weddingnovel Chapter 149 Hamster's Thoughts
Chapter 149 Hamster's Thoughts
Chapter 149 Hamster's Thoughts
"I don't know why, but I always seem to be a step behind."
Upon hearing what the young lady said, Lu Ren was suddenly startled and looked around at his surroundings.
They were almost back to the Shen clan's territory, and there were relatively few passersby near this area.
The moonlight fell steadily on their feet, and the roadside trees beside the streetlights swayed in the evening breeze, their shadows growing longer and shorter with each passing streetlight.
Shen Yaoxing was next to him, looking down at her phone instead of at where she was going. The light from the phone shone on her face, making her delicate features look somewhat sinister.
In this setting, for the young lady to suddenly say something like this feels like a scene that only appears in a "confession chapter." Moreover, generally speaking, confessions in this situation usually end in failure!
Lu Ren secretly looked at her phone and found that she was browsing a chat app similar to "Moments in this world". The app he was browsing was none other than Yu Zaomian's recent post on Moments.
Yu Zaomian posted a set of nine photos, all of which were recent photos of her and Longyou. The caption of the post read: "The little joys of life are turning around and finding you right beside me."
Lu Ren: "————"
In short, this is a post on social media showing off affection, and the two people showing off their affection are the young lady's best friend and her crush!
Upon seeing this, Lu Ren's heart tightened slightly.
The young lady has probably accepted reality long ago, but after all, he was a boy she liked, and perhaps still likes now. Such a blatant betrayal on social media is too much of a blow to a teenage girl like her!
No wonder she suddenly sounded sad. Lu Ren recalled his past life, when he played and sang a song that the girl he liked on stage on New Year's Day, and she and her boyfriend applauded him.
How did he finish singing back then? How did he get off the stage? He has no memory of it at all now; it's like a nightmare that has been deliberately forgotten.
However, at this moment, the young lady clicked on the last photo in her Moments, then squinted and zoomed in on the photo.
It was a photo of two people holding hands in front of a mirror, the background of which appeared to be a hotel, and judging from their clothes—it was most likely taken shortly after they separated.
"————" Please stop looking, Miss! It breaks my heart to see you like this!
He quickly changed the subject, asking, "Miss, what did you mean by 'a beat slower'?"
Shen Yaoxing seemed completely unaffected by the photos, saying listlessly, "It's just that in terms of 'I'm growing up,' I always seem to be a step behind."
Hamster Haruka looked down at her phone, pouting her little lips, looking incredibly cute. She said, "Lu Ren, do you know, when we were little, everyone in kindergarten liked Aku, and they were always talking about Aku. I didn't know what Aku was, so when the other kids from the aristocratic families were talking about Aku, I could never join in the conversation."
Lu Ren knew what A-Ku was. It seemed to be a squirrel. There were several dolls of it on the young lady's bed, and a bunch more were hidden under the wardrobe in the side room. Moreover, the young lady had the squirrel pattern on many of her personal items.
Why was he so familiar with Shen Yaoxing's boudoir? Of course, the young lady was too clingy at night, always wanting him to tell her stories or play with her. Sometimes, if he told stories too late, she would ask him to stay and sleep with her. Lu Ren had already stayed overnight several times, though he only slept on the floor.
Shen Yaoxing continued, "Then I secretly asked Bai Lu what 'Aku' was. She told me it was an animated character. Later, I watched the whole animation and learned a lot about 'Aku.' I gradually grew to like Aku and bought a lot of 'Aku' dolls, cards, and merchandise. Bai Lu and I filled two big bags with them."
"I was all ready. I wanted to go and talk to everyone at the kindergarten about Aku, but they were all very surprised to see that I had so many Aku dolls with me."
They told me that nobody watches A-Ku anymore. Apparently, A-Ku was popular last year. We're already in the senior class, not the middle class anymore. I felt like an idiot back then.
Shen Yaoxing quietly shared her thoughts. Lu Ren watched her talk about things that were unrelated to the current situation, but seeing that she was in a stable mood, he didn't offer any opinions and just listened quietly.
She tapped the screen, releasing the photo that appeared to be a group photo taken in a hotel room. A bunch of people liked it on her WeChat Moments, or commented "99".
Comments like these.
