Fairytale Shelf Life [MTL]

Ch 5

Chapter 05

"Xiao Chan, you are abnormal."

Zhou Yan's questioning made Song Zhi suddenly sober, and realized that he had somewhat over-substituted——Zhou Yan was not her father, she was just a stand-in.

The girl lowered her head abruptly, her ears felt hot, she was ashamed of having a dream and also worried about revealing her secrets.

Zhou Yichan taught her how to deal with it last night?

"If my dad is serious about asking you to explain why you didn't return home at night, just cry, and repeat 'I'm sorry, Dad' while crying!" The girl told her firmly, "When I cry, my dad will have nothing to do, so I cry all the time..."

But Zhou Yichan didn't know that Song Zhi seldom shed tears since she was a child, even when she was so depressed and desperate when she left home, she never shed a single tear.

How should she act and cry now?

Song Zhi didn't dare to look at Zhou Yan again, her fingernails unconsciously pinched her palms, and for a moment she regretted agreeing to the exchange.

However, the matter has come to this point, and he can only bite the bullet and break in like when he just entered the door.

Song Zhi was brewing emotions, he opened his mouth and tried hard to say those two words, and tried to say it, but failed.

Zhou Yan didn't know what he was thinking, and didn't rush, just quietly waiting for her explanation.

In the end, Song Zhixin swayed, pinched her thigh hard, and simply raised her head to look directly into the man's eyes.

"Father—"

Unexpectedly, the moment she spoke, an inexplicable soreness gushed out of her heart, mouth and throat, and the rampage disrupted all composure.

For eighteen years, Song Zhi never called anyone this name. She thought she didn't care about not having a father at all. Until this moment, the sour tears rolled down my heart, and I didn't know that I had been suppressed for many years.

Song Zhi's heart was surging, she didn't actually want to cry, but her tears rolled down silently involuntarily, she couldn't even say the word "sorry" stuck in her throat.

She stared at Zhou Yan again, but instead of the initial search and passion, she had mixed feelings.

On the contrary, this appearance was mistaken, and Zhou Yichan's usual aggrieved and stubborn appearance was completely played out.

As Zhou Yichan said, Zhou Yan really died down.

The man sighed heavily, took a few pieces of paper from the coffee table and walked to Song Zhi's side: "Forget it, wait until you recover for a few days and you can communicate."

Song Zhi didn't go to pick up the tissue he handed over.

Zhou Yan put it on the sofa, turned around and went upstairs after the last confession: "Give me your passport tomorrow, and your friend's too, and I will arrange someone to apply for a visa." The same is the back view, but Song Zhi feels that Zhou Yan is more beautiful than others

. Song Yumo was warmer.

She stood there for a long time, until the man completely disappeared around the corner, and the intertwined emotions in her heart gradually calmed down.

Song Zhi sat softly on the sofa at this moment, picked up the tissue that Zhou Yan left behind and wiped away his tears.

It was also at this time that the aunt at home brought out a hearty breakfast from the kitchen, and whispered to her side, "Xiao Chan, don't blame me for being talkative. But these two days your father has been sitting in the living room waiting for you all night long." , He was worried about what happened to you, so he called around all night to look for it." Song Zhi, who had never been looked for by his mother, was taken aback.

But the aunt thought that the employer's daughter had misunderstood, and felt that she was restricted, so she hurriedly explained: "Auntie knows that you adolescent children also need private space, and I don't mean to judge anything, but I don't want your father and daughter to be misunderstood. Xiaochan, you can Go upstairs and ask Mr. Zhou to have breakfast together."

Zhou Yichan also said that her father is the best at slapping her and giving her a candy: he strictly restrains her and admonishes her, but every time he quarrels, he will give in first, and he is used to acting as if nothing happened. He asked her to have a meal together to turn the page.

It is said that Song Zhi, who is acting, should listen to his aunt's opinion. After all, it was Zhou Yichan who stayed away at night first, and refused to explain anything. At this time, accepting a soft turn of the story will also help her continue to pretend to play.

But Song Zhi remained undecided for a long time—she didn't dare to confront Zhou Yan again.

