"Wow, Xiao Qiao, your store is quite big!"

After a month of crazy fun in Switzerland, Jia Xianxian finally came back. She was a person who couldn't sit still, so she came to see Qiao Chu as soon as she came back, and insisted on visiting Qiao Chu's small shop. You know, her dream since she was a child was to own such a shop with endless snacks...

Unexpectedly, this dream was realized by her good sister first. Considering that she and Qiao Chu are as close as real sisters, there is no difference between Qiao Chu's and hers. If we round it off, it can be considered that she has achieved it, right? Jia Xianxian thought excitedly.

"It's not that big, only less than 200 square meters, but it has everything it needs. It sells a wide range of things, including school supplies."

Qiao Chu took out two ice creams from the freezer and handed one to Jia Xianxian, asking her to eat it to cool down. August was the hottest month in the year, and her back was soaked after staying outside for a while. Jia Xianxian, in particular, had just returned from skiing in Switzerland and felt the heat was unbearable. Her whole body was like the ice cream in her hand, and melted in a short while.

"Come on, let's go in and cool down with the air conditioning."

Qiao Chu pulled Jia Xianxian into her own store.

Ding-ling——Welcome——

The welcoming bell at the door rang. Qiao Weimin, who was sorting merchandise behind the counter, turned around and saw that it was his daughter, followed by Jia Xianxian, whom he had not seen for a long time.

He immediately smiled and said enthusiastically, "Xianxian is here. I haven't seen you for a long time. What have you been busy with? Come to my house often to play with Chuchu. Uncle will make delicious food for you!"

Qiao Weimin was deeply impressed by Jia Xianxian. After all, she was his daughter's only good friend and classmate. He also liked Jia Xianxian very much. Jia Xianxian had a cheerful and lively personality, and was polite and courteous to her elders. He was very happy for his daughter to have more contact with such a girl. Qiao Chu was a little too quiet and introverted. He hoped that she could be infected by Jia Xianxian and become more lively, and experience more of the fun that girls of this age should experience.

Jia Xianxian changed her playful and clownish attitude in front of her elders and replied seriously and politely: "Hello uncle, I went to Switzerland with my mother before, and I just came back to play with Xiao Qiao. Xiao Qiao is my best friend, and I will definitely bother you in the future, just don't think I'm annoying!"

Qiao Weimin laughed: "How could that be? I hope you can come here more often and take Chuchu out to play more often. She just studies at home all day long."

Jia Xianxian nodded vigorously: "Well, okay, no problem, I'm the best at playing! By the way, uncle, this is the specialty I brought back from Switzerland, it's the famous Swiss chocolate and cheese, I brought it for you and Xiao Qiao to taste."

As she spoke, she raised the bag she had been holding.

"Thank you very much. Uncle has never eaten Swiss food. You and Chuchu should not stay here. There is no place to sit here. Chuchu, take Xianxian home to play."

After that, Qiao Weimin took two bags from the counter and handed them to Jia Xianxian, saying with a smile: "Here, pack whatever you like to eat, and go to Chuchu's house to eat and play at the same time. Don't be polite, pack more, uncle will treat you."

Jia Xianxian happily took the bag and said, "Thank you, uncle. I won't be polite then!"

"Well, you're welcome. There are cold drinks and fruits outside."

Finally, Qiao Chu and Jia Xianxian returned home carrying two large bags of snacks.

The air conditioning in the room was turned on very high, and the two of them shivered as soon as they entered the room due to the oncoming cold air.

"Wow, I'm finally alive. It's still cool inside!"

"Xianxian, please sit down first. I'll go wash the fruit."

After a while, Qiao Chu brought out the washed fruits from the kitchen and took out two pieces of chilled watermelon from the refrigerator.

"Come, eat."

The watermelon flesh is bright red and has a slight cool smell, which looks very tempting. Jia Xianxian took a piece of watermelon and took a big bite. It was cool, sweet and refreshing. She smiled with enjoyment, "Xiao Qiao, you are so lucky, aren't you? You have endless snacks to eat every day."

There were two empty packaging bags next to her. She had already finished two bags of potato chips in a short while.

Seeing her envious look, Qiao Chu smiled and shook his head: "I'm not like you, who loves snacks so much. Besides, if you like to eat, you can buy them yourself."

Jia Xianxian's hand froze while she was eating the melon. She said angrily, "It's my mom. She doesn't allow me to eat snacks now because... I've gained weight again recently!"

