
From her seat, Chu Xi glanced at the results chart on the wall. Ren Zhi had placed third in the class and 42nd in the grade. Not bad at all. She had achieved her goal and wouldn't have to copy the test papers.
Both of them had earned the right to change seats, but Ren Zhi still sat in front of that "trash corner." She didn't want to sit in the middle of a crowd of students; perhaps this spot was better for her.
Chu Xi moved back next to her, and the two became deskmates again.
After the first monthly exam, the head teacher pretty much stopped "giving Chu Xi a hard time." As long as she didn't disrupt the class or other students' learning, she was the freest person in the class.
Later, Chu Xi signed up for some provincial and national competitions and often used "practicing outside" as an excuse to freely enter and leave the campus during class time.
Potatoes, cold noodles, and savory crepes from outside the school, KFC combo meals on Thursdays-she brought them all back for Ren Zhi.
This made the other students, who could smell the food, practically die of envy.
But everyone else knew that this special treatment was reserved only for Ren Zhi. Even if they begged Chu Xi to help them bring back an order of fried potatoes from the school gate, Chu Xi would never "make an exception."
"Don't ask me. The security guard won't let me bring it in," Chu Xi would refuse sternly.
The classmates: "..."
Then how do you bring in the food for Ren Zhi? Double standards!
Ever since she came under Chu Xi's care, Ren Zhi started carrying a small folding mirror with her.
At noon, she looked at her face in the mirror, pinched her cheeks, and frowned slightly.
"Chu Xi, maybe you shouldn't go out to buy fried potatoes today. Let's go to the cafeteria for noodles. I think I might be gaining weight..."
Chu Xi almost couldn't stop herself from bursting out laughing. "Where are you fat? You're still clearly very thin."
Ren Zhi pinched her own face and said with serious urgency, "My face has gotten chubbier..."
Chu Xi asked with a grin, "Have you weighed yourself?"
Ren Zhi nodded and said with great seriousness, "I've gained 1.2 jin."
"How is that gaining weight? You can't even tell. You're really not fat. Just eat whatever you want." Chu Xi stroked her soft cheek. "I can go with you if you want noodles, but are you sure you don't want to eat food from outside?"
For students trapped at school, food from outside always held a strange and powerful allure.
Ren Zhi's mind wandered, conflicted. She stared at the mirror. "Ah..."
Chu Xi said, "Didn't you say you want to be a celebrity in the future? When you're a celebrity, you'll have to control your weight, and you won't be able to eat this kind of stuff. You should eat more now while you're young. Eat whatever you want."
When the two of them were out playing, they saw a celebrity performing in a mall, surrounded by screams, flowers, and applause. Ren Zhi had looked on with envy, saying that she also wanted to be a beloved celebrity in the future.
She wanted many people to know her, many people to like her, many people to adore her, and then many people would validate her...
This was the affection she lacked at school and at home. She thought that she must obtain it when she grew up, and it would be great if she could become a celebrity.
Surrounded by flowers and cameras, she would receive the love and support of countless fans.
Chu Xi expressed her full support for this dream, even saying, "You're so pretty, you'll definitely become a big star in the future!"
Ren Zhi thought for a moment, then closed the mirror solemnly. "You're right."
Chu Xi's eyes lit up. Good, she's seen the light!
"Then I'll go..."
Before she could finish, Ren Zhi put a hand on hers. "I mean, I can't gain weight now, or I won't be able to be a celebrity in the future. We should still go eat noodles. It's not good to always eat junk food."
"..." Chu Xi was speechless.
Ren Zhi looked straight at her with a pair of earnest eyes and asked, "Will you go with me or not?"
Chu Xi: "Okay, okay, we'll go. We'll go eat noodles."
Ren Zhi's face broke into a smile. "You're the best. Thank you."
Chu Xi scratched her head with her other hand, thinking: How could I not go with you? You're gripping my hand so tightly...
Over the course of a few weekends, Ren Zhi went and negotiated a deal to shoot a print advertisement herself.
The pay was quite low. It was a full afternoon of shooting, and the boss agreed to pay Ren Zhi five hundred yuan for the ad. Her aunt was responsible for signing the contract and was surprised that Ren Zhi was so mature for her age, already finding work for herself in middle school.
A completely clueless Chu Xi was stunned when she was informed of this good news over the phone.
Baby is so precocious.
So she was already laying the groundwork to enter the entertainment industry at this age.
On the Sunday after receiving her five-hundred-yuan advertising fee, Ren Zhi treated Chu Xi to a meal. They ordered a 198-yuan set meal at a Western restaurant, and Chu Xi applauded enthusiastically to show her support.
"You're so amazing. You're a future superstar."
Ren Zhi smiled and said, "I didn't expect the boss to actually choose me in the end."
Chu Xi: "What are you talking about? It just means his eyes and brain are working normally. Choosing you was the right call, okay?"
What was that saying... When it comes to beauty, her baby has never lost to anyone.
Ren Zhi smiled, fiddling with the fork in her hand. "Are you complimenting the boss? I can't even tell."
Chu Xi laughed. "Maybe. Did you give him your autograph?"
Ren Zhi said, "Oh, no. My aunt signed the contract. I'm a minor, so I can't sign."
Chu Xi clicked her tongue. "Then he missed out on another business opportunity."
Ren Zhi laughed out loud. "You make it sound like my autograph is worth a lot of money."
Chu Xi: "But it is... If you become really famous in the future, the most famous star, that autograph of yours will be worth at least several thousand, maybe even tens of thousands."
Ren Zhi clapped her hands. "I hope your words bring good luck. If it comes true, I'll give you an autograph every day."
"Okay," Chu Xi nodded sincerely.
The steak set meal came with a small cake for dessert called the "Wish Cake." It was actually just a white cream cake with a red fruit heart embedded in it.
Ren Zhi looked at it very devoutly, then turned to Chu Xi and said:
"I don't eat cream. You can have it. You can make a wish on it."
Chu Xi looked at her reverent expression toward this "Wish Cake" and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Is it not possible... that the cake's name was just chosen randomly?
Suddenly, she remembered the night they watched the meteor shower and seemed to recall saying something wrong.
She swallowed, considered her words for a moment, and said:
"You're quite the sentimentalist. But you're the one treating tonight, so the cake is yours. You should be the one to make a wish. If you don't eat the cream, you can eat the heart on top."
Chu Xi pointed to the little red fruit heart.
Ren Zhi looked at the cake and nodded. "Okay."
In the small city, the roads were bustling with traffic during the evening rush hour at dusk. The commercial building across from the Western restaurant shone with colorful neon lights, their shifting glow reflecting on the glass window.
Chu Xi pulled open the curtains, and the artificial rainbow colors from the lights shone through the glass, dancing across the table.
Just like her appearance, it brought new color to the originally dim dusk.
Ren Zhi sat at the table with her eyes closed and hands clasped, softly stating her wish.
"I wish that I'll become a big star in the future, that someone will pay attention to me, that someone will always love me, that many, many people will love me..."
You will.
Chu Xi looked straight at her, silently and secretly telling her so.
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