Chapter 6 Your Name

"What are you talking about? You look so happy?"

A familiar voice sounded in their ears. Tang Shi and Chi Jinjin turned their heads and saw that it was Senior Sister Lu.

"Hello, senior sister." Tang Shi and Chi Jinjin greeted senior sister Lu together.

Chi Jinjin was puzzled and asked, "Senior sister, why are you here?"

Senior Sister Lu replied, "Come over to help the teacher deliver something."

She looked Chi Jinjin and Tang Shi up and down, and said, "You school girls look pretty good in your school uniforms."

"Thank you for the compliment, senior sister." Chi Jinjin smiled shyly.

At this moment, the surroundings suddenly became agitated. Many girls ran out of the classroom and leaned on the railings, seemingly looking at something excitedly.

Chi Jinjin and Tang Shi turned around and followed their gaze downstairs. It turned out that Song Ci and Ji Yang had arrived. The two were still the same, one wearing a floral shirt with a gold chain, the other wearing a loose black T-shirt with a white collar, one holding a cigarette between his fingers, and the other holding a beautiful woman in his arms.

The crowd in front quickly made way for them, and the two men walked slowly forward, their bodies full of cynicism and their eyes full of disdain.

But Chi Jinjin unexpectedly saw that senior!

He was still wearing the clean school uniform, with his hands in his trouser pockets, walking calmly behind Song Ci and Ji Yang.

Chi Jinjin was suddenly overjoyed, but before she could smile, she became confused again. She didn't understand why her senior would walk with those two bullies?

"It's that senior..." Chi Jinjin murmured.

Tang Shi heard this and asked curiously, "What senior?"

Chi Jinjin said, "The guy in the school uniform at the back is the senior I mentioned to you before."

"The one who gave me the pen?" Tang Shi couldn't help but exclaim, "He's so damn handsome! But... why is he with those two?"

Chi Jinjin became worried and said, "Could it be that Senior has offended those two people and is going to be bullied?"

Thinking of what happened to the boy before, Chi Jinjin became even more worried.

But Senior Sister Lu next to them chuckled and said to them, "He won't be bullied."

"Why?" Chi Jinjin was even more confused.

"Yes, why?" Tang Shi was also puzzled.

Senior Lu replied, "Because he is Nan Xuqiu."

Nan Xuqiu?

Chi Jinjin felt that the name sounded familiar, and suddenly remembered that on the first day of school, the senior student told them that there was a person named Nan Xuqiu in San Shao Middle School.

Chi Jinjin really didn't expect that the senior she met was actually Nan Xuqiu!

"He's Nan Xuqiu?!" Tang Shi was shocked. She looked at the people downstairs and said in disbelief, "That can't be right. That senior looks so elegant and gentle. He doesn't look like he's in the same group with those two."

Yes, no matter how Chi Jinjin looked at it, they didn't seem like they would be together, especially Song Ci and him. One was full of hostility and had a fierce look on his face, while the other had a smile on his face and was approachable. Especially the school uniform on him, which was very out of tune with the clothes worn by the two people in front.

"Senior, were you forced to join them?" Chi Jinjin thought about it and only this idea was more accurate.

"Forced?" Senior Sister Lu smiled again, walked forward, looked at Nan Xuqiu, and said, "If you must offend one of the three of them, then you must, absolutely, not offend Nan Xuqiu."

"Why? Is he so scary?" Tang Shi was puzzled and full of doubts.

Senior Sister Lu turned around and said to them, "She comes from a family of officials. Both her parents are high-ranking officials, her grandfather was a lieutenant general, and her only grandmother who wasn't an official was the calligrapher Wang Cuizhi."

"That sounds really scary..." Tang Shi's smile froze in fear, but she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Are these three from the same class?"

Senior Lu shook her head and said, "That's not the case. In the second year of high school, there are classes for arts and science, and within those, there are elite classes and regular classes. Nan Xuqiu has always been at the top of the class, but those two spend all their money on food, drink, and entertainment, so they can only muddle through in the regular class."

"Now you know why I say he's special. Of the three of them, Song Ci and Ji Yang have always disregarded school rules and done their own thing, while Nan Xuqiu is humble and polite, respects teachers and abides by the rules. He's the most popular with girls in school, and he's also the teacher's favorite for his excellent character and academic performance. In fact, many people can't understand how someone like him can hang out with those two." Senior Sister Lu sighed, "Maybe rich people are more attractive to rich people."

Chi Jinjin stared at his receding figure infatuatedly. The boy in the same school uniform always had a sense of nobility. Even if he wasn't walking with Song Ci and the others, he was still an eye-catching sight, the focus of everyone's attention...

Which nan, which xu, and which qiu is it?

Chi Jinjin supported her head with one hand and slowly wrote on the edge of the textbook with a pen in the other hand, while the teacher on the stage continued to lecture.

