《The Younger Brother Next Door is a School Grass》


 CH 1

    ¡°Hanging out all day, why don¡¯t you know how to study?¡±


    ¡°Have you finished your homework? Huh? You don¡¯t even have a bit of self-consciousness!¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t see a single book on your desk, you are really capable, Lu Xi! Don¡¯t you know that the entrance examination is arriving soon?¡±


    ¡°From now on, you are not allowed to go anywhere. This weekend, just stay in the house for studi¡ª¡±


    Xu Xuelin opened the door in annoyance, but she didn¡¯t expect that there would be someone in front of the door, so she became a little embarrassed.


    ¡°Sisi¡­you aren¡¯t going for make-up classes this week?¡± She unconsciously blurted out in a soft voice.


    The little girl in front of the door was called Zhou Sisi who lived on the same floor. All those living in the same unit knew that she was very quiet and bashful, and afraid of strangers.


    Therefore, Xu Xuelin was not surprised when she didn¡¯t receive any response. Since she was in a hurry, she didn¡¯t notice anything wrong with her and left the words ¡°Auntie has cherries in the house, go and have some¡±, then hurriedly left for the hospital.


    A gust of mid-spring wind tumbled through the corridor window and swept across Zhou Sisi¡¯s bangs, who stood still for a long time.


    ¡°Ahh.¡± The person in the room yawned.


    ¡°Fuck, she left the door open,¡± the clear young voice grew louder as the distance between them narrowed, ¡°so sloppy and nice to say¨Chuh?¡±


    The voice made Zhou Sisi¡¯s shoulders tremble slightly and as she lifted her eyes, her scattered gaze gradually focused on the young man¡¯s face.


    The exquisite and handsome young man seemed lazy. ¡°You are standing here,¡± he casually asked, holding back the unfriendly words.  ¡°What are you doing? Is there something that you want?¡±


    Before he finished, he was dumbfounded to find the silent neighbor¡¯s sister eyes were red, and they seemed to be becoming more redder.


    ~This, what¡¯s going on?


    ¡°You-¡± Lu Xi flicked her natural, short, curly hair twice. ¡°Did you also receive a scolding from your mother?¡±


    She looked at him, for an instant, her heart filled with surging emotions.


    This face was greener than the one in her memory. She seemed to have never looked at his face seriously as if she had never thought he would ¡­ for her¡­


    ¡°You, what¡¯s wrong with you? Don¡¯t cry!¡± He was at a loss and panicked a little.


    The little sister from the neighborhood had a porcelain white face the size of a palm, red nose, and her apricot eyes were red, full of tears, which looked like they might roll down at any moment. Also, it was not like she was being wronged nor hurt, it¡¯s more like grieving over something.


    Lu Xi, who couldn¡¯t bear her gaze, scratched his ears, while keeping his eyes closed, he asked, ¡°Do you have something to do with me? Do you want to come in?¡±


    Several seconds passed still there was no response. The phone in his trouser pocket vibrated several times. Without a doubt, his hair(no need to think with brain, lol..) knew that it was his friend who called him to play online games.


    ¡°If you don¡¯t have anything else to say, I will close the door and go back inside.¡± Lu Xi waited for a moment before closing the door.


    This neighborhood sister was a bit strange¡­


    As he walked into his room with his slippers, he pulled out his mobile phone. As soon as he saw his friend¡¯s message, his brain automatically threw things other than games to the corner.


    The corridor was empty and pale, and the birds were chirping outside during the day. Zhou Sisi¡¯s curly eyelashes were wet with tears and covered with starry water beads.


    An uncle on the fifth floor who happened to be descending to the third floor on his way out, noticed her and called, ¡°Sisi?¡±


    After seeing her expression, ¡°This¡­ Did the Lu family bully you?¡±


    Zhou Sisi shook her head slowly.


    ¡°What happened? Tell me?¡± This uncle was a chivalrous person. Seeing Zhou Sisi, a good girl with red eyes standing alone in this state, he couldn¡¯t help but feel concerned.


    ¡°No¡­¡± Pulling away from the chaotic thoughts she lowered her head, concealed her red eyes, and said, ¡°Thank you, uncle.¡±


    In order to avoid encountering the other residents she returned home . Her head felt heavy, and her temples throbbed. Her body slumped onto the bed as she quickly fell asleep.


    ¡°¨C What is the time now?¡±


    ¡°Sisi.¡±


    Zhou Sisi opened her eyes while pressing her forehead. The room was dim, the light from the living room penetrated through the doorway.


    ¡°You¡¯re still asleep¨Cget up.¡± Chen Cui walked to the room door and with a ¡®pop¡¯ switched on the light.


    The sudden brightness caused her to squint uncomfortably and her head remained a little heavy.


    ¡°Does any girl of your age sleep till this hour? Get up, wash your face and come for dinner.¡±


    More than twenty minutes later, Zhou Sisi sat at the dining table. After getting out of bed with pursed lips, she put on clothes, and spent a lot of time in front of the bathroom sink.


    Chen Cui held a mobile phone in her left hand and swiped it while eating. ¡°Why were you so slow?¡±


    With head down and eyes lowered, Zhou Sisi let out a low ¡°Um¡±. Chen Cui, her biological mother, was the person she didn¡¯t want to face right now.


    She was born again. In her last life, Chen Cui had died in a car accident on her way to play mahjong, leaving her alone with a lot of debts, including public, private, and even usury.


    Her creditors chased her everywhere. She felt helpless and alone. She didn¡¯t know whom to ask for help in college since she didn¡¯t have any friends, so she could only squeeze her time to work day and night to make money.


    Initially, her physique was not good and after several months of intensive work, her health took a toll and she abruptly died in the early summer of her senior year. Her soul wandered for over ten days. She didn¡¯t know what happened that made her return to her second year of high school.


    If she said that she had no resentment towards Chen Cui, it might have been a lie.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s father was a doctor. He worked diligently, gave up the chance to win awards and instead, strived to make his wife Chen Cui join the hospital administrative post.


    Due to unforeseen circumstances, he died in a plane crash while going on a training trip. Perhaps out of compassion, the hospital promoted Chen Cui¡¯s status from contractual to permanent.


    Although the family¡¯s savings and her income were not much, they could support this incomplete family to maintain normal standards of living.


    Chen Cui indeed spent money without restraint and also liked to play cards and mahjong. In Zhou Sisi¡¯s impression, whenever her mother had time she ran out to play, often losing money. And when she was about to enter third year of high school, she had learned to borrow from others, and the debts multiplied exponentially.


    She dared not be frugal. For more than three years in university, she had never gone to a dinner with her classmates.


    After Chen Cui passed away in a car accident, creditors came one after another. She would never forget the embarrassment and panic at the time¡­


    ¡°What are you staring at?¡± Chen Cui said, ¡°Eat.¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s eyelashes quivered for a long time, she shoved a potato into her mouth and chewed mechanically.


    ¡°Why are you keeping your head down?¡± Chen Cui locked her phone and asked,


    ¡°Are you not feeling well?¡± She reached out to touch her daughter¡¯s forehead.


    Suddenly Zhou Sisi¡¯s nose became sore, and she dodged subconsciously, still not looking at her. ¡°No¡ª¡±


    ¡°Your temperature is normal.¡± Retracting her hand, Chen Cui grabbed her phone and got up.


    Zhou Sisi closed her eyes, and said, ¡°Can you stop gambling?¡±


    ¡°What ¡®gambling¡¯? It¡¯s recreational entertainment,¡± Chen Cui said. ¡°Hey, it¡¯s time. I have  an appointment with someone. When you¡¯ve finished eating, clean up the dishes and cutlery.¡±


    Taking a deep breath Zhou Sisi slowly swallowed the food in her mouth.


    ~Why let her be born again¡­


    Suddenly a name appeared in her mind again along with an image.


    ~Perhaps, she could be a little better to this teenager in return¡­


    She didn¡¯t know when Chen Cui came back, and only heard the movement in the living room early in the morning. When she heard the sound of the door closing, she stepped out of the room.


    As she was about to make breakfast, she found out that the rice cooker was steaming with white porridge and two steamed buns, the heat drifting to her face.


    There was a sense of confusion that rippled out deep within her heart.


    ~Again¡­


    She often hated that she was not quick and had an easy temper. Last night, before going to bed, she gritted her teeth and made up the mind to stay away from Chen Cui and sever her relationship immediately¨C even though Zhou Sisi was a good student, following the rules since childhood, she knew that it was hard to live alone as a minor¨C now she found her decision wavering.


    Soon, she also left the home as if running away.


    Walking up the stairs, she realized that her hair was falling apart, and she was in pajamas with cotton slippers so midway through she bowed her head and slowly descended down the stairs.


    Feeling weak she leaned back against the door, not only the body that had not eaten for twelve hours felt weak but also her heart felt empty.


    Aunt Xu Xuelin on the opposite side began to teach Lu Xi again. She didn¡¯t mean to pry, but Aunt Xu¡¯s voice was actually too loud.


    ¡°You must have played a game last night! Sit down!¡±


    ¡°Have you done your homework? Huh?¡±


    ¡°The teacher of the fast-track class texted me that the class would start in the morning. After breakfast, you¡¯re going to class honestly!¡±


    Zhou Sisi had a thought.


    ¡°What? Your grandma specially enrolled you in the class, won¡¯t you go?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t look at your remarkable little score, and if you don¡¯t make up for your classes, are you planning to beg for food in the future? Lu Xi, where are you going?¡±


    ¡°Going out to beg for food.¡± Lu Xi, who opened the door carelessly, was taken aback.


    ~Why was this little sister standing in the corridor again?

 CH 2

    ¡°What, you¡¯ve got the guts to go out and beg for food?¡± Xu Xuelin stepped forward in order to twist her son¡¯s ear, ¡°Do you want me to give you a broken bowl? You stinky¡ª¡ª¡±


    ¡°Sisi?¡±


    Zhou Sisi stood up straight and greeted her, ¡°Hello, Auntie.¡±


    ¡°Morning, have you had breakfast?¡± Xu Xuelin reached out for her son¡¯s hand and turned around, pulling his ears together.


    Zhou Sisi answered vaguely.


    Lu Xi touched his ears that had temporarily escaped from being punished and lazily went back to the table to eat noodles.


    ¡°Did you forget to bring your key?¡± Xu Xuelin immediately thought that since Chen Cui must have gone to work at this point there might be no one at her home. ¡°Come and sit in aunt¡¯s house for a while? I¡¯ll go back to the room and find your house key?¡±


    Zhou Sisi smiled gently, ¡°Thank you, Auntie.¡±


    ¡°Sit down and have some noodles?¡± Xu Xuelin greeted and said, ¡°There are dumplings too.¡±


    ¡°No need¡­¡±


    ¡°I cooked too much, Lu Xi and I can¡¯t finish it all.¡±


    She was really hungry, so she nodded in embarrassment, ¡°Thank you, Auntie.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re so polite, kid.¡±


    Xu Xuelin added a pair of tableware. ¡°What would you like to eat, taste auntie¡¯s cooking and check if it tastes good or not, huh?¡±


    ¡°Worse.¡± The answer quickly came from Lu Xi.


    Due to the presence of guests, his mother didn¡¯t dare to do anything.


    ¡°Hey, you punk.¡± Xu Xuelin frowned. ¡°Hurry up, finish your meal, and leave for make-up lessons.¡±


    Lu Xi turned his face and snorted. ¡°That¡¯s a lie, what lesson should I make-up for?¡±


    ¡°What is there to lie about? Do you know everything in this world?¡± Xu Xuelin almost rolled up her sleeves. This little punk even pulled this kind of excuse in order to avoid the make-up classes.


    Lu Xi wiped his mouth with a tissue, ¡°You know it¡¯s impossible to think about it. How can I complete English vocabulary and reading within seven days, and what is this Electron shorthand?¡±


    ¡°Electron what?¡± This class was selected by Lu Xi¡¯s Grandma and Xu Xuelin didn¡¯t get the time to understand what it was.


    ¡°What¡¯s this Electron shorthand?¡± Lu Xi pouted, who still remembered its name, anyway, it looked more like an IQ tax.


    ¡°Shorthand notation for Electron Configuration.¡±


    The voice was soft as mist and rain descending south of the Yangtze River.


    Lu Xi looked at Zhou Sisi who sat diagonally opposite, ¡°Yes, that¡¯s what it¡¯s called.¡±


    ¡°Sisi also knows?¡± Xu Xuelin¡¯s thought of teaching her miserable son had mostly gone.


    Zhou Sisi temporarily put down her chopsticks, ¡°I have heard of it.¡±


    She remembered that the so-called ¡®Shorthand notation for Electron Configuration¡¯ had been proposed by an educational institution during her second and third year of high school. She was very popular in it, and many parents lined up to sign their children up for it. Later this class was identified as a scam by related experts.


    ¡°Electron Configuration is a term in chemistry, and it shouldn¡¯t have much to do with memory.¡± Zhou Sisi said euphemistically.


    ¡°Did you hear that?¡± Lu Xi sat upright, ¡°That organization is nonsense.¡±


    Xu Xuelin opened her cell phone, ¡°Don¡¯t make any noise, I will check the official website of Hui Quan Tong.¡±1


    On the blue and white webpage, the big ¡°Shorthand notation for Electron Configuration¡± seven characters kept flickering. Xu Xuelin, who had received higher education, directly crossed it in disgust.


    ¡°Do you believe it now?¡± Lu Xi looked at Xu Xuelin¡¯s face. ¡°I¡¯ll go back to my room and sleep.¡±


    ¡°What sleep? Do your homework or better read a book!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll immediately get rid of this shorthand class and find a cram class for you. Last time Yang Zhang¡¯s mother said that it was a good class.¡±


    His eyebrows dropped, ¡°Mom, there is no need¡­¡±


    ¡°No need? You don¡¯t want to go to high school?¡±


    ¡°No, I¡¯m not going to miss high school¡­.¡±


    ¡°You need to study in order to enter a good high school or do you want to go to a rotten one?¡± Xu Xuelin started blasting him, ¡°Can¡¯t you be a little ambitious? Look at Yang Zhang, look at Sisi, hmm? Can¡¯t you also try to aim for the No 3 middle school?¡±


    Zhou Sisi blinked her apricot-shaped eyes. How was it related to her¡­?


    ¡°Yes,¡± Lu Xi leaned lazily on the door frame, ¡°I¡¯m trying hard but I can¡¯t be sure if I will get into the No 3 middle school.¡±


    ¡°What kind of effort have you made? Make-up lessons for English, Physics, Chemistry, you must make up for those lost lessons!¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s a lot to make up for.¡± Lu Xi scratched his hair depressedly, ¡°Two courses are enough, find me someone close to home.¡±


    Xu Xuelin sneered, ¡°What are you bargaining about, do you think you have a choice? It¡¯s not easy to find a place for make-up classes now.¡±


    ¡°Auntie¡­¡±


    ¡°Huh? Oh, I showed you a joke. Sisi eat more noodles.¡±


    ¡°Auntie,¡± she plucked up the courage, ¡°How about I help Lu Xi with his make-up lessons?¡±


    Xu Xuelin was surprised at first, then hesitated, ¡°This¡­¡±


    Sisi was two years older than him, and her grades were excellent. It might be no problem to supplement him with the junior high school knowledge. But¨C


    ¡°Auntie is afraid of wasting your time.¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s voice sank slightly into her mouth, showing how she was well-behaved and quiet, ¡°It¡¯s all right, it won¡¯t take too long.¡±


    ¡°If you have time on the weekend, would you help Lu Xi make up for an hour of English?¡±


    ¡°If I don¡¯t take a monthly vacation, I¡¯ll be fine every Saturday afternoon and Sunday. If I take vacation, then next Saturday morning.¡± Zhou Sisi paused for a while and organized her speech, ¡°If the aunt believes me, I can teach Lu Xi English, Physics, and Chemistry.¡±


    ¡°No, no, it¡¯s too troublesome for you. You can make up with English. Lu Xi¡ªthank sister Sisi quickly?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± In just a few minutes, everything was arranged clearly. ¡°Thank you, Sister Sisi.¡±


    Zhou Sisi whispered, ¡°No need for the thanks.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m going to find the key, Sisi eat slowly.¡±


    Xu Xuelin was the landlord of 303 where Zhou Sisi and Chen Cui lived. The door lock had never changed, so she had the spare key to open it.


    After breakfast, Zhou Sisi consciously cleaned up the dining table, and intended to wash the dishes, but Xu Xuelin stopped her.


    She couldn¡¯t help it, however, seeing it was still early, ¡°I¡¯ll go see Lu Xi.¡±


    ¡°Go.¡± Xu Xuelin said, ¡°It¡¯s time for auntie to go to work.¡±


    ¡°If he isn¡¯t serious, you just take his phone away.¡±


    Zhou Sisi smiled.


    Lu Xi¡¯s room door was wide open.


    He sat crookedly at the desk, his left leg propped up against the edge of the table, his hand holding his phone.


    She knocked on the door twice and stood still.


    He didn¡¯t respond and kept playing the game very seriously.


    ¡°I¡¯m coming in.¡±


    She moved a chair to the desk, ¡°Stop playing.¡±


    ¡°Hmm.¡± Lu Xi put down the phone and stretched.


    She glanced around the desk, ¡°Where¡¯s your English textbook?¡±


    The late March sunshine shone through the window, dyeing her contours, caressing her moist eyes and pink lips.


    He lifted his chin lazily, ¡°In the bag.¡±


    ¡°Take it out.¡± Zhou Sisi¡¯s voice was always soft and gentle.


    He didn¡¯t move, ¡°Take what you want.¡±


    She squinted her eyes, her gaze fell on his face.


    What appeared to her as she was in a trance, was the unforgettable memory that was deeply engraved in her heart.


    After she passed away, her spirit wandered around and she saw Lu Xi who was far away in another city hurriedly rushing to her.


    He hugged her body tightly with tears, and his broken voice screamed hoarsely to keep others away.


    She held back her tears, as she reminisced about the past.


    After she carried a huge debt in her past life, he was the only ¡°good-hearted person¡± who paid back a lot of money for her anonymously.


    In her dark and cold world, there was someone who silently provided her with warmth.


    ~Why was he so good to me?


    ¡°Hey?¡±


    Lu Xi couldn¡¯t support his legs. ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    ~Why are you staring at me?


    Although he often received the attention of girls, he never encountered such a direct one. And her eyes seemed a little red.


    She pursed her lips, unable to say anything about her last life and unable to tell how grateful she was.


    ¡°¡­¡± Lu Xi pulled out the English textbook from his bag and placed it on the table.


    ¡°Here.¡± He said, a little uncomfortably though.


    She picked up the textbook and glanced over it from the beginning.


    There was a name on the title page, occasionally one or two lines of notes, and a lot of abstract graffiti.


    The characters were strong and upright, much better than hers.


    ¡°Which part do you think you¡¯re weak at?¡± She had to understand his situation first.


    Lu Xi leaned back in the chair, ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±


    ¡°Well, how many marks do you usually score in English?¡±


    ¡°Seventy to eighty.¡±


    The English test in Huali City High School had a total score of 120, and 70 to 80 was near the pass line.


    ¡°How many points did you get on the language knowledge section?¡±


    ¡°I haven¡¯t studied it.¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s tone remained unchanged. ¡°Can you show me your English test paper?¡±


    ¡°There¡¯s a copy in the bag.¡± Lu Xi still felt unhappy. He regretted wasting his weekend for make-up classes.


    He really didn¡¯t understand why this young lady from the neighborhood volunteered to conduct make-up lessons for him.


    She was kind and good-looking. How could she fool people like that?


    ¡ª¡ªLu Xi, who was poor in vocabulary, could only use ¡°kind¡± to describe the feeling of Zhou Sisi¡¯s appearance for the make-up classes.


    In the backpack, she found the crumpled English test paper, then smoothed it, and went through it.


    The points deducted were all mostly in vocabulary, while his grammatical foundation seemed to be good.


    Of course, the sample size was too small, and the results were not entirely accurate.


    ¡°Are there any other English papers left?¡± One of the characteristics of Zhou Sisi¡¯s work was meticulousness. ¡°Mock exams, midterms, and monthly exams are fine too.¡±


    He was impatient, ¡°On the shelf.¡±


    From head to toe, the six words ¡°This young master won¡¯t look for it¡± were written on his face.


    The log bookshelf occupied half of the wall, and there was a lot of space for book storage. It could be seen that Lu¡¯s parents expected him to study hard.


    The owner of the bookshelf obviously didn¡¯t appreciate it. The middle shelf was filled with airplane models, game peripherals, and sports accessories. Books were truly ¡°shelved¡±.


    Zhou Sisi looked up and searched. The English textbooks were on the third level from the top, and there was a stack of papers in the same frame. She tried to reach it, but it was a little too far away, even when she tiptoed.


    This dwarf¡­


    He was worried that she would bump into his model and other babies and while frowning with a ¡°tsk¡±, he strode over to help her get it.


    Zhou Sisi, whose back was facing the desk without knowing it, put her little sore hand down and turned to look for a stool to step on.


    ¡°Damn¡­¡±


    He abruptly withdrew his hand halfway up and moved to the side.


    Just now¡­ his hand accidentally touched her¡­


    The touch felt a bit¡­


    Strictly speaking, Lu Xi was an innocent young boy so his whole face flushed.

 CH 3

    Lu Xi¡¯s face was completely red. There was a lingering touch left on his fingertips.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± He apologized quietly as he gazed at the wall.


    Compared to him, she only felt a little embarrassed after the initial surprise wore off. It was just an accident, not a big deal.


    Her business came back to mind. ¡°You take down the English textbooks and papers.¡±


    ¡°Hmm.¡± He moved over without looking and took down a stack of books and papers in two or three tries.


    There was no need to take down the Chinese textbook¡­ Settling down she focused on his previous test papers.


    Her hand quietly circled the mistakes. She didn¡¯t know how long it took as a dynamic and loud metal music sliced through the silence. She looked at the vibrating and ringing phone on the table, only then did she notice that there was no one in the seat next to her.


    Soon, the boy returned to the room, scooped up his phone, and said, ¡°What?¡±


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    ¡°What time is it?¡±


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    ¡°Okay, wait.¡±


    Picking up the clothes and pants from the cabinet, he walked straight out.


    ¡°Wait a minute,¡± Zhou Sisi raised her voice and said, ¡°where are you going?¡±


    Lu Xi walked out of the room: ¡°Changing clothes and going to play football.¡±


    ¡°The make-up class is not over.¡± In fact it hadn¡¯t even started yet.


    ¡°This?¡± Relying on the absence of his parents he continued, ¡°I¡¯ll make up for it later when I have time.¡±


    Zhou Sisi frowned.


    Putting on the jersey in the bathroom, he took the time to text an emoji to his urging friend.


    Wearing shorts, a headband, and arranging a few short strands of his hair at will, he hummed the song tune that she couldn¡¯t remember and went on to change his shoes. When he put his hand on the doorknob, he paused.


    ¡­ Whatever, it¡¯s important to play football.


    As Lu Xi twisted the lock, he fled towards freedom without even bothering to look back.


    Around 9 o¡¯clock, Zhou Sisi went back home along with the spare key provided to her by Aunt Xu.


    After finishing a math paper given by the teacher, she glanced at the time- half-past eleven. Picking up the key she proceeded towards 302 and rang the doorbell.


    ¡°Hello Auntie, I have come to return the key.¡±


    ¡°Yeah, come in, have you had lunch?¡±


    ¡°Almost.¡± Zhou Sisi fanned her eyelashes. ¡°Is Lu Xi back?¡±


    ¡°Back? Did he go out this morning? This brat¡­,¡± Xu Xuelin seemed angry as she said, ¡°went out to play again, huh. He doesn¡¯t even know that time is precious for him now.¡±


    ¡°Auntie, are you going to work this afternoon?¡±


    ¡°No, today I took a half-day off and will be staying home.¡±


    ¡°Then I will come over at three o¡¯clock in the afternoon to make up for Lu Xi¡¯s English class. Is that okay?¡±


    ¡°Of course, yes.¡±


    Sitting in his room, Lu Xi snorted uncomfortably while listening to their conversation.


    ~Is she complaining to his mother?


    After a short while, when she returned home, Chen Cui also returned back from work.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t cook?¡± Chen Cui sat down on the sofa.


    Zhou Sisi silently cleaned the dead leaves from the pot.


    ¡°Waiting for me to come back and cook, don¡¯t I need to take a nap afterwards.¡± Chen Cui muttered, got up and went towards the kitchen.


    ¡°Rice has been cooked,¡± Zhou Sisi said as she did not control her strength and tore off a leaf that was not dry, ¡°but there are no vegetables.¡±


    Chen Cui twisted her waist. ¡°I still have to do it.¡±


    The clatter of pots and pans along with the sound of running water drifted from the kitchen.


    ¡°Hey, you didn¡¯t have breakfast? Did you go out to eat?¡±


    ¡°Why should I eat unhealthy foods outside when I have breakfast at home?¡± Zhou Sisi retorted.


    ¡°¡ª¡ª¡±


    In a panic, she hastily hid in her room and closed the door to ward off Chen Cui¡¯s voice. After all, she was just an ordinary person who had lived only twenty-one years in this world.


    When her grandmother was around, she had lamented several times that her granddaughter was soft like dough, and anyone could knead her like one.


    Rebirth didn¡¯t change a person¡¯s temperament upside down. At least not for Zhou Sisi. Even though her courage had increased, she still lacked dominance.


    ~I can only avoid it for the time being until I figure out what to do.


    She didn¡¯t want to have lunch with her mother.


    After calling her twice, Chen Cui opened the door and came in. ¡°What are you doing here dozing off? Don¡¯t want to eat lunch?¡±


    ¡°¡ªNo.¡± She buried her head in her elbow.


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter? Are you feeling uncomfortable?¡±


    ¡°¡ªNo.¡±


    ¡°Are you not hungry?¡±


    ¡°¡ª¡ª¡±


    ¡°Sheesh whatever! I¡¯m in a hurry for lunch and I have a shift in the afternoon.¡±


    Zhou Sisi buried her head even lower. Having stayed in this position for a long time her body began to numb. Suddenly a thought flashed up between the turmoil of thoughts.


    In this era, electronic payment had already been introduced and was being widely used. Many operations could be performed on the mobile terminal platform, including securities transactions.


    In the past, she hadn¡¯t paid much attention towards financial investment, so she only had a vague memory of it. However, she remembered that a year or two later, several stocks performed so well that they were extensively covered by the media.


    Yes, she intended to invest in the stock market. If¡­ if one day she managed to gain enough financial resources, she might be able to sever her relationship with Chen Cui¡­


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s personal account contained the New Year¡¯s money, scholarships, and competition bonuses that she had accumulated since the second grade of junior high school. The total amount was considerable for an ordinary middle school student.


    The stock market was difficult to enter, and opening an account for minors was even more difficult, so she busied herself with the companies that performed well on the stock market.


    She wrote down the names of the two most prominent stocks on paper and looked  them up on the Internet. Sure enough, she found the relevant information. Currently, their situation was average or even worse.


    Taking a deep breath she divided all her money into three parts-  two were designated for buying the shares of the two companies separately.


    There was a slight problem with the process of purchase. She was still a minor so was required to upload a few documents. Fortunately, they were not difficult to obtain. She planned to scan her ID at a print shop in the afternoon.


    She took a short nap, by the time when she woke up she was the only one left in the house.


    ~I feel dizzy.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s blood sugar and blood pressure were low all year round, and having not eaten lunch, she felt discomfort right after taking a few steps.


    Slowly, she trudged out of the room.


    On the round table in the dining room were two dishes- one meat, and the other vegetable.


    She stood silently for a moment and brought them to the kitchen in order to heat  them up.


    After dinner, she went out with a canvas bag to a printing shop, which was near the community¡¯s north gate.


    Zhou Sisi met a stranger in the shop.


    ¡°Are you here to print things as well?¡± he asked.


    ¡°Yeah.¡± It took her two seconds to search for this person¡¯s full name from her memory.


    Tang Yan Zhang, was one grade below hers. His parents used to be colleagues in the same hospital along with Lu Xi¡¯s mother.


    Zhou Sisi, Tang Yan Zhang, and the children of several other medical professionals of similar age lived in the residential area of ??the hospital when they were young. They played, ate snacks, laughed, and made trouble together.They were very close.


    Later, the hospital¡¯s policy on residency was changed, many families moved one after another, and children were scattered.


    Only Tang Yan Zhang and Lu Xi lived closer to Zhou Sisi.


    After entering elementary and to junior high school they spent most of the time in school, and naturally met new students and made new friends. Thus they unconsciously lost track of their childhood playmates.


    It was just that when they occasionally heard from the parents about how someone was doing, it would evoke a faint nostalgia.


    ¡ª¡ªLu Xi was not a member of ¡°which¡±.1 After Zhou Sisi graduated from elementary school, Chen Cui rented their current house, and the two had been neighbors for several years.


    ¡°What are you doing with all these papers?¡± Tang Yan Zhang asked.


    Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t intend to tell him but merely replied, ¡°It¡¯s for some work.¡±


    After taking the USB flash drive to scan, she took two English textbooks from her bag. ¡°Boss, please help me copy the pages with folded corners.¡±


    ¡°Single-sided or double-sided.¡± The boss flipped through the textbook.


    Zhou Sisi said warmly, ¡°One-sided, A4, thank you.¡±


    Tang Yan Zhang had been waiting at the side. ¡°Isn¡¯t this a junior high school English book?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Yeah.¡±


    Tang Yan Zhang: ¡°What do you use it for? What competition involves junior high school knowledge?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°¡ªNo, it¡¯s not for that.¡±


    Tang Yan Zhang: ¡°I¡¯m going to look for my junior textbook to review later.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°¡ª¡ª¡±


    The praise from the parents was indeed true. Tang Yan Zhang was a good child who loved to learn.


    But what she didn¡¯t know was that she was also the ¡°child of someone else¡¯s family¡± in the eyes of other parents.


    Especially in Xu Xuelin¡¯s eyes, she was good at everything. She quite liked this little girl Zhou Sisi.


    Actually, Xu Xuelin specially prepared a large plate of fresh fruits as she waited for Zhou Sisi¡¯s arrival.


    ¡°Sisi, Eat fruit.¡±


    ¡°No, thank you, Auntie.¡±


    ¡°Auntie asked you to eat. Why are you being so polite?¡±


    Zhou Sisi smiled shyly and ate a few cherries.


    ¡°Auntie, is Lu Xi awake?¡±


    ¡°This brat never takes a nap at home.¡±


    Xu Xuelin noticed her hesitation. ¡°It¡¯s okay if you go directly into his room in the future. There is nothing that he needs to do with the door closed.¡±


    Zhou Sisi nodded.


    Her jade-like complexion, fine eyebrows, and eyes were clear and beautiful, the lips were stained with cherry juice¡­ She looked cute and pleasant.


    Tuk-tuk!


    She knocked on the door.


    Lu Xi reluctantly quit the game.


    ¡°Did you memorize all the words?¡± She got straight to the point.


    ¡°Are you kidding?¡± He moved his sour wrists. ¡°How can I remember all five or six hundred words?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not five or six hundred.¡± She drew out the printed and bound vocabulary list. ¡°The entire junior high school has 1782 important words.¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°¡ª¡ª¡± Damn! So much.


    ¡°There are only Fifty-six days left until the high school exam. Starting from today, you have to memorize at least 32 words a day.¡±


    ¡°Your basic grammar is not bad, but most of your sentences are incorrect. Now let me talk about it. Or do you have any questions?¡±


    ~Yes, can I not take the English make-up class?


    Lu Xi glanced outside the door, the tigress who was in charge of his life and death was sitting in the living room.


    ¡°¡ªNo.¡±


    She opened the pen cap and quickly wrote on the white paper. ¡°First of all, let¡¯s talk about compound indefinite pronouns, this~¡± explained carefully.


    She spoke slowly, and her voice was naturally soft and sweet. If it was someone else, they would feel that listening to her lectures was even enjoyable. It was a pity though that the only listener was absent-minded.


    ¡°Do you understand?¡± she asked after completing the first lesson.


    Lu Xi yawned. ¡°Ah¡­!¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s expression remained unchanged. ¡°Look at this question, what did you fill-in?¡±


    ¡°C,¡± Lu Xi said lazily.


    ¡°This is not a multiple-choice question.¡±


    ¡°Oh, so¡­ I don¡¯t know.¡±


    She put the pen down and looked at him.


    Seeing her put down the pen, he thought she was going to lecture or scold him, just like the previous tutors.


    A handful of orange rays of sun fell on the table, and he poked it with his long, thin fingers, boredly thinking of Jiang Ziya¡¯s big move in the game.


    ¡°Perhaps you didn¡¯t understand. I¡¯ll say it again.¡± Still gentle as a misty rain.


    ¡­Huh? he was a little surprised.

 CH 4

    A typical Monday morning.


    The entire teaching building was lively between the third and fourth period, in the classroom.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go to the canteen?¡± Huang Zhou tugged Lu Xi¡¯s sweater hoodie, who was sleeping in the classroom.


    Lu Xi frowned and straightened his upper body from the desk, ¡°Wait a minute.¡± Without opening his eyes completely, he grabbed the water bottle and took a sip of cold water.


    ¡°What is this? Are you going to turn a new leaf?¡± Huang Zhou asked as he saw several folds of the notebook on the desktop, ¡°memorising the words?¡±


    ¡°Yeah? Any comments?¡± Lu Xi chuckled.


    If it weren¡¯t for Zhou Si, would Xu Xuelin force him to memorize these words by threatening him with his pocket money?


    He suddenly recalled the scene from yesterday afternoon¡¯s make-up class. During the class he was too lazy to listen and didn¡¯t cooperate with her yet she explained it again and again. It seemed like she didn¡¯t have a temper at all¡­


    Stop it.


    Stop it quickly.


    Lu Xi¡¯s lip curled downwards. It was impossible for someone to possess such a good temper. She would definitely complain to his mother when she comes again.


    ¡°No comments.¡± Huang Zhou joked, ¡°Congratulations on jumping into the sea of ??study.¡±


    Lu Xi didn¡¯t give a shit about his stupid remarks. He pulled his short curly hair down, ¡°Let¡¯s go to the canteen.¡±


    ¡°Oh wait! Lu Xi, Lu Xi! ¡°A female student with a low ponytail sitting in front shouted, ¡°Bring me a bag of jujube yogurt!¡±


    ¡°Oh, okay.¡±


    ¡°Eh, don¡¯t you need my meal card?¡±


    Huang Zhou interrupted: ¡°What meal card, I can treat you.¡±


    ¡°No.¡± The Low Ponytail refused. ¡°No, please, Use my card.¡±


    Lu Xi nodded, ¡°Throw your card over.¡±


    ¡°Watch out oh-¡°


    Raising his hand he caught the flying meal card and looked at it, ¡°There is a lot of fancy stuff.¡±


    ¡°Take care of it!¡± The Low ponytail laughed as she scolded.


    ¡°Lu Xi! Wait, I want it too ¡±  Another female classmate, who was standing in the aisle and chatting with her friend, came over,  ¡°Can you bring me a yolk cake?¡±


    Lu Xi pointed to the side, ¡°Let him take care of it.¡±


    The female classmate¡¯s cheeks bulged out, ¡°Okay.¡±


    ¡°Let Huang Zhou help you to vent your grievances?¡± Huang Zhou pretended to be angry.


    ¡°No,¡± the female classmate handed him the meal card and smiled reluctantly, ¡°Thank you.¡±


    Huang Zhou was used to such ¡°differential treatment¡± and didn¡¯t care.


    The corridor outside the classroom was spacious, and many students stood there chatting and laughing.


    A male classmate rushed over, took Lu Xi and Huang Zhou¡¯s shoulders, and went to the canteen with them.


    ¡°Yesterday, I levelled up to Starlight 4. See the speed?¡± The male student¡¯s name was Pan De, nicknamed Panda. He was recently addicted to an esports game.


    Huang Zhou interrupted, ¡°I¡¯m already Starlight 2. There is still a king here, isn¡¯t it Axi?¡±


    Lu Xi raised an eyebrow, ¡°Is it that hard to be the king?¡±


    ¡°Damn it, you¡¯re so pretentious. Let¡¯s go and kill the enemy together tonight.¡±


    ¡°Sure, nine o¡¯clock in the evening.¡±


    Pan De: ¡°Axi won¡¯t come?¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°Of course I will play, and carry my two grandchildren with me.¡±


    Huang Zhou and Pan De immediately said, ¡°Fuck you.¡± ¡°I am your grandfather.¡±


    The concrete pavement was wet, and one or two drops of accumulated rainwater occasionally slipped from the treetops and branches on the top.


    Lu Xi walked along with Pan De and talked about the technical points of playing a certain hero.


    ¡°Seven¡­Eight¡­¡±


    ¡°Nine, awesome.¡±


    While crossing the teaching building, Pan De noticed Huang Zhou was talking to himself: ¡°What are you mumbling?¡±


    ¡°Counting the number of girls who looked at Axi on the way to the canteen.¡± Huang Zhou was really serious.


    Pan De said, ¡°Axi¡¯s face is very prominent and radiates a charm. I¡¯m afraid you can¡¯t count it.¡±


    ¡°I think I look like a light bulb.¡± Lu Xi pressed down the back of Panda¡¯s head and turned to Huang Zhou, ¡°Okay, don¡¯t be so boring.¡±


    The recorder Huang Zhou said: ¡°Damn, add two more.¡±


    Lu Xi silently wiped the water droplets on the corners of his lips with his thumb and looked up at the vibrant branches above his head.


    ¡°Ten, eleven, twelve.¡±


    ¡°This girl has been watching for a long time.¡±


    ¡°Thirteen. Wow, this girl is not bad,¡± Huang Zhou clicked his tongue, ¡°Pure and temperament.¡±


    Pan De: ¡°Where? Where?¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°Five or six meters on the left, in a white coat. Axi look quickly.¡±


    A girl with a high ponytail, naturally fragmented bangs, clear and beautiful features, like pure white jasmine in the morning mist.


    Lu Xi had already seen her before he said this.


    The ¡°pure and temperamental¡± girl was none other than Zhou Sisi who had asked him for a lot of things.


    Pan De: ¡°Hey, she¡¯s nice.¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°Yes, I¡¯m right?¡±


    Pan De: ¡°She looks like a senior sister?¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°I guess she is. Axi, how is it? That girl is beautiful, right? ¡°


    Initially, Lu Xi was in a normal mood, ¡°Not good.¡± But as soon as he saw her, his mood turned sour.


    ¡°Damn, you have a problem with your vision?¡± Huang Zhou couldn¡¯t believe it. ¡°Then what do you think Xiang Yinglan looks like?¡±


    Xiang Yinglan was a female classmate who called Lu Xi to help buy her red jujube yogurt.


    ¡°She¡¯s ok.¡± he said perfunctorily.


    The senior sister in the corridor was not good, but Xiang Yinglan was okay? Huang Zhou said bluntly: ¡°Your vision is really poor.¡±


    ¡°Plus one.¡± Pan De echoed, ¡°I also think that the schoolgirl in the white coat on the corridor looks better.¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°Well then, Axi, which girl do you think is the best in our class¡­¡±


    ¡°Stop talking about other people¡¯s looks.¡±He was getting impatient with this topic.


    Zhou Sisi went to the canteen to buy a few refills and returned to the classroom.


    The monitor told her that the headteacher called her to the office.


    ¡°Report.¡±


    ¡°Come in.¡±


    The headteacher put down the unfinished teaching materials, ¡°Sisi, have you been busy studying lately?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s all right.¡± Zhou Si stood at the desk.


    ¡°Sit down.¡± The headteacher gestured to the empty chair next to her.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay,¡± she shook head, ¡°I¡¯ll just stand.¡±


    ¡°Well, I¡¯m here to talk about the recent speech contest. Did the English class representative show you the contest outline?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Yeah.¡±


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you sign up?¡± The headteacher paused, ¡°Your scores in all subjects, especially English, have always been best among the class, and your English accent is also excellent.¡±


    The subject taught by headteacher Wu Lan was English. When it came to English morning reading and homework during winter vacation, Zhou Sisi was the most punctual and attentive.


    ¡°This competition is at the provincial level, and the opportunity is pretty good.¡± Wu Lan hoped from the bottom of her heart that this outstanding student could participate.


    Zhou Sisi knew the goodwill of the headteacher yet she answered, ¡°¡­I don¡¯t want to participate.¡±


    ¡°Do you have any concerns regarding not wanting to participate?¡± Wu Lan asked caringly, ¡°You can talk to the teacher?¡±


    Zhou Sisi stared at her toes, ¡°I¡­I will become nervous.¡±


    Talking in front of people always made her nervous. Even though she went to college in her past life, she never made her speech in crowded places and she didn¡¯t like it either.


    ¡°Most people are nervous. If you are prepared, there is nothing to be afraid of. Why don¡¯t you sign up and try?¡±  Wu Lan encouraged.


    Zhou Sisi frowned, ¡°I can¡¯t.¡±


    Just imagining the feeling of having to accept the unknown strangers¡¯ gazes in front of her made Zhou Sisi feel terrible, she would definitely turn blank and speechless.


    There were many things to be dealt with, so Wu Lan didn¡¯t have much time to persuade her, ¡°Think about it for a few days. The registration will close on Friday afternoon. This competition is really good, and the award price is money. You can go back to class first.¡±


    ¡°Thank you, teacher.¡±


    A light gray mist covered the sky.


    During the eighth class of the afternoon, it began to rain.


    Few minutes before the end of class Zhou Sisi¡¯s deskmate Yi Ting whispered to her,


    ¡°Have you brought an umbrella?¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡± Zhou Sisi closed the top student study case.


    ¡°Can you take me to the dormitory later?¡± Yi Ting blinked and asked, ¡°I forgot to bring an umbrella.¡±


    Zhou Sisi replied without hesitation: ¡°Yes.¡±


    ¡°Sisi, you are so good!¡± Yi Ting rushed forward and hugged her hand.


    The school bell rang.


    ¡°Let go first.¡± Zhou Sisi chuckled helplessly, ¡°Let me pack my things.¡±


    Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t live in the dormitory, she would go home after the class every afternoon.


    ¡°I envy you for being able to go home every day. I¡¯m so envious.¡±


    ¡°¡­Hmm.¡±


    After dropping Yi Ting, she walked alone in the rain with an umbrella.


    ¡­ At this point, Chen Cui had already finished work.


    In fact, she didn¡¯t really yearn to go home.


    Leaving the school gate and turning left, there were gradually fewer students on the road.


    The wind was cool, the rain was still falling, and evening was yet to arrive.


    The atmosphere was ideal for thinking about tangled thoughts.


    During lunch she was dragged by the English class representative to see the notice of the English Speech Contest in the bulletin board.


    The first, second and third prizes were awarded in addition to certificates.


    It was quite an attraction to her.


    But, standing alone on the stage and speaking, could she do it¡­


    At this moment, a figure ran past her.


    She looked up at the boy¡¯s white sweater and jeans, and a pair of white sneakers stepped out of splashes.


    ¡°Lu Xi.¡± Zhou Sisi called his name.


    The boy slowed down and looked back.


    His nose was straight and his lips were red and moist.


    His forehead was wet with water, and a few small strands placed on the eyebrows, and his eyes seemed to have been washed by rain, moist and fresh.


    Raising his hand and wiping his face to see clearly who was calling him, Lu Xi turned his head and continued to run on.


    ¡°Lu Xi,¡± Zhou Sisi shouted, ¡°let¡¯s go together, I have an umbrella.¡±


    ¡°No.¡± Lu Xi¡¯s refusal was hanging in the rain and mist.


    ¡°It¡¯s not good to be in the rain, Lu Xi.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t get my notes wet.¡±

 CH 5

    Finally, Lu Xi came under Zhou Sisi¡¯s umbrella.


    He wasn¡¯t afraid of soaking the notes she gave, but this season was very cold and if one caught in the rain it would become worse. Also it would be very embarrassing to go all the way back while being drenched, and if Ms. Xu Xuelin found out, she would definitely scold him.


    As someone had offered him an umbrella, he had no reason to refuse.


    Lu Xi was half a head taller than her. Seeing her two thin arms raising the umbrella, it was obvious that it wasn¡¯t easy for her. ¡°Ah¡­give me the umbrella.¡±


    ¡°Yeah.¡± She didn¡¯t resist.


    He had long legs so naturally his steps were large.


    After walking for several tens of meters, it was a bit difficult for her to follow him, ¡°Can you slow down?¡± Her breath was uneven.


    ¡°¡­¡­ shortie.¡± Lu Xi mocked her.


    The pace slowed down a lot, he was not quite accustomed to it.


    The strong scent of the little blue orchid by the roadside swam swiftly.


    The ticking sound overhead became intense, and the rain was turning heavy.


    A small piece of Zhou Sisi¡¯s outer sleeve was wet. When she looked up and saw that most of the umbrella was leaning to her side.


    Wouldn¡¯t Lu Xi be more drenched? It was estimated that half of his body was exposed outside the umbrella.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to tilt the umbrella.¡± Zhou Sisi said, ¡°Be careful of catching a cold.¡±


    Lu Xi didn¡¯t take it seriously, ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± What was wrong with the man getting a little more drenched in the rain? Just don¡¯t get in his smart head.


    ¡°Then, get closer.¡± Zhou Sisi shrank the distance between the two from a fist and a half to two fingers width.


    As far as she was concerned, Lu Xi was the younger brother she had known since childhood.


    There was nothing wrong with getting close.


    However, the other party¡¯s mind was not so calm.


    As soon as she approached, his senses seemed to become sharp.


    An elegant light perfume swept over without any trace, tingling him.


    The sleeves of her elbows rubbed against his sleeves. Damn.


    ¡­what¡¯s wrong with all this rain? Why is it so annoying?


    Arriving home Sisi hung up a wet umbrella on the balcony.


    The jacket and trousers had to be taken off to be washed. In order to go to the bathroom, she had to pass Chen Cui¡¯s room.


    While passing she accidentally caught a glimpse of Chen Cui rummaging through boxes and cabinets, Zhou Sisi¡¯s scalp tightened, ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    In her last life, Chen Cui was addicted to gambling, constantly owed money, and sold many things at home.


    Zhou Sisi felt bitter and shocked. She was only a sophomore in this life, and Chen Cui was about to sell her belongings¡­ Is the debt incident more than two years ahead of schedule?


    ¡°You¡¯re back?¡± Chen Cui, who was bowing, opened another drawer.


    Zhou Sisi walked over and almost shouted: ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    ¡°Looking for something, hey, where did I put my gold bracelet?¡± Chen Cui kept rummaging.


    Zhou Sisi frowned, ¡°How much do you owe?¡±


    ¡°What? How much do I owe?¡± Chen Cui looked at her strangely, ¡°I don¡¯t owe any money.¡±


    ¡°Then, what are you going to do with a gold bracelet?¡±


    ¡°This, I¡¯m going to make a necklace.¡±


    Chen Cui: ¡°Sister Zhang from the next department posted a necklace on a friend¡¯s circle. It looks very nice. I want to make a similar one. Where¡¯s my phone? I¡¯ll show you¡­.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°I don¡¯t want to look.¡±


    ¡°If there is any gold left after making the necklace, I¡¯ll plan to get a new pair of earrings that are trendy now. Why are your clothes wet? Is the rain outside so heavy?¡±


    ¡°¡­Um.¡±


    ¡°Go, change your clothes quickly, don¡¯t catch a cold. Boil a bowl of ginger water and drink it yourself.¡±


    Physical education class.


    After finishing two laps in the track field, the whole class was free to move around.


    ¡°I heard that our school is the only one in the city that still has P.E classes after junior year.¡± While saying Panda kicked a soccer ball.


    Lu Xi stepped forward, his toe hooked the ball upside down. ¡°That¡¯s the only thing best in No.3 middle school. Let¡¯s go and play football.¡±


    ¡°With Class Two? Are there enough people?¡± asked Panda.


