The fifteen-year-old Lu Xi was smug and capricious, cussed and surly.

Based on rumors, he fought continuously.

When Zhou Sisi heard the phrase “beat”, she was frightened and subconsciously wished to cease him.

“Lu Xi–“

Lu Xi glanced over and noticed it was her once more. “What?”

Zhou Sisi: “What are you going to do?”

“Why does it matter to you?” Lu Xi replied indifferently.

Huang Zhou subsequent to him checked out Zhou Sisi, then stared at Lu Xi.

How may Lu Xi know senior sister? He didn’t even inform him! Shit!

“Now,” Zhou Sisi stared into his eyes as she continued, “go residence and keep there.”

Lu Xi raised an eyebrow, with a touch of mockery. “My mom shouldn’t be right here, you need to come to my home?” 

“Sure.” Zhou Sisi stated.

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

He kicked Huang Zhou, who had his mouth left broad open “transfer” and walked away.

Strolling out 100 meters or so.

“Axi…” Huang Zhou approached Lu Xi.

“Go away, what are you doing so near me?”

Huang Zhou whispered: “I feel senior sister appears to be following us.”

What? He rotated and located her about 5 meters behind him.

It could not essentially be known as following him. In any case, the street lead straight exterior of the college gate.

After leaving the college, he went in the wrong way of his residence. Upon strolling a number of meters, when he seemed again–

Rattling it. She was nonetheless about 5 meters behind him.

“Don’t observe me.” He impatiently stated to her.

She didn’t communicate. However when he stopped on his monitor she too stopped.

“Why are you following me?”

“…”

Lu Xi grabbed his hair. “If I am going to an Web cafe to play video games, will you continue to observe me?”

Might or not it’s, was she going to face behind him and watch him play? I’ve had sufficient! He couldn’t think about a superb scholar like her getting into an Web cafe.

Taking part in video games? Her eyes moved barely. It turned out that the “beating” he was speaking about  was associated to enjoying video games, not preventing.

“Go residence early.” She rotated and walked away.

Underneath the orange glow, the marginally slender again regularly turned softer because it dwindled out of his eyes.

Huang Zhou’s gaze adopted her away. “…Senior sister simply left?”

“Are you continue to going to play video games?”He couldn’t stand his foolishness.

“Hey… anticipate me! Axi!”

After paying the cash, he was assigned a quantity for the machine.

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

“What’s your relationship with Sister SiSi?” Huang Zhou, who held again his curiosity all the way in which, requested, “Axi?”

Lu Xi pursed his lips, “It doesn’t matter.”

“Who’re you kidding!” Huang Zhou pulled off his headphones, “she’s going to your home.”

Lu Xi: “You haven’t gone to my home but?”

Huang Zhou: “No, how can we be the identical? Shit, she’s a lady!”

“Oh.” Lu Xi stretched out his hand. “Give me the headset again.”

Huang Zhou hid on the far aspect as he proceeded to ask, “Be frank, who’s Sister Sisi to you? When did you meet?” Their dialog didn’t sound like an abnormal relationship.

Is there something to say? Lu Xi leaned ahead rapidly and precisely grabbed the headset as he warned, pointing a finger at Huang Zhou, “Dare to attempt once more?”

“Hey…brother, inform me.” Huang Zhou’s coronary heart and liver merely ached in frustration.

“It’s not mine.”  Lu Xi’s lengthy fingers snapped on the account password “Realizing for a protracted time- don’t make a noise, velocity into the sport.”

Chen Cui was not there when Zhou Sisi returned residence.

After hesitating for 2 seconds, she walked into the kitchen.

Rice was boiling on the rice cooker, the tabletop had a number of bowls, the massive bowl contained rooster with pickled substances, and there have been unprocessed greens within the sink.

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

Having heated the frying pan and added sufficient oil, she methodically put ginger and minced garlic in it. After the flavour unfold round she poured within the marinated rooster and continued to stir fry.

None of this was troublesome for  Zhou Sisi, who had been cooking her meals since center college.

Inside half an hour or so, she made fried rooster with mushrooms, vegetable soup, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes. She additionally ready the substances for tomorrow’s breakfast.

After consuming alone, she washed the dishes and went again to her room to proceed with the questions from her research.

When there was a noise in the lounge, she glanced on the clock on the desk. It was 8:17.

Not lengthy after.

