School let out that afternoon.
During the evening break, Chen Shi'an and Wen Zhixia went to play badminton together.
"Taoist, has your class started taking sign-ups for Sports Day?"
Chen Shi'an waited empty-handed in the first-floor corridor. Wen Zhixia jogged toward him with a badminton racket bag slung over her shoulder and a tube of shuttlecocks in her hand.
"Yeah. What about yours?"
"We've started too!"
They met up and chatted as they walked toward the badminton courts.
Wen Zhixia tilted her head and asked him:
"Didn't you say at lunch that you were taking part? What events did you sign up for?"
"Lots. The three-legged race, the back-to-back ball relay, Three-Brick Step, and then the men's 4 × 100-meter relay and the Men's 3,000-Meter Run."
"-You signed up for that many fun events?!"
"Yeah, they sounded pretty interesting."
Chen Shi'an smiled and asked her, "What did you sign up for?"
"I haven't signed up yet-"
Originally, Wen Zhixia hadn't planned to volunteer for Sports Day, but after hearing that Chen Shi'an was taking part, she wanted to join in too.
Especially since most of the fun events he'd mentioned involved working in pairs. It was just a shame she wasn't in the same class as the Taoist, or she would definitely have wanted to do them with him.
At that thought, the girl grew a little curious:
"Who are you partnering with for those fun events?"
"The class monitor."
"-She's willing to take part in those?"
"Yeah, she seemed pretty willing."
"Aaaaaah!
Of course that Ice Block Spirit would be willing to partner with you!"
Who knew which corner she was hiding in, happily swinging her legs?
As if Wen Zhixia didn't know her!
Last year, when she'd been dragged in to make up the numbers, the aloof, reserved