I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

As a literary-minded young woman, Zhu Wenyun naturally paid special attention to classical Chinese poems and verses that could be used in her own story. After muttering to herself for a long time, she glanced at Chen Junqian again and suddenly felt that the last two lines of the original poem, "We gaze at each other without weariness, only Mount Jingting remains," could rhyme if the subject were changed from the mountain to a person's name. Then, she could smoothly connect it to Xin Qiji's poem, "I find the green hills so charming, I suppose the green hills find me the same way," and thus begin a story...

Well, just looking at Zhu Wenyun who was lost in her own world, Chen Junqian could pretty much guess that she was probably engrossed in her own little world again. So he could only shake his head helplessly and walk over to Lin Mu and Xu Youwei, who were leaning on the railing looking at the distant mountains and rivers.

The two were looking at several strange trees growing from the cliff face.

"It looks a bit like the Welcoming Pine in Huangshan, don't you think, Weiwei?"

"There is a little bit, but there are three trees here, one, two, three, but they are too far away to see clearly. It could also be a branch from one tree."

Upon hearing Xu Youwei mention the three trees, Lin Mu paused for a moment, then smiled and said:

"There need to be three little squirrels in that tree."

Actually, Xu Youwei's previous idea about the Three Fierce Xu logo and mascot wasn't entirely wrong. The most important partners of Three Fierce Xu in the early stages were Chen Junqian's uncle, Lin Mu's father, and Chen Junqian himself. So if you really want to say something, two of the prototypes of the three mascots are exactly as she thought. It's just that the last one is Chen Xi, who didn't have any interaction with Xu Youwei, so she didn't guess it.

As she spoke, she turned to look at Chen Junqian, who was walking over:

"Qianqian, do you know? The logo of Anhui TV is that welcoming pine tree from Huangshan Mountain."

"Hmm, what's wrong?"

"Actually, I've always wanted a TV station that shows cartoons 24 hours a day. Let's call it MuMu TV. In my imagination, its logo would be similar to Anhui TV's, but with three trees."

Only in front of Xu Youwei did she openly explain to Chen Junqian for the first time the online name 'Senmu,' which she had changed for a long time but which still puzzled Youyou:

"They are Dad and Mom."

"And Qianqian."

Chapter 69: Yoyo's Huge Failure

Just as Lin Mu said this to Xu Youwei and Chen Junqian at the same time, an unlocked achievement related to childhood sweethearts in the latter's mind also lit up faintly. Unfortunately, it seemed that there was still a problem with the judgment in the end, and it failed to be truly achieved.

[The Childhood Sweethearts' Declaration of Sovereignty]

When your childhood sweetheart suddenly takes your arm and smiles at another girl who approaches, saying, "Sorry, this person has been my possession since childhood," the possessiveness accumulated over the years is more destructive than any confession from a girl who isn't your childhood sweetheart.

Whether it's using childhood secrets about the other person that only they know to intimidate a rival, adjusting their collar and tying their shoelaces as naturally as breathing, or directly lying about "our parents have already arranged for us to get married after graduation," childhood sweethearts sometimes have more tricks up their sleeves than you might imagine.

The idea that "it's been like this since childhood" is the most natural yet never realized possessiveness of the childhood sweetheart character.

Condition for achievement: The female protagonist of a romantic comedy, recognized by the system as a childhood friend, asserts her claim to the male protagonist's ownership in front of other female protagonists, through words or actions.

It can only be said that Chen Junqian himself didn't really think that Mu Mu's two sentences were meant to assert her dominance. He knew her little brain very well, and this wasn't the first time she had shown her dominance. She had shown it once before when she first met Shen Nianqiu at the Shanghai World Expo, when Lin Mu took the initiative to say, "I am Qianqian's best friend." It was just not as obvious as this time.

Even without Lin Mu's explanation, Chen Junqian would have already guessed the meaning of the other party's online name 'Senmu' much earlier. After all, he had specifically heard Mu Mu talk about the origin of his name. The name Senmu is essentially the same as Lin Mu, but with an extra 'wood' character, meaning there is a tree named after him.

