Eight twenty a.m.
On a bright, sunny Sunday morning, Wen Zhixia and Lin Meng Qiu met at the intersection outside Chen Shi'an's residential complex.
Wen Zhixia had come across the zebra crossing from the other side of the street, while Lin Meng Qiu had walked up from farther down the road.
Both girls froze for a moment when they happened to meet at the intersection.
This was the first time Wen Zhixia and Lin Meng Qiu had encountered each other outside school, and neither was wearing her uniform.
Neither had noticed the other approaching from a distance. Only when they met at this corner did their steps briefly falter.
They had clearly been deskmates for a semester and knew each other, yet meeting outside school like this, neither took the initiative to greet the other, as though they were strangers. Their eyes met for an instant before immediately shifting away, and they continued walking in silence.
They had come from different directions, but for this next short stretch, the two girls shared a destination.
Seeing this Ice Block Spirit taking the same route as her, Wen Zhixia quickly put two and two together—Don't tell me this girl is going cycling too?!
She discreetly glanced at Lin Meng Qiu, whose expression remained calm. Chen Shi'an had invited her afterward, after all, so she knew Wen Zhixia was going.
That small information gap became an advantage in their game. Seeing that annoying cicada's expression seem to stiffen, Lin Meng Qiu's lips curved almost imperceptibly, and even her posture grew a little straighter as she walked.
Only when they reached the bus stop near the entrance to Chen Shi'an's complex and stopped at the same time could Wen Zhixia finally be certain that the Ice Block Spirit was joining their outing.
Their eyes