I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

"Oh right, Wen Yun's new book is about herself, right? This ready-made material can definitely be used."

"When can we expect to see it? It feels like we've been looking forward to it for a long time."

Thus, the topic naturally shifted to Zhu Wenyun's new book.

Faced with the questions from the others, Zhu Wenyun slowly chewed the shrimp in her mouth, and after a while, she gave a vague answer:

"I'm almost done with the first draft, but I have this feeling that there will be new things I want to write about after this summer vacation."

"Wenyun, take your time, there's no rush."

Unlike his previous books, which were about other people's stories, Chen Junqian himself knew the significance of this new book for Zhu Wenyun and the challenges that came with it. If he were to follow the writing style of his previous book about Shen Nianqiu, he would have to dissect her own inner world. As the saying goes, "the onlooker sees more of the game than the player," this kind of thing is much more difficult than the former.

"But I do have a bit of inspiration now."

Zhu Wenyun took a tissue and wiped the grease from the corner of her mouth. Her expression made one wonder if she was about to pull out her notebook and start impromptu writing. However, she eventually picked up her chopsticks again and placed a scallop in her bowl.

By the way, since Lin Mu and the other two girls couldn't eat garlic, Chen Junqian asked the owner to omit the garlic on half of the scallops. Although he personally thought this was completely heretical, that's how dietary restrictions are. After all, he himself doesn't eat cilantro, so they understood each other.

Lin Mu ate until her nose was sweating, her face was flushed, and her lips were bright red from the spiciness. She raised the glass of lychee soda and smiled brightly:

"Come on! Let's have a toast! To celebrate our successful middle school entrance exam and to celebrate our arrival in Sanya!"

Chen Junqian smiled and raised his glass, as did everyone else, raising their glasses filled with various colorful drinks to the center of the table.

"Thank you all for your hard work on the high school entrance exam!"

Happy summer vacation!

"Thank you, Qinqin, for taking us out for this wonderful meal!"

"Hope you have fun this time!"

"Cheers to Bilibili (゜-゜)つロ!"

"What the heck is the last one?"

Ding--

The seven cups clinked together crisply, the sound quickly drowned out by the bustling noise of the surrounding crowd at lunchtime.

According to Chen Junqian's plan, after lunch, everyone would go back to the hotel to rest for a while, whether it was to pack their luggage or play on the hotel's entertainment facilities. After their stomachs had digested lunch and the temperature outside had dropped, they would go to the beach together.

Of course, this was just the plan he told others, but after returning to the hotel, Chen Junqian already planned to sneak out and have fun by himself.

Although it would be fun to play with all sorts of beautiful girls, the thought of the next few days being like that made me want to go outside for some fresh air on my own first.

However, even this plan failed, because from the moment they returned to the hotel room, someone stayed by his side, as if the two of them were still living in the same room.

"Isn't Mumu going back to her room?"

"Is Qianqian trying to kick me out so he can go do something else? He promised me that on the plane."

"On the plane?"

“Yeah, I said we’d stay together for all three years of high school, and you said we’d always be together. Now that the high school entrance exam is over, we’re both practically high school students, so we can count it as high school now.”

"I'm planning to go out for a walk."

"Then I want to go too."

Expressing his opinions in such an inexplicable place is a consistent characteristic of Lin Mu. Chen Junqian had no way to deal with his childhood sweetheart who had suddenly become clingy, so he could only stand up, change into a light beach shirt, take a bottle of sunscreen from his bag, and put a wide-brimmed straw hat on Lin Mu's head as he followed behind him in the entryway.

The two of them avoided the other people's rooms and quietly slipped out of the suite.

The elevator goes straight to the ground floor. Pushing open the glass door leading to the private beach, a wave of sea breeze carrying heat instantly envelops you.

The beach still retained an astonishing heat in the afternoon; the fine white sand was slightly hot to the touch. Lin Mu let out a small gasp, lifted her skirt, and rushed towards the waves like a startled springbok, trying to find a source of water to cool off.

"Slow down, don't fall."

Chen Junqian followed behind, carrying the slippers that she had easily thrown off. Seeing her impatient look, he suddenly began to worry.

Waves surged ashore, lapping up white foam. As the cool seawater washed over his ankles, Lin Mu squinted comfortably and let out a long sigh.

Wow—this is what summer should be like!

As she spoke, she turned around, took two steps backward into the deep water, and looked at Chen Junqian who was coming across the waves.

The other person's figure was already exceptionally tall and upright among his peers. The collar of his shirt was slightly open, and the sea breeze ruffled the stray hairs on his forehead. His eyes, which were always deep and calm, were even more beautiful in the light. The sunlight fell on his shoulders, outlining a faint golden edge, which suddenly made Lin Mu, who was looking at him, feel a little hot.

Chen Junqian, on the contrary, felt that the child was just sunburned. He helped her put the straw hat back on and then unscrewed the tube of sunscreen, squeezing out a dollop of white cream.

"Come here, lift your face up."

Lin Mu obediently leaned closer and tilted her little face up.

Chen Junqian moved very gently, his fingertips carrying a slight coolness, as he evenly applied the product to her cheeks and the tip of her nose. He was focused, and his long eyelashes, which even made Lin Mu a little jealous, trembled gently in the sunlight.

"Now it's the same as before, there are two of us."

"So Mu Mu still wants things to be the same as before."

Chen Junqian continued as she spoke, but his hands did not stop. He carefully stroked her small earlobe and then slid it across her neck.

"Because I was carefree when I was little."

"You must have had a tough time taking the high school entrance exam."

"It's not just about academics, it's about many things."

After applying the sunscreen, Lin Mu seemed to suddenly remember something and mysteriously moved a little closer.

