Chapter Thirty-Five

Before they knew it, it was time for the start of the senior year of high school. Zhou Mo waited with a smile at Yu Xi's door, but was startled when Yu Xi opened the door.

With one hand hanging at her side and the other behind her back, Zhou Mo saw that Yu Xi was wearing her school uniform obediently and patted Yu Xi's shoulder with great satisfaction. "Yu Xi, from today onwards, you are officially a senior high school student. Are you looking forward to your senior year?" Zhou Mo made a fist and put it to Yu Xi's mouth as an interview microphone.

Yu Xi cooperated with her, clearing her throat, "Ahem, it's all minor."

Zhou Mo smiled slyly. Yu Xi sensed something was wrong and tried to back away, but Zhou Mo was already one step ahead. With her other hand behind her back, she held a firework tube and twisted it with both hands. The petals exploded above their heads and then slowly fell down.

A few petals fell on Yu Xi and Zhou Mo's shoulders. Yu Xi sighed helplessly and affectionately, reaching out to brush the pink petals off Zhou Mo's shoulder. "You're such a troublemaker. How come I never noticed before?"

"Because high school seniors don't have the energy or spirit to do anything else besides studying."

Yu Xi chuckled and said, "Wait until you start university and see if you're still so arrogant. Don't come back crying and saying that advanced mathematics is too difficult."

Zhou Mo's eyes flashed upon hearing this, but she quickly hid them with a smile. "It seems that the Journalism and Communication major doesn't have advanced mathematics."

Before Yu Xi could retort, Zhou Mo patted Yu Xi's forehead with a smile, "How about the head of the family sends you to school?"

"Please don't."

Yu Xi turned away.

"Don't be shy." Zhou Mo leaned against the door. "It's normal for students to be dropped off by their parents. Since you don't want me to drop them off, I have to give you a few more words of advice. Don't be too arrogant, don't be too quiet, and don't get along too well with your classmates, but don't let things get too awkward either. After all, you'll be studying in this class for the next year, so your mood is also very important."

"You're so long-winded." Yu Xi reached out and ruffled Zhou Mo's hair, quickly turning it into a messy, tangled mess. Zhou Mo protested and struggled, but Yu Xi finally stopped when she was done with it.

Zhou Mo quickly took several steps back, keeping her distance from Yu Xi.

Yu Xi: "I'm going to school."

"breakfast."

"I'll eat on the way."

"She just told me not to be so arrogant, but she really ignored me," Zhou Mo muttered, complaining about Yu Xi.

Suddenly, a voice exploded in her ears, "Idiot Zhou Mo, I haven't gone far yet."

Zhou Mo quickly looked up, but all she saw was the courtyard gate closing shakily.

She stood there quietly for a while. A string of wind chimes hung on the open window, and now they tinkled in the wind. Zhou Mo was attracted by the sound and walked over, casually fiddling with the wind chimes. "She has a deceitful face and a deceitful heart."

As Zhou Mo spoke, she opened the drawer of the desk under the wind chime. It was empty, while her admission notice should have been sitting there quietly.

Zhou Mo was not surprised by the disappearance of the notification letter.

In a sense, it was inevitable that she and Yu Xi would become family. Even if parallel worlds appeared, unless the premise of natural disasters disappeared, she and Yu Xi were destined to be together, because they were so alike.

Silently possess, forcefully maintain.

Zhou Mo closed her eyes and hummed an unknown tune. She wasn't in a hurry at all. If the problem wasn't solved, how could she and Yu Xi last?

Zhou Mo sat down at her desk again and took out the second-hand professional books she had bought long ago. Except for a few books that she couldn't buy, she bought all the others she could. Previewing before class has always been her habit. Even if she doesn't understand them, she still has some knowledge of them. Going to class with questions is always more reassuring than going to class without knowing anything.

She was in a good mood, and everything was happening exactly as she had planned.

However, Yu Xi wasn't in a very good mood.

Going to school was irrelevant to Yu Xi. Whether he went to school or not, his intelligence and abilities were what they were, and he wouldn't be much worse off. Since He Ru had already taken care of things for him, and going to school would make Zhou Mo happy, he decided to go.

But he didn't expect that such a small matter would be disrupted by an unexpected obstacle.

Normally, he would have easily beaten the newcomer to a pulp, but today he was wearing a new school uniform, clean and smelling of laundry detergent. If he were to fight, he would inevitably get it dirty. Given Zhou Mo's personality, she would definitely be able to guess what had happened.

He didn't want to lose the peace and quiet he had finally managed to have.

"Could you move aside? I'm in a hurry to get to school."

"Fuck your mother! Have you forgotten what happened between us?"

"My mom? Sorry, she's been dead for a long time. Offending the dead is illegal, you'll go to jail. No, don't do it." Yu Xi spoke sincerely, as if he genuinely wanted to give advice to the person opposite him. As for the debt the thug mentioned, he really didn't remember it, but he didn't ask. Zhou Mo had just told him not to be too arrogant before leaving. What if he asked and the other person thought he was provoking him? It was better not to ask.

The thugs were dumbfounded, then laughed in anger, "Are you fucking crazy?!"

“It was there before, but it should be fine now, right?” Yu Xi thought about it seriously for a moment.

