Chen Jia's eyes are very big and bright, but the pupils are a light amber color, especially translucent up close.
She tilts her head, looking cheerful, with a few strands of uncombed hair sticking to the shiny candy ball, just like when she was a child.
Jiang Mo subtly moved back a bit, "I smell it."
" Momo Your nose is really sensitive."
Chen Jia lowered her head to reach into her pocket, while Jiang Mo noticed that she was wearing light yellow cropped pants today, revealing slender ankles. Her feet were in his black slippers, which made them look strikingly white.
She pulled out a lollipop and said, "I'm having lychee flavor, and there's a peach one too. Do you want it?"
Jiang Mo shook his head and used his fingers stained with blue ink to push aside her sticky hair.
Chen Jia smiled happily and hummed a song as she went to play a DVD. Just as she put the disc in, Fang Yu arrived, holding a live football game card. When he saw the long-haired anime girl on TV, he became extremely angry.
"Chen Jia, why are you so childish? A middle school student still watching cartoons?"
He thought he had arrived early today, but he didn't expect Chen Jia, who is late for school every day, to be even earlier than him.
Chen Jia pointed at the TV screen and said indignantly, "This isn't called a cartoon, it's called anime. Do you understand anime? It's specifically made for adults to watch."
Fang Yu was annoyed, "Fine, I don't care who it's made for, just hurry up and finish so that Jiang Mo and I can play games."
Looking at the two bickering, Jiang Mo took some change and left.
When he came back with snacks, Fang Yu, who had just been complaining, was actually watching with Chen Jia. The two of them were lying on the floor, shoulder to shoulder, heads squeezed together, both vying for the middle position.
Jiang Mo walked over and handed the plastic bag of snacks to Chen Jia, then sat down on her left side.
Chen Jia opened the chocolate-flavored Kangshifu Le Fu Qiu, ate one herself, and then stuffed one into Jiang Mo's mouth. Jiang Mo turned his head, looked at her puffy cheeks, and smiled.
"The Forest of the Mermaid" OVA consists of 4 episodes, forming a complete standalone story. 2 hours later, when it finished playing, Jiang Mo got up and pulled open the curtains, letting the sunlight in, dispelling the gloomy atmosphere.
"Chen Jia, where did you find this anime?"
"The Forest of the Mermaid" tells the story of immortality and death, a theme that feels too heavy for young people who grew up watching Saint Seiya. Fang Yu feels a bit overwhelmed.
Chen Jia sniffed, "Yin Jing lent it to me. Isn't it very good-looking?"
Fang Yu said with a tough tone, "It's not good-looking at all. Don't show me such boring stuff in the future."
Chen Jia fell silent for a moment, then suddenly looked up at Fang Yu and said, "Ayu, if I were to eat mermaid flesh like Yongtai and become immortal, would you eat it with me?"
Chen Jia used to often fantasize about turning into a beautiful fairy and having eternal life, but she never considered the loneliness of immortality.
The sudden fear came like a whirlpool, instantly sucking her in.
Fang Yu saw her acting crazy again, rolled her eyes, "Who would want to eat with you? I'd be annoyed to death if I had to see you every day."
"What about Momo?"
Chen Jia looked nervously at Jiang Mo.
Jiang Mo thought for a moment and nodded, "I will accompany you."
Chen Jia breathed a sigh of relief and felt happy again.
At noon, Chen Jia's mom fried lotus root balls and lotus root slices and called them to come up for lunch.
Because in the afternoon, Jiang Mo had to go to the coach's house to teach math, everyone dispersed after eating. Fang Yu didn't get to play the game today and complained to Chen Jia, who then fiercely stepped on Fang Yu's foot a few times. The two of them then argued again at the door.
Monday came quickly, and at school, the math test papers were handed out. Jiang Mo unsurprisingly scored full marks, Fang Yu got 93, while the playful Chen Jia only managed 71.
According to the original arrangement by the head teacher, any score below 80 would require parental involvement. However, this time the test was particularly difficult, and there were about ten students in the class who failed. The head teacher couldn't handle it all and lowered the standard to 70, allowing Chen Jia to narrowly escape.
She was not so lucky with her deskmate, Yin Jing scored 69, only 2 points less than Chen Jia, but unfortunately fell into another category.
Looking at Yin Jing who was on the verge of tears, Chen Jia felt sorry and folded the test paper into a small square, hiding it in the thickest English dictionary.
During dinner, Mom suddenly asked, "Jia Jia, have you guys at school taken the math quiz yet? Your aunt Liu's son, that Wang Shuo from class 6, only got 85 points and got beaten up by his dad when he got home."
"Our class... hasn't taken it yet," Chen Jia mumbled, burying her head in her food.
"Then study hard and try to get a good grade," her mother said. She served her a large piece of fish belly and reminded her, "Eat more fish to nourish your brain. Your grandmother always says that your cousin is good at studying, so you have to make your mother proud. You must not let him surpass you."
Dad laughed on the side, "Don't worry, Jia Jia is learning from me, with a smart brain. Just wait and see at the end of the term."
Chen Jia completely lost her appetite, finished a few bites of her meal, got up and prepared to go back to her room. Mom came out of the kitchen with a bag of green rice dumplings.
"Go to Fang Yu's house first and help mom deliver the rice dumplings."
"I got it."
Arriving at Fang Yu's home, Chen Jia saw Jiang Mo's sneakers placed on the shoe rack at the entrance.
Fang Yu's mother, wearing a white dress and lipstick, happily took the zongzi and said, "Jia Jia, you're getting more and more beautiful. Please thank your mother for me."
She saw her glance into the room, and Fang Yu's mother smiled and said, "They are playing games in the room. Hurry up and go, or the cantaloupe will be eaten up." Pushing open the door, the two teenagers were huddled on the bed playing FIFA, too engrossed in the intense game to notice anyone had come in.
Chen Jia climbed onto the bed from behind them, lightly placing a hand on Fang Yu's shoulder and leaning their chin against their neck.
"Ah Yu."
Fang Yu shook his hand and turned back in horror: "Chen Jia, what's gotten into you again?"
Chen Jia looked at him pitifully, "A Yu, I want to discuss something with you."
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