Fairytale Shelf Life [MTL]

Ch 7

Chapter 07

Song Zhi was standing on the side of the street in a daze, but Jiang Shuyue beside her suddenly came to life.

The short-haired girl no longer had the gloom on her face, but replaced it with a Lang Lang smile. She greeted Zhou Yan generously: "Hello, Uncle Zhou. I am Yichan's friend Jiang Shuyue. I will trouble Uncle in the next few days."

The girl smiled happily and was extremely friendly. She didn't show the slightest arrogance when bullying others, let alone the hidden anger of being disobedient.

"Hello." Zhou Yan just responded, and the hotel concierge came from behind him to help the two girls with their luggage.

Song Zhi just came back to his senses, and looked sideways at Jiang Shuyue, only to see that the other party's smile deepened, and there was a hint of warning in his eyes.

She pondered for a moment, and did not oppose her anymore, she tightly held the passport in her hand and said in a low voice, "Dad, I'll check in first." "

I'll be with you." Zhou Yan stepped up to keep up with her.

Song Zhixin hangs slightly, and immediately refuses: "No, Dad will help me take care of my friends, I can do it myself." In

fact, she has been learning phonetics with Zhou Yichan for more than a week, and now she is not afraid of being exposed when she gets along with Zhou Yan, but the name on the passport It's Song Zhi, she has to firmly refuse.

Song Zhiben was ready to play another "independent card" with Zhou Yan to convince him, but unexpectedly, Jiang Shuyue took the initiative to say: "Yes, uncle, let Yichan handle it independently. She is very good now, we This is the first time I went abroad to play, and she brought me in and out of customs this time!"

Zhou Yichan was shy by nature, and Zhou Yan was in charge of everything related to going abroad in the past. She insisted on going with her friend this time, Zhou Yan thought it was her friend who could take her, but she was just greedy for novelty, never thought she would be the leader.

Although his daughter was still dull and crying, he always felt that something had changed—it seemed that he was braver and more willing to try.

Zhou Yan took a deep look at Song Zhi, and finally nodded in agreement.

Song Zhi was secretly relieved, and walked quickly to the front desk.

While waiting for confirmation, she caught sight of Jiang Shuyue and Zhou Yanyan smiling at Yanyan from the corner of her eye, and she suddenly felt nervous again. She suddenly remembered a detail - when she was pretending to be crazy on the plane, she lied that her father didn't give her money to buy the first-class ticket.

But in fact, the balance in Zhou Yichan's card was a huge sum that she had never seen in her entire life.

No wonder Jiang Shuyue helped her out just now, probably to take the opportunity to confirm the authenticity of her words.

Song Zhi was overwhelmed, his nerves were tense again, and he was a little absent-minded when answering the questions at the front desk. When she walked towards the two of them again, she had already analyzed the feasibility of several countermeasures in her mind.

From a distance, Song Zhi saw Shangjiang Shuyue's malicious smile, and made up his mind that even if Zhou Yan exposed her, she would never admit it.

Unexpectedly, when he approached, he heard Jiang Shuyue chatting and asked Zhou Yan: "Uncle, do you have any plans for the UK trip? I also want to hear your recommendation!" Zhou Yan was very open-minded: "It doesn't

matter , just go where you want to go, and I will cooperate with you."

Song Zhi was slightly surprised and thought he was too prepared for a rainy day, but then he heard Jiang Shuyue say:

"How can I do that!"

The girl explained a little embarrassedly, "Actually, this is my first time traveling abroad, and I don't understand anything. I almost made a joke when I was flying in business class."

Sure enough, Zhou Yan couldn't help looking at his daughter with doubts when he heard the words.

Zhou Yichan has a very strong sense of privacy. For a flight like this that lasts more than ten hours, she would definitely book a small separate first-class cabin in the past. My daughter has never been a stingy person, it is impossible to invite friends to play, and she is reluctant to book two first-class tickets.

Zhou Yan didn't know what caused his daughter to make this decision, so he was silent. In the end, he didn't ask any more questions, but said: "In this case, let Xiaochan take you to have a good time." Then, he called his daughter

: "Xiao Chan, come here."

Song Zhi had seen Zhou Yan's inquisitive character on the first day he stepped into Zhou's house, so the man asked her to go and guess what was wrong. She clenched her fist slightly, ready to fight.

She thought that Zhou Yan was going to ask, but unexpectedly——

Zhou Yan took out a card from his wallet and gave it to her: "You take this secondary card, you can use it to buy and play whatever you want in the UK." Zhou

Yichan Her father did not expose her lies, did not ask any questions, and did not explain at all, but was afraid that she would have to swipe her credit card again if she really had no money.

Song Zhi looked at Zhou Yan, feeling hard to distinguish, the man's unconditional trust actually gave her a feeling of being protected.

