Why can I only eat one jelly a day?

Why can I only see the great beauty during National Day?

Why, when I finally saw him during National Day—

In such a happy moment, he didn’t believe that I had really only eaten one jelly per day. 🙂

—Su Zai Zai Fairy’s Diary

—

After school in the afternoon, Su Zai Zai went back to the dorm first to take a shower.

After washing her clothes, she wiped her hair with the towel draped around her neck.

She walked to the cabinet, took out her phone, and glanced at it.

Before nap time, Su Zai Zai had sent Zhang Lu Rang a message.

— How’s your new classmate? Is the school environment nice?

He had just replied: Everything’s fine.

Seeing this, Su Zai Zai felt relieved, but for some reason, she also felt a little stuffy and upset.

Pressing her lips together, she directly asked: Is it fine even without me there?

She waited for a while but didn’t receive a reply.

Su Zai Zai didn’t mind too much and put her phone back.

Then, she picked up her hairdryer and went to the laundry room to dry her hair.

Ten minutes later, Su Zai Zai returned to the dorm and put the hairdryer away in the cabinet.

Just then, her phone screen lit up.

Zhang Lu Rang had sent a message.

— Mn.

Su Zai Zai: “……”

Before she could get mad, another message arrived.

— Not fine.

—

When she stepped out of the dormitory building, she realized it was raining outside.

Su Zai Zai went back to get an umbrella.

After some thought, she walked to her cabinet and sent Zhang Lu Rang a few more messages.

Su Zai Zai: It’s raining here in Z City.

Su Zai Zai: If it’s raining over there too, remember to bring an umbrella.

Su Zai Zai: Don’t get wet.

She hesitated for a moment before putting her phone away.

Bringing it to the classroom would only tempt her to chat with him.

And that might end up making him bring his phone to class too.

Without thinking too much, Su Zai Zai headed out.

Summer rain came fast and hard, pouring onto the ground with a loud splash.

The air carried a mix of earth and moisture, making people feel irritable.

Su Zai Zai carefully avoided the puddles of various sizes along the road and stopped by the convenience store to buy a few pen refills.

As she walked out, she instinctively turned toward the school gate.

She thought of the first time she had met Zhang Lu Rang.

Time seemed to fly by.

The time spent with him always felt like it passed in the blink of an eye.

She suddenly felt it was hard to bear.

—

Back at her seat, Su Zai Zai put down her bag and reached into the bag hanging on the side of her desk.

She took out a jelly.

Wang Nan propped his head up with one hand and turned to look at her.

“You really do eat just one a day.”

Su Zai Zai tore open the top layer of the package with a crisp rip.

Eleven eaten, one left in the second row.

A total of thirty-one remaining.

But there were only twenty-five days left until National Day.

Did the great beauty give her an extra row…?

Before she could figure it out, Wang Nan spoke up.

“Hey, give me one.”

Su Zai Zai immediately refused. “No.”

“…Su Zai Zai, you’re getting stingier by the day.”

“……”

“Why have you been so quiet lately?”

Su Zai Zai halfheartedly replied, “I’m saving my energy to study.”

After a while—

Wang Nan couldn’t help but ask again, “Are you coming to my birthday party? We’re going to sing KTV at Haoting.”

Hearing this, Su Zai Zai hesitated, thinking of a way to refuse.

The great beauty didn’t want her hanging out with other guys.

“Come on, I only invited people from our old ninth class. And we’re just in our second year—why so serious?”

Su Zai Zai thought for a moment and asked, “When is it?”

“October third.”

That date immediately solidified her resolve. She answered without hesitation, “No, I have plans.”

Wang Nan was silent for a moment. “Then how about the fourth?”

Su Zai Zai lowered her head, carefully tossing the empty jelly container into the nearby trash bag, and spoke seriously.

“I won’t be free for all seven days of National Day.”

Not sure if he had any thoughts about it, she deliberately added,

“I’ll be with my boyfriend.”

—

While scrolling through Weibo, Su Zai Zai suddenly came across a post.

