Moonlight falls into my arms

As the college entrance examination approaches, Ruan Li is becoming increasingly nervous.

These past few days she has been deliberately paying attention, trying not to linger downstairs. Every time she goes home and upstairs, she makes a point of looking up before taking a detour to the side.

After Jiang Yuci reminded her last time, she also gave her opinion to her upstairs neighbor, who was a nice person and accepted it.

But Ruan Li still couldn't stop feeling flustered.

"What if something else happens? What if I get hit by a car or something as soon as I go out...?" Ruan Li became more and more frightened as she thought about it, and Jiang Yuci hugged her.

He pressed his palm against her head and said, "No, I'll stay with you as long as you're out of school."

He held Ruan Li in his arms and said earnestly, "I'll go with you even if it means death."

Upon hearing Jiang Yuci's words, Ruan Li opened her mouth, "You won't die, we'll all be safe and sound."

Jiang Yuci escorted Ruan Li back home. Ruan Li had been carrying an umbrella these past few days, afraid that something might suddenly fall from upstairs and kill her.

"School's closed tomorrow, so I won't go out," Ruan Li told Jiang Yuci.

Jiang Yuci nodded: "Okay."

"Since I was able to save Huo Xingzhou's grandmother, I can definitely save myself."

Ruan Li didn't know what would happen after she saved herself, but at least for now, she couldn't face death.

Jiang Yuci, who was already a few steps away from Ruan Li, took a few steps forward after hearing her say that, put his arm around her waist and kissed her.

Ruan Li hugged him and nestled in his arms: "Remember to go online and chat with me tomorrow."

Ruan Li's voice was low and weak, and it was clear that she was somewhat frightened.

Jiang Yuci nodded. "Okay."

After the two parted, Ruan Li returned to her room and smelled a rich aroma of soup.

Yuan Fang was just coming out of the kitchen with a bowl of soup when she said, "Great, you came back on time today."

Ruan Li rubbed her little face: "Mom, you've made me so fat."

“It’s good to be a little chubby. You don’t know, I heard that someone went to the hospital and came out 20 pounds lighter. The doctor said she should be grateful for the extra weight she had, otherwise a skinny person would just come out as an urn.”

Ruan Li couldn't stand hearing anything about death, so she quickly covered her mother's mouth: "Okay, okay, stop talking, it's bad luck."

Yuan Fang laughed: "When did you become so superstitious? By the way, tomorrow is a holiday. You're about to take the college entrance exam. Are you nervous? Do you want Mom to take you out to relax?"

Ruan Li hurriedly shook her head: "No, no, Mom, I want to stay at home."

Seeing that she didn't even leave the house, Yuan Fang said, "How can you not go out? You should at least go out and get some sunshine. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. There have been a lot of news reports lately about children committing suicide because of too much academic pressure. It's terrifying for mothers."

Ruan Li covered her face and said, "Mom, please stop saying I jumped off a building to commit suicide. I will definitely live a good life and live to be a hundred years old."

Yuan Fang quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, my daughter will live to be a hundred years old."

Ruan Li took a big gulp of the fish soup Yuan Fang had stewed and exclaimed, "So delicious!"

"I've put the fish in a separate bowl. This soup is boneless, so it tastes good. Would you like some fish?"

Ruan Li nodded: "I'm a little hungry."

The fish was served in front of Ruan Li. She picked up her chopsticks, ready to eat, but stopped abruptly when she saw the fish bones clinging to the stewed fish.

"Never mind, I think I'll pass."

It's too dangerous lately, so she's not eating anything that could be harmful.

Ruan Li didn't touch the fish; she only picked up the soup in her hand and took a sip.

"Cough cough!" A sudden foreign object got stuck in Ruan Li's throat.

She coughed with difficulty.

Yuan Fang was startled when she saw her daughter's face suddenly turn bright red. She immediately went to the kitchen to get some vinegar and told Ruan Li to drink a sip.

Ruan Li was so frightened that tears welled up in her eyes, and she immediately took the things from her mother's hands.

He gulped it down in one go.

Finally, that feeling of being on the verge of death subsided.

Ruan Li patted her heart.

I was terrified, I almost died.

Ruan Li suddenly realized that things might not be as serious as she thought.

My mother said she made soup for herself, and that she used to remove the fish bones separately.

This has never happened before.

This is the first time I've encountered this situation; I never experienced it in my past life.

Was it because she started avoiding him every day that God wanted to kill her through various means?

Yuan Fang was terrified and patted Ruan Li's back, "How could this be... I clearly strained it several times with a slotted spoon, there shouldn't still be fish bones in the soup, are you alright?"

Ruan Li: "I'm fine now, Mom. Please don't make me fish soup anytime soon."

Yuan Fang nodded: "Yes, yes, I won't stew it anymore. You're about to take the important college entrance exam, and you can't afford to make any mistakes."

Yuan Fang took away the bowl and chopsticks next to Ruan Li: "You'd better not drink this soup. Are you still hungry? I'll make you a bowl of noodles."

Ruan Li shook her head, her mind elsewhere: "No, I'm going back to my room to sleep."

Still shaken, Ruan Li hobbled towards her room with trembling legs.

After washing up, she stared at the ceiling, feeling a little scared.

She turned on the light and called her mother in.

"Mom, will you sleep with me?"

"What's wrong? Were you scared just now?"

Ruan Li nodded, and Yuan Fang said okay, "I'll go out and wash the dishes, and keep the fish warm in the pot so your dad can enjoy it when he gets back. I don't know how late he'll be working overtime today."

Ruan Li waited for her mother to go to bed, then held her and fell asleep peacefully.

The next day, Ruan Li didn't dare to go out and spent the whole day at home doing practice problems.

In the evening, Jiang Yu sent a message.

Ruan Li first sent over some questions she didn't know how to answer that day, and Jiang Yuci explained them to her before the two started chatting.

Ruan Li was annoyed by the noise of children coming from upstairs, but she couldn't go up and ask them to be quiet in broad daylight, since the house wasn't very soundproof to begin with.

Ruan Li sent a message to Jiang Yu.

I'm home alone right now.

The other side replied:

-Me too.

Ruan Li paused for a moment, then frowned.

Did Jiang Yuci really not understand what she meant?

-Aren't you bored at home all by yourself, Jiang Yuci?

- You get used to it.

Ruan Li: "..." Well, Jiang Yuci really didn't understand what he meant.

- But I'm so bored, Jiang Yuci.

Jiang Yu resigned and returned:

- You can continue doing the questions, and ask me if you don't understand them.

Ruan Li:

-I've been working on this all day...

Jiang Yu resigns:

-How about switching subjects?

Ruan Li:

-You're so cold and heartless. Didn't you realize that I just wanted you to keep me company?

The screen on the other end shows "typing" for a long time.

Final reply:

Now?

Ruan Li:

-yes.

Jiang Yu resigns:

- But what if your parents see it?

Ruan Li looked up and glanced at the time.

My dad usually comes home very late at night. My mom just received a call that her friend is sick in the hospital. She just went there and will be back a little later.

Ruan Li hadn't seen Jiang Yuci's reply for a long time.

She sent a period.

-You just don't want to come; you don't love me anymore.