    Lu Xi looked around, ¡°Are we missing someone?¡±


    ¡°President Huang, the son of a bitch said he was going to see a girl, and he found the girl¡¯s name and class. At this time, he should be in the classroom corridor.¡±


    The ¡°President Huang¡± in Pan De¡¯s mouth refers to Huang Zhou.


    The reason for this nickname was very simple. First, Huang Zhouai called himself Huang Zhou, which sounds similar to ¡°Huang Zongze¡±; second, Huang Zhou loved to engage in Huang se and the huge amount of action videos on the USB drive in his computer was just enough to open the Small film company, which made him be called ¡°President Huang¡±.


    The second one was the main reason.


    Pan De held his glasses and said, ¡°Yi Ting from the second grade (1) class, just two days before we went to the ¡­¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s boring.¡± Lu Xi was more interested in football than this matter. ¡°There are not enough people. Let¡¯s just kick around and play.¡±


    White clouds floated in the clear sky.


    On the football field, the teenagers were running fast and galloping vigorously.


    Several people gathered on the outskirts of the stadium, especially girls.


    The crowd was very enthusiastic, applauding or cheering from time to time, even though it wasn¡¯t a match.


    Out of all the classes, physical education was the shortest.


    Lu Xi hadn¡¯t kicked the ball yet, the teacher blew the whistle to urge them to stop the game.


    ¡°Stop it.¡± Lu Xi gestured to his companions.


    ¡°Oh!¡± ¡°So fast¡­¡±


    Everyone walked out of the court in twos and threes.


    ¡°Lu Xi!¡± Xiang Yinglan, a female classmate, tilted her head, ¡°Would you like some water?¡± She lifted a water bottle in her hand.


    Immediately there was a quiet uproar from the boys.


    Lu Xi glanced at the two classmates, then turned to Yinglan, ¡°No, I have water.¡±


    ¡°Oh good.¡± Xiang Yinglan quickly said, ¡°then, I¡¯m going back to the classroom.¡±


    After cleaning and putting on the glasses Pan De said, ¡°I¡¯m also thirsty and there is no water, why don¡¯t you ask me too?¡±


    ¡°Look in the mirror and you¡¯ll find the answer.¡±The boy in the number four jersey spread his hands.


    ¡°Hey. How can you say that, this little master is a bit handsome, are you blind?¡±


    ¡°Yes, yes, I¡¯m blind. All the girls are blind.¡±


    ¡°Your dad!¡±


    ¡­


    Huang Zhou was already there when they returned to the classroom.


    ¡°Have you spoken to the fresh and pure Senior Sister?¡± Pan De teased.


    Lu Xi¡¯s hand paused the action of twisting the bottle cap.


    When he heard Huang Zhou say: ¡°Damn, don¡¯t mention it, I got the wrong name. ¡®Yi Ting¡¯ is not the innocent senior sister that day.¡±


    Pan De: ¡°Puff haha¡­ so your carefully selected cucumber-flavored sparkling water was sent to the wrong person?¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°I stood in the corridor of the second grade (1) classroom and asked a classmate to help me send sparkling water to Yi Ting.¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°That classmate said that Yi Ting was standing next to me. As soon as I took a look, damn, I recognized the wrong person, so I slipped away.¡±


    Panda laughed hard, haha.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t give a drink to Yi Ting?¡± Lu Xi lifted his eyelids.


    Huang Zhou almost jumped up, ¡°Of Course I didn¡¯t, in case if this senior sister will misunderstand, I will not deprecate.¡±


    Lu Xi said ¡°Oh¡±, leaning against the chair, with a swinging lap.


    ¡°The name is wrong, is the class correct?¡± Pan De asked again.


    Huang Zhou: ¡°I guess not¡­¡±


    ¡°President Huang.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± Huang Zhou looked at Lu Xi.


    Lu Xi asked, ¡°Have you ever played Chicken Eating?¡± He calmly changed the topic.


    ¡°How could your Dad have never played?¡± Huang Zhou¡¯s attention was immediately diverted, ¡°Twenty-three Jedi Chicken King!¡±


    Huang Zhou slapped his chest, ¡°The number of risky situations is powerful, but the path is blemish and there is only one difference: the winner becomes the  king while the defeated becomes bandit.¡±


    ¡°If you have time let¡¯s play together.¡± Lu Xi lifted an eyebrow.


    ¡°Sure!¡±


    ¡°Add me!¡±


    ¡°Have you downloaded it?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s a matter of minutes.¡±


    ¡­


    In a blink of an eye, it was Sunday again.


    Three minutes to nine o¡¯clock, Zhou Sisi entered Lu Xi¡¯s room.


    ¡°Have you remembered all the vocabulary?¡±


    ¡°Which ones?¡±


    She pointed to the vocabulary list, ¡°the task assigned last week.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡± He didn¡¯t wake up, his eyes were half-closed.


    ¡°Go and wash your face with cold water.¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± Zhou Sisi said, ¡°Take out the draft and pen, and let¡¯s have a dictation first.¡±


    Lu Xi slowly pulled out the messy graffiti book.


    ¡°The first one, Zebra.¡±


    ¡°Zebra.¡±


    He wrote a ¡°z¡± and a ¡°bra¡±, leaving the middle empty.


    ¡°The second one, Throw away.¡±


    ¡°Throw away.¡±


    He came up with ¡°throw¡± and ¡°a¡±, and then a ¡°v¡±.


    ¡­


    She totally read 24 vocabulary words one by one.


    Upon checking, he got five correct, far less than half.


    Zhou Sisi raised her eyelashes, ¡°Didn¡¯t you memorise the words?¡±


    Lu Xi touched the plant leaves which his mother had placed on the table, ¡°Ah.¡±


    The green leaves were a bit interesting.


    Fleshy fingers reflected the emerald green leaves, and the picture was clean and pleasing to the eye.


    ¡ª¡ªIf it was not during the make-up time.


    ¡°With your mind,¡± Zhou Si Si said slowly, ¡°it¡¯s not that difficult to remember these words.¡±


    Lu Xi didn¡¯t seem to listen and intently played with the leaves.


    There was a time when Zhou Sisi worked as a tutor for middle school students with poor grades. She considered that she had junior high school tutoring experience.


    However, she had to admit that Lu Xi was more rebellious than the students she had taught.


    Zhou Sisi opened the specially printed booklet, ¡°Let¡¯s sort out the grammar.¡±


    ¡°The verb has a general future tense, and there are six ways to express it. Do you remember?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    Her expression remained unchanged, ¡°Okay, The first type, will or shall plus the original form of the verb indicates the future action or the state of existence.¡±


    ¡°For example,¡± She slowed down without a trace. ¡°For example: His brother will is ten next year.¡±


    ¡°Will be.¡± The young man¡¯s voice was clear and lazy.


    Zhou Sisi blinked, ¡°I was wrong? Thank you for correcting it. Yes, for example: His brother will be ten next year.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± Lu Xi regretted a little.


    He was not stupid. He guessed that she had done it on purpose.


    I blame my mouth, why it¡¯s so fast.


    ¡°The second type, be going to plus the original form of the verb, contains a plan to do something, or indicates that something is likely to happen.


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Can you make a sentence in this form?¡±


    His fingers poked the leaf and decided not to cooperate.


    ¡°For example, they are having a party tonight. How do you express it?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°They are¡­ What¡¯s behind?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°They are going to have a party tonight¡£¡±


    ¡°Do you understand this second expression?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll go over it in more detail.¡±


    Zhou Sisi repeated it in an organized manner and clearly. After that she asked him if he understood, if he didn¡¯t speak, she would repeat it once again, and then went to the next point.


    In this way, each knowledge point was explained three times in detail by Zhou Sisi.


    The alarm clock went off at ten o¡¯clock.


    Lu Xi didn¡¯t rush to turn off the phone alarm, ¡°Class time is up.¡±


    ¡°No.¡± she smiled slightly, ¡°We¡¯ll have to finish today¡¯s content first.¡±


    Author:


    Lu Xi:? Fuck me.


    Zhou Sisi squeezed his mouth: No swearing.

 CH 6

    Lu Xi, who was in no rush to turn off the phone alarm, said ¡°Class time is up.¡±


    ¡°No.¡± Zhou Sisi smiled slightly and said, ¡°We¡¯ll have to finish with today¡¯s content first.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± Lu Xi gritted his teeth in annoyance. ¡°I¡¯m going to the bathroom.¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s eyes half-curved, like the gentle lake that traps the morning mist as she replied, ¡°Let¡¯s take a ten-minute break before continuing with the class.¡±


    Fuck. He felt so suffocated.


    I have never seen a fool who actively takes initiative in helping others with their make-up classes and also extends the class hours.


    How many times did she get kicked in the head by a donkey?


    If it weren¡¯t for her being a girl, he really couldn¡¯t help himself from cursing her.


    He stood up coldly, as the impact of the chair against the tiled floor created a loud scraping sound.


    ¡°Lu Xi! What are you doing?¡± Xu Xuelin cursed from the living room.


    Damn¡­ he was so frustrated and was almost on the verge of exploding.


    However, he did not dare explode, after all he couldn¡¯t afford it.


    ¡°What¡¯s all this noise?¡± As soon as he left the room, his own mother¡¯s words crashed down on him. ¡°Did you not hear me?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m asking you a question!¡±


    ¡°Bumped into a chair.¡±


    Xu Xuelin glanced at her son up and down and hummed, ¡°Don¡¯t scratch the tiles.¡±


    ¡°Got it.¡± He walked to the balcony with his mobile phone in his pocket.


    ¡°Is today¡¯s English class over?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    Xu Xuelin: ¡°Call Sister Sisi to eat fruit.¡±


    ¡°No ¡­¡± Lu Xi said.


    If you don¡¯t call her, who wants to call her, call her yourself.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have any manners.¡± Xu Xuelin turned her head and called, ¡°Sisi, come and have some fruit!¡±


    ~ Why didn¡¯t I hear you asking your son to eat fruit? Lu Xi lightly sneered and unlocked the phone.


    He threw an emoji at his group of friends, and no one replied.


    That¡¯s right. On a great weekend, these douchebags are probably under the covers still snoring. Only he has to ¡­¡­ huh.


    ¡°Okay! Two more hours will do!¡±


    Xu Xuelin¡¯s words came to the balcony.


    ~Fuck two hours. Lu Xi was so irritated that he pulled his hair straight.


    ¡°I can¡¯t let it affect your other things¡­Ah, well, then I¡¯m relieved.¡±


    Won¡¯t affect her business, it¡¯ll definitely affect his business! Fuck, it takes up so much of his time badly.


    ¡°Have you stood enough on the balcony?¡± Xu Xuelin urged, ¡°Go back to your room and study!¡±


    Lu Xi¡¯s tone was cold, ¡°I didn¡¯t stand enough.¡±


    ¡°Go to study, if you keep lingering, then I¡¯ll cancel next week¡¯s pocket money!¡±


    ¡°¡­relax, I¡¯ll go now.¡±


    In physics class, Zhou Sisi received only praise from the teacher.


    ¡°Sunday¡¯s homework, Zhou Sisi, you did a good job.¡±


    The physics teacher was stern and cold as well as had an incredibly high demand from the students. Such a simple evaluation was already a rare phenomenon.


    ¡°What did I hear?¡± Yi Ting was surprised. ¡°Old Liu could praise people? He praised you!¡±


    ¡°Well, he is talking on the subject.¡± Zhou Sisi said softly.


    ¡°This time the homework was so difficult, I suspect that Lao Liu did it himself.¡± Yi Ting said, ¡°I couldn¡¯t find a single question on the Internet.¡±


    Zhou Sisi reminded: ¡°So listen carefully.¡±


    However, the inscription of Lao Liu was too flat, without any ups and downs, and for the poor Yi Ting the harder she listened, the more she wanted to close her eyes.


    In order to avoid falling asleep, she repeatedly pinched her thigh.


    ¡®I can¡¯t understand it, and I don¡¯t know how she got this far to this point at the last step.¡¯


    ¡®How can Sisi learn such boring things as physics so well?¡¯ Yi Ting¡¯s eyes drifted towards the right.


    Suddenly she found that her tablemate seemed very good.


    It was not that Sisi didn¡¯t look good before, but that she seemed to be getting better now.


    Yi Ting¡¯s eyes were full of admiration. The porcelain-white skin, long eyelashes, and the nose bridge was not high, just right on her face, making everyone feel that everything about her was soft and delicate.


    I don¡¯t know whether her appearance complements her character or her character influences her appearance.


    ¡°Don¡¯t be in a daze.¡±


    Even her voice was so gentle and pleasant.


    ¡°I¡¯m looking at you.¡± Yi Ting said half-truth, ¡°The little fairy in the sky should look like you.¡±


    Zhou Sisi was unmoved, ¡°exaggerated.¡±


    ¡°Really, the more I look at you, the more beautiful you seem.¡±


    ¡°Pay attention to the class, the teacher is watching you.¡±


    ¡°!¡± Yi Ting hurriedly straightened her back and looked at the blackboard.


    At the end of class, the body and soul ushered in a short relaxation.


    Yi Ting secretly buckled the phone with her head against the edge of the table.


    When she saw a post, her eyes lit up, she exclaimed excitedly: ¡°Sisi, look, look!¡±


    The phone page displayed the post of Hua No. 3 Middle School, with text titles on the screen mixed with various expressions.


    ¡°What are you looking at?¡± As she asked, Zhou Sisi caught the name ¡°Lu Xi.¡±


    ¡ª Which students have Lu Xi WeChat from junior high school, chat with me privately okay?


    ¨Cin? To kneel for Lu Xi¡¯s positive photo! He is so handsome!


    ¡­


    ¡°Eh, I accidentally swiped it.¡± Yi Ting swiped her finger down and spoke, ¡°This, look!¡±


    ¡°This morning I met a girl in a light purple sweater in a teaching building, white skin with watery eyes, this host is asking for your name.¡±


    Zhou Sisi frowned, ¡°It¡¯s not necessarily me.¡±


    ¡°It must be you. The host said that he met between the third and fourth floors, saying that the ponytail had bangs. The most important thing is,¡± Yi Ting gazed at Zhou Sisi¡¯s front as she continued, ¡°There is a sitting rabbit on the sweater.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± Zhou Sisi was left speechless.


    ¡°In just a few days, I met your two admirers in Post Bar!¡±


    ¡°Can you delete a post?¡±


    Yi Ting was puzzled, ¡°Why do you want to delete it? All I know is that the above post is a compliment for you.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to be part of  the discussion.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    She considered herself a non-existent student in past life, and a sense of existence was relatively only being the undistinguished student in the class.


    I don¡¯t remember myself ever being mentioned on the Internet.


    ¡°Okay.¡± Yi Ting, who was seated at the same table, looked really unhappy. ¡°You have to apply to the forum manager for deleting posts.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Forum manager?¡±


    ¡°Well, there¡¯s a big forum moderator and a small forum moderator. I heard the big one is someone from the liberal arts class downstairs¡­¡±


    ¡°Do I have to apply in person?¡±


    ¡°No need, just post an appeal in the post-bar or reply in the appeal post.¡±


    Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t quite understand. ¡°Can I trouble you to help me with this?¡±


    ¡°Piece of cake. I¡¯ll do it now.¡± Yi Ting lowered her head and suddenly found a problem.


    ¡°Fuck! The little school grass has a reply under your post!¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡±


    Yi Ting put on a ¡®You don¡¯t understand this¡¯ expression. ¡°Lu Xi, a junior high school student, super handsome and exquisite, and many people say that he is a school grass.¡±


    ¡°Because Lu Xi is younger than the other school grass, Yuan Xuchao, who is in our grade used to call him the little school grass. In fact, I think Lu Xi is much more handsome than Yuan Xuchao.¡±


    ¡°Oh, someone privately revealed that this  ¡°hat trick¡± was Lu Xi ¡®s post.¡±


    Zhou Sisi listened passively and nodded.  ¡°What was the reply?¡±  The only thing she was more curious about was this.


    ¡°Let¡¯s see¡­¡± The excited Yi Ting didn¡¯t have time to read the content, ¡°Fuck, it¡¯s deleted! The entire post was deleted, the speed of the forum is too fast.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡± Zhou Sisi went on to look through the English materials.


    Having struggled for a long time with an English speech contest suggested by the headteacher, she finally signed up just before the deadline of last Friday.


    She would use her spare time in these two days to write a speech.


    ¡­


    Recently, the staff of the Municipal Education Bureau was going to inspect Hua No.3 Middle School. The school leaders were very concerned about it.


    The most important thing for students was to keep the campus clean.


    Today, it was Zhou Sisi¡¯s team to clean the area.


    The teacher on duty said it wasn¡¯t clean enough. The whole group had to rework. While the other students were reading in the classroom, they were sweeping the garbage behind the classroom building.


    As the wind blew, the slender petals on the tree fell everywhere.


    Zhou Sisi swept attentively, a few pieces here and there, and before she knew it, she went around the corner of the wall.


    Near the wall¡¯s base, there were two small petals, and a piece of waste paper stuffed in the gap.


    She bowed her head in order to clean it.


    There was a movement on the other side of the wall. Not long after, there was a rustling sound overhead.


    There was a muffled sound along with a heavy object fell on the ground not far from her feet, it was a black school bag that seemed familiar.


    Then¨C


    ¡°Ah.¡± A clean and familiar voice.


    When she looked up, the person sitting on the wall was none other than Lu Xi?


    This wall was close to the Jingsi Lake in the school. It was a remote location and the monitoring radiation was unavailable. Usually, not many people would walk around here. Lu Xi and his brother pulled the broken glass off the top of the wall, making the wall a secret ¡°entrance¡± from the school.


    He went over ten or eight times before this. But this was the first time he met someone, especially an acquaintance.


    It was so bad early in the morning.


    ¡°Don¡¯t tell my mom.¡± He glared at Sisi fiercely.


    The cool wind blew over the green branches and the bending grass, the handsome young man in a white sweater, blue and white sweatpants, supporting the wall with one hand.


    The whole picture was as clean and pleasing as a shot from a youth movie.


    If only the protagonist¡¯s face wasn¡¯t so irritable and frustrated.


    ¡°Why are you climbing the wall?¡± she asked.


    While leaping down, ¡°Being late, it¡¯s troublesome to be named.¡± landing on the ground, he clapped his hands, then picked up the schoolbag on the ground and threw it over his shoulder.


    ¡°Why are you late?¡±


    ¡°Went out for breakfast and was late after eating. What can I do?¡±


    Zhou Sisi pursed her lips.


    Aunt Xu Xuelin is very busy at work, especially on weekdays. Probably she doesn¡¯t have time to make breakfast for Lu Xi, when she leaves the house early in the morning.


    ¡°But it¡¯s not that you¡¯re late ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Nosy.¡± Lu Xi interrupted impatiently.


    ¡°Don¡¯t tell my mom, you hear me?¡±


    In the early morning sun, the girl¡¯s jade-white face was just palm-sized, her brows frowned, and her big eyes seemed to fill with water.


    Fuck. Why was there a sense of guilt as he was intimidating her.


    ~She¡¯s not gonna cry, is she?


    Suddenly, he remembered the last time, when she stood in the corridor with her red nose, red eyes, and tears¡­it was so pitiful.


    ¡°Well, I beg you.¡± Lu Xi dropped these words awkwardly and ran away with his long legs.


    Author: Lu Xi: She looks so cute with red eyes, thinking¡­


    Zhou Sisi took a pen to his head: go to class honestly.

 CH 7

    ¡°Hey, Brother Xi, you came so early? ¡°Pan De rested his elbow on the Chinese textbook.


    As Lu Xi pulled his chair back, he grabbed a piece of candy from Pan De¡¯s table, peeled off the candy wrapper, and threw it into his mouth.


    ¡°Fuck.¡± Lu Xi¡¯s facial features were huddled together, ¡°so sour.¡±


    Pan De laughed, ¡°It wasn¡¯t good? Not refreshing? I specially asked my dad to bring it back from the island country.¡±


    ¡°Go away.¡± Lu Xi punched him on the arm.


    ¡°Lao Zhuang was here in the morning reading.¡± Pan De said, ¡°He asked me if Lu Xi came to school.¡±


    Lao Zhuang was the homeroom teacher of the third grade of junior high school (1) class.


    Lu Xi threw a piece of chewing gum into his mouth, ¡°Oh.¡±


    In the end, it didn¡¯t matter, Lao Zhuang found out he was late; even if he didn¡¯t inform his mother, Zhou Sisi would notify her.


    ¡ªYes, Lu Xi now thought that a meddlesome student like Zhou Sisi would definitely complain to his parents.


    He didn¡¯t understand why he had asked her to not disclose anything earlier. Speaking of which, he feared that he had drunk too much soy milk in the morning.


    ¡°I lied to you.¡± Pan De hooked Lu Xi¡¯s shoulder as he teased, ¡°Lao Zhuang never came.¡±


    ¡°Let go, your duck smell has caught me.¡± Lu Xi shook him away.


    ¡°Where did I get the duck smell from?¡±


    ¡°Duck?¡± Huang Zhou heard this as soon as he came, ¡°Who is a duck? Panda, you?¡±


    ¡°Your father is a duck. I¡¯m raising a duck, okay?¡±


    Huang Zhou¡¯s eyes were full of disgust. ¡°What the hell, a big boy raising a duck?¡±


    ¡°Damn, your mind is too nasty!¡± Pan De gestured with his hands as he said, ¡°I raised a Cole duck, Cole duck understand?¡±


    ¡°Cole duck, I thought you¡­¡±


    ¡°Go away from me.¡±


    Xiang Yinglan, the female classmate at the front desk, turned back: ¡°You have a Cole duck? How old is it?¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡± Pan De, who had always been more formal with the girls, said ¡°Born on March 19th, and now half a month old.¡±


    Huang Zhou burst out laughing. ¡°I remember that duck of yours hahaha¡­¡±


    ¡°Can it leave your phone now?¡± Lu Xi raised his eyebrows.


    Xiang Yinglan¡¯s eyes widened as she asked confusedly, ¡°Ducks and cell phones? What¡¯s going on?¡±


    ¡°Panda spent a lot of money to buy a duck egg, and he waited patiently for it to hatch, and then hahahahahaha¡­¡± Huang Zhou laughed so hard that he couldn¡¯t say anything.


    ¡°On the day of the hatching,¡± Pan De sighed as he continued, ¡°I was thinking about taking a video to record the birthing moment of my duck. I didn¡¯t expect the duck¡­ From then on, it couldn¡¯t stay away from my iPhone, sticking around the iPhone all day long.¡±


    ¡°Why?¡± Xiang Yinglan felt curious.


    Huang Zhou never stopped laughing. ¡°The duck cub imprinted Panda¡¯s phone as a mother.¡±


    ¡°I went to the seller, and he said that the first moving object seen by the duck when it hatches and opens its eyes would be regarded as their mother.¡± Pan De was helpless. ¡°It can¡¯t live without my iPhone.¡±


    ¡°To be precise, it is the back of your iPhone¡¯s Lanling King phone case.¡± Lu Xi corrected.


    ¡°That¡¯s hilarious.¡± Xiang Yinglan burst into laughter.


    Pan De silently let them laugh.


    A short-haired female student at the front desk asked Xiang Yinglan to go to the restroom.


    As soon as the two girls left, Pan De immediately mocked Huang Zhou: ¡°Ha, ha, did you forget that the day before yesterday your sound of snoring during the Chinese exam shook the entire classroom? Have you forgotten that you went to see the senior sister last week but found the wrong person?¡±


    ¡°Damn, if you have a stuffy nose and an incorrect sleeping posture you must be snoring too.¡± Huang Zhou¡¯s mouth was hard.


    Lu Xi and Pan De: ¡°Don¡¯t fight.¡±


    ¡°Bullshit!¡± Huang Zhou strangled his neck as he continued, ¡°As for the senior sister, I blame the high school student union who provided me with the wrong name.¡±


    ¡°You guys still don¡¯t know, right? Yesterday I found out the name of the innocent senior sister in the form bar, and this time I¡¯m absolutely right.¡±


    Lu Xi had a bad feeling about it. ¡°Did you use my number for the reply?¡± He asked in a cold voice.


    ¡°It seems to be.¡± Huang Zhouying.


    ¡°What did you reply?¡± Lu Xi¡¯s knuckles creaked as he moved.


    Huang Zhou: ¡°Regarding that, there were two posts inquiring about a sister, I flipped reply, felt the owner was talking about an innocent school sister, and I just contacted the class with the name of the senior sister information¡­¡±


    ¡°Give me your phone.¡±


    ¡°You are not ¡ª¡± He recalled the brother who handed over his phone to Lao Zhuang yesterday as Huang Zhou pulled his phone out of his pocket.


    Lu Xi pulled the phone, unlocked it and opened the forum, and checked the account history of posting and replies.


    Huang Zhou: ¡°What are you looking for? Those posts about Senior Sister?¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°It was deleted?¡±


    ¡°Yeah, I found out at noon today ¡­¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t use my account to post again.¡± Lu Xi threw the phone back to him.


    Huang Zhou caught the phone and was a little dazed. ¡°No, what¡¯s the matter?¡± As he looked at Pan De next to him.


    Pan De, who withdrew from the group chat shrugged his shoulders implying: I don¡¯t know.


    Lu Xi brushed his forehead hair irritably.  If someone who knew his ID saw him ¡°pleading¡± for Zhou Sisi¡¯s information, they would think he felt something for Zhou Sisi or even told her.


    Huang Zhou noticed that his brother¡¯s face suddenly turned red:? ??


    The seventh period was self-study. Zhou Sisi took the English speech draft to the homeroom teacher and asked him to revise it.


    After reading it a second time, Wu Lan said, ¡°Very good, most of the sentences are very advanced.¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s English foundation was impressive, obviously, better than most ordinary high school students.


    ¡°I will look over it tonight to see if there is anything that can be changed for the better.¡± Wu Lan said, ¡°You will come back tomorrow morning.¡±


    ¡°Well, thank you, teacher.¡± Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t rush to leave.


    ¡°Is there anything else?¡±


    ¡°Teacher, can you find the latest monthly test results for the third grade here?¡±


    Wu Lan placed down the red pen, ¡°Junior three? Our junior high school?¡±


    ¡°Well, the third grade (1) class.¡± Zhou Sisi was a little embarrassed to trouble the class teacher as she said, ¡°I want to see the monthly test score sheet.¡±


    ¡°The score sheet of the third grade (1) class¡­ wait for me to find it.¡±


    ¡°This is supposed to be a whole year. I¡¯ll see how to get it for the class.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°The graders are also fine.¡±


    ¡°Oh, come and see.¡± Wu Lan let out the mouse and was ready to get up.


    She hurriedly said, ¡°No, you can sit down, I can see it this way.¡±


    ¡°You pull a chair to sit too. With so much data, it doesn¡¯t look good to keep standing.¡± Wu Lan sighed helplessly because the student was too polite.


    She searched and located the name she was looking for and scanned the grades and rankings for each subject in a few seconds.


    She returned the computer to the headteacher as she said, ¡°Alright, thank you.¡±


    ¡°You looked for this Lu Xi? He is yours¡­?¡±


    You couldn¡¯t blame Wu Lan for this, because Lu Xi was really famous in the school and teachers knew him more or less.


    Considering he was undisciplined and very attractive and knowing that a lot of teenage girls at school were concerned about him¡­..


    ¡°Brother.¡± Zhou Sisi answered.


    Wu Lan breathed a sigh of relief, ¡°Oh, brother.¡±


    Of course, he thought it was the kind of brother who was related by blood.


    As for why they had different surnames and different looks, maybe they were cousins. It was normal for the cousin to pay attention to her cousin¡¯s academic situation.


    Upon leaving the office, Zhou Sisi was called to a halt by someone before climbing the stairs.


    The person calling her was a bit familiar, she had an impression that he should be a classmate of the same grade.


    ¡°I also signed up for an English speech contest.¡± The boy seemed anxious to speak, ¡°Ah, I am Mo Yifan from Class 16.¡±


    Zhou Sisi let out an ¡°um¡± and waited for him to explain his intentions.


    ¡°Could you please help me read the speech draft?¡± Mo Yifan handed over the rolled-up manuscript paper.


    It was class time, and there were no people in the hallway.


    She asked softly, ¡°Wouldn¡¯t it be better to ask the English teacher?¡± She didn¡¯t mind that he was a competitor, but she was really puzzled.


    ¡°My English teacher is Sister Lan, the same as yours.¡± Mo Yifan got stuck on Zhou Sisi¡¯s soft face, ¡°I am not very confident, so I want you to see it first.¡±


    ¡°Your English grades are very good. Can you give me some suggestions for amendments?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not very free.¡±


    ¡°Erm¡­I¡¯m sorry to bother you, Goodbye.


    ¡°I can take a look.¡±


    Mo Yifan immediately turned around. ¡± Here !¡±


    ¡°But,¡±  Zhou Sisi told the truth, ¡°I may not be of any help.¡±


    Mo Yifan: ¡°It¡¯s okay, you take a look first.¡±


    ¡°The end of the eighth period¡­¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll get it outside your classroom.¡±


    ¡°Well, good.¡±


    ¡­ ¡­


    Mo Yifan¡¯s manuscript was shorter and simpler than Zhou Sisi¡¯s.


    It took only eight minutes for her to correct the tenses error and attach suggestions for improvement to some areas. After that, she spent the rest of the self-study doing math homework assigned this morning.


    Mathematics was a relatively weak subject before her rebirth.


    For her, the high school content was not as solid as that of elementary or junior high school, and it was both numerous and complicated.


    Even if there were traces of knowledge in her mind, some subjects required constant practice having not been studied for a few years. She cannot guarantee that she will be able to take the exam immediately and be able to pass the same level as the previous high school.


    If she wanted to enter a university at the same level as her previous life, she couldn¡¯t be too lax in studying.


    As she reached the last question, the bell rang.


    Most of the students flooded out within half a minute, rushed back to their dormitories,some rushed to dinner, and some rushed back to their homes.


    When the doorway was less crowded, she took Mo Yifan¡¯s manuscript out of the classroom, and he arrived just in time.


    ¡°Here, thank you for your help.¡± Mo Yifan took out a bottle of strawberry yogurt from behind his back.


    Zhou Si Si took a step back, ¡°No need.¡±


    ¡°This is a thank you gift, just a bottle of yogurt ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°No need. I¡¯m going home.¡±


    ¡°Uh, I ¡­¡­¡±


    She went downstairs and walked, basking into the glow of sunset.


    By coincidence, Lu Xi and his partner came up diagonally opposite. They were talking vigorously.


    ¡°¡­really, how aggressive they think they are?¡±


    ¡°We¡¯ll teach them a lesson tonight.¡±


    ¡°Yes, Without beating, they won¡¯t know who their Grandpa is.¡±


    Fight? Zhou Sisi paused in her steps, ¡°Lu Xi¡ª¡ª¡±

 CH 8

    The fifteen-year-old Lu Xi was arrogant and capricious, stubborn and surly.


    According to rumors, he fought frequently.


    When Zhou Sisi heard the word ¡°beat¡±, she was frightened and subconsciously wanted to stop him.


    ¡°Lu Xi¨C¡°


    Lu Xi glanced over and saw it was her again. ¡°What?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°What are you going to do?¡±


    ¡°Why does it matter to you?¡± Lu Xi replied indifferently.


    Huang Zhou next to him looked at Zhou Sisi, then stared at Lu Xi.


    How could Lu Xi know senior sister? He didn¡¯t even tell him! Shit!


    ¡°Now,¡± Zhou Sisi stared into his eyes as she continued, ¡°go home and stay there.¡±


    Lu Xi raised an eyebrow, with a hint of mockery. ¡°My mother is not here, you want to come to my house?¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    Lu Xi grunted. It was not Sunday, and there was no way he was going to open the door for make-up lessons out of nowhere.


    He kicked Huang Zhou, who had his mouth left wide open ¡°move¡± and walked away.


    Walking out a hundred meters or so.


    ¡°Axi¡­¡± Huang Zhou approached Lu Xi.


    ¡°Go away, what are you doing so close to me?¡±


    Huang Zhou whispered: ¡°I think senior sister seems to be following us.¡±


    What? He turned around and found her about five meters behind him.


    It may not necessarily be called following him. After all, the road lead straight outside of the school gate.


    After leaving the school, he went in the opposite direction of his home. Upon walking several meters, when he looked back¨C


    Damn it. She was still about five meters behind him.


    ¡°Don¡¯t follow me.¡± He impatiently said to her.


    She didn¡¯t speak. But when he stopped on his track she too stopped.


    ¡°Why are you following me?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    Lu Xi grabbed his hair. ¡°If I go to an Internet cafe to play games, will you still follow me?¡±


    Could it be, was she going to stand behind him and watch him play? I¡¯ve had enough! He couldn¡¯t imagine a good student like her entering an Internet cafe.


    Playing games? Her eyes moved slightly. It turned out that the ¡°beating¡± he was talking about  was related to playing games, not fighting.


    ¡°Go home early.¡± She turned around and walked away.


    Under the orange glow, the slightly slender back gradually became softer as it dwindled out of his eyes.


    Huang Zhou¡¯s gaze followed her away. ¡°¡­Senior sister just left?¡±


    ¡°Are you still going to play games?¡±He couldn¡¯t stand his foolishness.


    ¡°Hey¡­ wait for me! Axi!¡±


    After paying the money, he was assigned a number for the machine.


    Lu Xi took off the headset hanging on the monitor and waited for the game to load.


    ¡°What is your relationship with Sister SiSi?¡± Huang Zhou, who held back his curiosity all the way, asked, ¡°Axi?¡±


    Lu Xi pursed his lips, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter.¡±


    ¡°Who are you kidding!¡± Huang Zhou pulled off his headphones, ¡°she¡¯s going to your house.¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°You haven¡¯t gone to my house yet?¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°No, how can we be the same? Shit, she¡¯s a girl!¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡± Lu Xi stretched out his hand. ¡°Give me the headset back.¡±


    Huang Zhou hid on the far side as he proceeded to ask, ¡°Be frank, who is Sister Sisi to you? When did you meet?¡± Their conversation did not sound like an ordinary relationship.


    Is there anything to say? Lu Xi leaned forward quickly and accurately grabbed the headset as he warned, pointing a finger at Huang Zhou, ¡°Dare to try again?¡±


    ¡°Hey¡­brother, tell me.¡± Huang Zhou¡¯s heart and liver simply ached in frustration.


    ¡°It¡¯s not mine.¡±  Lu Xi¡¯s long fingers snapped at the account password ¡°Knowing for a long time- don¡¯t make a noise, speed into the game.¡±


    Chen Cui was not there when Zhou Sisi returned home.


    After hesitating for two seconds, she walked into the kitchen.


    Rice was boiling on the rice cooker, the tabletop had several bowls, the big bowl contained chicken with pickled ingredients, and there were unprocessed vegetables in the sink.


    Zhou Sisi rolled up her sleeves, washed the vegetables, took a handful of the soaked mushrooms from the basin, and cut them in half.


    Having heated the frying pan and added enough oil, she methodically put ginger and minced garlic in it. After the flavor spread around she poured in the marinated chicken and continued to stir fry.


    None of this was difficult for  Zhou Sisi, who had been cooking her meals since middle school.


    Within half an hour or so, she made fried chicken with mushrooms, vegetable soup, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes. She also prepared the ingredients for tomorrow¡¯s breakfast.


    After eating alone, she washed the dishes and went back to her room to continue with the questions from her studies.


    When there was a noise in the living room, she glanced at the clock on the table. It was 8:17.


    Not long after.


    ¡°Sisi, have you eaten?¡± Chen Cui opened the door.


    She looked at the workbook and said, ¡°I ate.¡±


    ¡°Lu Xi¡¯s Mother said you were helping Lu Xi with his make-up lessons recently?¡±


    ¡°Yeah.¡±


    Chen Cui: ¡°I thought she was joking, but I never heard you mention it.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°Well, I¡¯m going to eat. I have worked overtime temporarily until now, and I¡¯m starving¡­¡±


    ¡°Can you knock on the door next time?¡±


    Chen Cui was stunned. ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°Can you knock on the door before you enter my room next time?¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    ¡°We are mother and daughter, do we have to do this?¡±


    ¡°Please remember to knock on the door.¡±


    ¡°Well, as you say,¡± Chen Cui waved her hand and mumbled as she walked, ¡°when girls grow older, they don¡¯t want to be with their mother¡­¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s grip on the pen tightened.


    Ms. Xu Xuelin had been working hard recently and couldn¡¯t get off before nine o¡¯clock every night.


    Relying on his mother¡¯s absence, Lu Xi recklessly played outside until eight o¡¯clock.


    When the time was almost up, he simply set out to complete his homework by working on it casually.


    Ms. Xu Xuelin, who came back, shouted from the living room, ¡°Lu Xi!¡±


    ¡°Yes, what¡¯s the matter?¡± he asked.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    ¡°Studying.¡±


    She glanced at the open door. ¡°Study hard¡±


    ¡°I know,¡± he pretended.


    Nice, I didn¡¯t get scolded.


    After confirming that his mother walked away, he closed the door and lay down on the bed.


    A day of looking for happiness in the bland passed quietly.


    Mr. Lao Zhuang had kept his cell phone with him until graduation and if he wanted to get it back in advance, he had to ask his parents to contact him. But Lu Xi didn¡¯t want to bathe in Mrs. Xu¡¯s love for an ¡°education¡± for the time being.


    I¡¯ll have to report the loss of my old card and get a new one as soon as possible and then buy a spare phone.


    Resting on his arm he looked at the ceiling bored.


    With this pocket money, I can¡¯t buy a good phone much less use it to play a few games.


    Sleepiness overflowed a bit.


    He yawned.


    Just then, a vague shadow faintly emerged from the ceiling, white skin, thin eyebrows, apricot eyes and a delicate nose¡­ Damn. Lu Xi closed his eyes fiercely and dozed off halfway.


    He thought of being caught by her on the wall, and then to the Internet cafe.


    Fuck. When she runs into his mother, she would definitely complain.


    It was expected that he only had a few days left to live a good life.


    ¡­.


    It was a new day when he opened his eyes.


    Lifting the quilt, he jumped out of bed.


    The electronic wristwatch lying on the bedside table informed him that he was twenty-seven minutes late for 7:03.


    As expected, he was the only one left in the family.


    After brushing, washing his face, and changing clothes while wearing shoes, he thought about the possibility of visiting the breakfast shop in the west gate community to fill up his stomach and then proceed to go to school within 15 minutes.


    I haven¡¯t overslept today, and there is no need to go over the wall.


    He decided to give up the delicious breakfast on the west gate and waited to go to school to buy junk food from the canteen during the break.


    After all, it was not good to be late for two days in a row.


    He had to keep a low profile these days.


    The sensor controlled light in the corridor lit up as he opened the door.


    As he walked out, he prepared to lock the door with his backhand, only to find a bag of¡­breakfast hanging on the doorknob.


    What¡¯s going on? Who hung it here by mistake?


    Lu Xi lowered his eyes, the transparent plastic bag contained a sandwich, a few small taros, and a bag of fresh milk.


    There was also a sticky note.


    He first glanced at 303 next to him.


    Taking a closer look at the post-it notes.


    The four words weren¡¯t too big nor too small.


    He was no stranger to this handwriting, and the English materials on the desk in the room were all on it.


    Although he didn¡¯t know why he had a vague premonition, it was really certainly her. Lu Xi ¡­ wasn¡¯t able to tell how he felt.


    In just two seconds, his brain turned more than fifteen thousand turns, and the option of ¡°take¡± and ¡°don¡¯t take¡± alternately flashed. The pop-ups could even fill half a soccer field.


    He picked up the plastic bag ears, walked to 303, and knocked on the door a few times.


    After waiting for a while, nothing happened.


    She and Aunt Chen must have gone out.


    His eyes went down. The bag of breakfast hung directly on her door handle could no longer be returned.


    ¡­Tsk, forget it.


    There was no need to spend money if it was brought to the door.


    He did morning exercises at school and went to class. The free breakfast was still warm.


    ¡°You brought breakfast?¡± Pan De was very silent as he said, ¡°share me a little taro.¡±


    ¡°Take it.¡± Lu Xi took a bite of the sandwich.


    The toast was soft and supple, the poached egg was slightly charred, and the asparagus was a crispy, very¡­cough, barely passing the level.


    ¡°It¡¯s delicious!¡± Pan De was much more honest. ¡°This taro is soft and fragrant.¡± In two or three mouthfuls, he managed to settle one and reached to get more.


    Lu Xi patted his hand. ¡°I haven¡¯t eaten it yet.¡±


    ¡°One more, just one more bite.¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    Pan De smacked regretfully. ¡°I want to buy it tomorrow, where did you buy it?¡±


    Lu Xi replied calmly, ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±


    ¡°Didn¡¯t you buy it?¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Ask aunt where she bought it later.¡±


    ¡°Ah.¡± Lu Xi said, ¡°my mother didn¡¯t buy it.¡±


    Pan De: ¡°Then help me ask the person who bought it.¡±


    ¡°I picked it up on the road.¡± Lu Xi replied lazily.


    Pan De: ¡°?¡±


    The corner of his eyes slanted. ¡°Can you just stop looking at me?¡±


    ¡°This sandwich looks so delicious, break a small piece for me.¡± Pan De swallowed.


    Lu Xi said without hesitation: ¡°Put away your wishful thinking.¡±


    The English teacher followed up on the English speech contest and organized a simulation exercise for several students at the school.


    On the fourth floor, a small conference room.


    Zhou Sisi sat behind the window.


    The speaker on the platform was Mo Yifan, with whom she briefly interacted.


    At this moment, his voice was full of emotion, and his posture was generous. His upright posture  from head to toe was clad in dignity and confidence was written on his face. The impression he left on her during the first conversation was very different.


    She was a little envious of him.


    The previous speaker was her.


    As soon as she walked up, it felt like her heart was lodged in her throat. She didn¡¯t know where to place her hands and feet while her eyes were almost glued to the manuscripts throughout. She even stopped twice in the middle.


    That was awful.


    She even regretted signing up for this speech contest.


    ¡°¡­Thank you for your listening.¡± Mo Yifan finished speaking and returned to his original position.


    ¡°It wasn¡¯t very good.¡± He turned his head and whispered to Zhou Sisi.


    She was too sullen to listen to the words of the next person as she replied courteously, ¡°¡­¡­ hmm.¡±.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Mo Yifan asked, ¡°Can you give me some suggestions?¡±


    She laughed. ¡°Your speech was excellent.¡±


    ¡°No, no, average.¡± As he spoke his voice became anxious again.


    The English teacher answered the phone and had to leave for something, thus she didn¡¯t have time to finish the lectures of the students or give suggestions.


    Zhou Sisi walked out the back door of the conference room.


    Mo Yifan quickly followed her.


    ¡°Who do you think speaks the most ¡­.What happened? Are you okay?¡±


    ¡°Nothing.¡±


    ¡°You look, uh, your complexion is not very good.¡± Mo Yifan said tentatively, ¡°I think you performed well. ¡°


    She shook her head. ¡°Very bad.¡±


    He quickly said, ¡°No, it sounded good, and the pronunciation was very standard.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s no different from an endorsement. It¡¯s far behind you.¡± Zhou Sisi whispered, ¡°I¡­ ¡­Too nervous.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s normal to be a little nervous. I¡¯m nervous too, how many times do you practice?¡±


    ¡°I memorized it well, but it got stuck on stage.¡±


    Her long eyelashes sagged like delicate butterfly wings, and cherry pink lips pressed slightly.


    ¡°Don¡¯t get depressed! Watch more videos.¡± Mo Yifan searched for ideas. ¡°If you have time, try to recite manuscripts in a crowded place, I can accompany you.¡± He was secretly trying to get close to her.


    She hesitated: ¡°Crowded places ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Yes, like squares, parks, or downtown streets.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­This way.¡±


    About ten meters behind them.


    ¡°Isn¡¯t that Sister Sisi?¡± Huang Zhou stretched out halfway lazily as he said, ¡°look, Axi.¡±


    Lu Xi, who also just came out of the classroom, raised his eyelids as he replied, ¡°then?¡±


    ¡°Who is the man with her? Her boyfriend?¡±


    ¡°¡­has something to do with you?¡±


    ¡°How can you say that sister Sisi is one of the few girls in No 3 middle school who asked about their name.¡± Huang Zhou sighed, ¡°Besides, she¡¯s very close to you.¡±


    Lu Xi put his elbow on the railing. ¡°Heh.¡±

 CH 9

    The next day Lu Xi went out at 7:07 and saw breakfast on the doorknob again.


    Today¡¯s breakfast was whole wheat steamed buns, custard potato pancakes, and a cup of corn juice.


    Compared to yesterday, the time he took to accept was halved.


    At around nine o¡¯clock in the evening, he waited for his mom to return home so she could ¡°discover¡± that he was doing homework.


    ¡°Mom,¡± Lu Xi pretended to hold the pen as he asked, ¡°I want to ask you a question.¡±


    ¡°What is it?¡± Xu Xuelin moved her shoulders over.


    Lu Xi pointed out. ¡°I don¡¯t know how to do this.¡±


    ¡°Let me see-in order to explore the relationship between current¡­ and voltage, Xiaohong designed¡­¡±


    Xu Xuelin¡¯s brows furrowed, ¡°As shown in Figure A circuit¡­Use a stroke line instead of a wire to connect the unconnected circuit in Figure B¡­¡±


    ¡°Adjust the position of the slide¡­change the value resistance at both ends¡­dizzy, no, this question is too long, and it makes me dizzy.¡±


    Lu Xi blurted out, ¡°Do you realize how hard it is for me to solve problems?¡±


    ¡°You bastard, dare to wait for me here!¡± Xu Xuelin raised her hand, ¡°I haven¡¯t studied physics for ten years. How can you be like me?¡±


    Lu Xi said in a monotonous way, ¡°No, I dare not, I sincerely asked for advice.¡±


    ¡°Resistance circuits or something, I¡¯ve forgotten all about it long ago.¡± Xu Xuelin said, ¡°Why don¡¯t you ask Sisi?¡±


    Lu Xi¡¯s eyes slightly moved. ¡°Okay.¡±


    Xu Xuelin thought for a while, ¡°But that¡¯s all for now, I won¡¯t bother you. You can ask the teacher at school tomorrow? Or if you have time, ask Sisi after school?¡±


    ¡°Ah¡­¡± Lu Xi was embarrassed. ¡°I have to submit it tomorrow morning, so I need to get it sorted out tonight¡±


    When did her son become so studious? Xu Xuelin was surprised and happy, with a trace of suspicion.


    ¡°Check on the Internet to see if there are any ideas for solving the problem?¡±


    ¡°No, we can¡¯t find it or we can only find the answer. I just don¡¯t want to copy the answer.¡±


    ¡°Then what are you going to do?¡±


    Lu Xi ¡°thought¡± for a moment and said, ¡°We can ask Sister Zhou Sisi on ¡­ WeChat? Do you have her WeChat or QQ?¡±


    ¡°Fine, if she isn¡¯t taking a break, she¡¯ll give you an answer.¡± while speaking she turned on the phone¡¯s photo function, ¡°Sisi, this child has good grades. Do you want to take this picture?¡±


    ¡°Wait a minute.¡± Lu Xi covered the subject with his palm.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Didn¡¯t you say you wanted to ask?¡±


    ¡°You send her WeChat ID to me.¡±


    Lu Xi¡¯s tone was quite sincere. ¡°I¡¯ll ask her, it is convenient for me in case if I encounter other problems that I don¡¯t understand.¡±


    ¡°Alright.¡± Xu Xuelin fiddled a few times. ¡°I sent it to you on WeChat.¡±


    ¡°You can go and do your work, mom.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m going to write some reports. Say thank you and be polite when you ask advice from Sisi.¡±


    ¡°Got it.¡±


    Zhou Sisi practiced her speech twice in front of the mirror at night.


