Chapter 34, the third and fourth chapters show him kissing, and you can clearly see him...

Yu Kui was unaware of the conversation between Tao Jiang and Qin You. She packed her schoolbag and left the classroom with Sun Shuya.

"What are your plans after the college entrance exam?" Sun Shuya asked, linking her arm with Yu Kui's. "My mom said I'm working too hard right now, so she's giving me a special privilege after the exam: I can go on a trip. Do you want to come with me?"

“Sure,” Yu Kui also wanted to go out and have fun after the college entrance exam. “I’ll let my family know then.”

“Okay,” Sun Shuya said softly, “I thought the days were going to be tough before, but I didn’t expect it to be June so soon. I suddenly realized that my high school life is coming to an end, and I’m actually a little reluctant to leave.”

Yu Kui was silent for a moment, then said, "Even after the college entrance exam, you will still be my friend."

Sun Shuya laughed out loud, "Of course, you are my best friend now."

The two walked out of the teaching building. It wasn't completely dark outside yet, but the streetlights in the school were already on. There weren't many people left on campus. The two walked along the path they had walked countless times before, and for some reason, their eyes welled up with tears.

They should be very nervous about the college entrance exam, but instead they only feel melancholy.

These are times they will never relive.

What's past is past.

"I'm planning to buy a yearbook in a couple of days, do you want to come with me?" Yu Kui said softly.

“Aren’t yearbooks bought in elementary and middle school?” Sun Shuya laughed. “We’re graduating from high school soon, so we can keep in touch anytime as long as we have WeChat.”

Yu Kui paused for a moment, then said, "Do you remember? In the yearbook, we could not only write everyone's contact information, but also learn about everyone's preferences, such as what color we liked, what our motto was..."

“Of course I remember,” Sun Shuya sighed, “but don’t you think it’s childish?”

“I don’t think so,” Yu Kui said. “It’s very interesting.”

“Okay, okay,” Sun Shuya looked at her helplessly, “I’ll go shopping with you, and we’ll ask the other classmates if they want to come along.”

"Okay." Yu Kui raised the corners of her mouth, her mood seemingly lightening as well.

Yu Kui's yearbook is azure blue, as clear as the summer sky.

As the sheets were handed out and returned one by one, the blank pages were filled with handwriting, carrying everyone's preferences and reluctance to part with them.

Yu Kui put the paper back into the metal clip and carefully put the yearbook into her schoolbag.

"We have a holiday tomorrow. Do you want to go out for hot pot with me tonight?" Sun Shuya grabbed Yu Kui's hand. "We can invite that guy from Class 13 too."

"Is that alright?" Yu Kui had been wanting to introduce Sun Shuya to Xie Xingzhi, as she felt there was some misunderstanding between them and wanted them to clear things up.

"You just ignore him after I say no?" Sun Shuya snorted.

Yu Kui was a little embarrassed, "He's actually a very nice person."

"Alright, alright," Sun Shuya said with a smile, "Send him a message and tell him to come down and find us."

"good."

Yu Kui sent Xie Xingzhi a message, and soon the boy came downstairs to find them.

"Where should we eat?" He slung his backpack over his shoulder with one hand and stood casually at the classroom door.

"It's right at the school gate," Yu Kui waved him in, "Are there any questions you still don't understand?"

“Nothing for now,” Xie Xingzhi glanced at Sun Shuya standing next to her. “Shall the three of us go?”

“Yes, this is my good friend,” Yu Kui paused for a moment, “you should have met before.”

“I know,” Xie Xingzhi raised an eyebrow, “Isn’t he the one who talks badly about me all the time?”

Yu Kui: "..."

"Did I say something wrong?" Sun Shuya sneered, "You were a hoodlum before, I was just telling the truth."

Yu Kui was taken aback when she saw them start arguing as soon as they met, and asked, "Are you two still having hot pot?"

"Why not eat?" Xie Xingzhi looked at her with a half-smile. "As long as you don't think I'm a hoodlum, I don't care what others think."

Sun Shuya rolled her eyes. "You're just taking advantage of Yu Kui's soft heart and easygoing nature, aren't you?"

Xie Xingzhi ignored her and said to Yu Kui, "Let's go, it's my treat today."

“No need,” Sun Shuya said immediately, “I said I’d treat, so I’ll treat.”

"Let's go, let's go," Yu Kui said, disliking their constant bickering. "It's getting late, let's go eat hot pot first."

When they arrived at the hot pot restaurant, the two started arguing again about what to order. Sun Shuya wanted to eat pig brains, but Xie Xingzhi disagreed.

"Why can't I eat?" Sun Shuya felt he was disrespecting her. "Don't you have any manners?"

"Is it impolite to dislike pig brains?" Xie Xingzhi said bluntly, "If that's what you think, then so be it."

"You!" Sun Shuya clenched her fists in anger. "If it weren't for Yu Kui, who would pay attention to you?"

"Stop arguing," Yu Kui said, her head aching from their noise. "This hot pot isn't something we absolutely have to eat."

Although she has a good temper, she doesn't like them interacting like this.

"If you feel uncomfortable, don't force yourself to eat together." To her, Sun Shuya and Xie Xingzhi are both friends. If you can't get along, you don't have to. But you shouldn't affect each other's mood.

