Chapter 335
Happily Ever After (1)
On New Year’s Eve, Ye Jiajia and Zhang Xinhua came to visit Jiang Xiaoman and Yu Qingshi, bringing fireworks.
The villa area was relatively remote, and there was a spot where fireworks could be launched. Firecrackers and fireworks were banned in other places.
“Xiaoman, Xiaoman!” Ye Jiajia wore a hat and held a burning fairy stick in her hand, beckoning her with a particularly bright smile.
Ye Jiajia’s face was illuminated in the firework that was going out then dimmed instantly, putting Jiang Xiaoman in a strange trance.
“Go there and play.” Yu Qingshi sat beside her and said, “It’s not often that we’re back home.”
Saying that, he placed a fairy stick in her hand.
Jiang Xiaoman took it, but didn’t light it. Instead, she took the lighter and ran to the place where the fireworks were placed. She told Zhang Xinhua, who was trembling and did not dare to light the fireworks, to get out of the way and let her do it.
Zhang Xinhua really moved away.
With crackling sounds, Jiang Xiaoman neatly lit the fuses and ran away. Soon, dazzling fireworks exploded in the night sky, beautiful and bright.
The sound of the fireworks exploding came one after another, their light illuminating most of the night sky as various colors complemented each other beautifully.
“Xiaoman, you are amazing!” Ye Jiajia followed behind her. Whenever Jiang Xiaoman lit one up, she would also light another.
The two were very busy.
That was just how Ye Jiajia was. In Jiang Xiaoman’s opinion, her praise was already similar to a verbal tic, so it didn’t need to be taken seriously.
“Why isn’t he coming?” Ye Jiajia asked about Yu Qingshi sitting not far away, who was just staring at them without moving.
Jiang Xiaoman thought for a while and said, “Maybe he’s thinking about something. Let’s just work harder and light some more for him to see.”
Although she said that, Jiang Xiaoman did not light any more fireworks, instead letting the fireworks gradually burn out.
She lit up two fairy sticks and gave them to Yu Qingshi, then sat down, not leaving.
The task of lighting the fireworks again fell to Zhang Xinhua and Ye Jiajia.
“Why are you so unhappy?” Jiang Xiaoman asked him.
Yu Qingshi just glanced at her. He then silently took the fairy stick in her hand, watching the dazzling light as it burned. He was momentarily lost.
Jiang Xiaoman was still looking at the fireworks in full bloom in the sky, grinning sillily. The fairy stick in her hand was about to burn out, but she didn’t care. Afraid that she would burn herself, Yu Qingshi took it and held one in each hand.
After the fairy sticks burned out together, the sky returned to silence, and Ye Jiajia also finished lighting up the fireworks. At this time, Zhang Xinhua was setting up a new batch of fireworks on the ground and continuing to set them off.
Jiang Xiaoman turned her head just now and found that Yu Qingshi had been staring at her in a daze, and couldn’t help but wonder, “What are you looking at?”
“I’m looking at you.”
She was so pretty.
It was said that when you look at a beauty under the lamp, the more you look at her, the more beautiful she becomes. Under this kind of flickering light and shadow, her face revealed a little more tenderness and beauty than usual.
Very cute, very beautiful.
On top of that, Yu Qingshi’s vision had the filter of someone in love. Right now, his heart had begun beating wildly, almost popping out of his throat.
He suppressed it without a trace, and secretly regretted a bit that he had spoken out in a hurry just now.
Yu Qingshi was shy, but Jiang Xiaoman thought that he was acting very strange, so she pressed after him and asked, “What good am I to look at? It’s the fireworks that are amazing.”
“You look better than fireworks.” He said that almost without thinking.
Ahhh, why was he like this!?
Yu Qingshi wanted to bite off his tongue. It was better not to say such corny things!
Jiang Xiaoman was also stunned for a moment, her eyes sparkling with a bit of surprise.
She pursed her lips and smiled. After a brief silence, she suddenly stepped forward and approached him, and asked in a low voice, “Really?”
“…” Yu Qingshi lost his voice.
Maybe the teasing in her eyes hurt him, maybe the sweet fragrance from her shallow breaths as she approached bewitched him or maybe it was just easy for people to get worked up and do irrational things at night.
Yu Qingshi only felt that the blood all over his body was rushing up, and he did something very brave on a whim.
“I like—” he said something very softly.
At the same time, along with a bang, the originally quiet night sky was suddenly filled by fireworks again that flew up and bloomed in the sky.
It was noisy and ear-splitting, and there was a faint smell of gunpowder in the air.
Ye Jiajia and Zhang Xinhua cheered and applauded on the other side, “Wow – more, light some more-”
The sound of fireworks covered Yu Qingshi’s voice, and Jiang Xiaoman couldn’t hear it clearly.
She retracted her gaze and looked at Yu Qingshi, whose face was obviously not normal, and asked, “What did you just… What did you say?”
“It’s nothing.” He said angrily and quickly, turning his face away and not looking at her.
“I also like…”
Yu Qingshi heard Jiang Xiaoman say something.
He suspected that he might have heard her wrong.
It was as if the only thing left between heaven and earth was the words she said – I also like…
What did she like? …him?
“You… what do you mean?” Yu Qingshi was particularly nervous and asked back.
His throat was dry and he felt ready to burn up with the fireworks at any moment. Although the fireworks were thundering, he automatically blocked out the sound, focusing only on Jiang Xiaoman’s mouth and Jiang Xiaoman’s voice.
“Fireworks.” Jiang Xiaoman smiled and pointed to the fireworks in the night sky and said, “I said I like it too.”
Oh, I see.
Yu Qingshi didn’t say anything else, he only felt that his boiling blood suddenly cooled down.
He might never find the courage like tonight again, and there would never be a time like this again.
Approaching the college entrance examination, the weather was usually hot and humid.
Usually before such a big test, the weather would be extremely hot. Even if it was not hot, the dry heat in the air could make people feel restless.
The teachers always say that it would be smooth sailing once you got into university. So, as long as you manage to get through this hard time, you will be free in the future. So everyone must persevere and get good grades on the exam.
Because there was this big carrot hanging in front of them, the students were always motivated.
At the same time, the heart that had been controlled for three years was finally unleashed.
Those who did not dare to announce their relationship also showed their affection publicly; the guidance teacher who used to hold a big microphone every day to catch those puppy loves also turned a blind eye.
To a certain extent, the hearts of the boys and girls began to become active.
This led to…
Jiang Xiaoman and Yu Qingshi often received love letters stuffed in their desks.
These were the feelings of the young boys and girls that couldn’t be held back anymore.