Of course, if any of the three people on the field really felt that Lin Mu's two sentences were a declaration of sovereignty, then it would probably only be Xu Youwei, who was not involved in the two parties involved.

To be honest, Xu Youwei wasn't really surprised by Lin Mu's opinion of Chen Junqian. After all, she was the closest observer to the two of them, and she could see Lin Mu's dependence on Chen Junqian, his attachment to him, and some kind of inexplicable feeling.

Just last year, she was full of confidence and had planned everything she could do to refute Mu Mu's personality and speech, using sophistry to leave the other party speechless.

Xu Youwei could say that Chen Junqian was just her third tree, and even without him, she would still have her first and second trees to accompany her. But she had no one else to accompany her except Chen Junqian.

She could also take the initiative and confess her feelings first, then argue with Lin Mu, saying, "If you've also realized these feelings, why haven't you dared to act on them?"

She could directly lay bare all her feelings, vulnerabilities, and thoughts to the other person, since Lin Mu was the kind of person who would want to help her friend if she noticed anything amiss. This trait was both her strength and her weakness.

But now Xu Youwei can't say a single word.

Even the casual remark the other person made a few minutes ago about the third tree sounded more natural, brighter, more relaxed, and more... like a confession than her supposed confession during winter break.

Combining what she heard from the other person on the bus this morning, Xu Youwei herself was a little confused about what she was thinking. It was as if something she had always insisted on had been impacted by something new. She didn't know which side was right or wrong, or whether she should make a change.

While Xu Youwei was in a state of utter confusion, Chen Junqian gave Lin Mu his answer, making a lighthearted and teasing remark:

"So, in Mu Mu's heart, I'm actually a tree?"

"Yes, but my dad and mom are trees too, and so am I, the little tree on the far right of my name."

Not wanting to hear the rest of their conversation any longer, Xu Youwei unconsciously took several steps back, bumping into Zhu Wenyun, who was still lost in thought, gazing at the stone they seemed to love. This brought her back to reality.

"Excuse me."

"Excuse me."

The two apologized to each other almost simultaneously. Looking at Zhu Wenyun's face, which seemed to have just woken up from a dream, Xu Youwei suddenly became curious about the other's reaction after hearing what Lin Mu had just said. So she briefly recounted what had happened a few minutes ago to her.

"It's not just mountains, it can also be trees... Indeed, specific people can be transformed into all sorts of images."

Well, after listening for a while without understanding what Zhu Wenyun was muttering to herself, Xu Youwei had no choice but to ask her directly again:

"Doesn't Wenjun have any particular thoughts?"

Although she and Mu Mu still have an alliance against Zhu Wenyun, it is well known that alliances are inherently fragile, and the two initially formed an alliance because they sensed that something was wrong with Zhu Wenyun.

But now it's clearly Lin Mu who's starting to act strangely.

It can only be said that in Xu Youwei's field of vision, who has never met Gu Linguo and is even more unaware of Shen Nianqiu's existence, there are indeed only the two of them left. It's just that the king on the city wall keeps changing, and it has never reached the point where she is so powerful that she needs two other people to form an alliance.

...I fantasized again, imagining myself confessing my love to Qinqin successfully amidst the fireworks blooming in the night sky on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

"Any special ideas? No."

People's joys and sorrows are indeed different. For Zhu Wenyun, she is currently writing articles every month, earning money, honing her skills, and will be able to embark on her first trip during the summer vacation. Then, when she grows up, she can help Chen Junqian fulfill the promise between them and write the story he wants. She has a lot of hope and goals in the present and future, which makes it really hard for her to empathize with Xu Youwei, who is still worried about gains and losses.

"So, in your eyes, what kind of person is he?"

"For me?"

Upon hearing Xu Youwei's question, Zhu Wenyun instinctively wanted to answer with "mountain," since the image she had been contemplating was a mountain—a mountain that one never tires of gazing at, a mountain whose verdant beauty she found captivating.

But after hearing Lin Mu's answer, she became somewhat uncertain again. Her gaze slowly shifted from the entire mountain to a tree, and then to a weed under the tree. Suddenly, she thought about how to write the opening of the next article.