    For the third time, she was going to record with a mobile phone.


    The blue and white WeChat icon displayed a red number in the upper right corner. Zhou Sisi touched open, prompting ¡°Trick¡± to request to add friends.


    The display picture was a foreign athlete lifting his leg and shooting a football. It was the backside of a soccer player. Then the contact note said ¡°Lu¡± so Zhou Sisi passed his verification.


    Getting out of WeChat, she recorded the practice video as planned.


    After recording, she looked back at the tape and wasn¡¯t satisfied.


    After drinking some warm water to moisten her throat, she wrote down the areas that needed to be changed.


    The second sentence doesn¡¯t sound strong enough, and the third needs to be more emotional¡­¡­


    A WeChat message popped up.


    [Transfer] Please confirm receipt.


    Zhou Sisi clicked in, and it was from Lu Xi.


    Before she had time to ask ¡°Why did you transfer money?¡±, the other party sent three words: Breakfast money.


    She erased the word in the input box and replaced it with: No need.


    And send it out.


    He responded very quickly: Accept it.


    Thanks ¡ª came quickly within two seconds.


    Another message: Hurry up and collect the money.


    Zhou Sisi almost regarded Lu Xi as a benefactor, so how could she collect money from him?


    She repeated ¡°no need¡± once more and exited the page.


    She turned off her cell phone and gathered her long black hair that was almost dry and concentrated on the speech.


    ¡­¡­.


    Bang¨C


    The soccer ball crashed into the side of the goal rim.


    The players let out a regretful groan.


    ¡°Axi, when are you going to play?¡± Huang Zhou shouted from inside the stadium.


    Lu Xi looked up briefly at the phone screen, ¡°You guys play first.¡±


    ¡°What are you playing with for almost half of the class?¡± Huang Zhou walked to the rest area. ¡°Later Lao Zhuang or some leader will come out to confiscate your new apple¡­¡±


    ¡°Shut up. If it¡¯s confiscated someday, see if I won¡¯t punch you in the crow¡¯s mouth.¡± Lu Xi sneered.


    ¡°In broad daylight, you¡¯re always playing so aggressively, how many phones ¡­. Ok, don¡¯t fight! I won¡¯t say anything.¡±


    The three or four o¡¯clock sun made everything seem warm and bright.


    Everything gave off the fragrance of spring.


    Huang Zhou, who remained silent for a while, said: ¡°Axi, two girls are coming over.¡±


    ¡°Look, they have come to see you?¡±


    Similarly, Lu Xi listened to this two or three times a day on average and had already practiced the skills of getting his left ear in and right ear out.


    ¡­Why didn¡¯t Zhou Sisi confirm the receipt of the money?


    ¡°Lu Xi.¡± Among the two girls, the one in pleated long skirts walked up to him. ¡°Class teacher.¡±


    The keywords touched his nerves, and Lu Xi quickly stuffed the phone into the pocket of his sweater.


    ¡°The class teacher asked you to meet him at the office,¡± said the pleated skirt.


    ¡°¡­Classmates,¡± Lu Xi couldn¡¯t remember the name of the pleated skirt. ¡°Can you not break sentences casually when you speak?¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right, Deputy Squad Leader, you have to compensate for scaring me and Axi.¡± Huang Zhou laughed.


    The pleated long skirt was the third grade (1) deputy squad leader. She said with a straight face, ¡°Hurry up, Lu Xi, go to the office.¡±


    ¡°All right.¡± Lu Xi stood up haughtily.


    In the direction of the deputy squad leader¡¯s eyes, the boy inadvertently exposed the small part of his collar bone outside the collar. Seeing his slender neck and raised Adam¡¯s apple made her cheeks flushed suddenly.


    The deputy squad leader stood frozen in place after a few seconds of silence.


    She was pulled back by her partner and restrained, ¡°I¡­¡­Go with you.¡±


    The well-known boy from the entire junior high school had already walked several tens of meters.


    Even the back was extraordinarily good-looking.


    Lao Zhuang asked Lu Xi why he didn¡¯t hand over his math homework recently and also asked why he hadn¡¯t received a call from his parents so far.


    Painstakingly, Lao Zhuang expanded from the importance of math homework to the significance of learning, then spread out the numerous drawbacks of mobile phones, and then shifted to the urgency of time.


    Every two minutes, Lu Xi gave, ¡°Hmm.¡±


    It was hard to keep Lao Zhuang from being a stand-up comedian.


    By the time Lu Xi walked out of the office it was already half-past five o¡¯clock after passively accepting a long talk. The school bell rang long ago.


    Huang Zhou said he was going to meet his online friend this evening and had no time to play games. Lu Xi also didn¡¯t bother to go to the Internet cafe.


    The weather was nice this morning, and there was not much wind, so Lu Xi came to school by bicycle.


    Now the sunset haze painted half of the sky.


    As he pedaled hard, the trees and stores on the street were left behind, and the oncoming evening breeze puffed up the corners of his coat.


    In order to enter the community, the resident must swipe an access card.


    Lu Xi slowed down and swiped the card with one hand, then lifted the brake lever to the proper height and the motorcycle just slid in.


    Keep straight, turn left, and pass the small rockery park to reach his apartment building.


    Going past there seemed to be a familiar figure passing through his line of sight. Lu Xi squeezed the brakes, stepped on the ground with his left foot, and turned back.


    It¡¯s really her.


    He turned and rode over and parked on the side of the road.


    Zhou Sisi was standing five or six meters away from the pavilion separated by an artificial river and carrying something.


    The girl wore a simple beige sweater, her figure was slender, and her features were delicate and soft. She looked very concentrated. The whole person had a jade-like appearance.


    Lu Xi waited for a few seconds, but she didn¡¯t even notice him.


    He honked his horn.


    ¡°Youth is a state of mind¡­¡­¡±


    Zhou Sisi raised the volume, raised her right hand in front of him, and swayed away.


    ¡­¡­great.


    His corner of mouth twitched, ¡°Zhou¡ªwho.¡±


    Zhou Sisi finally looked over, her eyes as glossy as lacquer, blinked suspiciously, she stopped reciting, and her pink cherry lips were half-open.


    ¡°Quickly accept the money for breakfast¡± Lu Xi was straightforward.


    The system would return payments that had not been confirmed.


    Zhou Sisi shook her head, ¡°You don¡¯t need to give me money.¡±


    ¡°Just accept it.¡± Lu Xi was not happy to owe her.


    ¡°It¡¯s just a little effort.¡± The gentle breeze and drizzle brushed Zhou Sisi¡¯s eyelids as she continued, ¡°I treat you as¡­neighbor, brother.¡±


    Lu Xi ignored the sudden heartbeat, ¡°¡­oh.¡± His long legs swiped on the ground, and his hand controlled the handlebar to turn around.


    ¡°Have you had dinner?¡± Zhou Sisi said, ¡°Lu Xi?¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°No.¡± What time is it now?


    ¡°Are you going out to eat?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll order takeout.¡±


    ¡°Come to my house for dinner.¡± Zhou Sisi¡¯s voice was soft as she said, ¡°I am eating alone.¡±


    Lu Xi¡¯s foot on the pedal stagnated, ¡°No.¡± But his Adam¡¯s apple rolled, revealing a slight unsteadiness.


    ¡­


    More than ten minutes later, Lu Xi was sitting on Zhou Sisi¡¯s sofa, scratching his ears.


    ~I didn¡¯t know why I agreed to have dinner with her.


    Tsk¡­


    ¡°So, do you need my help?¡± Lu Xi walked to the kitchen.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s long hair was rolled up into a ball, and her sleeves were rolled up to reveal two slender white arms while she was washing vegetables.


    ¡°No,¡± she smiled sideways. ¡°Just wait!¡±


    ¡°If there¡¯s anything I can do,¡± Lu Xi looked over the wall. ¡± Just ask .¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s eyes curved in a gentle arc. ¡°You can do your homework or read a book.¡±


    ¡°¡­oh.¡±


    So nagging.


    That sounded like Mrs. Xu, his mother, but the gentle version.


    But the meal was much tastier than Mrs. Xu.


    The mobile phone¡¯s screen, which was left on the edge of the table, lit up again and again. On the fifth light, Lu Xi pulled it over with his left hand and unlocked it with his thumb.


    The messages were all from Huang Zhou.


    Huang Zhou: I¡¯m here


    Huang Zhou: Should I order the milk tea first?


    Huang Zhou: The panda is nervous and wipes sweat.jpg


    Huang Zhou: How about some fresh highland barley taro milk for xiaosha? Creamy coconut green tea? ? Which one do you think she likes?


    Huang Zhou: Axi! You reply to my message!


    Lu Xi clamped a potato and slowly poked his index finger on the phone keyboard: How do I know what she drinks?


    He did not have any contact with Huang Zhou¡¯s online friend ¡°Xiaosha¡±. Who was he going to ask?


    Huang Zhou: I ordered the most expensive one.


    Huang Zhou: Why isn¡¯t Xiaosha coming yet?


    Huang zhou: She said she was almost there.


    Huang Zhou: rely on rely on rely on


    Huang Zhou: The panda is nervous and wipes sweat.jpg


    It was important to eat. Lu Xi put his phone back on the table and was not interested in watching his live broadcast and online friend.


    ¡°Eat more meat.¡± Zhou Sisi said the first sentence at the dining table.


    Lu Xi raised his eyebrows slightly. ¡°You should eat more.¡±


    He wondered if one day the wind would become stronger and blow away her delicate body.


    ¡°Well, thanks.¡± Zhou Sisi said in a warm voice.


    Lu Xi: ¡°¡­¡­¡± What is there to thank?


    Having had a meal for nothing, Lu Xi put down the chopsticks first, wiped his lips with tissue, then waited for Zhou Si Si to finish before he stood up consciously to clean up the dishes.


    ¡°I¡¯ll do it.¡± Zhou Sisi followed.


    Lu Xi said firmly. ¡°No, you don¡¯t move.¡°


    ¡°Really no need.¡± Zhou Sisi said, ¡°I am worried that you will break the bowls and plates.¡±


    ¡­¡­Fuck. Lu Xi stiffly said, ¡°It¡¯s not like I haven¡¯t washed the dishes at home.¡± Even though it was the dishwasher.

 CH 10

    Lu Xi¡¯s attitude was too firm, thus Zhou Sisi no longer insisted and handed over the tableware to him for clean up.


    As the preliminary English speech contest approached, her nerves were on edge.


    Standing on the kitchen door, she watched him for a while to be sure he didn¡¯t cause an accident and then went to the balcony in order to practice her speech again.


    The first round is over.


    ¡°Let me borrow your phone for a moment,¡± Lu Xi said from the living room, ¡°okay?¡±


    ¡°Well, wait a minute.¡± Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t think much of it.


    She went to the room to get the phone, unlocked it, and handed it to him.


    It was not ideal to practice on the balcony.


    ¡°Life is a process of growing up.¡±


    ¡°Who can correctly say what the youth is?¡±


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t feel like a rhetorical question.¡± his lazy comment came from behind.


    She turned around and was somewhat surprised.


    ¡°I¡¯m putting your phone on the coffee table.¡± He pointed at his chin. ¡°Thanks. I¡¯m going home.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry¡ª¡±


    Zhou Sisi pursed her lips as she asked, ¡°Do you have time to listen to my speech?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ve never done anything like this before,¡± He stuck his hands in his pocket and replied, ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°You just need to sit and listen¡­ I¡¯m a little nervous and want to try speaking in front of others.¡±


    ¡°Oh. You can proceed.¡±


    ¡°Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Life is a process of growing up¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Stop.¡± He leaned forward with his elbows resting on his knees. ¡°Don¡¯t you look at the audience when you speak?¡±


    ¡°Well, I will pay attention.¡± She nodded and started again.


    From the beginning of the first note, she looked directly at him.


    Her large, beautiful eyes were a bit hazy, and her expression was pure and nonchalant, yet penetrating¨C the stubbornness was forcing herself to look at the ¡°audience¡±.


    ¡°Also, you don¡¯t have to keep staring.¡± He reddened almost invisibly, ¡°you will have more than one audience, and you have to look around the whole place.¡±


    She humbly asked for advice: ¡°How do I look around?¡±


    ¡°This¡­¡­¡± How would he know?


    He had never participated in any speech contest. Originally, she was deliberately provocative, who asked her to squeeze his spare time to memorize words and English.


    Despite this, her thoughtful and sincere appearance of trust during last week unexpectedly rushed into his mind. ¡°At first you look at the last row of the audience and talk, then look forward, or you look around.¡±


    A review reading experience in front of the whole school could be used as a reference, right?. Fuck, did I ever pay attention to the audience?


    Scratching his hair. ¡°Or you can search online¨CI¡¯ll search it.¡± He took out his mobile phone and flicked his fingers.


    ¡°The teacher had mentioned the key points of the speech.¡± She replied.


    ¡°Then why do you still have a problem?¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t see it myself, so I need you as an audience.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡± He stood up while searching and said, ¡°Take a look at this selected post.¡±


    He even brought his cell phone closer to her. ¡°The sight of the speech is almost the same as what I said.¡±


    ¡°Yeah.¡± She looked at it in accordance with his words.


    ¡°Besides, you need to mobilize your emotions and drive the audience¡¯s emotions.¡± Picking up the key points he continued, ¡°Body language is essential, for example¡ª¡±


    She turned her head towards him and raised her eyelashes.


    It just happened that he bowed his head.


    The pair of eyes met.


    The peak of his lips and her long eyelashes were only over nine centimeters.


    The soft, warm breath was like the willow by the lake in spring, a small cloud of whisk brushed on his neck.


    It tickled and made his words drop dead in his throat.


    The hand stopped mid-air.


    Realizing that the current distance between the two was inappropriate, she stepped back and said, ¡°I will practice again.¡±


    ¡°Ah, good.¡± He dropped his hands.


    The thumb pressed against the second joint of the index finger, making a soft ¡°click¡± sound.


    ¡°You sit and listen.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡±


    ¡°Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen¡­¡­¡±


    ¡­.


    This Sunday was the Qingming Festival, so there was no need for an English make-up class.


    In the morning, Zhou Sisi sent a WeChat to Lu Xi to set up the task of memorizing words for the next week.


    In the chat log, she confirmed that the transfer was received last night from Lu Xi ¨C probably at the time, he borrowed her phone after doing the dishes.


    The amount was much higher than what it cost her to make those two breakfasts.


    She initiated a transfer to him before going to bed. He had his phone confiscated up to now and hadn¡¯t replied.


    ¨C I¡¯ll be back in over ten minutes.


    The content ended with a period.


    Zhou Sisi reminded Lu Xi to collect the money, saying that she could not use that much money.


    Lu Xi: No.


    Zhou Sisi was a little helpless. Cooking breakfast for Lu Xi was because she worried that he would be late, and as for making dinner, she didn¡¯t want him to always eat from takeaway. The money for cooking could not even be considered as a dime of the money he once paid for her debt.


    After coming back from the Qingming Festival, Huang Zhou did not forget to blow his brother about his first meeting with an online friend last week.


    ¡°At that time, a girl with long curly hair walked over to the table and said, ¡®Hello, are you waiting for someone?''¡± Huang Zhou patted his thigh. ¡°The voice was crisp, I recognized her right away that she is Xiaosha. ¡°


    Pan De asked: ¡°How did she look?¡±


    ¡°Two sweet dimples, petite, not bad.¡± Huang Zhou was still smiling.


    ¡°After drinking milk tea, what do you guys did in the evening?¡± Pan De was mildly short-sighted and often wore a pair of silver-rimmed glasses which made him look gentle. But in fact, the color of his thoughts was not much lighter than Huang Zhou.


    ¡°We are chatting and drinking milk tea until seven o¡¯clock ¨C shit, why are you so dirty?¡± Huang Zhou rolled his eyes.


    ¡°Pretend. You¡¯re acting like you¡¯re innocent.¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t think about it at all!¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t understand what you are saying. I didn¡¯t speak about ¡®thing¡¯ at all. Hey!¡± Pan De touched Lu Xi, who was leaning back on his chair as he continued, ¡°Isn¡¯t that the case?? Axi? ¡°


    Lu Xi casually replied ¡°Ah¡±.


    ¡°I really didn¡¯t do anything, this Huang Zongze is a minor, okay?¡± Huang Zhou said, ¡°and Xiaosha¡¯s tutor is very strict, she has to go home before eight o¡¯clock. She is very obedient and a good girl.¡±


    Lu Xi yawned, ¡°Good girl. She lets you play games all night? Meeting online friends alone?¡±


    ¡°Good girl? I¡¯m afraid Chief Huang is using the wrong adjective.¡± Pan De said.


    ¡°Damn, what do you know?¡± Huang Zhou said anxiously, ¡°Xiaosha is really good, and she calls me ¡®brother¡¯. You two don¡¯t understand unless you have a girlfriend.¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°Oh.¡±


    ¡°Isn¡¯t it nice to play? What female netizen do you want?¡± Pan De placed his finger under his spectacles as he said, ¡°It¡¯s not like I don¡¯t have a girl to chat with, in the real world.¡±


    Although he was not as handsome and sophisticated as Lu Xi, he was barely able to squeeze into the ranks of handsome guys. There must be a few female classmates who would favor him.


    ¡°What about Lin Quiet?¡± Huang Zhou deliberately clogged up.


    ¡°Her name is Lin Wenjing,¡± Pan De said. ¡°She texted me the day before yesterday to confess.¡±


    Huang Zhou immediately said: ¡°Really? Have you agreed?¡±


    ¡°You are more excited than the panda who had been confessed.¡± Lu Xi sneered.


    ¡°It¡¯s not that I¡¯m afraid pandas will defect to our single brother!¡± Huang Zhouzhao punched the panda on the shoulder. ¡°Don¡¯t grind, just tell me if you agreed to the girl¡¯s confession.¡±


    Pan De first looked around and confirmed that Lin Wenjing¡¯s friend Xiang Yinglan was not nearby, ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Every day chatting on WeChat, isn¡¯t it nice?¡± Huang Zhou winked.


    ¡°Your father is chatting every day, I just go back once in a while.¡± Pan De paused. ¡°She is fine with everything. I don¡¯t like her hair that is as rough as a broom tied to the back of her head.¡±


    Lu Xi¡¯s fingers curled under his lips, ¡°You are too shallow, it¡¯s just a hairstyle.¡±


    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s very shallow.¡± Huang Zhou¡¯s voice echoed.


    ¡°No, you guys don¡¯t look at the face when you are looking for someone?¡± Pan De resigned, ¡°Isn¡¯t this what we look at our age? Face, plus figure, look at these two aspects, it seems so superficial.¡±


    Huang Zhou clicked his tongue. ¡°That means if she changes her hairstyle, you¡¯ll get along with her?¡±


    ¡°Maybe. But what kind of nice hairstyle can she get with that cornbread-like hair?¡± Pen De said.


    ¡°It¡¯s too much.¡± Lu Xi rubbed the back of Pan De¡¯s head. ¡°Your hairstyle is not handsome either.¡±


    ¡°Your dad, let go of it! I¡¯ve blown it.¡±


    During the class break, Zhou Sisi went to find the English teacher who was in charge of following up the English competition and asked her for advice and pointed out her speech in person.


    Finally, she found the courage to enter the office of the English Section of freshman year and was told that the teacher had not come today.


    ¡°If you have time, go and practice with the teacher, what are you afraid of? Their job is to teach students.¡±


    ¡°Teachers¡¯ advice is helpful.¡±


    Lu Xi¡¯s words sounded inadvertently and impatiently in her ears.


    Zhou Sisi pinched her fingertips and went to find the class teacher.


    When Wu Lan heard her intentions she said, ¡°Okay, you can try it here?¡±


    In the office, apart from Wu Lan, there were only two teachers, one was correcting homework, and the other was using a computer.


    ¡°Yeah.¡± Zhou Sisi exhaled softly, ¡°I¡¯ll start.¡±


    A speech that had been practiced hundreds of times. Three minutes and twenty seconds from beginning to end.


    Two teachers came into the office in the middle of the presentation. One teacher even asked, ¡°Is this female student endorsing something?¡±; the other reminded her not to disturb.


    With the addition of an audience, Zhou Sisi was instinctively a little nervous and finished her speech staring stiffly ahead.


    ¡°Almost, it¡¯s all right¡± Wu Lan remarked, ¡°It would be better if the eyes and posture were more confident.¡±


    The question pointed out was similar to what Lu Xi had said.


    Zhou Sisi remembered in her heart and replied, ¡°Hmmm.¡±


    ¡°In places with strong emotions, you have to speak in a strong tone, add a little gesture, for example¡­¡± Wu Lan gave specific instructions.


    Seeing Zhou Sisi¡¯s small face was serious and tight, she kindly comforted her: ¡°Believe in yourself, don¡¯t put too much pressure.¡±


    A teacher who came in earlier asked, ¡°The competition is the day after tomorrow, right?¡± He taught Chinese for Zhou Si¡¯s class.


    ¡°Yes, the day after tomorrow afternoon.¡± Wu Lan said.


    ¡°Come on, Zhou Sisi.¡± The Chinese teacher encouraged her, ¡°You are so good, you will be able to pass five levels easily.¡±


    Zhou Sisi pursed her lips and smiled, ¡°Thank you, teacher.¡±


    When going downstairs, she met Lu Xi on the way.


    A black printed headband, thin white overalls coat, a small object with a buckle swaying in his hand, the teenager and his companions went upstairs while chatting.


    Zhou Sisi guessed that with his character, he probably wouldn¡¯t want to say hello.


    While she smiled faintly, she bent her eyes away from him.


    ¡°Ahem ¡­¡­ Zhou Sisi.¡±

 CH 11

    Lu Xi and Pan De found a USB flash drive on the way to class from the snack bar, with the name, grade, and subjects written on it.


    No one was willing to take a trip in order to hand it to the teacher as they shirk at each other. Finally, they decided to go together.


    While listening to Pan De¡¯s actions of killing the shooter last night with Ah Ke, Lu Xi caught a glimpse of an acquaintance.


    ¡°cough¡­¡­¡±


    How could she pretend not to see him?


    Lu Xi raised his eyebrows and called out her name.


    ¡°Huh?¡± Zhou Sisi turned her eyes.


    The cool breeze in the late spring blew up a few strands of her long ponytail hair and brushed it softly around the magnolia-like cheeks.


    ¡°I won¡¯t be going to dinner tonight.¡± Lu Xi said quickly.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s long eyelashes, which were immersed in sunlight, fluttered, ¡°Doesn¡¯t Auntie get off work at nine o¡¯clock tonight?¡±


    ¡°I have something to do, and I¡¯ll eat out.¡± Lu Xi walked up and brushed past her.


    Climbing the next floor, Pan De, who could no longer look at Zhou Sisi, put his hand around Lu Xi¡¯s shoulders, ¡°Mr. Huang said that the relationship between you and sister Sisi is very unusual, it seems to be true.¡±


    ¡°The relationship is normal.¡± He didn¡¯t realize that the answer he gave was a bit different than last time.


    Pan De didn¡¯t believe his words very much, and he didn¡¯t tear up. Thinking of the coincidental meeting, he was a little emotional: ¡°The close-up look also felt very refreshing. The sophomore year school flower should be Sisi-sister, right?¡±


    ¡°Why are you gossiping like Huang Zhou?¡± Lu Xi¡¯s lips twitched.


    ¡°It¡¯s a man¡¯s nature to appreciate beautiful things and people. It¡¯s normal to have a discussion.¡±


    ¡°Not afraid of being caught late by Lao Zhuang?¡±Lu Xi pointed to the sports band on his wrist, ¡°classes will start in two minutes. Why don¡¯t you move a little faster?¡±


    ¡°Dad! So fast.¡±


    In the fleeting moments between a next step lift-off and landing, Lu Xi¡¯s brain spun.


    Why should you stop her if you can send text messages?


    He couldn¡¯t figure it out.


    On Saturday afternoon, the preliminaries of the Ideal Cup English Speech Contest started smoothly.


    Perhaps Zhou Sisi was too nervous during preparation, but when she actually stood on the stage, she did not panic unexpectedly.


    The more she spoke, the calmer she became. She was even comfortable with her performance.


    That night, dinner was a little late.


    At the dinner table, Chen Cui asked Sisi where she had been this afternoon.


    Zhou Sisi swallowed the food in her mouth, ¡°English speech contest.¡±


    ¡°Any classmates participated? Was it exciting?¡± Chen Cui asked.


    Zhou Si Si said, ¡°I was participating.¡±


    ¡°Oh, my daughter, you participated in the speech contest?¡± Chen Chui put her phone down. ¡°How was it?¡±


    Zhou Si Si¡¯s tone was straight: ¡°Well.¡±


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t I hear you mention it before? What¡¯s the ranking?¡± It¡¯s okay¡­..¡±  ¡°Today was the preliminary round.¡± Zhou Sisi said, ¡°I was third.¡±


    ¡°Can the one at the third-place make it to the final?¡±


    ¡°Yeah.¡±


    ¡°Awesome! Come on, here is your reward, a chicken wing.¡±


    She didn¡¯t look up and just put down her chopstick.


    The position under her second rib was stuffy and swollen.


    ¡°When is the final? Hey Sisi, why are you leaving?¡±


    Zhou Sisi turned on the TV and clicked the remote control several times to find the videos in the favorites.


    ¡°Are you going to play the video of today¡¯s game?¡± Chen Chui looked at the TV screen. ¡°What¡¯s this?¡±


    Zhou Si Si returned to her seat and whispered, ¡°The teacher told me to broadcast it at home¡­ and watch it together with my parents.¡±


    After the solemn soundtrack, the host on the screen said, ¡°Dear viewers, welcome to the Legal Sunshine section.¡±


    A new text message came. Chen Cui murmured casually: ¡°What¡¯s there to watch on this program?¡±


    ¡°The teacher asked me to write a review about our point of view. You have to write your thoughts and sign them.¡± Zhou Sisi lowered her eyes.


    The host said in a deep voice: ¡°Wife is gambling, family debt is high¡­¡±


    Chen Cui had planned to respond to the news, ¡°Okay, look.¡±


    ¡°Casinos are the fuse for many families to break up. There are many crimes¡­ ¡­¡±


    She actually lied, the video has nothing to do with the teacher. She intentionally picked this video for her. It all revolved around the harm caused by gambling.


    The excuse for using the teacher was to deceive Chen Cui.


    Having been a mother and daughter for many years, Zhou Sisi knew that it was impossible to completely change Chen Cui through some videos, but it may have some impact.


    However, she couldn¡¯t sit still and do nothing while saving money and hoping to become strong.


    Lu Xi opened the door and said lazily, ¡°Why are you here so early?¡±


    The time was only a few minutes past 8:30.


    ¡°Eat breakfast first.¡± Zhou Sisi lifted the things in her hands.


    Halfway through the yawn, Lu Xi closed his mouth, ¡°¡­¡±


    Taking the breakfast from the doorknob was one thing, but to actually take it in person¡­. it seemed to be different and a bit embarrassing.


    The hot aroma of steamed dumplings with unknown breakfast wafted out of the bag and seduced the hungry Lu Xi.


    ¡°¡­¡­ thanks.¡± Within three seconds, Lu Xi gave up any ounce of resistance.


    ~Anyway, I even had dinner with her.


    Lu Xi opened the package, ¡°You didn¡¯t eat it?¡± Wasn¡¯t the portion too much?


    ¡°I¡¯ve had breakfast.¡± Zhou Sisi said, ¡°Is Aunty here?¡±


    Lu Xi understood immediately that his mother had a share in this breakfast. ¡°She didn¡¯t get up. I guess she stayed up all night working on her thesis.¡±


    ¡°Auntie is very dedicated and hardworking.¡± Zhou Sisi sincerely admired her.


    Lu Xi put his elbow on the table and took a bite of hot dumpling.


    The skin was thin and packed with delicious fillings, the shiitake mushrooms with the diced bamboo shoots burst out between the teeth with a fresh fragrance, and the soft and salty texture of glutinous rice was just right.


    There were ten dumplings in total, and he ate four in a row.


    ¡°I have advanced to the finals of the speech contest.¡± Zhou Sisi¡¯s eyes were clear and moist. ¡°Thank you.¡±


    Lu Xi did not care. ¡°Thank you for what, I didn¡¯t help you much.¡± His chopsticks pointed to another unopened bag as he asked, ¡°What kind of cake is this?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Red bean and horseshoe cake.¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°Oh.¡± It was not that he hated red date cake.


    Opening the bag, Lu Xi took out a piece of red bean cake, which looked very good and sweet.


    He calmly glanced at Zhou Sisi, who sat diagonally and was reading.


    Not to mention anything else, she was really good at cooking skills, which was much better than his parents and grandma.


    It was nice to have a delicious breakfast often.


    In the meantime, time passed slowly.


    When the phone vibrated in her pocket, Zhou Sisi raised her delicate eyelashes, ¡°It¡¯s 8:55.¡±


    After hearing this, Lu Xi¡¯s eating speed slowed down even more.


    ¡°You must be at the desk by 8:58.¡± Zhou Sisi frowned as she nudged him, ¡°Hurry up.¡±


    Lu Xi dragged his feet. ¡°Why don¡¯t you let me have breakfast?¡±


    Zhou Si Si: ¡°If you want to start the class later, then it will end later too, as much as you drag it, I will double the time.¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°¡­is it necessary?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Yes.¡±


    ¡°Are you that idle?¡± Lu Xi reluctantly arrived at his room. ¡°Why are you pressuring me to have my make-up classes?¡±


    Zhou Sisi sat down as she replied, ¡°In order to improve your grades.¡±


    ¡°Shit,¡± Lu Xi lazily thumbed the phone¡¯s home button. ¡°What do my grades have to do with you?¡±


    It did matter, she wanted to repay him, and she wanted to help him as much as she could. Zhou Sisi was silent for a moment. ¡°Do you have any plans to go to university? What career do you want to pursue in the future?¡±


    He erased the game push message from the mobile notification center. ¡°Yes.¡± He did not answer the second question.


    ¡°If you want to get into a good university, you have to get into a good high school.¡± Zhou Sisi squinted.


    The boy in front of her had short, crisp hair with natural curls, brown pupils, and moist reddish lips. Along with a small pale mole on his left cheek, it often brought out a little bit of childish innocence.


    He flicked his finger across the screen of his cell phone, and his face covered with irritation.


    Zhou Sisi sighed in her heart.


    He was indeed a child.


    A wayward rebellious teenager.


    ¡°Take out the pen and paper¡­¡±


    ¡°I hate studying.¡±


    Lu Xi leaned back in his chair happily, his finger swiping out the apps one by one as if the general was reviewing the soldiers.


    Zhou Sisi reasoned: ¡°Study can increase knowledge, broaden your horizons, make you have new ideas about things, and enable you to master new ways to solve problems. From a practical point of view, learning can bring you good grades¡­¡±


    ¡°Stop.¡± The general was too impatient to listen. ¡°It¡¯s annoying.¡±


    ¡°You have to learn whether you hate it or not, don¡¯t you?¡± Zhou Sisi said calmly.


    Lu Xi¡¯s eyes were filled with annoyance, ¡°Huh.¡±


    ~At a young age, what kind of principles are you talking about, you¡¯re just turning yourself into a staid, old-fashioned person?


    He just didn¡¯t like to study but was interested in games. If she hadn¡¯t sued Ms. Xu Xuelin, why would he put his good weekend on¡­ wait a minute¨C


    It seems that she didn¡¯t complain to Ms. Xu.


    Not cooperating with make-up classes, didn¡¯t remembering the words, being late for school, overturning the wall, going to Internet cafes, etc. Anything that fell into Ms. Xu¡¯s ears leads to, ¡°educating¡± him for an hour was light.


    How could she haven¡¯t cursed at him so far?


    His finger inadvertently poked at a game app, and the start-up sound effect suddenly arrived, which was simply deafening.


    ¡°¡­¡­¡± poisonous.


    ¡°No mobile phones.¡± Zhou Sisi stopped him from using the phone in class.


    After exiting from the game, he turned off and threw the phone into the keyboard drawer.


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°As usual, first take dictation, take out pen and paper.¡±


    ¡°The first one, wrong.¡±


    ¡°Wrong.¡±


    ¡°Second¨C¡± She was absorbed in reading while supervising Lu Xi¡¯s writing.


    She felt something moving around her ankle, and it was itchy, so she looked down.


    ¡°Yikes.¡± She let out a low cry of fright, closed her eyes anxiously, and lifted her legs off the ground.


    Her upper body tilted to the side due to imbalance.


    ¡°Why¡­¡± Lu Xi fell silent when he was caught off guard by getting hit in the chest.


    It was not heavy but a little soft.


    Half of Zhou Sisi¡¯s body fell into his arms.

 CH 12

    Half of Zhou Sisi¡¯s body fell onto his arms.


    The white clouds shattered in the blue sky, and the sunlight poured into the room.


    The dust particles floated in the air .


    Her hair brushed against his shoulder and neck, a faint scent seeped into his unguarded skin, and he unconsciously let out a little breath. His heartbeat increased.


    His stiff eyes slowly cast down. Looking at the scattered hair on her forehead, her dense eyelashes, and her delicate nose. Her slightly pointed chin looked weak, and her slender white neck was covered by a thin loose shirt¡­


    He abruptly turned his eyes away, and his cheeks were a little hot. ¡°You ¡­¡­¡±


    In fact, from Zhou Sisi being frightened to leaning against Lu Xi to rising from his arms, the whole process took only three or four seconds.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry. That¡¯s¡ª¡± she looked to the ground with lingering fear. ¡°Duckling?¡±


    ¡°Hmmm, Little Cole Duck.¡± He forced himself to remain calm.


    She cautiously placed her foot on the ground.


    The puffy little duck with its head bent forward, walked around the feet of the two and stopped.


    Zhou Sisi whispered: ¡°I didn¡¯t see it clearly just now, conditional reflex¡­¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re timid.¡± Lu Xi mocked as usual.


    ¡°How old is it? When did you start raising it?¡± She bent over and saw the duckling¡¯s face clearly, with small black eyes like black beans and a flat orange mouth, it look dumb and cute.


    ¡°It¡¯s my classmate¡¯s duck. About twenty days old.¡± Lu Xi glanced sideways at her. ¡°Feel free to touch this duck.¡±


    She waved at the little milky duck. But it ignored her hand and walked away.


    She gently rubbed her fingers against the little milky duck¡¯s head.


    With a flick of the head, it dodged her touch and twisted his butt to escape.


    ¡°Here.¡± Lu Xi threw something into Zhou Si Si¡¯s lap.


    She picked it up and looked at it. ¡°A phone case? Why are you giving me this?¡±


    ¡°To tease the duck.¡± He replied.


    Use this to tease the little milky duck? Zhou Sisi half-heartedly lowered the phone case, which was printed with some game characters.


    A baby duckling moved its head and called out softly, ¡°Quack quack!¡± Then it ran over, and the flat mouth repeatedly touched the phone case.


    ¡°It,¡± Zhou Sisi blinked as she continued, ¡°likes this phone case?¡±


    Lu Xi stretched out his index finger and touched the top of the little milky duck¡¯s head to the back.¡± With the phone case in front of it, it can kiss it for half a day.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Does it follow this phone case?¡±


    ¡°Yes,¡± Lu Xi replied as he raised his eyebrows slightly. ¡°Xueba.¡±(Xueba-(slang) bookworm)


    ¡°I¡¯m not a Xueba.¡± Zhou Sisi tapped on the little duckling¡¯s flat mouth. ¡°You put this here? ¡°


    Lu Xi¡¯s slender and beautiful hands grabbed the little milky duck. ¡°If you think it¡¯s annoying, just put it on the balcony.¡±


    ¡°Let it be here.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    After placing the phone case a little further away against the wall, Zhou Sisi returned to business. ¡°Let¡¯s continue with the dictation.¡±


    ¡°Hold the pen properly.¡±


    ¡°The second one, will, plan, want.¡±


    Lu Xi scratched his ears. ¡°Dictation in Chinese?¡±


    ¡°Write the corresponding English words according to its Chinese meaning.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    ¡°¡­Troublesome.¡±


    ¡°Zhou Sisi, a boy is looking for you!¡± Hu Guomin, who was near the front door, shouted.


    After closing the pen and placing it on the desk, Zhou Sisi left the classroom through the back door.


    ¡°Hi, congratulations on entering the final.¡± Mo Yifan walked over.


    Zhou Si Si smiled politely. ¡°Thanks, you too.¡±


    ¡°Are you free after school?¡± Mo Yifan hurriedly said. ¡°Qiyuan bookstore got a new batch of English materials. Do you want to check it out together?¡±


    ¡°No need.¡± The teaching aids in the class were enough, and she didn¡¯t need to buy additional materials for the time being.


    ¡°Ah, there are also Chinese-language materials, writing materials, reading materials, and so on., as well as physics and chemistry. Today is the last day at 80% off. Do you want to buy any books?¡± Mo Yifan said.


    Zhou Sisi shook her head, ¡°No need.¡±


    He struggled for a moment to think of any other way to intensify the contact.


    ¡°Is there anything else?¡± Zhou Sisi asked.


    ¡°Uh¡­¡± Mo Yifan held his breath. ¡°What is your Penguin ID? Can you add friends?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°I don¡¯t use Penguin very much.¡±


    Mo Yifan hurriedly said, ¡°You can add me on WeChat.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°I also don¡¯t use WeChat much. Actually, I don¡¯t use my cell phone very often.¡±


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter if you don¡¯t use it frequently, my lord, I want to discuss English speech contests with you and exchange learning issues.¡± Mo Yifan gave a valid reason.


    Zhou Sisi was not too good at refusing. ¡°Hmm.¡±


    Mo Yifan climbed up the pole. ¡°Then you tell the Penguin or WeChat account ID?¡±


    Zhou Sisi gave the WeChat ID. Mo Yifan chatted for a while, but could not find a topic, for the time being, so he left.


    ¡°Is he in a liberal arts class?¡± Hu Guomin stopped Zhou Sisi in the aisle. ¡°Is he your junior high school classmate?¡±


    Zhou Sisi calmly replied, ¡°Liberal Arts. We¡¯re not junior high school classmates.¡±


    ¡°I saw him come to you and thought you were classmates.¡± Hu Guomin came to hold Zhou Si¡¯s arm. ¡°Then how did you know each other?¡±


    ¡°We participated in a speech contest.¡± Zhou Sisi looked at the hand between her arms and felt a bit uncomfortable.


    Zhou Si had an introverted personality, and she didn¡¯t stay in the dormitory. She only cared about her studies and didn¡¯t have any close friends in school.


    Halfway through the sophomore year, the headteacher arranged for Zhou Sisi and Hu Guomin to be at the same table. Hu Guomin transferred from the ordinary class to class (1) and was unfamiliar with the former classmate. She often pulled Zhou Sisi along to do exercises with her, go to the restroom¡­ She went everywhere with Zhou Sisi.


    Hu Guomin said they were good friends.


    Gradually, Hu Guomin and some of her classmates became acquainted with each other and hung out together.


    After sitting at the same table for nearly a month, Hu Guomin told Zhou Sisi that she wanted to change to a new table, so as to expand the circle of friends between her and Zhou Sisi.


    Hu Guomin often talked and laughed with a few girls, while Zhou Sisi read the book and did the questions by herself, and the contact between them reduced.


    Zhou Sisi still regarded Hu Guomin as her only friend.


    Later ¡­¡­


    During this period of rebirth, she had no contact with Hu Guomin.


    ¡°His grades are pretty good,¡± Hu Guomin said. ¡°He looks like someone who loves to study very much.¡±


    Zhou Sisi was silent.


    Hu Guomin shook her arm. ¡°Will you accompany me to the infirmary after class 3?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not going.¡± Zhou Sisi said, ¡°Let go, I want to go back to my seat.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you?¡± Hu Guomin leaned her face closer. ¡°It¡¯s a little cold.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± Zhou Sisi pulled her hand out and walked around to another aisle.


    The third period was physics class.


    The penultimate big question began with a bell ringing, so the physics teacher closed the lecture notes and put them together with a book, then waved the second grade (1) class students to rest.


    ¡°A good teacher in China.¡± Yi Ting watched the back of the physics teacher dashing away.


    ¡°You remember the third multiple-choice question¨C¡± The male student at the front desk turned too sharply and knocked down the water cup on Yi Ting¡¯s desk. ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡±


    ¡°Damn it!¡± Yi Ting was startled.


    The impact separated the cup and lid, and the male student was hurriedly rescued. Zhou Sisi held down the rolling cup lid.


    The water in the cup poured out, and there was water on the table. Yi Ting¡¯s first reaction was to look down at her phone. Fortunately, the baby phone did not suffer.


    Yi Ting used a paper towel to wipe the water that seeped into the drawer and complained, ¡°What the hell are you doing, Guo Qin?¡±


    ¡°It was an accident, but the cup didn¡¯t break, right!¡± The male student Guo Qin defended in a weak tone.


    ¡°Water spilled on my table and almost dripped on my phone!¡± Yi Ting was annoyed.


    ¡°Wipe it first.¡± Zhou Sisi moved the same table physics book and test paper to the side. ¡°There is water near the book stand.¡±


    Yi Ting gave up. ¡°Let him come and clean, Sisi, let¡¯s go to the canteen. Guo Qin, clean up the mess carefully for me.¡±


    Zhou Sisi was not relieved. ¡°Your book needs to be wiped quickly¡­¡±


    ¡°Let him do it.¡± Yi Ting decisively pulled Zhou Sisi away. ¡°I¡¯ve to charge the battery and buy a corn bar.¡±


    Cell Phones were not allowed in schools, and there were no sockets in the dormitory. Most students who lived on campus would choose to go to the canteen to charge the power bank or mobile phone.


    The canteen was crowded with students. Yi Ting went to the queue to get the number, while Zhou Si Si waited outside the entrance.


    ¡°Sister!¡±


    ¡°Sister Si Si!¡±


    Was it her? Zhou Sisi turned her head. A wheat-colored little boy shouted at her: ¡°Morning, Sister Sisi.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­ Good morning.¡± Zhou Si Si couldn¡¯t quite remember who he was or where she¡¯d met him.


    The boy pointed his thumb to the canteen. ¡°Don¡¯t you go in?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m waiting for someone.¡± Zhou Sisi replied.


    The boy smiled brightly. ¡°Ok, I¡¯m going in, I have to get a power bank, and I have to buy lemon tea for Axi.¡±


    ¡°Yeah.¡± Zhou Sisi then remembered that he was the classmate who went to the Internet cafe with Lu Xi last time after school.


    Not long after, Lu Xi¡¯s classmate came out with a bag of things. ¡°Sister, do you need a drink?¡±


    ¡± No, thank you.¡± Zhou Sisi smiled.


    Lu Xi¡¯s classmate: ¡°I¡¯m leaving now. Bye.¡±


    Zhou Sisi replied with, ¡°Goodbye¡±.


    A twelfth person walked past in front of Zhou Sisi, and finally, Yi Ting came out.


    ¡°Huh¡­so many people are charging.¡±


    Yi Ting bragged. ¡°Went through the whole freezer to find the last corn on the cob.¡±


    ¡°I haven¡¯t touched it. Do you want to take a bite?¡± Yi Ting tore open the ice cream package.


    As Sisi looked at her, slashing the pieces, she smiled and said, ¡°You can eat it yourself.¡± The corn cob wasn¡¯t big.


    ¡°It¡¯s delicious, eh, I¡¯m about to change seats,¡± Yi Ting vaguely said while eating. ¡°Shall we continue to be at the same table?¡±


    Zhou Sisi said softly, ¡°It¡¯s fine, If you want to sit with someone else, I don¡¯t have a problem.¡±


    Yi Ting: ¡°No! I want to be at the same table as you. I¡¯m afraid you¡¯ll talk to someone, and you¡¯ll abandon me.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°No.¡±


    Yi Ting licked the ice cream: ¡°You said more than half a month ago that maybe this time you¡¯ll be at the same table with Hu Guomin.¡±


    ¡°No.¡± Zhou Sisi lowered her long eyelashes. ¡°I won¡¯t be at the same table with her in the future.¡±


    ¡°Eh¡­¡± Yi Ting was taken aback.


    She and the quiet Zhou Si Si got along after being at the same table. She quite admired Zhou Sisi, but their relationship was probably not as good as Zhou Sisi and Hu Guo Min.


    So Yi Ting wanted to ask her why she said that, but it was not quite convenient to ask.


    ¡°Then be at the same table with me.¡± Yi Ting grinned with creamy lips.


    ¡°Yeah.¡± Zhou Sisi took out the tissue from her pocket. ¡°Do you want it?¡±


    ¡°Yeah. I¡¯ll wipe it after eating.¡±


    Stepping into the classroom, Yi Ting said, ¡°Anyway, there is no handsome guy in our class.¡±


    The student committee member who posted something on the back blackboard just heard it, holding the glue stick, ¡°Yi Ting, I don¡¯t like to hear what you said!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m telling the truth, there wasn¡¯t a particularly handsome one.¡± Taking the last bite of ice cream, Yi Ting threw the wooden stick into the trash can.


    ¡°Your eyes have worsened. You have a serious eye problem. It¡¯s time to go to the ophthalmology department.¡± The student committee suggested with a face full of pity.


    ¡°I don¡¯t have an eye problem, it¡¯s you who has a cognitive impairment.¡± Yi Ting looked back at Sisi. ¡°Some people feel too good about themselves, right? Sisi?¡±


    Zhou Sisi blinked, ¡°I¡­¡±


    ¡°I mean, we have several handsome ones in our class.¡± The student committee hurriedly said with a flushed face. ¡°I didn¡¯t say I was handsome, Yi Ting you don¡¯t get it.¡± His eyes didn¡¯t dare to look at Zhou Sisi.


    Yi Ting was a little surprised. She didn¡¯t know which word she said had touched which switch of the student committee, so why did he jump? ¡°Just kidding.¡±

 CH 13

    ¡°Are you going to post a monthly grade sheet?¡± Yi Ting looked at the corner of the blackboard.


    The student committee member flattened the paper as he replied, ¡°Yes.¡±


    ¡°Let me see first.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s the hurry, wait for me to post it and then read it ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Sisi, third place! Wow, you¡¯re third place in this monthly exam.¡± Yi Ting pointed to the corresponding grade column.


    Seeing her result Zhou Sisi was a little surprised.


    In high school, her grades had always hovered between the 50s to 70s, and she had never even entered the top 50.


    This time she was ranked third in the class and the 21st grade in the school.


    ¡°You have made great progress this time! Let¡¯s find where I am¡­Ah¡± -Seeing her results, Yi Ting bitterly said, ¡°I¡¯m at the bottom of the class again.¡±


    Zhou Sisi comforted: ¡°You can catch up in the next monthly exam. Cheer up!¡±


    Yi Ting: ¡°I have decided from today onwards, I¡¯m going to learn from Sisi¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Well¡­first let go of your hand and let the student committee member post it.¡±


    Guo Qin tidied the table. After checking, Yi Ting asked him to fetch half a glass of water.


    ¡°I have a question to ask Zhou Sisi. The class will start in a few minutes.¡± He shook the mineral water bottle as he asked, ¡°Why don¡¯t I just pour it out from my bottle?.¡±


    Yi Ting was very disgusted: ¡°Disgusting, who wants to drink your polluted water.¡±


    ¡°Wait, I¡¯ll deal with you in the next class. Please, grandma, let me clear my doubts first.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s so annoying. I¡¯ve never seen you ask others so actively before.¡±


    Ignoring Yi Ting, he turned around with his test paper. ¡°The third choice question, can you explain it to me?¡± His tone was completely different while talking to Yi Ting or other girls.


    ¡°The horizontal direction of the conductor bar ¡­.¡± Zhou Sisi summarized the following question.


    He listened and replied with, ¡°Hmm-hmm.¡±


    In the blue sky, a plane whizzed, leaving behind a pale white trail.


