Xia Yunuo didn't know how she managed to stay awake until the end of her lunch break.
She couldn't fall asleep during the entire lunch break.
It wasn't that she wasn't sleepy; it was simply because she was too close to Song Yunshen. When she lay down to sleep, she could hear Song Yunshen's thoughts every now and then.
If it were just some ordinary thoughts, that would be fine, but Song Yunshen had been writing that letter during his lunch break, so the contents of the letter were being transmitted to Xia Yunuo's mind intermittently through Song Yunshen's thoughts.
Although the content was trivial, the thought that it was written by Song Yunshen to her older sister made Xia Yunuo feel uneasy.
I was so depressed that I couldn't sleep at all that afternoon.
Xia Yunuo was finally relieved when the bell rang at 1 p. m., signaling the end of her lunch break.
Song Yunshen next door folded the letter, stuffed it into an envelope, and put it in his pocket. He was just thinking about whether to go to the senior class classroom to find Xia Jinshu right now when the assembly music for the flag-raising ceremony started playing.
Zhang Zhidong came to the classroom from his office, and told everyone to bring chairs and line up in the corridor.
Xia Yunuo immediately stood up, preparing to move a stool Song Yunshen.
She realized that being able to hear Song Yunshen's thoughts wasn't all good; in fact, it always made her quite depressed. Although, logically speaking, she had no right to interfere with who Song Yunshen wrote to, knowing about it still made her unhappy.
It's better to know nothing from the beginning.
As Xia Yunuo was thinking this, she had already placed her hands on the stool and was about to lift it up when she saw Song Yunshen reach out a hand and hand something to her.
She paused for a moment, then looked closely and realized it was a very small paper fan.
"I just folded it casually," Song Yunchen said with a smile. "It's very hot today, I'll use it to fan myself later."
Xia Yunuo pursed her lips, her depressed mood slightly relieved, and a hint of joy appeared on her face.
While writing a letter to her older sister, Song Yunshen even thought about helping her fold a paper fan... Thinking of this, she felt a little happy again.
But she was just angry a moment ago... Xia Yunuo felt she couldn't be so easily appeased, so she tried to control herself and gently shook her head at Song Yunshen: "Then you can take it and use it yourself, I don't feel very hot."
"It's alright, I made two." Song Yunshen also took out a paper fan with his other hand, waved it twice at Xia Yunuo, and then stuffed the paper fan in his right hand directly into Xia Yunuo's school pants pocket. "Take it, you're welcome."
Xia Yunuo blinked, whispered a thank you, and couldn't contain her joy.
This scoundrel... isn't actually that bad.
The students in Class 5 carried their chairs to the corridor, lined up, and then went down the stairs towards the playground. Song Yunshen, was considered quite tall in the class. He was usually at the end of the line.
Although Xia Yunuo is not short, she is still in the lower middle of the girls' height range, and is several heights shorter than Song Yunshen.
On the contrary, Cao Shuhan was lucky and happened to be standing next to Xia Yunuo. When he caught sight of Xia Yunuo beside him, he was overjoyed and felt that his opportunity had come.
" Xia Yunuo, long time no see." Cao Shuhan couldn't help but greet her. "Do you remember me? We were classmates in Class 16. Aren't you tired carrying that chair? Do you want to...?"
Xia Yunuo glanced at him, somewhat reluctant to talk to him, so she pretended to tie her shoelaces, stepped out of the line, put down her chair, and squatted down.
Seeing this, Cao Shuhan hesitated for a moment, wondering whether he should stop as well. However, after being gently pushed by the boy behind him and noticing Zhang Zhidong's figure next to the group, he ultimately felt too embarrassed and continued walking forward with the group.
He figured there was no rush, and once Xia Yunuo Xia Yunuo caught up with the group, he could still sit next to her.
The flag-raising ceremony on the first day of school will definitely take a long time, so he will have many more opportunities to talk to Xia Yunuo.
But just as Cao Shuhan caught up with the group, Song Yunshen had already left the group, stopped next to Xia Yunuo, reached out and picked up her chair, placing it on his shoulder.
Then Song Yunshen continued to follow the group, turning to Xia Yunuo and saying, "Come on, when you're done. I'll hold it for you."
Xia Yunuo, who was only pretending to tie her shoelaces, was stunned when she realized that Song Yunshen had taken her chair away.
After realizing what had happened, she quickly retied her shoelaces and hurriedly jogged to catch up. When she returned to the group, the sports committee member had already led the team to their class's spot, where chairs were neatly arranged, and everyone took their seats.
