I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

And so, Xu Youwei received a second blow from Lin Mu. After all, she herself knew very well that her failed confession on the night of the eighth day of the Lunar New Year had little to do with fireworks or anything like that.

Just as Lin Mu said, given the distance between them at the time, even if there were fireworks in the sky, if she had spoken any louder, Chen Junqian would definitely have heard her.

Ultimately, reality is never the fictional romantic comedy world where the male protagonist actually experiences temporary deafness. The key reason why Chen Junqian was able to achieve the "Fireworks Festival with Soft Voices" was never the fireworks in the sky, but because Xu Youwei's voice was extremely soft at that time.

Even if fireworks weren't going off, let alone if they were, it would probably be hard to hear them clearly.

Completely unaware that she had stabbed her best friend in the back twice, Lin Mu lay back in her chair after expressing her opinion and then resumed her feeding of Chen Junqian.

Although he had already completed all the related achievements, it was still an old habit that he and his childhood sweethearts had developed over so long, so Chen Junqian still accepted it, thinking that this kind of thing would probably stop in a couple of years when they grew up.

After discussing the topic of confessing one's feelings, and after eating, drinking, and taking a short nap in the car, the group finally arrived at Jingting Mountain, which had only been designated a 4A-level scenic area at the beginning of this year. They lined up to get off the car and began to stretch their limbs, which had been occupied for the entire journey.

Since it was a group outing for spring, and there were quite a few other tourists at Jingting Mountain, the sixth-grade students were required to wear school uniforms today. Otherwise, it would be difficult to find each other if they got separated. The main reason is that once they got up, everyone's physical fitness and speed were different, so it would be impossible to maintain the class as a whole. Wearing school uniforms would at least ensure that they could find the main group of students at any time.

Since only the latest time for reaching the summit and taking a group photo was set, after buying tickets and entering the foothills of the scenic area, the graduating students from the Experimental Primary School began to disperse and call out to their friends, preparing to climb the mountain together or find a place to play cards or Three Kingdoms Kill.

"I'll go check if Wenyun is in Class 3."

With his phone off-limits, Chen Junqian had no choice but to search for his target with his naked eye. However, upon hearing the name Zhu Wenyun, Lin Mu and Xu Youwei, recalling their unbreakable alliance, asked in perfect unison:

"Didn't we agree that it would just be the three of us together?"

"What does Qianqian want from her?"

Startled by the two people's sudden simultaneous question, Chen Junqian naturally replied:

"Of course we're going to go together, since we're all classmates and acquaintances."

“She’s so tall, and her legs are so long, one of her steps is probably equivalent to one and a half of Mu Mu’s steps. Didn’t you say we had to take care of Mu Mu’s speed today?”

Although she felt that her best friend's words shouldn't be taken too seriously, Lin Mu still subconsciously nodded in agreement:

"Yeah, yeah."

"Wenyun should be on her period today, and I'm a little worried."

Unlike Chen Junqian and Zhu Wenyun, who were already able to naturally utter these physiological terms, Lin Mu and Xu Youwei were obviously still a little flustered. After all, this was different from the confession they had just talked about; it was a completely girly topic, and for a moment they were speechless.

"Oh, I saw Wenyun. I'll go pick her up."

Watching his childhood sweetheart walk away, Lin Mu simply turned to Xu Youwei and asked:

"When did this happen?"

"How would I know."

Hsu Yu-Wei puffed out her cheeks and then relaxed them, repeating this twice before stopping.

Actually, considering only family circumstances, she might be the girl most likely to talk to Chen Junqian about these things. After all, Zhu Wenyun's mother was just working in another city, while she had a terrible relationship with her stepmother.

But then again, if she could really say anything, she wouldn't still be staying in that little room he doesn't even know about, writing, drawing, talking, and doing things that he can't hear or see.

Chapter 66: It'll get really sweet later!

