Chapter 19 Stone
Qi Yue: "Guess what it is,"
Shen Jinyu shook his head, "I can't guess," because no one had given him anything, so he didn't know how to guess.
"I won't tease you anymore," Qi Yue opened his hand, and there lay a piece of smooth and round jade inside. The jade was only the size of a thumb cap, and it was all white, with a faint brilliance.
"This is jade?" Shen Jinyu reached out and took the jade from Qi Yue's hand. When he took it, he felt different. The jade was light, but this one was a bit heavy, and the texture to the touch was not as smooth as jade. Shen Jinyu's reaction come over,
"Is it a stone?"
Qi Yue: "You guessed it right, this is not jade, it's a stone I picked up. I saw it when I went to Zhuhai Cliff last time. It looks like jade. When I first saw it, I thought it was jade, but it turned out When I picked it up, it turned out to be a stone."
This stone indeed looks like jade. If Shen Jinyu hadn't touched it carefully, he wouldn't have been able to tell.
"I took this stone back and polished it for a few days. The water chestnuts were all worn off by me. I originally wanted to give you jade, but I have no money now, so I can only use stone instead of jade. Don't dislike it." Qi Yue is still a little embarrassed here.
"Why do you want to give me jade?" Shen Jinyu asked.
"Because you are also jade, and Jinyu is a beautiful jade. Giving you jade is the best thing. But now I don't have the money to give you real jade, so you have to make do with it first," Qi Yue said, looking at him expectantly. Shen Jinyu, although this thing is not valuable, she has prepared it carefully for a long time, and just polishing it caused several blisters on her hands.
"I won't give in," Shen Jinyu carefully held the stone in her hand, "I won't give in, I like it very much."
Shen Jinyu said it sincerely, Qi Yue said with warmth in her heart,
"This is your belated birthday gift, happy birthday, Shen Jinyu,"
Happy birthday? These words struck Shen Jinyu's heart like thunder, splitting open a crack in the lingering haze in his heart, and light shone through.
No one remembers Shen Jinyu’s birthday, not even he himself remembers it, nor dares to remember it. His birthday does not dare to be celebrated, and cannot be celebrated, because on that day, he has no relatives in this world anymore. From birth From the beginning, it was destined to be miserable.
"I know you can't accept that it's your birthday on the memorial day, but we can celebrate it a few days later," Shen Jinyu's parents passed away just after he was born. His birthday is also the memorial day of his parents. Qi Yue guessed that Shen Jinyu It was impossible to celebrate this birthday, but I wanted to give him something, so I had to stagger the gift on the memorial day.
Shen Jinyu knew Qi Yue's attentiveness. When he looked at the stone lying quietly in his hand, he seemed to see Qi Yue sitting at the table polishing it carefully. This was the first time that Shen Jinyu wanted to cry. It felt like he didn't cry when he was bullied at will since he was a child, and he didn't cry when he was beaten. Now that he has seen a sincere heart, his eyes are sore.
Shen Jinyu: "Thank you, Qi Yue, I like it very much,"
"As long as you like it,"
Qi Yue's stomach began to growl. She had been sitting here all day without eating anything. She turned around and looked in the direction of the dining room. There were not that many people there, so she pulled Shen Jinyu away.
"Let's go eat, there's no one around,"
The moment he turned around, Qi Yue's eyes caught a glimpse of a man dressed in imperial attire leaning on the tree trunk under a tree not far behind them, looking at them. Qi Yue stopped and looked at the man in confusion. He is the official with the highest rank sitting next to Duan Cang today.
Shen Jinyu noticed something was wrong and followed Qi Yue's eyes. The man nodded to them calmly, then turned and left.
"Do you know him?" Qi Yue asked.
"He is Zhang Yin, the second-rank official of the imperial court and the commander of the left and right wing forward battalions. He has come to all the disciple exams in recent years." Shen Jinyu recognized him. He has been here in recent years. "The border has not been peaceful in the past few years. The imperial court is in urgent need of people, and he comes every year to select people to join the military camp."
"He has been watching us there just now. Did he fall in love with you during today's competition and want you to join the camp?" Qi Yue was a little worried, but then he realized, "No, he has been here in recent years. , if he had fallen in love with you earlier, he would have looked for you long ago. Have you noticed him peeking at you before?"
Shen Jinyu shook his head and said, "No,"
"That's weird," Qi Yue stared at the direction where Zhang Yin's back disappeared, feeling that there was something wrong with this person.
On the way to the canteen to eat, A Ruo spoke,
"The host gave the villain a birthday gift. The villain was in a good mood. The system rewarded him with force points. Please check it, host!"
"I know, besides rewarding force points, do you have anything else, such as money or something? Look, I am so poor that I can only give others stones. How shabby."
A Ruo: "Sorry host, the system's rewards are only force points and luck points, no money."
"You don't even have a golden finger, so you have the nerve to let me travel through time?" Qi Yue rolled his eyes inwardly, "Speechless,"
Aruo: "We are a new system with limited funds. The host needs to understand more."
"I don't understand," Qi Yue refused directly, "You have no morals to kidnap me. I have no morals and no quality."
A Ruo: "Okay, host, then the system will give you some force points,"
Qi Yue: "..."
Early winter has arrived, and the first snow of this winter fell at night. Goose-feather-like snowflakes fell, densely pressed down, and fell on the bluestone road. Before one layer of snowflakes melted, the second layer was already covering it.
Before Qi Yue traveled through time, she was a southerner. She had never seen snow when she was growing up. The first time she saw such heavy snow, she was really happy, so she put on her coat and ran out to play with many people. It snowed all night, and when she woke up the next day, she found that her throat was hoarse and she started to cough.
As soon as Shen Jinyu heard Qi Yue's voice, she knew that she had caught a cold, and she told the truth about Qi Yue's illness as if she had seen through everything.
"Did you go out to play in the snow last night?"
"How do you know? I have never seen such heavy snow before coming to Changlin!" Qi Yue said in a hoarse voice.
How did Shen Jinyu know? Because he went to the old locust tree to practice swordsmanship in the middle of the night. When he came back and passed by the female disciple's dormitory, he heard Qi Yue laughing happily while playing in the snow. He also glanced at Qi Yue in the corner. I was playing snowballs with some female disciples.
But Shen Jinyu couldn't say anything. He only said, "I guess this is the first snow this year. Many people came out to play."
"Hehe," Qi Yue smiled naively.
It snowed heavily last night, and today the whole world has changed color. Everything as far as the eye can see is white, but this does not hinder Changlin's disciples from practicing. They swept the snow on the ground and started today's morning practice.
Chapter completed!