Qiao Chu looked her up and down and shook his head, "I didn't notice it. I think you're good like this, not fat. Besides, you're growing up now, and you should be slim in a few years."

Jia Xianxian just has some baby fat, which will be gone in a few years as she grows taller. Moreover, Qiao Chu thinks that she is very good the way she is. She is healthy and energetic, much better than those girls who fall down at the slightest breeze.

When it comes to weight, Jia Xianxian hides her smile. She puts down the snacks, looks at Qiao Chu with envy, and says, "Xiao Qiao, you are lucky. You are so tall and thin, and you never gain weight no matter how much you eat. It's not like me who can gain weight even by drinking cold water. I stayed in Switzerland for a month, and I ate cheese every day. When I came back and weighed myself, I gained 4 kilograms!"

Qiao Chu was also surprised, "4 kilograms? So much?"

Jia Xianxian nodded: "Yes, if I had known I shouldn't have eaten so much cheese, but there is cheese in every meal on the Swiss table, such as cheese hot pot, cheese pancakes, cheese pizza, cheese biscuits, and my mouth is still full of the taste of cheese! I really want to eat something with a strong taste now, such as stinky tofu, spicy hot pot, hot pot..."

As she spoke, her mouth watered, and she could no longer suppress her desire to eat. After thinking for a while, she suggested, "Xiao Qiao, why don't we go downstairs and eat hot pot later?"

Not knowing how the topic turned from weight to hot pot, Qiao Chu was stunned and said, "Hot pot? Didn't you gain 4 kilograms? Aren't you trying to lose weight? Besides, it's summer now, it's so hot, who would want to eat hot pot?"

"NONONO, Xiao Qiao, I am fat, but I don't want to lose weight. There are so many delicious foods, how can I lose weight? I just need to eat less snacks."

Qiao Chu looked speechlessly at the empty snack bag, banana peels and watermelon peels beside her, and complained in his heart: It seems that the two of them have obvious differences on the concept of "eating less".

Seeing that Qiao Chu was unmoved, Jia Xianxian stood up and shook her arm, saying coquettishly: "Okay, Xiao Qiao, please have pity on me. I have been eating Western food for a month. You don't know how much I miss hot pot. I even think about it in my dreams. Please promise me. You are the best..."

Qiao Chu really couldn't persuade her. After all, a guest is a guest, and she looked pitiful. They went to the store to say hello to Qiao Weimin and went straight to the hot pot restaurant.

The two came to a Haidilao near Qiao Chu's home. It was just past eleven o'clock, and there was already a long queue in front of the Haidilao door. Everyone was sitting on plastic benches, holding number plates in their hands, waiting anxiously.

"It seems that I am ignorant. There are really so many people who are not afraid of the heat and come here in the hot summer to line up for hot pot..."

Jia Xianxian smiled proudly: "Don't you understand? This is the charm of hot pot!"

The two got number 65, and there were 19 tables in front of them waiting, so they had no choice but to sit at the door of the store and wait slowly. Fortunately, this Haidilao was located in a shopping mall, and with air conditioning and free sour plum soup, the time was not too unbearable.

"Eh? Isn't that Senior Yu Siying?"

Suddenly, Jia Xianxian pushed Qiao Chu and pointed to the front.

Yu Siying? Who is it?

Seeing Qiao Chu's bewildered look, Jia Xianxian rolled her eyes, then leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Yu Siying is the school belle of our school!"

School beauty? Wouldn't that be very beautiful? Qiao Chu immediately became interested and stretched his neck to look forward.

She saw that in the long queue, there was a graceful young girl standing there less than ten people away from her and Jia Xianxian.

The girl was shorter than Qiao Chu, but had a slim figure and fair skin. Her long, shiny hair was softly draped over her shoulders. The strands of hair on her cheeks were pinned to her ears with a shiny, round pearl hairpin, revealing her delicate facial features, clear eyebrows and eyes, and light makeup. She was wearing a light green sleeveless dress with layers of lace dotted on the hem, which looked very delicate and high-end. It was obvious that she was a very particular girl who loved dressing up.

Qiao Chu retracted his gaze and nodded: "Well, she is indeed very beautiful, worthy of being the school belle."

Jia Xianxian nodded in agreement, "Yes, look at her skirt, it's a new model from Gi. I saw it in the store with my mom last time. It's so expensive! Also, look at Senior Yu, she's only one year older than us, and look at how great her figure is!"

