On the matter of managing her Weibo account, Jiang Yumo has successfully adjusted her mindset.
She believes that she shouldn’t have a strong purpose. This can easily lead to disappointment, especially considering that in the original plot, Weibo became the largest social media platform software. It’s hard to imagine how many Weibo users there were at that time, and how many internet celebrities there were. Even if she knew this in advance, it might not necessarily be a shortcut.
It’s better to simply record her high school life honestly! Many people have told her that she will surely miss this time in the future… So she decided to record this moment and keep it as memories for the future, which seems like a good idea.
It’s still early, and Jiang Yumo takes pictures in the store with her low pixel phone.
She takes a picture of the message wall, which is covered in various-shaped post-its.
Some people write “XXX, I love you”, “XXX, let’s go to university together”, “XXX, you won’t find anyone better than me”… This is a unique scenery in the store. Even Jiang Yumo has written post-its, but she doesn’t have the courage to write “I like you, Duan Ye”. She just wrote a subtle sentence: “Let’s be happy every day.”
She takes pictures of the small potted plants in the store and the new products that the owner is about to launch.
She scurries around looking for the right angles, while Duan Ye watches her from the bar.
The owner is only one of the owners of the store, a tall and thin young man who recently graduated and didn’t want to work for someone else. He opened a milk tea store with two or three like-minded friends. They have a wide variety of drinks and affordable prices, mainly targeting the student population. The business is good, and they are already planning to open a branch.
Business is booming now, but when the store first opened, they also encountered troubles caused by hooligans looking for trouble.
Duan Ye had helped them several times, so they became acquainted.
“Is the new product good?” The boss was wiping the ice cream cup and looked up at Jiang Yumo, who was busy like a little bee. “She’s taking pictures again?”
Duan Ye nodded, “Probably.”
The boss chuckled, “Then her phone’s pixel is not good enough. I have a college classmate who is a photography enthusiast. He spent all his living expenses on cameras.”
Duan Ye seemed to ponder for a moment, “Isn’t she using her phone to take pictures?”
“You don’t understand. Nowadays, phone pixels are too low. It’s a world of difference compared to what a camera can do.” The boss paused and joked, “You have to pray that your girlfriend doesn’t fall in love with photography. It’s not cheaper than buying bags or anything.”
Duan Ye looked back and smiled lightly, “It’s fine as long as she likes it.”
“Tsk.” The owner put down the rag and cup, stretched lazily, “Youth is really good. I’m already past the age of eating steamed buns for a month just to buy a gift for my girlfriend.”
Jiang Yumo finally picked nine pictures and came to the bar happily to show the owner. “Owner, I want to post a Weibo to promote you. How should we settle the payment?”
Yan Qing walked over and linked arms with Jiang Yumo, “That’s right, our classmate Little Jiang is now a celebrity who has over two hundred followers!”
Jiang Yumo : “…”
Jiang Yumo : “Don’t be so sarcastic, you guys don’t have more followers than me!”
Two hundred followers is still quite a lot!
Zhao Zheng sneered, “That’s all thanks to our Brother Duan. It was him who helped you gain followers. Sister Mo, how are you going to pay the settlement with Brother Duan? A kiss maybe!”
To be precise, it was at the cost of Brother Duan losing face as the boss.
Duan Ye raised his hand and pinched Zhao Zheng’s neck, warning him not to talk nonsense.
Jiang Yumo turned her head and looked at Duan Ye, pouting and complaining coquettishly, “See what he’s done!”
Duan Ye nodded in understanding.
Of course, he would listen to her.
He gave Guo Shichao a signal, and the two of them took Zhao Zheng out of the milk tea shop.
Zhao Zheng was still begging for mercy, shouting, “Guo Shichao, you traitor! Brother Duan, you tyrant!”
Jiang Yumo gave a proud hum, “Serves him right.”
The owner liked this group of people very much. Strictly speaking, they were not much younger in age, only a few years apart, but to college graduates, high school students were still ignorant children. He withdrew his eyes from watching the show and smiled at Jiang Yumo, “You were talking about settlement just now? How about I make a new item for you to take away?”
