Honkai, why do you only play high-end games?

Several girls started chattering again. Although it was a bit noisy, Jier listened and watched, feeling inexplicably happy.

The sun was slanting outside the window. It was already afternoon, and the warm sunlight lazily sprinkled on the windowsill, the floor, the desk, and the blackboard covered with dense writing.

Jier was also bathing in the warm sunshine, and for a moment he was a little absent-minded as he looked at the fine dust slowly falling in the thin sunlight, which added the unique smell of chalk to the air.

How did I get back here?

"Jier, stop being in a daze and let's go!"

The classmates around me urged me.

"what?"

Still a little dazed, Jier replied subconsciously.

"Go get your earrings pierced!"

Another classmate said as a matter of course.

"I……"

Jier subconsciously wanted to refuse. Is it necessary to make such a big fuss about such a thing?

"If you don't hurry up, it will be too late!"

The third student reminded gently.

Jie Er seemed to understand something, and immediately changed his mind. He stood up and was about to go out, but after taking a few steps, he stopped again and turned around to greet his classmates.

"Go!"

The classmates gathered around her with laughter, surrounded her, and left the classroom, walked out of the building, and walked out of the campus.

Afterwards, the boys and girls waved goodbye and left first; the girls continued to surround Jie'er and walked towards the earring shop.

"Come to think of it, Jie'er, aren't you always afraid of pain? Why are you so proactive today?"

A girl was talking with a giggle.

"Who said I'm afraid of pain?"

Jie immediately protested, how long ago was that?

"Ah! You've even learned how to refute me!"

Another classmate said to the third classmate in surprise,

"I remember she was always quiet and gentle, wasn't she? She was also incredibly timid. Last time, a bat flew into the classroom, and she was the only one in the class who burst into tears out of fright! Hahaha, it's so funny just thinking about it..."

"Hey!"

Jie'er was upset and thought, "Let's not bring up those embarrassing things, okay?"

My toes are almost digging through the ground!

“People always grow up…”

The third classmate used her gentle voice to help Jier out.

While joking and chatting, the group walked to the small shop that specialized in selling girls' accessories.

"pat"

"pat"

After the two crisp sounds ended, Jier sat silently in the chair, silently recalling the feeling just now.

"Does it hurt? Does it hurt?"

A classmate looked at Jier with concern, wanting to see what expression would appear on her face.

"pain!"

Jie Er gave her a blank look, then smiled.

"But that's all..."

I really don’t understand why I was so resistant to this kind of thing in the first place?

Jier thought.

"See, I told you you can't scare her now!"

Another classmate said with a giggle, as if he had won a bet.

"Okay, stop making trouble."

The classmate with a gentle voice interrupted their nonsense.

"It's time to get down to business."

"Oh, yes, yes!"

The most cheerful classmate turned and ran to the counter, frowned and picked for a long time, then suddenly his eyes lit up, he picked up an exquisite little box, turned and ran back to Jie Er, and said with a smile,

"These earrings will look great on you!"

As he spoke, he handed it to Jier. It was two small, pure white lotus flowers, as if they had just been picked from the snow-capped mountains.

"Like it?"

The classmate with a gentle voice asked.

"……Um."

Jier nodded slightly.

"Then put it on and try it out!"

Another classmate said,

"Come, let us help you!"

So, two classmates helped Jie'er put on the two small earrings, one on each side, and another classmate took a mirror so that Jie'er could see herself clearly.

Her long light blue hair was softly draped over her shoulders. Her classmates considerately tucked her hair behind her ears, revealing the two small lotus flowers on her earlobes, like holy flowers blooming on the snow-capped peaks of an iceberg.

Jie Er couldn't help but reach out and touch it, and smiled with some emotion.

"I'm not used to this..."

She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had long hair.

“How beautiful!”

A classmate protested loudly, seeming very dissatisfied with Jie'er's reaction.

"Want to take another closer look?"

Another classmate moved the mirror in his hand closer to Jier.

"Like it?"

The third student asked gently.

"Ah."

Jier nodded, and the classmates around her were all happy.

Then they left the store, chatting and laughing as they walked.

A boy has a huge pimple on his face; a girl has a crush on a boy from the next class; an idol group is coming to our city for a concert, but the tickets are too expensive to buy...

Jier listened quietly to her classmates talking about these youthful topics, and for a moment she felt like she had really returned to that time in the past.

"Jie'er, have you ever thought about what you want to do when you grow up?"

A classmate asked.

"I?"

Jier thought about it seriously and said,

"Probably a teacher, or a doctor or something..."

This is how she once envisioned her future.

"Then you'd better be a teacher."

A classmate said with a chuckle,

"If you become a doctor, I'm afraid you'll be so scared of anatomy class that you'll drop out before you even graduate!"

"Can't you remember something good?"

Jie'er felt helpless. How embarrassing was she in the past?

Or maybe, that is the life I was supposed to have?

"What's wrong? Are you worried?"

The classmate with a gentle voice asked.

"fine."

Jier shook his head, looked at the girls around him, and smiled.

"I just feel a little nostalgic..."

"That's enough!"

When they reached a building, her classmates pushed her forward.

"Okay, you're home. See you tomorrow!"

They waved and turned to leave.

"Well, see you tomorrow."

Jier waved goodbye, then turned around and looked at this very familiar building. He slowly walked to the door, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, suppressed his throbbing heart, and pushed the door open with force.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back."

Behind the door was the familiar little house in my memory. My mother's familiar face was filled with a kind smile. When she saw her daughter coming home, she hurried over to greet her.

"Are you back? Come on in, your dad's busy in the kitchen, and we'll be ready for dinner soon."

"……Um!"

Jie'er smiled as tears fell, and she changed her shoes skillfully. Her mother took her hand and led her to sit at the dining table.

"Is my daughter back?"

Dad, wearing an apron, came out of the kitchen quickly, carrying a large pot of stewed fish. He carefully placed it in the middle of the dining table and laughed.

“The dishes are ready!”

Mom picked up a large piece of fish and put it in the bowl.

"Eat slowly, be careful not to burn it."

"Ok!"

Jier picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into her mouth. The long-lost and familiar taste made her cry again.

"You must be exhausted during this period, right?"

The father sighed, picked up a tissue, gently wiped the tears from his daughter's face, and said with love and apology,

"It's all Mom and Dad's fault for not taking good care of you..."

"No, there isn't."

Jier shook her head and said with a smile through her tears,

"These days and these years, I have lived a good life..."

It was a rich and warm dinner. Dad kept going to the kitchen to bring out new dishes, and mom kept putting dishes into her daughter's bowl.

The two of them kept urging her to eat more, while asking her to eat slowly so as not to choke, and at the same time listened to her experiences and stories over the years.

Jier told a very long story: she became a Valkyrie, had a captain who took good care of her, and a group of companions; later, she gradually began to stand on her own, and then she became a Valkyrie captain herself...

"I've lived a good life these years, really...but..."

Jier repeated, his voice gradually trembling.

"but……"