"Qianqian, actually, the reason I called you out alone earlier was not only because I wanted to wade in the water, but also because I had something else on my mind."

"Oh, does Mumu have something important to tell me?"

Lin Mu ignored his teasing and instead pulled out the finger that had been pinched by a crab at noon from her back pocket. In the bright sunlight, the red mark had completely faded, but she still showed it to Chen Junqian with great seriousness:

"Look, that crab was really fierce. Although I ate it in the end, I still feel that the look in its eyes before it died was a curse that I wouldn't be able to go to the special recruitment class with Qianqian."

Faced with this behavior, which was hard to define as either coquettish or unreasonable, Chen Junqian couldn't help but chuckle. He then took her wrist and examined it closely.

"Crabs don't have that many thoughts. Besides, with me here, its curse is ineffective. Mu Mu's grades this time are 100% enough to get her into the special admission class."

He held her hand tightly.

The two stood side by side in the shallow water, with the waves constantly crashing beneath their feet. The afternoon sun cast their shadows long on the beach, eventually overlapping and making them indistinguishable.

Lin Mu lowered his head, looking at their clasped hands, and suddenly asked softly:

"Qianqian, do you want to come out and play by yourself today? Should I go up now? Or I can just watch you play from afar."

This sudden sense of insecurity on a bright afternoon made Lin Mu's voice sound somewhat weak.

Chen Junqian stopped in his tracks.

The waves crashed against the rocks, producing a deep and powerful echo. He turned around and looked at Lin Mu very seriously.

"It's nothing. I just feel that having Mumu with me is no different from going out alone."

"What do you mean?"

Lin Mu tilted his head in confusion.

"Literally, playing alone is for relaxation, and playing with Mumu is also relaxing, so there's no difference."

"So, does Qianqian mean that she doesn't feel relaxed when she goes out with other people?"

"Because if everyone is together, then we need to look after everyone and take good care of everyone."

Lin Mu almost instinctively replied to Chen Junqian's words, which she hadn't fully understood yet:

"Then I'll help you."

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PS2: Regarding Mu Mu's behavior and Jun Qian's perception of her during this summer camp, as mentioned earlier by Wen Yun: The male protagonist always tolerates his childhood friend, who has always stayed in his room and beside him, like a father. This is because he has already dated other girls and even had premarital sex, so he naturally thinks, "Well, compared to my girlfriend, my childhood friend is still a complete child. I guess I shouldn't hold it against her; I can't do anything with her." Thus, he indulges his childhood friend more while naturally eliminating her from his list of potential girlfriends. Meanwhile, his childhood friend is completely unaware of this.

Chapter 113: The So-Called "Borrowing" (5k1)

Faced with Lin Mu's unhesitating words, Chen Junqian couldn't help but think of a romantic comedy achievement that Lin Mu had previously accomplished: "I want a mom this tall."

Perhaps, as described in that achievement, romantic comedies are never short of female protagonists who like to take care of others. This characteristic is often attributed to childhood friends, because taking care of others is something that only the person who knows you best can do. Someone who doesn't understand anything and just does what they want for your own good obviously cannot be categorized as such.

The childhood sweetheart in front of him was probably the type who was loved by the world and therefore would naturally want to love the world in return. The system described her love as slightly clumsy and pure, which was quite accurate.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to Mumu."

Although he didn't think Lin Mu could truly help him much in this matter, Chen Junqian didn't refuse the girl's kindness. He nodded in agreement and then called Lin Mu back.

"Let's go, let's play together after everyone has rested for a while. I'll also go and talk to the hotel and ask them to set up some entertainment facilities."

"Uh-huh."

After taking Lin Mu back to his room in the hotel elevator, Chen Junqian was certain that their secret trip had been observed by others. However, probably because the person he was traveling with was Lin Mu, no one had pointed it out yet, and everyone was tacitly pretending to be oblivious.

Time quickly passed to the agreed-upon 4 PM. Although they had just been to this beach not long ago, Lin Mu still displayed remarkable enthusiasm, as if it were his first time there. Barefoot, he dashed towards the sea like a rabbit just released from its cage.

Wow—it's the ocean! It's the real ocean!

Unlike her outfit two hours earlier, Lin Mu was finally wearing the coral-colored two-piece swimsuit she had bought, with a thin sun-protective cover-up over it. As she ran, the cover-up billowed in the wind, resembling some kind of joyful little bird. Her innocent and childlike face was filled with excitement as she waved her arms and shouted back to the group behind her:

"Qianqian, Xiaoxi, everyone hurry up and keep up!"

Chen Junqian walked at the back of the group, carrying two huge beach bags filled with sunscreen, towels, parasols, chilled drinks, and various water toys for everyone. Not everyone had changed into their swimsuits in advance like Lin Mu; most of them were still in the women's changing room. Only Chen Xi, dressed casually, hurried over.

"Aren't you planning to wear a swimsuit?"

"I don't have anything nice to wear, and I'm not planning on going swimming in the sea."

Chen Xi held her hand to her forehead and glanced at the sun, which showed no sign of setting:

"If you really want to wear it, let's talk about it tonight."

"Whatever you want, just enjoy yourself while you're out having fun."

Chen Junqian comforted his sister, then turned to Lin Mu and shouted:

"Mumu, slow down, be careful of the broken seashells in the sand that might prick your feet."

"Okay, okay, Qianqian, just stand there. Weiwei and the others will definitely want you to be the first one they see after they change into their swimsuits."

Lin Mu walked to the beach and sat down casually, letting wave after wave wash over her and recede. She smiled and turned back to give him this advice.

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Chen Junqian stopped and turned his gaze back to what was behind him.