Sun Shuya and Xie Xingzhi both stopped arguing, seeing her slightly angry expression.

Yu Kui took the menu, excluded the dishes neither of them would eat, and handed the ordered menu to the waiter next to her, "Could you please bring another pot of corn juice?"

"good."

After the waiter left, she looked at the two of them and said, "I hope that eating is a happy experience. If I eat with negative emotions, I will feel very uncomfortable."

Sun Shuya coughed lightly, "I didn't do it on purpose. It's his fault for going against me. He has no sense of propriety at all."

“It’s my fault,” Xie Xingzhi said with a smile to Yu Kui. “You’re right, you shouldn’t bring your emotions into your meals.”

“You are all my friends, and I care about your feelings. I hope this will not happen again.” Yu Kui lowered her eyes and said, “If you really don’t like each other, you can tell me clearly, and I will not organize you to eat together again.”

She wouldn't ask anyone to change for her sake.

“I didn’t think that way,” Sun Shuya said softly. “Since I invited him over for dinner, I didn’t bring any emotion with me.”

Xie Xingzhi took the corn juice and poured a glass for Yu Kui, saying, "It was my fault."

"Let's eat first." Seeing that they were no longer like before, Yu Kui secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Have you decided which university to apply to?" Xie Xingzhi subtly changed the subject.

“I’ll probably stay in this city,” Yu Kui thought of her parents, feeling a little reluctant to leave them. “I haven’t decided which university yet.”

“That’s great!” Sun Shuya’s eyes lit up. “I want to go to a local university so I can visit you more often.”

"And you?" Yu Kui asked Xie Xingzhi.

"Anywhere is fine with me," he said casually.

How did your recent exams go? What were your scores?

"I won't tell you," Xie Xingzhi said deliberately, "You'll find out after the college entrance exam."

Seeing this, Yu Kui knew that his grades wouldn't be too bad, so she turned to Sun Shuya and said, "Even if you have a holiday tomorrow, you should still study the questions you don't understand. If you need any help, feel free to ask me anytime."

"I know." Sun Shuya glared at Xie Xingzhi, her dislike for him growing stronger.

After finishing her hotpot meal, Sun Shuya was about to pay the bill at the front desk when she was told that someone had already paid.

She glanced at Xie Xingzhi, who had gone out halfway through, and said, "He's quite perceptive."

Xie Xingzhi seemed not to hear her and stepped forward to chase after Yu Kui.

"How much? I'll transfer it to you." Sun Shuya didn't want to take advantage of Xie Xingzhi, otherwise she would feel inferior to him, and she didn't want that.

Xie Xingzhi stopped in his tracks upon hearing this. "Yu Kui doesn't like pig brains. In the future, when you eat hot pot with her, don't order dishes she doesn't like."

Sun Shuya was stunned for a moment. Xie Xingzhi had already caught up with Yu Kui and was talking to her. His seemingly sharp eyebrows and eyes seemed to soften at this moment.

Sun Shuya came to her senses and mentally cursed him again.

What's wrong with eating pig brains? Yu Kui never said anything to her, so why should he meddle? He really is a thug!

She jogged over and took Yu Kui's arm. "Want some milk tea? I'll go buy some."

“I can’t drink anything right now,” Yu Kui said, touching her bulging stomach. “Let’s go home first.”

“I want to drink,” Sun Shuya said. “Wait here for me.”

"good."

Yu Kui and Xie Xingzhi stood on the road opposite the school. It was already dark, and there were significantly fewer vehicles passing by.

The lights in the teaching building were off, only the streetlights were still on.

"Are you really going to stay here?" Xie Xingzhi looked at her fair profile. "I thought you would go to City B or City Z."

“I’ll probably stay,” Yu Kui said, wondering why he was so insistent on which university she wanted to attend. “Are you really going to the same city as me?”

"Is that not allowed?" Xie Xingzhi took two steps toward her. "You're so good to me, of course I want to be closer to you."

Yu Kui didn't expect him to think that way, and subconsciously said, "You and Sun Shuya are both my friends. You don't always need to worry about where I go. Just choose the university you like and go to the place you like."

"Can't I go to the city where you are?"

Yu Kui: "..."

As the two were talking, a young couple who were pulling and tugging at each other suddenly walked out from the school gate across the street.

"I've already said I have nothing to do with that girl. She was just asking me a question. Why won't you believe me?"

Yu Kui hadn't noticed them at first, but when she heard the voices from the other side, she turned around instantly.

Under the dim streetlights, a boy in a school uniform held tightly to the girl beside him, his voice tinged with pleading: "I'll delete her contact information right now, please don't ignore me."

"Just delete her?" the girl asked, her voice full of coquettishness. "I also want you to never speak to her again. If you can't do that..."

"I promise you." The boy quickly handed her his phone to show her. "I've already deleted her."

"That's more like it." The girl snorted and kissed him on the cheek. "If something like this happens again, I won't talk to you."

Her response was a kiss from the boy, who couldn't wait to kiss her.

He held the girl tightly and lowered his head to kiss her deeply.

A car drove by on the road, its headlights so bright that it made people instinctively close their eyes, but Yu Kui did not flinch. She quietly watched the couple embracing on the other side of the road.

Amidst the whistling of passing cars, in the cool night air of early summer.

She could see their faces clearly.