    The four key classes from the junior high school third grade had their physical examination test being conducted on the track and field.


    After running a thousand meters, Lu Xi leaned back on the horizontal bar.


    ¡°Catch it.¡± Huang Zhou threw a bottle of lemon tea.


    Lu Xi raised his hand to catch. ¡°Tsk. It¡¯s not cold.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not summer, so why do you need a cold drink?¡± Huang Zhou sat down on the steps.


    Lu Xi snorted, ¡°Heh¡±, ¡°Every time after playing football, Who is the one yelling  for chilled Coke?¡±


    ¡°President Huang is not afraid of killing his sperm.¡± Pan De wiped his glasses.


    ¡°Damn, I¡¯m so energetic. What¡¯s there to be afraid of?¡± Huang Zhou tilted his head and gulped a mouthful of Coke.


    The corner of Lu Xi¡¯s mouth twitched in response as he said, ¡°Take it easy, and we¡¯ll evaluate the pull-ups later.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not difficult, just mess around and the scores will be excellent.¡± Huang Zhou grinned broadly.


    Hua No. 3 Middle School was a key school in the province and their class was also a key class. It was impossible for a student to fail the physical education exam. Lao Zhuang, the headteacher too, had vaguely reassured the students.


    Lu Xi: ¡°You must perform well and don¡¯t mess around with it.¡±


    Pan De: ¡°Crap, your dialogue sounds dirty.¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°How is this dirty?¡±


    Placing down the bottle, Lu Xi placed both of his hands on the grill and leaped on the parallel bars.


    He stepped on the lever with one foot while the other leg hung down, making him seem like a lazy person with boredom.


    ¡°Something in your pocket is about to fall.¡± Pan De flicked a piece of paper that was exposed in Lu Xi¡¯s pocket.


    Huang Zhou teased: ¡°Love letters? Has Axi become so fond of love letters?¡±


    ¡°Your brother¡¯s love letter.¡± Folding the paper, he put it back into his pocket. Lu Xi didn¡¯t intend to tell them that this was a word note for this week¡¯s assignment.


    ¡°If Axi received all the love letters with him,¡± Pan De put on his glasses as he continued, ¡°it would not even be filled with ten pockets.¡±


    Lu xi: ¡°There¡¯s not that much.¡±


    ¡°Not so much.¡± Huang Zhou said, ¡°Most of the girls sent WeChat messages, and courageous people will make phone calls.¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s talk about something else like nutrition, shall we?¡± Lu Xi was impassive.


    Huang Zhou said: ¡°Sure, tonight Huang Zong from No.3 middle school will share nutritious films with the group.¡±


    Lu Xi¡¯s eyelids were half-closed. ¡°Don¡¯t make the people in the group leave.¡±


    ¡°President Huang is always in the mood to watch a movie?¡± Pan De said, ¡°Aren¡¯t you flirting with the girl who came out last time?¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°Xiaosha loves to study, we can talk for an hour every day, and we will have more fun on weekends.¡±


    Pan De ¡°How does she look? Is there any photo?¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°I won¡¯t show it to you. She is a good-looking girl.¡±


    ¡°Is she as good-looking as Gong Yao or Sister Sisi?¡± Pan De asked.


    Huang Zhou had a small fight in his brain. ¡°It¡¯s a different type, they are all good-looking.¡± Then said, ¡°I just went to the canteen, and met Sister Sisi, and chatted a few words with her.¡±


    Lu Xi raised his eyelids, the long legs that swayed stopped slowly.


    ¡°Are you familiar with the senior sister well enough to talk?¡± Pan De questioned contemptuously.


    Huang Zhou touched his chin. ¡°Why not? Axi is familiar with senior sister, who is my friend, so it goes the same as me and senior sister.¡±


    ¡°Stupid.¡± Lu Xi jumped off the parallel bars and said, ¡± I¡¯m going to the assembly grounds.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s not the time yet. There are still a few minutes left? ¡°


    The P.E class was dismissed, and Sisi returned to the class alone.


    After reading the Abstract Magazine borrowed from the front desk for a while, she wrote today¡¯s math homework.


    ¡°What¡¯s in it?¡± Halfway through, Hu Guomin came over and picked up the cup on Zhou Sisi¡¯s table.


    ¡°Is it for skincare? Sisi?¡±


    ¡°Why are you ignoring me?¡±


    After writing a line of formulas, Zhao Sisi said, ¡°Put it back.¡±


    ¡°You didn¡¯t tell me what it is¨Cyah!¡± Hu Guomin¡¯s hand was empty.


    Zhou Sisi placed the retrieved cup back in its place.


    ¡°I can¡¯t take a look at it¡­¡± murmured Hu Guomin. ¡°Why didn¡¯t you go to the infirmary with me the day before yesterday?¡±


    Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t even glance at her.


    ¡°Why are you ignoring me? Zhou Sisi, I¡¯m talking to you.¡±


    Hu Guomin thought for a moment as she said, ¡°These days Lu Meihe and the others need my help with something, and I¡¯m not in a good mood, so I didn¡¯t come to you much.¡±


    Hu Guomin thought she was upset because she left her out. Due to Zhou Sisi¡¯s soft nature, she would definitely take care of herself if she said so.


    ¡°Don¡¯t look for me in the future,¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    Hu Guomin was stunned for a while. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you?¡±


    It was still the same Zhou Sisi, but her attitude was very different. Was it the Zhou Sisi whose ponytail was ripped off by hooking the bracelet and, in turn, asking others if the bracelet was okay? Why didn¡¯t she continue to be the same as before, smooth and obedient?


    ¡°Sisi¡­¡± Yi Ting walked into the classroom through the back door and saw Hu Guomin next to her seat, immediately she didn¡¯t want to go back or talk.


    ¡°Don¡¯t put on a cold face. Can I be at the same table with you this time?¡± Hu Guomin said kindly.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to be at the same table with you.¡± Zhou Sisi¡¯s naturally soft voice was cold. ¡°Please don¡¯t disturb me with solving the problem here.¡±


    Hu Guomin was so angry. ¡°Zhou Sisi you¡­¡±


    ¡°What are you doing? Get out of the way.¡± Yi Ting didn¡¯t know what was going on, but she simply didn¡¯t like Hu Guomin.


    She had long felt that Hu Guomin¡¯s character was not good, and she was happy to see Sisi break up with her.


    Hu Guomin bullied the soft and feared the hard she dared not confront Yi Ting, who had a lot of friends and rich family, so she resentfully left with huff.


    ¡°You and Hu Guo¨Cis this biology homework for the evening reading?¡± Yi Ting stopped the curious question. ¡°Draw Chapter 2 Intellectual Network?¡±


    Zhou Sisi glanced at the sticky note. ¡±That¡¯s right.¡±


    ¡°Then I will write in the next class. Do you want to eat Pretz?¡±


    ¡°No, you can eat.¡±


    ¡°Sisi, your mood¡­ is it okay?¡± she cautiously asked.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡± Zhou Sisi turned her face and said, ¡°Hu Guomin is just my classmate.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s nice not to be a friend. Wait,¡± Yi Ting said worriedly. ¡°Did she do anything to spite you?¡± Otherwise, why else would Sisi suddenly break off her friendship with Hu Guomin?


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°No.¡±


    Hu Guomin was sorry for what she did in her past life, and now she cut off contact with this hypocritical ¡°friend¡± early.


    ¡°That¡¯s fine.¡± Yi Ting relaxed and clicked on the cookies. ¡°I will play with my phone for a while. You remind me when the teacher comes to class.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°um¡±.


    One by one, students returned to class.


    In the end, it was a key class for science, and most of the students devoted themselves to self-study, and people who didn¡¯t study consciously didn¡¯t make noise and interfere with others.


    Zhou Sisi solved two problems, rubbed her eyes, and pressed the acupoints to rest.


    ¡°Looking for missing limited-edition books, the title page signed by the illustrator kolayo, and thank you very much if you find it, the contact details¡­¡­Skip.¡±


    Yi Ting brushed off the post and mumbled the title: ¡°Secretly share a wave of eye-catching pictures¡­¡±


    ¡°Crap! Look! Sisi!¡± Yi Ting shared in a low and excited voice. ¡°Look at the handsome man, your mood will become better!¡±


    Zhou Sisi looked at the handed mobile phone.


    There were two photos on the screen, the top one was unknown boy, and the bottom one¡ª¡ª


    The gray-silver sand pool with green trees around the side. A teenager in a white and blue sports sweater was drinking a drink with his head tilted backward, his left hand on the lever while his right hand held the bottle.


    Most of his face was exposed in the sun, and it was refreshing and handsome, with a beautiful neck and an attractive Adam apple.


    ¡°The first one is Yuan Xuchao today¡¯s pic.¡± Yi Ting moved her finger down, ¡°This one is Lu Xi. It¡¯s the little school grass I told you last time that was looking for your reply under your post.¡±


    Zhou Sisi was more confused: ¡°Where did these photos come from?¡±


    Yi Ting: ¡°Most students who post on the post-bar take photos secretly.¡±


    Zhou Sisi returned the phone and said, ¡°¡­like this.¡±


    Yi Ting: ¡± Handsome guy, he is the school¡¯s common Property everyone appreciates it together.¡±


    Yi Ting arched Zhou Sisi¡¯s shoulders, ¡°Who do you think is more handsome?¡±


    ¡°Well¡­they are all the same.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    Yi Ting was dissatisfied: ¡°No, you must choose a more handsome one?¡±


    Zhou Sisi hesitated: ¡°I think¡­¡± Lu Xi.


    ¡°Hey, last time I swiped a post,¡± Yi Ting suddenly remembered. ¡°It said Lu Xi was chatting with a girl on the road and shared an umbrella with her.¡±


    ¡°The host refers to the girl with ZSS, it can¡¯t be you, right?¡±


    ¡°¡­I¡¯m not the only one who should abbreviate ZSS.¡± Zhou was as if nothing had happened.


    ¡°It seems so. But,¡± Yi Ting stopped rubbing her eyelids and continuing, ¡°but the anonymous person who is known as Lu Xi¡¯s classmate revealed that the girl is from high school. Crap, is it really you? Sisi, do you know Lu Xi?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°¡­¡±

 CH 14

    As rain and frost descended, the sun rose earlier.


    On Sunday morning at 8.20, Zhou Sisi rang Lu Xi¡¯s house doorbell.


    ¡°Why are you early? Why are you wearing a mask?¡± While asking Lu Xi took the breakfast from her hand smoothly.


    Putting on slippers Zhou Sisi said. ¡°I have a cold.¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°What class are you going to take with a cold?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Wearing a mask will not infect you.¡±


    Lu Xi took a bite from a hot bun: ¡°It¡¯s not that I am afraid of being infected by you, but I just don¡¯t understand why you are so dedicated.¡±


    Zhou Sisi dictated as usual before sorting out his knowledge.


    Of the sixty-four words, Lu Xi got fifty-one correct.


    This time, the dictation was much better than the previous three times.


    ¡°You¡¯re making progress.¡± Zhou Sisi¡¯s eyes curled lightly. ¡°Keep working hard.¡±


    Lu Xi found that the eyes outside the mask were so beautiful that he didn¡¯t dare to look more.


    ¡°Followed by the previous section, sort out the indefinite pronouns.¡±


    ¡°The difference between ¡®each¡¯ and ¡®every¡¯. ¡®Each¡¯ emphasizes the individual, and the number can be two or more¡­¡±


    After explaining this small knowledge point she asked the question, ¡°For example, how should we express that each of us has a cell phone?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    Zhou Sisi who was used to getting no response asked: ¡°We each have cellphone, right?¡±


    ¡°¡­Wrong.¡± Lu Xi placed his elbow on the table, and his clean fingers placed over his lips.


    ¡°Huh?¡± Zhou Sisi immediately inquired, ¡°Where is the mistake?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°We each have a cellphone, is this statement wrong?¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°¡­no.¡±


    ¡°Very good.¡± She affirmed gently.


    ¡°The other, ¡®every¡¯, emphasizes the whole, the number must be three or more¡­¡±


    After explaining step by step, she interspersed with targeted questions.


    The only ¡°student¡± would occasionally respond briefly, and his attitude was still lax, but he would barely cooperate with her.


    There was a little progress, a change little by little. Zhou Sisi was patient enough with Lu Xi.


    ¡­


    ¡°I heard Lu Xi¡¯s mother say that you often make breakfast for Lu Xi?¡± Chen Cui curled her legs on the sofa and painted her nails.


    Zhou Sisi walked towards the room. ¡°Hmm.¡±


    ¡°Yesterday, I paid the rent to Lu Xi¡¯s mother. She said she would like to thank our family Sisi, and charged half¡­¡±


    ¡°You didn¡¯t pay in full?¡±


    ¡°She insisted on giving me half of the refund¡­¡±


    Zhou Sisi suddenly turned around, frowning. ¡°If someone retreats, you just accept it?¡±


    ¡°Of course not.¡± Chen Cui dipped the nail polish in the bottle. ¡°You give Lu Xi a make-up lesson and bring breakfast. It¡¯s all between the kids. How can I get involved with rent?¡±


    ¡°If I take back half, how stingy do I look. It¡¯s so shameless.¡±


    Zhou Sisi said quietly: ¡°The rent opened by Aunt Xu and Uncle Lu is affordable enough.¡± Since they rented this apartment, the rent had not risen for several years, and it had long been lower than the market price.


    ¡°They have money in their family.¡± Chen Cui took it for granted. ¡°Look at my new nail color, does it look good?¡±


    ¡°¡­Nice.¡± Zhou Sisi lowered her eyelashes.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to cook dinner for me tonight. I¡¯m going to a friend¡¯s house later.¡±


    ¡°What are you going to do?¡±


    ¡°Playing mahjong to loosen up.¡±


    To play mahjong again¡­


    This person was her biological mother with similar blood to her own.


    Zhou Sisi was so upset that she just wanted to be alone.


    ¡°The cinnamon at home is running out, isn¡¯t it?¡± Chen Cui said. ¡°I¡¯ll buy some back tonight by the way.¡±


    ¡°You have a poor physique and anemia, so eat more cinnamon. Add ginger candies and red dates to soak them together in water.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­ hmm.¡± Zhou Sisi closed the room door.


    The fatigue had probably been caused by a cold, and her body showed its weariness.


    She took off her coat and lay on the bed without taking any hair ties.


    Can¡¯t sleep.


    Her head seemed to be filled with cotton wool, and there was a cloud of black and white smoke in front of her.


    Unable to sleep, she found something to do.


    She started to practice her English speech and repeated it several times.


    It was as if she pulled away into two parts, one was a body focused on memorization, and the other was a soul that was empty on the sidelines.


    After completing it another time.


    In the long silence of its owner, the phone vibrated twice. The buzzing of it echoed along with the wooden tabletop.


    After a long while, Zhou Sisi picked up the phone.


    On the WeChat page, Lu Xi¡¯s profile picture was at the top of the message list.


    [Transfer] please confirm payment


    Lu Xi: The money for the meal during this period, collect it fast.


    ¡°I¡¯ll give you supplements in physics and chemistry.¡± Zhou Sisi replied, ¡°If you agree, I will accept it.¡±


    After finishing the first class sleepily, Lu Xi put on his sweater hoodie, and promptly fell asleep on the table as soon as Lao Zhuang left.


    ¡°Lu Xi Lu Xi~¡± Xiang Yinglan came to the seat. ¡°I¡¯ll go to the commissary later, what should I bring you?¡±


    ¡°No.¡± Lu Xi¡¯s forehead was pressed on his forearm, and the other arm covered his side face and placed around the back of his head.


    Long fingers and neatly trimmed nails with a  hoodie wrapped around the arch of the shoulder. He was so dazzling from his hair to the tips of his feet. Xiang Yinglan sighed in her heart.


    She couldn¡¯t believe what Luo You told her in the next dormitory: I heard Lu Xi say on the aisle that I think Xiang Yinglan looks good.


    Xiang Yinglan had always been dissatisfied with her big nose and thick lips. Sometimes looking in the mirror and seeing the face for a long time, she became disgusted.


    In the class group, Xiang Yinglan belonged to the extrovert and active one, and had many friends who could create trouble. No one knew that she was actually a bit of low self-esteem.


    At that time when Luo You said that, Xiang Yinglan asked in an nonchalant tone: ¡°That¡¯s not true, right?¡±


    ¡°No, I heard it with my own ears from behind.¡± Luo You said it with conviction.


    In an attempt to appear unconcerned, Xiang Yinglan bent down to sort out the canvas shoes.


    An incredible thing happened to her, that was she received praise from an opposite sex of the same age and the person was as bright as sun, perhaps it wasn¡¯t praise at all. So much so that it was like a little star sprinkled overhead.


    Looking at Lu Xi she paused for a while, then asked: ¡°Have you had breakfast? I will bring you meatloaf bun and snow¡­¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t want anything.¡± The impatience in Lu Xi¡¯s answer became obvious. ¡°I want to sleep.¡±


    Xiang Yinglan was a little embarrassed. ¡°Oh¡­¡±


    Lu Xi certainly didn¡¯t mean anything more to her than her classmates.


    ¡°Would you mind bringing it for me?¡± Lu Xi¡¯s deskmate Pan De asked, ¡°Green potato chips, Lays.¡±


    ¡°Oh good.¡± Xiang Yinglan put away the slight loss in her eyes. ¡°One pack, big or small?¡±


    Pan De held up his meal card. ¡°Canned, thank you.¡±


    Xiang Yinglan tilted her head and said, ¡°I¡¯ll ask Lin Wenjing to buy it for you later.¡±


    Pan De¡¯s face stiffened. ¡°No, don¡¯t.¡± He turned down the girl¡¯s confession not long ago.


    ¡°Just kidding.¡± Xiang Yinglan pulled the card.


    The smile on her face slowly faded after she left the classroom.


    Lu Xi didn¡¯t like her, but simply answered his friends¡¯ questions.


    However, he said that she looked good, so she should¡­not look ugly.


    ¡­


    The fourth period was English, Wu Lan asked Zhou Sisi to read a reading comprehension.


    She just finished the last question and sat down while the bell rang, signaling that class was over.


    ¡°Zhou Sisi did a great job. That¡¯s it for today¡¯s class.¡± Wu Lan arranged the assignment for the homework and talked a few things about the class.


    Yi Ting pressed down the English book that had been propped up for half a class, and asked her deskmate, ¡°Do you want to go to the restroom?¡±


    ¡°Going to the canteen?¡± At the same time, a group of female classmates greeted Yi Ting.


    ¡°Not this time.¡± Yi Ting folded her hands. ¡°I¡¯ll find you next time.¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s go, Sisi?¡± Yi Ting asked.


    Zhou Sisi drank the cold granules from her cup as she replied, ¡°Yeah.¡±


    Walking out of the aisle, Zhou Sisi stepped on something.


    A tip pencil, she squatted down to pick it up.


    ¡°Oh, my eyesight?¡± Yi Ting in front exclaimed in a low voice. ¡°Is that a little school grass?¡±


    Zhou Sisi put the pencil on the nearest classmate¡¯s table and looked out.


    In the corridor, the teenager stood in the bright sunshine, his short curly hair was fluffy, his side face forehead, nose, lips and jawline contoured perfectly, his hair and skin were sparkling with youth.


    The boy approached a female student in front of him and just opened his mouth. As if he felt something, he turned to look at the classroom.


    After he looked at Sisi.


    Come out.


    ¡ª¡ªZhou Sisi read Lu Xi¡¯s lips.


    What did he come to find her for¡­


    Zhou Sisi walked out the back door of the classroom.


    ¡°Give me your phone.¡± Lu Xi, who strode forward, went straight in.


    ¡°Mobile phone?¡± Zhou Sisi¡¯s eyelashes fluttered. ¡°Mine?¡±


    ¡°Yes, give it to me.¡± He held out his hand, palm facing up.


    Yi Ting, mouth wide opened, and the female classmate who wanted to talk, looked at Lu Xi and Zhou Sisi each other.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t bring it.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    ¡°Impossible,¡± Lu Xi didn¡¯t believe it as he continued, ¡°You don¡¯t bring your mobile phone to school?¡±


    Zhou Sisi nodded. ¡°Yeah.¡± He roughly guessed her intention.


    ¡­Excellent, as expected of a good student.


    The transfers initiated yesterday would be returned over after 24 hours.


    Lu Xi¡¯s tongue touched his lower inner tooth. ¡°Remember to take your phone to confirm the payment when you get home from school.¡± He again gave her another transfer.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to¡­¡±


    ¡°Physics chemistry. You have to do what you said.¡±


    Zhou Sisi, who put forward the conditions, was dumbfounded.


    ¡°I¡¯m going.¡± Lu Xi put one hand into his sweater pocket, ignoring the eyes of the surrounding onlookers as he went away.


    Yi Ting who came to her senses quickly rushed over and half hugged Zhou Sisi¡¯s arm. ¡°Go to the toilet, go to the toilet.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry.¡± Zhou Sisi thought she was in a hurry. ¡°You don¡¯t have to wait for me.¡±


    ¡°Used it¡±


    When she got to a place with fewer people, Yi Ting stopped, ¡°You actually know little school grass!¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°The tone of little school grass asking for your mobile phone¡­Crap, you should be very familiar.¡± Yi Ting couldn¡¯t hide her excitement. ¡°How long have you known each other?¡±


    Zhou Sisi hesitated for two seconds. ¡°About fifteen years.¡± Based on the time in this life.


    ¡°Fifteen years? Let me calculate, didn¡¯t you know each other since you were not in kindergarten?¡± Yi Ting: ¡°That¡¯s a bamboo horse.¡±


    (***Bamboo horse ¡ª childhood sweetheart)


    ¡°Not childhood sweethearts.¡± Zhou Sisi suspected that she might not even be an ordinary friend in Lu Xi¡¯s heart.


    On Thursday evening, Lu Xi had dinner at Sisi¡¯s house and tutored for an hour in physics as he promised.


    When he got home,  the light was lit in the study room, which was closed.


    Surprisingly, Ms. Xu Xuelin didn¡¯t work overtime tonight?


    Without much thought he put on his slippers and went back to the room.


    Putting down his schoolbag, he took out his mobile phone, and with one hand, he scrolled through the 99+ news in the small group of friends.


    After swiping the two sand sculpture emoji thrown by Huang Zhou, Lu Xi touched the keyboard and was about to comment.


    ¡°Lu Xi! Come out for me!¡± Xu Xuelin pushed open the half-closed door. ¡°Using your phone all day long, don¡¯t you know how to study!¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°I studied.¡±


    ¡°What did you learn? You¡¯re lying without a draft ah! Next month is the midterm exam. Are you going to be at the bottom of the whole school?¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°I didn¡¯t spill it¡­.¡±


    ¡°Is football so good? Is the game that fun? Stand up straight for me!¡±


    ¡°Bullshit, you didn¡¯t come back until this point, you must have gone to the Internet cafe!¡± Xu Xuelin snarled.


    Lu Xi made a stop gesture, holding back his displeasure he calmly said. ¡°I didn¡¯t go to the Internet cafe today.¡±


    ¡°You hadn¡¯t gone to an internet cafe but came home at almost 9 o¡¯clock? It¡¯s too long, ah?¡± Xu Xuelin put one hand on her hip. ¡°Why don¡¯t you make up a story about studying in the classroom until it¡¯s dark? You really don¡¯t have a bit of self-motivation at all!¡±


    Ms. Xu Xuelin always spoke in such a harsh, loud and ruthless manner.


    There were many things that could be talked about normally, but she made a lot of scenes full of gunpowder.


    Lu Xi¡¯s temper was also not good, so he burst into fits of range. ¡°If I say I didn¡¯t go, I didn¡¯t go. If you don¡¯t believe me, ask Zhou Sisi!¡±

 CH 15

    ¡°If I say I didn¡¯t go, then it means I didn¡¯t go. If you don¡¯t believe me, you can ask Zhou Sisi!¡±


    Could she have misunderstood this bastard?


    With suspicion, Xu Xuelin sent Zhou Sisi a message on WeChat.


    After a while, the doorbell in the living room rang.


    Xu Xuelin stepped forward to open the door, ¡°Sisi, why are you here?¡±


    ¡°Hello, Auntie. Lu Xi left ¡®five-three¡¯ at home so I came here to return it.¡± Zhou Sisi said obediently and continued, ¡°Tonight he made up with an hour of physics.¡±


    (TN: five-three ¡ª 5 ¨C year college entrance examination and 3 ¨C year middle school entrance examination simulation)


    In fact, a few minutes ago, she went out to drop garbage and heard that Auntie Xu seemed to be criticizing Lu Xi.


    ¡°This brat ¡­..¡± Xu Xuelin cleared her throat and asked ¡°studied physics?¡±


    Sisi had good grades and a good personality, so she definitely wouldn¡¯t lie. Xu Xuelin completely believed what she said.


    Leaning against the door frame, Lu Xi asked in a peculiar voice: ¡°Did you hear it? Mom?¡±


    ¡°Listen to what, stand up straight for me! Stand upright!¡± Xu Xuelin could not apologize to her son due to her face. ¡°If you are like this, are you fooling yourself by making up lessons?¡±


    The way Aunt Xu communicates¡­¡­It didn¡¯t seem good. Zhou Sisi¡¯s brows furrowed.


    ¡°What?¡± With Sisi¡¯s presence, his anger rekindled at twice the usual speed.


    Xu Xuelin raised her eyebrows. ¡°You have the nerve to ask, huh? You are always messing around and do not think about progress. Making you study is as hard as pulling a cow up a tree!¡±


    ¡°Auntie¡­¡± Zhou Sisi whispered, ¡°Listen to me¡­¡±


    Realizing that there was still a little girl in the room, Xu Xuelin resisted the urge to clean up Lu Xi, and used the softest tone she could put on at the moment: ¡°What does Sisi want to tell me?¡±


    ¡°In the make-up class, Lu Xi¡¯s attitude was¡­¡± Zhou Sisi looked at the teenager who seemed to be stubbed out with thorns around him. ¡°He was pretty good and he accomplished the task as requested.¡±


    ¡°He¡¯s getting better every time.¡±


    She also said: ¡°It was also Lu Xi who took the initiative and suggested the day before yesterday to supplement with physics and chemistry.¡±


    ¡°He can take the initiative¡­? The initiative to offer supplementary lessons?¡± Xu Xuelin was a little embarrassed.


    Zhou Sisi nodded. ¡°Yes, chemistry on every Tuesday, and physics on every Thursday.¡±


    ¡°Will taking make-up classes every week for Lu Xi delay Sisi¡¯s schedule?¡±


    Xu Xuelin was so busy at work that she had previously squeezed in some time to find after-school tutoring classes for Lu Xi, but either the location was too far away and the time was not suitable, or it didn¡¯t look reliable. Having learned from the ¡°Electronic Shorthand¡± scam, she didn¡¯t dare to choose a training institution carelessly for her son.


    ¡°It¡¯s alright.¡± Zhou Sisi replied the same as she did a month ago, ¡°There will be no delay.¡±


    ¡°Thank you so much, Sisi.¡± Xu Xuelin sincerely thanked her.


    ¡°Auntie, you don¡¯t have to be so polite. Well, then I¡¯ll go home first. ¡°


    ¡°Okay, goodbye.¡±


    After seeing her back was completely out of sight, Lu Xi turned his head and went back to the room.


    Not only did she not blow his cover, but¡­¡­


    The model children of other families, good third-rate students, turned out to speak nonsense with open eyes.


    At the beginning of May, Zhou Sisi, Mo Yifan, and Tang Yang Zhang, who was a freshman in high school, went to the provincial capital to participate in the finals of the English speech contest.


    Zhou Sisi and Tang Yang Zhang sat next to each other on the departure train.


    ¡°You lied to me.¡± Tang Yang Zhang said.


    Zhou Sisi, who just placed the backpack: ¡°Huh?¡±


    ¡°You¡¯ve been preparing for your speech a long time ago.¡±


    ¡°Last time at a print shop, you got English materials.¡±


    ¡°You lied to me, it¡¯s not about preparing for the game.¡±


    Tang Yang Zhang fired sentences one after another coldly as if he was throwing a bean.


    ¡°Really no.¡± Zhou Sisi said, ¡°I didn¡¯t know there was an English speech contest at that time.¡±


    Tang Yang Zhang:¡± Then what did you do with English materials?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Help Lu Xi.¡±


    ¡°Lu Xi?¡± Tang Yan Zhang shifted his gaze to Zhou Sisi¡¯s face. ¡°What is he going to do?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Study.¡±


    ¡°How could he learn?¡± Tang Yan Zhang asked rhetorically.


    ¡°He is learning.¡± She didn¡¯t want to talk to him anymore.


    Mo Yifan just came to the aisle at the right time. ¡°Tang Yang Zhang, can you change seats with me? I¡¯m sitting at 8D.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to change.¡± Tang Yan Zhang said.


    Mo Yifan also didn¡¯t give up. ¡°Please do me a favor, I have a question to ask Zhou¡­¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll exchange with you.¡± Zhou Sisi walked straight away with her bag.


    ¡°Ah Zhou Sisi, I¡­¡±


    ¡°Sister Sisi¡ª¡±


    ¡°I want to sit with you, no,¡± Mo Yifan, who was chasing after her. ¡°I want to discuss doubts with you.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°You can discuss with Tang Yang Zhang, he¡¯s very good.¡±


    Mo Yifan was anxious, ¡°I¡­¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I want to rest.¡± Zhou Sisi plugged in her headphones, played English recordings, and closed her eyes to rest.


    The news that Mo Yifan won the first prize, Zhou Sisi and Tang Yan Zhang won the second prize, arrived at school earlier than they had come.


    A large red banner was hung outside the school¡¯s administration complex, facing the morning sun of late spring and early summer.


    After the flag-raising ceremony, Mo Yifan spoke on behalf of the three honorees.


    Zhou Sisi, who was medium to short, stood at the front line of the class.


    Yesterday afternoon, Yi Ting had a fever, so she took sick leave and didn¡¯t come this morning, so after the dissolution, Zhou Sisi walked alone to the teaching building.


    ¡°Zhou Sisi!¡± Mo Yifan quickly followed from the flag-raising platform as he said, ¡°Did the news broadcasting department look for you?¡±


    Zhou Sisi replied, ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°I guess it won¡¯t be long before they come to the door. They said they want to interview us.¡± Mo Yifan said.


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Can I not be interviewed? I don¡¯t want to do this.¡±


    Mo Yifan: ¡°Uh¡­ yeah.¡±


    Zhou Si Si leaned a little towards the curb. It shouldn¡¯t be an illusion that there were more eyes on her than usual from all sides.


    There were whispers around her, but when they passed by, they kept quiet.


    The people who thought they were well covered were actually ogling openly, and the emotions they carried were not kind or neutral.


    She felt a little uncomfortable.


    It soon proved that it was not that she was too sensitive.


    ¡°Are you and Brother Mo in a relationship?¡± Before class, a female classmate close to Lu Meihe asked Zhou Sisi with a smile.


    ¡°What are you talking about?¡± Zhou Sisi said, ¡°I haven¡¯t had a relationship with anyone which was more than normal.¡±


    The female classmate covered her mouth, but her voice was loud enough for the people around her to hear. ¡°Impossible, many people say that you are in a relationship. You don¡¯t know his junior high school, oops, how could you¡­¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t spread rumors.¡± Zhou Sisi opened the textbook. ¡°The teacher will arrive soon, please return to your seat.¡±


    At the same time.


    On the Fourth teaching building, junior (1) classroom.


    ¡°Mo Yifan is so arrogant, it¡¯s disgusting.¡± Huang Zhou swiped his phone with his head slanted down.


    In the history class, relying on the teacher¡¯s good temper, Huang Zhou changed his position with Pan De in the back row without consent.


    Lu Xi lay on the desk to catch up on sleep, didn¡¯t listen to the teacher¡¯s lecture on the stage, and at the same time complained of the ¡°tablemate¡± next to him.


    ¡°It¡¯s only been a few years since junior high school, this dog has been in love eight times and cheated six times!¡±


    ¡°This dog looks like a serious nerd but also caused the girl¡¯s belly to grow bigger. My ass! What a piece of shit!¡±


    As Huang Zhou scrolled down and pulled the post, his eyes suddenly turned into big copper bells. ¡°Look here, look, Axi Axi!¡±


    ¡°Why are you screaming?¡± Lu Xi yawned.


    ¡°Senior Sister Sisi and Mo Yifan¡¯s pair¡­¡±


    ¡°Bullshit.¡± Instantly Lu Xi lost all sleepiness and bolted out.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t say that.¡± Huang Zhou handed over his phone under the cover of the desk. ¡°Someone said it on the post-bar, it¡¯s a popular post.¡±


    Lu Xi placed his feet on the vertical bar next to the chair, and he browsed from the first floor at a glance.


    The first few paragraphs of the article describe Mo YF¡¯s personal relationship history and style, followed by Mo YF¡¯s current relationship with Zhou SS, with several photos of the two speaking face to face and walking side by side.


    Lu Xi¡¯s face suddenly sank.


    ¡°No, Axi, don¡¯t use my account to swear at people!¡± Huang Zhou hurriedly grabbed the phone.


    The irritability in Lu Xi¡¯s body was like a storm, and for a moment, he forgot that he also had a mobile phone in his backpack. ¡°Give it to me.¡±


    ¡°Lu Xi¡ª¡± The history teacher tapped the chalk as he complained, ¡°What are you and Huang Zhou doing during class time?¡±


    To these students, he originally turned a blind eye, but their movements affected the attention of other students, so he had to intervene.


    Huang Zhou squinted his face. ¡°Teacher, exchange textbook questions, we are discussing history questions.¡±


    ¡°You get up and say, what I just taught?¡± The history teacher asked.


    Huang Zhou tucked the phone into his pant pocket while his eyes abrasively searched for help from the front and the right side classmates. ¡°Speaking¡­ to¡­¡±


    ¡°Lu Xi, you answer.¡± The history teacher pointed again.


    Lu Xi stood up and replied, ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±


    The history teacher pointed out with a chalk head. ¡°You two go to the corridor and stand honestly.¡±


    A shaft of sunlight poured down the corridor, mixing with the lectures given by teachers from the upstairs and downstairs classes.


    The two teenagers who were punished for standing found a blind spot from the history teacher¡¯s sight.


    ¡°Mobile phone.¡± Lu Xi stretched out his hand.


    Huang Zhou put forward a condition: ¡°I can give it to you, but you can¡¯t swear by my name.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not going to reply to the post.¡± Lu Xi¡¯s expression was a lot calmer than before when he just read the post.


    Huang Zhou handed over his mobile phone to Lu Xi and stretched his neck to monitor.


    ¡°Why are you sending the post link to your WeChat?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s nothing.¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°You want to apply for deletion? Don¡¯t bother to complain, just say a word to the administrator on my WeChat.¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°Which one?¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°Brother Luobo. A sassy old man.¡±


    ^^^


    On Tuesday evening, Zhou Sisi gave Lu Xi chemistry class.


    She summarized the chapter key points and asked him to do the exercises directly at present.


    The early summer night was as quiet as water. With a subtle rustling sound when the tip of the pen brushed the paper.


    Lu Xi solved two multiple-choice questions. ¡°Well ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± Zhou Sisi put down the textbook. ¡°Which question do you have doubts about?¡±


    Who asked the question?


    Lu Xi scratched his hair. ¡°Two days ago there was a post that you were in love¡­¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    ¡°I know.¡± Lu Xi pressed his thumb on the second knuckle of his index finger. ¡°I meant to say that the person who posted false posts two days ago was Hu Guomin from the second year (1) class of the high school.¡±


    Zhou Sisi frowned slightly.


    Hu Guomin¡­


    It was not surprising to say that it was an accident.


    Although Hu Guomin did not do this in her last life, she also used a lot of means to slander her behind her back. The funniest thing was that she had always regarded this kind of villain as a friend, and she didn¡¯t know about this until she went to college and learned from the mouths of others.


    I thought that breaking up with Hu Guomin early in my life would be able to avoid this villain¡¯s pit¡­


    ¡°How do you know it¡¯s Hu Guomin?¡± Zhou Sisi turned her face to him.


    Looking at the practice questions, he lightly said: ¡°I found it from someone.¡±


    He didn¡¯t say what harsh terms he agreed to in order to ask his cousin to help him.


    ¡°Oh.¡± Zhou Sisi¡¯s face showed a little bit of annoyance.


    Lu Xi almost immediately asked. ¡°Do you want her to apologize to you? Do you want me to teach her a lesson?¡±

 CH 16

    The rumored post on the Forum was deleted a long time ago.


    After all, having gone through high school and college in previous life, Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t particularly care about the closeness of her classmates or the gossip around her.


    It was a self-study class now, and the class was no different from before.


    However, after knowing that the culprit was Hu Guomin, the nature of the matter became different for Zhou Sisi.


    The human brain was somehow similar to a computer, all the things you had experienced would be stored as memories.


    Some of the old, insignificant pieces were not lost, but they were just pressed onto a corner, and with time or an opportunity, they were opened up like a boot file.


    From memory of the previous life, Zhou Sisi remembered some things that Hu Guomin had done in high school.


    Zhou Sisi considered herself a commoner, so she would rather be an ordinary person than a great and good person, she must take revenge on the wicked.


    The next day at noon, she did not take a lunch break instead went back to the classroom purposely.


    Taking advantage of no one being present at the class, she put the printed note into Lu Meihe¡¯s pencil case.


    After that she passed the day as usual.


    Yi Ting returned to school after her sick leave and asked Sisi privately: ¡°What¡¯s the matter? You shouldn¡¯t have talked to Mo Yifan¡­ right?¡±


    Before Zhou Sisi could reply, she denied it herself: ¡°Definitely not.¡±


    ¡°Hmm.¡± Zhou Sisi asked, ¡°Has your fever gone down?¡±


    ¡°It has already gone down.¡± Yi Ting used the excuse of being sick and played at home for almost two days.


    ¡°If you are okay, do your homework.¡± Zhou Sisi opened a folder and pulled out a pile of test papers. ¡°These days.¡±


    Yi Ting¡¯s single eyelids turned round in fear. ¡°So many? Am I going to do all of it?¡±


    ¡°Yes, that¡¯s what teachers said.¡± Zhou Sisi smiled warmly.


    Yi Ting fell on the table. ¡°¡­¡­ crap.¡±


    There was no teacher present in the self study.


    The classmates in the back row whispered. ¡°Someone is looking for Zhou Sisi outside.¡±


    Zhou Sisi looked out.


    ¡°It¡¯s Mo Yifan.¡± Yi Ting also saw it.


    Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t want to go out.


    ¡°Mo Yifan is looking for you,¡± Hu Guomin¡¯s voice was high and sharp in the already quiet classroom, as if she was afraid that no one would hear her. ¡°Zhou Sisi, why don¡¯t you go out?¡±


    ¡°What was the matter with this woman?¡± Yi Ting was disgusted with her as she spoke, ¡°Why are you forcing her? On duty, do remember Hu Guomin¡¯s name.¡±


    ¡°You! I didn¡¯t say anything to you?¡±


    ¡°I am maintaining class discipline by stopping you.¡±


    ¡°¡­ ¡­¡±


    Zhou Sisi turned around and gently asked the student at the back table. ¡°Please tell him to come after class if there is something.¡±


    ¡°Oh, oh.¡± The classmate passed the message back.


    Holding the pen, Zhou Sisi concentrated on the exercises.


    She had a small advantage, such as she could get rid of distractions and enter the study state in a second if she wanted to.


    When the bell rang, Yi Ting tugged on Zhou Sisi¡¯s coat corner and whispered in her ear, ¡°Mo Yifan is here again.¡±


    Upon seeing Zhou Sisi, Mo Yifan tried to talk to her right away, ¡°I¡­¡±


    ¡°Is there something you want?¡± Zhou Sisi stopped a meter away.


    ¡°There¡¯s something, I don¡¯t know who spread those rumors. They¡¯re basically fake, but not all of them. Don¡¯t misunderstand me.¡± Mo Yifan spoke so fast he didn¡¯t have time to catch his breath.


    Zhou Sisi was indifferent, and only said. ¡°It has nothing to do with me.¡±


    ¡°Ah, many people say that we are dating¡­¡±


    ¡°We don¡¯t have a relationship beyond that of ordinary classmates. So if there¡¯s nothing serious,¡± Zhou Sisi maintained her basic manners and blurted out, ¡°don¡¯t come and bother me.¡±


    Mo Yifan¡¯s expression flashed a bit of sadness. ¡°Uh, I understand.¡±


    ¡°Excuse me.¡± Zhou Sisi turned around and went back to the classroom.


    A very few good-hearted classmates, who watched from the sidelines, believed that Zhou Sisi and Mo Yifan really had no impure relationship. At least Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t have the slightest impression of Mo Yifan.


    The calendar turned page after page.


    As the third graders handed in their exams for the last mock exam, the middle school students were getting ready for their examinations. It was just around the corner.


    The sophomore year was still taking new classes.


    The chart, voice mail, and other things in the classes weren¡¯t replaced for the time being.


    Friday afternoon, June 4th, Physical Education class.


    Yi Ting brought her own badminton and racket, and invited Zhou Sisi and another female classmate to play together: ¡°Come on, three people are fun, whoever loses three rounds first will be replaced.¡±


    Qi Minhui, a female classmate, responded cheerfully. ¡°Yes!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not good at playing.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    Yi Ting said, ¡°Eh, It¡¯s all about participation, come on.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, I¡¯m also a novice.¡± Qi Minhui followed.


    Qi Minhui and Yi Ting had a good relationship. Recently, Yi Ting often brought Zhou Sisi to do everything. She didn¡¯t like it, but she took the initiative to accept Zhou Sisi.


    The three happily agreed to play badminton.


    There were many people doing activities in the playground track and field. So, Yi Ting pulled them to the open space under the dormitory.


    ¡°Can we play here? Will it disturb others? ¡± Zhou Sisi was a little concerned.


    Yi Ting waved. ¡°This place is 180 meters away from the teaching building. It¡¯s impossible for anyone to sleep in the dormitory at this point. Don¡¯t worry.¡±


    ¡°I saw Lu Meihe and the others went up.¡± Qi Minhui said.


    Yi Ting pulled open the badminton equipment bag and asked, ¡°What do you care about them? Come on, who¡¯s first?¡±


    ¡°Minhui.¡± Zhou Sisi humbly gave in.


    Qi Minhui, who was eager to try: ¡°Okay, I¡¯m first.¡±


    No, the beautiful, gentle and generous Zhou Sisi, how could she hate it?


    From time to time there was a cool breeze and green shade.


    Zhou Sisi, the second player, was not very skilled in receiving.


    ¡°Teacher Lan! Eh!¡± Yi Ting turned to her two partners. ¡°Teacher Lan entered the dormitory building just now, her face was very serious.¡±


    Qi Minhui grabbed the badminton racket with her left hand. ¡°Why is the head teacher going in?¡±


    ¡°I also want to know, let¡¯s go up and have a look?¡± Yi Ting suggested.


    The first three rooms on the east side of the fourth floor were dormitories of the sophomore (1) class girls.


    The three of them turned the corner from the stairway, and they heard a faint female voice. The door to the 402 dormitory was open, they went little closer


    ¡°¡­¡­ bracelet was lost and found in her locker.¡± It was Lu Meihe¡¯s voice.


    ¡°I, I don¡¯t, it¡¯s none of my business.¡± Hu Guomin¡¯s weaker voice.


    Yi Ting and Qi Minhui looked at each other in shock.


    Zhou Sisi, who was standing at the end, was relatively calm, but it took longer than she anticipated.


    Lu Meihe: ¡°Do you want to make excuses? Well, this, my last month¡¯s missing signed limited edition handbook with my name on the last page! This, my custom bracelet that disappeared yesterday, my surname engraved on the metal circle!¡±


    Hu Guomin: ¡°I , I, someone else put it here, and wronged me. Yes it is¡±


    ¡°What a joke! I have a video on my phone.¡± Lu Meihe said loudly. ¡°Yesterday, the process of Hu Guomin stealing my bracelet was ¡®accidentally¡¯ recorded by my phone.¡±


    The headteacher Wu Lan was talking about something, but compared to those two her voice was calm and soft so the three outsiders could not clearly hear Wu Lan¡¯s words.


    ¡°Sorry teacher, I ¡®accidentally¡¯ sent the video to the students in the school news broadcasting department.¡± Lu Meihe¡¯s mouth said sorry, but her tone and attitude was too firm.


    Yi Ting whispered in a voice full of shock. ¡°Holly Crap!¡±


    Even Qi Minhui couldn¡¯t help but twist her mouth in surprise: ¡°It¡¯s a bit rigid.¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± Zhou Sisi said in a breathy voice, ¡°They¡¯re coming out soon.¡±


    ¡°Oh, the things found in Hu Guomin¡¯s cabinet are not only mine, but also those of other classmates. Teacher please check carefully.¡±


    Before Lu Meihe¡¯s words were finished, Hu Guomin¡¯s cry sounded. Mixed with the voice of the head teacher and another classmate, the scene became chaotic.


    Zhou Sisi went downstairs first.


    Yi Ting and Qi Minhui followed immediately.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t expect Hu Guomin¡­hands and feet are unclean.¡± Yi Ting was still in shock.


    Qi Minhui: ¡°The stolen stuff seems to be quite a lot.¡±


    ¡°Lu Meihe is really awesome. She caught such a thief. In other words, there was a girl next to her who had been stealing from her¡± Yi Ting shrugged as she replied, ¡°she¡¯d be sick to her stomach if she wasn¡¯t sick already.¡±


    Qi Minhui slammed her fist into the air. ¡°Grandpa¡¯s name has the same name as Hu Guomin, I feel disgusted.¡±


    The next period was self-study after physical education.


    The seats of Hu Guomin, Lu Meihe and two other classmates were vacant for a whole class.


    On the evening of the self-study, Hu Guomin did not show up, nor did she appear in class the next day.


    It was said that because the parents of the victims, such as Lu Meihe, insisted on demanding a statement, and because the accumulated amount of valuables stolen by Hu Guomin was not low, she was invited to the bureau for tea and was immediately expelled from the school.


    It was unsure where this turmoil came from, but within a few days, almost the whole school was aware of it.


    It was another night when Ms. Xu Xuelin worked overtime.


    Lu Xi was having dinner at Zhou Sisi¡¯s house.


    ¡°Have you completed the Chemistry Knowledge Framework that I asked you to sort out the day before yesterday?¡± Zhou Sisi asked warmly.


    ¡°Are you for real?.¡± Lu Xi chopsticks clip off the potato strips. ¡°You¡¯re talking about this during mealtime?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°The senior high school entrance examination will take place in thirteen days.¡±


    ¡°Yeah. Time is running out. So what¡¯s the point of holding Buddha¡¯s foot?¡± Lu Xi¡¯s brain would spin very fast when he was barreling.


    ¡°When you¡¯re ready to grind your guns, you will not be happy!¡±Zhou Sisi said. ¡°And you have to look far ahead. The high school entrance examination is just a small goal, and then there¡¯s the college entrance exam, and then there¡¯s ¡­¡±


    (** TL note-  Also known as Sharpening guns before battle is unpleasant, but it is also light.  It is a metaphor for preparing in a hurry. Meaning ¨C Although it will not be very sharp, it is at least brighter than no grinding. inspiring people to work hard even at the last minute**)


    ¡°Stop.¡± The corner of Lu Xi¡¯s lips twitched in response, ¡°I didn¡¯t want to hear that, did you break your head in protest?¡±


    Zhou Sisi condensed it into one sentence: ¡°Learning now is equivalent to laying the foundation that will be useful for the future.¡±


    ¡°Let me eat as I wish, okay?¡± Lu Xi grabbed the bowl and took a mouthful of rice.


