Minor conflict on Christmas Eve

After Nan Yue called him "brother-in-law," Song Zhao gave her a gift to change her address. Knowing that she loved beauty, he gave her a Vitoris annual card, enough for her to buy cosmetics for a year, plus ten free beauty services.

After Nan Yue no longer held a grudge against her, she became a sucker for Nan Yue's generosity, calling her "brother-in-law" repeatedly with an exceptionally sweet tongue. When Nan Qi mocked her for being spineless, she muttered that she would tell Song Zhao on her, clearly using Song Zhao as her protector.

Once, when Song Zhao came to visit Nan Qi, the two chatted until late. Nan Yue then offered to give up her room and squeeze into a bed with her mother. In her words, she had become a protective stone on their love journey, as well as a loyal CP fan leader.

Christmas Eve arrived in the blink of an eye. For high school seniors, apart from the Spring Festival, there is no concept of holidays. But for Nanqi, this is the first decent holiday she has celebrated since she started dating, and she still longs for a bit of ritual.

During morning reading that day, she nudged her deskmate Guo Chao, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "What are your plans for today?"

Guo Chao said casually, "Eat an apple."

Nanqi pursed her lips and said, "Stop pretending. I'm talking about you and that other person. How are you two doing?"

Why should I tell you how we live?

"Tell me what's wrong. Why are you, a grown man, so hesitant to speak?"

"Scented candles, flowers, give her a surprise."

"What? They're all so impractical."

"Important?" Guo Chao retorted, "This is the most practical thing for girls in love. You're a single dog who doesn't understand. When you start dating in the future, you'll like this kind of impractical thing too."

Nanqi thought for a moment, then said thoughtfully, "I understand flowers, but what does sending candles mean?"

"Want to know? Call me 'brother' and let me hear it~"

Nanqi rolled her eyes at him, then casually picked up a pen and smacked him on the head. Guo Chao angrily picked up the pen to hit her back, but Nanqi grabbed his wrist and wouldn't let him.

The two were playfully bickering when Nanqi suddenly felt a chill run down her spine from behind. She turned around and found Song Zhao standing behind her, staring at her with piercing eyes that made her skin crawl. The next second, she buried her head in her book and hid herself away.

Today, Song Zhao led the morning reading session. As soon as she stopped, everyone else stopped too.

"You two are having quite a bit of a commotion," Song Zhao said coldly.

Guo Chao pointed at Nan Qi with his thumb and said, "She provoked me first, it has nothing to do with me."

Song Zhao's gaze then focused on Nan Qi, who also felt somewhat guilty towards Guo Chao, and answered softly, "It was me..."

Song Zhao frowned and blinked a few times, clearly even angrier. "You two can stand and read."

Guo Chao said urgently, "You heard that, it's her fault, why are you punishing me?!"

"You have a loud voice. Since you're so energetic, why don't you go up and lead the morning reading?"

Guo Chao clenched the book in his hand and said sullenly, "Why am I so unlucky..." He glanced at Nan Qi with annoyance and went to the podium.

After Guo Chao left, Song Zhao took his seat.

Nanqi whispered, "I'm sorry..."

Song Zhao ignored her and continued reading aloud.

After class, Song Zhao left without a word, his face grim, leaving Nan Qi at a loss.

All I did was not study properly in the morning, and it's not like it's only been a day or two. Why is she so angry?

Nanqi scratched her head for a moment, then hurriedly followed. Just as she reached the door, Guo Chao stopped her. "Hey! Shouldn't you apologize to me?"

"sorry."

As Nanqi spoke, she hurriedly pushed him away.

"No, who wronged whom? Why is she acting like this?" Guo Chao said with a look of disdain. The others looked at his pathetic appearance, sighed, and cast sympathetic glances at him.

Nanqi followed Song Zhao to the restroom. Song Zhao was combing her hair. She glanced at Nanqi out of the corner of her eye, ignored her, and walked past her as if she hadn't seen her.

Nanqi followed behind her, and took her hand, saying, "We..."

Song Zhao quickly withdrew his hand and continued walking forward on his own.

