CH 17

17.Happy

Time always passes quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was the weekend, and the sports meet began.

At the end of September, as the National Day holiday was approaching, the National Day atmosphere was in full swing, and with the sports meet, the national flag and different colorful flags fluttering in the wind on the playground were looking very festive and lively.

Classes were not held on the weekend, so many students went to see the matches they were interested in, or support the player that they liked.

After the long and boring opening ceremony speech, the game officially began.

Jiang Juan noticed that Bai Guang was standing slightly away from the crowd and was fiddling with a camera with his head down.

He walked over and asked, “You brought the camera?”

Bai Guang was usually timid, especially when facing Jiang Juan and Xu Rang, he looked as if he wanted to run away immediately.

But the joint training in the past few days made him less afraid of Jiang Juan, so he hummed and shared his thoughts with Jiang Juan.

Bai Guang said, “I just want to take some photos as a souvenir. After we graduate, I will make a souvenir book, and send a copy to each student in the class.”

When he saw Jiang Juan playing with the camera and looking very interested, he explained him how to use it.

Bai Guang was encouraging Jiang Juan while grinning, he looked very happy.

Jiang Juan took the camera from Bai Guang’s hand, looked down and smiled, “It’s a good idea, very meaningful.”

Jiang Juan listened carefully and looked at the outside world through the lens. He changed his angle and saw Xie Jingxian standing in the crowd.

Jiang Juan put down the camera and called out to Xie Jingxian. Xie Jingxian heard the voice and looked over.

For this sports meet, the sophomore Class 2 had put in a lot of thought, and Jiang Juan also knew that there were many crouching tigers, hidden dragons [1]Talented individuals in hiding/ hidden talents in the class.

The students from Class 2 who participated in the competitions wore same type of clothes, a red T-shirt and black sweatpants, and their T-shirts were painted with their respective portraits drawn in a small cartoon version near their chests, which looked very cute.

It was designed by a girl in the class, and was deeply loved by the students.

At this moment, Jiang Juan turned the camera towards Xie Jingxian, and saw Xie Jingxian standing quietly in the noisy background, the red T-shirt sticking to the skin made his skin look particularly white and pale, making him look even more handsome.

In addition to Jiang Juan, there were also many girls around who were aiming their cameras at Xie Jingxian, but they were all doing it secretly, and were taking pictures with great care, unlike Jiang Juan who used the camera to casually click a few photos of Xie Jingxian. When Jiang Juan was looking down at the camera, Xie Jingxian walked over.

As Jiang Juan looked through the photos in the camera, he nodded in satisfaction.

Jiang Juan seemed to have eyes on the top of his head. When Xie Jingxian was about to approach him, he handed the camera to Bai Guang and said, “Help me take a picture with Xie Jingxian.”

He came to Xie Jingxian in three to two steps and said something to him in a low voice. Xie Jingxian paused, glanced in the direction of Bai Guang, and then nodded at Jiang Juan.

The two looked at the camera together.

Bai Guang clicked and froze this moment in time forever.

In the photo, two teenagers wearing the same clothes were standing together. They were both full of youthful vigor and unparalleled beauty, but one was as cold as ice and the other as warm as the sun.

Bai Guang took two more pictures. Seeing that Xie Jingxian was still expressionless, he couldn’t help but say, “Xie Jingxian, smile please.”

Bai Guang loved photography, and if he wants to make his present work better, he becomes quite courageous. Usually he would never dare to tell Xie Jingxian what to do.

Jiang Juan keenly discovered this, but he didn’t say anything. He liked to see Bai Guang’s confident and undaunted look.

He turned his head to look at Xie Jingxian and said with a smile, “When taking pictures, don’t keep a straight face. If one didn’t know, they will think that I had a grudge against you.

Forcing Xie Jingxian to face the camera with him, he said, “Come, tell me, eggplant—”

Jiang Juan smiled brightly, Bai Guang quickly pressed the shutter, but even if Xie Jingxian was dragged forward by Jiang Juan and was bent slightly, his face still did not have a smile.