    At school, I have to listen to the teacher¡¯s nagging, at home, I have to listen to Ms. Xu¡¯s rambling, and here I have to listen to the big reason, it¡¯s really annoying.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s house was different from that of Lu Xi¡¯s house, and it was much smaller. The structure of two rooms and one living room can directly see the entrance of the living room from the dining table.


    Lu Xi shouted to Chen Cui, who had just come in. ¡°Hello, Auntie.¡±


    ¡°Hey, hello.¡± Chen Cui took off her shoes and hurried into the room.


    Not long after, the room door opened, and Chen Cui, who had changed her clothes, came out with a bag in hand.


    ¡°I¡¯m going out, you guys eat more.¡±


    ¡°Where are you going?¡± Zhou Sisi¡¯s face was expressionless.


    ¡°A friend asked me to play mahjong.¡± Chen Cui quickly changed her shoes as she continued, ¡°and introduced me and the others to a successful boss.¡±


    ¡°Is mahjong the only thing in your eyes?¡± Zhou Sisi stood up, the light in the living room flowing around her.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s tone was not that intense, but Lu Xi felt her anger.


    He had never seen her in such a state before. Ahem, I shouldn¡¯t be sitting here now, I should be under the dining table.


    ¡°It¡¯s not the way you said it.¡± Chen Cui said angrily. ¡°I¡¯m going out today mainly to make friends. Besides, I¡¯ve changed now, and it¡¯s fun to play two games at most for two yuan each.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t say it, It¡¯s almost eight o¡¯clock.¡±

 CH 17

    Chen Cui went out.


    ¡°¡­The food will get cold.¡± Lu Xi squeezed out a few words without embarrassment. ¡°Let¡¯s eat.¡±


    Zhou Sisi was speechless.


    After eating dinner, Zhou Sisi placed the tableware on the table, and Lu Xi tidied up the dishes as usual.


    Now he was much more proficient in the work than he had been at the first time.


    ¡°It¡¯s done.¡± Lu Xi wiped his hands with a napkin. ¡°I¡¯m going back.¡±


    ¡°Did you forget, tonight is scheduled for physics?¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    Seeing that her mood was not quite right, Lu Xi thought he could escape a section: ¡°¡­Oh.¡±


    ¡°The key to force and mechanics is to understand the three forces of elasticity, gravity, and friction, the two models of leverage and pulley ¡­.¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s side face was quite beautiful, with dense long eyelashes along with the shadows slanted over her lower eyelid and the bridge of the nose.


    After the class began, she was so absorbed that she seemed to have forgotten about her previous incident.


    As a result, Lu Xi¡¯s concern that occupied a third of his chest had dissipated a lot.


    He didn¡¯t know anything about her relationship with her mother, and it was hard for him to ask.


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°What are the characteristics of the structure for the labor-saving lever?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Answer? The power arm¡ª¡±


    ¡°¡­The power arm is larger than the resistance arm.¡± Lu Xi hooked his ear with his long fingers.


    ¡°What are the characteristics? Give a few application examples?¡±


    As the senior high school entrance examination approached, the head teacher Lao Zhuang became strict with the students.


    Including the day, students were not allowed to wander off the campus at noon and must take a nap within the dormitory.


    It was hot, and Lu Xi didn¡¯t like to run over the wall to go outside.


    So he simply would lay in the dormitory with air conditioning.


    The dormitory instructor went through the round, and the ¡°Sentinel¡± classmate who was in bed by the window signaled that the alarm was lifted.


    A talkative fellow took the lead and brought along a couple of roommates to join the chat.


    In addition to games, eight out of ten topics that adolescent boys focused on in private were from the opposite gender.


    ¡°Did you see it during the break today? Gong Yao ran across the patio of the teaching building, with those thin arms and long legs, that was amazing.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t believe you only looked at the arms and legs, but you definitely looked at the other prominent parts, right?.¡±


    ¡°What prominent parts I don¡¯t understand, president Huang, don¡¯t insult me with your dirty brain.¡±


    ¡°I didn¡¯t say anything, you¡¯ve got it all wrong, I mean the face.¡±


    ¡°Damn it.¡± The chatterbox cursed, rolling a small ball of tissue paper and smashing it at him.


    As a result of his poor aim, it was thrown onto Lu Xi¡¯s bed located in the lower bunk.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry Brother Xi, I¡¯m sorry ¨C ouch!¡± The chatterbox covered his cheeks that were hit by the small paper ball.


    Lu Xi raised his eyebrows at him lazily and continued to play mobile games.


    ¡°You play cheap, if you talk about something then you should just move your mouth. It¡¯s against morality to move your hand.¡± Huang Zhou laughed.


    ¡°Hey¡­ Brother Xi¡¯s shot is really ruthless.¡± Chatterbox rubbed his face. ¡°Where did I just say? Oh Gong Yao¡¯s face, it¡¯s beautiful like Yujie Faner.¡±


    The dorm head had a different view: ¡°Generally speaking, a low version of Wang Ou.¡±


    ¡°The recognized school flower, Gong Yao, is average?¡± The chatterbox was not convinced as he interjected, ¡°Don¡¯t say something unusual?¡±


    Dorm head: ¡°I didn¡¯t pay much attention to this.¡±


    The chatterbox: ¡°Then you know what Gong Yao looks like?¡±


    ¡°Her school skirt was cut short and last time she was stopped by our student union council.¡± The dorm head paused. ¡°There is a senior sister who looks okay.¡±


    ¡°Which one? Zhou Sisi?¡±


    ¡°Sisi Senior Sister?¡±


    Chatterbox and Huang Zhou said at the same time.


    The dorm head said: ¡°It seems to be the name. About 1.6 meters tall, with white skin and a ponytail.¡±


    ¡°That¡¯s right, Sister Sisi.¡± Huang Zhou slapped his thigh.


    ¡°Do you have any photos?¡± Huang Zhou¡¯s neighboring bed to the south asked.


    He usually studied with his head down, a relatively simple person, rarely participating in the dormitory sleeper sessions.


    ¡°Fuck, you bookworm also like to look at beautiful women?¡± Huang Zhou came a little more excited.


    ¡°Who doesn¡¯t love beautiful women, it¡¯s man¡¯s nature.¡± Chatterbox said. ¡± There was a post that had a long-distance photo of her profile, but it was deleted before I could save it.¡±


    ¡°However, Zhou Sisi¡¯s figure is probably not as good as Gong Yao¡¯s, but her temperament is good. Gong Yao has long legs and a curvy figure, her chest is more than B.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s hard to say, Sister Sisi usually wears loose clothes, just in case her chest¡­¡±


    Along with the sound of ¡°fuck¡±, Lu Xi kicked Huang Zhou¡¯s beadboard. ¡°Don¡¯t you want to sleep?¡±


    ¡°I almost got shaken.¡± Huang Zhou looked down at Lu Xi. ¡°Let¡¯s go to sleep after a chat, what¡¯s the hurry. Ah, you said that elder sister Sisi doesn¡¯t look very good, but Xiang Yinglan is okay¡ª¡±


    ¡°Do you guys think that Ah Xi should correct his aesthetics?¡±


    When he was lying on his back, he flipped over and said: ¡°No, Brother Xi, Xiang Yinglan has a big nose and thick lips. Why is she beautiful?¡±


    ¡°I think Xiang Yinglan is very ordinary.¡± The bookworm said honestly.


    Lu Xi was annoyed. ¡°There is no need to talk about the appearance of girls, why don¡¯t you look at yourself in the mirror first?¡±


    Several boys in the dormitory¡­ Handsome Xi made sense and dared not speak.


    ¡°Don¡¯t slap your face down, take it back.¡± Lu Xi pulled the corner of his mouth, ¡°Huang Zhou, haven¡¯t you heard what Qian Zhongshu said, ¡®For ugly people, it is cruel to look closely¡¯?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t force me to be cruel to you.¡±


    Huang Zhou, who failed countless times, said, ¡°¡­Damn.¡±


    ¡°Sisi, you should sign up for the campus ambassador!¡± Yi Ting came across the two groups and tugged at Guo Qin¡¯s draft. ¡°Make a seat for me and let Sisi and I catch up.¡±


    A few days ago, Wu Lan adjusted the class seating and made a lot of changes, including the pair of Yi Ting and Zhou Sisi¡¯s desks being split up.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s new tablemate Guo Qin was not too happy. ¡°I haven¡¯t finished my notes yet.¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re welcome at my seat. There¡¯s an academic committee at the same table where you can discuss the problem. Hurry up and go!¡± Yi Ting urged.


    Guo Qin, who was dragged up, muttered. ¡°I¡¯d rather ask Zhou Sisi¡­¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t linger,¡± Yi Ting pushed her vigorously. ¡°Go, go!¡±


    ¡°Please!¡± Guo Qin left, Yi Ting patted the chair and desk with the draft, and sat down. ¡°Sisi Sisi!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m here.¡± Zhou Sisi felt helpless.


    Yi Ting blinked. ¡°Have you signed up for the campus ambassador audition?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Hurry up and sign up, the deadline is this afternoon! I have the registration form on my phone, let¡¯s go print it.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to apply.¡±


    ¡°Eh, then I will help you sign up?¡±


    Zhou Sisi shook her head. ¡°I won¡¯t take part in these.¡±


    ¡°Why? But if I have the face of you, no, but¡­as long as I have 60 percent of your face, I will definitely walk sideways to sign up!¡± Yi Ting said.


    ¡°It¡¯s too exaggerated.¡± Zhou Sisi was indifferent. ¡°This project means nothing to me.¡± She didn¡¯t like having her photos on public platforms, and she didn¡¯t think she was that good-looking.


    ¡°How can it be meaningless! The campus ambassador represents the face of our No. 3 Middle School. Think about it, the photo is placed on the front page of the official website of the No. 3 Middle School, and how proud would one feel!¡±


    ¡°This not only lets you realize your self-worth but also represents the teachers and students in No. 3 Middle School, your ¡ª hey, where are you going? Are you signing up? Let¡¯s go to the printing room to print¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Going to the office,¡± Zhou Sisi smiled and finished her sentence, ¡°to find the teacher to talk about the competition.¡±


    It was the last weekend before the midterm.


    Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t lecture Lu Xi, asked him to summarize and review by himself and ask questions if he had any doubts.


    At this time, Xu Xuelin arrived. ¡°Sisi, Lu¡¯s father is calling, can you let Lu Xi stop for a few minutes?¡±


    She respected the little tutor Zhou Sisi very much.


    ¡°Yes.¡± Zhou Sisi said hurriedly.


    Like Xu Xuelin, Lu Xi¡¯s father, Lu Xiangyu was a doctor, who had been practicing for many years. This year in January, he was selected for the African Medical Assistance Team and set off for Nigeria to serve as a foreign aid mission for one and a half years.


    Conditions in Africa were far worse than in China, and it was not easy for Uncle Lu to contact his family. Zhou Sisi guessed that he should be remembering that Lu Xi was going to take the high school entrance examination, so he made a phone call to take care of him during his busy schedule.


    Lu Xi¡¯s performance was on the rise from April, judging from the monthly test, the first model, and the second model. However, it was still a little far from the admission scoreline of the high school department of Huali No. 3 Middle School¡­


    She pressed her forehead, Lu Xi¡¯s parents were nervous about his high school entrance examination, and even she was a little nervous, but he himself was the least concerned.


    After waiting for a few minutes, she got up from the chair and walked to the window.


    Inadvertently, she caught a glimpse of a book at the corner of the wall under the thick curtain that was a few centimeters away.


    Thinking it was Lu Xi¡¯s book that had fallen here, she approached and bent over to pick it up.


    This ¡­¡­ Zhou Sisi¡¯s action of getting up stalled and her eyes fixed on the book in her hand.


    To be precise, it was a magazine that was moderately thick.


    On the cover, there were island characters scattered all over the place, with clear pictures: short wooden houses, stacks of gray stones, and a young woman standing with her back in the hot spring, there was not an inch of a strand(unclothed), holding the breast a perfect curvy figure turned back.


    ¡°My mother called you to eat fruit¡ªfuck!¡± Seeing the scene in front of him, Lu Xi rushed over in three steps and swiped away the photo magazine.


    Fuck. This¡­ Lu Xi had the idea of ??opening the glass window and jumping out immediately.


    It was so embarrassing that he was about to break through the sky.


    ¡°This rubbish is not mine and has nothing to do with me, but Huang Zhou, my classmate, stuffed it into my school bag!¡±


    Lu Xi finished with the fastest speed of his life in one breath.


    Zhou Sisi nodded. ¡°Sorry, I didn¡¯t mean to take this magazine.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­¡± Lu Xi extraordinarily hoped that a thunderbolt would come and split his memory with Zhou Sisi and cause amnesia.


    ¡°Reading these books at your age is quite¡­¡±

 CH 18.1

    Zhou Sisi was a little embarrassed. ¡°Reading these books at your age is quite¡­¡± It¡¯s normal.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t read it!¡± Lu Xi hurriedly defended himself. ¡°I haven¡¯t turned a page!¡± His handsome face flushed and it spread to his ears.


    ¡°Don¡¯t be nervous. I mean,¡± Zhou Sisi said thoughtfully, ¡°you¡¯re in adolescence now, so it¡¯s normal to be curious about this.¡±


    Lu Xi frowned: ¡°This book really doesn¡¯t belong to me.¡± He threw the hot magazine into his schoolbag.


    ¡°Well.¡± Zhou Si¡¯s thinking was very pure. She was nearly two years older than him; she was half his sister and half his teacher at this stage, when she bumped into this, she thought it was necessary for her to lead the way.


    ¡°Physical development is rapid in adolescence, teenagers are interested in the opposite gender, and will develop curiosity about their bodies, etc. These are natural growth processes. You can, um, we can accept scientific sex¡­¡±


    ¡°My mother called you to eat fruit.¡± Lu Yi felt that if he stayed here any longer, he would suffocate to death.


    Crazy. When the teachers and elders said these words, he could listen normally; but when she said these words, his face could not bear it.


    In addition to embarrassment was more embarrassment.


    He would rather have Ms. Xu Xuelin catches him reading the yellow book, then Zhou Sisi finds it.


    ¡ªFuck, he didn¡¯t even have time to look at it.


    I shouldn¡¯t have listened to Huang Zhou¡¯s rant yesterday, and shouldn¡¯t let Huang Zhou, an idiot, stuff this foolish thing into my school bag.


    Even after splashing two handfuls of cold tap water, the heat on Lu Xi¡¯s face only dissipated seventy-eight percent.


    In the living room.


    ¡°The strawberries freshly arrived this morning, eat more.¡± Xu Xuelin pushed the fruit plate in front of Zhou Sisi.


    ¡°Sisi likes to eat fresh cherries, right?¡±


    Zhou Sisi politely accepted the offer: ¡°Thank you, Auntie.¡±


    Wiping her hands clean with wet tissue, she picked up a bright red cherry.


    ¡°You¡¯re welcome. By the way, Sisi, No.1 and No.3, which high school do you think is better?¡± Xu Xuelin asked.


    Zhou Sisi swallowed the pulp. ¡°The admission score of these two middle schools are similar.¡±


    Huali No. 1 Middle School and No. 3 Middle School were the first batch of key high schools listed in the province, and they were equally strong.


    Xu Xuelin said: ¡°Lu Xi¡¯s father said that the first high school is fine, and he plans to send Lu Xi to high school there. As for me, I don¡¯t know how this school is. His father is in the operating room all year round, and he doesn¡¯t know much about it. He probably listened to his colleagues, or what the patient said.¡±


    ¡°It just so happens that you are here, so I thought of asking.¡±


    Zhou Sisi knew that uncle and aunt would choose early school activities for Lu Xi. In her previous life, the high school that Lu Xi attended was Huali No.1 Middle School.


    ¡°No. 1 Middle School requires students to live on campus and attend classes every week until Sunday noon. There is a vacation once a month, and the monthly vacation is Saturday at noon. The management model is relatively strict.¡±


    Xu Xuelin: ¡°Can students use mobile phones at school?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Like No. 3 Middle School, mobile phones cannot be brought into the classroom. They can be used in the dormitory during break time.¡±


    ¡°I thought it was strictly forbidden to bring cell phones to the school.¡± Xu Xuelin was a bit regretful. ¡°So the work and rest time is the same as the third middle school?¡±


    ¡°No.1 Middle School has less spare time and long study time. In the spring period, you have to get up at six in the morning, and night self-study after the class ends at 10:10.¡± When Zhou Sisi¡¯s class teacher held a class meeting, she talked about the situation of the first middle school as a way to motivate the students to study actively.


    ¡°Every morning, after breakfast, students in No. 1 Middle School have to study in the playground for half an hour. The last class is in the afternoon, and the evening class time is only an hour and five minutes apart, the students have little time for sports activities, eating and bathing is more rushed.¡±


    Xu Xuelin¡¯s eyes lit up. ¡°Yes, No. 1 middle school can do it. It is more suitable for Lu Xi.¡±


    Lu Xi, who came out of the bathroom, didn¡¯t care about anything and said, ¡°I¡¯m not going to No. 1 Middle School.¡±


    ¡°Where would you go if you don¡¯t go to No. 1 Middle School?¡± When talking to her son, Xu Xuelin would automatically switch to the special mode. ¡°Don¡¯t want to go to high school?¡±


    Lu Xi stubbornly said. ¡°I want to study in the third middle school.¡±


    ¡°Didn¡¯t you take a look at your poor grades, is it your turn to pick?¡± Xu Xuelin was full of anger. ¡°If I want you to attend No.1 middle school, you have to read!¡±


    ¡°No.¡± Lu Xie clenched his fist. ¡°Why is the No.3 middle school inferior to the No.1 middle school?¡±


    Xu Xuelin stood up with her hands on her hips. ¡°You have been in the No.3 middle school for three years, you have the nerve to ask? Are you planning to study in high school for another three years?¡±


    ¡°If I don¡¯t want to study, I won¡¯t be able to study even if I go to No 1 middle school!¡± After speaking, Lu Xi returned to his room with a cold face.


    Before leaving, he looked at Zhou Sisi¡¯s eyes.


    ¡°¡­¡± Zhou Sisi was a little embarrassed.


    In her last life, she did not have much interaction with their family, and there was no Aunt Xu asking her about the two schools.


    She didn¡¯t expect that Lu Xi would resist going to No. 1 Middle School¡­


    ¡°You little punk!¡± Xu Xuelin rolled up her sleeves to pat the table, but saw Zhou Sisi sitting quietly with her eyes lowered and promptly withdrew. ¡°¡­I made Sisi laugh.¡±


    Zhou Sisi hesitated. ¡°Auntie, the No.3 middle school is pretty good. Lu Xi is used to the No.3 middle school, and it may take time to get used to it when going to the No.1 middle school.¡±


    ¡°It must take some time to get used to it.¡± Xu Xuelin said, ¡°No. 1 Middle School is stricter, it¡¯s suitable for him. Am I not doing this for his good? It¡¯s better this way or else he¡¯ll only annoy me all day.¡±


    Zhou Sisi thoughtfully handed a glass of warm water as she said. ¡°Auntie, I¡¯ll say one more thing.¡±


    ¡°You can find time to chat with Lu Xi calmly. Don¡¯t¡­ um, try not to get too excited. Maybe he will listen to you and can appreciate the good intentions of you and uncle.¡±


    Xu Xuelin gave herself a complement: ¡°Why, I rarely get angry.¡±


    ¡°¡­Well. Anyway, try to communicate.¡±


    The stocks that Zhou Sisi bought three months ago had gained momentum.


    In an English speech contest she won a few thousands worth of prize money, and invested in it.


    The second semester of sophomore year was nearing its end.


    Zhou Sisi was determined to move out of Chen Chui¡¯s house. These days she would use her spare time to search for a suitable rental house on the Internet after school.


    She contacted two landlords.


    But as soon as they heard that she was a high school student under the age of 18, they immediately rejected her, without any room for negotiation.


    She did not give up, while building up momentum and looking for a way.


    The students in the third grade of the junior high school take the high school entrance examination, and the students of other grades in the third high school had three days off.


    Saturday, the last day of high school entrance examination. In the morning, Zhou Sisi was browsing local real estate information on her computer.


    Chen Cui knocked on the door twice, ¡°Sisi¡­¡± hurried in.


    Zhou Si Si had just closed the webpage and was caught off guard when Chen Cui hugged her tightly.


    ¡°Sisi¡­¡± Chen Cui cried out.


    The unaware Zhou Si Si struggled.¡±You, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°I¡­ uh¡­¡± Chen Cui, who started to say a word, couldn¡¯t help crying.


    Hot tears kept streaming down and soaked into her daughter¡¯s hair.


    Zhou Sisi frowned uncomfortably.


    ¡°Last night¡­I¡­had¡­a dream¡­¡± Chen Cui sobbed and said, ¡°Dream¡­I¡­¡±


    She dreamed that she was possessed playing mahjong and lost a lot of money. Dreamed that she invested all her savings to boss Li, who was introduced to her by a friend, and Li boss ran away with money and whereabouts were unknown, the investment was a scam. She dreamed that she had a car accident on the way to her friend¡¯s house and died on the spot.


    Dreaming of her only daughter carrying huge debt and working desperately to pay back the money, and even¡­..


    Chen Chui trembled all over while closing her eyes, she let out a heart wrenching cry.


    In the dream, Chen Cui¡¯s hearing, vision and touch were no different from those in reality, and all the scenes were very realistic. It was so realistic that it terrified her.


    After waking up, she immediately rushed over to find her daughter.


    Fortunately, fortunately ¡­¡­


    Zhou Sisi barely understood the content of her dream from Chen Cui¡¯s intermittent description.


    ¡­¡­.. a visionary dream for the future.


    Zhou Sisi was speechless.


    Her whole person was empty all of a sudden, and even the air was full of confusion.


    Chen Cui cried for a long time, and finally let go of her embrace, and looked at her daughter¡¯s face with tears in her eyes, ¡°Just wait¡­I¡¯ll retreat¡­that Boss Li¡­¡±


    ¡°In the future¡­ I will never¡­ gamble again.¡± In fact, Chen Cui rarely gambled and mahjong after Zhou Sisi convinced her to let go and showed her the video of the consequences of gambling.


    Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t know what to say.


    She tried hard to see the small scratches on the floor tiles, but couldn¡¯t see it clearly because there was a layer of teary mist in front of her eyes.


    ¡°Mom is sorry, I haven¡¯t spent much time with you in recent years.¡± Chen Cui¡¯s guilt piled up.


    Zhou Sisi pursed her lips. There was nothing wrong with her, she had fulfilled her basic duties as a mother.


    ¡°I can¡¯t help but dad.¡±


    ¡°I¡­ I¡¯m sorry about Chuang Su¡­¡± Chen Cui burst into tears again. ¡°I lost¡­ Add up¡­ I¡¯ve lost nearly 20,000 yuan in a few years¡­¡±


    ¡°You lost more than 20,000, and the house that dad bought before he died.¡± Zhou Sisi said almost coldly.


    She felt that she could no longer control the resentment that she had suppressed for a long time, and could not control the malice that came up from the bottom of her heart.


    ¡°What¡­lost the house?¡± Chen Cui, who was crying, choked after hearing this.  ¡°I didn¡¯t¡­¡±


    Zhou Sisi pressed her fingernails against her palms, her nose was sore. ¡°What about the house that Dad bought?!¡±


    ¡°You think ¡­¡­ I lost it?¡± Chen Cui¡¯s weeping face was filled with incredible injury, and both hands hung down.


    ¡°Then what else?¡± Zhou Sisi still didn¡¯t look at her and continued, ¡°Or else why would you sell the house?¡± Why else would we have to rent someone else¡¯s house to live in now.


    Chen Cui wiped her eyes, ¡°The reason for selling the house is¡­to see a doctor for your grandma¡­¡±


    ¡°Your grandmother¡¯s heart and cerebral blood vessels have not been very good. Chuang Su¡­ After she left, her health deteriorated and she had to go to the hospital every three days.¡±


    ¡°You were young and just lost your father¡­ I dare not tell you too much of these things. Your grandmother has been in the hospital since then.¡±


    ¡°I need money for medicine, hospitalization, and surgery. Our family has no savings¡­ I have no choice but to sell the house urgently. After more than a year, your grandma can¡¯t stand it¡­¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s eyes lost focus.


    The emotions that had been flooding in her body shriveled like a heavy rain, slamming on the brakes.


    The laptop screen on the table had long since fallen asleep.


    In a daze, Zhou Sisi stepped out of the room with a stuffy chest and a confused head.

 CH 18.2

    Upon returning to school on Monday, Zhou Sisi submitted her essay to the Chinese teacher.


    As she was leaving, another class teacher at the next table called out to her. ¡°Student, this girl.¡±


    ¡°You called me?¡± Zhou Sisi stood still.


    The other class Chinese teacher: ¡°Yes, what¡¯s your name?¡±


    ¡°Hello, teacher, my name is Zhou Sisi.¡±


    The teacher repeated her name. ¡°You didn¡¯t sign up for the campus ambassador selection contest?¡±


    ¡°Well.¡± Zhou Sisi responded.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s Chinese teacher laughed and said. ¡°Xiao Fang, are you planning to kidnap my student to participate?¡±


    ¡°Of course, I must, this female student looks good.¡± Xiao Fang turned to Zhou Sisi. ¡°Sign up for your name?¡±


    This¡­¡­¡¯Isn¡¯t this a little casual¡® Zhou Sisi said to herself and ¡ª ¡°Teacher, I¡¯m not sure exactly what I have to do.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s very simple, just fill out a form with me.¡± Teacher Xiao Fang said.


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°¡­¡­ What does a campus ambassador have to do?¡±


    ¡°If you ask this question, the chosen ambassador will have to cooperate with the school for a year to carry out promotional work.¡± Teacher Xiao Fang explained roughly.


    ¡°There is not much work, and it¡¯s not tiring at all, it¡¯s about taking photos occasionally and writing a manuscript of a few hundred words.¡±


    ¡°There are instructions here you can have a look.¡±


    ¡°Campus ambassadors term last for two semesters, and in each semester one can receive five moral education points.¡±


    Her language teacher also added: ¡°Sisi, Teacher Xiao Fang is also the deputy secretary of the school¡¯s youth league committee. She is responsible for the selection of ambassadors.¡±


    Zhou Sisi hesitated. ¡°I¡¯ll be in my third year of high school next semester.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid, the task of ambassador does not take up study time.¡± Teacher Fang said. ¡°Eight of the eleven students who signed up are in the same class as you.¡±


    ¡°Come on, Sisi, come.¡± Teacher Xiao Fang handed over a pen. ¡°Fill out the application form.¡±


    In the end, she signed up in a bit of a haze.


    ¡°Eat more, I¡¯m going to work first.¡± Chen Cui went out with her bag.


    Zhou Sisi looked at the breakfast, which was laid out on the table.


    The freshly served porridge was hot, the steamed rolls were hot and plump, and the hot and sour cabbage was oily and flavorful.


    All made by Chen Cui.


    From the day Chen Cui cried, she stayed at home most of the time after getting off work.


    She often made body tonic soups for her daughter to replenish her body and inquired about her studies and daily life whenever she could, wanting to chat and make amends.


    Zhou Sisi did not know why Chen Cui had such a warning dream, and searched the Internet for the information, but there was no answer.


    She was not very comfortable with Chen Cui¡¯s sudden change and avoided her intentionally or unintentionally.


    After the high school entrance examination, Zhou Sisi¡¯s make-up lessons for Lu Xi were suspended.


    Although they lived on the same floor in the same unit building, they hadn¡¯t met each other for more than two weeks.


    The class would be moved to new seats.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s tablemate was still Guo Qin.


    She was relatively weak in mathematics and biology, while Guo Qin was good at mathematics and weak in English.


    Looking at the other table arrangements, she could probably discern the class teacher¡¯s intention.


    Yi Ting, on the other hand, was very depressed.


    Her deskmate had changed from last month¡¯s school committee members to this month¡¯s class president, one obeying the law more than the other.


    The only fun she had in the classroom every day was to chat with Qi Minhui, Zhou Sisi, or other friends.


    ¡°I¡¯ve had enough!¡± Yi Ting took the opportunity to go shopping after school to complain. ¡°Sisi, do you know how cheap Zeng Ye You¡¯s dead fish face is! I¡¯m not allowed to ignore the lectures, and he forced me to take notes!¡±


    ¡°After class, I played with my phone for a while, he even controls it!¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t even sleep in self-study, and he wakes me up by beating me with a steel ruler as soon as I lie down!¡±


    Zhou Sisi looked worried. ¡°The Class leader hit you? Does it hurt?¡±


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t hurt too much, just, it¡¯s annoying, why does he care about me like that? He¡¯s got no reason to do this to me.¡± Yi Ting poked the pearls in the milk tea with a straw.


    ¡°The class leader has responsibilities and obligations, well, he¡¯s quite responsible.¡± Zhou Sisi said euphemistically.


    She thought this was good, maybe under the supervision of the class monitor, Yi Ting¡¯s discipline and grades would be improved.


    Yi Ting yelled. ¡°Who wants him to be responsible? It¡¯s annoying, I want to be free!¡±


    ¡°Go to school tomorrow to talk to Teacher Wu?¡± Although Zhou Sisi did not agree with her idea, she still gave her advice.


    Yi Ting¡¯s face slumped. ¡°Can¡¯t go, alas, my grades are so poor, I don¡¯t have the face to go to Sister Lan to make a request.¡±


    ¡°Ms. Wu is not a teacher who judges students only by their grades, so you can talk to her if you really want to change.¡± Zhou Sisi said warmly.


    ¡°Ugh don¡¯t talk about this bad thing. Let me pick a pen first, see, which one looks better?¡± Yi Ting held up three different styles of water-based pens.


    Zhou Sisi chose the one with the plain pattern. ¡°This one.¡±


    ¡°OK, buy another notebook.¡± Yi Ting said. ¡°You only buy pen refills?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Hmm. Do you need some milk tea?¡±


    ¡°Sisi you are so sweet!¡±


    While Yi Ting picked out the various colored notebooks, she heard the message tone behind her and said to herself. ¡°Looks like there is a text message.¡±


    Suddenly remembering something important, she asked. ¡°Sisi, how many votes do you have now?¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± It took half a second for Zhou Sisi to realize what Yi Ting was referring to. ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±


    ¡°In the afternoon, at 1 o¡¯clock, you had more than twelve hundred votes and were in third place, only twenty votes less than Gong Yao who was in second place.¡± Yi Ting said, ¡°If you move up by another ranke, you¡¯ll be an ambassador!¡±


    The campus ambassador selection competition opened its online voting channels yesterday for a three-day period. The students and teachers of Huali No.3 Middle School voted for the supporting contestants through the campus public website.


    The male and female students with the highest number of votes, one each, were qualified as ambassadors.


    ¡°I want to see the real-time number of votes.¡± Yi Ting stopped picking in her book. ¡°Huali No. 3 Middle School¡­campus activities¡­Gong Yao has more than 1,600 votes, damn it! She passed you more than 300 votes in one afternoon. It¡¯s gone!¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll help you canvas for votes! My circle of friends has forwarded it at noon today, and I will forward it again¡­¡±


    ¡°No, let it be.¡± Zhou Sisi felt a little funny.


    Yi Ting tried to shake the little fairy¡¯s shoulder as hard as she could. ¡°You¡¯re too unambitious to think! Sisi! Can we be more aggressive?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°¡­¡± I always feel that the ¡°not self-motivated¡± hat on my head is not quite right.


    After buying the stationery, Zhou Sisi and Yi Ting strolled for a while and went home separately.


    In the evening, the sunset glow pulled down a few clouds on the west side of the sky, smearing orange-red and blue-violet between the buildings.


    Sisi took out her access card from her backpack, swiped it on the door sensor of her unit building, it made a short ¡°Di!¡±.


    Opening the door of the unit building, she heard a burst of chatter and laughter from the boys above the stairs.


    Then, a short boy in a yellow jersey turned down.


    ¡°Sister Sisi! Such a fate!¡±


    This was Lu Xi¡¯s classmate. Zhou Sisi remembered the last time he greeted her at the canteen.


    She responded with a smile.


    Soon after, Lu Xi appeared in view, wearing a white jersey with a white headband around his forehead.


    His fingers hooked a soccer net pocket, he looked at Zhou Sisi with lazy eyes, as if he was about to open his mouth.


    ¡°Hello, Sister Sisi.¡± A boy with glasses appeared a little later.


    He was also Lu Xi¡¯s classmate, and she had a little impression.


    Another boy, who was hanging his hand on the spectacle boy¡¯s shoulder, didn¡¯t hear her name clearly, smiling and following the two brothers he called out to the beautiful girl: ¡°Hello, senior.¡±


    This one was very unfamiliar, never seen before.


    The four teenagers, except Lu Xi, all greeted her.


    Zhou Sisi smiled and responded in unison: ¡°Hello.¡±


    She thought that Lu Xi was still mad at her for mentioning the merits of a middle school.


    She wasn¡¯t in a hurry to get into the apartment so she let them go downstairs first.


    The teenagers passed by Zhou Sisi in turn, with a vigorous spirit.


    The most distinguished-looking teenager at the end halted in front of her when he walked past.


    He scratched his ear. ¡°Ahem ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°?¡± Zhou Sisi looked back in confusion.


    Lu Xi: ¡°You didn¡¯t say hello to me.¡± A voice that only two people could hear.


    ¡°¡­Good evening?¡± Zhou Sisi¡¯s clear eyes were slightly curved.

 CH 19

    A total of ten candidates were selected as the campus ambassadors finally.


    Their profiles with photos were listed on the official site of Huali No. 3 Middle School. Zhou Sisi¡¯s serial number was seventh, and the profile she submitted was very brief.


    Ying Ting grunted at the photo she posted on the site because it wasn¡¯t good enough.


    ¡°The Photo doesn¡¯t fully reflect your beauty¡±


    ¡°You take a new picture seriously and contact the teacher in charge to change it.¡±


    Zhou Sisi wiped her long hair, which was washed just now. ¡°No need¡­¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t say ¡®go with the flow¡¯! again.¡± Yi Ting on the other end of the phone exclaimed as she continued, ¡°Look at the other candidates, which one isn¡¯t picking their best photos?¡±


    ¡°Take this Gong Yao, she even put on eyeliner, lipstick, the background lighting is also very good, and she picked the best angle, the seemingly casual look makes her legs look longer.¡±


    ¡°Yuan Xuchao, a big boy, knows how to adjust filters. Without a doubt, he painted his eyebrows as well as used shadows and highlights. He didn¡¯t have such deep facial features.¡±


    Yi Ting was heartbroken and said bitterly, ¡°Sisi, look at your photo, a half-body ID photo! Even if you are pretty, you can¡¯t put a plain ID photo! Are you taking this audition seriously or not?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± Zhou Sisi said in her heart. No.


    ¡°You don¡¯t bother to retweet for the votes, and you just casually picked the photo you were able to find. Alas, are you going to miss out on the chance to get elected?¡± Yi Ting was furious.


    Zhou Sisi told the truth: ¡°It¡¯s fine, it¡¯s good not to be an ambassador.¡±


    Yi Ting: ¡°No, since you¡¯ve signed up, you have to fight for it! Show some fighting spirit! I¡¯ll help you to retweet for a wave!¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°¡­¡±


    As expected, Zhou Sisi saw Yi Ting¡¯s passionate re-posting in her circle of friends.


    She was a little embarrassed to look directly at her retweet, so she slid down.


    After three movements, there was another re-post about the campus ambassador voting.


    ¡°Vote No. 7. Send your vote, please have a drink¡±


    South Lake Park, Huali City, football field.


    ¡°Tired¡­let¡¯s take a break.¡± Panda slumped on the outer edge of the court.


    ¡°Very bad, Panda,¡± Huang Zhou said as he proceeded to ask ¡°it¡¯s only been a few minutes and you¡¯re already panting like a dog?¡±


    Pan De replied in a feeble manner. ¡°Damn it, you¡¯re the one who can¡¯t.¡±


    Lu Xi propped his hands behind him and freely stretched his long legs in the open space under the steps, he didn¡¯t bother to care about the two idiots who were driving invisible cars.


    Summer stars showered the blue and black sky, the evening breeze was cool and comfortable with steam on the lake.


    ¡°Brother Xi, I heard that you know Freestyle? Can you show me?¡± A fellow player with a No. 4 jersey came over.


    Lu Xi took a sip of lemon tea lazily. ¡°If you want to see, search online, there are lots of people who show off their skills.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s so interesting about strangers?¡± The No. 4 jersey said as he pleaded. ¡°Brother Xi, let me see the live version.¡±


    The one with the No. 10 jersey also joined. ¡°Me too! I want to see it too!¡±


    ¡°It depends on Axi¡¯s mood if he wants to show you fancy soccer.¡± Huang Zhou winked. ¡°Axi, why don¡¯t you show them and skip their drinks?¡±


    ¡°Yes, you can do it!¡±


    ¡°Brother Xi, I¡¯m willing!¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s have a look at it!¡±


    Lu Xi lifted his chin and said, ¡°Ball.¡± It wasn¡¯t that he really used the ball to pay off drinks.


    He was not so bad that he couldn¡¯t afford to spend the money on drinks. Those who had voted should still do so.


    The No. 4 jersey came over with a football, wiped it off with the hem of his shirt, and offered it with both hands.


    Throwing the football up, Lu Xi lifted his ankle slightly.


    With the foot deflected, he caught the ball on his inside, the other leg went around the ball, and the inside of the foot was skillfully topped.


    The black and white soccer ball spun and climbed up Lu¡¯s evenly muscled calves.


    Those watching, held their breath and waited with good eyes for the most difficult part.


    The football spun into his knees obediently, and Lu Xi lifted his legs with ease and circled around the football.


    He bent his knees to subvert the soccer twice and finally let it slide back down to his feet to hold it in place.


    ¡°Wow!¡± ¡°Through! It¡¯s harder than what I¡¯ve read on the forum before!¡± ¡°Brother Xi is awesome!!¡±


    From beginning to end, Lu Xi didn¡¯t move an inch from his sitting position, with a little ¡°playing casually¡± on his face.


    ¡°This wave is stable and dazzling!¡± Huang Zhou clenched his fist and slammed into the palm. ¡°This Huang Zongze wants to learn.¡±


    ¡°Do you think you can learn if you just want to learn?¡± Pan De adjusted his glasses.


    Huang Zhou said: ¡°This can not be difficult for me? Wait, I¡¯ll go back to retreat and practice, and I will show you next time.¡±


    ¡°His main intention is to act in front of girls, right?¡± Pan De said.


    Huang Zhou flicked his tongue. ¡°No. It doesn¡¯t matter to other girls, I have Xiaosha.¡±


    ¡°Did she say yes to being your girlfriend?¡± Lu Xi tutted.


    ¡°Pretty sharp.¡± Pan De teased. ¡°Beware of being someone¡¯s spare tire and being played with emotions.¡±


    Huang Zhou started. ¡°Xiao Sha is innocent and cute, she won¡¯t do this kind of thing. Don¡¯t talk nonsense if you don¡¯t understand.¡± He was a little angry.


    Pan De and Lu Xi stopped this topic and no longer made fools of themselves in front of Huang Zhou, who was deeply in teenage love.


    ¡°Have you had enough rest? Let¡¯s play football?¡± Lu Xi stood up and moved his shoulders.


    The surrounding lights illuminated the football field.


    The teenagers played soccer soundly for nearly an hour.


    ¡°It¡¯s after eight ¡­¡­ hoo ¡­¡­.¡± Pen De said, bending over.


    ¡°Are you out of energy?¡± Lu Xi¡¯s dribbling speed slowed down. ¡°Anyone? Who still wants to play?¡±


    Most of the team members said they were tired.


    ¡°Okay, that¡¯s it for today.¡± Lu Xi stopped the ball with one foot and said. ¡°Let¡¯s have bbq?¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± ¡°Shoot it!¡± ¡°Yes!¡± Everyone responded enthusiastically.


    The first person to leave the stadium was Huang Zhou, who was looking down at his cell phone: ¡°I¡¯m sorry, brothers, I won¡¯t go with you. Xiaosha is coming to me.¡±


    ¡°She¡¯s here?¡± someone asked.


    ¡°She said she¡¯s almost there.¡± Huang Zhou looked around. ¡°You guys go first, I¡¯ll wait for her here.¡±


    ¡°Ask her to have a BBQ together.¡±


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t work. Xiaosha is so simple. . . .¡±


    ¡°Damn, he¡¯s a dog who wants to be alone with a girl.¡±


    ¡°Shit, shut up, no dirty talk from now on¡­¡±


    Huang Zhou suddenly saw a figure over the side of the banyan tree and cried out: ¡°Xiao Sha! Here! Xiao Sha!¡±


    ¡°The one with curly hair down to the waist?¡± asked the No. 10 jersey.


    Huang Zhou¡¯s whole heart was on Xiao Sha. ¡°Why haven¡¯t you guys left yet? Aren¡¯t you going to eat bbq? Hurry up and go!


    The girl named ¡°Xiaosha¡± walked towards the football field. She had long, wavy, brownish-yellow hair with normal facial features, the only thing eye-catching was her shiny red lips.


    A few curious guys were disappointed upon seeing the face.


    Huang Zhou wanted to pose handsomely but recalled that Xiaoxia¡¯s timid voice as she said she was more afraid of strangers and didn¡¯t like being around other boys, he did not hold back any longer and raised his feet to meet Xiaosha.


    ¡°You¡¯re just leaving like this?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m sure you¡¯re a living example, who¡¯s more interested in a woman than friends.¡±


    ¡°Mr. Huang, don¡¯t be in a hurry.¡±


    A couple of friends joked in the background.


    ¡°Okay, that¡¯s enough.¡± Lu Xi packed up his equipment. ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡±


    Pen De was the first to follow. ¡°We¡¯ll have to order a dozen cold beers later.¡±


    The other end.


    ¡°The day before yesterday, you posted on your Moments that you wanted to watch,  I¡¯m also very interested, hehe. Let¡¯s go tonight, shall we take a taxi or take the subway?¡±


    Huang Zhou talked continuously but got no response, ¡°¡­Xiaosha?¡±


    ¡°Uh,¡± Xiaosha retracted her gaze and repeated absent-mindedly, ¡°by taxi or subway?¡±


    Huang Zhou smiled a little silly. ¡°Which one do you choose?¡±


    ¡°Are those your friends at the soccer field? Aren¡¯t we going to play with them?¡± Xiaosha bit her carefully painted red lips. Just now, she caught a glimpse of a particularly handsome guy among the group of boys.


    If only she could hook up with him and make him her boyfriend.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you hate hanging out with too many strangers?


    ¡°I¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Let¡¯s take a taxi now, and we¡¯ll be able to catch the 21:20 show.¡± Huang Zhou was full of expectations and immediately placed an order on the online car-hailing platform.


    Xiaosha: ¡°¡­ um.¡±


    ¡°Boss, another eight skewers of lamb kidney!¡±


    ¡°All right, eight skewers of lamb¡¯s kidney!¡±


    ¡°Order this stuff?¡± The person with the No. 10 jersey bumped Pan De¡¯s shoulder.


    ¡°Replenishing the kidneys?¡±


    Taking a sip of the cold beer Pan De asked: ¡°Is there a problem? Don¡¯t you know that the kidneys are very important to men?¡±


    ¡°Six, at this age, you¡¯ve entered the path of health care.¡± Several brothers cast admiring glances.


    Almost as soon as the roasted lamb kidney was served, five or six hands reached out for it.


    ¡°Are you all hungry wolves?¡± Pen De hugged the plate tightly and couldn¡¯t stop the hungry wolves from grabbing food.


    ¡°What are you grabbing for?¡± Lu Xi took a bite of the beef unhurriedly. ¡°If it¡¯s not enough, order 50 skewers again? You can order what you want.¡±


    ¡°Brother Xi is very generous!¡± ¡°Too much! A dozen skewers will be enough.¡±


    Pan De shouted: ¡°Boss, add another 20 skewers of lamb kidneys on this table!¡±


    The person with No. 4 jersey: ¡°Add a plate of roasted eggplant!


    Another one with No. 11 jersey: ¡°Four oysters!


    ¡°After eating this meal, don¡¯t forget to vote for A¡¯xi when you go back.¡± Pan De reminded his friends at the table.


    ¡°I¡¯ll vote when I get home.¡±


    ¡°I voted as soon as I saw my friends¡¯ circle this afternoon. It¡¯s not the first time that we¡¯ve been invited to the event.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I voted early!¡±


    ¡°Brother Xi, I have a question to ask,¡± The one with the No. 4 jersey asked what many people wanted to ask. ¡°You and Senior Sister Zhou Sisi¡­why are you helping her canvassing votes?¡±


    Lu Xi raised his eyes lazily. ¡°There¡¯s no reason, it¡¯s boring.¡± He rubbed the end of the bamboo stick in his hand.


    ¡°¡­As long as Brother Xi is happy.¡± The person with No. 4 jersey smiled dryly.


    The teenagers ate and drank and talked about topics among their peers.


    The sound of laughter and conversation surrounds the small square table, making it a lively place.


    ~I wonder how many votes she has now?


    He picked up a tissue, wiped his hands, and then opened WeChat.


    The number of the address book icon in the lower row has been piled up to ¡°6¡±, when Lu Xi clicked on it, a new friend.


    A lost [rabbit]


    Remarks: Hello little brother [blushing] expand a column [blush].


    Who is this? Lu Xi crossed it straight out without hesitation.


    Anyway a few others who sent requests to be friends were either didn¡¯t know each other or weren¡¯t familiar with their names on the memo. He also ignored all of them.


    Clicking into the circle of friends, Lu Xi found the news he posted four hours ago, just clicked the link to check the real-time data, and suddenly found that something was wrong.


    Why was the icon of the two people side by side missing from the left side of this moment ¡°delete¡±?


    Hold? Did I forget to block Zhou Sisi?!


    He was canvassing for Zhou Sisi, and it was going to be seen by her!


    He didn¡¯t want her to find out!


    ¡­ Lu Xi was so embarrassed that his naturally curly hair almost straightened.

 CH 20

    Finding that he didn¡¯t block Zhou Sisi account, Lu Xi quickly clicked ¡°Delete¡± the post in embarrassment.


    Within seconds, the notification bar pops up ¡°You have received a WeChat message.¡±


    Lu Xi, whose heartbeat was unstable, almost slipped off his phone.


    Well¡­ it couldn¡¯t have been from Zhou Sisi.


    With this in mind, he poked the message interface.


    Huang Zhou: Why did you delete the circle of friends?


    Huang Zhou: [Screenshot of voting page]


    Huang Zhou: Why? Are you kidding me?


    ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    Which pot should not be opened and which pot should be mentioned, Lu Xi threw a red envelope, and said ¡°roll¡±.


    (*** Idiom¡ª It¡¯s used to indicate that someone is saying or doing something that shouldn¡¯t be mentioned in front of others, or bringing up a sensitive subject, which means to find trouble for others.)


    ¡°The lamb kidneys are almost gone, how about a bunch?¡± Pan De shouted, ¡°A¡¯xi?¡±


    Lu Xi stuffed his cell phone back into his pocket, ¡°¡­¡­ no.¡±


    ¡°Brother Xi seemed to be distracted?¡± The person with the No. 4 jersey raised the dice cup and swayed around. ¡°Let¡¯s play a few games!¡±


    Lu Xi took a sip of iced coconut milk. ¡°You guys play.¡±


    The fireworks, the smell of barbecues, the sound of chatter, the riverside night-snack stand filled with delightful dinner of drinking and chatting.


    This group of teenagers blended in and squandered a lot of their summer vacation time after graduating from junior high school.


    ¡°In a few days I¡¯m going to go to Y province to play. Are any of you guys interested in forming a team?¡± The one with the No. 10 jersey shouted.


