Song Yu'an was rather introverted, but not aloof. When Wei Zhile called him, he caught up with the group, but he barely spoke along the way.
In contrast, Wei Zhile was much more outgoing, and on the way from the teaching building to the cafeteria, he had already become friends with everyone.
While queuing at the cafeteria, she chattered away, her mouth never stopping, able to join in on anyone's conversation.
When it was Song Yunshen's turn to get his food, he smiled and reached out his hand to Xu Zhuoyue.
Xu Zhuoyue couldn't help but click his tongue, but still took out his meal card and handed it to Song Yunshen.
After Song Yunshen getting his food and returned the meal card to Xu Zhuoyue, it was Xia Yunuo's turn to get her food.
When she took out her meal card, Song Yunshen stopped her and pressed his own meal card onto the card reader.
"Huh?" Xia Yunuo was taken aback. "How come you..."
" Xu Zhuoyue treated me, and then I'll treat you," Song Yunshen a smile.
[The main reason is that I don't want Lao Xu to treat Nuonuo to dinner directly; he should at least have me handle it first, right?]
[Only I can invite Nuonuo; everyone else has to wait.] Xia Yunuo was hesitating whether to refuse, after all, she had already earned a lot of wages this summer, plus her part-time job at the cat cafe, she was now a well-off little rich girl.
It would be a bit unreasonable to keep letting Song Yunshen treat us to meals.
Upon hearing Song Yunshen's thoughts, Xia Yunuo's cheeks flushed slightly, and she quickly lowered her head, but her heart inexplicably leaped with joy, and her heartbeat quickened.
"Well, alright then," Xia Yunuo replied softly, accepting Song Yunshen's kindness.
After all eight people had gotten their food, Song Yunshen took the lead and found an empty long table, leading everyone to sit down.
He made a point of having Song Yu'an sit next to him, hoping that he could integrate into the class as soon as possible.
As soon as he sat down, he saw Song Yu'an hesitate for a long time, then take out a small bag from his pocket, pick up a spoon and scoop out a spoonful of chopped green onions, which he then sprinkled on his plate.
Song Yunshen stared at his actions, completely stunned. "Wait... why... why does it come with scallions?"
"Um..." Song Yu'an scratched his head a little embarrassedly and explained in a low voice, "I always feel like something's missing without scallions, and I can't eat properly, so I bring some with me every day. Do you want some, cousin?"
Song Yunshen's lips twitched. "... No need, you can keep it yourself."
"Awesome, she can be paired with our class's Lao Gan Ma (a popular chili sauce brand)." Xu Zhuoyue, sitting opposite Song Yu'an, couldn't help but exclaim in admiration after seeing Song'an's actions.
"What Lao Gan Ma?" Wei Zhile asked curiously. "There's a girl in our class who always brings Lao Gan Ma with her meals; she can't eat without mixing it in," Xu Zhuoyue explained.
"Haha, I'm the kind of person who can't eat without soup." Wei Zhile chuckled twice, then poured the egg drop soup he had just served into his rice, stirred it, and slurped it up.
Song Yunshen shook his head, wondering what was wrong with him, and then buried his head in his food.
"By the way, Lele, why did you choose to study pure science?" Chen Yue asked Wei Zhile curiously during dinner.
"Ugh, I didn't even want to talk about it if you hadn't asked." Wei Zhile got annoyed just thinking about it. "Back in Class 15, there were a few girls who didn't like me and kept ostracizing me in class, so I just stopped hanging out with them and just left."
"Why would they ostracize you for no reason?" Chen Yue asked, puzzled.
Logically speaking, Wei Zhile's personality should be very popular.
"There's a boy in my class who likes me, and he's probably the most handsome one in the class, so he gets jealous." Wei Zhile pouted. "If you ask me, he's not even as handsome as my cousin, not even as good-looking as Yu An."
Sitting opposite him, Song Yu'an opened his mouth but said nothing, wondering if he was some kind of backup option.
"Ahem..." Song Yunshen coughed, "Even if you secretly praise me indirectly, I won't be happy."
"Then why don't you just switch to a humanities class?" Chen Yue said again.
"There are too many girls in the humanities class, and who knows how many outrageous ones we'll run into," Wei Zhile said, waving her hand. "The science class is better. Anyway, my dad doesn't expect me to get into any good university, so it doesn't matter where I am." "What about Song Yu'an?" Deng Shitao asked his new deskmate.
Song Yu'an was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head and said softly, "It was arranged by my family."
"What did you choose before?" Song Yunshen confusion.
Physics, Chemistry, Geography.
"Didn't choose biology?!" Song Yunshen exclaimed in surprise, then realized, "No wonder..."
