Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Jiang Shuisheng came back on his bicycle in the evening and saw that the windows of his home were shattered into shards of glass. When he thought about it, he knew what was going on. He shook his head and sighed.
Jiang Sui spread her hands and showed Jiang Shuisheng the 150 yuan that Sun Xiaowei gave her: “Sun Xiaowei’s compensation.”
Jiang Shuisheng was surprised: “Why did he pay so much?”
Jiang Sui gritted her teeth: “I don’t know.”
In fact, how could she not know that, in later generations’ parlance, Sun Xiaowei did this because she was a pretty girl. However, her thirteen-year-old self would never be able to use this to complain to her father.
Jiang Shuisheng said: “A window won’t cost so much money. Go and return him the extra money.”
“Dad.” Jiang Sui muttered, “I don’t want to go.”
“Why?”
Jiang Sui stopped talking, Sun Xiaowei now stuttered whenever he saw her speaking, which made her anxious. Fortunately, Jiang Shuisheng just asked casually, and since she didn’t want to go, so Jiang Shuisheng went to return it without saying anything.
Jiang Shuisheng went to pay back the money, but Sun Xiaowei’s father reacted instantly and beat Sun Xiaowei without Jiang Shuisheng complaining.
Sun Xiaowei jumped up and down in the yard: “Dad! I’m wrong, why don’t you, please be gentle, ouch!”
His father was really angry and laughed: “You are rich, sooner or later your family will be ruined by you, why don’t I kill you as soon as possible.”
Sun Xiaowei was also wronged: “At that time, all I could think of was…” He closed his mouth, covered his butt and bared his teeth, but stopped talking.
“Tell me what you had in your mind? Are you a scumbag?”
Sun Xiaowei’s face turned red and he gritted his teeth to take the beating.
He originally thought that he would be laughed at for a long time because he was digging in the dirt with a red face. Unexpectedly, all the boys in the compound unexpectedly remained silent about this matter. The shocking glimpse that day became a tacit secret among everyone.
Sun Xiaowei bit the grass stem and glanced at the repaired window calmly.
Du Li beside him said: “Is that Jiang Sui?”
Someone said: “It’s her.”
“……Oh.”
Everyone looked at each other, and someone blushed and asked, “Do you think she is pretty?”
No one said a word, as if whoever spoke first would be the one who lost.
“Sun Xiaowei, what do you think?”
Sun Xiaowei was suddenly called out, and acted like a cat whose tail was stepped on: “What do I think? Her look… doesn’t mean she’s a good person at first glance.”
The boys seemed to be waking up from a dream: “Yes, yes, she is not a good person.”
Their thoughts and ideas were not of the same mind. However, everyone still agreed with Sun Xiaowei’s words. Jiang Sui’s appearance and personality were not consistent. She looked very delicate, with a pair of slightly raised peach blossom eyes, as if a peach blossom had become a spirit.
The scumbag students this year didn’t know how to describe her appearance. Anyway, at a glance, it was just that she was not a good person!
….
Chi Yan spent nearly two months remodeling a motorcycle for Yang Song, a second-generation rich man.
At the end of August, the hot air in the city intensified the sensation of heat.
Someone said impatiently: “Yang Song, why hasn’t he come yet? You are playing tricks on us. If the bike turns into garbage, I will smash it for you on the spot.”
Yang Song was also upset and angry: “Why are you so anxious!”
“He came!”
Everyone looked back and saw a black motorcycle speeding from a distance. The loud sound of the engine was accompanied by the dust refracted in the summer air. The young man in black controlled the motorcycle and jumped over the hurdle. The car slid for a distance. He turned a corner quickly and finally stopped in front of them.
There was a deep mark on the track where the car was sliding. The rich second generation were dumbfounded. After a while, someone excitedly said: “It’s so cool!”
Yang Song also reacted, and his eyes lit up with excitement.
The young man on the bike took off his helmet and nodded to him: “Young Master Yang.” Chi Yan hung the helmet on the handlebar, and the rich second generation curiously touched the modified motorcycle that looked like a bullet.
Chi Yan said: “The tires are hot-melt tires, specially used for racing. They have strong grip and good operability. The oil-sealed chain and xenon headlights have also been changed.” As he spoke, he turned on the motorcycle’s headlights, and several people’s eyes were wide open. It was green, they touched it curiously.
“This fu**ing bike is so cool.”
Chi Yan handed the key to Yang Song, and Yang Song was extremely excited. He loved motorcycles and had collected more than ten motorcycles at home, but none of them were as good as Chi Yan’s modified ones. Now that he got this key, he was as excited as his father giving him his inheritance.
Yang Song said: “Chi Yan, no, brother Yan, you will be my brother from now on.”
Chi Yan smiled: “Young Master Yang is joking.”
Yang Song touched the bike body and said, “You can tell me how much it cost, no matter how much it is, it should be right.” At first, with the attitude of giving it a try, he randomly dragged one from the garage to Dai Youwei, but he didn’t expect to see such a cool motorcycle.
Chi Yan said: “No, I told you before that I won’t charge you, just modifying it for fun.”
“How can that be done! It must be given.”
His brothers also clamored that they must pay, but in the end, Chi Yan still only charged the cost of purchasing materials.
He didn’t earn a single penny. When Dai Youwei found out, he was heartbroken: “What? Are you stupid? You didn’t get a penny! That bike was so handsome!”
Chi Yan said: “I know it well.”
Dai Youwei didn’t understand, but Chi Yan understood that his biggest gain had been achieved. His social circle had opened quietly, and everyone who saw this bike in the future would know the name Chi Yan.
Yang Song was high-profile and loved to show off. He loved bikes as much as his life. He was really the best candidate.