Suddenly, the teacher said, "Tang Shi, please stand up and answer the question."

But Tang Shi was reading the novel with great interest and didn't hear it at all.

"Tang poetry!" the teacher called her again.

Chi Jinjin turned around and saw that she was still immersed in it, so she quickly pulled her clothes.

"What?" Tang Shi turned his head in confusion.

Chi Jinjin lowered her head and whispered, "The teacher is calling you."

When Tang Shi heard this, he quickly stood up.

"What are you doing? Why don't you stand up after I called you several times?" the teacher asked angrily.

Tang Shi replied awkwardly, "I'm sorry, teacher. I just didn't hear it."

"Can you hear me now?" the teacher raised his voice.

Tang Shi nodded.

The teacher said, "Translate what I just said."

"Just now, just now..." Tang Shi pretended to pick up the book and looked at Chi Jinjin for help.

Chi Jinjin quietly pointed to the sentence and quickly wrote Chinese on it. Tang Shi glanced at it and answered haltingly.

"Pay attention in class. Even if you are a sports student, you still have to study hard." Seeing that she had answered the question, the teacher did not make things difficult for her and let her sit down.

Tang Shi breathed a sigh of relief, sat down, and whispered to Chi Jinjin, "I was so scared, I almost died."

"Put the novel away quickly and don't read it anymore." Chi Jinjin reminded.

Tang Shi quietly took out the novel from under the textbook and quickly stuffed it into the desk.

After lunch at noon, Tang Shi went to the store to buy snacks. Chi Jinjin was waiting for her outside. There was a bulletin board in the far side of the store. She walked over slowly out of boredom. She hadn't paid attention to it before. It turned out that the bulletin board had the report card of each grade. Because they were in the first year of high school, they didn't have it yet.

Chi Jinjin suddenly remembered that Senior Lu said Nan Xuqiu had good grades.

So her gaze gradually moved to the second grade area, and sure enough, his name was the first one.

“So these are the three words…”

Chi Jinjin raised her hand, and her fingertips gently fell on the three words "Nan Xuqiu". For some reason, the moment her fingertips touched them, her heart actually palpitated, as if something had suddenly hit her heart.

"Jinjin!"

Hearing Tang Shi's voice, Chi Jinjin immediately came back to her senses and withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted.

"What are you looking at?" Tang Shi ran over to her side. "It turns out to be the report card."

She raised her head and took a sip of water. Suddenly, she saw something and almost spit out the water in her mouth. After swallowing, Tang Shi pointed at Song Ci and Ji Yang's names and said with a smile, "Look at these two bullies. Their grades are worse than mine."

Chi Jinjin looked at the end of the list. Song Ci was ranked last and Ji Yang was ranked second to last. Song Ci had not passed any subject and even got zero points in Foreign Language. Ji Yang was on par with him, with his total score only two points higher than Song Ci's.

"With such grades, it's a good thing they are rich, otherwise no high school would want them. Look at that idiot Song Ci, I could have written a few random strokes and not gotten a zero." Tang Shi laughed out loud.

Chi Jinjin looked around nervously, covered Tang Shi's mouth, and said, "Keep your voice down. If they hear us, we'll be in trouble."

"Oh." Tang Shi calmed down a bit, her eyes landing on Nan Xuqiu's name again. She glanced at all the subjects, all of which had high scores, including perfect scores in math and English. She couldn't help but sigh in admiration, "Is that a fucking human being able to get these grades? Jinjin, he's even more awesome than you."

Chi Jinjin's gaze once again fell on the name that made her inexplicably feel excited.

Southern Autumn.

Like the cool breeze of midsummer blowing away the scorching heat and anxiety, the orange dusk embraces the refreshing dawn.

These three simple words triggered a tsunami in her heart. She stood there quietly, no one knew...

"Classmate Chi Jinjin."

During the afternoon break, Wang Weiguo stood at the door and called her.

Chi Jinjin poked her head out from the pile of books.

"Come out." Wang Weiguo waved at her.

Chi Jinjin stood up and walked in front of him.

Wang Weiguo handed her a black workbook and said, "Go to the fourth floor and help the teacher give this to Teacher Zeng in Room 403."

"Okay, teacher." Chi Jinjin took it with both hands.

Then she took her workbook and went up to the fourth floor. When she turned the corner, she accidentally glanced at the classroom next to her, and unexpectedly saw Nan Xuqiu at a glance.

He was in the fourth seat in the second row by the window, sleeping on the table with his head tilted to the right. The orange sunset shone through the window onto his profile. His long eyelashes covered his eyes like feathers, and his skin was so delicate that even the texture was not visible. She really wished she could sit in the seat to his right so that she could look at his sleeping face all day.

But before Chi Jinjin could look for long, she saw Song Ci and Ji Yang walking towards her from the opposite side. They swaggered into Nan Xuqiu's classroom.