Of course, even though they had all sorts of thoughts in their minds, Lin Mu and Xu Youwei didn't show it at all when Chen Junqian brought Zhu Wenyun over.

Besides, this wasn't the first time the three of them had gotten together. Chen Junqian's numerous study sessions had been quite effective, so they greeted each other warmly upon meeting and thus formed a four-person team across classes.

With less than two months left until graduation, the group chatted as they walked, and the conversation naturally turned to their upcoming junior high school life. Then, Lin Mu and Xu Youwei discovered another advantage for Zhu Wenyun: she would definitely not be in the same class as Chen Junqian in junior high school, because the two of them would not be assigned to the same school.

As mentioned earlier, the junior high schools in Guoning adopt a zoned enrollment policy. If parents were to choose, they would definitely choose Guoning Middle School, which has better facilities. However, the reality is that not every parent can afford the pressure of buying a school district house for their child's education. This is the case for Zhu Wenjun's family.

Because of this, according to the zoning system, Zhu Wenyun could only attend Hejin Middle School, which was in a less desirable area for her family. Even if she could get into the best high school in the city, Guoning Middle School, and be in the same class as Chen Junqian again, it would be another three years later.

It can only be said that satisfaction is relative. Lin Mu and Xu Youwei were worried about whether they could be in the same class as Chen Junqian in junior high school, but after seeing Zhu Wenyun, who couldn't even stay in the same school, they felt that they were already pretty good.

However, Zhu Wenyun herself didn't seem to care about the matter. After all, she wasn't in the same class as Chen Junqian, and their interactions at school were limited to the twenty minutes they spent after class each day.

Rather, she could take this opportunity to exchange those twenty minutes of time together for something else. This was something Zhu Wenyun had always wanted to do, but she had never had the chance to ask for it before. Now, she had no choice but to change it.

According to Zhu Wenyun's own understanding, although Hejin Middle School is much worse than Guoning Middle School, precisely because of this, the school pays more attention to students with excellent grades who can be used as representatives for publicity and to improve the college entrance examination pass rate. She heard that students who rank at the top of the grade in major exams can also receive scholarships.

In terms of academic performance, Zhu Wenyun is definitely the best performer among the trio. After all, she spends the time that other classmates spend playing instead of writing books, and she doesn't fall behind in her studies at all. She is much better than the two sisters next to her, whose academic performance is like a roller coaster, progressing and regressing together.

As we all know, mountain climbing is a classic process that begins with grand pronouncements, starts with laughter and chatter, then quickly turns into rambling nonsense, and finally ends in silence.

However, since none of the four people were in a particular hurry to reach the summit, the first half of the journey, filled with laughter and joy, was deliberately extended. Around noon, the group leisurely arrived at a platform or service area located near the mountainside.

Because the students arrive at this location at different speeds and in different groups, the school naturally cannot provide meals. The students basically have to find their own way to get food. The service area on the mountainside is filled with stalls and shops selling food and toys.

But the prices at tourist attractions are something everyone knows. Even though the giant shrimp that went viral three years later at Jingting Mountain for 38 yuan a piece hasn't appeared yet, the prices of various foods have still increased by two times. A boiled corn easily costs 20 yuan, which really makes children hesitate.

"I brought some food with me."

Faced with this situation, the ever-frugal Zhu Wenyun naturally wouldn't even glance in that direction again. She stopped at a nearby pavilion, prepared to sit down, and began taking things out of her backpack.

"Yeah, I brought some too. Things at tourist attractions are all like that, expensive and not worth it, it's such a rip-off."

"Indeed, let's just grab something to eat here for lunch."

Lin Mu and Xu Youwei may have a large family and a wealthy business, but they are not fools who like to be ripped off. After hearing this, they nodded in agreement. The former even took out a roll of ground sheet that he had specially brought from his backpack and spread it on the ground. With the mountains and rivers under his feet, it created an atmosphere of spring outing and camping.