Song Yunshen didn't help Xia Yunuo put the chair back in her original queue position. He simply placed it in the empty seat next to him and waved to Xia Yunuo, who had just arrived in the queue.
Seeing this, Xia Yunuo paused for a moment, blinked, walked to her chair and sat down, stealing a glance at Teacher Zhang's reaction.
Seeing that Teacher Zhang didn't seem to notice anything amiss, Xia Yunuo breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, Cao Shuhan, who had already sat down, was still looking around. When he saw Xia Yunuo return to the team, he wondered why she didn't have a chair in her hand. Then he saw her plop down in the empty seat next to Song Yunshen, and he was instantly dumbfounded.
What's going on?
Weren't we just standing next to him in line?
How did I end up sitting next to that boy for no apparent reason?
This is cheating, isn't it?!
The line was arranged properly, how can you just change positions like that!
I want to report this!
Cao Shuhan gritted his teeth, feeling very unwilling, but as a newcomer, he was too embarrassed to tell Teacher Zhang. Besides, how could he even bring up such a thing?
No matter what I say, it all feels a bit off.
Cao Shuhan had no choice but to swallow this bitter pill and didn't turn his head to look at Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo again, out of sight, out of mind.
"Why did you put my chair here?" Xia Yunuo asked Song Yunshen a low voice after she sat down.
"If not here, where should I put it?" Song Yunshen retorted. "I'm already being kind by helping you carry the stool; do you expect me to take it all the way to the front?"
"No... I just feel like it's not a good idea to switch positions like this?" Xia Yunuo muttered softly, her hands neatly resting on her knees.
"Oh, I see." Hearing her say that, Song Yunshen simply raised his hand and said to Zhang Zhidong beside him, " Teacher Zhang, Xia Yunuo was in the front row before, but she tied her shoelace and fell to the back. Should we let her sit back in the front?"
Xia Yunuo was stunned for a moment when she heard him suddenly approach Teacher Zhang, then became nervous and looked at Zhang Zhidong with a flustered expression.
Zhang Zhidong merely glanced at them and then said, "Switching back and forth is too much trouble, let's just leave it as it is."
Since we're all under his nose anyway, we can only sneak a few words over at most, what else can we do?
"Alright." Song Yunshen Shen chuckled and winked at Xia Yunuo. "Look, Teacher Zhang has agreed, so you can sit down now."
Xia Yunuo: "..." She glanced at Song Yunshen with a hint of helplessness, thinking that this guy always manages to do things that make her heart race.
When he asked Teacher Zhang just now, Xia Yunuo was really worried that Teacher Zhang would make her change her seat back, and she felt extremely guilty.
But Song Yunshen wasn't afraid at all and even dared to ask directly.
If it were Xia Yunuo, she would never dare to do such a thing.
"Where's the fan I gave you? Take it out and use it to cool yourself down, it's so hot." After settling the seating arrangement, Song Yunshen turned to Xia Yunuo and said.
"Here it is." Xia Yunuo took a paper fan out of her pocket, but Song Yunshen quickly snatched it away. Watching Song Yunshen fan himself, she couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Don't you have another one?"
"Lele snatched it when we went downstairs just now," Song Yunshen said, pursing his lips. "We'll have to share one now."
Xia Yunuo blinked, not minding at all, but rather secretly pleased.
Song Yunshen didn't leave her out of the cold. He fanned himself a few times, then moved closer to Xia Yunuo's face and, taking advantage of Zhang Zhidong's inattention, fanned her with a gentle breeze.
Before long, when students from all three grades had arrived at the playground and sat down, the flag-raising ceremony finally began.
The opening steps were the same as always: the flag team appeared, everyone stood up, the national flag was raised, and the national anthem was sung.
After that, the lengthy speech session began. First, student representatives from each grade took the stage.
I don't know how they chose her, but Xia Jinshu just happened to be selected from the senior class this year.
As they watched Xia Jinshu walk up to the flag-raising platform, Song Yunshen and Xia Yunuo immediately felt each other's thoughts echoing in their minds.
[It's my older sister again...]
[It's Mama Xia again...]
Song Yunshen gazed at the tall figure on the flag-raising platform with a look of emotion, completely unaware that Xia Yunuo beside him had been struck dumb, turning her head to look at his profile with a look of disbelief.
What did she just hear?
Xia... Mom?
Mother?!
Did she hear that right?
Song Yunshen calls her "Sister Mama Xia"?!
What kind of weird title is this?! Xia Yunuo was completely dumbfounded, utterly bewildered as to why Song Yunshen would suddenly come up with such a strange title.
Who calls a girl their own age "Mom"?
Even if his sister is a year older than him, he shouldn't call her that!