Chi Jinjin quickly lowered her head and hurried past the window.

She arrived at the office, knocked on the door, and said, "Report."

A voice came from the room, "Come in."

Chi Jinjin gently pushed the door open and walked in. There were five teachers inside. She didn't recognize Teacher Zeng, so she asked cautiously, "Excuse me, which one is Teacher Zeng? Teacher Wang asked me to deliver something."

"It's me." A female teacher at the innermost corner raised her hand.

There was also a teacher nearby who pointed it out to Chi Jinjin.

Chi Jinjin hurried over and said, "Teacher, this is what Teacher Wang asked me to give you."

"Put it there." Teacher Zeng said as he corrected the test papers.

Chi Jinjin put down her things, then gently opened the door and left the office.

Looking at the classroom over there, Chi Jinjin hesitated for a moment, but still walked towards that direction. Although there was a staircase on her left, she still inexplicably wanted to go down from that side.

The closer Chi Jinjin got to the classroom, the slower her pace became.

She walked with her head down, close to the outer wall, and when she passed by his window, she looked inside carefully and quickly.

He was already awake, leaning against the back seat. Ji Yang was sitting on the seat to his left, with a narrow aisle between them. Song Ci was sitting at the table there. It was unknown what they were talking about, but he smiled slightly, a lazy smile.

But when Chi Jinjin was looking at Nan Xuqiu, she accidentally made eye contact with Song Ci. She quickly withdrew her gaze, quickened her pace, and ran downstairs quickly.

Song Ci sneered and said, "Just now, there was a woman peeking at me outside the window. She seemed to be a freshman in high school. I'm really impressed by these women."

"How do you know he's looking at you? Maybe he's looking at me." Ji Yang said, and then asked curiously, "By the way, are there any good-looking students in the first year of high school this year? I heard that there's a girl named Shen Moli in Class 140 who's pretty and can play the guitar."

"Why, you don't like playing the piano anymore, you want to get someone who plays the guitar?" Song Ci joked, "Now that all the constellations are together, we want to form a music group."

Ji Yang was speechless and said, "I'm doing this for your own good. Look at you, you've never been in a relationship before. You're always frowning and glaring at girls. Girls run away when they see you. I'm really worried that you'll be single in the future. To be honest, I don't even want to take you to parties."

"Then why don't you worry about Old Nan?" Song Ci directed the spearhead towards Nan Xuqiu.

"Does Lao Nan need to worry?" Ji Yang mocked, "Brother, the love letters Lao Nan received could kill you, okay? How about you? How many have you received? I remember the last time you received a love letter was on the first day of the new year."

"Shut up and stop talking nonsense." Song Ci took the book from Nan Xuqiu's desk and threw it at Ji Yang. Ji Yang laughed and raised his hand to block it.

Nan Xuqiu smiled and watched them bickering with each other.

Chi Jinjin ran back to her seat. Seeing her nervous expression, Tang Shi couldn't help but ask, "Jinjin, what's wrong with you? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"It's scarier than seeing a ghost." Chi Jinjin said in shock, "I just helped the teacher deliver something upstairs, and I accidentally made eye contact with that Song Ci! It was so scary..."

"Oh my god, that's really bad luck. Don't be afraid, come, drink some water to calm yourself down." Tang Shi unscrewed the bottle cap for her and handed it to her.

Chi Jinjin tilted her head back and gulped down a big gulp.

On Thursday, the last class in the morning finally came to an end.

Tang Shi quickly stuffed the book into the desk and said to Chi Jinjin, "Come on, Jinjin, let's go eat."

Chi Jinjin nodded, stood up and walked out of the classroom with Tang Shi.

"I'm really starving."

Tang Shi and Chi Jinjin were chatting as they walked downstairs, but they didn't expect to meet Song Ci and others on the second floor.

The three of them stood on the stairs. Song Ci leaned against the wall, flicking the ashes from his cigarette. Nan Xuqiu and Ji Yang stood in the middle of the stairs. Ji Yang, who was standing a little higher up, put one hand on Nan Xuqiu's shoulder.

When she saw Nan Xuqiu's figure, the smile on Chi Jinjin's face disappeared instantly, her heart skipped a beat, and then started beating wildly.

The three of them were talking about something and didn't notice Chi Jinjin, Tang Shi and the others.

Chi Jinjin secretly clenched her sleeves and walked past him with Tang Shi. Her right shoulder brushed against his back. The fragrance of his body came towards her, light and cool, like the fragrance of summer watermelon.

"Jinjin, that Nan Xuqiu smells so good!"

After walking away, Tang Shi couldn't help but speak excitedly.

"Um."

She replied expressionlessly, her calm tone betraying a heart already in turmoil. Even her breathing became cautious, her heartbeat enveloping her whole body like the music in her headphones, deafening, while outside, there were only subtle sounds...