Jiang Linyuan stood by the reef, looking at Zhang Juntang. "Should I move a little to the left?"
"This is fine."
Zhang Juntang aimed the camera at Jiang Linyuan. Click—another photo.
"When did you start learning photography?"
Jiang Linyuan struck a few poses and casually asked.
Little Madwoman seemed to carry her camera everywhere.
"High school... I used an instant camera back then."
Zhang Juntang pressed the shutter and answered softly.
She had started in high school? Little Madwoman was quite the veteran.
Jiang Linyuan did not ask any further. He and Little Madwoman were not especially familiar to begin with.
If he had to define their relationship, aside from admirer and the one being admired, perhaps they could add "her mother's colleague" to the list?
"Senior Jiang, that day... what did you say to my mother when you went out with her?"
Gathering her courage, Zhang Juntang finally asked the question she had held in for a long time.
After that day, for some reason, her mother had sent her several messages, mostly praising Senior Jiang.
Why had she started praising him after meeting him just once?
"Nothing much. Your mom just pulled me aside and talked about having met me before."
Jiang Linyuan did not tell Zhang Juntang that he had already invested in her family's business.
Her mother had not told her, so there was even less reason for him to bring it up.
"Oh, oh, oh."
Zhang Juntang nodded, not daring to look at Jiang Linyuan.
Did Senior Jiang mean... that he had recognized her?
"Um... thank you for what happened back then, Senior."
She spoke softly.
"Oh... it was nothing."
Jiang Linyuan nodded.
He roughly knew she was referring to the bullying at school.
But back then, he had been too busy fighting to pay