Shen Yaoxing didn't seem to care much either. She gave it a like, commented "99", and then scrolled to the next post on her Moments.
Lu Ren finally breathed a sigh of relief. He wasn't afraid of the young lady crying and making a scene; he was afraid that she would get so angry that she would ask him to prepare two catties of aphrodisiac, then sneak over and give the two men the drug, put on the spirit-locking ring, and then release 10 male dogs and 200 female dogs before locking the door—the young lady really might do that that night.
Seeing her nonchalant expression, Lu Ren felt genuinely gratified.
Well done, young lady! You've grown up. To celebrate your growth, I'll tell you a refreshing story from a tomato-themed novel tonight.
But when he saw the next post on his WeChat Moments, Lu Ren's pupils contracted.
The same nine-square grid, the same: the little joys of life are turning around and finding you right beside you—this was posted by Longyou.
You two are disgusting!
Oh dear, young lady, don't look!
Before Shen Yaoxing could even see the screen clearly, a hand suddenly grabbed her phone.
She turned her head in confusion and saw that Lu Ren's expression was stiff.
The hamster, Yaoxing, looked puzzled and asked, "Luren, what are you doing?!"
Lu Ren looked serious and advised, "Miss, don't look."
"Why don't you want me to see it?"
Because ahead lies the jaws of hell!
Lu Ren tried to stop her, but the young lady slapped his hand away. Under his surprised and uncertain gaze, Shen Yaoxing saw the post on WeChat Moments. Although she was stunned for a moment, she did not have any strong emotional fluctuations. She also liked it, commented "99", and then scrolled to the next post.
The next post was from Jiang Yueying, it seemed she had just finished some game. Although in reality Jiang Yueying would find a corner to cool off and stay there, on the internet, she was a network emperor who posted more than a dozen updates a day.
The chibi-style young lady looked at Jiang Yueying's WeChat Moments and chuckled, then started leaving comments and messages for her.
Seeing that Shen Yaoxing didn't seem to react much, Lu Ren felt a little confused.
After he stepped off the stage at that New Year's Eve party in his previous life, he didn't leave the house at all during the entire winter vacation.
She continued talking to herself, "It's not just Aku, there are so many things, I feel like I'm a whole step behind. When I was in second grade, I was still watching Aku's cartoons, and a video game about growing vegetables was popular among my peers."
Later, I asked Bailu for help and she helped me get an account. I grew a ton of amazing crops, but when I wanted to play with them again, those girls had already stopped playing the game.
They started to enjoy making journals. After I learned how to make journals, the girls' conversation turned to collecting something called "guka". After I collected all the guka, they suddenly started following celebrities. So I wrote down all the celebrities and idols they mentioned, and after finishing the lessons my family had arranged for me, I went to learn about them one by one. But they said, "Yahoshi, those were things from junior high school."
The girls' conversation, without them even realizing it, turned into a discussion about love.
She let out a listless "ah," sounding rather annoyed. Lu Ren could feel tired just listening to her description.
"Everyone seems to change so quickly. I was still holding my Guka and making a journal, thinking that I could have more in common with my peers. But they have already started to have boys they like. That's when I suddenly felt uneasy."
I know that to others it might seem like I'm too slow-witted, but actually I think everyone is just too strange.
Everyone changes so fast. During summer vacation, Ali came to visit me, but I was busy studying other things and neglected her. But when I wanted to visit her again, she was surprised and said, "Auntie, how old are you? No girls make journals anymore. Everyone likes to play sumo wrestling now. Let's play sumo wrestling together!"
Wait a minute, Lu Ren suddenly realized something was wrong. "Miss, don't let Ali lead you astray. It's normal for a young girl to like playing house, making journals, following celebrities, and reading romance novels, but no girl, no matter how old, would like to play sumo wrestling!"
Shen Yaoxing felt helpless and somewhat dejected, and continued, "Everyone is changing so fast, it's like something is pushing us forward, but I have no idea what that thing is."
It neither prompts me nor guides me; it only lets me see my peers around me, each walking in a pre-arranged script, each doing specific things at specific times.
This feeling intensifies, especially around the age of sixteen or seventeen. It feels like one's mindset remains stuck in childhood, while everyone else has already moved on to a much, much longer path.