However, it was almost September, and one thing he still had to consider was that he needed to buy a lot of new daily necessities to go to high school.
Chi Yan thought about it, he would inevitably have to deal with people like Yang Song in the future, and he was really not good at it now. The Duan family’s decent attire was considered “work clothes” but could not be worn daily. It was the first time he walked into a large shopping mall. When the shopping guide saw that he was tall and thin, and he was wearing street clothes, he inevitably ignored him. Chi Yan didn’t care and looked around one by one.
He finally settled on a pair of black shirt and suit trousers.
When he looked at the price, it was listed at 1866. In this year, it was considered quite luxurious.
The shopping guide saw him frowning and sneered slightly.
His disgusted eyes jumped over the men’s clothes and landed on a crystal kitten in the innermost glass cabinet.
It was so beautiful, the cat’s eyes were very realistic, made of pure green crystal, and looked silly and cute under the refraction of the light. Chi Yan frowned tightly.
The shopping guide said: “I told you to stay out of the way if you don’t want to buy. Do you want the clothes or not?”
Chi Yan said: “I don’t want the clothes anymore.”
Before the shopping guide could reveal his mocking and bored look, he heard the poor young man say, “Give me that crystal cat.”
The shopping guide was stunned.
That cat cost two hundred yuan more than the clothes.
….
The crystal cat nestled quietly in his arms, making his chest ache from the heat.
This was the first time in his life that Chi Yan had done such a crazy thing. His reason told him clearly and coldly that no matter how beautiful it was, it was just a stone. Stones could be seen everywhere in Plum Alley. You don’t want to wear decent clothes but bought such a useless thing.
However, he remembered the wary and annoying look she gave him in the dance studio that day, which made the displeasure in his heart rise again.
He touched his face, and the feeling of Jiang Sui’s dancing shoes still seemed to remain on it, and he pursed his lips.
Chi Yan did not return to Plum Alley. In the summer of August, he was covered in sweat and his fingers gently rubbed the crystal in his hand.
It was more dazzling and beautiful in the sun, reflecting colorful light. He had never thought of buying such an expensive luxury product from the window, but the reality was that he was standing outside the compound with it now.
He didn’t think anything of it, but the incident at the nursing home was like a bump in his heart. Even if Duan Ling received retribution, it didn’t make him feel at ease.
With a cold face, Chi Yan walked to the door of Jiang’s house. From the front door, he saw two little girls squatting in the backyard. He paused and had no intention of going in. Chi Yan raised his eyes and looked in. Jiang Sui had her back turned to him, looking intently at a wooden barrel.
Jiang Xue was mixing ice powder in it, while Jiang Sui held her chin and looked at her sister.
“Sui Sui, I will definitely succeed this time. Trust me, the pineapple-flavored ice powder is delicious. It’s a pity that the water in your well is not cold enough, otherwise I wouldn’t have failed just now.”
Jiang Sui nodded with a smile in her eyes.
In 2000, her home didn’t have a refrigerator, and neither did Jiang Xue’s. Jiang Xue bought a pack of powder for making ice powder, washed it with boiling water, poured it into a bowl, and then put it into a wooden bucket filled with cold water. It would solidify after a while into a refreshing ice powder.
The two girls stared at the barrel intently.
After a while, Jiang Xue poked with a spoon and said in surprise: “It’s done!”
Jiang Sui was infected by her joy and smiled with her eyes bent.
Jiang Xue scooped it up with a spoon and fed her a bite carefully and expectantly: “Try it, is it delicious?”
Jiang Sui opened her mouth and took a bite. Her childhood was barren but colorful, and this ice powder looked precious and cute.
She nodded vigorously and affirmed Jiang Xue: “It’s delicious. Sister Xue is really amazing.”
Jiang Xue was hit in the heart by her current smile, and she covered her chest exaggeratedly: “Stop smiling, don’t smile at me, I might need artificial respiration…”
Jiang Sui was even happier.
Jiang Xue kissed Jiang Sui on the face, and covered her face: “Ah, my sister is the most beautiful in the world!”
Jiang Sui’s reaction speed couldn’t let her avoid it. She was startled and she was helpless by the time she reacted.
She stretched out her hand to pull up the rippling Jiang Xue, then picked up the barrel with all her strength, intending to take it into her home.
Chi Yan looked at it expressionlessly.
When Jiang Xue shouted that her sister was the most beautiful, the veins on his forehead jumped happily.
However, the childish little girl turned around with the wooden bucket and started to walk into the house. When she raised her eyes and saw him, he pressed his lips hard and looked at her without blinking.
Jiang Sui was carrying the bucket and was frightened by the tall young man at the door. It took her a long time to react and said uncertainly: “Chi… Chi Yan?”
Chi Yan clenched the kitten tightly in his hand, as if he wanted to crush it. His ears felt faintly hot, but his face was cold, as if there was a layer of ice that would not melt.
He turned and walked away without even looking at her.
The kitten was not going to be given to her either.
It turned out that Jiang Xue was not blind, but he was the blind one. A girl like her should still look down on this kind of thing.
Jiang Sui looked at his back in confusion. She asked Jiang Xue in confusion, “Have I offended him again? He looked so ugly.”
Jiang Xue stuck her head out and said, “No, this guy is really weird. What is he doing showing a dead face to us? Do you owe him money?”
Even if Jiang Xue didn’t pay attention to her volume when she spoke, these two girls didn’t know how to wait until others were far away before talking! Chi Yan hadn’t gone far yet. He had very good ears. He gritted his teeth when he heard the words and his chest felt tight with anger.
Dead face…
He pursed his lips tightly and walked out of the yard quickly.
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