"Rice, and then I am barnyard grass."

"...What is a 'baizi'?"

"A type of field weed that grows alongside rice and looks similar. Although it competes with rice for nutrients in the field, it is also highly nutritious as animal feed. It is said that barnyard grass is the ancestor of rice, and the earliest rice was cultivated from barnyard grass generation after generation."

Once again immersed in her own world and storyline, Zhu Wenyun stood there, slowly rehearsing the opening of her next article and reading it aloud:

"If I were to send you a book, I wouldn't send you poetry. I would send you a book about plants, about trees and crops, to tell you the difference between rice and barnyard grass, to tell you about that spring when I was a barnyard grass, filled with anxiety, and to tell you that before we met, I could only watch the long stars shine on thirteen states all by myself."

Well, this was another answer that left Xu Youwei somewhat at a loss for words.

She could only stand there, between the two girls on her left and right, looking at the third tree and the sapling, at the wheat and the weeds, not too close and not too far away.

If names truly possessed any magic, Xu Youwei would probably want to become the deer from the "Yo-yo deer's cry" that her mother gave her nickname, and then run up to them and devour all the trees, wheat, and other things right in front of them.

Not a single bit will be left...

Chapter 70: Youyou's eyes sharpened (Part 2)

Not long after, it was time for the group photo at four o'clock. The homeroom teacher glanced at the time on his phone and felt that there was no need to wait for the students who hadn't reached the top yet. So he had Lu Cheng and Zhong Yu call over all the students who had reached the top, and they stood together laughing and joking, ready to take a group photo.

Since it was a commemorative photo taken during a spring outing, the homeroom teacher didn't force everyone to stand in a line according to the order of boys and girls or their seats. Basically, they just let close friends stand together and pose for the camera.

Zhong Yu, who had just helped the homeroom teacher adjust the camera's automatic time-lapse function, originally wanted to stand with Chen Junqian, but after glancing at Lin Mu and Xu Youwei, his two protectors, he was about to retreat when the latter grabbed him and made him squat down to block Chen Junqian and himself.

Of course, Youyou wasn't the type to become depressed after a setback, so Zhong Yu came over to shield her. With Zhong Yu's body providing cover, Xu Youwei, facing the camera lens, grabbed Chen Junqian's right hand on the side closest to her.

There was no need to turn around to look. Xu Youwei knew very well that Lin Mu, who was standing to Chen Junqian's left, did not have the courage or the idea to do so. After calming down from the initial complicated emotions, as one of Lin Mu's best friends who knew him best, Xu Youwei realized that the other party did not have a strategy of 'not competing is competing' at all. Rather, he had not realized this from beginning to end and was still completely as pure as ever.

After realizing this, Xu Youwei's confidence returned to a lot. Just like the saying, "If you go in the wrong direction from the beginning, no matter how hard you try, you will only go in the opposite direction and get further and further away from your goal." Although Mu Mu seems to have firmly occupied a certain ecological niche, in fact, she has only occupied that one ecological niche and has no intention or awareness of going any further.

That is why those words and actions, those objects and memories, though the most solid bricks, cannot build a road to victory. They are merely building castles and towers on the spot. Even if Xu Youwei herself does not have the ability to destroy them, she has no doubt that one day someone else will easily blow them up. At that time, it will be a story of the higher the stack, the harder the fall.

But for now, let's finish taking this photo first.

Even though they had been holding hands for years, Xu Youwei felt a special itch in her heart every time she went to Qinqin's new room and saw the glass bottle filled with paper cranes and little stars. Perhaps because Mumu was standing right next to them, Xu Youwei gripped the hand particularly tightly this time, so much so that she forgot to shout "One, two, three, cheese!" with the other students next to her.

[A Deception in the Graduation Album]

The moment the shutter clicked, her fingertips slipped silently into your palm. This seemingly formal graduation photo now holds a little secret known only to you and her. In the neatly arranged rows, the warmth of their intertwined fingers becomes a more authentic testament to their youth than any yearbook or yearbook.

