i was my mistake

This time, I saw a round of rising sun slowly.

"Get up, get up." Wan Qing rubbed her head vigorously, "Don't sleep, you've overslept, let's go buy breakfast on the road today!"

"Ah? What time is it..."

"It's 05:30!"

"Huh, I had a strange dream." Ye Chen rubbed his eyes, "I dreamed that I went to the ninth floor with Jinyu—where is Jinyu?"

"What Jinyu? Who is Jinyu?"

"...?!"

……

51. Twin Ponytails in the Evening Sunshine

It was clearly a warm spring morning, but it made Ye Chen feel cold all over.

She bit her tongue between her teeth, and the slight tingle made her realize that this was reality and not a dream.

"Isn't Chen'er awake yet? It's going to be too late." Just as Ye Chen's brain was spinning rapidly, Zhao Jinyu walked in from outside the house, picked up the facial oil on the dressing table by the bed, and began to apply it in front of the mirror .

"what?"

"Hahaha, do you really believe it? Seeing you waking up in a daze, let me tease you." Wan Qing patted Ye Chen's shoulder hard, looking like she was about to laugh out loud, "No, no, you Really, really—are you scared?"

Ye Chen didn't answer, but just rolled his eyes angrily.

"Hello? Hello? Are you still in shock? Are you not that timid?"

"Go away!"

"Hahaha..." Wan Qing laughed while clutching her stomach, "You don't know how funny your look was just now, it's really - super interesting!"

"Laugh louder, you'd better roll on the ground laughing..." Ye Chen drooped his eyelids, got up and walked over, rubbing her shoulders, "Really..."

"Go back and take a shower?"

"No, there are toothbrushes and towels here anyway..."

"You rub Imayo's facial cleanser again."

"It's fine, just use whatever you want." Zhao Jinyu said hastily after he had already applied the face oil evenly.

"I don't mind now, don't come and destroy our relationship."

"What's your relationship with her?"

"Anyway, it must be much better than the relationship with you!"

"Excellent." Wan Qing gave Zhao Jinyu a thumbs up. The latter was stunned for a moment, and then realized that she was actually trying to squeeze Ye Chen, so she covered her mouth and giggled.

"Idiot Wanqing!" Ye Chen, who was already brushing her teeth, yelled vaguely.

"Don't bother with her." Wan Qing took a few glances at herself in the mirror, and sat down in front of the dressing table very naturally, "It's late today anyway, so don't be so anxious, Jinyu can help me Do you want a new hairstyle?"

"New hairstyle? Want to change your mood today?"

"Well! Any ideas?"

"There are many kinds of braids I can do... But maybe I don't have enough time."

"what?"

"It will take half an hour if it is slow."

"Oh, even if it's a waste of time, don't waste it like this, or you'll be really late." Wan Qing casually scratched her hair, "Then forget it."

"However, there is a simple one, do you want to try it?"

"what?"

"Double ponytails~"

"...I'm not a primary school student."

"It's not the kind of twin ponytails that look childish. I will keep the braids longer and mess up the ends of the hair. It will look very girly."

"Okay, come here."

"Why does Qing'er suddenly want to change her mood?"

"It's nothing, it's just that it makes me feel a little uncomfortable to always wear a single ponytail like that idiot Ye Chen."

"Pfft, do you want to be different from her?"

"Yes."

Zhao Jinyu picked up the wooden comb with a faint fragrance, and combed Wan Qing's long hair gently and skillfully, and then took out a small watering can to spray a little.

"What's this?"

"Scented water."

"water?"

"Well, it's essentially just normal water, but with something added so it won't break easily..."

"And it has a scent?"

"right."

"Isn't that just perfume?"

"Essentially it's still different."

"I don't understand." Wan Qing didn't understand at all, just like she couldn't figure out what the dozens of bottles and jars on Zhao Jinyu's dressing table were for.

Don't think about it if you don't understand it, this is Wan Qing's living habit.

——Sometimes it is not good to live too clearly.

It's just a double ponytail, so naturally it didn't take much time, but it was still a bit slower than ordinary people's double ponytail, mainly because Zhao Jinyu carefully dealt with the details of the hairstyle after finishing it.

"Um……"

"How about it?"

"It feels like the temperament has changed all of a sudden."

"right?"

"Ah."

In the vanity mirror, the two ponytails are tied with a black bow tie. Instead of tightening it deliberately, the middle and lower part of the hair is deliberately scattered, less restrained and more free-spirited and lively .

The black hair bow is the only decoration, slightly darker than her hair.

