Rebirth of a Portable Space: Transforming My Hometown

Chapter 97 The White Moonlight of My Past Life

The flower season in Longyuan Town lasts for about half a month in the second half of the year, during which time it is packed with tourists almost every day.

Everyone who comes leaves with immense satisfaction, and they spread the word that the Fruit TV's advertising is absolutely true, even claiming that Longyuan Town is even more wonderful than portrayed in the promotions.

People these days are so honest. If it were the tadpole era with its highly developed internet, they might say the opposite of what others say, hoping to have this place all to themselves and that as few people as possible know about it.

But once the media broadcasts it, nothing can be hidden. In fact, the harvest season in Longyuan Town is right after the flower season. The flowers are blooming, but that doesn't affect the other fruits that are slowly ripening.

For example, grapes, tangerines, sweet oranges, cantaloupes, blueberries, and strawberries are everywhere on the streets, and you can pick them and eat them anytime.

At school, during breaks these days, the school always distributes fruit to students to share.

Now, the people of Longyuan Town are very conscious of their own behavior; even the fruit that can be seen everywhere by the roadside is shared only after it is ripe.

They won't pick the fruit before it's ripe, like starving ghosts, and they also keep an eye on the tourists who come to visit.

Therefore, during the harvest festival, various ripe fruits are available for tourists and others to share. Visitors familiar with Longyuan Town also consciously abide by this unwritten rule.

No matter how bustling the outside world is, the school is like a secluded little society, where everyone lives their own little life.

Autumn brought a touch of coolness, and the leaves on the school trees began to turn slightly yellow. Today was also the day they took their mid-term exams.

"Yufei, do you know which exam room you're in?" Lin Tiantian asked Yufei expectantly, hoping they would meet in the same exam room.

"Waiting Room 3, 5th Floor, Science and Technology Building," Yufei said to Lin Tiantian, looking at her admission ticket.

"Ah! I'm in waiting room 4! I should have scored higher!" Zhao Jing said frantically. Lin Tiantian nodded in agreement, as she was also in waiting room 4.

"I'm in waiting room number 1, sigh! Genius needs no explanation," Jiang Yifeng said narcissistically.

This reminded Yufei of when they were in elementary school, when Jiang Yifeng took the "pig tail" exam and was subjected to Yufei's grueling training, and how he cried in his father's arms, saying how difficult those days were.

She couldn't help but burst out laughing. Sometimes friends who spend a lot of time together start to become very similar. Sure enough, what Yufei could think of, Lin Tiantian and Zhao Jing could also think of. Zhao Jing's laughter wasn't as subtle as theirs; she slapped her thigh, pointed at Jiang Yifeng, and laughed so hard she was breathless.

To outsiders, their three smiles seemed inexplicable, but Jiang Yifeng immediately understood their meaning, and his face flushed red.

He stammered, "Well... anyway, I'm a genius now."

After saying that, he seemed to think of something and ran back to the classroom where he was taking the exam, making Yufei and Lin Tiantian, who considered themselves little ladies, burst into laughter.

You could vaguely see that Jiang Yifeng's face wasn't just red; his ears and neck were also red.

Cui Yu'an couldn't help but envy their wonderful relationship, and also couldn't help but feel resentful that Yu Fei would have had such a good relationship if she hadn't lost his phone number!

"Ah-choo~" Yufei touched her nose. Hmm? Someone missed her? If Cui Yu'an knew that they were making fun of Jiang Yifeng's embarrassing childhood stories—the kind of friend who could tell what he was thinking the moment he took his pants down—he might be glad he hadn't started dating Yufei too early.

After all, who hasn't done something stupid as a kid? Who knows?

"Time's almost up, everyone go back to your exam rooms. See you after the exam," Yufei said, glancing at her watch.

The others nodded and returned to their respective examination rooms.

Yufei was alone in the exam room. Seeing them in pairs made her feel a little disappointed. She wondered if she should give Lin Tiantian and Zhao Jing some intensive training.

It seems like the two of them have become a bit lax lately!

Zhao Jing and Lin Tiantian: No need, no need to thank me. I think this result is already pretty good!

"Hmm~! Who's this?" As soon as Yufei entered the examination room, she spotted a boy wearing a tracksuit.

This was Yufei's white moonlight in her past life. She had a crush on him for many years. In her past life, Yufei loved to eat but wasn't very active during junior high and high school.

He was a big fat guy. One year in high school, I happened to pass by the basketball court and saw a boy effortlessly leap up and throw the basketball into the hoop.

He smiled brightly at his friends, and that smile alone captured Yufei's heart—a smile as gentle as the winter sun.

In her past life, Yufei felt extremely inferior because he was overweight and had poor grades when she met him, and could only watch him from afar.

But it was precisely because of him that she desperately tried to lose weight and study hard in order to get closer to him.

Yufei still remembers running long distances every morning and evening, exercising and dieting, and also remembers studying and doing practice problems late into the night.

He did lose weight; from a 158cm tall, over 150kg person, he went down to 96kg in three years.

Burning the midnight oil to study didn't seem to help her achieve her desired grades. Even after begging her mother to let her attend tutoring classes, she barely managed to get into a second-tier university.

The money spent on tutoring classes made his already meager family situation even worse.

On the other hand, if she hadn't worked so hard, she probably wouldn't have even gotten into a third-tier university. That's what her mother and she herself comforted her with back then.

Later, she inquired about the university he attended and found out she also went to a second-tier university in the same city as him, like a rat in a gutter chasing after its sunlight.

After successfully losing weight, thanks to her good family background, she surprisingly became the most beautiful girl in her class at that university and had suitors.

Since she couldn't keep up intellectually, she hoped her appearance would attract him. She learned makeup and how to dress herself up.

Sure enough, after her own efforts, she transformed from a pretty girl into a stunning beauty. It just took a lot of hard work; she had to work every weekend to afford those expensive clothes and cosmetics.

During that time, she handed out flyers, sweated profusely inside a heavy mascot costume while trying to attract customers, and worked as a cashier in a supermarket selling juice and instant noodles.

But she always stuck to her principles and wouldn't work in bars or karaoke rooms to earn money because of her beauty; she was afraid that she would be even less worthy of that person.

So, she used her free time to work and get closer to him, and eventually, through various connections, they became friends.

But when she got his QQ number and phone number and became friends, she was incredibly happy, as if she had the whole world.

About a year after they became friends, she finally mustered up the courage to confess her feelings to him.

She remembered it was around autumn time, the weather was gradually turning cooler, but her heart was burning with passion and excitement. She clumsily practiced her confession for a long time.