Fang Yu's mother complained that her son was playing games at home every day, which was bad for his eyes. She sent him to her cousin's martial arts school in the outskirts of the city.
Chen Jia couldn't find anyone to play with and didn't find any new comics at the rental bookstore. She was bored at home for a few days and dug out her dad's collection of pirated Jin Yong novels from the bottom of the box.
Chen Jia had never watched martial arts films before, but suddenly became fascinated. After watching fifteen of them, she developed a new dream of becoming a female knight-errant.
The week before school started, Fang Yu returned from the martial arts school and went to Jiang Mo's house to deliver freshly picked lotus seeds and water chestnuts.
Chen Jia squatted on the ground to feed the cat, and suddenly pulled out Grandpa Jiang Mo's Tai Chi long sword, slashing across Fang Yu's neck.
"Watch out!"
Fang Yu frowned, turned away, and said, "Chen Jia, are you bored?"
Chen Jia skillfully twirled a sword flower and said, "Let me see what you've got."
Fang Yu dodged and Chen Jia lunged again.
With a twist, she was countered by Fang Yu, who pinned her wrist and pushed her down to the ground, creating a hole with the sword, startling Xiao Yu into running away with a "meow meow."
Chen Jia Her long hair spread out, her ears pressed against the cold hard floor, and her tilted gaze made her feel weightless.
"Fang Yu You're quite heavy."
Chen Jia tilted her head, her long, dark eyelashes brushing against the young man's firm chin.
Fang Yu trembled and suddenly withdrew his hand.
Chen Jia looked up, gazing at him with bright eyes. "Ayue, what's wrong with you?"
How did his neck suddenly become so hot?
Fang Yu's throat felt dry, her heart was beating so fast that she could barely control it. She turned her head and saw Jiang Mo standing at the entrance, holding Xiao Yu against the light.
"Jiang Mo," Fang Yu felt a sudden sense of guilt.
Chen Jia heard some movement and climbed up cheerfully to greet, " Momo, you're back. Fang Yu has become really skilled in martial arts now."
"Mm."
Jiang Mo and Fang Yu locked eyes, slowly took Chen Jia's hand, and placed something in her palm.
"Take a look and see if you like it."
Chen Jia Zhang opened her five fingers, revealing a silver bracelet with a delicate chain adorned with rice-sized sapphires that sparkled in the sunlight, shining brightly and dazzlingly. Jiang Mo put it on her, and Chen Jia shook her wrist, causing the gemstones to twinkle like stars.
She suddenly remembered the night when she and Jiang Mo made a wish on a shooting star. She joyfully said, "Momo, did you really give me the stars? Isn't that going to cost a lot of money?"
Jiang Mo laughed, "The training camp gives bonuses to students based on their test scores. I came in first place."
Soon it was August 30th, Chen Jia's 14th birthday. Along with the birthday wishes, there was also her belated first period.
At the beginning of the school year, Chen Jia told Yin Jing, and Yin Jing let out a long sigh, telling Chen Jia that there are really a lot of troubles when you grow up, and it's best to be a child. Chen Jia nodded and sipped on her milk tea.
When the class bell rang, the male members of the student council carried their textbooks into the classroom, while the female members went forward to distribute them to everyone.
Everyone stood together, and Chen Jia noticed that the boys had generally grown much taller. Before the break, they were only slightly taller than the girls, but now they were almost half a head taller.
Thinking about how I haven't really won against Fang Yu recently, and it will probably be even harder to win in the future, Chen Jia couldn't help but feel more discouraged.
However, she soon found a new source of joy.
That's writing a novel.
The reason is that she got a full score on her final exam composition and successfully published it in the Chinese language newspaper for middle school students, receiving praise from her teacher.
After reading a memoir by a young female writer, Chen Jia felt that she could also become a young female writer, and thus she was inspired to start writing. She always acted on impulse, so on the same day after school, she went to the stationery store and bought a black leather-bound notebook with embossed golden birds, and wrote her chosen pen name "Morning Joy, Evening Delight" on the first page.
The debut work "The Sea of Mermaids" is a story about a beautiful female middle school student named Tsai Yupei who tragically dies during a seaside summer camp and returns as a vengeful spirit. At the same time, Chen Jia also created a terrifying nursery rhyme called "Little Mermaid, Playing Hide and Seek in the Sea."
《The Sea of Mermaids》quickly became popular in the class. Li Mingyang, who sits in the back and likes to draw, painted a beautiful watercolor illustration for her. The whole class is guessing who killed Tsai Yupei.
The news reached the class teacher, who waited outside the window and caught Chen Jia, who was writing a novel during English class. He asked her to go to the office for a talk after school.
Chen Jia was scared to death. She wrote a lot of bad things about school and the teachers in her novel. If her parents were called, her mom would definitely beat her to death.
After school, Jiang Mo gave her courage outside the office. Chen Jia pushed the door open and went in. The Chinese teacher, Teacher Qin, was sitting in the head teacher, Teacher Wu's seat, flipping through that soft copy. When Chen Jia came in, he looked up and smiled.
"You write very well."
"Teacher Qin..." Chen Jia was extremely nervous.
Teacher Qin gently said, "You don't understand this, so let me talk to you about it."
An hour later, as the sky was getting dark, Chen Jia came out of the office, and surprisingly, Fang Yu was also outside the door.
Jiang Mo saw her looking relaxed, not like someone who had just been criticized, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
"Of course, I'm fine."
Chen Jia excitedly waved the library card in her hand and said, "Teacher Qin lent me her library card. Can you accompany me to the Wuhan University library this weekend?"
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