However, when Zhu Wenyun actually took out the food, Lin Mu belatedly realized that the food she had prepared was completely different from what she had just mentioned. She herself had stuffed all sorts of snacks into her backpack, but Zhu Wenyun had taken out three full lunchboxes.

"There are free microwave ovens at the service area."

Chen Junqian had gotten used to it by now. After all, Zhu Wenyun wasn't the type to like snacks. If she was limited by her skills and could only peel sunflower seeds along the way to pretend to make a homemade bento, then now, after several years, the term "handmade bento" would naturally be more fitting.

"I'll go with you. It's quite remote, and it might be hard to find."

"Yes, I made shrimp and braised pork today."

Watching Chen Junqian and Zhu Wenyun walk away, leaving the two of them behind once again, Xu Youwei, who was left behind, subconsciously paused in her action of tearing open the Lay's potato chip bag. For some reason, she felt that the bitterness in her heart was higher than the air content inside the potato chips.

"It's great that you can cook, but I haven't tried Wenyun's cooking yet. I wonder which is better, Wenyun's or Qianqian's."

Compared to Xu Youwei, who has been in a low mood since the beginning of the day, Lin Mu is in a much better mood, after all, Zhu Wenyun is going to Tianjin Middle School when she is in junior high school.

Just as the relationship between childhood sweethearts was originally built on geographical ties, many times the distance between people can also be due to geographical ties.

Either they moved, or they weren't assigned to the same class after graduation. Sometimes, the connections between people are so fragile. What we once thought was forever and indestructible can be easily destroyed in an instant.

However, Lin Mu clearly did not think she would be like that, because her connection with Chen Junqian was never just a geographical one. Their family ties, the company they jointly invested in, and the bond between them had inextricably intertwined their fates. Therefore, her mindset was completely different from that of the anxious girl beside her.

It's not just Shen Nianqiu who has thoughts like, "If I were to personally control Lin Mu, I would definitely make it impossible for any other girls to appear around Chen Junqian." Even Xu Youwei sometimes has similar thoughts. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why she unconsciously tries to keep her hobbies separate from his.

Because on the path of childhood sweethearts alone, Mu Mu has indeed reached the end where no one can catch up, especially now that everyone is getting older and in the future. Everything in the past is already set in stone, and the formula for victory is determined... just kidding.

Watching her best friend stuffing potato chips into her mouth and crunching them like a little squirrel, Xu Youwei once again felt a deep sense of helplessness and a complicated feeling of whether she could take over the role of the "hand-held" operator.

"Does Vivi want some candy?"

Seeing that Xu Youwei had stopped what she was doing for a while, Lin Mu took out a bag of candy from her pocket. As a sweets lover, Mu Mu always had the habit of carrying candy in her pocket, and each time it was different. This time, she took out sour candy, a kind of soft candy, for Xu Youwei.

"...Won't this be too sour?"

Just glancing at the big "sour" word on the packaging made Xu Youwei want to back out, but Lin Mu didn't allow her to refuse and directly stuffed the candy into her hand, then smiled at his best friend and explained:

"Only the outer layer is a little sour, but it gets sweet towards the end, and it's very sweet."

Chapter 67: We went to the lakeside on the grassland to watch the migratory birds fly back (Part 2)

Although the Experimental Primary School organizes a spring outing and an autumn outing every year, this was indeed the first time Chen Junqian and Zhu Wenyun had gone on a trip together.

After all, most of the time, even when going out for fun, the school adopts a class-based management model. So, just like the first trip to Jingxian, Zhu Wenyun would only have time to run from Class 3 next door to Class 4 where Chen Junqian was during the very short time of lunch break.

However, for Zhu Wenyun herself, there were still a bit too many people today. Even the lunchbox she brought in advance was only enough for two people.

While waiting for the microwave to heat up for a minute or two, Zhu Wenyun kept glancing at the increasingly tall boy standing next to her, her mind already wandering to the idea of ​​just the two of them going on a trip together.

