To make He Yu regret - chapter 39

Ten years ago, the friendship of kindergarten couldn’t even be considered a friendship. What did he care about? Incredible. 

The few people who observed He Yu’s glance saw him calm down again to draw, and their eyes shifted to his drawing board.

“God is unfair.” After looking at his board, and then looking back at their drawing, they tasted the difference.

“I study the techniques carefully, but I still lack the aura. I can’t even compare to his carelessly drawn strokes.” On that day, He Yu drew until all the people in the studio were gone before he came out of the campus. Most of the students were gone, and only scattered shops around the campus were open. He went to the small shop to buy a bottle of mineral water. When he was looking for change, a group of people across the street opened the door of a shop. The wind chimes on the door rang, accompanied by the laughter of the girls.

 He Yu saw Jiang Mingzhen. With a tutu skirt and shiny headband, she was holding colorful books in her hand and a star poster in her armpit. 

“I’m going to stay up late tonight to watch the complete episode to catch up with you.” Jiang Mingzhen’s voice was loud and recognizable.

“Well, look at it quickly. You will understand us after you read it. We prefer the male lead, but Xiao Lin prefers the second male lead. He is gentle.” The girl walked behind her, arm in arm. Jiang Mingzhen walked in front of everyone.

“Really? Then I might also like the second lead. Gentleness is my cup of tea, hahaha.” Jiang Mingzhen held her face. Her expression was idiotic. The deliberate sound was like a figurine pulled out of sugar syrup, stretched into a thread, sweet and greasy. (sugar candy)

When they walked away, He Yu came out of the small shop. He glanced at the shop from which Jiang Mingzhen had come out. It was a shop that mainly sold casual books. There were romance novels, celebrity merchandise, and things that girls like. It had nothing to do with studies, wrapped in exquisite packaging and sold at high prices. He Yu suddenly felt lost.

Jiang Mingzhen’s words, “Stay up late to watch the complete episode” rang in his ears in a loop. He couldn’t help being prejudiced and contemptuous in his heart, “Oh, no wonder she had to repeat two years.”

She wasn’t going home after school, wandering outside, and concentrating on meaningless things. She was spoiled by her family since she was a child, with a protective cover of being the ‘young lady’. Now that she was old, she still lacked discipline and showed no improvement.

He Yu felt fortunate that he wasn’t recognized by Jiang Mingzhen, or he didn’t look for her to recall their childhood.

In the next week, ‘the best civilized class’ was announced, Jiang Mingzhen and her class were selected again, and she went on stage to accept the award on behalf of the class again. He Yu didn’t look on stage again this time. He stared at the verdant green of the treetops, and thought about how to use shadows to render the curled form if he moved it onto the drawing paper.

“He Yu.” Fang Jianjie who stood in front of him, called him.

“When I saw that ugly girl, I remembered that you asked me the origin of her nickname, so I asked my sister.”

He Yu thought for a while before remembering if that actually happened. Although he didn’t care much anymore, he maintained his politeness and listened to Fang Jianjie.

“My sister said, she called her Sadako because she is ugly, and her name is Jiang Xiaozhen.”

It should be Jiang Mingzhen. A long time had passed, but he wouldn’t remember her name wrong. 

He Yu felt strange, “Zhen of zhenzu(means Pearl)?”

(Sadako 贞子 zhenzi. Pearl, 珍珠 zhenzu)

Fang Jianjie shook his head, “Zhenzi’s (Sadako) Zhen.”

“Jiang Xiaozhen,” He Yu said silently.   He thought that her previous name was better. Jiang’s pearl and supreme treasure were very suitable for her.

Why was the name changed? He Yu learned the reason soon after. Thanks to the good business of the clothing store, He Yu’s family planned to buy a house of their own. Since he came to study in the city, they have been living in a rented house. Now they had money on hand so they planned to live more comfortably. On weekends, when he was free, He Yu accompanied his mother to look for the furniture. After getting used to the poor days, Fan Xiuhui felt uncomfortable going to the furniture store, because they were too expensive.

“This kind of chair in our village can be sold as leftover. How can they sell it for hundreds of dollars? It’s just looting our money.”

He Yu persuaded his mother that he could make a lot of money in the future, so she should not feel sorry for using the money. Fan Xiuhui was unwilling, “If I sit on such an expensive chair every day, I will be uncomfortable”

She pulled He Yu out of the costly Furniture City. Then began a long run around the city, to various furniture stores to compare prices. He Yu accompanied his mother patiently. He knew her. Only after she finishes visiting places that could be visited she would realize that a chair of several hundred yuan wasn’t too expensive. It was too late when they walked to ‘Rongmei Furniture’. It was a shop in the community. The red sign on the outer wall of the residential building was worn off by the wind and sun. The wooden characters had disappeared. 

“This kind of shop is not high-end. Maybe they will have affordable price furniture.” Fan Xiuhui led He Yu in. Rongmei Furniture wasn’t difficult to find. It was on the first floor.

“Hello, do you want to take a look at the furniture?” A middle-aged woman in a shirt immediately greeted them warmly.

“Yes, you haven’t closed yet, will you close it soon?”

The woman walked closer. Fan Xiuhui glanced at her face, and then her eyes couldn’t move away.

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