Hearing this, Qiao Chu couldn't help but take another look. Indeed, the girl's chest had bulged, and from a distance, her curves were exquisite, and she had already begun to show the charm of a woman.

I looked down at myself...

If you compare yourself to others, you will die; if you compare goods, you will throw them away!

It seems that she needs to work harder to study and get a good figure as soon as possible!

At this time, Jia Xianxian stood up and pulled Qiao Chu to the front, "Let's go, Xiao Qiao, since we met Senior Sister Yu here, let's go over and say hello, after all, she is our senior sister."

"Ah? Isn't this bad? We don't know her?"

"What's wrong with that? We're all from the same school. We can just go and say hello and we'll get to know each other, right?"

Jia Xianxian is lively and outgoing. Her parents are in business. She often greets her father's business partners at home. She has good communication skills and she thinks it is natural to say hello when she meets them.

She pulled Qiao Chu to Yu Siying and said with a smile, "Hello, Senior Sister Yu, I'm a freshman at Haishi No. 1 High School. My name is Jia Xianxian, and this is my friend Qiao Chu. It's rare to meet our school beauty, so we came over to say hello. Are you coming over to eat hotpot too?"

Yu Siying looked at the two of them for a long time, raised her head and adjusted her hair, "Do you know me?"

Jia Xianxian nodded: "Yes, a famous school beauty, I think everyone in our school knows her, right?"

Hearing the word "school belle", Yu Siying smiled slightly, with a hint of pride in her smile.

She glanced at the two of them nonchalantly and said sarcastically, "Everyone knows me, but I can't know everyone, and... I don't want to know anyone. I don't know how many people come up to me every day. It's so annoying!"

After saying that, she snorted coldly, turned around and faced away from the two of them.

"you……"

Jia Xianxian didn't expect that her enthusiasm would be met with such cold response and she was ridiculed. She was immediately furious.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, junior sister, don't be angry, Siying is in a bad mood today."

Seeing this, Yu Siying's friend came out to smooth things over, explaining, "I'm sorry, maybe it's too hot today. We've been waiting for a long time, and Siying is a little irritated. Don't take it personally."

"Number 58, number 58 is available!"

Just then, the waiter called their number and her friend quickly pulled Yu Siying in.

Qiao Chu and Jia Xianxian were left standing there looking at each other, feeling very awkward.

"See, I told you I shouldn't come here, right?"

Jia Xianxian was so angry that she almost died. She didn't expect that the beautiful and gentle school beauty would have such a personality in private. She was so arrogant that she looked down on others, and her eyes seemed to grow to the top of her head.

"Really? She's just a school beauty. She thinks she's a celebrity. She's such a big star, but she can't even say hello! Besides, I don't think she's that pretty. Didn't you see how thick her makeup is?"

Jia Xianxian pulled Qiao Chu back to her seat and continued to wait for her turn, while she continued angrily: "I've never seen such a person! Xiao Qiao, don't be angry. If you meet such a person in the future, you must stay away from her, so that she won't think that everyone in the world wants to know her!"

Qiao Chu smiled helplessly and thought: You are the one who is more angry, right?

"Isn't it just because you look good?"

Jia Xianxian kept talking for a long time, but she was still angry. She looked at the silent Qiao Chu next to her, her eyes lit up, and she glanced up and down a few times, and suddenly said: "Hey, Xiao Qiao, why do I feel that you are getting more and more beautiful? You are much more beautiful than the last time I saw you. If your facial features have not changed, but have become more refined, I would have thought you had plastic surgery!"

Qiao Chu touched her smooth face and felt secretly happy. She had gained a lot of points recently and her appearance had improved a lot. She felt particularly happy every time she looked in the mirror.

However, this kind of thing obviously can't be said out loud, so I can only laugh it off and pretend to be stupid: "Really?"

Jia Xianxian nodded heavily: "Of course, look at your eyes, they seem a lot bigger and more watery, and your face is a lot whiter. I remember that your face was very yellow before, but now it is whiter than mine. And your nose seems to be straighter than before... Ah - there is a beauty hidden next to me, how come I just discovered it now! Tell me, tell me your secret to becoming beautiful, otherwise, I will..."

She made a threatening gesture as if she was wiping her neck.

Qiao Chu was already laughing in her heart, but her face remained calm. "I don't know, I didn't do anything. Maybe I just grew up. Girls' looks always change during puberty, and so will you. Don't worry, you will become more and more beautiful, just like me."

Jia Xianxian said happily: "Really? That's great! Then I feel relieved. I can eat more later!"

