Love Guide for Childhood Sweethearts

"Mom..." Lin Xingzhi said unhappily, "The police aren't arresting us."

"Okay, I won't say anymore, I won't say anymore." Mother Lin shook her head and laughed when she heard that.

"Aren't you going out to pay New Year's greetings?" Lin Jingzhe said with his glassy eyes flashing. As far as he remembered, the family was busy on New Year's Day!

"Go, go! Go after dinner. People don't visit each other so early these days, and we won't be crowded on New Year's Day." Mother Lin said with a gentle smile, "Why do we have to squeeze it into one day? We can go before the Lantern Festival."

"Yes! Yes!" Lin Xingzhi agreed hurriedly. In his eyes, the Chinese New Year was very tiring.

"What about you guys? How was the New Year atmosphere at school? Did you watch the Spring Festival Gala yesterday?" Lin's mother asked with a smile in her starry eyes.

"We watched it, we watched it, and we ate dumplings. There are still quite a few students staying on campus! They gathered in the dormitory lobby to watch TV." Lin Jingzhe said with a smile, "After watching the skit, we went to bed."

"We didn't watch it. It's too late. The Spring Festival Gala is the same every year." Lin's mother chuckled and said, "Okay, I won't chat with you anymore. Let's go eat quickly. You must be hungry!"

"Oh!" Lin Jingzhe responded, "Bye."

"Bye." Lin's mother hung up the phone.

Lin Jingzhe hung up the phone and hurriedly caught up with Zina at the cafeteria door.

The two saw that there were still people in the cafeteria and there was still a lot of food in the window.

"It's not too late!" Lin Jingzhe smiled foolishly.

"You just came to eat too!" Zhu Youlin said, looking at them with a smile in her almond-shaped eyes.

"Happy New Year, Coach Zhu. I wish you a happy new year." Lin Jingzhe and Qi Na said in unison.

"Okay, okay! Happy New Year to you too." Zhu Youlin said to them with a smile on her face.

"We got up late." Lin Jingzhe said embarrassedly.

"It seems like no one got up early." Zhu Youlin smiled when she heard that.

"Aren't you going to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year?" Lin Jingzhe looked at her in surprise and said.

"We've all already paid our respects to each other." Zhu Youlin looked at her amusedly and said, "If you get up late at school, you're late. If you were at home, you'd probably have been woken up early."

"Yes! They come to pay New Year's greetings. If we go to pay New Year's greetings, it won't look good if we are blocked in the quilt by others." Zina said shyly, and then added, "The New Year is sometimes tiring."

"People like to send text messages to wish each other a happy New Year now. Did you receive it?" Zhu Youlin said as she walked while carrying a tray filled with breakfast.

"We kids don't have that many social interactions. We just call our parents to wish them a happy new year." Lin Jingzhe said, looking at them with his bright peach blossom eyes.

"That's right, that's right." Zina nodded hurriedly after hearing that.

The three of them sat down and ate and talked, without any particulars.

"What are you going to do after breakfast?" Zhu Youlin said, looking at them gently with her almond-shaped eyes.

"After you digest the food, go to training." Lin Jingzhe looked at her with innocent eyes and said.

"Don't you want to take a break during the New Year?" Zhu Youlin looked at her in surprise.

"Coach Zhu, did you take a break during the Chinese New Year?" Lin Jingzhe asked her with his warm amber pupils.

Zhu Youlin shook her head and laughed, "I worked so hard for the Olympics that I literally didn't take a single day off for four years, rain or shine."

"Have you never gone out? Shopping or something?" Zina swallowed the steamed bun in her mouth and looked at her and said.

"No! I just go from one place to another: the training hall, the cafeteria, and the dormitory." Zhu Youlin looked at them calmly with her almond-shaped eyes and said, "I really don't care about anything else outside the window. I'm only focused on training. That's why I won an Olympic gold medal."

"You think that's too little!" Lin Jingzhe looked at her with a mixture of laughter and tears and said, "It's good enough for many people to win one medal."

"European and American athletes have won more." Zhu Youlin said unconvinced.

"Is our training method different from theirs?" Zina asked curiously.

"There is a difference, but it's not that big." Zhu Youlin looked at them with her deep almond-shaped eyes and said, narrowing her eyes slightly. "It's just that..." She suddenly stopped and changed the subject, "I'm also very hardworking."

"Then we will work harder than them. I don't believe it. We are no worse than them." Zina said with a very serious face.

Zhu Youlin sighed deeply in her heart. Her skills and training were not bad, but they were just...

Lin Jingzhe nodded hurriedly upon hearing this, "Qina is right!" He looked at her with pure eyes and said, "No matter what method they use, we should just do it."

Zhu Youlin's deep, unfathomable phoenix eyes met Lin Jingzhe's pure gaze, and she curled the corners of her lips into a smile. "Very good, that's the kind of drive we need, but we can't be blind! We need scientific training. After all, humans are not machines."

"I know, I know." Zina nodded with a smile, picked up the remaining fish porridge and drank it in one breath.

Zina pursed her lips and said, "Coach Zhu, I want to ask you a favor."

"What's the matter? Why are you begging?" Zhu Youlin looked at her amusedly and said, "Just tell me!"

"Although family disgrace shouldn't be aired publicly, I just want to train peacefully." Zina explained the mess at home. "It's not that I'm unfilial, but I need to save some money for myself. I'm really worried that they'll spoil my eldest brother and end up squandering the money."

Zhu Youlin looked at her reddened eyes, holding her slightly cold hand. "I understand," she said, "after the Spring Festival holiday, I'll go to the bank with you." She added distressedly, "Don't cry, don't cry. Girls really need to think more about themselves." She continued, "You've been in school for a semester, and you've heard about famous athletes. You really need to think about your future. Don't squander money. Be prepared for danger."

"I've heard and seen so much that I think it's safest to put money in a bank." Zina looked at them with bright eyes and said, "They said they would keep it for me. Wouldn't it be better to keep it in the country?"

"Haha..." Zhu Youlin shook her head and laughed, "You're right."

"That's right! We can't fall into the trap of consumerism." Lin Jingzhe said as he looked at them with his glassy eyes.

"The consumerism trap?" Zina said, looking at her with her big round eyes.

"Qina likes watching Korean dramas, right!" Lin Jingzhe put down his chopsticks, clasped his hands and looked at her and said.

"Yeah!" Zina nodded and said, "Everyone knows this."

"What do you think of the clothes, bags, and accessories inside?" Lin Jingzhe looked at her with eyes like glass beads.

"It looks nice. I want to buy it." Zina looked at her frankly and said, "But we can't wear it or put it on. It's just a thought."

"Even if you wear and accessorize them, you can't become the characters in Korean dramas. This is the trap of consumerism. It makes people falsely believe that wearing Korean clothes and jewelry will make them as glamorous as the characters in the dramas." Lin Jingzhe said, looking at them with pure eyes.