Zhou Yiyi was a rational person, having lived through so many lives and seen the worldly splendor, there was nothing left that could pique her interest.
In the year 2001, all her classmates were chasing after TV dramas like "Deep Rain," "teor Garden," "Xun Qin Ji," "The Right Man for the Right Lady," "Spring Bubbling Pig Eight," listening to songs by SHE, Zhou Jielun, Liang Jingru, and Yu Quan. Everyone had to have an MP3 player in their pocket. Internet cafes were everywhere, where the ga "Chinese Paladin" was a hit. Every ti she went back ho and then returned to school, she was surrounded by discussions about the hot TV dramas, creating a noisy atmosphere with a distinct sense of the era. Boys who had computers at ho talked about gas and QQ, and on self-written contact lists made by students, the QQ number was a must-have.
It seed that nothing could attract her because she truly had no interest in these things. She could even tell them that the bubbling beauty Li Yuhu they adored would later go through two failed marriages, playing her good hand poorly, and eventually had to revitalize her career through variety shows. She also wanted to say that Pig Eight managed to marry his beauty and later beca a famous director...
Regrettably, she couldn’t say these things. Since she couldn’t say anything, why bother joining in the excitent?
So, while her classmates all humd various pop songs with their MPS, Zhou Yiyi continued as usual with her mathematics exercises.
On Saturday afternoon, Lin Mu excitedly asked Zhou Mo, "Shall we go to the night market tonight?"
Zhou Yiyi paused in her problem-solving, looked up, and said, "Night market? I’ll co too; I’ve heard there are many delicious foods there."
Upon hearing this, Lin Mu slapped his thigh laughing, but before he could explain, Zhou Mo added, "Sure, I’ve heard that Nazi Barbecue is good. Shall we try it?"
Zhou Yiyi felt it had been a long ti since she last visited the night market and imdiately got interested. Then Zhou Mo handed his Xiao Lingtong to her.
"Then tell my mom we won’t be coming back tonight; we’ll return tomorrow afternoon instead."
Zhou Yiyi looked puzzled as Lin Mu eagerly explained, "You’re more persuasive. Think about it, we don’t know what ti we’ll finish eating at the night market, and we don’t know if there will be any buses then. Might as well just stay at school and go ho tomorrow afternoon to change our clothes."
That seed to make so sense, and without much thought, Zhou Yiyi first took Zhou Mo’s phone to call Aunt Mu to explain the situation.
Aunt Mu’s cool voice ca through the phone, "Okay, I got it. I’m relieved with you watching over them."
No sooner had she hung up than Lin Mu’s Xiao Lingtong was passed to her, "Here, help make a call too."
In contrast to the calmly composed Aunt Mu, Aunt Mu launched into a scolding tirade as soon as she heard the reason.
"Yiyi, don’t you be speaking well of him. I know what that boy is pulling just by the way he sticks out his butt. What night market? Sounds nice, but since you’re going with Zhou Mo, I’ll worry a little less. Just don’t stay out too late, and they don’t have to co back tomorrow afternoon. Let them sleep in; I and Aunt Mu will bring their clothes over. We’ve got sothing for you too,"
Upon hearing this, Yiyi couldn’t help but beco more alert, "Auntie, please don’t buy anything else, really. That gift was too precious. I’m truly undeserving, and with my ans, it’s not suitable for to wear such expensive clothes,"
"Dummy girl, what do you an ’with your conditions’? What’s wrong with your conditions? Such an excellent girl not dressing up properly, how can that be right? Although Aunt Mu and I have only raised boys at ho, that doesn’t stop us from paying attention to girls. When we go shopping, we love looking at girls’ clothes. Before, we had no one to buy for, but now we have you. We treat you like our own daughter and dote on you. Don’t refuse, okay? Just grow up and treat us like your godmoms and everything will be fine, won’t it? No need to be polite. To tell you the truth, it’s us who are getting the better deal, getting such a wonderful daughter for free..."
Compared to Aunt Mu, Aunt Mu was indeed more talkative. In the end, her persuasive words managed to convince Zhou Yiyi. After hanging up the phone, the two boys looked at a confused Zhou Yiyi, quickly arched their eyebrows, everything said without words.
After school, Lin Mu and Zhou Mo waited for her on their bikes at the dormitory building. Since Lin Mu lived closer to her, it was natural for her to get on his bike. In her mind, it didn’t matter which of them she went with.
But Zhou Mo clearly felt disappointed for a mont and eventually pedaled away ahead of them.
"Let’s go, big bros will take you to the arcade for so fun, and when it gets dark, we’ll hit the night market,"
Honestly, Zhou Yiyi had never been to an arcade in either her previous lives or in her own, and she was quite curious.
But the question was, "Do you have enough money?"
Lin Mu turned and glared at her. "What’s wrong? Look down on ? Let tell you, I’m not the kind of person who spends whatever he has. I usually save quite a bit of spending money. My mom gives fifty yuan a week, and my grandparents sotis sneak so change too. Brother is rich, at least enough to treat you to grilled fish and arcade gas. If that’s not enough, there’s always Zhou Mo. Let tell you, Zhou Mo is really stingy. You hardly ever see him buying snacks, and he’s also a clean freak. In our dorm, his bed space is the cleanest. He’s like a girl, always washing and cleaning every day. I wash my socks once a week, and that guy, every day, never leaving it overnight, so self-disciplined!"
Actually, Zhou Yiyi had seen both types of boys, like Zhou Mo and Lin Mu, and could imagine their everyday lifestyles. What could she do? It was just that Lin Mu’s words were so relatable!
When they got to the place, the guy Lin Mu described as super stingy was unexpectedly holding a bag full of snacks standing at the entrance of the arcade. When he saw them, he directly handed the snacks to her and then turned to buy ga coins – to her astonishnt, the kid casually spent one hundred yuan.
Zhou Yiyi’s face showed disbelief, "Gosh, and you said he’s stingy. Look how many ga coins he bought."
Lin Mu felt his face getting slapped silly and imdiately went up and put his arm around Zhou Mo’s shoulders.
"Good brother, that’s a generous hand you’ve got. For the al later, I’ll treat you at the night market."
Zhou Mo didn’t say anything, just handed a bunch of coins to Zhou Yiyi: "What do you want to play? I’ll join you."
Zhou Yiyi looked around and saw there were basketball, racing, dance, billiards, bowling, and more. To be honest, she didn’t have a particular interest; she was purely there to join them. Rather than waste her own ti playing, she preferred –
"I’ll watch you guys play. You guys go for a round, and I’ll see. If I’m interested, I’ll join in. If not, save the money for the barbecue!"
Her expression was so genuine, so real that even the usually reserved Zhou Mo couldn’t help but let his lips curl up slightly: "Okay."
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