Extra: A Brand New Life 45 (Jiang Yue and Xue Yan)
"Everyone likes to talk to you," Chen Sheng continued, "you can chat with everyone, Zhou Ping is so straightforward, he never compromises himself, yet he can chat so well with you; teachers like you too because you are diligent and obedient; all the parents in our neighborhood like you, you are polite and know everyone, especially the grandparents in the neighborhood who can be really nagging—sometimes annoyingly so. I know you get annoyed by them too, but you are the only one who never ignores them. They are only happy when they see you, even if you scold them, they are still happy; and me, I nag too. I have had many friends as I have grown up, but the only one who has stayed in touch with me since we were children, and not just stayed in touch but in frequent contact, is you."
Hearing this, Xu Yi suddenly realized that Chen Sheng had never said she was short, had never mentioned her plain looks, had never criticized her academic performance, had never said…