She is not Zhou Yichan, she has no complaints against Zhou Yan, she is afraid that she will be involuntary again, and that she will be exposed immediately if they confront each other again.

"I don't want it!"

Song Zhi could only pretend to be a rebellious girl, dropped three words, and fled upstairs with bones.

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Zhou Yichan's room is on the corner of the third floor, adjacent to the attic, without a balcony, and the swimming pool is outside the window. She said that this location can give her a sense of security.

Song Zhi originally felt that she was a little too introverted and sensitive, but at this moment, she thanked Zhou Yichan for her character.

At this moment of falling into a dream, this hidden corner also gave her a lot of truth and stability.

Song Zhi sat in the center of the narrow wrought iron bed, recalling the adventures and madness of the past two days, while looking at the ten-square-meter small room he was in.

It is completely different from the pink princess luxury room she imagined. The square is covered with cream mint green wallpaper, the white ceiling lights are like a bunch of upside-down balloons, and the green windows and white gauze reveal a sense of artistic freshness.

In fact, it fits Zhou Yichan's delicate temperament quite well.

Maybe it's because green is calming, Song Zhi scanned the paintings and decorations in the room, and gradually relaxed.

The tension and uneasiness subsided, and the exhaustion from running around for days hit her, and she finally fell into a deep sleep.

Unexpectedly, in a completely unfamiliar place, Song Zhi slept more peacefully than at home, as if a pair of big hands calmed the hesitation deep in her heart.

This sleep went straight to dusk, and when she woke up, the girl was confused for a moment—the dim sunset light, strange room, strange clothes, she suddenly thought she was in a dream.

It wasn't until she took out the same unfamiliar mobile phone with some strange messages in it that she suddenly remembered that she and Zhou Yichan had switched identities.

The palm is Zhou Yichan's mobile phone, and the letter should be Jiang Shuyue who was mentioned by the other party.

The girl first sent a passport photo, followed by a naked threat:

[All the materials are sent to you in a flash, I will see the UK visa and air ticket within ten days]

[Otherwise, you should understand [smile] 】

Song Zhi was shocked immediately.

It's not because the troubles came so quickly, but she suddenly remembered one thing - she didn't even have a passport!

Last night, the two girls were full of enthusiasm, patronizing and planning how Song Zhi should play Zhou Yichan to deal with relatives and friends, but these fatal details were ignored. Even when Zhou Yan mentioned the matter of the passport this morning, Song Zhi was too distracted to ignore it.

At this moment, Jiang Shuyue's threat reminded Song Zhi of this reality.

In order not to violate the law, she only took Zhou Yichan's mobile phone, and didn't even exchange her ID card. What should she do now that she is going abroad soon? Moreover, she doesn't even have serious domestic travel experience, so how can she not show her timidity during her first international trip?

Both girls are too impulsive and not thoughtful at all.

Song Zhi began to feel remorse, and once again thought of retreating. Of course, it's not that she can't stand the slightest challenge, but that she has regained her sanity, and she clearly understands that there are flaws everywhere.

It is very likely that Zhou Yichan will have to return immediately as soon as she arrives at the destination of her heart. In this case, the exchange may not be a relief, and it may be counterproductive.

Thinking of this, Song Zhi wanted to contact Zhou Yichan.

"Let's switch back."

The opening remarks were all entered into the dialog box, but the sudden knock on the door stopped Song Zhi from clicking the send button.

Knock-knock—

two soft and polite sounds.

Song Zhi paused, but got out of bed barefoot first.

The door opened, and it was Zhou Yanli standing outside. The man changed into black casual clothes, and after a quick glance, all the sharpness of his body was restrained.

He should have something to look for his daughter, but the moment he saw Song Zhi, he hesitated to speak, and in the end, he ordered first: "Put on your shoes before coming here." If it was Zhou Yichan, she would definitely blame her father for being critical.

But Song Zhi was only surprised. After all, Song Yumo didn't care whether she was cold or not, even if it was snowing, but Zhou Yan, a big man, could notice the details that the floor would be cold in early summer.

The girl's thoughts were wandering, but the man stood there without moving.