Jiang Juan obviously found it too, and said, “Xie Jingxian, cooperate a little bit.”

Xie Jingxian looked into Jiang Juan’s eyes and pursed his lips. He was already being very cooperative. Jiang Juan rolled his eyes, leaned forward and said, “If you don’t smile, I’ll tickle you.”

After getting along during this period of time, Jiang Juan already regarded Xie Jingxian as a friend.

Jiang Juan also took photos with his friends when he was a student. Which one of them wasn’t hooking his shoulders and laughing happily, it was the first time he met such a troublesome character as Xie Jingxian.

After Jiang Juan finished speaking, he stretched out his arm and probed it towards Xie Jingxian, as if he was really going to put his words into action.

Xie Jingxian grabbed Jiang Juan’s wrist and stopped him from making further movements.

Jiang Juan raised his eyebrows, his eyes just colliding with Xie Jingxian’s.

Bai Guang, who was standing opposite them, thought that a candid photo might look more vivid and lively, and took several pictures in a row, only to realize that something was wrong when he looked at the pictures he took.

In the photo, Jiang Juan did not let go of the hand that had hooked Xie Jingxian’s neck, while his other hand was held by Xie Jingxian. The two were very close to each other at the moment, and they were looking at each other, as if there was only the other person in their eyes.

After the second year of high school, Bai Guang found out that Jiang Juan had really changed a lot. He became very fond of laughing, not the kind of disdainful laugh, but the kind that was very warm and gentle.

Especially at this moment, Jiang Juan looked at Xie Jingxian with an undisguised smile in his eyes, and his lips were raised in a curve. It could be seen that he was in a good mood.

Looking at Xie Jingxian again, he looked like he was worried that Jiang Juan would bring both of them down, so he put one hand on Jiang Juan’s waist, and the other held Jiang Juan’s wrist.

Facing Jiang Juan’s presumptuousness, he did not show any impatience, but even showed a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

When Xie Jingxian faced others, his expression was always indifferent, but when he faced Jiang Juan, his facial expressions became more vivid, which he probably didn’t even notice himself.

Bai Guang’s first thought was that this photo could not be posted on the school forum, otherwise that group of girls in the forum would go crazy.

Thinking of the content in the forum, and then looking at the photos, Bai Guang couldn’t help blushing.

Looking at this photo, he feels that it is… so ambiguous.

But their expressions were calm.

Jiang Juan knew Xie Jingxian’s temperament, that it was not easy for Xie Jingxian to cooperate with him to stand in front of the camera. If he asked for more, then it would be a bit too much. He accepted it, and did not continue to make trouble.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw Bai Guang standing there in a daze, Jiang Juan asked, “What’s wrong? Bai Guang, why aren’t you clicking the pictures? Take more, and choose a few good ones to keep.”

Seeing Bai Guang’s cheeks flushed red, he asked with concern, “Why is your face so red, are you uncomfortable?”

Bai Guang shook his head hurriedly, “No, it’s just… a little hot.”

At this moment, Xu Rang, who had gone to support his good brother Ye Pei, came back.

As soon as Xu Rang came back, he saw Jiang Juan and Xie Jingxian standing next to each other, shoulder to shoulder, and Bai Guang with a camera was standing opposite them.

Xu Rang immediately rushed forward, hooked Jiang Juan’s neck, and shouted like a child, “I want to click a photo too.” With his other hand hocked around Xie Jingxian’s neck.

At the end of September, the weather was still a little hot, especially boys who sweat a lot, and it gets even hotter when they stick together like this.

Although it was only for a short period of time, a thin layer of sweat had already formed at the place where Xie Jingxian and Jiang Juan were stuck to each other.

Now after Jiang Juan let go of him, it was supposed to feel cool, but Xie Jingxian felt the sweat on the back of his neck being blown by the wind, sending a shiver down his body.

