If You Don't Go To Hell, Who Will? Chapter 25.1

Our love story

In fact, Zhang Xu and I were indeed childhood friends . We had a good relations.h.i.+p in school . Even though there was no deep love, with the onset of p.u.b.erty, it was quite natural to have ‘revolutionary’ feelings . With the surge of hormones in p.u.b.erty, Brother Zhang suddenly started looking very pleasing to the eyes . Now when I think about it, at that time , I was more interested in the idea of falling in love than the actual thing .
Later, things started going south, At the beginning, no one suspected a thing since it was normal for us to be together . However his mother was one weakness that Zhang Xu had . He valued and obeyed his mother even more than the teacher . When the two of us had a slight argument in school, even the teacher scolded us . That didn’t really bother him . But when his mother said the same things, the kid was completely scared . What could I, the little girl do ?
I decided to endure it . Everyone would be free after the college entrance exams . . this is what Brother Zhang had told me . When I heard this, my heart dropped . I thought this was an indication that he would confess his love for me after the exams . How romantic! Unfortunately, in the evening of the exams, I was still waiting for those words .
“ My mom won’t let me be with you, She said that our destinations in life are very different . ”
This was a clean rejection . After a few days, my father heard some gossip in Zhang Sanye’s group . The message seemed to be that Zhang Xu’s mother suspected my grades were poor . She wanted her daughter in law to be from the same university as Zhang Xu, and I would not fit the bill .
To sum it all up, I wasn’t good enough for him
I was so upset that I went up to Zhang Xu and asked him if this was true . He stood silent for a long time before utterin one word – sorry .
Advertis.e.m.e.ntNot long after that, the headmaster and the village head came with a bunch of people to our house with flowers . If I hadn’t done so well, Zhang Xu would be the best scorer in the county . He managed a place in a university in B city as well, but that was not as famous as ours .
Later, in B city, Brother Zhang contacted me and asked if I would like to hang out with him, but I was enamoured with Lu Zijian at that time and didn’t agree .
I narrated all this to Zhong Yuan and finally said, “ I didn’t expect you to be interested in gossip . ”
Zhong Yuan frowned . “ This is not gossip . You keep calling him Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang…why don’t you call me Brother Zhong Yuan?”
I blandly replied, “ I am used to calling him that for the last ten years . I cant change overnight!”
“ You better change “, he replied, “ I am getting a toothache . ”
I groaned and said, “ Zhong Yuan, look! I told you all about Zhang Xu and me, why don’t you tell me your love story as well? I am sure you must have a lot of these experiences, so just choose the most important ones so you can remember the names . ”
Zhong Yuan pondered for a while and relied, “ I used to like a girl . Her father and mine were good friends and we had been friends since children . ”

I nodded, “ Then?”
Zhong Yuan signed heavily, “ Since she broke my arm, I have never thought about her again . ”
I was speechless . I wiped the sweat on my forehead and patted his shoulder in sympathy, but my heart was dark . Were where you little girl, when Zhong Yuan was abusing me ? G.o.d didn’t even blink!
Zhong Yuan suddenly looked up and smiled at me . “You are actually very happy, right?”
I waved, “ How is that possible? Am I such a person? Don’t talk about such unpleasant memories . Let’s talk about something nice, like your first love? The second spring? The third and fourth time? What about the sixth or seventh?”
Zhong Yuan smiled, “ Do you think I have been so active ?”
“ Ofcourse! Ah . . no . . I mean . . you are so attractive! Ha ha!”
“ True”, Zhong Yuan raised is eyebrows and smiled widely, “ but I don’t seem to have a first love . ”

I gulped incredulously, “ No?”
Zhong Yuan answered, “ Yes . I am not like you . ”
Such a person cant even talk about love ? The world was really strange . .
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Zhong Yuan lived in my house for a few days and he made no attempts to sightsee . I found that strange and asked why . He replied, “ I am just taking a break for a few days . Tomorrow, you can accompany me to watch the sunrise . ”
I had really asked for it!
The next morning, when Zhong Yuan knocked on my door, I squinted my eyes to look at the clock . It was only four o’ clock . So I ignored him and went to sleep . Who would have thought that this kid would start shouting, “ If you don’t get out of bed, I will come in and drag you out!”
I grabbed my one inch hair and replied, “ Don’t come in, I sleep without clothes . ”
It was hot that summer, so I just slept in the buff at night . It was more comfortable . I quickly grabbed my clothes and dressed quickly, then opened the door .
Zhong Yuan stood at the door and looked stunned . I reached out and shook him, “ What are you thinking of?”
His face turned a dull red and he s.h.i.+fted his eyes from me . “ Nothing . . just . . you seem to have out n your clothes wrong . ”
I closed and door and calmly readjusted my clothes . It wasn’t as if this was the first embarra.s.sing thing I had done in front of Zhong Yuan . This was hardly a shameful incident .
After was.h.i.+ng up, I started complaining that I was hungry . He immediately popped a lollipop in my mouth . I was amazed, how was this guy’s suitcase ever more miraculous than Doraemon’s pocket! But the sweet taste of the lollipop made me happy .
I walked down the field with Zhong Yuan . The morning air was fresh and all kinds of birds were chirping . Dew drops shone like crystal on the leaves of plants , and when I touched them, the drops slid down . The narrow path we followed was dotted with small wildflowers of various colors, making a pretty picture .
Zhong Yuan breathed deeply and said with satisfaction, “ Great!”
“ Of course it is!” I looked up proudly . It wasn’t easy to win Zhong Yuan’s praise .