The most precious thing is often not the photo itself, but the reunion ten years later, when other classmates are lamenting how things have changed, and you can still replicate that little gesture under the table, your ear tips still as red as transparent, only your fingertips will no longer tremble to that extent.

Condition for achievement: Secretly hold hands with any female lead who is suited for romantic comedies during the graduation photo.

As the shutter clicked, the same sense of accomplishment flashed through Chen Junqian's mind.

After all, this was the last trip before graduation, and the homeroom teacher had said something like "Happy Graduation" before taking the photos, so it seemed reasonable to fool the system's idiotic review mechanism.

Rather, when the graduation photos are actually taken and the students are lined up in order of gender and height, there won't be any opportunity to secretly hold hands. After all, he will most likely be standing in the last row, surrounded by other boys of similar height. It would be impossible for him to reach across two or three rows and hold the hand of the girl standing in the front row.

On the contrary, another achievement related to the graduation photo scene, titled "The time to confess your love in public is before the graduation photo," seems to have a better chance.

When Xu Youwei first took his hand, Chen Junqian was thinking that Youyou had really been hit hard today, so he subconsciously allowed her to do this to stabilize her mental state. However, he did not expect that, by a twist of fate, it was the former, which he thought was more difficult to accomplish, that was accomplished first.

However, after the group photo session ended, Xu Youwei nervously let go of her hand again, afraid that Lin Mu would notice something amiss.

The way down the mountain was indeed much easier than the way up. Around six o'clock, all the students in Chen Junqian's class returned to the bus in the parking lot at the foot of the mountain. After counting the number of students and confirming that everyone was present, the class teacher informed the driver that they could officially set off for the return trip.

Compared to the bustling and energetic journey there, the bus back from the spring outing was much quieter. The students, who had played all day and were also tired, leaned back in their seats and began to doze off. Lin Mu, who was sitting next to Chen Junqian, was no exception. After a few big yawns, he was also a little sleepy.

However, because the armrests between the bus seats were a bit too obstructive, and given Lin Mu's height, no matter how she adjusted her position or leaned against Chen Junqian, she felt a hard, uncomfortable pressure on her lower back. In the end, she could only give up and lie back flat, letting go of the shoulder of her childhood sweetheart whom she was used to leaning on.

Lin Mu lay back, and Chen Junqian and Xu Youwei's line of sight became unobstructed. Youyou, who showed no intention of sleeping, lay on her side with her arm propped on the small splint, propping her chin up as she looked at Chen Junqian. It almost gave the impression of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl gazing at each other across the Milky Way.

At first, Chen Junqian was able to play a little game with her, tacitly agreeing that whoever looked away first or laughed first would lose. But today, Xu Youwei showed no intention of looking away from him at all. Even when he turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window for a while and then turned back, she remained motionless in the same position facing him.

"Qinqin".

She was mouthing to him from a distance, calling out his nickname, a code only the two of them knew.

[The Secret Message Between the Lips]

When the whole class is taking the exam with their heads down, when the homeroom teacher turns around to write on the blackboard, when your eyes accidentally meet in the crowd, she will suddenly turn her face to the side, lower her eyelashes, and gently open and close her lips, silently expressing her feelings and confession.

What you have to do is to decipher the secret message hidden between the lips and mouth shapes in this noisy silence, a message known only to the two of you.

The moment a lip-reading confession is correctly interpreted, the whole world pauses for a second, and the instantaneous stop of the heartbeat is the divine seal of approval.

Condition for achievement: Having your feelings expressed by any heroine with romantic comedy potential through lip reading.

The system's censorship mechanisms today seem exceptionally weak.

Chen Junqian subconsciously thought this as Xu Youwei mouthed "Yo yo" in sync with him. After all, all she did was mouth the word "yo" to him, and it was enough to achieve such an accomplishment.

But in fact, the system did not have the slightest problem in reviewing this achievement.

After all, Xu Youwei, who was sitting there with her head down, looking somewhat uneasy and impatient, gently licking her inner lips with the tip of her tongue, knew very well that she had not just been talking about Qinqin.

More precisely, only the first tone is "qinqin".