“Sisi, have you ever eaten?” Chen Cui opened the door.

She seemed on the workbook and stated, “I ate.”

“Lu Xi’s Mom stated you have been serving to Lu Xi along with his make-up classes lately?”

“Yeah.”

Chen Cui: “I believed she was joking, however I by no means heard you point out it.”

Zhou Sisi: “…”

“Nicely, I’m going to eat. I’ve labored extra time briefly till now, and I’m ravenous…”

“Are you able to knock on the door subsequent time?”

Chen Cui was shocked. “What?”

“Are you able to knock on the door earlier than you enter my room subsequent time?” Zhou Sisi stated.

“We’re mom and daughter, do we now have to do that?”

“Please keep in mind to knock on the door.”

“Nicely, as you say,” Chen Cui waved her hand and mumbled as she walked, “when women get older, they don’t need to be with their mom…”

Zhou Sisi’s grip on the pen tightened.

Ms. Xu Xuelin had been working arduous lately and couldn’t get off earlier than 9 o’clock each night time.

Counting on his mom’s absence, Lu Xi recklessly performed exterior till eight o’clock.

When the time was nearly up, he merely got down to full his homework by engaged on it casually.

Ms. Xu Xuelin, who got here again, shouted from the lounge, “Lu Xi!”

“Sure, what’s the matter?” he requested.

“What are you doing?”

“Learning.”

She glanced on the open door. “Research arduous”

“I do know,” he pretended.

Good, I didn’t get scolded.

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

A day of searching for happiness within the bland handed quietly.

Mr. Lao Zhuang had saved his mobile phone with him till commencement and if he wished to get it again prematurely, he needed to ask his mother and father to contact him. However Lu Xi didn’t need to bathe in Mrs. Xu’s love for an “schooling” in the meanwhile.

I’ll should report the lack of my previous card and get a brand new one as quickly as doable after which purchase a spare telephone.

Resting on his arm he seemed on the ceiling bored.

With this pocket cash, I can’t purchase a superb telephone a lot much less use it to play just a few video games.

Sleepiness overflowed a bit.

He yawned.

Simply then, a obscure shadow faintly emerged from the ceiling, white pores and skin, skinny eyebrows, apricot eyes and a fragile nostril… Rattling. Lu Xi closed his eyes fiercely and dozed off midway.

He considered being caught by her on the wall, after which to the Web cafe.

Fuck. When she runs into his mom, she would positively complain.

It was anticipated that he solely had just a few days left to reside a superb life.

….

It was a brand new day when he opened his eyes.

Lifting the quilt, he jumped away from bed.

The digital wristwatch mendacity on the bedside desk knowledgeable him that he was twenty-seven minutes late for 7:03.

As anticipated, he was the one one left within the household.

After brushing, washing his face, and altering garments whereas sporting sneakers, he considered the potential for visiting the breakfast store within the west gate neighborhood to refill his abdomen after which proceed to go to high school inside quarter-hour.

I haven’t overslept at this time, and there’s no must go over the wall.

He determined to surrender the scrumptious breakfast on the west gate and waited to go to high school to purchase junk meals from the canteen throughout the break.

In any case, it was not good to be late for 2 days in a row.

He needed to maintain a low profile today.

The sensor managed gentle within the hall lit up as he opened the door.

As he walked out, he ready to lock the door along with his backhand, solely to discover a bag of…breakfast hanging on the doorknob.

What’s happening? Who hung it right here by mistake?

Lu Xi lowered his eyes, the clear plastic bag contained a sandwich, just a few small taros, and a bag of contemporary milk.

There was additionally a sticky notice.

He first glanced at 303 subsequent to him.

Taking a more in-depth take a look at the post-it notes.

The 4 phrases weren’t too massive nor too small.

He was no stranger to this handwriting, and the English supplies on the desk within the room have been all on it.

Though he didn’t know why he had a obscure premonition, it was actually actually her. Lu Xi … wasn’t in a position to inform how he felt.

In simply two seconds, his mind turned greater than fifteen thousand turns, and the choice of “take” and “don’t take” alternately flashed. The pop-ups may even fill half a soccer subject.

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

After ready for some time, nothing occurred.

She and Aunt Chen should have gone out.

His eyes went down. The bag of breakfast hung instantly on her door deal with may now not be returned.

…Tsk, overlook it.

