Just then, a piercing sound of metal scraping came from the side.

The rushing water stopped.

Pei Xi and Li Yiming looked over together.

Jiang Cheng straightened up and walked straight towards the door without even glancing at them.

He had only taken two steps when a voice came from behind him: "Hey."

Jiang Cheng paused in his steps.

After a moment's hesitation, he turned around.

Pei Xi frowned as she looked at him, her tone carrying a hint of grievance: "Why didn't you say goodbye before leaving?"

Jiang Cheng paused for a moment.

Her gaze flicked to Li Yiming beside her.

Li Yiming was shocked. He hadn't expected that Pei Xi and Jiang Cheng knew each other.

And it sounds quite familiar.

He lowered his head and said, "Pei Xi, then... I'll go first."

After saying that, he quickly glanced at Jiang Cheng, then grabbed the mop and strode out of the washroom.

Jiang Cheng watched Li Yiming's figure disappear, then turned his gaze to Pei Xi.

Her brow was still furrowed, and her questioning expression carried a hint of grievance.

Jiang Cheng's heart skipped a beat; he couldn't bear to see her expression like that.

His lips moved slightly, a hint of barely perceptible, cautious reassurance in his voice, as he whispered, "I... I saw you chatting with someone else."

“An excuse,” Pei Xi replied immediately.

Her expression was indignant, and her feigned anger actually looked somewhat cute.

Jiang Cheng remained silent.

He offered no explanation.

You can't really say that he saw other people around, so he deliberately avoided suspicion.

You can't act like you're very familiar with her in front of outsiders without her consent.

Seeing that he couldn't get three words out of him, Pei Xi took a deep breath, took a step closer to him, and asked, "Why didn't you tell me you were going back to school today?"

Jiang Cheng was taken aback, then replied, "...I forgot."

Actually, when she went to his house that day, he wanted to tell her, but she walked too fast and didn't have time to say it.

Recalling that day, Jiang Chengchui's fingers curled slightly at his side.

Upon hearing this, Pei Xi pursed her lips and looked at him scrutinizingly, seemingly not very satisfied with his answer.

The next second, she shoved the tissue in her hand into his.

“Use this to wipe it,” she said.

Jiang Cheng was taken aback. "And what about you?"

Pei Xi raised an eyebrow, a sly glint in his eyes.

She reached out, grabbed his school uniform jacket, and then repeatedly wiped her wet hands on it.

While wiping, he said, "This is punishment for not greeting me earlier!"

Pei Xi feigned anger, her nose wrinkling slightly, giving her a charmingly naive air.

After wiping him down, she put down Jiang Cheng's clothes and said to him, "Okay, I'm leaving."

After saying that, she deliberately glared at him, then turned and left the washroom.

Jiang Cheng watched her retreating figure, his Adam's apple bobbing.

Then he looked away and looked down at the mottled wet stains on the hem of his school uniform.

This is... absolutely terrible.