Seeing that Yu Xi was like a different person, the thugs stopped talking to him and grabbed their weapons, calling their brothers to attack. Yu Xi was very distressed that his talk therapy had not purified their minds. He took off his schoolbag and school uniform jacket and put them in the corner. He then stretched his wrists and neck, and yawned in the process.

I got up a little early today.

The thugs had ambushed Yu Xi at the alley entrance before, beating him so badly he couldn't stand up. Later, because of a girl, Yu Xi managed to get his way with a brick. Therefore, they had no hesitation about beating Yu Xi; their answer was definitely yes…

We definitely can't win.

Yu Xi pressed a man's head down and rubbed it hard against the red brick. He looked down at a dust stain on his blue school pants and clicked his tongue in annoyance. The thugs under his command shuddered involuntarily at the sound of his voice.

My clothes are dirty.

"Yes, I'm sorry... I, I'll never bother you again."

Yu Xi lowered her head and approached the thugs. "No, I finally managed to find you bunch of trashy thugs who can't even tell people apart. I'm not letting you hit me today because I'm in a hurry to get to school. Next time, when I'm in a better mood, I'll let you hit me back, okay?"

The thug was terrified by these words, his whole body turning ice-cold. He dared not cause any more trouble for Yu Xi. But when he saw Yu Xi's smiling yet icy eyes, he closed his mouth again and nodded under the pressure of Yu Xi's aura.

Seeing how obedient he was, Yu Xi slowly let go of his hand, and before he could stand up, she gave him a kick as a bonus.

"Get out of here, wait for my summons."

"Yes...yes."

The group scrambled away, and Yu Xi glanced at his watch. They were three minutes later than he had expected, meaning he wouldn't be able to get to the classroom on time.

He remembered Qi Kai saying that there was a gap in the high school that he could climb over the wall to save a lot of time, but he had to look for it. Just as he bent down to pick up his clothes and schoolbag from the ground, he unexpectedly met a pair of panicked eyes.

"I...I didn't see anything! Please, please don't hit me!"

The girl, like a startled fawn, quickly closed her eyes and squatted down when she saw Yu Xi looking over.

Yu Xi quickly looked away and never glanced at the girl again.

He thought to himself, "Sure enough, not all girls are like Zhou Mo. The world is vast, but there's only one Zhou Mo, so I have to hold on tight."

The girl waited for a long time before slowly opening her eyes. There was no one in front of her, and Yu Xi was nowhere to be seen. She breathed a sigh of relief and then got up and walked towards the school.

It's just that fate plays tricks on us.

Yu Xi's new deskmate is the girl herself. The girl's name is Ning Xiangjian. That's right, it's the Xiangjian from Princess Xiangjian. Because of this name, Ning Xiangjian has been called princess many times since she was a child. No matter whether the person who called her this title meant well or badly, she took it all as a compliment. Over time, she developed a spoiled princess personality.

This princess, however, lacked courage but was timid enough; once she encountered trouble, she was completely helpless.

So when she saw that her deskmate was the same boy she had seen that morning who was a fierce fighter and very crazy, she was frozen in place, too afraid to move, and she didn't dare to ask the teacher to change seats.

Because she was afraid of being beaten.

"This is our new classmate, Yu Xi. This is your deskmate, Ning Xiangjian. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Okay, now let's start reviewing according to the schedule that was distributed before the summer vacation."

Zhou Mo had already prepared books for Yu Xi, and when Yu Xi took them out, she saw the two characters 'Yu Xi' written by Zhou Mo.

Unconsciously, fingertips traced the pages, and the slight flutter in my heart was masked by the rustling sound of pages turning.

Ning Xiangjian was anxious all day, thinking that Yu Xi would say something threatening, but she didn't. Her new deskmate didn't even look at her.

Finally, after one get out of class, Yu Xi didn't lie on the desk to sleep, but went out of the school gate. Ning Xiangjian breathed a sigh of relief.

The girl sitting in front of her was someone she got along well with. As soon as Yu Xi left, she immediately turned around and said, "Hey, you're lucky! Your new deskmate is so handsome. Are you having trouble concentrating on class?"

"Stop talking nonsense, he..." is terrifying.

The female classmate thought Ning Xiangjian was just shy, "I understand, but he really is handsome, isn't he?"

"He's handsome."

"You admit it!"

Ning Xiangjian blushed deeply. "No, isn't this just an objective fact?"

Before the female classmate could say anything more, she caught a glimpse of the scene in the corridor out of the corner of her eye. She quickly patted Ning Xiangjian's hand and said, "Hey, look, isn't that girl Zhou Mo, our senior from the previous year? Wow, she looks so good in her school uniform, but she looks absolutely stunning in a skirt!"

"She and Yu Xi seem to know each other very well. It's true that handsome guys love hanging out with beautiful girls. Do you think they're in that kind of relationship?" The female classmate gossiped about Yu Xi and Zhou Mo's relationship, and occasionally patted Ning Xiangjian's arm.

Ning Xiangjian saw Yu Xi smile. Zhou Mo opposite him said something, and his eyes crinkled with laughter. He casually draped his arm over the railing, and Zhou Mo imitated his gesture. At this moment, she could see Zhou Mo's face clearly. She was bright and generous, with a beauty that was unadorned.

This is Zhou Mo, the academically gifted and beautiful girl they've been secretly discussing.

I'm so envious. I wish I could be like her.