— Government-funded banquets cost 300 billion, but our country only has 1.3 billion people. If each person got 1 billion, there’d still be 2,987 billion left. Do we really need to be this stingy?

She thought it made a lot of sense.

Long-pressing to copy, she pasted it and sent it to Zhang Lu Rang.

Su Zai Zai: These people are way too greedy.

Su Zai Zai: I feel like the country owes me a billion.

After sending it, she continued browsing Weibo.

Just then, Jiang Jia forwarded a post and tagged her.

Jiang Jia Doesn’t Eat Ginger: Look at the third picture—doesn’t it look like your guy?

Very Su’s Little Fairy Xiaozhu: B University’s most handsome guys from each department. [crying emoji] Mom, I want to retake the exam. [images]

Su Zai Zai clicked on the third image.

It really did look similar. The facial features were almost identical.

But Zhang Lu Rang was definitely better looking.

She saved the picture and was about to send it to him when—

His reply arrived first.

— ……

Zhang Lu Rang: 300 billion ÷ 1.3 billion = 230.8

Su Zai Zai blinked, then glanced up at what she had sent earlier.

Realizing the mistake, she wasn’t embarrassed at all and grinned as she replied:

Then just 230 bucks.

She waited for a while but didn’t get a reply.

So, she sent him the picture.

The small loading circle next to the message kept spinning before turning into a red exclamation mark.

She checked her notification bar.

Her WiFi had disconnected.

Su Zai Zai reconnected it.

The moment it connected, she received his reply.

——[WeChat Red Packet] There’s still thirty bucks left, returning it to you.

Su Zai Zai didn’t open it, finding it amusing.

She curled her lips into a smile and typed on her screen.

Su Zai Zai: Are you the government?

A minute later, he replied: No.

Zhang Lu Rang: But I want to give it to you.

Su Zai Zai’s breath hitched.

She could imagine that if he were standing right in front of her now, he’d probably turn his head away, not daring to meet her gaze.

And yet, he still wanted to treat her well.

—

The first day of the National Day holiday.

Even though Zhang Lu Rang said he’d only arrive at noon, Su Zai Zai still woke up early.

She was too excited to sleep.

She checked the time. Zhang Lu Rang was probably still on the plane.

But she couldn’t help but send him a WeChat message: Have you arrived yet?

After rolling around on her bed a few times, she finally got up to wash up.

She grabbed something to eat from the fridge before returning to her room to do math problems.

After finishing the multiple-choice questions, she thought for a moment and sent him another message.

——Do you want me to ride my bike to pick you up?

After successfully sending the message, she dove back into the sea of math problems.

She got stuck on a question and scribbled on her scratch paper.

Before she knew it, she had dozed off at her desk.

A while later, the vibration of her phone woke her up.

Su Zai Zai immediately lifted her head and grabbed her phone.

Zhang Lu Rang had called her.

She quickly answered, her voice filled with excitement: “Rang Rang!”

Zhang Lu Rang seemed to be in a good mood, his voice carrying a hint of laughter.

“I’ve arrived.”

She instantly jumped up from her chair. “Where are you?”

Hearing his reply, Su Zai Zai dashed outside and ran downstairs.

The moment she saw Zhang Lu Rang, her eyes suddenly stung.

She was no longer as impatient as before. She slowly walked up to him.

After a brief moment of silence, she lowered her head and asked softly, “Do you want to hug me?”

Su Zai Zai thought that if he refused, she’d just throw herself at him.

Before she could make a move—

Zhang Lu Rang suddenly grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms.

His crisp, cool scent enveloped her instantly.

He only held her for a brief moment before letting go.

Zhang Lu Rang lifted a hand to ruffle her hair and lowered his voice to ask, “Did you finish the jelly?”

Su Zai Zai hadn’t expected him to actually hug her.

Pink bubbles of joy popped up in her heart as she obediently answered, “There’s still one row left.”

Thinking of this, she grew curious.

“Why did you give me an extra row?”

Hearing the question, Zhang Lu Rang hesitated for a moment.

In the end, he decided to tell the truth.

“I didn’t believe you’d really only eat one a day.”

“……”