Jiang Yumo was just about to say “the glutinous rice balls and tapioca pearls are almost at my throat,” but immediately changed her words, “Sure, make me one to take away.”
Yan Qing and Sun Mengting had already finished their drinks and didn’t need to guess to know who Jiang Yumo was getting the takeaway for.
“The monthly test scores are out. Ning Zhiyu is the first again?” Yan Qing was feeling emotional, “When you guys came to my house during the holidays, my mom heard me say that she was first in the grade. Her eyes were even brighter than Black Cat Sheriff1‘s. My mom even said that Ning Zhiyu looks a lot like her when she was young. Maybe someone switched the babies at birth, and Ning Zhiyu is actually her child… I’m speechless. This is like something out of a melodramatic TV show.”
Jiang Yumo burst out laughing.
She and Yan Qing were such good friends, so naturally she also knew Yan Qing’s parents.
In Mother Jiang’s words, the Yan couple was simply a pair of jokers.
Sun Mengting chimed in, “Her grades are so good, but she never looks down on us and she’s a really nice person.”
There is a hierarchy of disdain in school, with some students who do well academically not wanting to associate with those who perform poorly. Especially for Ning Zhiyu, who is the top among the top scorers, it seems like there was an insurmountable gap between her and the others. But Ning Zhiyu is really nice and doesn’t act superior when she hangs out with Jiang Yumo and friends.
Jiang Yumo was even more pleased than when people complimented her, “Of course! She’s really great!”
Three boys were playing outside.
Three girls were chatting and laughing in the milk tea shop.
The young owner was cutting mangoes.
Jiang Yumo thought about what adults told her, blinked her eyes, and indeed, her high school life was really good.
She lowered her head to edit the content of her Weibo post and uploaded nine photos:
[@Xiao_Jiang’s_High_School_Life_Journal : The owner is preparing to launch a new product, and I tried it for you. The taste is really good. I must have been boba pearls in my past life, otherwise why do I love them so much and can’t get enough? The results of the monthly exam are out. As expected, there were no surprises. My Mom always says that my score rises slower than a snail crawls.]
It was almost time for class, so Jiang Yumo carried her packed mango boba and went to the back door of Class 2.
Ning Zhiyu thought that Jiang Yumo was here to collect the test paper, so she hastily used a stapler to bind it.
Class 1 and Class 2 are the top classes, and all subject teachers give them special treatment. Previously, Ning Zhiyu had suggested lending her well-rounded test paper, which covered a comprehensive range of knowledge points, to Jiang Yumo. Jiang Yumo, of course, happily agreed.
“There are still a few sheets of papers for the comprehensive sciences that I haven’t organized yet,” Ning Zhiyu explained as she ran out, “but I’ve already sorted out the papers for the other subjects. You can take a look first. I’ve highlighted the relevant knowledge points.”
Jiang Yumo laughed, “I’m not here to catch up on the progress. I’m here to deliver your salary.”
“Salary? What salary?” Ning Zhiyu looked at her in confusion.
It was only then that Jiang Yumo brought out the dessert hidden behind her, “Ta-da! Look at this, it’s mango boba, a new product from the store outside of school. I specifically told the owner to add more boba and mango, it tastes amazing!”
“This…” Ning Zhiyu was rarely at a loss for words.
Jiang Yumo couldn’t help but chuckle at her bewildered expression, “Okay, the owner asked us to taste the new product, and this is what he gave us to take away. He didn’t charge us for it.”
Ning Zhiyu and Jiang Yumo have become good friends recently, but they are still a bit distant from being best friends. After all, they are not in the same class, and they weren’t very familiar with each other before. Besides, Ning Zhiyu isn’t a very outgoing or enthusiastic person.
Ning Zhiyu took it over and pursed her lips, saying, “Thank you.”
Jiang Yumo waved her hand, “Don’t be so polite.” She blinked, “And I already said it’s your salary, you helped me correct the test papers!”
The bell rang for class, and Jiang Yumo returned to Class 3 with Ning Zhiyu’s test paper in light steps.
