Meng Yan's Transformation

Zhan Mengyan looked at the bare branches of the trees on the roadside swaying in the wind. She wrapped herself in a cotton coat, feeling that the cold wind that had gotten in was squeezed out a little. She stepped on the thin layer of white frost on the ground, and her feet made a creaking sound...

As we walked, the sun slowly rose. The golden sunlight sprinkled on the earth, bringing a touch of warmth to this cold morning.

The white air exhaled from Zhan Mengyan's nose and mouth merged with the morning mist in the sunlight, like a veil, dreamlike and ethereal, lingering around her body...

"It's so infuriating. Not only did the bad Yundawen peek at me while I was sleeping, he also drooled all over my face. Even my mouth was filled with his stinky saliva. How could I sleep so soundly? I don't know how long he stayed beside me. Fortunately, I woke up with a dream about vampire bats, otherwise my face would have been covered with Yundawen's saliva for a long time, and my skin would have been stinking. Then I could only go to school with a stinky face. Why does my mouth still feel salty and stinky? If I talk to my classmates, my bad breath will hit them. What should I do? I will try to talk as little as possible today..."

Zhan Mengyan talked to herself, coughing up saliva on purpose, spitting it on the waste paper and then throwing it into the garbage dump on the side of the road.

Zhan Mengyan coughed as she walked, hoping to cough out more saliva to clean her mouth that was contaminated by Yundawen's saliva.

"Sister Mengyan, are you sick? Why are you coughing so badly?"

As Zhang Xincheng spoke, his eyes were filled with heartache and concern.

Zhang Xincheng frowned, and a trace of imperceptible worry flashed in his eyes, as if every cough of Zhan Mengyan was gently knocking on his heartstrings. The corners of his mouth unconsciously turned down, which was an indescribable heartache and helplessness. His eyes followed her closely, and his hands were slightly stretched forward, as if ready to give the most timely comfort at any time. His eyes were full of tenderness and care, like a ray of warm sunshine in winter, trying to penetrate the cold, just to warm her, as if the whole world had quieted down at this moment, leaving only the two of them and this unspoken concern.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm not sick. Why are you waiting for me halfway? How long have you been waiting? It's so cold. Didn't you say you wanted to take the college entrance examination with your senior classmates next year? You are a sophomore taking the college entrance examination with seniors. The time is so tight. Don't waste time waiting for me in the future!"

When Zhan Mengyan spoke, she deliberately avoided Zhang Xincheng's gaze, with her mouth and face tilted to one side.

"You're not sick, why are you coughing while walking? Do you have a cold? My mom just asked someone to send me some steamed buns, they're still warm. I was worried that you didn't have breakfast this morning, and I can't eat so much, so I sent you two. But you didn't want me to find you at the door of your class, so I could only wait for you halfway. This time you didn't allow me to wait for you halfway on your way to school... I calculated the time very accurately, and I saw you from afar just after I came out of school..."

As Zhang Xincheng spoke, he scratched his hair awkwardly with one hand, reached into his arms, took out the bag of buns and handed it to Zhan Mengyan.

Zhan Mengyan took the bag of buns. The bag was warm, carrying Zhang Xincheng's body temperature. She hugged the bag of buns to her chest, and the warmth went straight to her heart...

Under Zhang Xincheng's questioning, Zhan Mengyan told him that Yundawen often peeked at her when she was sleeping and drooled all over her face.

Zhang Xincheng looked at Zhan Mengyan's aggrieved expression and felt so anxious and heartbroken that he didn't know what to do.

"I'll accompany you for a few days. If we can hold on for a few more days, it will be winter vacation."

When Zhang Xincheng spoke, his heart and eyes were filled with heartache.

"No need. I just had a quarrel with my third cousin this morning. I said I would go home and live in the dormitory every day, which made my third cousin feel that I was being petty. As you said, winter vacation is coming soon. I will hold on for a while. I will think of another place to live after the winter vacation. If it really doesn't work out, I will ask the coach of the sports school for help, or there may be vacancies in the girls' dormitory of the canning factory where I work part-time..."

Zhan Mengyan was afraid that Zhang Xincheng would worry about her, so she pretended to be indifferent.