Zhou Yan thought his daughter was angry, so he put on a majestic mask helplessly: "Zhou Yichan, it's okay to be angry with me, but there's no need to compete with me on this kind of thing."

Song Zhi played the role of a doormat by mistake, and simply ignored him, turned his head and put on his slippers in a muffled voice.

After walking past, she just hid in the backlight and asked in a low voice, "Why are you knocking on the door?"

When she opened her mouth, Song Zhi was overwhelmed by the anxiety she felt when she first stepped into Zhou's house, because her and Zhou Yichan's voices resembled each other. Tone and timbre are still very different.

Although she worked hard to imitate Zhou Yichan's soft intonation in the middle of the night yesterday, she knew that it would be impossible to imitate it 100% immediately.

When she first met Zhou Yan in the morning, Song Zhi called out "Dad" jerky throughout the whole process so as not to reveal her secrets, but at this moment, she was really not sure, so she could only try to keep her voice down and pretend to be unhappy.

Fortunately, Zhou Yan may be too busy talking about business, and didn't notice this detail.

He didn't seem to mind his daughter's attitude, and calmly talked about the business: "Give me a list of the places you want to go on this UK trip, and I'll make arrangements." Song Zhi thought of Zhou Yichan's resistance, and thought of Zhou Yichan's resistance, and he did it for her and for himself. Fighting: "I said, I don't want to go abroad for vacation."

"Okay, where do you want to go?" Zhou Yan unexpectedly gave in.

Song Zhi looked up in surprise, paused, and said Zhou Yichan's arrangement: "Northwest."

"Yes." Zhou Yan agreed again.

Just when Song Zhi was highly suspicious that Zhou Yichan had a deep misunderstanding of her father, he heard the man continue: "You go to England with me first, and then I will go to the Northwest with you." Song Zhi: ... She should have like Zhou Yichan, she closed the door on the spot and refused to communicate any more, but she couldn't help reminding Zhou Yan: "I'm eighteen years old, and it's time to learn to be independent."

Zhou Yan told her seriously: "Eighteen is still a child. Xiaochan , When you graduate from university, I will not interfere with you wherever you want to go alone."

Song Zhi, who had been forced to be independent for a long time, bumped into her heart, and her weakness was once again exploited by Zhou Yan.

God knows how envious she is that her peers can be children.

Song Zhi suddenly felt that what Zhou Yichan said was right, her father was really difficult to deal with, and after only seeing her twice, she was about to be counterattacked.

"Then whatever you want." Song Zhi was moved, but could only dodge, "After this kind of thing, Dad can just send me a message."

After she finished speaking, she wanted to close the door.

Zhou Yan stretched out his hand to stop the retort: ​​"Words can cover up emotions, Xiaochan, I want to know what you really think. So—" the man paused, and immediately announced, "I will still ask you for an interview next time." The man was rational and

straightforward Bai's behavior style matched Song Zhi's imaginary father again. She closed the door vigorously, but she didn't feel angry at all in her panic. Instead, her thoughts of retreating were completely shaken.

Song Zhi stood close to the door, his eyes locked on the phone dialog box.

In the end——

she deleted the edited content, and turned to Zhou Yichan for help:

[SOS, I don't have a passport! There is no experience in handling visas! I have never traveled abroad! ]

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Song Zhi sent Zhou Yichan all his problems and screenshots of Jiang Shuyue's letter.

After a while, Zhou Yichan sent a number, indicating that she could contact this hotel to get a visa.

And tell her:

[Liberté: It's okay, my dad and Jiang Shuyue will arrange the itinerary, and I will send you a travel guide to the UK later, and as long as you can speak English, you are completely OK. ]

[Liberté: Forget it, I just happened to be back at the hotel, let's discuss it directly on the line! ]

Zhou Yichan's video came back quickly, and they seemed to have returned to the night when they decided to exchange, and began to supplement Song Zhi, a small town girl, with relevant knowledge about going abroad.