Ning Zhiyu returned to her seat holding the dessert.
It was strange. She hadn’t even eaten it yet, but it already tasted sweet to her.
Her lips curled slightly.
The bell rang signaling the last class was over in the afternoon.
The whole campus became lively again. Jiang Yumo had already heard from Sun Mengting that someone in the teachers’ dormitory area was secretly selling fried rice at the dormitory window, which was made by a teacher’s family member and tasted much better than the cafeteria food. Many students would patronize it. Jiang Yumo and Yan Qing went to the teachers’ dormitory area with Sun Mengting to buy rice, so they didn’t go to the cafeteria. She had already sent a message to Duan Ye before.
Duan Ye and the other two went to the cafeteria to buy food.
There was a basketball court near the cafeteria.
Many first and second year high school students play basketball at this time.
There are also some boys and girls cheering on the sidelines.
Duan Ye also plays basketball, but he has been playing less lately and doesn’t like to play with younger students. Three people passed by this side without noticing Zhou Ji dribbling and shooting on the basketball court. Zhou Ji also doesn’t want to play with inexperienced players, but since he’s in a new environment and has no friends to chat with, he’s extremely bored. If he doesn’t find something to entertain himself, he’s afraid he’ll sneak back to Yanjing.
Most of the people who play basketball with Zhou Ji are in their second year of high school.
The second year students also want to get closer to him.
Many people come to watch Zhou Ji play basketball, mostly girls. Although some of his stories on the internet forum show that he is definitely not a nice guy, in fact he’s quite arrogant. When girls confess to him, it was already a good result if he ignored them. Sometimes he gets annoyed and just tells them to go away. This is a popular character setting in novels nowadays, where the more arrogant and cool a person is, the more they are loved. Some people can’t help but fantasize that if such a person falls in love with someone, they will be deeply in love.
In addition to having a personality like a male lead, Zhou Ji’s appearance is also outstanding. He’s over 1.8 meters tall, which is standard for a male protagonist, and his fashion sense is also very good. He’s practically a male leadhimself!
So cool, girls love him!
Now that he’s so good at playing basketball, and most importantly, he doesn’t have a crush like Duan Ye, so they all have a chance!
Zhou Ji made a mistake this time and missed the shot. The basketball went off course and rolled outside, landing at Duan Ye’s feet.
A high school sophomore who intended to pick up the ball saw that it was Duan Ye and was hesitant.
For a moment, he hesitated and didn’t know whether to help Brother Zhou pick up the ball or apologize to Duan with a bow.
Both of these guys are not to be messed with.
Zhou Ji stood with his arms on his hips, looked over there, pulled the corner of his lips, and casually replied, “It’s just a mistake.”
Duan Ye glanced at him.
Guo Shichao and Zhao Zheng couldn’t be bothered to persuade them. They knew Brother Duan’s temperament and didn’t want to cause trouble. Brother Duan would definitely ignore them and go to the cafeteria.
Brother Duan’s temper was quite good in this regard.
And today, this was not a big deal, it was just a basketball rolling to Brother Duan’s feet, not hitting him.
About Brother Duan’s bottom line…
They all knew that if someone didn’t provoke him, he wouldn’t provoke them either, but there was also Sister Mo.
If it was Sister Mo who got hit by the ball today, then they could still expect Brother Duan Ye to get into a fight with someone.
Guo Shichao shrugged, “Brother Duan…”
He wanted to remind Duan Ye that if he went later, all the grilled meat rice would be sold out.
Unexpectedly, Duan Ye lowered his eyes and handed his phone to Zhao Zheng.
Zhao Zheng: “?”
—Brother?
—Why did he give me his phone?
—To keep it for him??
Duan Ye bent down and picked up the basketball, staring at Zhou Ji expressionlessly as he walked towards the court. Unconsciously, the crowd that was originally surrounding them spontaneously made way for him.
Zhao Zheng and Guo Shichao looked at each other, both shocked— D*mn, is Brother Duan going to play now?!
Not right, why??
- A Chinese cartoon character :
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