Song Yu'an's family business is entirely in the medical field, and his elders certainly hope that he will inherit their mantle in the future.
Who knew this kid wouldn't choose biology last semester, but he had to be urgently corrected to it this semester.
Song Yunshen couldn't really say anything about this, since Song Yu An might have his own life ideals and it was normal for him not to want to study medicine.
In comparison, Song Yunshen was quite ordinary in this regard.
He had no desire to prove himself; he just wanted to go to university and, after graduation, inherit his father's company and property.
Go to work, collect rent, and then go home to play video games – it couldn't be better. His ultimate dream is to be a good-for-nothing rich kid, living a peaceful and comfortable life.
"Speaking of which, is it possible that among us, only one person hasn't finished their summer homework?" Song Yunshen changed the subject and teased Xu Zhuoyue. Needless to say, Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo had finished their homework, as had Wei Zhile and Song Yu'an.
Fat Dragon, that middleman, might not even have done the summer homework himself, but he definitely got it done.
As for Deng Shitao and Chen Yue...
"Bullshit! I'm definitely not the only one!" Xu Zhuoyue cursed, then glanced around before his gaze settled on Deng Shitao. "Old Deng, talk to me! Confess!"
"Ahem." Deng Shitao coughed twice, then said in a low voice, "I didn't finish my English assignment, I handed it in directly. I don't think Peipei will check it, right?"
"You just think Peipei is easy to bully, huh?" Xu Zhuoyue retorted irritably upon hearing this.
"What do you mean by 'easy to bully'? It just means Teacher Jiang is kind, approachable, gentle, and generous!" Deng Shitao retorted. "Anyway, I've already submitted it. As long as they don't find it, it's the same as me finishing it all."
"Hmph~ If that's how you put it, then I've finished writing too." Xu Zhuoyue laughed. "I had Xia Yunuo remove the names from the list for me. As long as the teacher doesn't count them herself, I can get away with it!"
"Holy crap, you little brat!" Deng Shitao's eyes widened. "How did you...?"
"I have a secret, okay?" Xu Zhuoyue smiled mysteriously. "Call me 'Dad,' and I'll teach you."
"Roll!"
" Xu Zhuoyue, even though I helped you, you still have to do your summer homework," Xia Yunuo said to him earnestly. "If the teacher finds out, you can just show it to them and say you forgot to hand it in."
The current chapter is incomplete! To view the complete chapter, please exit reading mode! Loading... Upon hearing this, Song Yunshen was immediately speechless. "Try calling another one?"
"What? You're not allowed to yell even though you're overloaded? Looks like the traffic police officer's lesson wasn't enough."
"You little brat... stop right there! Don't try to run away!"
The two chased each other and quickly ran towards the basketball court.
Wei Zhile didn't quite understand and asked curiously why, so Chen Yue immediately explained it to her with a smile.
Xia Yunuo covered her mouth and chuckled softly. When Chen Yue talked about the story of overloading, she blushed a little. Then she followed the group to the basketball court to watch them play.
In a corner of the cafeteria, Xia Jinshu was eating with her tablemate Zhuang Lujun when she heard a commotion nearby. She looked up and immediately noticed a very familiar figure.
She stared blankly for a while until Zhuang Lujun patted her shoulder, bringing her back to her senses.
" Xiao Shu, what are you looking at?"
"Oh... it's nothing, I was just spacing out for a while," Xia Jinshu said with a smile, but there was a hint of envy and melancholy in her eyes.
I wish she could be in the same class as that guy.
Speaking of which... this guy said he'd look for her at school, but he didn't show up all morning. Could he have been lying to her?
Xia Jinshu pursed her lips, glanced in the direction Song Yunshen left, and then suddenly asked, "Are you going to watch the game later?"
"Huh?" Zhuang Lujun looked surprised when she heard him say that. "Really? Xiao Shu, you're going to watch the game?"
"There's not much to do when school starts, are you coming?"
"Go ahead, go ahead, I'm bored anyway."
At noon, on the basketball court
The boys in Class 5 got a basketball hoop, but there were too many of them, so they split into three groups, and the losing group would take turns playing.
With several pretty girls, including Xia Yunuo, watching them play, the boys were cheering and shouting like they were on steroids.
Although Chen Yue and Xia Yunuo are both already taken, Wei Zhile has only just transferred to their class and is quite pretty. It's impossible for the boys in Class 5 not to have any feelings for her.
Of course, high school boys' thoughts are relatively simple. Thinking about it isn't illegal; it's mostly a normal longing for pretty girls.