"Oh my god." Nanqi was a little annoyed. She took a few steps and was about to grab her hand again, but Song Zhao seemed to have expected it. She tilted her arm inward and avoided it.

I refuse to believe in superstition.

This time, Nanqi disregarded everything and hugged her tightly from behind, using her physical strength to bind her to his embrace.

"Kidnapping".

What are you doing?

"If you ignore me, I'll kidnap you and won't let you leave."

"Let me go!" Song Zhao said angrily.

"I won't let go."

You're hurting me!

"Hmm?...Oh." Nanqi relaxed her arms slightly. "Then don't leave. Let's have a good talk."

"On what grounds?"

"For no reason other than that I'm good at being shameless, shameless, and thick-skinned."

"you…"

Song Zhao was amused by her shamelessness.

Seeing the smile on Song Zhao's face, Nan Qi finally let go of her with relief, took her hand, and walked to the corner of the stairs.

She said apologetically, "I didn't mean to bother you during morning reading. I was just curious about how other people spend Christmas Eve, so I asked Guo Chao. But he stopped halfway through his sentence and only agreed to speak after I called him 'brother.' I got angry and hit him on the head. He then hit me back, and that's how you saw it."

"You asked him how he's going to spend Christmas Eve, and whether you want to spend it with him."

"No, no, he has a girlfriend. I was just asking him for advice, that's all."

"You know he has a girlfriend, so why are you talking to him so close?"

Nanqi nearly jumped up in protest. "When did I ever get close to him while we were talking?"

"You dare to do it but not admit it? Your lips were practically touching his face, and you were still holding his hand..." Song Zhao became angrier the more she thought about it. "I didn't realize you were that angry. You two were pulling and tugging at each other. I thought you were flirting!"

Upon hearing this, Nanqi's anger instantly surged to her head: "I hate it when people wrong me the most! Do you really think I'm that kind of person?!"

"Ling..."

As the school bell rang, their argument was interrupted. Seeing Nanqi stomping her feet in anger, Song Zhao felt bad too. It wasn't that she didn't trust Nanqi, nor did she intend to hold a grudge. Her original intention was simply to make Nanqi care about her more, but she didn't expect that the argument would go against her wishes.

"Damn it!" After the bell rang, Nanqi turned her back and shouted angrily.

Song Zhao lowered his head, his temper completely gone, and returned to the classroom with a dejected expression.

Nanqi stubbornly ignored her. Nanqi didn't understand either; she had only wanted to have a nice holiday with Song Zhao, so how did it turn out like this?

After enduring Song Zhao's silence all morning, she regretted not controlling her temper. She felt that Song Zhao must have felt extremely wronged by her harsh words.

Why am I acting like such a jerk? Why did I yell at my girlfriend? If she's in a bad mood, she can just say a few words. Why can't I just put up with it and comfort her? She can comfort me when I'm angry, so why can't I comfort her when she's angry?

I'll go apologize to her after class. Even if she ignores me, I still have to apologize. At worst, I'll just hug her and not let her leave.

Oops, will this hurt her again? What if she thinks I'm too harsh and suspects I have a tendency to abuse her? Hmm...

She pondered to herself for a while, when suddenly a bad thought popped into her head: Damn, does she think I'm a jerk and mean right now? Is she planning how to break up with me?

Oh no, oh no, I'm going to die, I'm going to die.

"Hey, you're going to crumple up your test paper," Guo Chao gently reminded him.

Nanqi glanced at the crumpled test paper in her hand, quickly spread it out on the table, and ironed it with her hand.

I had two math classes in a row, without a break between classes, and it wasn't until lunchtime that the bell finally came into play.

Nanqi was already terrified and was sweating profusely. She immediately moved closer to Song Zhao and hurriedly said, "I have something to tell you."

Song Zhao looked up at her, her eyes instantly reddening, and she choked out a "Mmm".

As soon as Nanqi stepped out of the classroom, she couldn't wait to apologize to Song Zhao, but before she could even utter a word, a hot tear fell onto the back of her hand.

Nanqi was stunned.

That's it, I've broken your heart, this is the prelude to breaking up.

"Don't cry, listen to me first..."