That was beyond the existence of her ideal father.

She looked at Zhou Yan sourly, and nodded obediently without saying a word.

The girl's deeply touched appearance echoed the humiliation of being bullied who crossed the line but dared not speak out.

Jiang Shuyue seemed to have got the answer she wanted, and ended the probing, and turned to hold her hand, full of envy: "My God, Yichan, your father is so kind! Uncle Zhou, I don't like you like this!" Sorry, this is a family trip for you and Yichan, from now on, don't just take care of me, you should take care of me first! Otherwise, I won't be ashamed to go out with Yichan in the future..." The girl hugged Song

passionately Knowing, it seemed that she was really an ordinary good girl who went out to see the world with her friends, so her temptation just now was completely silent.

Song Zhi glanced at her from the corner of his eye, knowing in his heart that this person might not be easy to deal with.

And perhaps seeing that the two girls are very close, Zhou Yan suddenly said: "You're welcome, if Xiao Jiang is really embarrassed, I can do my uncle a small favor. I would like to invite you and Xiao Chan to watch Silverstone's F1 car tomorrow. "

Hearing this, Song Zhi suddenly turned his head to look at the man.

is puzzled and surprised.

She had seen the chat records between Zhou Yichan and Jiang Shuyue, and she knew how much the girl didn't want to go to see the race car. In order not to go there, she was even willing to ask the whole class to spend whatever she wanted, and she promised Jiang Shuyue everything.

But this race car was also in Zhou Yan's plan.

Song Zhi was surprised and suddenly became more curious: why everyone forced Zhou Yichan to go, and why the girl resisted so much.

She almost agreed, but remembering that she was playing Zhou Yichan, she had no choice but to suppress her curiosity. Instead, she said aggressively and firmly, "No, I don't want to go to the race car." The reaction of the two people around her was not surprising

.

The Zhou family is engaged in the auto machinery industry. Zhou Yan only thought that his daughter was afraid that he would use the racing car to interfere with her wishes, so he advised her: "Xiaochan, you don't have to resist so much. No matter what you really want to do, you can go with Dad." After experiencing it, with more experiences and comparisons, the decisions you make will be more rational and reasonable."

Jiang Shuyue, who held her arms, hugged her even tighter, like the intimacy between friends, but in fact pinched her hard secretly: "Uncle Zhou, don't worry, I will tie up Yichan tomorrow even if I tie him up!"

Only at this moment, Zhou Yan is like the majestic and unquestionable "fake enlightened" father that Zhou Yichan said.

Song Zhi stared at the man, then looked sideways at Jiang Shuyue, and finally, she lowered her head and remained silent.

It is a compromise or surrender.

Zhou Yan slapped him and gave them a candy, and immediately said that he had booked an Internet celebrity restaurant for them tonight, and asked them to go upstairs to rest and rectify first; while Jiang Shuyue seemed to be completely appeased, and took her happily to the elevator to go to the room .

Song Zhi stopped resisting the whole process, as if his anger had been sucked away suddenly, he played Zhou Yichan's exhausted and helpless struggle vividly.

*

The room is on the top floor of the hotel, with the Thames River and Tower Bridge outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, with a unique view and landscape.

This was chosen by Zhou Yan to send to Song Zhi directly, and it was several times more expensive than the hotel Jiang Shuyue was looking for. As soon as the price caught his eye at that time, Song Zhi refreshed his understanding of Zhou's family background.

She is not Zhou Yichan herself, so she can spend as much as she wants; in Zhou Yan's eyes, Jiang Shuyue is her best friend, and she should book a double room because of emotion and reason.

But Song Zhi was a fake after all, and it was inconvenient to live under the same roof as the enemy; moreover, she deliberately deducted Jiang Shuyue's first-class air ticket, and to balance her mentality, she reluctantly booked two separate rooms.

Sure enough, when Song Zhigang spread out the suitcase to tidy up, Jiang Shuyue's feedback came in.

[The room is ok, you still know something]

[I don't want to go out tonight after a day of tossing around, I'll rest first, and call me for dinner at seven o'clock]

Although Jiang Shuyue always bosses Zhou Yichan around, her family background is ordinary or even a bit poor, her parents are restaurant helpers. Before meeting Zhou Yichan, let alone traveling abroad, she never even traveled domestically. Moreover, she doesn't speak English, so she will have to rely on Song Zhi for everything in England in the future.

At this moment, she expressed her satisfaction first, and then arranged the itinerary and tasks for Song Zhi. It seemed that she was really easy to be coaxed.

Song Zhi was slightly surprised.

Jiang Shuyue has to go round and round to verify the lies she told when she was insane. It is unreasonable to take a bad loss on the plane but not retaliate. She will really give up because Zhou Yan gave the secondary card and asked to watch the racing car. ?

