Chapter 123 Hair Rope

She can still be stubborn in front of her mother.

That day in the car, Su Xia fell asleep with her schoolbag in her arms. Su Lijun opened the back door and called her several times before she woke up.

The cold wind blew against her forehead, ruffling her tied hair. She tidied it up twice, picked up the campus card and swiped it through the gate. She turned around to confirm that the car had left. Without even looking at the road, she subconsciously looked under the tree next to her.

In late autumn, the sunrise becomes later.

At six o'clock, the air smelled of damp frosted earth and there was a cool breeze.

The sky was a dim indigo blue, and the streetlights on the boulevard were still on, stretching one by one into the distance.

Xu Jiqing was waiting for her under the most lush camphor tree. He was tall and thin, with his snow-white school uniform jacket pulled up to the top, as if it had never been dirty.

After she walked over, he naturally took Su Xia's heavy backpack, carried it with one hand, and walked forward beside her.

She protested this several times, but the response she received was always the same.

Xu Jiqing would lower his eyes with the indifferent expression of a brother who had been acting for a long time, and use her own words to stop her, "Didn't you say you wanted to be treated like Xu Jiaojiao?"

What are you doing?

Xu Jiaojiao was sent to school hand in hand by her brother, so why doesn’t he learn from this?

She was particularly sleepy today and yawned constantly. She had tied her hair one knot less, and her high ponytail had turned into a low one, and it was about to come loose.

Xu Jiqing took another look and asked, "Are you very sleepy?"

Su Xia nodded.

After entering her third year of high school, Su Xiaojuan was worried that she was malnourished, so she asked her aunt to prepare an extra meal for her every night, using fish maw and bird's nest in different ways. She gained back some of the weight she had lost before.

From his perspective, the girl's cheek has a very cute curve, which makes people feel pity for her and can't help but want to take a bite.

"If you can't go to bed early, get up later."

Su Xia muttered, "Then I won't be able to see you."

The campus of No. 1 Middle School is not big. It only takes ten minutes to walk from the school gate to the bottom of the teaching building.

Seeing the lights of the teaching building in front of her getting brighter and brighter, she slowed down her pace a little, and her movement speed almost became like a hamster wheel.

Xu Jiqing whispered, "Just this one day?"

"Just one day."

Su Xia nodded, feeling a bit shy but also a bit reckless. "I can't see you during the day anyway, and the national competition is coming up soon. You and Lin Lang will definitely be locked up somewhere for training again. Then I won't even be able to see you on weekends..."

"This is my biggest hope since coming to school. I miss seeing you every day."

She hung her head, too sleepy to open her eyes, and mumbled like a child asking for candy.

Xu Jiqing sighed softly, "Come here."

Next to the tree-lined avenue, the library had not yet turned on the lights and was hidden in the dark blue shadows.

There were withered ivy on the red wall, and tall sycamore trees cast shadows on it. Su Xia followed Xu Jiqing to an empty corner. He walked around behind her, gently brushed her ears with his fingers, and took off the shaky hairband.

In an instant, Su Xia's sleepiness disappeared and his body temperature soared.

Xu Jiqing's hands are very big, with calluses from the base of his palms to the fingertips. When he passes through the hair, he occasionally scratches the skin of his scalp and neck. It's not heavy, but this subtle touch is the most irritating.

Su Xia stood there, not daring to move, her face flushed. After a while, she waited for Xu Jiqing's hand to leave and spoke again, "Okay."

Xu Jiaojiao's treatment continues.

The low ponytail was tied up again. Su Xia subconsciously reached out and touched it. It was not tight, and there were no strange bulges. Even the rabbit ears on the hairband were carefully adjusted to the center, and the wire ring was bent into a suitable bend.

The shadows of the trees were dark blue, and Xu Jiqing's face was backlit. "Are you still sleepy?"

His handsome thin lips seemed to curl up.

Su Xia swallowed his saliva in a cowardly manner, shook his head quickly, blinked several times, and remembered an important event that had been marked in his diary for several days.

"What are your plans for next Sunday evening?"

When each senior year begins, the school will invite a photography team to take photos in advance to prepare for the graduation album.

During morning reading two days ago, the class passed around forms one by one to check personal information. After she finished reading her own line, she quickly copied down the last line.

Xu Jiqing's birthday is November 20th.

Last year she didn't know about it and just treated it as an ordinary day. This year she still had time to prepare well, and she wanted to spend a good 18th birthday with him.

She didn't know the reason, but she only remembered that Xu Jiqing was somewhat averse to this day and deliberately asked in a reserved way.

Xu Jiqing didn't have any special reaction.

He glanced at her face and said, "No."

Su Xia breathed a sigh of relief and looked at him eagerly, "Then let's have dinner together, okay?"

"There's an actress I've liked for a long time. She has a new movie coming out today and there's a screening in Jiangcheng. My hands are shaking so I grabbed an extra ticket, but no one's going with me. Can you please accompany me?"

She is already accustomed to the order of conditions first and then rewards.

Without waiting for Xu Jiqing to say anything, he promised himself, his eyes sparkling, "Next week, when the midterm exam results come out, I will try my best to get into the top 20 in the class."

Xu Jiqing nodded, "Okay."