On the small face with exquisite features, a pair of green eyes were opened, slightly reflecting the sunlight coming in from the window, making it look as if it could emit light by itself.

She tilted her head slightly, and her jet black hair also tilted slightly.

"Oh... Tohsaka Rin?"

"what?"

"It's okay." Wan Qing shook her head.

Perhaps, my appearance is made by the world according to my favorite appearance?

If this is the case, then the world is too idealistic.

Or maybe, this kind of idealism is also a kind of materialism?

"Okay." Wan Qing stood up and gave up the chair, "You should comb your hair now, or it will be too late later."

"OK."

Zhao Jinyu started fiddling in front of the dressing table and stood aside, Wan Qing finally figured out why it usually took her so long to go out.

——Although half an hour is not very long, it is already a long time for students who are still going to school.

The main reason is that too much time was wasted on the selection.

For example, to choose a hairpin, Zhao Jinyu opened the small drawer of his dressing table, and the entire drawer was filled with hairpins, at least forty or fifty by visual inspection.

Then she will choose one of the forty or fifty that suits today's weather, today's mood, and today's day... to issue a card.

If there are hair ropes and headbands, the selection method is similar.

Obviously there is no decoration on the head...

After seven or eight minutes, she finally chose the hairpin and hair tie, and then got tangled up about whether to wear a watch or other bracelets, and finally she wore a small and lovely quartz watch.

Yes, even the watch has five or six options.

It is clear that Zhao Jinyu usually behaves very approachable, but at this moment, Wan Qing still has the illusion that there is still a considerable distance between the two of them.

"I'm ready, let's go..." Ye Chen walked into the bedroom while talking, when she saw Wan Qing in the mirror, she froze for a moment, "Eh...?"

"How's it going, isn't it pretty?" Wan Qing pursed her lips, there was Zhao Jinyu's inconspicuous lip gloss on it.

The word 'beautiful' almost came out of Ye Chen's mouth, but in the end she just curled her lips and said very contemptuously: "Childish!"

"Why, twin tails are childish?"

"Yeah, only elementary school students wear double ponytails, right?"

"Tsk tsk, but it's a pity. With double ponytails, I don't look like a primary school student at all. On the contrary, I have more girlish charm, right?"

"...Have you ever praised yourself so much?"

Wan Qing clapped Ye Chen's shoulder: "Alright, go back to your room and get your schoolbag, I'll be fine soon, I have to go to school quickly."

"What's for breakfast?"

"See if dad has done it. If he hasn't done it, go out and buy it and bring it to school."

Pushing open the door of the room that didn't come back to sleep all night, the sound of the range hood was coming from the kitchen.

Xiao Bai was happily playing with his father's leather belt, pumping it like a spinning top with his paws, and biting it with his mouth from time to time.

"Father, is breakfast ready?"

"Did you sleep at Imayo's house yesterday?"

"Yes."

Father didn't ask too much, after all, this kind of thing has happened several times, and Zhao Jinyu's house is next door, so there is nothing to worry about: "It's done, I think you haven't come back to pick up your schoolbags yet, probably it's too late to eat at home. Helping you get dressed."

"What's delicious?" After waking up for a while, Wanqing was already hungry, so she quickly moved over to take a look, "Oh——fried dumplings, fried rice cakes, and egg pancakes?"

"Well, I packed a little more for you, and remember to share some later." My father covered the three aluminum lunch boxes and put them in a crumpled hard plastic bag.

"Okay, Ye Chen takes it."

"I take it?"

"Yes."

"...All right, all right."

The two walked out of the house with the plastic bag containing breakfast, Zhao Jinyu was closing the door with his schoolbag on his back.

"Jinyu, don't buy too much for breakfast later, my dad made a little extra breakfast, you can eat it later." Ye Chen shook the bag in his hand.

"Good."

It was another new morning, and the weather seemed to be getting warmer. Maybe it was because the three of them didn't come out so early this time, so the temperature was also slightly higher.

Zhao Jinyu went to Yonghe Dawang to buy soy milk and rice balls, and the three officially set off.

The streets are somewhat congested at this moment, cars and bicycles are crowded together, even if bicycles want to pass, they have to slow down.

And from time to time, cars would speed up inexplicably, and along the way, I saw people almost getting into car accidents several times.

Many people in this era have very little traffic awareness, and the traffic officers assigned to large intersections are also extremely busy.

"Is Jinyu not feeling bad anymore?" Wan Qing opened the lid of the top lunch box, grabbed a still warm fried dumpling and stuffed it into her mouth, "You don't have a hangover, do you?"

"No, it's all right."

"Do you remember the stories I told you yesterday?"