After the provincial exams were over, Jiang Yumo’s short-lived career as a national treasure also came to an end. Previously, she enjoyed the highest level of treatment from her parents, but today she was back to square one. After coming back from her new home, no one cared if she was hungry or cold. Her parents reminded her not to wander around and went back to their rooms to sleep. Jiang Yumo was so excited today that she didn’t want to play with her phone or watch TV in her room. She wandered around alone near the hotel.
In the end, she unexpectedly found the Häagen-Dazs ice cream that Duan Ye had brought for her in the convenience store’s freezer.
Jiang Yumo stood in front of the freezer, unable to move her legs.
After thinking for a moment, a great idea came to her mind. She left the convenience store and hurriedly went to a nearby supermarket to buy the cheapest thermos and some ice packs. After buying these things, she finally opened the freezer and calculated the money in her wallet to buy two ice creams.
One is vanilla-flavored, and the other is chocolate-flavored.
After buying these… she only had a few coins left in her wallet, TVT.
Why is Häagen-Dazs so expensive!
Obviously, apart from the brand name, the taste is nothing special!
But she wanted to let Duan Ye taste it.
Although it was winter, she was afraid the ice cream would melt, so she quickly returned to the hotel with a thermos. Feeling a bit embarrassed, she asked the front desk sister at the hotel and, with her consent, put both ice creams in the hotel refrigerator so she could come to pick them up the next morning.
She set the alarm clock and the next morning, even before the sky was completely bright, she secretly left the room with her backpack and found the front desk Sister. She placed the frozen ice packs into the thermos, and in the thermos, the two small ice creams were nestled together.
The front desk Sister looked at Jiang Yumo pursing her lips, revealing a dimple. It was really interesting, so the front desk Sister teased, “Is it for your boyfriend?”
Jiang Yumo struggled to fit the thermos into her backpack and shyly replied, “It’s for a friend.”
“He’s really lucky.” The front desk Sister, who didn’t look much older, maybe in her early twenties, continued, “Girls are sweeter. Unlike my boyfriend, he only knows to make me drink hot water every day.”
Jiang Yumo was amused and said, “He was the one who treated me well first.”
He was the one who bought her Häagen-Dazs first.
The front desk Sister burst into laughter and grabbed a handful of candy from the drawer and stuffed it to her.
On the way back, Father and Mother Jiang both noticed their daughter’s bulging school bag. They exchanged glances and decided to give their daughter some privacy and dignity, pretending not to have seen it. Jiang Yumo sat on the bus back to Ningcheng, holding her school bag and looking at the increasingly familiar scenery outside the window. In her heart, she sighed, even though the provincial capital was great, she still felt that Ningcheng was the best.
Finally, they were back!
When the three of them arrived home, it was already one o’clock in the afternoon.
Jiang Yumo would start school tomorrow, so she had a day off today. She couldn’t wait to surprise Duan Ye, but she also considered that he was still in class, so she held back until after 9 p.m. before she couldn’t help but message him: “Can you come over later?”
Duan Ye replied instantly : “Sure.”
Jiang Yumo smiled happily : “Okay, just let me know when you arrive.”
In addition to preparing the surprise Häagen-Dazs for Duan Ye, she also brought gifts for her friends.
She wished tomorrow would come as soon as she opens her eyes. She wants to go to school and see her friends quickly.
Fifth High School.
Duan Ye kept looking at his watch. If it weren’t for the fear of being scolded by her, he would have wanted to skip the evening self-study and go find her directly.
When the bell rang, signaling the end of evening self-study, he quickly got up and left.
Only after leaving the campus did he realize that it wasn’t a good time to catch a taxi. An annoyed expression appeared on Duan Ye’s face, as he hadn’t seen her in several days. He shouldn’t have worried so much. There were already several buses waiting at the bus stop, but everyone knew that the drivers wouldn’t leave easily unless the buses were already packed.
Zhao Zheng and Guo Shichao both understood whom he was going to meet.
If it wasn’t to meet Jiang Yumo, why would Brother Duan act this way?
Zhou Ji also knew.
He came out of the campus and approached Duan Ye, patting Duan Ye’s shoulder. “What are good brothers for? Good brothers are here to help you with your urgent matters. Let’s go, I’ll take you to find that someone. Uncle Zhong has already arrived.”
Duan Ye : “…”
He followed Zhou Ji into the Toyota car.
Zhou Ji was even more excited than Duan Ye. “Uncle Zhong, let’s go to that someone’s house.”
Uncle Zhong now knew that the ‘someone’ Zhou Ji referred to was Jiang Yumo. Both Zhou Ji and Duan Ye were really like elementary school kids, and Uncle Zhong just wouldn’t take them seriously.
Duan Ye occasionally pressed the phone to check the time.
There were still noises buzzing in his ears, and he heard, “Now you know I’m a loyal person, right? Now you know I’m your brother, right?”
Duan Ye could only endure it.
When they reached their destination, Duan Ye ignored Zhou Ji’s hundredth repetition of the extremely cheesy phrase of “Brothers are willing to sacrifice everything for you.” Duan Ye got out of the car forcefully and slammed the door shut.
Zhou Ji was startled by the impact.
Duan Ye wouldn’t make Jiang Yumo wait for him. He arrived outside her residential complex and sent her a text message.
Five minutes later, Jiang Yumo arrived with her backpack.
She was wearing a thick down jacket and walked briskly towards him. Duan Ye had been waiting for her and couldn’t help but smile when he saw her approaching.
Jiang Yumo stood in front of him.
Although it had only been a few days, it felt like a long, long time.
Both of them remained silent, looking at each other. However, it was Jiang Yumo who broke into a silly smile first.
“Okay,” Jiang Yumo remembered what she had in her backpack and lightly laughed at Duan Ye. “Close your eyes first. If you sneak a peek this time, there won’t be any surprises for real. I’m not kidding, I’m serious.”
Duan Ye looked at her bulging backpack, unable to hold back his amusement, but still closed his eyes.
In the chilly wind, the boy kept his eyes shut.
The girl, stealing glances at him, carefully unzipped the backpack and struggled to take out a thermos from inside.
“You can open your eyes now.”
Duan Ye lowered his head and looked over, showing a look of astonishment.
This scene was indeed very familiar, and he thought back to the summer before their final year of high school, on her birthday.
“Ta-da~”
Jiang Yumo unscrewed the thermos. “Guess what this is! I brought it back from the provincial capital!”
Duan Ye raised his head to look at her.
“I originally didn’t plan to buy it. I just went for a stroll, but who knew the convenience store happened to have it for sale.” Jiang Yumo thought, “You have given me, so I also want to give you.”
This is the perspective she has received from her parents since childhood.
A few minutes later, the two of them sat in front of the bench at the bus stop. It was already past ten o’clock, and there were hardly any people passing by.
Jiang Yumo was wearing a light blue down jacket, while Duan Ye was wearing a black down jacket.
“I’ll give them all to you,” Duan Ye said.
Jiang Yumo forcefully handed him the chocolate-flavored one. “I can’t eat so many, especially in this cold weather! If you want me to catch a cold tomorrow, then you can give it to me.”
She said it like that…
Duan Ye had no choice but to accept it.
The two sat side by side, one with a vanilla flavor, the other with a chocolate flavor, occasionally exchanging words.
There was a Toyota car parked on the opposite side of the street, not particularly conspicuous in the darkness.
Zhou Ji leaned against the window and looked at it. Clearly envious, his eyes turned red, but he still clicked his tongue and said, “Eating ice cream in such cold weather at this hour, it truly amazes me.”
Zhou Ji is hilariously funny 😄