In mid-April, the cherry blossom trees on campus sprouted tender pink buds. When a gentle breeze blew by, from a distance, they looked like a tree full of pink butterflies about to take flight, swaying back and forth.

A few fragile ones were shaken off and lay near the tree roots, while a few others were carried further in the air, spun around a few times, and landed on the water bottle caps on the steps.

Suddenly a commotion arose, hurried footsteps stirred up the wind, the butterfly trembled, and finally fell, mingling with the fallen leaves on the ground.

"Quickly, it's about to start."

"We're guaranteed to win against No. 4 Middle School this time!"

"That's hard to say. I heard that the No. 4 Middle School basketball team is quite strong, otherwise they wouldn't have made it to the end."

Everyone who came hurried toward the basketball court, looking both nervous and excited.

Several middle schools in Huaicheng held a friendly basketball tournament this semester. After nearly a month of competition, it was time for the final two schools to compete for the championship. Both Luoxi Middle School and No. 4 Middle School were strong teams and made it all the way to the final moment.

The competition will be held at Rossi High School, starting at 12:30 pm.

The two middle schools are close to each other, and No. 4 Middle School does not restrict students from entering or leaving the school during lunch break, so some students from No. 4 Middle School sneaked out to watch the game.

During my school days, I always encountered a few basketball games and met some outstanding young basketball players.

Su Xun already knew about the basketball game, after all, the promotional poster had been hanging on the school bulletin board for almost a week.

And unfortunately, the bulletin board was located on the only way from the teaching building to the cafeteria. Obviously, the school wanted students to be able to come and see the important school events after they had eaten and drunk their fill, adding some spice to their boring study life.

However, Su Xun wasn't very interested in these things. She didn't like basketball, and no one needed her to cheer for them.

So she quickly finished her meal and returned to the classroom to avoid the cafeteria being too crowded later. Unfortunately, the basketball court was right next to the cafeteria.

When that time comes, those people will inevitably come to the cafeteria to buy water, and those who haven't eaten will also go to eat, so it will definitely be very crowded.

And now, I sit calmly in the classroom, feeling the occasional breeze blowing in from outside.

A student came back from outside and complained to the people around him that he was almost pushed back when he came out of the cafeteria after eating.

Of course, the cafeteria door is only this big.

Su Xun mentally gave himself a thumbs up for his cleverness.

The weather is really nice today, with a clear sky without a single cloud and a breeze.

Those sitting in the classrooms were quite comfortable, but those running on the courts didn't think so. Rossi High School didn't have an indoor basketball court.

"Su Xun, your friend is here to see you," a classmate by the window called out to her.

Su Xun was feeling sleepy and was just about to rest her head on the table for a while when she heard someone calling her.

She rubbed her eyes and looked out the window. The little girl, whom she hadn't seen for a while, waved excitedly when she turned around.

It's Tang poetry.

Su Xun walked out and stood in front of Tang Shi, looking her up and down. "When did you cut your hair?"

"I just got it cut last week, and I even added an inward curl. Doesn't it look good?" Tang Shi deliberately shook her head, her shoulder-length hair swaying with her movements, making her small face appear even more delicate.

Su Xun nodded.

She didn't ask why she wasn't caught by the teacher and had her hair styled like a student's. Most of the students in the fifth and sixth classes behind the regular classes were unruly. At first, the teachers would criticize students who violated school rules, but it was only a temporary solution. So the grade teachers turned a blind eye and let it go as long as nothing serious happened.

"By the way, you didn't come to see me in the middle of the day just to show me your new hairstyle, did you?" Su Xun didn't believe it. Tang Shi had been acting very mysteriously lately and hadn't been hanging out with her much.

Anyway, she knew that the other person was definitely not busy with studying. It seemed that she hadn't put much effort into studying since elementary school, and now she had many characteristics that teenage girls have, such as loving to play and dress up.

"Of course not, I came to find you to watch the basketball game. I heard there are a lot of handsome guys at No. 4 High School." Tang Shi excitedly tugged at Su Xun's wrist, whispering the last sentence in Su Xun's ear, and then a blush appeared on her face.

Su Xun looked helplessly at the excited person in front of him.

Ah~ women

Then he walked towards the stairs first, and seeing that the person was still standing there, seemingly lost in thought, he turned around.

Aren't you leaving yet?

The latter came running over with cheerful steps.

Su Xun twitched her lips. For a moment, she felt like a domineering CEO with a wicked and charming face from a novel.

She remembered that Tang Shi was usually a pretty tomboyish girl. Every time she met Pu Xiaochuan, the two of them would argue from beginning to end, but it always ended with Tang Shi's violent threats.

Why does she seem to be enveloped in a pink bubble right now, not at all like the fierce woman who could blow the roof off with a single roar?

The two left the teaching building and walked under the shade of the trees.

"Did you know that Pu Xiaochuan plans to study art in high school?" Su Xun suddenly remembered this and casually asked.

After not hearing a response from the person next to him for a while, Su Xun cast a questioning look at them.

The girl, who had been so excited just moments before, suddenly seemed to lose her composure, her eyes lowered.

But it was only for a moment. She then looked up and said, "I know, he told me about it." Her words were tinged with a smile, as if the disappointment she felt just seconds before was merely Su Xun's illusion.

Su Xun nodded, without saying anything more.

Pu Xiaochuan may seem carefree, but he's actually a very thoughtful person. He loved drawing from a very young age, and he was genuinely good at it—at least that's how Su Xun, who had absolutely no talent for art, saw it. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally made up his mind recently: he still loves drawing and plans to study art in the future.

That's really great. She planned out her future before Su Xun even figured out what she wanted to do. That's much braver than her.

Lost in thought, Su Xun kept staring at the light and shadows on the ground and didn't notice that the smiling face of the person who had been maintaining it had fallen, and there was something unreadable hidden in their eyes.

If Su Xun saw it, he would realize that the smile just now was an illusion.

She thought to herself, "I'm really terrible."

When did things turn out like this? We're still the same people, but we're like two small boats going in opposite directions on the sea, each heading towards its own destination, and then getting further and further apart.

Tang Shi quietly tilted her head to look at Su Xun, who also seemed to be in a daze, his eyes fixed on the dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves below, blinking only once in a long while.

It seems she is completely unaware of her own little schemes.

She was too shy to say it before, since both of them were her good friends. One day, she suddenly discovered that there was an ambiguous relationship between the two of them. She doesn't know if she will be surprised, but she will definitely be shy.

But I guess we won't need to talk about it anymore; let's just pretend it never happened.