After their confessions were rejected, they regretted it for the rest of their lives.

Only three months...

This obviously distant remark made Zhou Juzi feel extremely uncomfortable. It was like a friend you'd known for a long time suddenly telling you that you weren't that close to her.

"..."

The expression on her beautiful face gradually turned somber.

"In three months... will we be over?"

"I told you this from the beginning."

Xia Weichan said calmly, seemingly unconcerned about the dejection on the girl's face.

After all, as time went by, the bad impression that Zhou Juzi initially left on her gradually faded away in their interactions.

It seems that right now, his impression on Zhou Juzi is more like that of a benefactor or a friend...

But after going through three cycles of development, even if Xia Weichan is pure and innocent, her mind will inevitably gravitate towards becoming a "scumbag" with detached emotions.

It's said that when Xia Weichan first saw her crush make such an expression, she might have tried to coax her.

The predecessors cut down the trees, and the successors are left to suffer the scorching sun.

That's how it is...

Besides, he can't be considered a true scumbag; he didn't deceive the girls' feelings or take advantage of them sexually.

A contract should be signed in black and white from the very beginning.

Even if we take a step back and say that,

After receiving the final reward, if he runs away three months later, can Zhou Juzi still stab him with a knife?

joke.

Once the girl becomes famous, she'll be too busy with endorsements, rehearsals, and schedules to care about him.

With a healthy body free from illness and disaster, skill points dropped by the system, and a huge fortune, Xia Weichan could live a carefree and happy life for the rest of her days.

There are still 3 months left. After 3 months, I will be completely free.

This excitement inevitably made her feel happy, and Xia Weichan smiled slightly:

"Actually, you don't need to worry too much. Your skills are absolutely fine, and the piece I'm having you play will definitely become a hit. Don't worry."

"..."

Zhou Juzi didn't know why Xia Weichan was smiling. She had many questions in her mind and wanted to speak, but she felt she wasn't qualified...

This was the first time in the girl's 18 years that she had felt a strange sense of loss.

She needs to repay the favor she owes Xia Weichan before she can ask, "Why?"

At that moment, she seemed to have made up her mind.

"I see."

"Great, there's a high chance you'll get some special training from a senior colleague tomorrow, specifically focusing on the things you need to do on stage."

Xia Weichan habitually reached out and pinched the girl's smooth cheek.

Zhou Juzi did not resist, but instead looked away, seemingly thinking about something else...

The afternoon is rather boring.

The main reason is that Azusa Funagi has already learned the piece "Free Bird" and has excellent playing skills.

Apart from the second string breaking once in the middle, which Xia Weichan helped fix, there wasn't much else he needed to do.

There wasn't anything interesting in the training room, except for the curves of the girl's body revealed as she played.

Nothing else could attract Xia Weichan's bored gaze.

With nothing else to do, he could only take out his phone.

There are far fewer interesting things on the internet than on Earth.

15 years ago, the internet was still a very active era.

But there aren't many exciting things on Xia Weichan's phone right now; it's a boring world.

Only watching birdwatching videos can temporarily relieve the boredom.

And there wasn't even any big data available; he had to search for it slowly…

Xia Weichan was very lucky; he quickly found the video he was looking for.

After scrolling through a couple of pages, I discovered that two highly viewed birdwatching videos were posted by the same person.

The name is "Farewell to the Returning Birds".

He clicked into the homepage; it was an account that had only been created six months ago. Scrolling through it, he found hundreds of videos, all of them featuring birds.

The pinned video prominently features a black-crowned night heron on the cover, with the title: "Strange Alien Bird".

This phrase sounds familiar; it seems he had used this description to refer to someone before, using the same term as "Thunder" used by birdwatchers on Earth.

But that's not important.

I like Master Ye... he has good taste.

This made Xia Weichan feel gratified; it seems that even in this era before the Black-crowned Night Heron became popular, there are still people who understand the aesthetics of cockroaches.

The background of the video, which was the birdwatching spot, looked somewhat familiar to Xia Weichan.

Upon closer inspection, it seems to be similar to the place where he usually birdwatches in Qingcheng.

Oh, so we're kindred spirits from the same city?

Xia Weichan followed the other person.

Besides the pinned video of the night heron, there is another video with a cover image of a northern long-tailed tit.

This bird surprised Xia Weichan somewhat, since the Northern Long-tailed Tit is a resident bird and inhabits the northern shrubland area.

I never expected to see this in Qingcheng, a city located in the south.

Seeing this bird is truly a stroke of good luck...

Watching that fluffy little dumpling hopping and skipping on the treetops,

Xia Weichan was getting a little itchy.

Seeing this bird that he had wanted to see for a long time, he was truly moved.

But soon, what he saw next made his eyes twitch, and he almost couldn't help but stand up, looking at the screen on his phone with a mixture of shock and envy.

"Chirp~"

Then a soft, gentle voice called out from the person filming, and a young girl's slender, white arm reached out from the screen.

The next moment, the northern long-tailed tit flew straight over and gently landed on the back of the hand with the ring on the ring finger...

Is this even usable?!

Xia Weichan paused and zoomed in on the video, not looking at that arm.

Instead, I looked closely at the background and discovered it was a picturesque place with clear waters and lush mountains, and there seemed to be a quaint little temple nearby.

Is this Qingcheng?

Xia Weichan couldn't help but type a question in the comments.

He's no longer confined to the fact that his album, "Northern Long-tailed Tit," is full of online pictures.

His bird-watching urge kicked in, and he needed to know where this place was.

"The cicada that never fully blooms?"

Suddenly, he heard a girl's soft voice calling his name.

The orange-yellow hair gently brushed against Xia Weichan's face, instantly dispelling his eagerness.

Zhou Juzi was watching the video on her phone screen, but it wasn't about birds, because she didn't know Xia Weichan had a hobby of bird watching.

My gaze was drawn more to the fair and slender arm on the screen. It was clearly a girl's arm, and it was very well-maintained, with a radiant glow to her skin and faint blue veins visible on it.

Why is her boyfriend staring at this arm so intently?

Zhou Juzi looked at Xia Weichan with a complicated and strange expression.

"Do you...like girls' hands?"

"I like the bird in her hand."

Because they were both looking at their phones, the two were quite close. The girl had just finished training, and the heat from her body hadn't dissipated yet, so she gently pressed against Xia Weichan.

I made him move to the side.

"..."

In Zhou Juzi's view, this statement is clearly not very credible.

No wonder Xia Weichan would massage her fingers after each session…

She blinked, but didn't say anything more...

Instead, he sat to the side, and as usual, reached out his hand to Xia Weichan after training.

"promise…"