I'm afraid I'm not interested in love

Chapter 477 Childhood Paper Planes
In midsummer, the wind blows and the cicadas sing.

The summer in the old city is more impressive than the winter. Su Chengyi stared at the sunset outside the window in a daze.

Because of the urban heat island effect, Qinghe District, which is close to the suburbs and the ring canal, is somewhat cooler than the bustling central area.

So every evening, when the sun, which has been burning all day, declares its temporary dormancy, people come out of their rooms to enjoy the cool air.

The residents moved the rocking chairs out of their homes and placed them on the roadside like ants moving house. Then they gathered in groups of three or four, holding palm-leaf fans in their hands, and chatted about everything under the sun.

This was the kind of scene Su Chengyi feared the most when he was a child, because at this time he was often assigned by Su Zelang to run errands.

In fact, Su Chengyi didn't mind helping his unreliable father with such a small favor, but the "Big Windmill Animation" was about to start, and he was eager to watch "The Legend of the Seven Heroes of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit".

Normally, he would buy two bottles of cold beer and leave the remaining change for him to use as he pleased.

Su Chengyi would sometimes buy a popsicle and eat it on the way home, but most of the time, he would save the money and buy a comic book or magazine the next time he went to the library.

In fact, as long as he asked for money to buy books, both Su Zelang and Yang Liu would immediately give it to him, even though their families were not well off.

But Su Chengyi didn't want to ask for it, so he saved money slowly, one dollar at a time.

When he finished shopping and was walking home from the intersection, the street that was empty just now had changed its appearance. It was filled with people fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans and chatting to cool off.

At this time, Su Chengyi really wanted to turn around and take a detour, but in fact, there were people everywhere on both roads, so this struggle was obviously futile.

Su Chengyi had no choice but to carry the plastic bag, lower his head and walk quickly through the crowd, trying very hard to reduce his presence.

However, it is obvious that the neighbors have sharper eyes than anyone else, and their eyes are the ruler.

Only those who have experienced it know how strong the psychological endurance is required to cross such a street.

Pay attention, these chatterboxes seem to be ordinary citizens on the surface, but in fact they are a mysterious cosmic organization, the most powerful intelligence agency on earth, which can easily ruin your reputation, and their mouths can spread information faster than the Internet.

But they have poor hearing, so when someone says “I deliver takeout in the city” they can translate it into “He sells in the city”.

When Su Chengyi was a primary school student, he didn't know the origin of this. After returning from a competition, he naively responded to a conversation with an enthusiastic aunt:

"Xiaoyi, how was the city competition this time? Did you win first place?"

Su Chengyi took out the gold medal from his pocket and showed it to the aunt, then replied politely:
"The others are great too, I just got lucky."

When Su Chengyi went out the next day, his words had been twisted into:

"It's too easy. You can get first place just by guessing. There's no point in getting such a gold medal. I've already exchanged it for a stainless steel washbasin."

Su Chengyi, who was already socially anxious and autistic, wished he could walk into a sewer whenever he went out.

But humans cannot walk down the sewer.

So every time Su Chengyi just walked to the intersection, there would be an auntie shouting loudly:
"Hey! Isn't this the Grand Secretary of our community?"

In fact, he was still a primary school student at that time, but because his grades were so outstanding, his neighbors often teased him and called him "Mr. Su".

This was not a malicious name, and it was even a way of expressing affection, but Su Chengyi often felt so embarrassed that he wanted to crawl into the ground.

And this enthusiastic aunt's loud greeting will quickly attract everyone's attention.

"Xiaoyi, are you running errands for your dad again? Ask him to come down and drink! What's the point of hiding at home and drinking?"

The shirtless uncle in beach shorts snatched the beer from him with a grin.

"Grandmaster, how many points did you get in the final exam? Great! Come on, uncle will give you some pocket money. Go buy some delicious food."

There are also those who feed the students and are more concerned about the results.

"The Su family kid walks so fast, come sit over here for a while to cool off, it's so hot in the house."

There was also the overbearing old lady who grabbed him and wouldn't let him leave without any explanation.

In the end, he still had to rely on Granny Xu or Aunt Zhu to come to his rescue, waving a fan to drive people away for him, giving him a piece of ice watermelon or something, and then sending him home.

When Su Chengyi thinks about that scene now, he still feels a little embarrassed and at a loss.

He was too young at that time and did not have the temper and aura that keeps strangers away like he does now. Even if he had a stern face and was unhappy, adults would just think that this child was funny and interesting.

But although the method was clumsy and a bit offensive, as neighbors, their intention was to make him less lonely.

Ultimately, it's good intentions.

Su Chengyi looked at the setting sun outside the window, and the peaks of the distant mountains were dyed a bright orange-red.

In his previous life, he viewed human relationships and neighborly affection as a scourge and wanted only to escape from them.

So in his memory, the faces of these neighbors have become very blurry, and he can't even remember their last names.