There was no must spend cash if it was delivered to the door.

He did morning workout routines in school and went to class. The free breakfast was nonetheless heat.

“You introduced breakfast?” Pan De was very silent as he stated, “share me a little bit taro.”

“Take it.” Lu Xi took a chunk of the sandwich.

The toast was tender and supple, the poached egg was barely charred, and the asparagus was a crispy, very…cough, barely passing the extent.

“It’s scrumptious!” Pan De was far more sincere. “This taro is tender and aromatic.” In two or three mouthfuls, he managed to settle one and reached to get extra.

Lu Xi patted his hand. “I haven’t eaten it but.”

“Yet another, only one extra chunk.”

“No.”

Pan De smacked regretfully. “I need to purchase it tomorrow, the place did you purchase it?”

Lu Xi replied calmly, “I don’t know.”

“Didn’t you purchase it?”

“No.”

“Ask aunt the place she purchased it later.”

“Ah.” Lu Xi stated, “my mom didn’t purchase it.”

Pan De: “Then assist me ask the one that purchased it.”

“I picked it up on the street.” Lu Xi replied lazily.

Pan De: “?”

The nook of his eyes slanted. “Are you able to simply cease me?”

“This sandwich appears so scrumptious, break a small piece for me.” Pan De swallowed.

Lu Xi stated with out hesitation: “Put away your wishful pondering.”

The English instructor adopted up on the English speech contest and arranged a simulation train for a number of college students on the college.

On the fourth ground, a small convention room.

Zhou Sisi sat behind the window.

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

At this second, his voice was filled with emotion, and his posture was beneficiant. His upright posture  from head to toe was clad in dignity and confidence was written on his face. The impression he left on her throughout the first dialog was very totally different.

She was a little bit envious of him.

The earlier speaker was her.

As quickly as she walked up, it felt like her coronary heart was lodged in her throat. She didn’t know the place to put her fingers and toes whereas her eyes have been nearly glued to the manuscripts all through. She even stopped twice within the center.

That was terrible.

She even regretted signing up for this speech contest.

“…Thanks on your listening.” Mo Yifan completed talking and returned to his authentic place.

“It wasn’t excellent.” He turned his head and whispered to Zhou Sisi.

She was too sullen to hearken to the phrases of the subsequent particular person as she replied courteously, “…… hmm.”.

“What’s unsuitable?” Mo Yifan requested, “Are you able to give me some ideas?”

She laughed. “Your speech was wonderful.”

“No, no, common.” As he spoke his voice turned anxious once more.

The English instructor answered the telephone and needed to go away for one thing, thus she didn’t have time to complete the lectures of the scholars or give ideas.

Zhou Sisi walked out the again door of the convention room.

Mo Yifan rapidly adopted her.

“Who do you assume speaks essentially the most ….What occurred? Are you okay?” 

“Nothing.”

“You look, uh, your complexion shouldn’t be excellent.” Mo Yifan stated tentatively, “I feel you carried out effectively. “

She shook her head. “Very dangerous.”

He rapidly stated, “No, it sounded good, and the pronunciation was very commonplace.”

“It’s no totally different from an endorsement. It’s far behind you.” Zhou Sisi whispered, “I… …Too nervous.”

“It’s regular to be a little bit nervous. I’m nervous too, what number of instances do you observe?”

“I memorized it effectively, however it bought caught on stage.”

Her lengthy eyelashes sagged like delicate butterfly wings, and cherry pink lips pressed barely.

“Don’t get depressed! Watch extra movies.” Mo Yifan looked for concepts. “When you’ve got time, attempt to recite manuscripts in a crowded place, I can accompany you.” He was secretly attempting to get near her.

She hesitated: “Crowded locations ……”

“Sure, like squares, parks, or downtown streets.”

“……This manner.”

About ten meters behind them.

“Isn’t that Sister Sisi?” Huang Zhou stretched out midway lazily as he stated, “look, Axi.”

Lu Xi, who additionally simply got here out of the classroom, raised his eyelids as he replied, “then?”

“Who’s the person along with her? Her boyfriend?”

“…has one thing to do with you?”

“How will you say that sister Sisi is likely one of the few women in No 3 center college who requested about their title.” Huang Zhou sighed, “In addition to, she’s very near you.”

Lu Xi put his elbow on the railing. “Heh.”