[Saturday, June 28, 2025]
[It suddenly occurred to me that August 9th is my mother's birthday.]
My dad's going on a two-month trip this summer and probably won't be back, so I'll probably be going alone.
[I've written quite a bit in my diary; I can take it with me.]
[Let's not talk about this anymore.]
I inquired about tutoring for Xia Yunuo today, and it seems to have made some initial progress, but I don't know if it will actually work out.
I had lunch with Xia Jinshu at noon and finalized the tutoring contract, but seeing how enthusiastic she was, I was a little worried.
[Hopefully she won't be too strict.]
[But it's only an hour a day, so it's not a big problem and won't interfere with my gaming.]
[Once I've saved enough money next month, I can buy a new computer. I can start ordering some parts in advance and try to get it all sorted out before August.]
[I had dinner at my uncle's house tonight, and he told me he's started a short drama studio, which seems pretty good.]
[ Yingying will be starting kindergarten in the second half of the year! Time flies!]
I really want to play the piano, but as soon as I sit down at the piano, my fingers lose strength.
I know what I'm afraid of isn't the piano itself, but something else entirely.
But I can't control it.
[No, no, I shouldn't have said that.]
[Anyway, everything is fine.]
Xia Jinshu looked at the diary, sometimes frowning, sometimes deep in thought, and there were some parts she couldn't fully understand.
What does it mean that Song Yunshen wanted to go alone on his mother's birthday?
Where to go?
Does that mean his parents are divorced?
Xia Jinshu scratched her head, recalling that she had never heard Song Yunshen mention his mother.
So, like their family, they were also from a divorced family?
Xia Jinshu pursed her lips, then looked at the middle part, and couldn't help but turn her head to glance at Xia Yunuo.
Why does Xiao Nuo also want to be a tutor?
Could it be because she heard about my tutoring job that she's also considering it?
But that's too dangerous.
Hmm... if Song Yunshen is overseeing things, it should be fine.
Consider it early social training.
Xia Jinshu wouldn't completely treat her younger sisters like children. Since it was Xia Yunuo's own decision, she would silently support her.
Xia Yunuo didn't even discuss it with her family, which left her feeling somewhat helpless.
She's always been this strong-willed and independent since she was little... Xia Jinshu turned her gaze away from Xia Yunuo and sighed softly.
Then she read the end of the diary and felt a strange mix of emotions.
It turns out he can play the piano.
But why did you say no when you were at his house today?
That piano seems to have been left by his mother. Did he develop a dislike for pianos because his parents divorced?
Thinking of this, Xia Jinshu couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for Song Yunshen, and even felt a desire to comfort him.
But then she shook her head.
Putting aside whether it's appropriate for me to be an outsider, I can't explain how I even learned about these things.
After much deliberation, Xia Jinshu decided to do what she could.
At least for Song Yunshen, it was absolutely impossible for him to slack off in her class.
Who says that just because the contract stipulates one hour of tutoring, a tutor can't voluntarily spend more time?
She also promised Song Yunshen's aunt that if she raised his English score to 120, he could eat at the braised chicken restaurant for free forever.
I don't really care whether I eat it or not, but it would be great if I could take my mom and sister to eat it.
But isn't that a bit excessive?
After all, her aunt only said she could do it for free, she didn't say that bringing other people would also be free...
Xia Jinshu became distressed by this.
At worst, she can only bring one person at a time, and then she can just not eat it herself and give the free portion to her mother and the others.
Xia Jinshu thought about these things and silently put away the diary in her hand.
Seeing that she had some free time, Xia Yunuo, remembering that she still hadn't found a tutoring job, tentatively asked, "Sister."
"What's wrong?"
Where did you find this tutoring job?
"Huh?" Xia Jinshu didn't expect her sister to ask this. After hesitating for a moment, she chose to continue hiding the truth. "It was... it was introduced by the English Club teacher."
She and Song Yunshen met because of the English Club's mailbox, and that mailbox was Jiang Wenpei's idea.
So, it's not wrong for the English Club teacher to recommend it, right?
Xia Yunuo blinked, not expecting this answer.
However, remembering that she had asked Teacher Song on Song Yunshen's recommendation, she felt relieved.
That makes sense, since only teachers have access to such resources.
For these high school students, asking their teachers for help is definitely the most convenient and quickest way to fulfill this need.
Xia Jinshu breathed a slight sigh of relief after getting away with it.
To be honest, when I wrote letters in the English Club, it was partly to maintain my writing skills in English, and partly to secretly vent my frustrations.
Since it was usually Teacher Jiang who replied to her letters, she didn't feel any pressure.
Unexpectedly, his letter was chosen by Song Yunshen on a whim.
Even so, if Xia Jinshu hadn't inexplicably found Song Yunshen's diary in her own diary, she most likely wouldn't have replied to Song Yunshen's English letter.
Xia Jinshu's gaze returned to the neatly folded diary, and she felt a pang of emotion.
Even now, she is still somewhat dazed, never expecting that such a miraculous thing would actually happen to her.
Perhaps there really is some hidden bond between me and Song Yunshen?
Otherwise, how do you explain the existence of diaries?
No, no, what am I even thinking?
Song Yunshen is the object of Xiao Nuo's affections.
Although Xiao Nuo kept denying it.
As the older sister, I still have to vet her younger sister's choices.
[ Xia Kening ]: What are you doing?
Song Yunshen stuffed his diary, along with his Future Diary and some other private items, into a drawer and locked it.
Song Yunshen nodded in satisfaction after slipping the key into a hidden compartment in one of the books on the bookshelf.
In this way, even if she were to exchange souls with Xia Kening again in the future, she would not be able to see the contents of the diary.
After doing all that, Song Yunshen lay down on the bed, opened his phone, and saw a message from Xia Kening.
[ Song Yunshen ]: Missing me again?
[ Xia Kening ]: You're so vain! Can you stop being so narcissistic?
[ Song Yunshen ]: I'm just quite self-aware. It's normal for you to be infatuated with someone as handsome as me, but you also need to know that you're still young, and there's no possibility between us.
[ Xia Kening ]: Haha, five people confessed their feelings to me this semester, how about you?
[ Song Yunshen ]: Girls are generally more reserved, I can understand that.
[ Xia Kening ]: Get lost! I don't like you at all; I'd rather hate you!
[ Song Yunshen ]: Did you become angry and embarrassed after your true thoughts were exposed?
[ Xia Kening ]: Ugh! Why are you so annoying! Let's delete each other! Let's delete each other!