    Someone asked. ¡°How many days?¡±


    ¡°We¡¯ll go freely, let¡¯s not go with the troupe, we have to play for at least seven or eight days.¡±


    ¡°I want to go! I¡¯ll go back tonight and ask my parents if they¡¯ll let me go.¡±


    ¡°I want to go there and have a little drink at the Old Town Bar.¡±


    ¡°Oh, my God, you want to go to the bar? Count me in, I¡¯ll go too.¡±


    A group of people chatted and roughly determined the number of travelers and their itinerary.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry! Don¡¯t forget to ask Brother A¡¯xi!¡±


    ¡°Brother Xi, are you going?¡±


    Lu Xi stopped playing with his drink cup and gave a lazy ¡°ah¡±, ¡°Where to?¡±


    He had been thinking about Zhou Sisi and didn¡¯t pay attention to what they were talking about.


    The person with the No. 10 jersey: ¡°We plan to go to Y province to play in a few days, what do you say?¡±


    Lu Xi suppressed the messy thoughts like weeds.


    A few days ago, Ms. Xu asked him if he wanted to go on a trip with his friends or grandmother. Lu Xi lowered his eyelids, ¡°I¡¯ll think about it and reply tomorrow morning.¡±


    Zhou Sisi did not expect that she would be qualified as a campus ambassador.


    Receiving a notification from the school news and broadcasting department she was a little dazed.


    When she arrived at the class the next morning, she was held by the excited Yi Ting. ¡°Sisi, you¡¯ve become an ambassador! It has been announced by the official account!¡±


    She laughed so hard that one could not see her eyes, she was even more excited than she had been elected.


    ¡°Well¡­why me?¡± Zhou Sisi put down her schoolbag. ¡°My votes have not been the highest, right?¡±


    Yi Ting: ¡°I don¡¯t know, whatever, the result is the most important thing.¡±


    ¡°I heard that someone reported Gong Yao and Li Zhiqi.¡± Guo Qin in the seat threw a sentence.


    Yi Ting asked: ¡°What to report? Report them¡­ in love? These two people don¡¯t seem to have any contact?¡±


    Guo Qin was doing his homework with his head down.


    ¡°Hey, don¡¯t stop in half, say everything! It¡¯s a bit of a drag!¡± Yi Ting took his draft. ¡°Don¡¯t write it!¡±


    Zhou Sisi quietly stopped the impatient Yi Ting.


    Guo Qin, who had a good temper, looked at Zhou Sisi, treating Yi Ting as transparent as he said, ¡°Someone reported Gong Yao and Li Zhiqi for swiping votes.¡±


    ¡°Damn it! They actually swiped their votes?¡± Yi Ting was shocked.


    ¡°Swipe votes?¡± Zhou Sisi was also a little surprised.


    ¡°They did swipe the votes.¡± Guo Qin continued. ¡°After checking, they cleaned up Gong Yao¡¯s 400-odd votes and Li Zhiqi¡¯s 500 votes. The teacher in charge of the audition disqualified them from the competition.¡±


    ¡°It serves them right! Let them do these dirty tricks!¡± Yi Ting clapped her hands and asked, ¡°Reported well! By the way, who reported it?¡±


    Guo Qin was not very sure, ¡°It seems that a friend from the broadcasting department revealed that it was a man from the junior high school.¡±


    ¡°Wow, which junior is so energetic?!¡± Yi Ting took out her mobile phone and went to the post bar to try to find out if there was any relevant discussion.


    Guo Qin sternly obstructed: ¡°Don¡¯t play with your mobile phone here.¡±


    Yi Ting: ¡°Cut, I¡¯m playing with my mobile phone, how can you control me?¡±


    Guo Qin: ¡°Don¡¯t stand on the side, it seriously affects my study.¡±


    Yi Ting: ¡°Is this aisle engraved with your name or contracted by you?¡±


    Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Zhou Sisi pulled the corner of Yi Ting¡¯s clothes and said softly, ¡°Stop playing.¡±


    It was really not appropriate to stand in the classroom and play with a mobile phone.


    ¡°Okay¡­¡± Yi Ting also knew that she was wrong. It was just that whenever she met Guo Qin, she couldn¡¯t help but wonder, who asked him to rob her excellent tablemate Sisi.


    ¡°There is one more minute away from class, it¡¯s time for you to go back to your seat.¡± Zhou Sisi took out a small bag of cookies from the table. ¡°Do you want to eat?¡±


    Yi Ting instantly changed from cloudy to sunny, ¡°Yes! You¡¯ve baked cookies again!¡± Sisi¡¯s snacks were all very delicious.


    Zhou Sisi smiled, waited for Yi Ting to leave, and took out the Chinese textbook to prepare for class.


    Aware of the sight on the right, Zhou Sisi paused and took out a small bag of cookies. ¡°Would you like to try it?¡±


    ¡°Thank you.¡± Guo Qin took it solemnly.


    After such an episode, Zhou Sisi had a little guess about who the informant was. It was like a duck¡¯s feathers gliding through the thin water, leaving no trace.


    It was July.


    The seniors in the third year of high school graduated.


    Zhou Sisi and the others were upgraded to the most ¡°old¡± seniors in the school this year.


    The frequency of the word ¡°senior 3¡± was used by teachers more often, and exercises and test papers doubled.


    The summer was long, and there was no summer vacation for the prospective seniors of Huali 3 Middle School.


    At a grade meeting, the head of the department first praised the results of the previous year¡¯s entrance exams, then changed his tone and warned anxiously that there was not much time left for this year¡¯s class.


    ¡°All students must seize every second of these 310 days, follow the team closely, and study!¡±


    ¡°How can the third year of high school not be hard? I understand that some students are day students. Now is a critical moment. Starting today, day students are all required to stay for night study as well!¡±


    Zhou Sisi did so without any objection, eating dinner at school and studying in class until 9:50 every day.


    Outside the building, people sang about summer day after day.


    It was an ordinary school day in early September when Zhou Sisi met Lu Xi again.


    The teenager had tanned a little, and seemed to be a little taller. Even though he was wearing a military training suit, he still grabbed the attention of others while waiting in line.


    Wait a minute¡­


    How come Lu Xi training in the Third Middle School? Didn¡¯t he go to First middle school?


    ¡°Which class will we go to first?¡± Yuan Xuchao slowed down and waited for Zhou Sisi, who was a few steps behind.


    The two campus ambassadors were now representing the school and bringing water to the instructors of each class.


    Zhou Sisi came back to her senses, ¡°Let¡¯s start from the nearest (2) class.¡±


    ¡°Alright.¡± Yuan Xuchao said, ¡°Is the bag too heavy? I¡¯ll get it?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s not heavy.¡± Zhou Sisi changed hand to carry it.


    It was a sunny day, and the sun was blazing at 3:00.


    The wind blew through the field, turning it into a heat wave that made it hot.


    High school freshmen were standing in the sun.


    Many people noticed a man and a woman walking from afar, both wearing school uniforms, the man was handsome and the woman was beautiful.


    ¡°Hello, instructor, the school provided mineral water for you.¡± Yuan Xuchao brought water to an instructor from class (2).


    Zhou Sisi handed it to another instructor. ¡°You¡¯ve worked hard.¡±


    The two instructors thanked them.


    The two ambassadors, Yuan Xuchao and Zhou Sisi¡ªmainly Yuan Xuchao had a few polite conversations with the instructors, and then turned to the next class phalanx.


    The leading instructor of the first grade (2) class received condolences and was in a good mood, and let the students rest for a while.


    The classmates were like untenable skins, squatting, sitting, writhing.


    ¡°The two who just came are seniors, right?


    ¡°Isn¡¯t that nonsense.¡±


    ¡°They¡¯re very good-looking. What are their names? What grade?¡±


    ¡°The third year of high school. The senior¡¯s name is Yuan Xuchao, and he¡¯s school grass.¡±


    ¡°He¡¯s the school grass?¡± Someone said weakly, ¡°I don¡¯t think this senior is very handsome.¡±


    ¡°Agree. If you want to talk about handsome, Lu Xi from our class is more handsome.¡±


    ¡°Shh¡­ keep it down. I agree with you.¡±


    A small group of girls whispered to each other.


    Lu Xi, who was in the center of the topic, raised his head and took a sip of lemon tea, screwed on the lid, put his hand on the leg, and heard two or three boys¡¯ discussions¡ª ¡ª the boys were no less gossipy than the girls, and they didn¡¯t even cover up.


    ¡°¡­¡­ is so cute.¡±


    ¡°The temperament is also very good. Hey, how come there¡¯s no way to send water to our hard-working classmates?¡±


    ¡°Dream on, the school won¡¯t be so generous?¡±


    ¡°Huh¡­ I¡¯m exhausted.¡± Pan De came to Lu Xi¡¯s side, ¡°The one who just came is¡­¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s hot, stay away from me.¡± Lu Xi said in disgust.


    Pan De half swatted away, ¡°Sister Sisi was here just now.¡±


    ¡°Then?¡± Lu Xi¡¯s eyelids were half-drooping, a little tired and seemingly indifferent.


    ¡°Sister Sisi wearing a school uniform and a short skirt looked good, her legs are white¡­hiss! Why did you suddenly hit me?¡± Pan De gasped.


    Lu Xi lazily retracted his hands, ¡°Oh, stretch.¡±


    Just then a girl in behind said. ¡°The senior and sister are campus ambassadors, huh? It¡¯s a good match to stand together!¡± Because of excitement the voice was uncontrollable and a little loud.


    Match? Where to match?


    Lu Xi was unhappy, and the hard drink bottle squeaked.


    He regretted helping Zhou Sisi to run for that campus ambassador.


    No, if I had known that ambassadors were limited to one male quota¡­


    The hell with it.

 CH 21

    ()x11-14 minutes


    Most of the students would make good use of the weekend to study, running against the clock but Zhou Sisi was fine. She kept an appropriate pace at this stage, and still had time to spare on Saturday and Sunday.


    She originally planned to continue to give Lu Xi make-up lessons.


    But, now her decision was wavering.


    Yesterday, while delivering water to the military training instructor she saw Lu Xi at the track. After returning in the evening, she implicitly asked Aunt Xu about Lu Xi¡¯s high school entrance examination results.


    Aunt Xu didn¡¯t hide anything from Zhou Sisi, and sent a screenshot of his grade and all the subject scores.


    From the data¡¯s point of view, Lu Xi¡¯s high school entrance examination results were much better than those of the first and second model students, and he ranked in the top 70% of the entire school entrance examination.


    Of course, as Zhou Sisi predicted earlier, Lu Xi did not just reach the admission threshold for Huali No. 3 Middle School.


    ¡­So Aunt Xu and Uncle Lu felt very good. They sent Lu Xi to No. 3 Middle School and put him in a good class.


    A car drove past downstairs, the light and shadow sloshing through windows against the walls as it took a moment for them to go away.


    Was it really for his own good to give Lu Xi extra lessons?


    In fact, he had always been reluctant or unhappy.


    Zhou Sisi closed the notepad in which she recorded her daily plans, suspecting that her earlier actions were self-serving, a self-righteous repayment.


    ¡­ Maybe Lu Xi didn¡¯t need it at all.


    ¡°I just boiled red dates and cinnamon soup.¡± Chen Cui arrived in the room with a bowl. ¡°It¡¯s still hot, let it cool for a few minutes before drinking.¡±


    Zhou Sisi made room on the table. ¡°Thank you.¡±


    Chen Chui: ¡°What are you thanking your mother for? After drinking, go to bed early.¡±


    ¡°Alright.¡± Zhou Sisi said softly.


    On September 6, the results of the national essay contest in which Zhou Sisi participated were released.


    Nearly 40 students from the No 3 Middle School participated, and only one was awarded the first prize while the rest two were awarded third prize


    Zhou Sisi won the first prize.


    Before the red banner of honor for the English speech contest was removed, a large wide red banner with ¡°Zhou Sisi¡± on it was added to the wall.


    Students from the News and Broadcasting Department caught Zhou Sisi and did a special interview.


    After finishing the interview when Zhou Sisi walked out of the broadcasting office, she met Tang Yangzhang along with a pretty girl.


    Tang Yangzhang looked at Zhou Sisi. ¡°How long have you thought about the composition for the competition?¡±


    ¡°One day.¡± Zhou Sisi replied.


    Tang Yangzhang: ¡°How long did it take from writing to finalizing?¡±


    He was typically a competitive student who attached great importance to his studies, and Zhou Sisi¡¯s successive achievements had attracted his attention.


    ¡°Five days.¡± Zhou Sisi was not accurate enough. In fact, It took about an hour a day, and it took only three days in total.


    Tang Yangzhang was silent for two seconds and then asked, ¡°Can you help me with the make-up lessons on Saturday?¡±


    ¡°What?¡± Zhou Sisi¡¯s apricot eyes were puzzled.


    ¡°Can you find time to help me with English every Saturday?¡± Tang Yangzhang continued. ¡°I know you help Lu Xi with his tutoring.¡±


    In addition to praising Zhou Sisi for her excellent grades his parents also started praising Lu Xi who had improved significantly, several times recently.


    Even though Tang Yangzhang and Lu Xi were not in the same grade and there was no direct competition, he felt a sense of urgency.


    Tang Yangzhang didn¡¯t want Lu Xi, who had always had poor grades, to surpass him.


    Lu Xi was able to find Zhou Sisi for his make-up lessons, so why couldn¡¯t he?


    Upon hearing what Tang Yangzhang had said, Gong Yao, the companion girl who was waiting for him in the hallway couldn¡¯t help but look at Zhou Sisi again.


    This woman who stole her position as campus ambassador, her nose was not as tall as hers, and she was just a little whiter and thinner. If she hadn¡¯t been found for her vote swapping, if only she hadn¡¯t been found out by the teacher, would she be in Zhou Sisi¡¯s shoes?


    Zhou Sisi did not look very good-looking, but she still had a relationship with Lu Xi, who was more handsome than the school boy?


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, you can find someone else.¡± Zhou Sisi refused.


    Tang Yangzhang thought it was because the terms were not agreed upon. ¡°I will pay you on time, not lower than the market price.¡±


    ¡°Please find someone else.¡± Zhou Sisi avoided him.


    ¡°Crap!¡± Yi Ting dropped her spoon, and stared at her phone screen. ¡°There¡¯s a hot post saying that there are lewd guys near the school!¡±


    Qi Minhui who just took mouthful of rice in her mouth asked before swallowing it. ¡°Our school?¡±


    ¡°Yes, a female student was touched by him on her thigh ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Grandpa, hammer him!¡±


    ¡°The female classmate was frightened at the time, and when she reacted, the wretched guy slipped away.¡± Yi Ting recounted angrily, ¡°There was also a female classmate who was almost attacked, but fortunately she hid quickly. In short, seven or eight classmates have encountered that bastard!¡±


    Qi Minhui was filled with righteous indignation, ¡°I really want to kick this pervert!¡±


    ¡°They said that the perverted guy appeared suddenly and slipped very quickly. They were only able to discern that he was a thin, black man. They couldn¡¯t really see what he looked like¨C¡°


    Yi Ting took a deep breath as she continued, ¡°Damn, Sisi, how do you get home from school at night?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°I¡¯m walking¡­¡±


    ¡°Is anyone accompanying you?¡± Qi Minhui was equally worried.


    Zhou Sisi shook her head.


    There were not many day students, and there was no one in the class who was close to her or on her way to be dropped by.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you live on campus for a few days?¡± Yi Ting put down her phone.


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°There is no bed for me in the dormitory.¡±


    ¡°Squeeze a bed with me, if you don¡¯t mind.¡± Yi Ting immediately said.


    ¡°It¡¯s fine with me, too.¡± Qi Minhui followed.


    Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t want to bother others. ¡°No need.¡±


    Yi Ting asked, ¡°Can you ask your family to come and pick you up?¡±


    ¡°Well¡­¡± Zhou Sisi went over vaguely, not wanting to worry the two friends.


    Chen Cui would be on night shift in the hospital for today and tomorrow,  and will not be available to pick her up.


    The time flickered, and it was time for the third quarter of evening self-study.


    Solving the last exercise problem, Zhou Sisi put away her pen and exercise book, and organized her backpack.


    And looked up at the window.


    The night was like a splash of black ink, deep and thick, with no moon shadow or starlight.


    The class bell rang.


    Zhou Sisi drank the still warm red jujube wolfberry tea and rinsed the thermos and placed it in the bag.


    ¡°See you tomorrow.¡± Guo Qin looked up from the guide case. Like most of his classmates, he did not rush back to the dormitory, instead he raced against time to write homework in the classroom until the last moment when the teaching building was locked.


    Zhou Sisi returned with. ¡°Bye.¡±


    There was no bus at this point. As walking out of the class Zhou Sisi thought about taking a taxi home later.


    ¡°Cough¨C¡°


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s line of sight shifted, and it fell on the tall boy at the stairway, who was standing half leaning against the wall, it was Lu Xi.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t go home?¡± High school freshmen didn¡¯t have to attend evening study so Zhou Sisi was not clear how he appeared here at this time.


    Lu Xi pushed his elbows back and stood up straight as he said, ¡°¡­Ah, let¡¯s go together.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± Zhou Sisi eyelashes fluttered, vaguely with some guesses.


    The lights on the stairs were a bit dim, and students who ended their evening study passed by.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± Lu Xi said, turning around and going down the stairs.


    Zhou Sisi stood quietly for a while before walking down, a few meters behind him.


    Walking past the playground, past the second and third teaching buildings.


    Lu Xi turned back. ¡°Wait for me at the school gate.¡±


    Without waiting for her to respond, he took a big step towards the west.


    A few minutes later, Zhou Sisi, who was standing quietly on the left outside the school gate, waited for Lu Xi to come.


    He rode his sleek, simple-looking bicycle, slicing through the evening wind and night, stopped beside her and stomped one foot on the ground, ¡°Come up.¡±


    ¡°Well.¡± Zhou Sisi sat on the back seat of the bicycle, the canvas bag pressed against the hem of her skirt that exposed her knees as she replied meekly, ¡°Okay.¡±


    ¡°Hold it up.¡± Before the end of the voice fell, Lu Xi¡¯s feet exerted force, drove forward with the bicycle carrying the two of them.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s right hand buckled on the lower part of his saddle, and brought her two thin white legs together.


    Most of the key middle schools in X province were located in remote suburbs, far from the urban area, with the exception of Huali No. 3 Middle School.


    More than 120 years ago, the magistrate of the time built a piece of land along the banks of the Nujiang River, and built the Hualifu Middle School in a blaze of glory. After many trials and hardships, the name was changed, and until now, No. 3 Middle School has stood firm and insisted not to change the school site.


    Over the years, there had been a sense of prosperity in the neighborhood not far from the school.


    You had to cross an old alley first.


    There were some small flying insects and moths hanging around the old wall lamps, the light was not very bright, and a short distance away, occasionally one or two lights were extinguished.


    The trees bucked up without seeing many pedestrians.


    If one let Zhou Sisi walk this dark alley alone, she would surely be frightened.


    This part of the way back from school to their neighborhood was probably where Yi Ting said, the place where perverts would appear.


    Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t know whether there was a pervert in her last life.


    She only knew that this was the first time in her two lives to ride on Lu Xi¡¯s bike.


    The hem of his loose T-shirt was caught with the wind, his back was slightly arched forward, and his shoulders had the thinness of a young man. The short brown and chestnut hair was always a bit curly, exposing most of the auricles on both sides.


    One or two strands of disobedient hair shook in the wind. It made people feel a little dazed and a little energetic for no reason.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s pink lips curved slightly, and a warm feeling lingered in her heart.


    She remembered that many years ago, on summer nights, a group of children learned to ride bikes in the open space of the hospital¡¯s family quarters.


    Lu Xi was the youngest but the fastest to learn.


    Zhou Sisi and the other friends were still staggering and didn¡¯t dare to lift their feet off the ground, but Lu Xi was able to proudly circle around them with his small chest straightened out.


    The four-year-old cute little boy was very outrageous and laughed at her to set out and ride.


    The attempt to ride a bicycle failed, Zhou Sisi fell down with a ¡°pop¡±, and the tears swirled in pain.


    To her surprise, he dropped the bike with a thud and ran over to ask her if it hurt and to help her ¡­¡­


    ¡°Be careful.¡±


    Along with the teenager¡¯s urgent words, the speeding car ran over some obstacle and shook.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s upper body bent forward, forehead lightly hit on the back of Lu Xi, and her hand reflexively touched his waist.


    Through a thin layer of cloth, the palm of her hand could feel the warm, thin, and powerful texture of muscle.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s breath stalled slightly and she hastily retracted her hand.


    ¡°You can hold me, cough¡­¡± Lu Xi hastily changed his words, ¡°You can also hold on to the corner of my clothes.¡±


    The deep night obscured his blushing earlobes.


    Perhaps only the silent stone pavement knew about it, and the young handsome boy had clearly seen the abrupt thick wooden block.


    Still unavoidably he rushed up.

 CH 22.1

    ()x8-10 minutes


    Her touch still lingered on his waist .


    Lu Xi particularly took a long bath tonight.


    He walked out of the bathroom while wiping the wet hair, being lazy he didn¡¯t bother to use the hair dryer. He went to the balcony to get a new dry towel and returned to his room.


    The phone screen on the desktop lit up again and again.


    Lu Xi casually covered the top of his hair with a towel, grabbed his phone, and opened the ¡°Fate Sky Midnight Chat Room¡± which had been popping up with new messages.


    Huang Zong of No. 3 Middle School: Brothers, let¡¯s play?!


    Huang Zong of No. 3 Middle School: @ Xifa(juggling) @ Panda


    (Xifa ¡ª Luxi¡¯s nickname)


    Panda: Which district?


    Huang Zong of No. 3 Middle School: WeChat! Ah Xi, come quickly! @ Xifa!


    Panda: The three of us?


    Huang Zong of No. 3 Middle School : Minois honest.jpg


    Huang Zong of No. 3 middle school: Plus Xiaosha, four of us, just right.


    Panda: Bring your sister.


    Huang Zong of No. 3 middle school: hehe


    Lu Xi pressed his forehead and changed the name of the group, which he could not bear to look at, to ¡°Lu Xi and two idiots¡±


    Huang Zong of No. 3 middle school: ??


    Huang Zong of No. 3 middle school: Why did you change the group name?


    Panda: Did you board?


    ¡°Online.¡± Lu Xie dropped two words and opened the Stimulation Battlefield app.


    Entering the game lobby he agreed to the invitation sent by Huang Zhou¡¯s team.


    In front of the background of flying butterflies, Huang Zhou¡¯s game character and the female character with the nickname ¡°A Lost Rabbit¡± were wearing couples suits bought with RMB.


    ¡°Hello, little brothers.¡± The only girl in the team, ¡°a lost rabbit,¡± relayed a voice greeting.


    Pan De replied: ¡°Mmmm, good rabbit.¡±


    A Drop of water slid from Lu Xi¡¯s hair to eyelashes and fell on the keyboard.


    He wiped his long fingers casually, leaned his upper body back, nestled in the computer chair, placed his right foot on his stretched left leg, and waited impatiently for the game to start.


    ¡°Xifa little brother?¡± The voice of Xiaosha through the network was very delicate and she whispered. ¡°Why don¡¯t you speak?¡±


    Lu Xi didn¡¯t want to reply even a word.


    ¡°Maybe he didn¡¯t turn on the speaker, leave him alone.¡± Huang Zhou said. ¡°Xiaosha get ready, let¡¯s turn it on.¡±


    Desert map, there were no plants, except for buildings and low houses, there were very few shelters.


    Lu Xi didn¡¯t like to gather around to grab supplies, so as soon as he took off his umbrella he drove alone.


    Lu Xi didn¡¯t know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that this ¡°Xiaosha¡± was following him.


    Xiaosha¡¯s skills could objectively reach the average line of being a platinum tier.


    Throwing an M416 in front of him, a first aid kit, a gun butt¡­ Lu Xi didn¡¯t pick it up, he treated her like air.


    It was time to shrink the poison circle for the second time, so Lu Xi ran in the direction of Huang Zhou, trying to throw Xiaosha over.


    Halfway through, a bullet flew over. Lu Xi manipulated the character to jump and dodge. After hiding in the bunker, he quickly probed and opened the mirror in the direction of the enemy.


    AWM aimed at the enemy, and he deliberately paused for a moment.


    Unsurprisingly, Xiaosha, who did not have good agility, was shot in the head by the enemy and fell to the ground.


    Well, it was a Crown of Glory game.


    Lu Xi took the lead, predicted the path of the wooden warehouse ammunition, and fired a Magnum bullet.


    ¡õ¡õ After subsiding most of the shooting sound, the screen popped up with a prompt: You shot Three inches of Petrofish in the head with an AWM.


    Replenishing his ammunition from the woodean warehouse to eliminate the opponent.


    ¡°Little brother~help me~¡± Xiaosha, who was lying on the sand, cried softly.


    Lu Xi sorted out the equipment and drove away without looking back.


    ¡°Little brother¡­¡± Xiaosha cried a little.


    Huang Zhou, who was quite far away, was anxious: ¡°Xiaosha, how did you fall?¡±


    ¡°Axi, are you near her? Quickly help her!¡±


    Lu Xi pressed the microphone voice button with his right hand, and controlled the racing car with his left hand, ¡°No time.¡±


    ¡°Damn, Xiaosha, wait!¡± Huang Zhou shouted, ¡°I¡¯ll save you!¡±


    ¡°Boing boing -¡± the rescue time limit has passed, Xiaosha went offline.


    Huang Zhou felt distressed for his sister Xiaosha, but he dared not say a word about his brother Lu Xi, who couldn¡¯t help him.


    He was only angry for a few seconds, then sighed in frustration, Lu Xi this man had such a virtue that he could not pity jade.


    The three boys made it all the way to the finals, stimulating the fight.


    The game ended with the last two heads swept by Lu Xi in a row.


    Without waiting for the celebration of the roast chicken and fireworks to appear, Lu Xi dropped a sentence ¡°no more game¡±and without waiting for Huang Zhou to stop him, he simply quit the game.


    It was boring.


    It would be better to memorize the words Zhou Sisi assignedt¨Cfuck, I haven¡¯t seen her assigning tasks for a while.


    Did she forget to give him supplementary lessons?


    Or were you not going to make up lessons for him?


    The military training was over, and the senior year entered the regular teaching stage.


    Panda was baffled by the fact that Lu Xi, a day student who did not need to stay at evening study, stayed in the classroom for three consecutive days.


    ¡°Why are you staying here?¡±


    The other classmates who stayed in the classroom were all immersed in their studies, which made his deskmate who had nothing to do, ¡ª ¡ª Lu Xi, stand out from the rest.


    By a miraculous stroke of fate, Panda and Lu Xi entered high school and were still able to share a class.


    ¡°Self-study.¡± Lu Xi replied with a straight face.


    Pan De adjusted his glasses, ¡°How many assignments did you write? Have you opened the books on the table?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m learning with my mind.¡± Lu Xi yawned lazily, ¡°You don¡¯t understand.¡±


    Pan De: ¡°¡­Awesome.¡±


    Pan De¡¯s poker face collapsed. ¡°No, why are you taking out your phone now?¡±


    ¡°Relaxing when I¡¯m tired from studying.¡± Lu Xi pressed his thumb to unlock the fingerprint.


    Pan De: ¡°¡­¡±


    It was as if he really learned it.


    The fan was spinning on the top, and Lu Xi took a sip of lemon tea and his long finger flipped across the app pages back and forth.


    Obviously, he was killing time.


    His demeanor and behavior were upright and outrageous.


    ¡°Keep your head down, and be careful, otherwise you¡¯ll have to hand your phone over to the head teacher.¡± Pan De advised.


    Lu Xi casually opened the Sudoku game, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter, I paid for this, and I still have another one.¡±


    After the high school entrance examination, the former head teacher Lao Zhuang had returned his mobile phone, which had been detained for several months.


    ¡°¡­I almost forgot. Today¡¯s Teacher¡¯s Day, there shouldn¡¯t be a teacher coming for the evening self-study.¡±


    Pan De eagerly approached his tablemate, ¡°What¡¯s the fun in this? How about playing pesticides(King Pesticide)?¡±


    Lu Xi raised his hand and pushed his dog¡¯s head away, ¡°Complete your homework.¡±


    ¡°You didn¡¯t do it either?¡± Pan De took it for granted.


    Lu Xi pointed with his chin to the corner of the table where several exercise books were folded in and pressed on top. ¡°I¡¯m done.¡±


    ¡°Lend me to copy it later.¡± After speaking, Pan De was stunned. When did he fall down to copying Ah Xi¡¯s homework? No, since when did Axi become less of a scumbag?


    ¡°Get it yourself.¡± Lu Xi said casually, ¡°It¡¯s better to do the homework by yourself.¡±


    Pan De: ¡°¡­Man. Such words come out of your mouth, it¡¯s really like father¡¯s violation.¡±


    Lu Xi pulled the corners of his mouth and ignored him.


    After playing Sudoku for a while, he opened WeChat.


    For a contact at the top, the last message was two months ago.


    The second icon in the lower row always had a red number.


    Lu Xi clicked it.


    A lost [rabbit]


    The message: I am Xiaosha [blush] we played the game together [blush] little brother [expand a column well] [blush].


    Why this woman again?


    Why didn¡¯t WeChat have the same refusal option as QQ?


    Lu Xi was so annoyed he took a screenshot of the page and after tangling for a few seconds he sent it to Huang Zhou, who was obsessed with ¡°Xiaosha¡± ¡ª ¡ª  he couldn¡¯t make it to the key class, but the class (4) next door.

 CH 22.2

    So after sending it he closed her WeChat chat box and opened the group posts.


    As he rummaged through people¡¯s posts.


    There was a post which caught his eyes. It was posted by a high school boy he met earlier when he played football: Sneaking out of class to watch the party at the compound square.


    Lu Xi skipped the first two shoes and half-face photos, and opened the third picture.


    Huali No. 3 Middle School Teacher¡¯s Day Art Gala Program.


    First program Principal¡¯s speech.


    ¡ª ¡ª


    The fifth program, Campus Ambassadors Zhou Sisi and Yuan Xuzhao, recited ¡°Ode to Spring Silk¡±.


    Phew.


    Lu Xi locked his phone and placed it in his pocket.


    ¡°Where are you going? A¡¯xi? You¡¯re leaving me behind?¡±


    Lu Xi walked to the back door of the classroom and ignored Pan De¡¯s urgent questioning behind him.


    In the small activity room in the student union building.


    ¡°It¡¯s done.¡± Qi Minhui closed the lid of the small portable cosmetic case.


    Yi Ting turned towards Zhou Sisi¡¯s body and looked at her face, ¡°God, where did this fairy come from?¡±


    ¡°Exaggerated.¡± Zhou Sisi smiled as her watery eyes turned sideways. ¡°Thank you Minhui.¡±


    Qi Minhui twriled her wrist. ¡°No thanks, no thanks, it was my honor to help the beautiful women with makeup.¡±


    It was hard for unfamiliar people to imagine that Qi Minhui, who looked cool, straightforward, acted brightly and sometimes looked like a boy, had superb makeup skills.


    ¡°Gong Yao arrived a while before and glared at you, Sisi.¡± Yi Ting said.


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Does she have a show?¡±


    ¡°No, she is not qualified.¡± Yi Ting sat on the long table. ¡°Sisi, shouldn¡¯t your concern be why she stared at you?¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s butterfly-like long eyelashes fluttered. ¡°I don¡¯t really care.¡±


    ¡°Gong Yao must be jealous of you.¡± Yi Ting hummed.


    Qi Minhui: ¡°Sisi is open-minded and ignores those nervous people. Next time I will help Sisi get back.¡±


    ¡°No need.¡± Zhou Sisi said gently. ¡°It¡¯s time for me to go to the waiting room. Aren¡¯t you going back to the class for self-study?¡±


    Yi Ting: ¡°What self-study? How can I miss Sisi¡¯s program?¡±


    Qi Minhui: ¡°There¡¯s nothing wrong with leaving one, two or even three period of self-study.¡±


    ¡°Are you ready?¡± As Yuan Xuzhao approached the door and saw his dressed up partner, his eyes sparkled with surprise and his voice grew increasingly warm, ¡°Sisi, are you ready?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Yes. I¡¯m going over.¡± The last sentence was directed at two friends.


    Tonight¡¯s party was aimed at teachers for No. 3 Middle School, and the main performers were also teachers.


    Zhou Sisi and Yuan Xuchao¡¯s shows were special.


    ¡°How many smooth roads have been laid on a three-foot podium; how many beams and pillars have been accomplished.¡± The host said as he proceeded, ¡°Teacher, a red candle that illuminates the temple of knowledge; a spring silkworm, weaving the hope of spring.¡±


    ¡°Please enjoy the recitation of ¡®Ode to the Spring Silkworm¡¯ by campus propaganda ambassadors Zhou Sisi and Yuan Xuchao.¡±


    Stage lights dimmed.


    ¡±Like a dancing notes


    silent blackboard


    Just like your broad mind¡±


    The gentle female voice flowed slowly like water.


    In the center of the resurrected stage stood a girl wearing a light blue cheongsam studded with pink flowers.


    The rear corner of the auditorium.


    Lu Xi, who was sitting lazily, raised his eyes and was stunned.


    Unknowingly, his fingertip pressed the phone lock screen button, and he stared at¡­ Zhou Sisi on the stage without blinking.


    That was weird.


    In this not-so quiet environment, Lu Xi heard the sound of his heartbeat which was beating faster and faster.


    Until another person appeared.


    Lu Xi scratched the short hair on the back of his head and looked at the night sky and the crescent moon.


    The cell phone in his pocket vibrated rapidly, interrupting his brief ecstasy.


    It was a call from Huang Zhou. Lu Xi cut it off and returned a text message: What¡¯s the matter?


    Then Huang Zhou¡¯s messages arrived one after another on QQ, during which he played the special effect emoji that wobbled the phone¡¯s screen twice.


    Huang Zhou: ? ?


    Huang Zhou: Is this Xiaosha?


    Huang Zhou: I don¡¯t believe it.


    Huang Zhou: [poke a poke]


    Huang Zhou: Brother


    Huang Zhou: Brother, add her to see if it¡¯s really Xiaosha


    Huang Zhou: [poke a poke]


    ¡°Poke again and I will block you.¡± Lu Xi replied angrily. ¡°Got it.¡±


    ¡±¡­You have worked hard! Teacher!


    People who have dedicated their years selflessly!


    We have the utmost respect for you! ¡°


    The poetry recitation on the stage ended. There was thunderous applause from the audience.


    Lu Xi was not interested in the following programs, and left the audience on the sidelines.


    As for the location?


    He had no idea.


    However, his legs seemed to possess their own ideas, leading him to the intersection from the backstage to the third grade classroom building.


    Lu Xi stood beside the tall lamp pole.


    The chirping of insects in the grass by the roadside was no match for the music on the other side of the stage.


    At the end of the way, the lights were mottled, and his tongue touched the lower tooth socket, staring at a man and a woman who emerged together.


    When the girl didn¡¯t know what to say to the other party and showed a sweet smile, Lu Xi called out her name in a deep voice: ¡°Zhou Sisi¡ª¡±

 CH 23.1

    At the end of the poem recitation program, Yi Ting received a message from her deskmate, saying that the Roaring Beast grade director was going to inspect the classroom.


    So she hurried back with Qi Minhui and informed Zhou Sisi by text message.


    After the program, Zhou Sisi walked out of the backstage alone and ran into Yuan Xuchao who was also headed back to class on the same road.


    Both were seniors and had recently worked together on the event, so they had a lot to talk about.


    ¡°Fortunately, you were the first one to go on stage during our show just now.¡± Yuan Xuchao said.


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Huh?¡±


    ¡°After the host announced and the lights went down, I was suddenly very nervous,¡± Yuan Xuzhao half-jokingly revealed his shortcomings. ¡°If I had gone up first, I would have probably forgotten my words. How embarrassing it would be.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°I was also a little nervous.¡±


    ¡°I can¡¯t see it at all, you were doing great,¡± Yuan Xuchao said. ¡°Thanks to you, I was not nervous enough to get stuck.¡±


    ¡°No, you performed well.¡± Zhou Sisi thought for a while as she replied, ¡°It¡¯s normal to be nervous when speaking in public, and I used to be too nervous to speak out in public.¡±


    Yuan Xuchao¡¯s handsome face showed surprise at the right time. ¡°You too? How did you overcome it later?¡±


    ¡°First you have to be fully familiar with the content of the speech or recitation and spend more time preparing; secondly, if you have the opportunity, try to force yourself to go outside and speak to someone outside, either by recitation or by reading a script ¡­¡­¡±She shared her experience without reservation.


    Zhou Sisi, who was once afraid of giving speeches in front of many people, knew how troublesome this weakness was, so she became sympathetic to Yuan Xuchao, and said these words.


    ¡ª¡ªIt must be said that Yuan Xuchao was very good at getting along with Zhou Sisi without a trace.


    ¡°I will try. Thank you so much.¡± Yuan Xuchao secretly rejoiced at Zhou Sisi¡¯s increasingly soft and friendly attitude towards him. ¡°Can I call you ¡­¡­ ¡°Sisi?


    ¡°Zhou Sisi ¡ª¡±


    Yuan Xuchao¡¯s question was interrupted by a sudden male voice. He looked at the source of the sound, and found a handsome boy with a small shadow covering his face who seemed to coldly glare at himself.


    He knew the boy¡¯s name, Lu Xi.


    Strictly speaking, it was estimated that only a few people in the whole school didn¡¯t know him.


    At this moment Lu Xi¡¯s deep brow slightly frowned, his brown chestnut eyes locked Zhou Sisi, and his eyes were dark.


    Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t notice his strange expression because of the back light of the young man, and asked. ¡°Why aren¡¯t you studying in the classroom?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    Lu Xi walked towards Zhou Sisi step by step, with a face that was so beautiful that it was half clear and half obscure.


    ¡°Tomorrow morning, will you bring me breakfast?¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± Zhou Sisi was stunned but then replied, ¡°Yes.¡±


    Yuan Xuchao¡¯s face stiffened. ¡°¡­I¡¯ll go back to the classroom first.¡± He somehow regained his warm tone and said to Zhou Sisi. ¡°Goodbye.¡±


    ¡°Well.¡± Zhou Sisi responded.


    Lu Xi: ¡°Will you come to my house on Sunday?¡±


    Zhou Sisi naturally understood it as making up classes. ¡°Don¡¯t you not like make-up classes?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± Having nowhere to see Lu Xi tilted his head to look at the unlovely grass. ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡±


    Zhou Sisi asked calmly. ¡°What subjects do you want to make up for?¡±


    ¡°Whatever, cough, English and chemistry are fine.¡± Lu Xi said against his will.


    ¡°Okay. From then, this week Sunday morning.¡± Sisi always thought of the boy¡¯s goodness and wanted to help him, so of course she couldn¡¯t refuse.


    ¡°Now, you go back to the classroom for self-study.¡±


    Lu Xi hooked his thumb on the black oblique strap. ¡°Oh.¡± After taking a few steps, he turned back sloppily and said, ¡°I¡¯ll wait for you at the school gate after evening-study.¡±


    ¡°Okay, thank you.¡± Zhou Sisi¡¯s gentle smile resembled an early spring pink peach.


    These few nights, it was this enthusiastic neighbor teenager who took her home on a bicycle.


    ¡°Thanks for what ¡­¡­,¡± the teenager tsked and grunted as he walked away.


    Lu Xi rested one hand on the back of his head and looked at the curtains stained with night.


    He still hadn¡¯t figured out why he took the initiative to ask Zhou Sisi for the make-up lesson.


    Could it be that he¡­


    Buzz¡ª¡ª


    The hazy thoughts that appeared like thin lines were cut off abruptly. Lu Xi picked up the mobile phone that vibrated like death on the table and pressed the answer button. ¡°What?¡±


    ¡°How? Is ¡®she¡¯ really Xiaosha?¡± Huang Zhou didn¡¯t beat around the bush and went straight to the point and asked nervously and eagerly.


    Lu Xi, who forgot about it a long time ago: ¡°¡­I didn¡¯t ask.¡±


    ¡°Damn! Why are you so dawdling! Ask now! Immediately¡­¡±


    ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll ask now, hang up.¡±


    Lu Xi entered WeChat and clicked on add a friend request through ¡°A lost [rabbit]¡±.


    ¡°Who are you?¡± Before Lu Xi¡¯s message was sent out, a little white rabbit greeting emoji quickly popped up from the opposite side.


    Shit, what are you selling?


    A lost [rabbit]: finally added na [frown]


    Lu Xi: Who are you?


    A lost [rabbit]: hello little brother~


    A lost [rabbit]: I am Xiaosha [blush] we had chicken together the day before yesterday [blush]


    A lost [rabbit]: You are amazing~

 CH 23.2

    He closed his eyes, his face was full of disgust, and he almost added her to the block list.


    But was afraid that it wasn¡¯t enough for Haung Zhou to believe, so in order to make the hammer more solid, he endured the disgust and knocked down: Send voice chat.


    A lost [rabbit]: Huh? Do you want to have a voice call with me?


    Lu Xi: Send a voice message


    A lost [rabbit]: [blush] [blush] [blush]


    After a while.


    A lost [rabbit]: [34 second voice message]


    He turned on the screen recording function, recorded the chat history with this [rabbit] from front to back, opened the voice message, and recorded it together with the other party¡¯s boring words.


    After that he immediately sent the video to Huang Zhou, and dragged ¡°a lost [rabbit]¡± into the blacklist without any hesitation.


    Not in a hurry to sleep, he idly brushed up his Moments for a while, and then turned to QQ space.


    It was not that he was very worried that Huang Zhou would break up with him because of this crap.


    What is this stuff? Huali No. 3 Middle School Confession Wall?


    ¡­Perfect, it was like the absolute force was added when Panda borrowed his mobile phone to play in the afternoon.


    The panda was very noisy. If there was nothing to do, he would go to the confession wall to spy on whether anyone was expressing love to him from the air.


    Pull down in a row.


    Six of the ten posts were from Huali No. 3 Middle School¡¯s confession wall.


    All were in the form of chat box screenshots without text.


    He roughly scrolled around, wondering how these classmates could be so boring?


    All night long, my sorrows in spring and autumn, flooded with love?


    Just as he was about to delete this confession wall, he inadvertently swiped his finger.


    Refreshing the wall.


    Huali No. 3 Middle School Confession Wall: [Screenshot of chat box]


    Lu Xi¡¯s 5.1 and 5.2¡¯s eyes were very familiar to the avatars in the screenshots.


    Raising his eyebrows, he clicked on the big picture of the chat screenshot.


    No. 2 yellow jersey avatar: Passion doesn¡¯t buy emotion.


    No. 2 yellow jersey avatar: sincerity may not be exchanged for sincerity


    No. 2 yellow jersey avatar: Love is something, don¡¯t touch it if you¡¯re not sure.


    No. 2 yellow jersey avatar: so fucking painful


    ¡°¡­¡± Lu Xi half-squinted his eyes, his expression similar to that of the old man in the subway looking at the mobile phone.


    That was right, this unique avatar and this chat bubble could only be Huang Zhou.


    ¡­ Where did Huang Zhou go to find all these sentimental sentences?


    Tucao returned to Tucao, but Lu Xi felt a little sympathy for Huang Zhou in his heart.


    (Tucao- complaint finding a loophole or key word in the language or behavior of the other party as an entry point, and sending out a mocking emotion or question)


    But if Huang Zhou didn¡¯t reply to his news, it was hard for him to get along with them ¨C he had to take care of Huang Zhou¡¯s face. After all, he was half a foot involved in the emotional dispute between Huang Zhou and [Rabbit].


    Damn, What the hell is this?


    Next second.


    Huang Zhou: [tears] [tears] [tears]


    Huang Zhou: Am I not good enough for Xiaosha? Not good enough?


    Huang Zhou: How could she trample my sincerity?


    Huang Zhou: Fuck love!


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°If you want to open up, Dad invites you to dinner.¡± Lu Xi sent a large red envelope over.


    The sad Huang Zhou accepted the red envelope and returned a series of crying emojis.


    On a midsummer night, the wind blew away the dark curtains, but it could not dispel the heat in the house.


    The lights were as white as water.


    The light scent of evening primrose lingered on the nose.


    Lu Xi through the curling fog saw the scattered clothes at the foot of the bed.


    One was a cheongsam with pink flowers printed on a light blue background.


    Was this where the scent emanated from?


    ¡ª¡ª No.


    Lu Xi found himself kneeling on the mattress, the touch on his hands was soft and warm. It was from a girl¡¯s waist.


    He was bumping deeply and shallowly ¡­¡­


    The fog that emerged from nowhere seemed to slowly fade away.


    ¡°Um¡­¡­¡±


    The voice which was soft like misty rain felt very familiar.


    ¡°Ah¡­Axi¡­¡±


    The girl¡¯s white fingers pulled up her scattered messy hair from her cheek as she turned her head back, causing Lu Xi to tremble.


    This face was clearly of Zhou Sisi.


    Lu Xi abruptly opened his eyes and looked straight at the chandelier on the ceiling in the dim morning light.


    When the dream had receded, he raised his hand and wiped his burning face, and he awoke completely.


    He rolled over to get up, but the slight discomfort between his legs made his movements pause for a while.


    ¡­Crazy ball.


    Grabbing a handful of hair, he put on his slippers, pulled clean trousers from the closet, and walked to the bathroom.


    The warm water splashed down on his face.


    Lu Xi raised his head, his wet curly forehead hair was messy, and his adam¡¯s apple trembled under the thin pinkish skin.


    Fuck fuck.


    Forget that dream, forget that dream¡­ forget forget¡­


    Lu Xi frowned, his wet hands banged wildly against the tile walls and his elbows carelessly swept across the ledge.


    The bottles and cans clattered to the ground.


    ¡°Son? What¡¯s wrong with you?¡± Ms. Xu Xuelin¡¯s voice sounded from the living room. ¡°Did you fall down?¡±


    ¡°Squeak! Don¡¯t you fall unconscious?¡±


    ¡°¡­No.¡± Lu Yi raised his hand and pulled his wet hair back, responding irritably.


    Xu Xuelin mumbles from outside, ¡°You¡¯re taking a shower?¡±


    ¡°You bastard, you¡¯re too sloppy to make such a loud noise in the morning.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m going to work.¡±


    ¡°You can make your own breakfast.¡±


    As soon as Lu Xi heard ¡°Breakfast¡±, he thought that Zhou Sisi would come for make-up lesson and bring breakfast on the way, and then once again¡­ the heart-disturbing fragment popped up in his mind.


    Shit.


    Looking down at a certain place, he was so annoyed that he slapped the innocent wall again.

 CH 24.1

    On Sunday morning, Zhou Sisi received a call from the head teacher.


    ¡°Sisi, since your home is close to the school, come over at eight o¡¯clock to help the teacher mark the exam papers, okay?¡±


    ¡°I ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°There¡¯s a lot of work to be done, the higher-ups are pushing hard, it just so happens that yours, Qi Minhuo¡¯s and Guo Qin¡¯s home are not far from school, so come over here, okay?¡±


    Having left with no options Zhou Sisi could only agree, and hurriedly sent a WeChat message to Lu Xi before leaving, saying that the make-up class this morning was canceled.


    It wasn¡¯t until after correcting the math papers of the two classes that Zhou Sisi received a reply from the other side: Oh.


    In summer the temperature rose early and the office was a bit stuffy and hot.


    Zhou Sisi rubbed her eyes and stood up for a short rest.


    ¡°Are you tired?¡± Wu Lan was also dazzled by the computer screen and twisted her upper body twice in position.


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°It¡¯s okay. I am not too tired.¡±


    ¡°My wrists and eyes are tired.¡± Guo Qin said. ¡°It¡¯s so hot, teacher.¡±


    Wu Lan patted her head as she said, ¡°How come I forgot to turn on the air conditioner? Is 25¡ãC okay?¡±


    ¡°Mm.¡± Zhou Sisi had no opinion.