But it's also very contradictory, Su Cheng thought.

He still remembers the uncle who liked to wear beach shorts and would help him flatten beer caps to make iron pieces that children liked to collect; the uncle who often gave him pocket money always gave him a brand new ten-dollar bill; and the old lady who forced him into the chatting group and smelled like mothballs.

This was something that was very far away from him.

Su Chengyi sighed softly.

Suddenly I feel a little nostalgic.

This nostalgic feeling was broken by the ringing of a phone call when the sunset took away the last rays of light.

Su Chengyi answered the call from Miss Chu.

"Hello? Su Chengyi, what are you doing!"

Chu Qingmian's voice is sweet, like a glass of freshly squeezed iced watermelon juice.

As soon as Su Chengyi heard her opening words, he knew that she must have nothing serious to do and was just bored.

"I have something to do."

Su Chengyi said seriously.

"what is the matter."

Chu Qingmian sounded as if he was frightened, and he lowered his voice a lot for fear of disturbing him.

"It's time. I want to watch the Big Windmill Animation."

Su Chengyi answered seriously.

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Chu Qingmian was obviously speechless. She was silent for a long time before she gritted her teeth and said:

"I also want to watch "Animation DreamWorks"!"

"Student, you are late. The Animation Dream Factory just ended."

Su Chengyi glanced at his watch to check the time.

When I was a kid, if I wanted to know what TV stations were broadcasting what programs, I had to read the newspaper.

At that age, Su Chengyi had nothing to do every day and had a lot of energy but nowhere to use it. He even memorized this schedule from beginning to end, and even now he can remember some of it.

"Ah?! Why do I remember it was this time? After dinner."

Chu Qingmian couldn't help laughing when he thought about the days when he watched cartoons as a child.

"I also want to watch The Wisdom Tree!"

The name that Chu Qingmian read out awakened part of Su Chengyi's memory.

This was his least favorite column when he was a child, but it happened to occupy the prime time slot.

Two children's program hosts, Hong Guoguo and Lu Paopao, lead a group of children to play various childish games.

Before Su Chengyi was reborn, he happened to see the news announcement that "The Wisdom Tree" was suspended, and the suspension time of "Animation DreamWorks" that they talked about first was even earlier.

Under the announcement that "The Wisdom Tree" was suspended, someone commented that when he was a child, he once called the program team and the person who answered the phone was a green bubble.

The child always asks questions without considering realistic logic. He asked directly:
"How do I get to the Tree of Wisdom?"

Green Bubble's answer is:

"Little boy, just keep going straight and you will arrive."

Keep moving forward and you will grow up.

So, when you turn on the children's channel for the last time, you won't realize that it's the last time.

It was only when Su Chengyi saw these familiar programs being announced to be off the air one after another that he suddenly remembered how he had watched so many cartoons in front of the TV.

This is how those long summer vacations in childhood passed.

"The big windmill is turning and squeaking. The scenery here is so beautiful.
The sky is beautiful, the ground is beautiful, and there is a group of happy friends! "

While Su Chengyi was distracted, Chu Qingmian was entertaining himself and singing happily.

Miss Chu's music library contains countless funny little songs like this. She can sing everything. "It was more fun when I was a kid. I never felt bored at all."

Chu Qingmian sighed, turned over in bed, and began to harass another innocent person.

"Hey, Fury! Go, get the ball back!"

It sounded like she had just swung her arm and thrown the toy ball away.

Su Chengyi thought that playing this kind of ball throwing game while lying on the bed could only be done in a room as large as Miss Chu's.

"Hey, hey, hey, Fury! Didn't you see your favorite ball fly away!

Go pick it up quickly. Are you a dog? Don’t dogs like to play the ball throwing game? "

Chu Qingmian looked at Fu Rui, who was lying on the side as steady as a rock, and felt hurt by her son's rebelliousness.

"Bernese Mountain Dogs are not retrievers, so they don't like to fetch balls that much."

Su Chengyi said slowly.

Especially a spoiled little fat dog like Fury, who eats, drinks and sleeps all day, would not have the heart to play such childish games with his owner.

"Hmph! I'll pick it up myself."

Otherwise, if the nanny at home sees that Fury's toy is missing, she will spend a lot of time looking for it.

Miss Chu got up from the bed dejectedly, and trotted all the way to fish out the ball that had rolled under the closet.

"Is it so boring?"

Su Chengyi wanted to laugh.

"That's right! Su Chengyi, tell me, are humans inherently masochists?
I finally have a holiday and can take a few days off from work, but I feel so uncomfortable with this kind of free time."

Chu Qingmian complained as he carefully placed the ball on top of Fury's head.

Make the dog become a seal who can head the ball.

Fury, who was growing very fast, was in a very stable mood. He lay quietly on the ground and dozed off without moving at all. The ball stayed steadily on his head.

"Why don't you go out with me? Let's go see the sea! Tahiti, or Phuket, how about that?"

