Chapter 82 Jiangchuan Passerby King

In the No. 1 Middle School in the city, compared to the extremely famous Li Yufei, not many people know about Ji Ling. Perhaps it is due to family reasons, or it may be due to her personality. She doesn't have many friends and often keeps to herself. Sometimes she seems frighteningly mature. Only occasionally in front of a close friend like Zhang Yunqi, she looks like a child, always loving to play pranks on others.

However, the circle of No. 1 Middle School is so small that there are many uncertainties. Maybe the new student who transferred here is the son of a wealthy family from the capital or somewhere like Shanghai. He is a little-known person in normal times, and his family may have connections with some secretary-general in the city.

Liu Zicheng and others who have been in this circle for a long time and have been hanging out with Gao Ming know this truth very well. So even though they don't know Ji Ling, seeing that the arrogant Gao Ming loses face in front of her but has no intention of resisting at all, they can naturally guess that this girl's background must be far better than Gao Ming's.

Everyone couldn't help but become serious about Ji Ling.

The circle of No. 1 Middle School in the city has always only respected capable people. Whether in family background or academic performance, Ji Ling has an extraordinary background and is definitely the child of a big shot hidden in the school. But what surprised them was that this girl seemed to be a very good friend of Zhang Yunqi. When they talked, they were very casual and had a tacit understanding between friends.

In fact, her merciless ridicule of Gao Ming for Zhang Yunqi had already revealed that they had a good relationship. After all, Gao Ming was no pushover, and Ji Ling would never offend him for an ordinary friend. This changed the way Liu Zicheng looked at Zhang Yunqi. This guy was very cunning!

It was definitely a wise move not to provoke him tonight.

Everyone present seemed to look at Zhang Yunqi with more attention and enthusiasm. Thinking of Gao Ming's previous insinuation that Zhang Yunqi was a peddler, they all found it ridiculous.

Li Yufei couldn't help but look at Zhang Yunqi a few more times.

This guy is quite calm and quiet.

Gao Ming's behavior tonight was a bit aggressive and too childish.

Gao Ming was very depressed at this time, but thinking of his father's attention to Ji Ling's father and his many attempts to please him, he finally suppressed his anger and stayed aside without saying a word.

Although Zhang Yunqi had been chatting with Ji Ling, he felt the atmosphere was subtle. Perhaps Ji Ling's aura was a bit strong tonight and everyone was afraid of her. It was meaningless to stay like this, so he said hello to everyone and told Ji Ling to retreat.

When Zhang Yunqi was about to leave, one of the girls who had come to buy a handheld device said with a smile, "Zhang Yunqi, don't forget to buy me the discounted handheld device."

Zhang Yunqi responded, and he and Ji Ling got up and left.

Li Yufei seemed to want to say something several times, but looking at Ji Ling next to Zhang Yunqi, she didn't know how to start. She just watched the backs of the two people gradually disappear into the dim light, and suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable loss in her heart.

Leaving the barbecue restaurant, walking past the Lantern Festival market, through the red lights and willow trees, Zhang Yunqi and Ji Ling walked along the boulevard paved with goose-warm stone by the river. Ji Ling suddenly said, "I heard everything Gao Ming said to you. It was a bit too much. This guy was very honest when he and his father came to my house to pay New Year's greetings. Don't be polite to him next time."

Zhang Yunqi laughed and said, "He's just a kid, so you don't need to fight with him."

Ji Ling held the hot coffee in both hands and said, "He is about the same age as you. He is a child, aren't you?"

Zhang Yunqi smiled. According to common sense, he should have acted like a hot-blooded boy of sixteen or seventeen and confronted Gao Ming mercilessly. But he was an old man in his forties after all. He was not very interested in such childish and jealous tricks.

Zhang Yunqi changed the subject and said, "Why did you take so long to go to the toilet?"

Ji Ling said: "I went to the toilet and came out and saw a coffee shop. I thought I would like to drink it, so I went to buy it, but there were so many people and I waited in line for a long time."

Zhang Yunqi smiled, feeling warm in his heart. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw the dark sky light up. "Whoosh!"

He looked up and saw a shooting star streak across the sky.

But it came from the bottom up, exploding in the night and turning into a blooming flower. Hundreds of streamers fell, instantly illuminating the faces of the two people and the entire Meihu Park.

"Fireworks!"

Ji Ling pointed to the sky and exclaimed in amazement.

Deep in the park, fireworks kept shooting into the sky, like a reverse meteor shower. Flower seeds scattered in the sky and bloomed wildly in the darkness. There were falling green spider plants, flaming camel thorns, purple daturas, and golden dandelions flying all over the sky. In just a short moment, the entire sky turned into a sea of ​​flowers.

"So lovely."

Ji Ling looked at the magnificent sea of ​​flowers in the night sky.

Zhang Yunqi tilted his head, and Ji Ling's face was shining faintly under the fireworks, and there was a moment of absent-mindedness in her black and white eyes. He suddenly felt a little dazed. At this moment, the majestic little witch in his eyes suddenly turned into a lonely and thin girl.

The sky was silent for a moment, and then a huge firework shell suddenly rose up. The entire sky was instantly filled with reverse meteor showers, a sea of ​​blooming flowers, golden green radishes, red rosemary, and colorful streamers spelled out a paragraph of words against the huge golden background:
"Happy Lantern Festival!"

After a while, the sky returned to silence. Zhang Yunqi withdrew his gaze and found Ji Ling looking at him. He smiled and said, "I won't wish you a happy Lantern Festival."

Ji Ling's eyes widened: "Why?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "Because I hope classmate Ji Ling will be happy all her life."

Ji Ling pouted and suddenly laughed. She reached out and scratched Zhang Yunqi's head, then turned and left.

It is said that a woman's waist and a man's head can be looked at but not touched, but Zhang Yunqi let her grab them anyway. He watched her steps suddenly become as light as a deer as she walked in front of him. He was stunned for a long time, then he laughed and followed Ji Ling, who was jumping and skipping, running towards the brightest lights in the distance.

In the distance, a group of acrobats were parading towards them. Some of them were walking on stilts, some were blowing smoke, sometimes birds were paying homage to the phoenix, sometimes groups of animals were celebrating the spring, which aroused thunderous applause and cheers from the crowd watching the lights on both sides.

This was the Lantern Festival in 1993.

This year, Zhang Yunqi was like a torchbearer with a dream, quietly waiting for the moment when the dragon gate would open. However, Ji Ling had already reached the age of blooming love. The Chinese nation had experienced a century of war and turmoil, and finally reached the turning point of revival. However, every Chinese was still walking hurriedly on the edge of the times, leaving the nostalgic mood in the busy footsteps, without realizing that their own destiny was quietly undergoing tremendous changes.

The changes of the times, the changes of history, the awakening of the nation. The past scenes passed by like smoke, intimate, distant, important, vicissitudes, leaving a history of ups and downs. For those who are in this history, we are all passers-by, we are all passers-by, and we will eventually return.

[Volume 2: Jiangchuan Passerby King·Final Chapter]

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