    Guo Qin volunteered. ¡°Teacher, I¡¯ll turn it on.¡±


    ¡°Sisi, go next door to see how they are doing.¡± Wu Lan ordered.


    On the way to another office, Zhou Sisi looked at the lush green branches outside the corridor.


    This one was from a banyan tree, the other one was a mango tree, and there was only one in the neighborhood.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s eyes moved, she seemed to have forgotten to bring Lu Xi breakfast.


    ¡­Speaking of not going for make-up classes this morning, so it should be about the same as no breakfast by default. He shouldn¡¯t be hungry.


    What was she thinking? He was not a three-year-old child.


    Zhou Sisi shook her head and smiled, from her inexplicable guilt and concern.


    ¡°Sisi!¡± Qi Minhui, who came back from the bathroom, shouted, ¡°How many copies did you finish?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Two classes.¡±


    ¡°You are very fast.¡± Qi Minhui gave a thumbs up.


    While they were talking, they entered the office where Qi Minhui and other three students were correcting their papers.


    ¡°You¡¯re here too.¡± Yuan Xuchao, who was sitting at the second computer desk at the entrance, looked surprised, ¡°What question did you correct?¡±


    Zhou Sisi glanced at his screen before replying, ¡°18 questions. We have different subjects.¡±


    Due to the urgency of switching the monthly exam paper to paperless, because of the anonymous paperless marking system, other teachers also called on students to be helpers.


    Yuan Xuchao: ¡°Which subject?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Physics.¡±


    ¡°Oh. Science should be more difficult to correct than our history, thank you for your hard work.¡± Yuan Xuchao¡¯s words were very clever.


    Zhou Sisi replied honestly: ¡°Not necessarily.¡±


    Under the same amount of questions, the subjective questions of liberal arts were sometimes more difficult to correct than the fill-in-the-blank questions of science.


    The boy at the last table looked at Zhou Sisi and asked Yuan Xuchao, ¡°Which class is this girl from?¡±


    ¡°Science key class.¡± Yuan Xuchao replied vaguely.


    ¡°Hey classmate, are you from class 1, class 2 or class 3?¡± The boy winked his left eye and directly asked Zhou Sisi.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s expression was calm and replied. ¡°Class 1.¡±


    Yuan Xuchao was displeased with the interjection of his classmate and brought up a new topic. ¡°Sisi, do you want to go for a barbecue at noon? Wanda has a new Korean barbecue joint, which is very good ¨C Qi Minhuo, Liu Hua, will you come together?¡±


    Qi Minhui, who was not familiar with Yuan Xuchao at all, pointed at herself in confusion, ¡°Me?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not going.¡± Zhou Sisi said apologetically. ¡°I¡¯m going home for dinner.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not going either.¡± Qi Minhuo immediately stated.


    Yuan Xuchao was a little embarrassed. ¡°Okay.¡±


    Liu Hua, the boy at the back table, grinned crookedly. ¡°Beauty, give us some face, look at Yuan Xuchao he wants you to go.¡±


    Qi Minhuo would not think that this ¡°beauty¡± referred to herself.


    Zhou Sisi simply ignored the unorthodox comment from a strange classmate: ¡°Teacher Wu asked me to ask about your progress in grading papers.¡±


    After going home for lunch, Zhou Sisi sent a text message to Lu Xi before the lunch break: At three o¡¯clock in the afternoon, I¡¯ll come for the make-up lesson, okay?


    After waiting for a long time, there was no reply from the other end.


    When she was about to fall asleep in a daze, her phone vibrated twice.


    Lu Xi: Oh.


    ¡­the boy¡¯s temper is really bad.


    Zhou Sisi curled her lips helplessly. The sleepiness she had accumulated dissipated, so she simply got up and did a handwritten copy of the theme of the campus culture festival assigned by her teacher.


    At 2:57, Zhou Sisi stood in front of Lu Xi¡¯s house with a slight frown.


    After knocking several times, the door was still not open.


    She leaned close to the door of Lu Xi¡¯s house and listened.


    There seemed to be no movement inside.


    Is he still taking a nap?


    Bowing her head, she opened the contact list from her phone.


    There was a faint sound of thudding under the corridor which seemed to be getting closer and closer, wondering who was running up the stairway.


    She turned to the stairs.


    Unexpectedly, she saw Lu Xi who strode up.


    He rested his hands on his knees, bowed his upper body, his short hair was messy, and there were beads of sweat on his temples.


    Like running a long distance, or experiencing intense exercise.


    ¡°I¡­ came back¡­¡± As he raised his face, the corners of his lips were bruised, and the cheeks were red and swollen.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s heart skipped a beat, and noticed that the front of his white T-shirt was dirty, and there were also inch-long red bloodstains on his arms. ¡°You went to fight?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± Lu Xi was speechless, and there was an inexplicable lapse that blocked his throat.


    She silently waited for his reply.


    The sound of cicadas and hot light poured in from the corridor window, and the air gradually solidified.


    Zhou Sisi pursed her lips and turned to leave.


    But her wrist suddenly tightened.

 CH 24.2

    ¡°Let go.¡± Zhou Sisi narrowed her eyes, and the boy¡¯s clearly articulated hand was clasping her wrist.


    ¡°¡­Aren¡¯t you not going to take the make-up class?¡± Lu Xi asked.


    Contrary to his stubborn action and the hot fingertips, the tone of his voice was somewhat pitiful.


    ¡°No.¡± Zhou Sisi was expressionless. ¡°You are not interested in studying anyway.¡±


    The voice was as gentle as always, and it fell into Lu Xi¡¯s ears, but it made him a little flustered. ¡°Interested, I have the heart to learn.¡±


    Zhou Sisi glared at Lu Xi. ¡°You have the heart to fight?¡±


    ¡°I¡­¡± Lu Xi said, ¡°I wasn¡¯t late, I came back before three o¡¯clock.¡±


    ¡°Let go of your hand.¡±


    ¡°No, I won¡¯t.¡±


    ¡°Let go.¡±


    ¡°No¡­¡±


    Zhou Sisi tried hard to release her wrist from his clutch.


    Her body has always been relatively delicate, and her strength was far less than his. Seeing the red mark on her thin white wrist, Lu Xi was reluctant to exert force and let go.


    As soon as he let go, his long legs straddled, he opened his hands in a big ¡°one¡± shape and blocked her way home with his body.


    ¡°You can¡¯t go. Help me with my classes.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°¡­¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°I¡¯ll open the door, you can¡¯t sneak away.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°¡­¡±


    He fished out the key with his right hand, fearing that she would slip away, he lightly clasped her wrist with his left hand.


    The thumb and middle finger formed a circle, and there was still room for the wrist that encircled her.


    It was as thin as if it could be broken with a little effort. As a gap of light flashed, this thought flashed through Lu Xi¡¯s mind.


    The door was quickly twisted open.


    Zhou Sisi broke away from the clasp of his fingers. ¡°Won¡¯t you go in?¡±


    ¡°¡­Oh.¡± Lu Xi¡¯s face was a little hot, and he went in to change his shoes.


    Lu Xi stood at the entrance, looking as if he were waiting for her to enter the room with him.


    ¡°You don¡¯t change your clothes?¡± Zhou Sisi was a little angry and a little helpless, ¡°Don¡¯t you have to treat the wounds?¡±


    ¡°Oh, I¡¯m on my way-¡± Lu Xi walked to the room, not forgetting to turn his head, ¡°You are not allowed to run away!¡±


    ¡°¡­¡± Zhou Sisi sat down on the sofa in the living room.


    In the rectangular glass tank, one of the laziest goldfish, with its open and closed muzzle was close to the tank wall, and its bulging eyelids remained motionless.


    Zhou Sisi thought it was funny, and looked at it with a smile on her lips.


    Lu Xi, who came out after changing his clothes, saw this scene, and with regained courage he asked boldly, ¡°Can you help me apply medicine?¡± Without thinking.


    Zhou Sisi put away her smile and after a while, ¡°Yes.¡±


    After receiving this response, Lu Xi immediately went back to the room and took out a small bag of medical supplies, put them in Zhou Sisi¡¯s hand, and sat down beside her.


    Zhou Sisi unpacked the plastic bag, carefully counted, inside iodine, medicinal wine, bandages, cotton swabs, etc..


    ¡°Everything is quite complete.¡± Zhou Sisi frowned, ¡°It seems that you often fight?¡±


    Lu Xi touched his ear, ¡°No, very little. I don¡¯t like fighting.¡±


    Zhou Sisi slanted her face, and her moist almond eyes looked at him quietly.


    Her eyes seemed to be filled with ¡°I don¡¯t believe you¡±.


    Lu Xi was a little embarrassed and anxious, ¡°I started today because¡ª¡±


    After Huang Zhou found out the last time that Xiaosha had hooked up with his brother, he was very heartbroken and sad. After being decadent for two days, he still had the slightest bit of unwillingness to give up, and planned to ask Xiaosha out on the weekend to ask her face to face.


    At noon on Sunday, Nanhu Park, the sun was very hot, which not only made the surrounding dry, but it also completely dried Huang Zhou¡¯s heart out.


    Before he and Xiaosha had time to talk, a boy with dyed purple hair and earrings sprang out from the woods.


    The first sentence that came out of his mouth was to scold him: ¡°Damn it! Dare to pick up my woman! See if I do not kill you!¡±


    Huang Zhou didn¡¯t react at first, and after a few profanity-laced curses from purple hair, he couldn¡¯t believe it: Xiaosha has a boyfriend. They¡¯ve been talking for over a year.


    Xiaosha had a boyfriend, why did she take the initiative to add him in the game in the first place? why did she often double row with him, why did she often initiate [hug] action to him?


    Why make so much ambiguous and sweet belonging to them?


    ¡°I didn¡¯t know she had a boyfriend.¡± Huang Zhou explained while suppressing his anger.


    He saw Xiaosha desperately shaking her head and winking at an angle invisible to purple hair, begging him not to expose her conduct.


    ¡°We didn¡¯t get together either.¡± Huang Zhou had some softness in his heart after all, and didn¡¯t say anything about the hundreds of pampering and teasing this girl had done to him.


    The purple hair was totally unreasonable, pointing at Huang Zhou and cursing with foul language.


    Originally, Huang Zhou thought that he was a little wrong, and he was strong enough to endure it. As a result, the other party cursed more and more, the words were unpleasant, and he also brought his parents and ancestors.


    ¡°Have you said enough?¡± Huang Zhou brushed away the hand of purple hair, which was pointing at his nose.


    Purple hair was even more aggressive, and fiercely said that he was the boss of a certain vocational high school, and that he was looking for his younger brother to fight Huang Zhou. ¡°Bloody bastard! You don¡¯t know who I am until you fight!¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s the point of bullying a young with the many?¡± Huang Zhou¡¯s face did not allow him to back down, and he forced his bluff.


    Purple hair was impulsive and conceited. ¡°Call if you have a brother! Today I will make you bastard crawling to apologize to me!¡±


    In order not to be beaten or defeated, Huang Zhou anxiously turned and called Lu Xi, who had the most loyal and powerful friends, for help.


    Without saying a word, Lu Xi called out a few friends who usually play football together and just had time to go to ¡°support¡±.


    There were six boys on the purple hair side. Lu Xi¡¯s side plus Huang Zhou had a total of four people, they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.


    ¡°It¡¯s not too late to crawl and apologize.¡± The purple hair was digging his ear holes with his pinky finger, sarcastically, ¡°Do you apologize?¡±


    A cadre of minions cooperated with a jeering sound, ¡°Apologize no?¡± ¡°Hahahaha ¡­¡­¡± ¡°Crawl on the ground!¡±


    ¡°Shh¡ª¡± Lu Xi put his index finger on his rosy lips, ¡°The noise makes my head hurt. Didn¡¯t you say fight?¡±


    ¡°The one who lost the fight will apologize to the other party. What did this purple hair say just now¡ª¡ª¡± Lu Xi glanced lazily at Huang Zhou.


    ¡°Axi, he said,¡± Huang Zhou didn¡¯t have the confidence to say, ¡°I want to ¡®crawl¡¯ to apologize.¡± Although Axi¡¯s fist was hard, there were many people on the other side, and they were all idiots who fought all day¡­


    ¡°Well.¡± Lu Xi tilted his head slightly, and pressed the tip of his tongue against his cheek, ¡°The loser apologizes like that.¡±


    There were not many pedestrians in the park at noon.


    The road was sprinkled with the scorching shine of midsummer.


    The teenager in the white T-shirt was more fearless and arrogant than summer.

 CH 25

    Lu Xi twirled his wrist. ¡°After this fight, the grievances are written off, and neither side can make trouble for the other side, can it be done?¡±


    ¡°Hehe, what can¡¯t be done?¡± The purple haired person responded.


    ¡°Come on.¡± Lu Xi raised his chin lightly.


    The purple haired person made a gesture, and five minions followed him and rushed up to greet him.


    The melee lasted thirteen minutes.


    Except for Xiaosha, who was huddled in the shade of a tree, the members of both sides were all painted with colored flowers.


    It looked as if the two sides were even, or could say the purple-haired side was slightly better.


    Lu Xi grabbed the Purple hair¡¯s right hand and blocked his left. Purple hair clasped Lu Xi¡¯s neck.


    ¡°Let go!¡± No one thought it was purple hair that wouldn¡¯t hold up and be the first to beg.


    Lu Xi said with a wry smile, ¡°Admiting defeat?¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t say it.¡± The purple hair looked grim and muffled his voice.


    Lu Xi snorted and raised his eyebrows, ¡°Are you admitting defeat?¡± A cold metal piece flashed between the fingers that was close to the purple-haired arm.


    ¡°Huh¡­¡± Purple hair squeezed out between his teeth, ¡°I admit defeat.¡±


    There was nothing he could do. The knife he had hidden between his fingers was found by Lu Xi and was taken away from him.


    The rules on the rivers and lakes(gang) said that it was a bare-handed fight, whoever used a weapon or hidden weapon was a coward, and was inferior to others and was not worthy of being a fool.


    Purple-hair didn¡¯t want to lose face in front of his minions.


    The purple hair would rather crawl and apologize, since he wasn¡¯t the only one to crawl, and the minions also had to follow.


    ¡°Brothers, apologize.¡±


    With a half-swollen face, the purple hair squatted down in humiliation and put his hands on the sunburned ground.


    A white sneakers foot strode diagonally, on the ground, blocking his hand.


    Purple hair clenched his hands into fists, gritted his teeth and raised his head, thinking that the leader of the other party was going to add some way to mock him


    ¡°This posture is ugly.¡± The boy said casually. ¡°Get up and stand well.¡±


    Purple hair: ¡°I¡­¡±


    ¡°You and that Xiaosha are really your girlfriend?¡± Lu Xi glanced at the curly-haired girl not far away and said, ¡°You don¡¯t know her virtue?¡±


    Purple hair: ¡°What do you mean?¡±


    ¡°This brother,¡± Lu Xi patted Huang Zhou¡¯s shoulder, ¡± was lugged by that Xiaosha, thinking she was single, snort, stupid.¡±


    ¡°Damn, who¡¯s stupid?¡± Huang Zhou subconsciously rebuked.


    Lu Xi pulled the corners of his mouth. ¡°I didn¡¯t say it was you.¡±


    ¡°¡­ ¡± The purple-haired person¡¯s brain spun a few times.


    This person said he was stupid? Where he ¡­¡­ mother fucker! Xiosha, this female cousin dared to green him?!


    Purple-hair angrily went to Xiaosha to settle the account, and sincerely apologized to Huang Zhou.


    When the crowd was gone, the suffocating Huang Zhou wanted to dispel his sorrow, and asked Lu Xi to drink.


    Lu Xi glanced at the time, then his expression changed instantly. ¡°Go on by yourself! It¡¯s time for me to go back for my make-up lessons!¡±


    Before the words were finished, the person had already rushed dozens of meters away.


    Therefore, this was a scene now where Lu Xi and Zhou Sisi were sitting on the sofa together.


    Lu Xi roughly explained the cause and result of the fight in a few words, omitting the part about Xiaosha hitting him up, as well as the words he said before and after the fight.


    He was afraid that Zhou Sisi would find him childish.


    ¡°¡­Does it hurt?¡± Zhou Sisi thought that there was nothing wrong with Lu Xi in this matter, at most he was a little impulsive.


    Lu Xi felt her manner softened and he was secretly delighted, and his starry eyes squeezed out a little wetness. ¡°It hurts a bit.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t fight again in the future.¡± Zhou Sisi took out the iodine from the bag.


    Lu Xi was obedient. ¡°Well, no fighting.¡± In the heart quietly added: The premise is that others don¡¯t come to provoke or do things.


    ¡°Turn your face around.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    Lu Xi obediently faced Zhou Sisi, one hand propped up on the sofa.


    The boy¡¯s skin was very white, and the injuries on his face were obvious at first glance, but they were not serious.


    She dipped the cotton swab in iodine and meticulously disinfected his wound.


    While her mind drifted away, she didn¡¯t quite understand why she was angry when she saw Lu Xi¡¯s injury earlier.


    All she had to do was be nice to him and repay him, she shouldn¡¯t interfere in his personal affairs.


    ¡­It¡¯s probably because I¡¯ve been in contact with him a lot recently, so I can¡¯t help but feel worried.


    She found the reason for herself.


    After all, he was the neighbor¡¯s brother who she grew up with.


    The wound around the corner of the mouth has bruises and blood marks, it should be very painful, she carefully handled it.


    Even sitting, Zhou Sisi was much shorter, and Lu Xi relentingly bowed his head.


    The warm breath lightly fluttered on his delicate chin, itching in his chest.


    The fragrance of her black lacquered hair was faint, like the scent of peach blossoms that have been nourished by rainwater after the dark clouds have been removed.


    The vertical air conditioner in the corner regularly delivered cool air.


    But Lu Xi still felt a little hot. Thirst gushed from the bottom of his heart.


    The hand propped up on the sofa clenched into a fist, his gaze fixed on Zhou Sisi¡¯s pink lips, and then his gaze darkened little by little like the night falling.


    ¡°Turn your face to the right.¡± Zhou Sisi focused all her attention on the injury on Lu Xi¡¯s cheek.


    Lu Xi¡¯s body trembled almost invisibly, and he returned rationally and did so in a muffled voice.


    ¡°Shall I use Yunnan Baiyao spray or tincture for swelling and pain relief?¡± Zhou Sisi asked.


    Lu Xi: ¡°Spray.¡± He didn¡¯t like the smell of swelling-relieving tincture, it smelled like foot odor mixed with expired gold spun.


    After finishing with the wound on his face she stepped back a little. ¡°Okay, for hand you can do it yourself.¡±


    ¡°No! Cough, there should be a wound on the back.¡± Lu Xi said. ¡°I can¡¯t reach it.¡±


    She slightly pursed her lips, and a little angry at him for not taking care of himself and making so many injuries. ¡°Turn around and lift your clothes.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡± Lu Xi quickly lifted up the hem of his clothes with his long fingers, accidentally rubbing against the wound, ¡°Hi¡ª¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t rush.¡± Zhou Sisi was a little helpless.


    She remembered that she also helped him with medicine in her last life.


    It was later than the present time. At that time he was in his sophomore year and she was in the summer vacation between freshman and sophomore years.


    One day, Zhou Sisi bumped into Lu Xi who had an injury on his hand in the corridor, and in the spirit of childhood playmates and neighbors, cared a few words.


    He said lightly: ¡°It¡¯s okay, I fell.¡±


    At that time, their intersection was actually not as much as in this life.


    Noticing the unnatural movement of his arm, she thought that Aunt Xu and Uncle Lu were away on business, she felt sympathy in an instant as she had said: ¡°I¡¯ll go to the hospital with you for a check-up.¡±


    Lu Xi seemed to be stunned for a moment. ¡°Oh.¡±


    Getting out of the community, they had booked a car online.


    Entering the hospital, registration, face-to-face consultation, filming ¡­¡­ Zhou Sisi had made him sit down because he was injured, and ran a lot of processes for him.


    The diagnosis given by the doctor at that time was that Lu Xi had several abrasions and scratches on his right hand and a fractured forearm joint.


    ¡°What are you going to do during this time?¡± Zhou Sisi had even asked on the way back. ¡°Why don¡¯t you come to my house for dinner?¡±


    Lu Xi then looked at the splint fixed on his arm. ¡°No need.¡±


    That evening, Zhou Sisi brought an insulated lunch box and knocked on his door.


    According to the doctor¡¯s orders, she had to medicate his wound first.


    ¡°I¡¯ll do it myself.¡± Lu Xi had pulled out a distance of half a meter.


    As a result, the left hand was not flexible enough, and the wound on the right hand that had just coagulated with blood scabs was pierced.


    The bright red blood gurgled and seeped out.


    Zhou Sisi felt pain when she saw it, and once again offered to help him apply medicine.


    Only this time, the meal was also delivered.


    The very next day, Zhou Sisi had knocked on the door again. But Lu Xi was no longer at home, leaving a note at the door saying he had gone to his grandmother¡¯s house.


    During her previous life, Lu Xi was a bit stubborn and didn¡¯t like to trouble others; but now, he would gasp because of the pain, and would take the initiative to ask her to help him deal with the wound¡­


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s slender eyelashes fanned, maybe it was because he was still young?


    The mobile phone in the canvas bag suddenly emitted a ringing tone.


    Zhou Sisi put down the medicine spray bottle, bent over and took out her mobile phone. The screen displayed a call from Chen Cui, ¡°Mom.¡±


    But the person speaking on the other side was not Chen Cui, but an unfamiliar old man¡¯s voice.


    The old man speaks a minority language among the many dialects in Huali City. The person spoke a lot of words, but Zhou Sisi only understood the two words ¡°your¡± and ¡°mom¡±.


    ¡°Sorry, I don¡¯t understand, can you speak Mandarin?¡± Zhou Sisi frowned slightly.


    Lu Xi next to him cast a silent question.


    As if anxious, the old man raised the volume and croaked again.


    ¡°Try if you can understand.¡± Zhou Sisi whispered to Lu Xi, switching the handset mode to hands-free.


    Lu Xi listened hard and grabbed the back of his head, ¡°I don¡¯t understand.¡±


    There was a language barrier, she couldn¡¯t do anything about it and was helpless, and dared not hang up the call from Chen Cui¡¯s mobile phone.


    ¡°Hey! Your mother, the car hit and fell to the ground.¡±


    The old man switched to non-standard Mandarin with a heavy accent and spoke incoherently.


    ¡°In the hospital, Huali People¡¯s Hospital.¡±


    With a bang in her head, Zhou Sisi¡¯s feet staggered, her face was as pale as paper, ¡°I¡¯ll go right over.¡±


    The phone on the other side has hung up.


    ¡°I¡¯ll go with you.¡± Lu Xi stood up.


    Zhou Sisi shook her head as she said, ¡°You are injured, take a rest at home.¡± She picked up her backpack with trembling hands and hurried out.


    Lu Xi was worried, and clasped her slender wrist with a warm hand. ¡°I¡¯ll take you to the gate of the community and take you to the car.¡± Rarely, did he display a little toughness in front of her.

 CH 26

    After paying the money and alighting the car, she ran straight into the People¡¯s Hospital.


    Chen Cui was hit by a car¡­ Chen Cui was hit by a car¡­


    On the way, her head repeated this same sentence again and again as a layer of cold sweat covered her back and forehead.


    How could she get into a car accident?


    She didn¡¯t gamble again, so how could she get into a car accident?


    She passed away in a car accident in her last life¡­


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s eyes were red and she couldn¡¯t stop thinking about the mess.


    As running to the open space between the surgical building and the outpatient building, Zhou Sisi pursed her lips and dialed Chen Cui¡¯s mobile phone.


    The voice prompt said the other party had turned off the phone.


    ¡°Hello, I¡¯m ¡®Chen Cui¡¯s¡¯ daughter¡¯, can you help me find out where ¡®Chen Cui¡¯ is? Who arrived at the hospital today? ¡± Zhou Sisi ran to the information desk and asked the staff anxiously.


    The staff member raised his hand indifferently and showed a direction, ¡°Go to the emergency room consultation desk and ask.¡±


    ¡°Thank you!¡± After thanking she turned around and hurried away.


    When reaching the consultation desk on the emergency department floor, she asked the staff again.


    ¡°Chen Cui?¡± The staff member raised his eyes, ¡°Your ID number and hers.¡±


    She reported them in turn.


    The staff tapped on the keyboard for a moment, ¡°Chen Cui, at 15:36 registered with the emergency department, at 16:02 registered with the trauma orthopedic department.¡±


    After bowing and saying thanks, she checked the departmental distribution map and jogged towards the trauma orthopedics department with her backpack.


    There were many people queuing up for the elevator on the first floor of the surgical building. Zhou Sisi couldn¡¯t wait and chose to walk upstairs. Passing by many sick patients, family members and medical staff, she was breathless and finally reached the seventh floor of the surgical building.


    ¡°Hello¡­ may I ask¡­¡±


    ¡°Sisi? Sisi¡ª¡±


    Following the voice, Zhou Sisi turned her head and saw Chen Cui sitting in the corridor.


    ¡°What are you doing here?¡±


    ¡°Are you all right?¡±


    The mother and daughter asked each other at the same time.


    ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡± Chen Cui pulled her daughter to sit down, ¡°The battery car was not fast ¨C did the owner of the car call you?¡±


    Zhou Sisi drops her eyes, blinking away the watery mist in her eyes, ¡°Hmm.¡±


    ¡°He probably saw me pass out ¡­¡­,¡± said Chen Cui, a little embarrassed.


    The moment the battery car collided, her head replayed the vivid vision of the car crash that she had dreamt about last time, and then she fainted due to fright.


    ¡°When I woke up at the hospital, I found that my phone was dead and turned off automatically.¡± Chen Cui said, ¡°I saw that Uncle had something to do, so I let him go.¡±


    ¡°It made my daughter worry.¡±


    Zhou Sisi asked, ¡°Are you uncomfortable anywhere? Did you have a checkup?¡±


    ¡°Uncle helped me register and sent me for a series of tests, and nothing happened.¡±


    ¡°Now waiting for the last C.T., and I¡¯ll be fine. Don¡¯t worry. Just a little bruise on the right knee and right finger.¡± Chen Cui pointed at her knees and spread out her palm.


    After pausing for a few seconds, Chen Cui added, ¡°I didn¡¯t go to play mahjong today either. I switched shifts with my colleagues and planned to go home early to rest.¡±


    Zhou Sisi nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.


    There had never been a moment like this before, she clearly realized that Chen Cui ¨C her mother ¨C had really changed. And, she was really glad that she didn¡¯t have an accident.


    After getting the results of the last test and confirming that Chen Cui was fine, Zhou Sisi and her mother went back home.


    Dinner was cooked by Zhou Sisi.


    After a few bites, she received a text message from Lu Xi: Are you okay?


    ¡°My mother is all right.¡± Zhou Sisi replied and thoughtfully added, ¡°How about a make-up class at eight tonight?¡±


    Today¡¯s make-up class was pushed from the morning to the afternoon, and then pushed off at night. She did not want to miss a session because of her own personal reasons.


    The other side replied quickly: Ok, waiting for you.


    At 7:55, Zhou Sisi talked to Chen Cui and went for Lu Xi¡¯s make-up lessons.


    Coming out of her house and standing in front of his house, her finger just knocked on the door, and the door was immediately opened by the owner.


    ¡°Have you eaten dinner?¡± Zhou Sisi asked while changing shoes, seeing that Aunt Xu hadn¡¯t come back.


    Lu Xi walked to the room, ¡°I ate.¡±


    The food was takeout.


    The English textbooks and exercise books from the first year of high school were placed on the desk.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s eyes moved slightly, this was a bit rare. Lu Xi actually prepared the corresponding materials consciously?


    Also, he took the initiative to offer supplementary lessons. He must have become more serious about learning.


    After flipping through his textbook from the beginning, she overturned her previous guesses and sighed lightly.


    The inner pages of his textbook were not much different from before, with few pitiful notes, and a lot of graffiti.


    ¡°How come you have time to draw these?¡± Zhou Sisi couldn¡¯t help it.


    Lu Xi said ¡°Ah¡±, ¡°Oh, it doesn¡¯t take much time to draw these.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Isn¡¯t it good to take notes at this time?¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°I understand everything in class, what notes to take?¡±


    Feeling that speaking in front of Sisi in this way was not good and would affect his own image in her heart, Lu Xi touched the bridge of his nose and remedied the sentence: ¡°There are similar points in ¡°Learning and Evaluation¡±, here, just this one.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s all in the book, but writing it yourself can deepen the impression.¡± Zhou Sisi said warmly.


    Lu Xi looked a little lazy. ¡°Oh.¡±


    Zhou Sisi asked: ¡°What are the things that are not clear in UNIT 1?¡±


    Well¡­¡­What¡¯s in unit one? Lu Xi grabbed his short hair and thought for a few seconds.


    ¡°It¡¯s all right.¡± Zhou Sisi said as she added. ¡°Let¡¯s go over the grammar and vocabulary of UNIT 1 from the beginning.¡±


    Zhou Sisi patiently analyzed and sorted out word by word and sentence by sentence. She would speak in more detail when he encountered key difficulties. As usual, questions were asked from time to time to lead him to an answer.


    After so many sessions of remedial lessons, Zhou Sisi explored that such a pace of learning was more suitable for Lu Xi.


    ¡°¡­the last point, should have done, means ¡®something that should have been done in the past but wasn¡¯t done¡¯, which contains the meaning of reproach.¡±


    ¡°What if it were to mean ¡®something that should not have been done in the past but actually was done¡¯?¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s clear eyes looked at the ¡°student¡± encouragingly.


    Lu Xi, who was half-crooked on the chair: ¡°shouldn¡¯t have done.¡±


    ¡°Very good.¡± Zhou Sisi smiled, ¡°That¡¯s what you need to know, remember.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll give you ten minutes to memorize it and then take dictation afterward.¡±


    Lu Xi took over the book full of words and sentences, and half forced himself to read it and memorize it.


    The 8 o¡¯clock night wind dissipated a lot of heat, and the nocturnal insects in the community made the sound of Soso that crept into the room.


    Zhou Sisi waited and waited, and her eyelids were a little heavy.


    She didn¡¯t sleep well last night, and didn¡¯t take a nap at noon today. In addition, because of Chen Cui¡¯s accident and the emotional ups and downs, Zhou Sisi¡¯s body was exhausted.


    Zhou Sisi covered her mouth and yawned gracefully, ¡°I¡¯ll squint for a while, call me when the time comes.¡±


    Lu Xi picked it up quickly: ¡°Okay, go to my bed¡­¡±


    ¡°No, it¡¯s here at the desk.¡± as she said, she rested her forearm on the table and leaned her head down.


    Slightly reddened face of Lu Xi: ¡°Oh.¡±


    Setting aside the books and stationery to make more empty space on the already spacious desk.


    Lu Xi read three-quarters of the vocabulary on both sides, and wondered if he actually read half of it.


    Once again, his beautiful brown chestnut eyes drifted to the left.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s thin and long eyelashes draped quietly, the tip of her nose and her fair cheeks were a little pink, which made him want to go over and take a bite or kiss.


    So he did.


    Lu Xi cautiously drew closer to Zhou Sisi, leaned slowly, and pressed his lips to her cheek.


    The sound of night insects chirping disappeared in an instant.


    Unconsciously held his breath.


    ¡ª


    ¡ª ¡°I shouldn¡¯t have kissed her.¡±


    ¡ª¡±My heart is beating so fast, like it¡¯s going to break through my chest.¡±


    ¡ª ¡°Damn. What¡¯s going on here?¡±


    That night, Lu Xi, who was tossing and turning in bed and couldn¡¯t sleep, did the ¡°boring¡± act he once used to spit out, and poured out the teenagers¡¯ thoughts to the ¡°Hua Li No. 3 Middle School Confession Wall¡± in the forum.

 CH 27

    Just as Lu Xi was familiar with Huang Zhou¡¯s QQ avatar, Huang Zhou was also no stranger to Lu Xi¡¯s avatar.


    ¡°Axi, which girl did you kiss?¡± After the flag-raising ceremony ended on Monday, and as soon as the team dispersed, Huang Zhou ran over and hugged Lu Xi.


    Pushing aside Huang Zhou¡¯s hand, Lu Xi frowned: ¡°I don¡¯t know what you¡¯re talking about.¡±


    This idiot suddenly made such a loud voice, and he didn¡¯t know if anyone around heard it. Lu Xi felt a little guilty. Fortunately, the phalanx of the first year and the third year were far apart.


    ¡°Confession wall, past 2 o¡¯clock in the morning, didn¡¯t you post it?¡± Huang Zhou continued, ¡°Look at the avatar, Messi shot, it¡¯s yours!¡±


    Lu Xi¡¯s face displayed the ¡°confused¡± expression followed by a¡±disgusting¡± one that acted as an indiscriminate stamp, ¡°This picture was all over on the Internet, and it is not my dedicated avatar. So anybody can use it.¡±


    It must be said that Lu Xi¡¯s acting skills were really good.


    Huang Zhou, who was originally very determined, wavered. ¡°It¡¯s really not you?¡±


    Lu Xi ¡®tsk¡¯ ¡°impatiently¡±, looking as if he didn¡¯t care about his idiotic problems.


    ¡°Damn it. The avatar is so screwed up. I thought you liked ¡­¡­.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s very annoying, can we talk about something interesting?¡±


    Huang Zhou finally ended the topic with a, ¡°But after thinking about it. It really can¡¯t be you, you hate English so much. The point is, your English is so bad, how can you send English sentences? ¡°


    ¡°¡­Get lost.¡± Lu Xi kicked him.


    The idiot¡¯s mouth was so empty, it seemed that he had gotten over the melancholy relationship after yesterday¡¯s fight and drink.


    The morning orange-red sun crawled out of the cloud bed shedding light and heat on the teenagers, who thrashed and shuffled.


    Early Monday morning, the classroom was filled with the smell of various instant coffees.


    ¡°Who¡¯s eating sausage finger cake?¡± Yi Ting¡¯s sensitive nose flared up as she shouted, ¡°Will you let us study at ease?¡±


    ¡°Are you studying?¡± Yi Ting¡¯s tablemate, the class president, asked with a cold face.


    Yi Ting¡¯s hand continued to write the homework and stuck her neck. ¡°Why not?¡±


    The class president: ¡°What kind of study do you do by copying homework? Learn where someone¡¯s answer is written?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m not copying yours, do you mind? ¡± Yi Ting muttered. ¡°Dead fish face, I¡¯m sick of it.¡±


    The class president knuckled twice on the disciplinary registration book of Class 1 on the desk. ¡°Do you mind?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­ crap, and I¡¯m not the only one who is copying it, why don¡¯t you care about the rest of the class?¡± Yi Ting was so angry that she picked up her homework and left.


    Class president: ¡°If you don¡¯t return to the class, you will be named¡±


    ¡°Stupid dead fish face. What¡¯s so great about being a class president?¡± Yi Ting scolded in a low voice.


    Muttering all the way to Zhou Sisi¡¯s seat, she domineeringly squeezed Guo Qin¡¯s seat. ¡°Let me borrow your place, I¡¯ll make up for my homework. Thank you.¡±


    ¡°No borrowing ¨C hey! I haven¡¯t even finished mine.¡± Guo Qin protested.


    ¡°You go to my seat.¡± As she said, she saw two physics papers in his hand. ¡°Oh my god, Guo Qin actually copied his homework?¡±


    Guo Qin stole a glance at Zhou Sisi, who was reading quietly, and explained uncomfortably. ¡°I have to attend a math Olympiad class on the weekend. Besides, the physics homework was assigned too late.¡±


    The physics teacher threw an assignment to the class group at 7¡¯o clock last night. A total of twenty multiple-choice questions, ten big questions. Many students went to bed without finishing their homework, and this morning came to the classroom to ask around for help, hoping to fill up the paper in the last few minutes before collecting the homework.


    ¡°Sisi, your test ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Zhou Sisi, let me borrow your physics homework, show it to me.¡±


    Yi Ting just opened her mouth to ask, but someone was faster than her, it was Lu Meihe, two rows behind who exclaimed.


    ¡°I borrowed the homework.¡± Yi Ting complained ¡°Didn¡¯t you see I was borrowing it?¡±


    Lu Meihe grunted and turned to Zhou Sisi, who was known for her gentle and quiet nature in the class. ¡°Lend me your physics homework.¡±


    ¡°Sorry, someone borrowed it.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    Not long after she entered the classroom this morning, Qi Minhui came to ask for the physics paper.


    Lu Meihe stood up and asked. ¡°Who borrowed Zhou Sisi¡¯s physics paper?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s here with me!¡± Qi Minhui took time to reply. ¡°Someone has made a reservation, and there¡¯s a queue.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll go. Is there anyone else who can lend me their physics homework?¡±  Lu Meihe folded her arms around her chest.


    ¡°Copy physics homework?¡± Physics teacher Liu Zhuyang suddenly appeared at the classroom door.


    As if being strangled by the invisible hand of fate, the students, whether they were talking to each other or whispering to themselves, buried their heads in silence.


    ¡°Do you deserve to enter the classroom of class (1) with such an attitude?¡±


    Liu Zhuyang, was thin and average in height with a sunken cheek and slightly high cheekbones as he stepped up to the podium with a stern, cold aura.


    ¡°Lu Meihe, and those with other people¡¯s papers in their hands, follow me to the office now.¡±


    The atmosphere was that of a graveyard as it gradually ebbed with the physics teacher¡¯s leave.


    Yi Ting watched a large number of classmates go to the ¡°execution ground¡±, and shook her shoulders with lingering fear, ¡°Fortunately, I didn¡¯t have time to borrow the test paper¡­¡±


    ¡°So from now on do your homework by yourself.¡± Zhou Sisi concluded.


    ¡°I do my homework most of the time,¡± Yi Ting said. ¡°If it wasn¡¯t for eating melons too late last night, I¡¯d definitely have finished my paper before I came to school this morning.¡±


    Zhou Sisi asked casually, ¡°What kind of melon did you eat?¡±


    ¡°Some people in the posting bar said that our little school grass is in love,¡± Yi Ting¡¯s brain circuit twitched and she asked, ¡°Sisi didn¡¯t you know the little grass? He really is seeing someone recently?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    Does Lu Xi have someone? Zhou Sisi pondered a little, and she had never seen any trace of him falling in love, so there should be no one.


    ¡°Hey, everyone is guessing whether the person who sent a message to the confession wall in the early morning was the little grass.¡± Yi Ting tried to fumble out her cell phone as she said, ¡°I¡¯ll show you.¡±


    Zhou Sisi shook her head. ¡°Are you going to hand in so many empty papers? Hurry up and do your homework.¡±


    According to the data, most of the late-night postings in the circle of friends were deleted the next day with regret.


    Although Lu Xi didn¡¯t send out to a circle of friends, he also indirectly sent out the spatial dynamics.


    The worse thing was that he had no way to delete the dynamics, unless he contacted the ¡°Flower Pear three middle school confession wall¡± operation.


    Sitting on the sofa, Lu Xi tried to look back at the screenshot of the chat box with an air of indifference.


    Unfortunately, the handsome face did not cooperate, and when his finger crossed to the corresponding dynamic, he became enthusiastic at the speed of light.


    ¡­Great.


    Lu Xi couldn¡¯t get down and poked a screenshot of the chat box.


    His eyes swept to the comment area at the bottom.


    87 comments.


    Isn¡¯t this more than a little counterintuitive?


    [666666]


    [Wow, I¡¯ve been using the confessions wall for so long, but it¡¯s the first time I¡¯ve come across a party exposed to kiss]


    [It¡¯s love]


    [Dear, I¡¯d like to suggest that you take heart stabilizing pellets.


    [I will answer this question. Friend, are you sure you like her? ¡¿


    Like¡­ like?


    Lu Xi immediately patted his forehead with his free palm, which was useless, and his head was in a trance.


    The phone seemed to be getting hot, making his palms slightly numb, and the heat was climbing up and implicating his chest.


    With a light cough, Lu Xi continued to browse the comments with a red face.


    [Kick this invisible dog food]


    [Silly, you¡¯re in love]


    [The portrait?]


    [Is this brother the one I guessed?]


    [lx£¿ lx£¿ lx?]


    [The avatar and chat bubble look so damn familiar.]


    ¡­was negligent.


    I don¡¯t know if Zhou Sisi or her classmates will find out. Damn it.


    Lu Xi closed his eyes in shame and slapped the innocent sofa under him.


    If you send a message next time, you must remember to let that confession wall cut off the avatar or code.


    No, there was no next time.

 CH 28

    Tonight was the sixth time Lu Xi had waited for Zhou Si to return home.


    The broken wall lamp in the alley was repaired, and they shined with the stars in the sky.


    The cool night breeze swirled on Lu Xi¡¯s summer short-sleeved school uniform, and the girl he liked sat in the back seat of his cycle.


    When he thought of the word ¡°like¡±, it was like a finger plucking the strings in his heart, and made a tinkling sound.


    Zhou Sis pressed her hand against the canvas backpack on her leg and looked sideways as she noticed the boy¡¯s back. ¡°Did you scribble on the school uniform?¡±


    ¡°Ah?¡± Lu Xi who had no idea about it asked, ¡°What¡¯s on my school uniform?¡±


    ¡°There are little expressions that should be drawn with water-based pens.¡± Zhou Sisi blinked.


    The cute smiling faces of two Cartoons, a finger-width horizontal hidden on the side of the school uniform.


    Lu Xi clutched the brake, propped his long legs on the ground, and looked back, ¡°Where?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s on the horizontal edge and you can¡¯t see it.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    Lu Xi tilted his head and rubbed his ear as he replied, ¡°I didn¡¯t draw it, I don¡¯t know who drew it.¡±


    ¡°Maybe it was drawn by a girl who likes you.¡± Somehow, Zhou Sisi thought of Yi Ting¡¯s remark the day before yesterday that Lu Xi was suspected of having a relationship, and said it with a sense of humor.


    I like it¡­ I like it¡­ Lu Yi¡¯s foot was unstable, causing the whole body to shake, but fortunately he didn¡¯t fall down. ¡°Hu, nonsense.¡±


    Zhou Sisi curled her lips and smiled, noticing that the little boy seemed shy, and did not continue to speak.


    But Lu Xi had something to say, ¡°I¡­¡±


    ¡°Hmm?¡± Zhou Sisi waited for a while, ¡°You what?¡±


    The palm of the handlebars seeped out some sweat, Lu Yan opened his mouth, ¡°¡­¡­ nothing, I¡¯m going to speed up, you hold up.¡±


    The words that he wanted to say, he could not say.


    He wondered if she meant it to herself.


    He always thought that a law-abiding third-year student like her would not give him the response he wanted.


    It seemed it was not the right time to show her.


    Wait a little longer ¡­¡­


    For the first time, an impulsive, willful and wayward teenager tasted the fruit of hesitation and recoil.


    The silent sigh melted into the night filled with secrets.


    Lu Xi hung his backpack on one shoulder and unlocked the door.


    ¡°Mom.¡± Lu Xi half-squatted, untying his shoelaces with one hand. ¡°Aren¡¯t you on duty tonight?¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s on duty? My son is so wild after being on duty again?¡± Ms. Xu Xuelin snorted coldly.


    Lu Xi kicked off his sneakers, his head full of question marks. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with me?¡±


    ¡°You have the nerve to ask? what time is it?¡± Xu Xuelin pointed to the pendulum clock on the TV cabinet, ¡°It¡¯s past 10 o¡¯clock!! Why don¡¯t you just stay out all night and play?¡±


    ¡°Play? What am I playing?¡± Lu Xi threw his backpack on the sofa.


    Xu Xuelin: ¡°Who knows what games are you playing in an Internet cafe, or where are you hanging out?¡±


    ¡°Lu Xi, Lu Xi, I¡¯ve given birth to such a bright child,  with a head and face so hard to see past, is it for you to fight and get hurt? Can you study hard?¡±


    Sisi had persuaded her to ¡°be calm¡± and ¡°try not to get too worked up¡± when communicating with this Punk. Xu Xuelin listened to it, and now she was trying desperately not to get angry.


    ¡°How do I not study?¡± Lu Xi twitched the corners of his mouth. ¡°Where do you think I was tonight?¡±


    Xu Xuelin put one hand on her hip as she said, ¡°Who knows where you were? You can¡¯t be in the classroom, right?¡±


    ¡°I, tonight, last night, and the night before, counting on the nights ahead, was just studying in the classroom.¡± Lu Xi emphasized the word classroom.


    When Lu Xi took the initiative to offer supplementary lessons before, Xu Xuelin was a little suspicious.  ¡°Really? Were you in the classroom for the evening study?¡±


    ¡°If you don¡¯t believe me, you can call the head teacher.¡± Lu Xi pulled out his phone, ¡°Or ask Zhou Sisi! I¡¯ll show you!¡±


    The latter phrase was said very smoothly and even somewhat aggressively.


    Now Lu Xi had changed, he would not let go of any opportunity to have a talk and contact with Zhou Sisi.


    He unlocked the phone, and opened WeChat, and opened the contact list and cleared his throat.


    Xu Xuelin: ¡°Okay, no need¡­ to ask, I believe it.¡±


    However, the son who acted quickly had already started to speak.


    ¡°Zhou Sisi, answer honestly, was I studying at school tonight?¡± With that he loosened his thumb, and the message was sent out, just like that.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you be a little polite, kid?¡± Xu Xuelin, who was looking for the steps on her own, caught the little mistake, ¡°You have to call ¡®Sister Sisi¡¯, you know?¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡± Lu Xi shook the phone as he spoke, ¡°Sister Sisi replied ¡®yes¡¯, do you want to read it?¡±


    Xu Xuelin grabbed a small stack of work materials on the coffee table. ¡°Don¡¯t want to look. I¡¯m busy with paperworks.¡±


    Before stepping into the study, she acted as if nothing had happened but then she said softly ¡°I wronged you today.¡±


    Lu Xi raised his eyebrows, it was strange. Was it raining red outside?


    For the first time in more than a decade, Ms. Xu, a hard-spoken woman, admitted her mistake.

 CH 28.1

    Tonight was the sixth time Lu Xi had waited for Zhou Si to return home.


    The broken wall lamp in the alley was repaired, and they shined with the stars in the sky.


    The cool night breeze swirled on Lu Xi¡¯s summer short-sleeved school uniform, and the girl he liked sat in the back seat of his cycle.


    When he thought of the word ¡°like¡±, it was like a finger plucking the strings in his heart, and made a tinkling sound.


    Zhou Sis pressed her hand against the canvas backpack on her leg and looked sideways as she noticed the boy¡¯s back. ¡°Did you scribble on the school uniform?¡±


    ¡°Ah?¡± Lu Xi who had no idea about it asked, ¡°What¡¯s on my school uniform?¡±


    ¡°There are little expressions that should be drawn with water-based pens.¡± Zhou Sisi blinked.


    The cute smiling faces of two Cartoons, a finger-width horizontal hidden on the side of the school uniform.


    Lu Xi clutched the brake, propped his long legs on the ground, and looked back, ¡°Where?¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s on the horizontal edge and you can¡¯t see it.¡± Zhou Sisi said.


    Lu Xi tilted his head and rubbed his ear as he replied, ¡°I didn¡¯t draw it, I don¡¯t know who drew it.¡±


    ¡°Maybe it was drawn by a girl who likes you.¡± Somehow, Zhou Sisi thought of Yi Ting¡¯s remark the day before yesterday that Lu Xi was suspected of having a relationship, and said it with a sense of humor.


    I like it¡­ I like it¡­ Lu Yi¡¯s foot was unstable, causing the whole body to shake, but fortunately he didn¡¯t fall down. ¡°Hu, nonsense.¡±


    Zhou Sisi curled her lips and smiled, noticing that the little boy seemed shy, and did not continue to speak.