Hearing her tone, Su Chengyi quickly spoke out to stop her.

Because she knew that if she said it a little later, she might have asked her assistant to book the plane ticket.

"Stop it. It's the peak season for the college entrance examinations. I don't want to go out and see so many people."

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Chu Qingmian sighed.

In addition to the summer peak, she only has a few days of vacation left. If she goes abroad, she will definitely have to rush and her travel experience will be greatly reduced.

Xingxing Entertainment is developing at a very fast pace, and has recently been competing with established large companies. This also means that Xiao Chu, as the CEO, has more things to worry about.

She gave herself this short "summer vacation", which was actually a very willful act.

"I hate it so much, I'm going on strike!"

Chu Qingmian gritted his teeth in hatred.

However, Su Chengyi knew that she was just complaining out of habit, and in fact she was still doing all the things she was supposed to do.

"We'll see later. There'll always be a time when both of us are free."

Su Chengyi said this, but his mind was drifting away.

As the summer vacation is coming to an end, there is one day that we need special attention.

"Then you have to promise me that you will go out with me when the time comes!"

Chu Qingmian was easy to coax and just asked him to promise happily.

"Okay, I promise."

Su Chengyi agreed without any psychological pressure.

Although he has multiple jobs and is developing on two fronts, he is indeed overwhelmed, but he can still arrange travel plans.

Moreover, when they stay in cities like Beijing or Shanghai, and because they are all involved in the entertainment industry, the three of them will see each other every day.

So compared to hanging around in the same big city, it is obviously safer to make an appointment with one of them to travel to other cities far away from the center of the storm, where the risk of accidents is much smaller.

"Great!"

Chu Qingmian sounded very happy. She touched Fu Rui's head and said with a smile:

"How about we go on a road trip? Fu Rui, do you want to go for a drive?

But you have to be a good boy, you can't run around or yell at others.

You can’t just lie on the ground and not get up, because you are too fat. I doubt that Su Chengyi and I can hold you."

Chu Qingmian held the dog's big paw and muttered seriously.

Listening to her voice, Su Chengyi felt that he could imagine her serious expression, and for a moment he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

The person on the other end of the receiver was as calm as a celestial being, which made him, who was obsessed with the Shura Field, look even more damned.

After hanging up the phone, Su Chengyi blamed himself for a few words, raised his eyes and looked out the window, the light was already dim.

It was evening and the sound of dishes being washed could be heard everywhere in the neighborhood.

This is the last trip of the summer vacation, Su Chengyi had already reserved time before the summer vacation. It is also the last stop before school starts.

August 21st is Chen Jinzhi’s birthday.

This day, she will be nineteen years old.

Su Chengyi thought for a long time about how to celebrate her birthday. He was used to making plans, but when it came to this matter, he always felt that no matter how he planned, it was not detailed enough, and there was always something missing.

While I was thinking, a loud child's voice came from downstairs:

"Brother Xiaoyi!"

With a voice that sounded like that of an elementary school student, Su Chengyi opened the window and looked downstairs.

Sure enough, it was Chocolate standing below, holding a big watermelon in his arms, and grinning happily at him.

I haven't seen this guy for a semester, and he doesn't show any sign of growing taller. He's still like a round little stump.

"Come down quickly, let's eat watermelon together! It's just out of the refrigerator, it's so sweet!"

Chocolate picked up the watermelon in his hand with great effort, wanting to show it to him, but his short arms and legs made it useless no matter how hard he tried.

Su Chengyi turned his head and saw that some bamboo chairs were scattered along the street, and people kept walking towards the intersection, fanning themselves with palm-leaf fans.

The scene was the same as he remembered, except that it wasn't as lively.

"Xiaoyi, it's not hot outside now. Do you want to go out? It's okay if you don't want to. Auntie will cut a piece and bring it to you!"

Aunt Zhu stood next to Chocolate with her hands on her hips and waved at him with a smile.

I think Aunt Zhu was also thinking of how dead he looked when he was a child.

Su Chengyi lowered his eyes, hesitated for only a moment, then raised the corner of his mouth and replied:
"Okay Auntie, I'll go downstairs now."

Amid the other party's surprised and delighted gaze, Su Chengyi turned around, closed the window, and pressed the off button of the air conditioner.

While changing his shoes at the entrance, Su Chengyi thought that if his childhood self saw this scene, he would probably be so shocked that he would be speechless.

Well, maybe she would even hold the door handle tightly, refusing to let him go out, and refusing to admit that this damned real person is him when he grows up.

traitor!

I'm living the life I hate the most.

When Su Chengyi thought of this, he suddenly felt like laughing.

"Click."

The doorknob turned, and the moment the door opened, wind blew in from the corridor.

Flowing natural wind is more suitable for humans than the cold air from air conditioners in closed rooms.

Su Chengyi's mood suddenly became very good for no reason.

It was like the paper airplane from his childhood was blown back into his hands by the wind.

(End of this chapter)