He couldn’t help looking to the side, and saw Jiang Juan saying to Xu Rang with disgust, “You are sweating, stay away from me.”

Xu Rang laughed and said, “This is called the masculinity of a man.” He pulled Jiang Juan to look at the camera together.

Jiang Juan said, “You are not just sweating, but sweating like a pig.” Even though he said so, Jiang Juan still followed Xu Rang to take a picture together.

Seeing Bai Guang press the shutter, Jiang Juan had just put his hand down, and when he turned his head, he saw Xie Jingxian looking at him, and couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” Xie Jingxian said in a low voice, then turned around to look elsewhere.

Bai Guang noticed that a few classmates were standing beside him, looking at him with anticipation in their eyes, but they also seemed a little dreadful and did not dare to come over.

After seeeing that Jiang Juan and Xu Rang were talking and laughing, and Xie Jingxian not giving off the aura that deterred others from coming close, did he dared to invite them to take a photo together.

Those people looked at Jiang Juan and Xu Rang with some hesitation on their faces.

After Xu Rang entered Jincheng High school, this was the first time he was participating in the sports meet. In the previous sports meet, he and Jiang Juan had skipped the class and went to the Internet café to play games. Today, he felt that it was very interesting to participate in the meet, and even his mood improved.

The students who were pulled over were a little shy when facing the camera, but their eyes were bright, obviously looking forward to it. Seeing that the students were being so squeamish, Xu Rang simply stepped forward to pull them over and assigned them positions.

The class leader Wang Tuo’s three-legged race was at the end. He was accompanying Dong Gao to prepare water and energy drinks. As soon as he turned around, he saw some students of class 2 crowded together. Jiang Juan, Xu Rang, and Xie Jingxian were all there, and the atmosphere was very good, which was quite rare.

This was what Wang Tuo was working hard for since the beginning of the school year. Now that what he had hoped for had come true, he couldn’t help showing a joyful smile.

Wang Tuo said, “Leave a place for me. I am coming.” He shouted towards the group and called the remaining people to take pictures together.

As a sports committee member, Dong Gao did his work with due diligence. After moving things, he saw that the students in his class were crowded together as soon as he turned his head, but they didn’t call him.

“I say you…”

When he saw the camera in Bai Guang’s hands, his voice changed, “Okay, you guys are taking a photo behind my back. You are not taking me seriously.”

After taking several pictures in a row, Dong Gao was satisfied. Immediately after that he changed his face, so much that the people around him were stunned for a while, as Dong Gao started reprimanding them, “Why are you all still standing here, go do the warm up, go get ready, are you waiting to take the last place?”

The crowd immediately dispersed while laughing.

Bai Guang’s job was very simple, and his match was first and it was soon over. After he was done with his competition, he moved with the camera to and fro between the various sports matches, photographing the heroic appearance of the classmates, or… their moments of embarrassment.

Xie Jingxian, as the school grass, was paid a lot of attention.

Xie Jingxian didn’t participate in the school’s group activities before, as he used to be too isolated. When this year’s list of people participating was posted, the school exploded, and the students who were planning to skip the sports meet stayed back, preparing to watching the school grass’ heroic moments.

Before the game started, the stands on the relay race’s side were already crowded with people.

Participant were in place, and volunteers were using pins to stick the nameplates on the participants clothes. The girl who was in charge of Xie Jingxian was too nervous to even look up at him. Her hands were shaking so badly that she couldn’t get the pin to stick in even after a few tries.

As time passed, the girl also began to get anxious, her face became more and more red, and it seemed that she was going to cry.

Xie Jingxian was about to speak when he saw a slender white hand taking the nameplate and the pin from the girl’s hand, followed by a pleasant male voice, “I’ll do it.”

Xie Jingxian raised his eyes, and saw that it was Jiang Jaun.

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Thank you for casting mine Little Angel: 1 Yunhe and 1 Huhu;

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Thank you for casting mine Little Angel: 1 Yunhe and 1 Huhu;

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