    But Lu Xi had something to say, ¡°I¡­¡±


    ¡°Hmm?¡± Zhou Sisi waited for a while, ¡°You what?¡±


    The palm of the handlebars seeped out some sweat, Lu Yan opened his mouth, ¡°¡­¡­ nothing, I¡¯m going to speed up, you hold up.¡±


    The words that he wanted to say, he could not say.


    He wondered if she meant it to herself.


    He always thought that a law-abiding third-year student like her would not give him the response he wanted.


    It seemed it was not the right time to show her.


    Wait a little longer ¡­¡­


    For the first time, an impulsive, willful and wayward teenager tasted the fruit of hesitation and recoil.


    The silent sigh melted into the night filled with secrets.


    Lu Xi hung his backpack on one shoulder and unlocked the door.


    ¡°Mom.¡± Lu Xi half-squatted, untying his shoelaces with one hand. ¡°Aren¡¯t you on duty tonight?¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s on duty? My son is so wild after being on duty again?¡± Ms. Xu Xuelin snorted coldly.


    Lu Xi kicked off his sneakers, his head full of question marks. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with me?¡±


    ¡°You have the nerve to ask? what time is it?¡± Xu Xuelin pointed to the pendulum clock on the TV cabinet, ¡°It¡¯s past 10 o¡¯clock!! Why don¡¯t you just stay out all night and play?¡±


    ¡°Play? What am I playing?¡± Lu Xi threw his backpack on the sofa.


    Xu Xuelin: ¡°Who knows what games are you playing in an Internet cafe, or where are you hanging out?¡±


    ¡°Lu Xi, Lu Xi, I¡¯ve given birth to such a bright child,  with a head and face so hard to see past, is it for you to fight and get hurt? Can you study hard?¡±


    Sisi had persuaded her to ¡°be calm¡± and ¡°try not to get too worked up¡± when communicating with this Punk. Xu Xuelin listened to it, and now she was trying desperately not to get angry.


    ¡°How do I not study?¡± Lu Xi twitched the corners of his mouth. ¡°Where do you think I was tonight?¡±


    Xu Xuelin put one hand on her hip as she said, ¡°Who knows where you were? You can¡¯t be in the classroom, right?¡±


    ¡°I, tonight, last night, and the night before, counting on the nights ahead, was just studying in the classroom.¡± Lu Xi emphasized the word classroom.


    When Lu Xi took the initiative to offer supplementary lessons before, Xu Xuelin was a little suspicious.  ¡°Really? Were you in the classroom for the evening study?¡±


    ¡°If you don¡¯t believe me, you can call the head teacher.¡± Lu Xi pulled out his phone, ¡°Or ask Zhou Sisi! I¡¯ll show you!¡±


    The latter phrase was said very smoothly and even somewhat aggressively.


    Now Lu Xi had changed, he would not let go of any opportunity to have a talk and contact with Zhou Sisi.


    He unlocked the phone, and opened WeChat, and opened the contact list and cleared his throat.


    Xu Xuelin: ¡°Okay, no need¡­ to ask, I believe it.¡±


    However, the son who acted quickly had already started to speak.


    ¡°Zhou Sisi, answer honestly, was I studying at school tonight?¡± With that he loosened his thumb, and the message was sent out, just like that.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you be a little polite, kid?¡± Xu Xuelin, who was looking for the steps on her own, caught the little mistake, ¡°You have to call ¡®Sister Sisi¡¯, you know?¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡± Lu Xi shook the phone as he spoke, ¡°Sister Sisi replied ¡®yes¡¯, do you want to read it?¡±


    Xu Xuelin grabbed a small stack of work materials on the coffee table. ¡°Don¡¯t want to look. I¡¯m busy with paperworks.¡±


    Before stepping into the study, she acted as if nothing had happened but then she said softly ¡°I wronged you today.¡±


    Lu Xi raised his eyebrows, it was strange. Was it raining red outside?


    For the first time in more than a decade, Ms. Xu, a hard-spoken woman, admitted her mistake.

 CH 28.2

    A daily-sheet-calendar with bold numbers was hung next to the classroom blackboard. Each day, the student on duty tore off a sheet of paper.


    After the National Day, the remaining days of the college entrance exams for the senior class were reduced to two hundred.


    The learning atmosphere in the class became more and more intense.


    Even in the break, most of the students remained in their seats, and focused on their studies.


    Zhou Sisi raised her eyes from the language newspaper, saw the hanging countdown days of the college entrance exam, her gaze deflected and saw a quiet and serious overhead.


    She unscrewed the thermos and drank a bit of Chinese date and wolfberry tea. For a moment, there was a sudden feeling of warmth, and she felt that she was luckier than most of the people.


    Coming back to a life, there was a foundation for my studies, the family was also getting better ¡­¡­


    ¡°Sisi, do you want to eat dumplings at night?¡± Yi Ting came over with a bag of snacks.


    Zhou Sisi put down the bottle and replied, ¡°Yes.¡±


    ¡°OK, we¡¯ll rush to the cafeteria after class.¡±


    ¡°OK.¡±


    Yi Ting opened the package. ¡°Do you want Cucumber-flavored potato chips?¡±


    ¡°No, you eat.¡± Zhou Sisi smiled.


    Yi Ting reached out and patted Zhou Sisi¡¯s deskmate on the shoulder. ¡°Do you want it? Guo Qin?¡± This brother often ¡°gives¡± her a seat, so he deserved some snacks anyway.


    ¡°Two slices.¡± Guo Qin was not polite either.


    ¡°Eat, it¡¯s all yours.¡± Yi Ting put the whole pack of chips on his desk that she hadn¡¯t eaten much.


    ¡°So generous?¡± Guo Qin instantly became wary. ¡°What¡¯s fishy inside?¡±


    Yi Ting was so angry that she wanted to snatch it back. ¡°Yes, it¡¯s poisonous! Don¡¯t eat it.¡±


    ¡°How can you take back what you gave away?¡± Guo Qin grabbed the potato chip bag and accidentally spilled a few pieces onto Zhou Sisi¡¯s desktop next to him.


    He hurriedly put down the pack and pulled a tissue. ¡± I¡¯ll clean it up.¡±


    ¡°Look, you spilled my water before, now you spilled potato chips on Sisi¡¯s table.¡± Yi Ting inserted words like knife. ¡°Whoever is at the same table as you is unlucky, isn¡¯t it, Sisi?¡±


    Guo Qin apologized as he wiped. ¡°Sorry, Sisi.¡± He was much more ashamed and self-condemned than the last time he faced Yi Ting.


    ¡°It¡¯s okay,¡± Zhou Sisi said warmly, ¡°it¡¯s clean now.¡±


    Guo Qin crumpled the tissue that had wiped the table into a ball and held it in his palm.


    Probably at this moment, his appreciation for Zhou Sisi seemed to have turned into a hazy love.


    The weather got cold, and many students went to the cafeteria to buy dinner.


    As soon as class ended, Zhou Sisi was dragged by Yi Ting and Qi Minhuo to the line. Even so it took nearly 20 minutes to eat the dumplings.


    ¡°It¡¯s so hard to eat a meal.¡± Yi Ting carefully picked up a dumpling.


    Qi Minhuo: ¡°There are so many students and so few windows. Will school officials die if they expand the cafeteria?¡±


    Yi Ting: ¡°Expansion? They are stingy as hell.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s so crowded, they still insist that day students spend their evening self-study here¡ª¡± Yi Ting looked at Zhou Sisi who was eating elegantly. ¡°It¡¯s too bad, Sisi, you could have enjoyed a warm dinner at home.¡±


    Zhou Sisi raised her long eyelashes. ¡°It¡¯s not bad. It was nice to have dinner with you guys.¡±


    ¡°I love to hear that,¡± Qi Minhui raised her hand and shook Zhou Sisi¡¯s shoulder. ¡°Sisi sweetie.¡±


    Yi Ting knocked her chopsticks on the bowl as she proclaimed, ¡°Eh eh, don¡¯t move your hands on my Sisi.¡±


    ¡°Axi, lend me your cell phone ¨C who are you chatting with?¡± Panda probed while leaning forward.


    Lu Xi quickly pressed the screen off, and pushed the Panda head away with his palm. ¡°What does it have to do with you?¡±


    ¡°Isn¡¯t this a question,¡± Pan De said. ¡°Lend me your phone for a round of king pesticides?¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°Have you finished your homework?¡±


    Pan De: ¡°I¡¯m done. Mobile phone, hehe-¡°


    Lu Xi: ¡°No borrowing, there is not much charge left.¡±


    Pan De: ¡°Alright. I¡¯ll go to class (4) to borrow from Mr. Huang.¡±


    Leaning back in the chair, Lu Xi tilted his head lazily. ¡°Are you sure he will come to study at night?¡±


    Pan De, who walked a few steps, said, ¡°I see you every day for self-study at night, and I subconsciously think that everyone is attending. Alas, it¡¯s hard.¡±


    ¡°Play less games.¡± Lu Xi said, ¡°Life should be a little ideal.¡±


    Pan De sullenly said, ¡°My short-term ideal is to be a king, and my long-term ideal is to be seen by a beautiful noblewoman who is looking for a son.¡±


    ¡°Oh. There is a certain difference between ideals and delusions.¡± Lu Xi flipped the thin phone between his fingers.


    ¡°Well, can I ask you a question?¡± A petite girl with flat bangs stood at Lu Xi¡¯s desk. ¡°Today¡¯s physics homework.¡±


    Lu Xi lifted his eyelids. ¡°Asking me?¡±


    ¡°Well, can you teach me?¡± Flat bangs seemed to be apprehensive, wanted to look at Lu Xi and not dare to look, and her clear face was slightly red.


    Lu Xi tilted his chin and gestured to Pan De next to him. ¡°He¡¯s in the top three of the physics grade, are you sure you didn¡¯t ask him?¡±


    ¡°Also ¡­¡­ can be.¡± The flat bangs held back this sentence.


    Pan De put on a serious face. ¡°Don¡¯t be like this, Axi. Zhang Xiaoyan wanted to ask you.¡±


    ¡°Okay, which question?¡±Lu Xi, who hadn¡¯t been asked for advice in years, found it interesting.


    The flat bangs shyly put down the exercise book. ¡°The third course of ability enhancement ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Brother Xi! Someone is looking for you!¡±


    The male students chatting and blowing near the back door shouted.


    ¡°It¡¯s a girl!¡±


    ¡°Lu Xi, a beautiful senior is looking for you!¡±


    Pretty sister? Lu Xi got up from his seat and left a sentence: ¡°I¡¯m going out, you ask Pan De.¡±


    Stepping out of the back room door, he saw the person coming, and the corners of his lips couldn¡¯t hold back.


    And his eyes twinkled like a brilliant star in the sky.

 CH 29

    The corners of Lu Xi¡¯s lips couldn¡¯t help being raised, and his eyes twinkled, ¡°Sisi¡­Sister, why are you here?¡±


    ¡°Thank you for taking me back this month and a half,¡± Zhou Sisi spoke softly.


    Lu Xi scratched his fluffy short hair and replied, ¡°You¡¯re welcome.¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to wait for me to go back tonight.¡± And after a pause she added, ¡°You don¡¯t have to wait for me in the future.¡±


    A cool autumn wind blew, extinguishing most of the starlight in Lu Xi¡¯s eyes, ¡°Why can¡¯t we go back together?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°The pervert hasn¡¯t appeared for a long time, there is no need to trouble you to send me¡­¡±


    ¡°No trouble,¡± Lu Xi said immediately. ¡°We live at the same place, we just happened to be on the way, and I just have a self-study in the evening.¡±


    ¡°The weather is cold, and you¡¯ll be blown by the wind when you ride your bike.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, I¡¯ll block the wind for you.¡±


    ¡°I am worried that you have to blow the wind.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, I like wind, I¡¯m not afraid.¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s heart seemed to be hit by another warmth and moved.


    This teenager had learned to care and help others. She was somewhat relieved.


    In her mind, the memory of her last life flashed as she ¡°saw¡± after her death, the scene where he mourned for his neighbor sister¡­


    Recalling that her eyes were sore, she didn¡¯t dare to stay here anymore and said warmly, ¡°I really don¡¯t need to trouble you. I will be living on campus from next week.¡±


    ¡°Why do you want to live on campus?¡± Lu Xi frowned slightly.


    ¡°Saving time to and from school, it is convenient to prepare for the college entrance examination.¡± Zhou Sisi curled her lips and smiled. And it was almost winter, she didn¡¯t like to feel the cold of nature on the road at night and early in the morning.


    ¡°¡­¡­ Oh.¡± The hand hanging down on the side of the leg half gripped up. ¡°Tonight, this last time, I will go home with you.¡±


    Today was the last day of the week, which meant they had to study in the evening.


    Zhou Sisi did not refuse, ¡°Okay.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m going back to the classroom.¡±


    ¡°All right, I¡¯ll see you at the school gate after class.¡±


    He stared at the slender figure until it disappeared into the corner, then he lowered his eyelashes, and a soft snort overflowed from his throat.


    At the same time the second period of evening study bell rang, he returned to the classroom.


    Zhang Xiaoyan, who asked the homework questions had long gone, and Pan De was nowhere to be seen.


    Taking out the mobile phone from the table, Lu Xi pressed the home button with his thumb, and the screen page that lit up was the chat box of ¡°Hua Li No.3 Middle school confession wall¡±


    ¡ª ¡°The chance to meet in the future will become less.¡±


    ¡ª ¡°I¡¯m annoyed.¡±


    ¡ª ¡°I don¡¯t want to wait anymore.¡±


    In fact, what Zhou Sisi said about staying on campus was not a spur of the moment. She had plans for the National Day holiday, and she had already told Chen Cui.


    Chen Cui, who was determined to make up for her daughter, was a little reluctant, but she respected her daughter¡¯s wishes and knew that this would be beneficial to her daughter¡¯s academic future, so she did not disagree.


    The Grade leaders attach great importance to senior third-year students, especially those with excellent grades, and arranged vacant beds very efficiently.


    Along with her classmate Zhou Sisi submitted an application last Friday, and received a notice of approval for the accommodation the next day.


    The assigned dorms were 402 and 418. The female classmate picked 402 first, and Zhou Sisi could only go to the remaining 418.


    On Sunday afternoon, Zhou Sisi brought her luggage to school an hour early.


    There were eight beds in 418, three of which did not belong to anyone and were filled with books, shoeboxes, express boxes and other miscellaneous items.


    Zhou Sisi was assigned one of three ¡°shared¡± beds by the door.


    She first swept the floor and after wiping her hands clean, she gently moved the items on it to the other two beds one by one, according to their categories.


    ¡°Hey, who are you?¡± The round-faced girl in a red jacket walked into the dormitory. ¡°What are you doing?¡±


    Zhou Sisi raised a smile and replied, ¡°Hello, classmate, I¡¯m Zhou Sisi who moved in¡­¡±


    ¡°Why are you messing with our things?¡± The girl in the red coat threw off the daily necessities she was carrying.


    ¡°Sorry, I¡¯m going to use this bed from today onwards.¡± Zhou Sisi returned without arrogance.


    The red jacket stared at her and said, ¡°For you to use? You occupy this bed, where do I put my things?¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t know where you¡¯re going to put it, just don¡¯t put it on my bed.¡± Zhou Sisi paused and added, ¡°These things on my bed, or you want to move them yourself?¡±


    The red coat glanced at Sisi¡¯s bed and narrowed her eyes. She saw that she was slender and beautiful, and her tone became more aggressive, ¡°Who allowed you to live in?¡±


    ¡°The head teacher and grade leader, what do you think?¡± Zhou Sisi withdrew her smile.


    ¡°I ¡­¡­ hum!¡±


    The red jacket returned to her bed, as if she had a grudge against her own things, and made every movement loudly.


    Laying mats, placing mattresses, putting up mosquito nets¡­ Zhou Sisi ignored the inexplicable hostility of her new roommate and made her bed, unaffected.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you turn on the light?¡± Another girl came in and pressed on the lights in the dorm. ¡°It¡¯s getting dark ¨C hey you are¡­¡±


    ¡°Hello, I¡¯m Zhou Sisi who moved in.¡± Zhou Sisi introduced herself with a light smile.


    ¡°Hmmm I know, you¡¯re the campus ambassador,¡± the girl with the blue hair band returned a smile. ¡°I¡¯m from your next class ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Li Jia!¡±


    The girl in the red coat interrupted gloomily, ¡°She touched your stuff without permission.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± Li Jia didn¡¯t understand. ¡°Moved my things?¡±


    ¡°I moved the items from this bed to the other empty beds,¡± Sisi explained.


    Li Jia hummed twice as she replied, ¡°Move it ¡­¡­¡±


    ¡°Li Jia! Are you my good friend?!¡± The girl in the red coat gritted her teeth.


    ¡°I¡­¡± Li Jia¡¯s shoulders shrank. ¡°Yeah, what¡¯s wrong?¡±


    ¡°Come here! Talk to me!¡± The girl in the red coat barked an order.


    Li Jia weakly replied, ¡°Uh-huh, talk about what?¡±


    After realizing it, Pan Yijin, the girl in the red coat, rejected Zhou Sisi, she awkwardly cowered with Pan Yijin¡¯s team, and no longer communicated with Zhou Sisi.


    After each exam, Zhou Sisi went to the head teacher Wu Lan to inquire about Lu Xi¡¯s grades.


    In the November midterm, Lu Xi¡¯s English and chemistry scores entered the top 200 in grade, and seven subjects including Chinese, Mathematics and Physics entered the top 100 in grade.


    Zhou Sisi proposed he could stop taking extra classes, but Lu Xi was unwilling to end it, saying that he could not be satisfied with the status quo and had to work harder.


    Zhou Sisi said that he had built up the knowledge thread that he had left behind and formed a good way of thinking, so there was no need to spend time listening to her make-up lessons.


    ¡°Don¡¯t.¡± A look of grievance appeared in Lu Xi¡¯s eyes. ¡°Your lectures are good, and I got twice the result with half the effort.¡±


    Zhou Sisi said softly, ¡°The teachers in the school taught very well.¡±


    ¡°No, I like listening to you. It¡¯s because of you that I listen carefully.¡±


    ¡°Sister Sisi, are you going to give up on me?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°¡­No.¡±


    There was no way to get Lu Xi, so Zhou Sisi had to continue making up the class.


    This morning, Zhou Sisi was helping Lu Xi sort through the key vocabulary of the penultimate unit.


    The strong rhythm metallic ringtone rang.


    Without looking at the screen, Lu Xi reached out and cut off the call.


    After a while, the ringtone of the incoming call rang again.


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Come on, what if something happens?¡±


    Lu Xi didn¡¯t cut it off again.


    ¡°Hello.¡±


    ¡°Why did you hang up?¡± Huang Zhou¡¯s voice sounded from the other end.


    Lu Xi: ¡°What?¡±


    Huang Zhou: ¡°Does the Internet cafe open a black appointment?¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°No.¡±


    Huang Zhou asked again: ¡°Are you coming out to play football?¡±


    Lu Xi said decisively, ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Come out¡­¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s okay, I¡¯m going to hang up.¡±


    ¡°Damn! You dare to hang up? Aren¡¯t these all ¡®things¡¯?¡± Huang Zhou was annoyed. ¡°What are you playing?¡±


    Lu Xi said loosely, ¡°Oh.¡±


    ¡°How many good days have you not been out to play?¡±


    ¡°I haven¡¯t counted.¡±


    ¡°What are you doing at home on weekends?¡± Huang Zhou couldn¡¯t help but complain, ¡°How about watching movies?¡±


    ¡°Go away.¡± Lazily hooking the headphone cord in the drawer, Lu Xi turned his face sideways, and there was a vague smile on the corners of his lips, which reflected in the clear glass window. ¡°I have to do business with the goddess in the room.¡±

 CH 30

    ¡°Go away.¡± Lazily hooking the headphone cord on the drawer, Lu Xi turned his face sideways but there was a vague smile on the corners of his lips, which reflected in the clear glass window. ¡°I have some business with the goddess in the room.¡±


    The huge amount of information shocked Huang Zhou, making him burst with foul-language. ¡°With Goddess? In the room? Doing business?¡±


    ¡°Ah,¡± Lu Xi nodded and replied, ¡°So don¡¯t bother me.¡±


    ¡°When did you jerk¡­¡±


    Lu Xi removed the phone from his ear and hung up the call with a click of his index finger.


    Turning back, he met with Zhou Sisi¡¯s somewhat confused eyes.


    ¡°¡­¡± Oops, he seemed to have said something amazing on the phone.


    The thin winter sunlight with little temperature scattered in through the window.


    The teenager¡¯s handsome face turned a little hot red.


    ¡°What does Goddess mean?¡± Zhou Sisi¡¯s moist and clear almond eyes blinked lightly.


    Lu Xi was stunned for half a second. ¡°The goddess means¡­¡±


    The explanation in Baidu Encyclopedia was as follows: The goddess originally refers to the title of deity or the supreme women; in modern society, it was often used to define the girl who was loved by men, but had not yet become the real love object.


    Lu Xi¡¯s hand clenched into a fist as he pressed it against his lips. ¡°Ahem, it means a woman who is kind, beautiful as well as has a refined temperament.¡±


    ¡°I see.¡± Zhou Sisi smiled. ¡°It¡¯s too exaggerated, I can¡¯t reach the level of a ¡®Goddess¡¯.¡±


    ¡°No, you can. You are my goddess,¡± Lu Xi said without hesitation.


    Zhou Si Si shook her head slightly and looked at the English textbook on the desk. ¡°Come on, let¡¯s study.¡±


    ¡°Okay.¡± Lu Xi put on the posture of listening to the lesson carefully.


    ¡± ¡®Burst into¡¯ in textbooks means suddenly becoming, suddenly breaking into. Also, break into has the meaning of intruding.¡±


    ¡°There is a difference between these two phrases. It also means break into, and burst into is more urgent. In high school, the focus is on the meaning of ¡®suddenly becoming¡¯, which can be understood as suddenly entering a certain emotional state.¡±


    ¡°For example: Hearing the bad news, the poor girl burst into tears.¡±


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s long and thin eyelashes lifted as she looked at him while asking, ¡°You translate it?¡±


    ¡°The poor girl suddenly burst into tears when she heard the bad news,¡± Lu Xi replied.


    ¡°Not bad. That¡¯s roughly how it translates.¡±


    ¡°It also indicates a break-in, but ¡®break into¡¯ indicates a slower action. Unlike burst into, which can indicate an emotional change, it is used more to indicate a change in space.¡±


    Zhou Sisi threw out the question again, ¡°Can you try to make a sentence?¡±


    Yes.


    You have successfully broken into my heart¡£ ( You managed to break into my heart. )


    Lu Xi muttered in his heart.


    ¡°Huh?¡± Zhou Sisi, who waited for a while, thought that Lu Xi was stuck and suggested, ¡°How about you translate this: someone broke into my house yesterday.¡±


    Lu Xi scratched the bridge of his nose. ¡°Oh. Somebody¡­ broke into my house yesterday.¡±


    ¡°Very good.¡± Zhou Sisi was not stingy with praise.


    Dormitory 418 was a mixed dormitory that originally had five girls. Three, Class (2) students including Pan Yijin, and two from Class (1).


    Pan Yijin was the round-faced girl with a red coat who was hostile to Zhou Sisi the day she moved into the dormitory.


    Many female high school students might have people in their dormitories who liked to divide into cliques. Pan Yijin was one of these ¡°leaders¡±.


    Relying on the lack of ¡°powerful¡± people in 418, she lured two girls in the same class, acted domineeringly in the dormitory, and secretly regarded herself as the boss in her heart.


    One time she returned to the dorm late in the afternoon, and there was a roommate from Class (1) taking a shower in the bathroom, Pan Yijin definitely whined loudly.


    At night, the lights in the dormitory were collectively turned off if Pan Yijin wanted to sleep. If someone else turned over and made a slight noise, she would be called by her to ¡°remind¡± that they were ¡°noisy¡±; if Pan Yijin didn¡¯t want to sleep, she would pull the small group members without hesitation and talk nonstop.


    The two Class (1) girls in the dormitory, Zhao Meng and Zheng Yiyi, were from ordinary Junior High School in the surrounding towns. They were simple, introverted, and hardworking students.


    First, they were weak in numbers, and secondly, they were timid and did not dare to have a confrontation with the Deputy Director of the Education X Bureau like Pan Yijin¡ªPan Yijin had herself said it.


    Pan Yijin was used to walking sideways in the small ¡°turf¡±, and suddenly a well-known beauty in her grade Zhou Sisi moved into the dormitory, and she immediately wanted to give her a blow, but the other party came back neither softly nor hard.


    Over the past month, Pan Yijin had worked hard to lead the isolation and cruelty of Zhou Sisi, but like kicking in cotton, she could not do anything, and the other party didn¡¯t seem to care at all.


    And it was indeed true, Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t take Pan Yijin¡¯s tricks seriously.


    They were just strangers living in the same dormitory, it did not matter whether there was communication or not. Of course, if Pan Yijin offended her or harmed her, Zhou Sisi did not mind opening her mouth to argue.


    The lights in all the dormitories went out seven or eight minutes ago, and it was long past the evening break.


    Pan Yijin unscrupulously dragged two Class (1) classmates to chat.


    Talking about the articles and photos posted on the Campus Ambassador account this morning, Li Jia said that Yuan Xuchao looked handsome in a small suit.


    ¡°You say Yuan Xuchao looks handsome? Are you blind? He looks very ordinary, okay?¡± Pan Yijin said contemptuously, ¡°I don¡¯t know how campus ambassadors choose unattractive people.¡±


    Li Jia echoed like a wallflower, ¡°It seems like Yuan Xuchao¡¯s photo is okay, but the real person is ordinary.¡±


    ¡°Hm, the other ambassador is not good either.¡± Pan Yijin meant to point out.


    Li Jia: ¡°Yes, yes.¡±


    Wang Yongmei glanced at Zhou Sisi¡¯s bed with some embarrassment. Through the mosquito net, she could vaguely see that there was some light as she should be playing with the phone.


    ¡°Thinking about it, Yuan Xuchao is not as handsome as Sister Jin¡¯s younger brother.¡± Li Jia said.


    ¡°My brother is just okay,¡± Pan Yijin said with implied pride. ¡°My brother¡¯s brother Lu Xi is really handsome, he outdone Yuan Xuchao by dozens of soccer fields.¡±


    Li Jia was quick: ¡°Yeah, Lu Xi is super handsome.¡±


    ¡°Mm-hmm, I think so too.¡± Wang Yongmei agreed.


    ¡°Definitely handsome, Lu Xi is the most handsome boy in our school.¡± Pan Yijin raised her voice, ¡°Last week my brother asked me to go out for barbecue, Lu Xi asked me if I wanted orange juice, and handed me two skewers of chicken wings, Alas, he is very nice and gentlemanly.¡±


    Li Jia said, ¡°Wow, Sister Jin can go out to play with handsome junior brother again!¡±


    Pan Yijin pretended to be indifferent, ¡°It¡¯s just a bunch of people eating and talking, what¡¯s the point?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ve never spoken to Lu Xi, I¡¯m envious.¡± Wang Yongmei said.


    ¡°Envious! I¡¯m sour!¡± Li Jia said with a whimper, ¡°Sister Jin is so happy that she can often play with handsome brothers.¡±


    The three girls chatted and discussed the handsome junior.


    Zhou Sisi wore noise-canceling earplugs, which almost completely cut off their conversation.


    Yawning, she prepared to close her eyes and sleep.


    The screen lit up again.


    Lu Xi: Found a good breakfast restaurant


    Lu Xi: I¡¯ll bring you a steamed cake or something in the morning.


    ¡°No, I¡¯m going to the cafeteria to buy breakfast.¡±


    Zhou Sisi didn¡¯t finish typing this line of words, and the opposite side bounced messages one after another.


    Lu Xi: Can¡¯t refuse.


    Lu Xi: It¡¯s a deal.


    The next morning, Lu Xi arrived at the Senior classroom early with freshly washed fruits, hot pastries, and fresh milk.


    Coming too early, he looked into the classroom from the corridor window, and there were only a few Seniors inside.


    There happened to be a Senior emerging from the stairs to enter the classroom.


    ¡°Senior.¡± Lu Xi took two steps forward.


    The boy pointed to himself, ¡°Calling me?¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡± Lu Xi picked up a somewhat heavy bag of food and added, ¡°Please help me put it on Zhou Sisi¡¯s table.¡±


    ¡°This¡­¡± The boy ¨C the study committee member in Zhou Sisi¡¯s class ¨C hesitated.


    The study committee knew that the boy in front of him was Lu Xi, a popular figure in Class(2).


    However, Zhou Sisi, who was fair-skinned, beautiful and gentle, was favored by many male classmates. From what he saw, three different boys came to deliver snacks or milk tea.


    But she never accepted it.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I can¡¯t help. Zhou Sisi won¡¯t accept it.¡± The class committee told the truth.


    Lu Xi¡¯s mind turned a little, and he understood the potential meaning of the Senior. ¡°She will accept mine, I am hers, cough, we often meet and eat.¡±


    ¡°You, you¡­¡± The study committee thought of a certain relationship.


    Lu Xi deliberately guided and passed the ¡°you know¡± look, ¡°Please help me put it on her table.¡±


    ¡°Oh¡­¡± The study committee took the bag.


    Lu Xi pressed the tip of his tongue against his lower teeth, his rosy lips hooked lightly.


    Placing his hands on the corridor railing, he wanted to confirm with his own eyes that the food was delivered, and also wanted to see where Zhou Sisi¡¯s seat was.


    But soon the smile on his face solidified.


    The senior put his loving food on a certain table and the thing was there was a boy sitting next to it.


    ¡­boy?


    Hold! Why was Zhou Sisi¡¯s deskmate a boy?

 CH 31

    Why was Zhou Sisi¡¯s deskmate a boy?


    How could Zhou Sisi¡¯s tablemate be a boy?


    Lu Xi had been entangled in this situation throughout the morning session, and the more he thought about it, the more unpleasant it became. With a mouth full of milk-flavored steamed bun, he jumped up from his seat.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡± Pan De asked as he looked up from his breakfast.


    Lu Xi didn¡¯t have time to answer, and strode out of the classroom.


    ¡°I was just looking for you, Ah Yi,¡± Huang Zhou, who rushed to the corridor of senior (1) class said and continued, ¡°don¡¯t you have a good heart¡­? Come on, where are you going?¡±


    Lu Xi stopped impatiently in his tracks as he replied, ¡°Do you have anything to do with me?¡±


    ¡°Can¡¯t I find you if I have nothing to do¡­ Anyways, I do have something with you! I forgot to ask the other day, what¡¯s the matter with you, brother?¡±


    ¡°Are you really in a relationship? That too, on full base¡­¡±


    ¡°No.¡± Lu Xi frowned with irritability. ¡°I have something to do, so I¡¯ll go first.¡±


    Huang Zhou, who was behind, raised his hand and grabbed the air. ¡°Where are you going?¡±


    ¡°¡­This ¡®no¡¯ answer means that you are not in a relationship?¡±


    Lu Xi had already turned into the corridor like a wind.


    ¡°You want to talk to me about the seating arrangement?¡± Wu Lan put down her red pen, a bit narrowly as she continued, ¡°Are you sure you didn¡¯t find the wrong person or entered the wrong office?¡±


    Lu Xi asked rhetorically, ¡°Are you the head teacher of the third grade (1) class?¡±


    ¡°Yes, yes.¡± Wu Lan nodded in affirmation.


    Lu Xi: ¡°Then there is no mistake.¡±


    Wu Lan¡¯s face showed some surprise. ¡°What do you want to tell me?¡±


    ¡°Boys and girls shouldn¡¯t be at the same table,¡± Lu Xi said sternly and added, ¡°It¡¯s not good.¡±


    Wu Lan: ¡°What do you mean?¡±


    She meant to ask the boy to give an example of what was this ¡°bad¡±.


    Lu Xi¡¯s understanding of this ambiguous statement stemmed from the example of, ¡°Zhou Sisi should not be at the same table with boys.¡±


    ¡°As for the seating arrangement, I consider the personality and academic performance of the two classmates, hoping that the two at the same table will learn from each other and complement each other¡¯s strengths,¡± Wu Lan explained.


    The phenomenon of boys and girls sitting at the same table was not rare in many classes of Huali Three Middle School. The school higher-ups hoped that students could become a well-rounded pillar of development, including the ability to communicate with the opposite sex normally, so naturally they would not be prohibited from sitting at the same table.


    Lu Xi said firmly: ¡°This is not appropriate.¡±


    ¡°Zhou Sisi is so good-looking, male students are prone to have feelings for her beyond those of their classmates, and in case of a week, no, in short, this will affect the studies of the two.¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    It was not that Wu Lan didn¡¯t think of this level before, but she hoped that the two would complement each other and improve their grades, and believed that they would not fall in love early.


    Right now listening to what this boy ¨C Lu Xi ¨C said¡­


    Wu Lan remembered that Zhou Sisi had said that Lu Xi was her younger brother. It was very likely that Lu Xi, the younger brother, expressed the thoughts of Zhou Sisi¡¯s family.


    ¡°I see, I¡¯ll deal with their seats as soon as possible.¡±


    Since Zhou Sisi¡¯s family didn¡¯t want her to sit at the table with the boys, it would be arranged.


    Lu Xi, who was happy to get a positive reply by mistake, was confused for a while: So fast? So easy?


    He had prepared a belly full of words to convince the teacher on the way.


    At around twelve noon, Yi Ting, who had eaten lunch, went to 418 to find Zhou Sisi.


    ¡°My mother brought a lot of dishes, it¡¯s a pity you don¡¯t come to eat together.¡± Yi Ting picked up red cherries. ¡°Very fresh, here¡¯s one, ah-¡°


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°Well, thank you.¡±


    Yi Ting blinked and replied, ¡°Sweet? Eh, this morning Qi Minhuo bumped into a thing, guess what¡­¡±


    ¡°Why are all the messes coming in?¡± Pan Yijin¡¯s complaint came in as she pushed the door.


    Upon hearing this, Yi Ting could not bear it, she slammed the fruit box on the table and uttered, ¡°What do you mean by ¡®messy¡¯? This student, you think this dormitory is your home?¡±


    ¡°You¡­ this is my dormitory, not yours.¡± Pan Yijin didn¡¯t expect to find Yi Ting by Zhou Sisi. She recently got involved with the small bar owner of Tieba, and it was said that her parents were officials and her family was quite rich.


    ¡°Did you live alone in the dormitory?¡± Yi Ting followed up with interest. ¡°Is there a rule that students are not allowed to enter other students¡¯ dormitories during non-break hours? Oh, you made that up? Are you the principal?¡±


    In contrast, Pan Yijin turned much weaker. ¡°I¡­ I didn¡¯t say you weren¡¯t allowed to enter the dormitory.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s with the principal? Sister Jin¡¯s father is bigger than the principal!¡± Dog-legged Li Jia jumped out to help as usual.


    ¡°Oh? Pan Yijin¡¯s father is bigger than the principal?¡± Yi Ting did not go away and pretended to be puzzled.


    Li Jia did not receive Pan Yijin¡¯s desperate wink to stop her. ¡°Of course, Sister Jin¡¯s father is the deputy director of the X Education Bureau.¡±


    ¡°Deputy director of X Education Bureau? Pan Yijin¡¯s father?¡± Yi Ting burst out laughing. ¡°Hahaha, why didn¡¯t I know my uncle had such a fat daughter?¡±


    ¡°How is your uncle¡­ sister Jin¡¯s father¡­¡± Li Jia looked at Pan Yijin blankly.


    The pale Pan Yijin did not forget to take the time to gouge her out.


    ¡°¡­¡±


    ¡°¡­¡±


    The lie of vanity was like a bubble, pierced by a needle in the sunlight.


    Even Wang Yongmei was embarrassed for the two of them.


    After laughing enough Yi Ting continued to Zhou Sisi about the topic she was interrupted earlier, ¡°This morning Qi Minhuo went to the office and bumped into little schoolboy Lu Xi looking for Sister Lan.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± Zhou Sisi was surprised.


    ¡°Yes, you heard that right,¡± Yi Ting said.


    Li Jia, whose head was probably much shallower than ordinary people, said, ¡°What¡¯s the point of bumping into Lu Xi, Sister Jin is still with Lu¨C¡±


    Pan Yijin quickly covered her mouth, blocking the second half of her words.


    Li Jia: ¡°Uh-huh¡­?¡± Why not let me say it?


    ¡°School grass and sister Lan are talking about seats,¡± Yi Ting lowered her voice and explained to Zhou Sisi.


    Because she wasn¡¯t sure if Sisi wanted her relationship with the little school grass to be known to the two witches in class (2).


    ¡°He said that boys and girls should not be at the same table, and he specifically mentioned you.¡±


    ¡°?¡± Zhou Sisi understood the words, but didn¡¯t quite understand why Lu Xi did such a strange thing.


    Yi Ting rubbed her chin. ¡°Running all the way to the senior office to find the teacher, does he have nothing to do?¡±


    ¡°This matter deserves deep thought, he can¡¯t do this for no reason.¡±


    ¡°Is your little bamboo horse treating you¡­¡±


    Dang dang dang dang.


    Yi Ting: ¡°Eh? So soon it¡¯s nap time?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°You go back first.¡±


    Yi Ting: ¡°OK, I¡¯ll talk to you in afternoon class. Bye-bye.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°You left your fruit box behind.¡±


    Yi Ting: ¡°It was specially brought for you to eat.¡±


    After two days, the senior class (1) changed seats once a month.


    Most of the classmates¡¯ seats remain unchanged, except Zhou Sisi.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s table was changed from Guo Qin to a girl whose math score was not inferior to his by a few points.


    After the remedial English class that week, Zhou Sisi asked the question while packing her materials, ¡°Let me ask you a question.¡±


    ¡°Ask.¡± Lu Xi yawned lazily.


    Zhou Sisi put on her canvas bag. ¡°Why are you discussing seats with Teacher Wu?¡±


    ¡°What?¡± Lu Xi looked away from the bookshelf.


    ¡°Didn¡¯t you look for my homeroom teacher Wu, a few days ago? Why do you want to talk about the seat?¡±


    ¡°¡­¡­¡±


    Little by little, a silence descended the space around the two.


    Zhou Sisi raised her long eyelashes, her glowing black eyes looking at the teenager who was spinning a pen between his fingers.


    Clack.


    The pen skewed, spun out of the air and fell to the ground.


    The dormant feelings in his chest surged in response, almost rushing out of the crumbling gate.


    Lu Xi didn¡¯t care about the pen at his feet, his Adam¡¯s apple slid up and down twice, ¡°Because I¡­¡±


    Gritting his teeth, he had his heart crossed as he uttered with broken words, ¡°I¡­ hi¡­¡±


    ¡°Lu Xi!¡± He abruptly touched upon a certain possible scenario for Zhou Sisi. ¡°Let¡¯s not prepare any make-up classes for this month.¡±

 CH 32

    ¡°I¡­ I¡­¡±


    ¡°Lu Xi, let¡¯s stop the make-up lessons for the time being.¡±


    Is she blaming me for meddling in her business and causing her to switch to a different table?


    Not likely. She didn¡¯t look angry when she mentioned changing seats.


    So, did she guess what I was going to say and indirectly rejected me?


    Lu Xi remained seated in his chair, his dark brown eyes dimmed.


    The weather was always particularly favorable at times like this, suddenly clouds gathered in the middle of winter and raindrops splashed against the windows barging into the house.


    The floor at Lu Xi¡¯s feet was wet and coldness invaded his body.


    Finally, remembering that there were uncollected clothes on the balcony, he got up agitatedly,and accidentally knocked over the glass.


    He quickly lifted up the cup, but most of the water had spilled out. Pulling the tissue, he wiped the water on his cuff.


    While the water on the table dripped down on the ground.


    He wiped and wiped for a long time, even until the tissue shrank into a ball, yet he repeated the mechanical movement over and over again with his eyes down.


    The ball of paper was scraped, and the fine slag stuck to the dark cloth, a little embarrassed.


    ¡®Crap!¡¯


    Lu Xi threw the badly worn out paper lumps into the trash can and grabbed the mobile phone in the drawer.


    He had to finish his sentence today.


    His long and slender finger quickly typed the words on mobile keyboard, with the determination that fit the description of ¡®Not looking back, until you hit the south wall.¡¯


    [TN: to be stubborn and refuse to give up or repent until one has experienced failure ]


    Like this, a complete sentence was typed before being sent.


    Lu Xi clenched his teeth and waited with the mobile phone in his hand.


    But contrary to Zhou Sisi¡¯s reply, what came next was Ms. Xu¡¯s series of  complaints, who had just come home from her shift.


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you close the kitchen window? Brat, don¡¯t close the balcony window¡ªwhy haven¡¯t you collected your clothes? Huh?¡±


    ¡°Squeak! Lu Xi! What are you doing in your room?¡±


    ¡°Hey you bastard, you¡¯re too stupid to play with your phone and don¡¯t know it¡¯s raining? What are you doing standing there like a pillar?¡± Xu Xuelin angrily raised her hand and twisted his ear.


    Having no choice but to bow his head in accordance with the force, ¡°Let go.¡± Lu Xi uttered.


    ¡°Is there something wrong with your ears?¡± Xu Xuelin hummed, ¡°Can¡¯t you hear what I said?¡±


    Lu Xi replied weakly, ¡°I heard that. Yes, I forgot to close the window and put away the clothes.¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s the matter with you?¡± Xu Xuelin let go of her hand, a little worried she added, ¡°not feeling well?¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°No.¡±


    ¡°Not enough money?¡±


    ¡°No.¡±


    Xu Xuelin: ¡°Then why do you look like a water-deficient cabbage?¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°Mom, you go out, I want to rest.¡±


    ¡°Okay, take a rest.¡± Xu Xuelin added, ¡°After taking enough rest, you need to read books and complete your homework.¡±


    ¡°Oh.¡± With that, Lu Xi closed the door.


    Turning off the weekend lunch alarm, Zhou Sisi noticed the notification bar, prompting three WeChat messages.


    Lu Xi: I like you (12:13)


    Lu Xi: Zhou Sisi (12:15)


    Lu Xi: Give me a reply, okay? (14:13)


    It turned out to be as she had vaguely guessed.


    Zhou Sisi half pursed her lips, not knowing how to reply for a while.


    She would not be foolish enough to think that the ¡°like¡± he was talking about was a like between siblings or friends.


    As if the wind had swept away the hidden veil, some strange and trivial things that she hadn¡¯t noticed and didn¡¯t look deeply into before, were explained.


    She accidentally laid down on the table and fell asleep while supplementing English, and the warmth on her face was so short that she suspected it was an illusion¡­


    The dimly lit alley, he drove her through it again and again with his bicycle¡­


    All kinds of warm breakfast lying on the classroom table in the morning¡­


    One of the family¡¯s children was playing skipping above the house, a smoldering thud from the ceiling covered Zhou Sisi¡¯s unusual heartbeat.


    No, this was not possible.


    Not to mention that they were in high school and under 18 years old, she was still half his sister. If Auntie Xu knew he liked her¡­


    ¡°Don¡¯t like me.¡±


    Typing out one word at a time, Zhou Sisi¡¯s fingers rested on the ¡°Send¡± button for a moment.


    Then she slowly pressed backspace to delete.


    The other end of WeChat.


    Lu Xi looked at the ¡°The other party is typing¡­¡± that finally appeared at the top of the chat box, and couldn¡¯t help himself from breathing lightly. But after a while, the prompt disappeared and no message from the other party was received.


    Every minute and every second of waiting was infinitely difficult.


    He even had the urge to make a voice call directly.


    Zhou Sisi: Sorry


    Lu Xi replied quickly: ¡°What are you sorry for?¡±


    Zhou Sisi: I don¡¯t like you.


    Zhou Sisi: From now on, you can find someone else for your make-up lessons.


    ¡°Heh¡ª¡± Wasn¡¯t she typing very fast?


    Lu Xi grabbed his forehead hair, put his hands on his brow bones and half-closed eyelids. He leaned his head back against the cold and hard wall.


    He knew that the possibility of being rejected by her was 99.9%¡­ Why was there such a blockage in the throat and heart when this moment arrived?


    After this rain, it did not rain for a long time.


    The sky was gray, the air was dry and cold as the days passed faster and faster.


    The red lanterns were hung on the roadside street trees and the entrance of the community to brighten up the monotonous winter.


    The new year was about to come.


    On the second day of New Year, the first day of her aunt¡¯s visit, Zhou Sisi caught a cold.


    Instead of telling Chen Cui, who was busy working overtime, she drank Banlangen twice and drank several cups of hot water, but her symptoms were still severe.


    Dizziness, nasal congestion and frequent coughing made Zhou Si Si¡¯s chest and abdomen painful.


    Putting on the padded clothes and wrapping the scarf tightly, she coughed and opened the door, ready to go to the community hospital for medical treatment.


    Her temples swelled up and down, by the time she turned around after locking the door, she met Lu Xi who had come out of the house at some time.


    It was past 5 o¡¯clock in the afternoon, but the sky was already darkened and the corridor was a bit dark.


    The door of his house was left open, the sparse light was spilling out, dividing the light and shade in the corridor.


    Most of his body sank into the shadows, tall and heavy, with no expression on his face.


    Zhou Sisi nodded slightly at him, then immediately looked away and walked towards the stairs.


    ¡°Ahem¡­cough cough¡­¡± Coughing uncontrollably.


    ¡°Are you sick?¡± There was a hint of hoarseness in the young man¡¯s clear voice.


    Zhou Sisi answered by coughing. ¡°I have a little¡­cough, cough¡­a little cold.¡±


    Lu Xi frowned, his drooping eyelids covered his emotionally surging pupils. ¡°I¡¯ll take you to the hospital.¡±


    Zhou Sisi subconsciously refused: ¡°No, I can¡­¡±


    ¡°How long are you going to hide from me?¡± Lu Xi suddenly took a step forward.


    Zhou Sisi¡¯s shoulders stiffened, she pursed her lips, ¡°No¡­¡±


    Although she and Lu Xi lived in the same community and had the same high school, their classrooms were located in different buildings. In addition, she lived on campus from Monday to Friday, rarely went out on weekends, and went to school on Sundays at different times. Logically speaking, the two rarely met each other.


    ¡°No?¡± Lu Xi pulled the corner of his lower lip, ¡°Liar.¡±


    Forty-eight days, he hadn¡¯t seen her this close for a total of forty-eight days.


    Several times, just as he was about to walk in front of her, she would quickly leave from another direction. As if he was some kind of scourge.


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°¡­¡±


    She did avoid him a little.


    Lu Xi: ¡°Wait, I¡¯ll change into a pair of shoes.¡±


    Zhou Sisi: ¡°You don¡¯t need to¡­¡±


    Lu Xi: ¡°Do you dare to try?¡±


    Zhou Sisi covered her nose and lips with her hand and coughed again.


    Lu Xi returned home, and soon came out, hooking a string of keys in his hand, ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± He went down the stairs first.


    To the bottom garage.


    Seeing that Lu Xi was holding the remote control lock in his hand, he turned on a white car.


    Zhou Sisi frowned slightly, and stopped him: ¡°You don¡¯t have a driver¡¯s license. Let¡¯s change to the tram, I brought my keys.¡±


    ¡°Riding a tram is very windy,¡± Lu Xi said.


    Zhou Sisi coughed a few times. ¡°It¡¯s okay.¡±


    ¡°Coughing like this, and yet you still dare to face the wind?¡± Lu Xi¡¯s face was a little cold. He flipped out the phone in his jacket pocket, and operated it with one hand for a few times. ¡°I called a cab.¡±


    ¡°Well, thanks.¡± Zhou Sisi added with a warm voice, ¡°You go back first.¡±


    Almost unable to resist grabbing her wrist, Lu Xi tightened his jaw angrily, ¡°I told you, I¡¯ll take you to the hospital.¡±