Thinking of the scene where the girl tortured herself with a smile on the plane before "going crazy", Song Zhi had an intuition that things would not be that simple.

If Jiang Shuyue was so easily dismissed, how could Zhou Yichan be so depressed? Is it because Zhou Yichan is cowardly by nature and doesn't know how to resist at all, or is it that her weakness that was manipulated is really ulterior?

So far, her strangeness has surpassed her guard, and she even wanted to provoke Jiang Shuyue again to find out the truth of more things. Anyway, the bully had to rely on her for everything all the way to England, even if it was a simple stimulus, the other party would never turn his back on her and reveal Zhou Yichan's secret.

Song Zhi is ready to recharge his batteries and test Jiang Shuyue's bottom line.

Jiang Shuyue said she would have dinner at seven o'clock, and when Zhou Yan called Song Zhi at half past six, she really didn't call her.

The father and daughter walked into the night side by side, walked slowly along the sparkling Thames River to the well-known "Dream Bubble Restaurant", and ordered again, Song Zhicai called Jiang Shuyue and asked her to come to eat.

On the other end of the phone, Jiang Shuyue's tone immediately became tense, but still in an orderly tone: "You have already passed? I don't know the way, come back and pick me up." Song Zhi held the receiver and stayed away from Zhou Yan for a while, talking nonsense without changing his face : "But my father has something to leave for a while, I have to order here first, otherwise we will have to wait for a new table when we come back after leaving. This is an online celebrity restaurant, maybe we won't be able to wait tonight , and it may be difficult to make an appointment again..."

Jiang Shuyue did not doubt the authenticity of Song Zhi's words even though the restaurant that Zhou Yan had reserved was dispatched. But Song Zhi didn't wait for her, which was still out of her comfort zone, which annoyed her.

"Trash, I can't do this well, just wait!" She lost her composure, angrily hung up the phone, and slammed the door away.

Afterwards, Jiang Shuyue could only blushed and asked directions in her own Chinglish while comparing translation software.

In fact, she regretted it when she went downstairs, and wanted to let the people from the hotel lead her there, or ask Zhou Yichan to call a car to pick her up, but that would reveal her real poor and humble self.

Since she was a child, her family background was not good, and she always looked at other people's pocket money with envy and envy, with a sense of inferiority in her bones.

After this journey, the timid Jiang Shuyue couldn't hide her guilt at all, and the superiority and aloofness in front of Zhou Yichan disappeared.

Even so, when Jiang Shuyue arrived at the restaurant and saw that Zhou Yan had already taken a seat, she immediately put on a sunny mask.

"Sorry, I'm late. I really don't know how to read Google Navigation, and I stumble when asking for directions." She can even use her pain points to talk to her elders.

Zhou Yan smiled, without any contempt: "It doesn't matter, you can practice by listening more and speaking more."

After speaking, he recruited a waiter, acted as a middleman very carefully, and ordered a few more dishes for the girl.

"Thank you, Uncle Zhou." Jiang Shuyue opened up the topic, "I heard that Britain is a food desert..." Throughout the whole process, she was quiet and kind, and she didn't even get angry at all, which surprised Song Zhi.

It was dark in London at this moment.

The three of them were sitting on the terrace next to the Thames River, surrounded by a bubble house of transparent glass, the night breeze was blowing gently, and the soft waves of lights reflected on the river.

Gorgeous and dreamy, Song Zhi suddenly thought that he was really on vacation with his family and friends.

"Uncle, do you know? Although Yichan is not good at expressing, she is really kind!" "

She was absent from the graduation dinner. The next day, her classmates came to care about her, so she just invited the whole class to have a reunion! "

But Jiang Shuyue, who was chattering to Zhou Yan, easily brought her back to reality.

Song Zhi recalled that the day after graduation was the day Zhou Yichan suppressed and asked her to meet and exchange, and Jiang Shuyue's threat was probably indispensable for the treat.

She was upset, so she interrupted the other party with a smirk: "You taught me, Jiang Shuyue, thanks to you."

After Song Zhi finished speaking, he glanced at Zhou Yan, then quickly lowered his head and took a sip of rose ice wine.

As if he couldn't bear it anymore, but dared to be angry and dare not speak up, he had no choice but to stab the other party without itching or pain.

This is what Zhou Yichan looked like when he was questioned after proposing the exchange that night. Song Zhi reenacted it at this time, and he was playing both soft and hard ways against Jiang Shuyue. After prodding her so much, she should be a little softer, so as not to go too far. Of course, he also wanted to use this as a test to remind Zhou Yan - if he really knew his daughter, he should know that her daughter was actually wronged at the moment.

She thought that even if she could replace Zhou Yichan in these two months, she might not be able to completely "solve" Jiang Shuyue.