“…”

A foodie is someone who can always turn the topic of conversation to food.

"Number 65, number 65 is here!"

After waiting for an hour, it was finally their turn. The two hurried to the front desk to show their number plates and waited for the waiter to arrange seats for them.

"Beef rolls, tripe, duck intestines, crispy pork, brown sugar rice cakes..."

As soon as she sat down, Jia Xianxian started ordering food frantically.

"Xianxian, there are only two of us. You ordered so much and can't finish it. Don't waste it..."

Jia Xianxian shook her head. "Don't worry, I can finish it. I've been waiting for so long that I'm almost starving to death. I was also very angry. Now I want to turn my anger into appetite!"

"Two more servings of ice jelly..."

“…”

Qiao Chu was speechless, thinking: Stop making excuses for your ability to eat...

"Hey, Xiao Qiao, have you heard?"

Halfway through the meal, Jia Xianxian's mouth turned red, and she said mysteriously, "It's the gossip about that school beauty."

Qiao Chu asked in confusion: "What gossip?"

She didn't even know the school beauty, so how could she have heard gossip about her? In her previous life, she was abandoned by her mother and had been living in a daze. She was like a zombie on campus and was indifferent to everything...

Alas - the past cannot be retrieved!

Jia Xianxian glanced at Yu Siying who was not far away and said in a low voice, "I heard that Yu Siying is madly in love with our school's most handsome boy, Fu Zhen."

Fu Zhen? A vague figure flashed through Qiao Chu's mind. She had seen him from a distance before, but she didn't see his face clearly. She just vaguely saw his tall and slender figure.

Fu Zhen is well-known in their school and his name is a household name. I heard that he was from Jing City and his family was a high-ranking official. I don't know why he came to Hai City to study. He transferred here in the second semester of high school and instantly won the hearts of all the girls in the school.

Could it be that this also includes the school belle?

It's really charming!

Jia Xianxian continued gossiping, "I also heard that senior sister Yu Siying confessed her love many times but was rejected every time. In order to be closer to the school hunk, she even gave up her liberal arts major and chose science. Unfortunately, her academic performance was average and she was not able to enter the key science class. However, I heard that she got into Class 2 because of her connections because Class 2 is next to Class 1."

This is surprising. It turns out that the school belle is so infatuated?

"That's right, isn't she infatuated enough? But she was still rejected by the school hunk? It seems that the school hunk also knows her true nature and will definitely not fall in love with such a hypocritical girl!"

In Qiao Chu's opinion, Yu Siying's appearance was indeed very attractive, especially for teenagers like them, who were just at the age when they liked this type of girl. But the school hunk actually rejected her? And you refused several times?

I don't know what kind of girl he likes, he has really high standards...

On the other side, Yu Siying and her friends, who were not far away, were also eating hotpot and chatting.

"Siying, what's wrong with you? You're so irritable today. Even if you don't like her, don't say it to her face. She's our junior, so what's wrong with just saying hello? You were so rude just now! It will be troublesome if they talk about it in school!"

Yu Siying pounded the fish balls in the bowl irritably, "I'm so annoyed. It's been such a long holiday, and Fu Zhen has gone back to Beijing and hasn't come back yet. There's not even a single message from him!"

The friend nodded in understanding, thinking that only that person could move her heart so much.

"Don't worry, summer vacation is only half a month away. When school starts, you can see him every day."

"I don't want to! If I can see it, other people can see it too. I don't want to be the same as others! If I want to do it, I'll be the most special one!"

The friend asked cautiously, "Have you told him?"

Speaking of this, Yu Siying lost her appetite. She threw her chopsticks on the table and said, "I said it, of course I said it. I said it several times, but he is still the same. He doesn't even bother to pay attention to me! I really don't know what he wants! I went to Class 2 for him, but he still has this attitude..."

As she spoke, Yu Siying felt more and more aggrieved, and tears almost fell from her eyes.

She had been very popular with boys since she was a child. She was always successful in school and was loved by everyone. How could she have been treated coldly like this?

My friend quickly comforted me, "Don't worry, that's just his personality. If he ignores you, he won't pay attention to other girls either. You are so outstanding, he will find out sooner or later."

Yes, Yu Siying nodded.

She was attracted by Fu Zhen's aloof, cold, proud and noble appearance... She liked him just like that...

She will not give up. Only such an outstanding boy is worthy of her, Yu Siying!

The school belle and the school hunk are a match made in heaven!