That's so weird!!!
Xia Yunuo felt like her brain had shut down. She thought to herself that she should have sat in the front; at least the chances of hearing that thought would have been smaller.
Upon hearing Song Yunshen's heartfelt words, she was momentarily at a loss for words, unsure how to face Song Yunshen and her own sister.
Could it be that when his older sister was tutoring him, Song Yunshen Song Yunshen her "Mom"?
This... this...
Just thinking about that scene gave Xia Yunuo goosebumps all over her body.
However, upon further reflection, she realized it was unlikely.
Song Yunshen doesn't seem like the type of person to do something like this at all; maybe he was just joking in his mind?
After all, during the summer vacation, his older sister cooked dinner for Song Yunshen every evening, showing she was indeed very caring. Perhaps that's why Song Yunshen felt his sister gave him a motherly feeling?
After making a reasonable deduction in her mind, Xia Yunuo's previously turbulent emotions finally calmed down a little.
Even so, she still felt unhappy.
She clearly cooked for Song Yunshen during summer vacation, so why didn't he call her "Mom"?
Xia Yunuo was unconvinced.
But she had no choice; after all, she couldn't just voice what she heard, so she had to swallow her anger silently.
Xia Yunuo had no idea how she got through the hour-long flag-raising ceremony.
By the time everyone came to their senses, the host on the flag-raising platform had already announced the end, and music from the broadcasting room had started playing. Everyone stood up, picked up their stools, and followed the group towards the teaching building.
Xia Yunuo secretly glanced at Song Yunshen beside her, sighed softly, and felt extremely complicated.
I thought that after becoming classmates with Song Yunshen, good days would come.
Looking back now, it seems this was hardly a good day.
If Song Yunshen is thinking about these things all the time, it's better to sit further away from him! He's sitting right next to her, so why is he always thinking about other girls?
Especially her older sister.
Can't you try to think about it from someone else's perspective?
I wonder how Xia Kening is doing. I'll ask her when her entrance exams are.
As Xia Yunuo was pondering this, she suddenly heard Song Yunshen's thoughts again. Her face immediately darkened, and she stopped in her tracks, taking several deep breaths before finally calming down.
You're starting to miss your younger sister instead of your older sister, aren't you?
That's outrageous! Xia Yunuo gritted her teeth in anger, her steps becoming heavier.
On the way back, Song Yunshen turned to look at Xia Yunuo and saw that she was sweating. He took out a paper fan and fanned her a few times, saying, "Your face is all red from the sun. Let's hurry up, we can enjoy the air conditioning in the classroom."
"It's all because of you..." Xia Yunuo muttered resentfully to herself.
But after Song Yunshen fanned her a few times with a cool breeze, her anger subsided considerably.
But... what exactly needs to be done to get Song Yunshen to call her "Mom"?
Xia Yunuo walked down the street, glancing at Song Yunshen's profile. She imagined Song Yunshen calling her "Mom," and her cheeks flushed instantly. It was a little funny, a little awkward, and a little... exciting?
Eek~
Xia Yunuo quickly shook her head a few times, trying to banish this terrible thought from her mind and stop thinking about it.
After everyone returned to the classroom, Song Yunshen carried his chair back to his seat, plopped down, and immediately let out a long sigh of relief, "Finally, I'm alive again."
"Awesome!" Xu Zhuoyue was already leaning against the air conditioner vent, arms outstretched, looking completely content.
Zhang Zhidong walked into the classroom, glanced at the noisy class, and tapped the blackboard. "Alright, everyone take your seats. Those who need to go to the restroom, go now. Once everyone is here, we'll have a class meeting to elect the new class committee members."
Song Yunshen had little interest in running for class committee.
After the class meeting started, he just watched the show, only casting his insignificant vote when Xia Yunuo was running for class representative and Wei Zhile was running for arts and culture representative.
After all, even without his vote, it wouldn't affect the election of these two people.
After the class meeting ended and Zhang Zhidong instructed everyone to study on their own, Song Yunshen knew his opportunity had arrived.
He patted Xia Yunuo on the shoulder, indicating that he needed to use the restroom, then stood up and touched the letter in his pocket.
[I wonder what Xia Jinshu is doing. Oh well, I'll just have to see what happens when I get there.] Xia Yunuo listened to Song Yunshen's thoughts and knew that he was going to find his sister, but there was nothing she could do to stop him. She could only silently move aside and watch Song Yunshen's departing figure disappear around the back door corner.
"I'm such an incompetent deskmate..." Xia Yunuo sat back down in her seat, feeling lost and dejected, and sighed deeply.