From January of this year until now, Zhu Wenyun has accumulated more than 3,000 yuan in royalties. By the summer vacation this year, this number will rise to 5,000 yuan, which will be enough for them to go on a trip.

Of course, although there are two people, it's impossible to let the two children go out alone, so Zhu Wenyun will also bring her grandmother along.

First of all, she herself said when she was very young that she would make her grandmother enjoy a good life when she grew up. However, unlike the common public service advertisement on TV where all that is heard in the end is the granddaughter saying, "When I grow up, I will make my grandmother enjoy a good life," Zhu Wenyun has indeed been doing this since a very young age.

Even when she got stuck on her ideas, her feelings never disappeared. Apart from spending the money she earned from writing on Chen Junqian and herself (especially on those two cell phones), she gave most of it to her grandmother. She even sometimes took over the cooking at home.

Then, if Grandma goes out with her, she's an adult, and Zhu Wenyun's grandma is definitely not the kind of elderly person with poor health. She's in excellent physical condition and has a strong personality. She's definitely the kind of elder who can play an adult role when going out together.

Finally, it was naturally because her grandmother knew her thoughts and wishes. Rather, it was because Zhu Wenjun never intended to hide anything from her. Whether it was the royalties, Chen Junqian, or her own inexplicable little thoughts, even the gloves and scarves she knitted for Chen Junqian every Christmas were all taught to her by him.

"Ding--"

It can only be said that writers have very rich imaginations. Chen Junqian, who reached out to take the lunchbox that had been heated in the microwave, was unaware that in that short minute, Zhu Wenyun had already arranged most of their summer vacation travel plans. After taking it, he subconsciously greeted her:

"Okay, you can go back now."

"Ah."

The two of them came in simply to heat up their food in the microwave, without saying a word, but when Chen Junqian looked at Zhu Wenjun, he felt that the other person seemed lost and forlorn, as if he had just returned to reality from some fantasy. So, out of curiosity, he asked:

"What's wrong? You seem a little distracted."

"I was thinking about traveling with you. It just so happens that I'll be writing about this part in the new chapter, and I'd like to go during the summer vacation."

Starting around this year when she began contributing to "Fireworks," Zhu Wenyun developed a speaking habit that was remarkably similar to Xu Youwei's. These two girls, one using the pretext of "gathering material for a new book" and the other playing the role of "preparing for the end of the world," seem to have developed a path dependency on each other.

However, it is clear to the naked eye that Zhu Wenyun's path can be relied upon for a long time, while Xu Youwei's backup plan will only last until December 21st of this year, which is about half a year from now.

"Traveling... Has Wenyun decided where to go yet?"

The thought of Shen Nianqiu coming to see him this summer made Chen Junqian feel like he was about to become a time management master again, so he quickly wanted to find out the specific location and time so he could make arrangements and contingency plans in advance.

"I want to go to the lakeside on the grassland and watch the migratory birds fly back."

“Even if you didn’t sing it, I know these are lyrics, and they’re clearly written in your April article, Tan Weiwei’s ‘If There Is a Next Life,’ right?”

"Junqian remembers it so clearly."

Chen Junqian rolled his eyes at Zhu Wenyun's obvious question. After all, with a girl who would discuss the content and plot with him for ages every time an episode came out, it was hard for him not to remember her.

He also remembered that the next line of the lyrics was "When we all grow up, we'll have a baby."

"So, are you really planning to go to the grasslands, Wenyun?"

"The grassland is just an image; I haven't thought of anything specific yet. Maybe one day a destination will suddenly pop into my head."

Despite never having traveled outside of school's regular spring and autumn outings, and never having left the province in her entire life, Zhu Wenyun didn't have the same clear-cut idea as Lin Mu, like "I want to see the sea and play in the water."

Perhaps it's because I've been reading a lot of books and have started writing articles again, but words like ocean, starry sky, grassland, and mountains have transformed from concrete scenery into more abstract images.