"You can directly apply for a visa for more than two years, lest my dad wants to fly to the UK for shopping before school starts on a whim; if the international flight takes a long time, book first-class directly, it will be much more comfortable, don't book a round-trip package, my dad travels The time is more casual, and the return time is not so sure; as for the hotel, if my dad asks your opinion, you can choose whatever you want, and he will agree. But I am prone to allergies, so I don't even consider homestays. Usually I only book star-rated hotels, you don't have to I made a reservation by myself, so I told my dad the name of the hotel, and he will arrange...

In fact, for those who go abroad for the first time, the UK is still good. You can make a lot of purchases at Harrods in London, watch a Manchester United game in Manchester, go to York to walk Harry Potter's Diagon Alley, and finally take the train to Edinburgh, watching the sunset on the seaside..."

It seems that she has come to the area she is good at, and Zhou Yichan talks about travel, like a princess casually mentioning her daily life.

It is all the usual things she has experienced thousands of times, in a tone of voice There is no show off in the book, but Song Zhilue felt envious when he imagined it.

She couldn't help interrupting the girl, and said from the bottom of her heart: "Yichan, to be honest, what you described is exactly the graduation trip I dreamed of, and you actually avoided it. Not as good as. "

Zhou Yichan didn't mind at all: "It's normal, I went to the desert Gobi that others despise today, and I felt that my dream had come true!" "

The two girls had a tacit understanding, looked at each other through the camera, and suddenly smiled at each other.

Then, they continued to plan Song Zhi's first overseas trip as a "stand-in".

Thousands of visa fees, over ten thousand star hotels, Nearly 100,000 first-class international flights, the unique high-end afternoon tea posted by Internet celebrity bloggers, the endless golf course, the gorgeous but elegant British scenery that looks like a movie lens... all kinds of scenes that have never been touched in this life are overwhelming. In front of her eyes, Song Zhifang seemed to have opened Pandora's box.

It was unbelievable that she could have all her dreams overnight.

Song Zhi didn't tell Zhou Yichan that, in fact, she didn't even dare to dream so extravagantly.

They talked until late at night , in the end, because Zhou Yichan's travel blueprint was too tempting, she had completely forgotten the most important point - how to face Jiang Shuyue. Song Zhi even dreamed

that night was the scene of walking through Oxford University by herself. Seeing that she stole the identity of the princess, she started a bizarre and adventurous exchange life in London.

When the nanny aunt knocked on the door and brought her a hearty breakfast, the girl was still half asleep.

After all, she used to prepare breakfast , the role of serving breakfast for others, the current life is really a bit like a princess in a dream.

In the end, Jiang Shuyue couldn't hold back anymore, and sent another message to urge the progress of the visa. Song Zhicai remembered this big | trouble that had been ignored, and sent Zhou Yichan a message to discuss it again.

Zhou Yichan still responded very quickly:

[Liberté: If you meet Jiang Shuyue's request unconditionally, then there's no problem! ]

[Liberté: If you don't know what attitude to use to face her, you can look through the chat records between me and her to find out how you feel. 】

With his permission, Song Zhi read the chat records with Jiang Shuyue.

"My favorite e-sports player eats bungalow hot pot, princess, you can definitely arrange it [smiling]" "

This set of incense suits me well, understand?"

"I want this bag for my birthday present"

"But I just want to go Watching F1 racing cars in the UK [smiles]"

"As long as you are obedient, I will be your best friend who will keep your mouth shut."

...

so densely packed that they ask for it every time, and every one is a threat.

Song Zhiguang was furious just reading the news, and it was at this moment that she understood Zhou Yichan's despair to the point of wanting to escape from the bottom of her heart.

This is blatant extortion and bullying.

According to her temper, she now wants to forcefully cut off Jiang Shuyue's infinitely expanding desire.

But the photo in the diary in the chat history made Song Zhi calm down. She had to consider Zhou Yichan's mood and weakness.

So she had no choice but to follow Zhou Yichan's example, bear the burden of humiliation, temporarily respond to Jiang Shuyue's requests, and pretend to be a snake.

It wasn't until a week later - when

the urgent passport and visa were processed, Song Zhi finally saw Jiang Shuyue's true face in the international terminal building.

The girl squeezed the suitcase tightly and eagerly went up to it. Her eyes were deep and bright, and she walked like the wind without any hesitation.

She was ready to meet the bully.