I feel like everyone is like a character in a stage play. Spring is for things to happen, summer is for things to flourish, and autumn is for things to bear fruit. But I always seem to be so slow to realize how good summer is. I always miss spring in summer and only realize how good summer is when autumn is almost here.
The changes are happening so fast that I can hardly keep up. I reject these changes, yet I'm afraid that I won't have a storyline on stage.
Finally, even though everyone else has grown up, I still feel like a child.
Lu Ren looked at this guy and suddenly fell silent. He really wanted to say, "Miss, saying such things so late at night is ruining your image."
The chibi-style figure suddenly turned its head, looked at Lu Ren, and asked, "Lu Ren, do you also think I'm childish and immature at all?"
In fact, Lu Ren had long sensed that Shen Yaoxing had many childlike moments.
She stood there looking aloof, but actually she was completely confused and didn't understand the situation. Moreover, whether it was night or day, the young lady liked to listen to him tell silly and ridiculous stories. In addition, Shen Yaoxing, who looked aloof during the day, often said some cringeworthy things.
Jiang Yueying would feel ashamed when she was caught saying some childish things, but the young lady said them very naturally and without any shame.
Lu Ren said, "How could that be? Miss is clearly very mature and reliable. Many things in our team are handled by Miss. She makes plans, assigns tasks, and makes many decisions for the Shen family. Miss often has to attend meetings, doesn't she?"
Sometimes I feel like the young lady is just like those working adults.
Hearing Lu Ren praise her like that, Shen Yaoxing chuckled like a hamster stealing pine nuts, then said somewhat smugly, "That was just an act. I always feel that the mentality of the 18-year-old me now is no different from that of the 8-year-old me. Let me tell you, when I'm in meetings with them, I often give my suggestions with a serious face, but actually I'm thinking about a monster suddenly appearing, and then Super Cool will appear and defeat the monster—oh right, don't mention this to me during the day, okay? I'll feel very embarrassed, and I might even hit you."
Seeing her smile, Lu Ren smiled too.
So you've developed a split personality.
"But you can't stay this childish, can you? You have to catch up with your peers!"
She followed Lu Ren around, scrolling through her phone, and said, "At that time, I suddenly realized that I was already 16 years old and a young woman. Girls my age were talking about who they liked, which boys were good teachers, and some of them were even dating. I suddenly felt very anxious, feeling that I was falling behind in the conversation and would be left behind by them again."
Lu Ren retorted, "What's the rush at sixteen? What girl is in such a hurry to date at sixteen? I doubt many of your classmates have actually dated anyone, right?"
"I went to ask Bai Lu what to do. Bai Lu has already changed 20 boyfriends, even though she's just my maid in private, but I don't have a single one yet!"
"Those extreme cases are not worth considering!"
"Besides, she's clearly dated so many men, and when I asked her to give up one of them for me, she wouldn't agree. She's so stingy, Bai Lu!"
"There's no way we could agree to that!"
Haruka, the hamster, was puffed up with anger, seemingly genuinely upset with Shiro. However, she added, "But then, I thought I was going to fall behind my friends again. They said they really envied Haruka, having such a good relationship with her childhood friend—"
At that moment, Shen Yaoxing suddenly realized that this time, not only had she not fallen behind her peers, but in the eyes of her friends, she was the girl who was at the forefront!
What does it mean to have such a good relationship as childhood sweethearts? I don't quite understand, but oh well, my relationship with Longyou is indeed very good. I see, childhood sweethearts always end up getting married, and Longyou seemed to have said when we were little that he wanted to marry me when we grew up.
So that's how it is!
She suddenly felt that she had finally caught up with everyone, no, she had even gotten ahead of everyone!
Upon hearing this, Lu Ren finally understood why the young lady had gone through so much trouble. It was because he was always a step behind, and as a result, the boy he liked ran off with someone else.
The hamster was furious. "I finally managed to be faster than everyone else, and now I'm falling behind again!"
"So that's what you care about? And what's so quick about it? You haven't even started dating anyone yet!"
"To other people, childhood sweethearts are just like dating, right? That's what everyone says."
"That's completely different. Stop making things up."
"No, I can't stand it. Lu Ren, take your aphrodisiac, let's go drug them."
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