《Can’t Take My Eyes Off You》Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Advertisement
Chapter 380: The Locked Drawer
The most surprising thing was finding the bottle of handmade plastic stars from her house in the drawer!
How did Lu Xingzhi bring it here without her knowing was a mystery for another day.
Underneath the bottle was a few photographs. They were laid face down, so Jiang Yao could not see what they were. However, from the looks of it, they were recently developed, not longer than a couple of years.
Jiang Yao toyed around with the bottle filled with plastic stars and tried to imagine Lu Xingzhi’s reasoning for bringing something boring like this from her schooling days over to the platoon before checking out the photographs.
It was a thick stack of photographs. The main character was a girl, her life recorded in these photographs.
Jiang Yao lightly caressed the photographs with her fingers. She looked at the familiar face staring back at her and suddenly felt teary-eyed, the girl was her.
Starting from the first picture when she was five years old until the picture she took for remembrance during her high-school graduation ceremony, sometimes it was her alone, some other times it was with her parents, her two brothers and her friends. The only constant was her; she was in each one of the photographs.
These were not the old pictures found in the Jiang family. Lu Xingzhi must have obtained the negatives from the Jiang family and developed them again.
Growing up, the Jiang family was not financially sound, but Mr. and Mrs. Jiang were famous in the village for spoiling their child.
At that time, plenty of children did not have enough to eat, only the Jiang family would bring their children on a vacation to the city every year and take pictures.
Her first picture taken was when she was five years old. The girl in the photograph had two braids on her head, clipped on with a now-obsolete purple-red flower hair pin. She looked a little uncertain, maybe it was her first photograph, and stood still without any pose. Even then, she looked adorable.
Advertisement
There was a handwritten note behind the photograph, obviously written by Lu Xingzhi.
Darling’s first photograph, five years old, after taking this photograph she hugged Mother-in-Law and cried, she was then coaxed with a packet of candies.
Jiang Yao remembered this incident, but not from her own memories, instead it was told by her family and she was relentlessly teased by her brothers because of the story behind the photograph.
After that was a picture of her at six years old, seven years old, eight years old, and all the way till nine years old, there was another handwritten note behind the photograph.
Her first performance on stage, vain since young, her lipstick was the reddest among all, Mother-in-Law said that she wanted her teacher to put on prettier make up for her.
In the photograph, a little girl with a pink princess dress was wearing a pair of white shoes embroidered with a flower pattern. She curtsied and smiled charmingly.
She remembered this vividly.
She also remembered her different little white shoes. Back then, the teacher asked everyone to only wear white canvas shoes on stage. Everyone in class bought the same type, except for Jiang Yao. She had her eyes set on a pair of embroidered shoes when her mother brought her out shopping.
In hindsight, her fashion sense back then was to be desired, but fortunately she was prettier than the rest of the girls in her class. Even with the over-the-top make-up, she still thought that she was the prettiest girl in her class.
Advertisement
- In Serial39 Chapters
Sweet Tooth
Jon Williams is a 29 year old reclusive man who owns a car workshop. Growing up as an orphan his whole life has taken a huge toll on him. Being thrown from one foster home to an other throughout his childhood, didn't do any justice to the parental attention he craved for. Emma Daniels is a 24 year old, lively, bubbly girl who owns a cozy little bakery, Sweet Tooth. She is the epitome of optimism. Despite the harsh events that has taken place in her life, she manages to see the good in everything. Losing her parents at the ripe age of 18 and taking over their bakery has put huge responsibilities on her shoulder. This story embarks on a journey of two broken souls who find solace in each other.
8 120 - In Serial80 Chapters
Sweetness Drowning: Callous Boss and Awkward Wife
She looks at the pregnancy test report in his hand, hearing him say "abort it", which deeply hurts her feeling. The marriage of three years finally loses to a diagnosis… Click to read all of the latest chapters of Sweetness Drowning: Callous Boss and Awkward Wife on Flying Lines.
8 504 - In Serial79 Chapters
Stone Cold
He was Stone Cold.. literally.Frozen in time for centuries, A vampire awaiting his beloved to set him free.History always fascinated her. But she had no idea that it wasn't history that tugged her towards itself. It was the one who lived in the history.A cursed vampire lord turned to stone, A human girl born to lift his curse. Read more to find out how their story unfolds.(It's my first story. Please go easy on me ❤)
8 252 - In Serial16 Chapters
Cafe Brown
Are you searching for a sweet-love-short-read?Well,you are in the right place.______________________________________________________Every Sunday Violet used to come at the cafe and sit at table 8 with a book in her hands. While Simon used to adore her from behind the counter- the sweet smile and the beautiful blue eyes and the brown wavy hair.Will the Sunday starings turn into something more?Let's dive in together to know._______________________________________________________It's the first time I am writing a story. Please try to ignore my grammatical mistakes.Hope you enjoy the story.XOXO(ʃƪ^3^)_______________________________________________________Highest rank:#1 in longoneshot(01.04.2021)
8 207 - In Serial199 Chapters
Trail Marriage Husband: Need to work hard (Part1)
The night before their wedding, her fiancee ran off with his mistress. Out of frustration, she grabbed the man standing in front of the Civil Affairs Office, "President Mo, your bride has not arrived and my groom has run away...May I suggest we get married?" Before marriage, she said, "Even if we were to share the same bed, nothing would happen between us!" After marriage, he said, "If we don't try, how would we know?"AUTHOR: Passion Honey (Chinese)Translator:Yunyi | Editor: Yunyi
8 168 - In Serial39 Chapters
ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪꜱ-"ᴛʀᴜꜱᴛ ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ"Surround me like the air, not every love is fair♡"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈𝐑 " ~ 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝."Dying is easy, I lived for you- "**********************Love and Hate, two intense feelings, two opposite emotions, two base factors that decide the fate of everything around us, but there is a thin line between love and hate.When hatred turns into love, everything becomes beautiful, the world becomes cheerful, and everything appears to become brighter and happier. However, when love turns into hatred, something much more intense occurs. Every single ray of light turns into complete darkness, each and every happiness in your life seems to be engulfed by a black hole, your body feels like it is trapped in a whirlpool of emotions, and every single breath seems to be so difficult to take, you just want to die, but your autonomic nervous system won't set you free from the storm of emotions.**********************************"Isn't she adorable? You find her beautiful right? Don't you just love when she is all cute and submissive?""Yes-?" She answered in all honesty. "Disgusting.. stay away from her, I don't want you near that two faced leech ."She smirked and pushed her against the wall and took out the 'thing' from pocket."D-Did y-you just leashed me?""You were being a bitch" she leaned and bit her earlobe-"Now you are looking like one-"***********************The feeling when someone you know stabbed you on the back,You want to reverse the time and mourn over the lack...The feeling when you thought your friendship was like Potter, Weasley, and Granger,The lonely feeling when someone you care about became a stranger.They have started, but I will end it.It has begun. The game of death♡**************Cover by- @thecloudedpages***********,****
8 171