After all, she didn't know why Zhou Yichan was caught. If they couldn't get rid of the enemy completely, maybe they could ask Zhou Yichan's father for help.

Zhou Yan did notice the abnormality of his daughter.

But my daughter has had too many abnormal moments recently, and it's not surprising that friends occasionally disagree with each other. In addition, Zhou Yichan would always look down and feel wronged after arguing with him. He didn't think about it for a moment, but asked, "Xiaochan, are you feeling a little uncomfortable? Do you want to go back to the hotel to rest?" He didn't know. What happened, but you can take your daughter back first, let them separate from each other and calm down.

Zhou Yan is sharp, but Jiang Shuyue is even more difficult.

Without waiting for Song Zhi to answer, she rushed to say: "Uncle, of course you don't need a father for a girl's party!" Recalling her daughter's infinite resistance to this journey, Zhou Yan thought that she did have some little secrets of her own , can only be shared with friends of the same age. Moreover, it is indeed inconvenient for adults to intervene too much in the conflicts between children.

After a pause, he stood up and said, "OK, I'll give you your private space. However, it's not safe to sit for too long at night. You can go back to the hotel to talk quietly. I'll wait for you outside to smoke a few cigarettes." The man walked away Neatly, Song Zhi immediately stood ready.

Jiang Shuyue suddenly dismissed Zhou Yan, probably finally planning to settle accounts with her, just like on the plane.

Song Zhi was not afraid, but felt at ease - a bright shot is better than a hidden shot, she had been prepared long ago, and was just waiting for Jiang Shuyue's attack.

As expected, as soon as Zhou Yan's back melted into the night, Jiang Shuyue's true form was revealed.

But she didn't do those insulting actions anymore, she just crossed her legs and rested her chin to threaten her leisurely: "Zhou Yichan, how many times have you disobeyed today? If I don't lose my temper, you don't know what to do, do you?" Song Zhi bowed his head and said nothing

. , Waiting for her to make a move.

Jiang Shuyue didn't seem to be impatient anymore, so she kicked her hard under the table and said, "Click on the class group and see the little gift I gave you."

Song Zhi was not sure what her attitude was like, looked up look at each other.

Jiang Shuyue smiled even more maliciously: "Look at what I do, look at the group."

Song Zhiyiyan turned on the phone, and then opened the class group, and there was a lot of noise inside:

"Damn it! ! ! Have you seen the melon of the graduation confession wall applet? ! There are murderers in our grade? ? ?

ha? ? ? What, did you call the police?

Not that kind of murderer...show you the screenshots!

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Song Zhishanger frowned, suspiciously clicked on the picture, and wrote an anonymous thought on it:

"I recently learned that my best friend is a 'murderer'. When she was in junior high school, she accidentally killed a Brother. That brother died in an accident (the police have investigated it), but it happened because of her selfishness... So, even though it was an accidental death, it was also indirectly caused by her. What should I do? , should I continue to be friends with her?"

"I rely on it? ? ? Is it out of selfishness, is it really an accident? !

It is recommended to call the police directly and investigate again. If it is really a murderer, he will live in a university dormitory after that... It is very scary to think about it carefully!

Who? There is someone in our grade who hides so deeply... 』

Exploring and questioning continued to explode, Song Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then almost immediately understood.

This should be Zhou Yichan's weakness, or the handle - she indirectly killed someone.

Shocked and unbelievable, she suddenly raised her head to look at Jiang Shuyue.

Song Zhi fulfilled her wish and found out the reason why Zhou Yichan was held, but the reason was so shocking and unexpected that she couldn't believe it for a while.

She wanted to ask Jiang Shuyue what this meant, to know whether it was true or not, and to find out the truth.

However, she was a fake Zhou Yichan, she knew nothing about it, and she didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Song Zhi could only show a little panic from his astonishment, and stared at the person in front of him in silence.

It was only now that Jiang Shuyue showed a completely satisfied smile during the entire journey.

She came to Song Zhi's side again, touched Song Zhi's face like a poisonous snake spit out a letter, and said, "This is your punishment for your small actions today, Zhou Yichan, if you dare to challenge my bottom line again, I will directly disclose your name.

" The development was completely unexpected, and Song Zhi didn't dare to reveal any flaws at this time.

She stared at Jiang Shuyue tightly, pinched herself secretly, and finally asked hoarsely with red eyes: "What else do you want? I didn't lie to you, and my father also gave compensation. What else do you want? You might as well just say it straight."

Jiang Shuyue was not at all impressed by her pitiful look, as if reciprocating her offense just now, and told her earnestly: "Don't let me teach you every time, what to do, think for yourself. "

The girl patted her head hard, then turned around and merged into the night.

And Song Zhi, from meeting Zhou Yichan to the exchange until now, felt helpless for the first time.