Unlike Song Yunshen, who secretly pursued Xia Jinshu Shu, Song Yunshen was still on the field at this moment, having defeated Xu Zhuoyue and Zhong Long's combination.
Looking dejected, Xu Zhuoyue left the field to drink water. He sighed and couldn't help but complain, "With Xia Yunuo around, we can't beat him at all. That guy's like a madman."
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it, anyway..." Zhong Long was saying when he suddenly paused, quickly patted Xu Zhuoyue's shoulder, and pointed diagonally forward, "Brother Xu, look over there!"
"Huh? What's wrong?" Xu Zhuoyue looked puzzled, following the direction Zhong Long was pointing. He then saw a familiar figure and his eyes widened slightly. "Isn't that Xia Jinshu?"
"Yes." Zhong Long nodded slightly, " Brother Shen's tutor."
"Huh? You already knew?" Xu Zhuoyue asked in surprise.
" Brother Shen told me about it privately before," Zhong Long said, "But he told me not to tell anyone else."
"That kid deserves to die," Xu Zhuoyue muttered to himself. "I think he's just afraid of being found out by Xia Yunuo."
"So what do we do now?" Zhong Long asked in a low voice. "Why do I feel like Xia Jinshu is watching us play too?"
"Do I even need to feel it?" Xu Zhuoyue rolled his eyes. "I wish she were here right now, bumping into Xia Yunuo. I want to see how that bastard Song Yunshen handles it."
As soon as Xu Zhuoyue finished speaking, Xia Jinshu, who was some distance away, had already left with her classmates.
Zhong Long, who loved watching the excitement, said with some regret, "Why did they leave so soon?" "Could it be that Xia Jinshu knew Xia Yunuo was the real one, so she didn't dare to come over and only dared to secretly watch from a distance?" Xu Zhuoyue had a sudden inspiration and couldn't help but whisper.
"Really?" Zhong Long was a little incredulous. "Brother Xu, you're overthinking it, aren't you? You have no idea how popular Xia Jinshu was in their grade."
As one of Ningjiang Middle School's top middlemen, Zhong Long knew Xia Jinshu, a particularly popular girl, very well, and he couldn't believe that she would be willing to be a mistress.
He felt there must be more to the story.
What if they just have a simple tutor-student relationship?
"I was just saying," Xu Zhuoyue said, pursing his lips.
He was mainly annoyed that Song Yunshen already had Xia Yunuo, yet he was still secretly flirting with other girls.
He could let it go before, but now that Xia Yunuo has helped him cover up his Xia Yunuo homework, he's definitely on her side.
"I think we'd better not meddle in other people's business," Zhong Long muttered to himself.
"Whatever, I want to see when this son of a bitch will crash and burn." Xu Zhuoyue sneered. Now it was their group's turn to go on stage again, so he immediately brought Zhong Long and another boy along, determined to knock Song Yunshen off the stage.
After a thrilling basketball game, everyone rushed back to the classroom when the lunch break bell rang. The game only lasted about ten minutes, so it wasn't too tiring.
Back in the classroom, most people slumped onto their desks to sleep. Xia Yunuo was also a little tired, so she lay down on the desk, ready to sleep with Song Yunshen.
The thought of Song Yunshen sleeping next to her during her lunch break every day made her blush and feel a little excited.
When she lay down, she realized that Song Yunshen had no intention of sleeping.
"Aren't you going to rest?" Xia Yunuo asked softly.
"I just finished playing ball, I'm not very sleepy." Song Yunshen shook his head, then said softly, "Besides, there's a flag-raising ceremony this afternoon. We can bring a chair there this time, and if we want to sleep, we can sleep then."
Upon hearing this, Xia Yunuo was both amused and exasperated, then asked curiously, "So what are you going to do now?"
"Let's review a bit, the entrance exam is tomorrow, isn't it?" Song Yunshen said seriously. "You go to sleep first."
"Oh." Seeing his response, Xia Yunuo felt embarrassed to bother him any longer, so she buried her head on the table and closed her eyes.
Song Yunshen turned to look at Xia Yunuo, who had her eyes closed. Seeing that she was no longer peeking, he took out a piece of paper, considered it carefully, and began to write.
[We're both members of the English Club, so wouldn't it be perfectly reasonable for me to write a letter and then go to see Xia Jinshu?]
[Pen friends in the English Club, what a legitimate relationship! Peipei personally endorsed it, it's completely legal.] Xia Yunuo, who had her eyes closed and was almost asleep, suddenly heard this thought in her mind and instantly woke up.
She didn't open her eyes, but silently clenched her small fists, feeling slightly depressed.
That scoundrel!
Why does she insist on going to find her sister?