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Forget it, I can't figure it out. Xu Feifei picked up her phone and sent Lin Yuan a message: "Remember to contact me if you need me!"

After waiting for a long time without any news, I put my phone away and headed towards the restaurant. As I passed the supermarket, I bumped into Zhang Jiayi.

"Feifei! What a coincidence!" Zhang Jiayi exclaimed with delight upon seeing Xu Feifei.

"What a coincidence! Aren't you from another school? Why haven't you gone home yet?"

Zhang Jiayi shook his head and smiled, "I just finished my exams, so I played basketball with my friends to relax!"

"Oh, then you can have fun. I'm going to eat now!" Xu Feifei said with a smile, waving her hand as she was about to leave.

Zhang Jiayi quickly called out, "Feifei! Can you come watch my match after you finish eating?"

Xu Feifei hesitated and said, "Huh? After I finish eating, you guys will probably be leaving soon, right?"

"It won't be that fast! It'll take at least an hour to finish, especially since it's the weekend." Zhang Jiayi looked at Xu Feifei with an expectant expression.

Xu Feifei thought for a moment. Since she had nothing else to do and the other person had already offered, she said, "Okay, where are you having the competition? I'll go check it out after I finish eating!"

After Zhang Jiayi saw that she had agreed, he happily said, "It's the same basketball court where we had the last game, the same place!"

"Okay, I'll go after I finish eating. Bye-bye!" Xu Feifei waved and continued walking towards the restaurant.

On Friday night, there were fewer people in the restaurant than yesterday, and we didn't have to wait in line to get our food.

After finishing their meal, they walked along the path through the botanical garden towards the basketball court, only to unexpectedly encounter the male and female leads. For some reason, Xu Feifei's first reaction was to hide, crouching beside a small bush to secretly watch.

After realizing later that his behavior was wrong, he was about to sneak away when a quarrel broke out upstairs.

"Nangong Ye, what are you thinking?" the female lead shouted at the male lead.

His words were a bit harsh, and he looked angry.

"I wasn't thinking anything, I..." the male protagonist tried his best to explain from the side.

"I'm not someone you can summon and dismiss at will. If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, I won't forgive you!" The female protagonist became angrier and more aggrieved as she spoke, and eventually burst into tears.

Upon hearing this, Xu Feifei realized she had heard something incredible. What was going on? Why was the main storyline between the male and female leads developing so rapidly?

Is the male lead a complete scumbag? Did he abandon the female lead? But why is the female lead crying? Shouldn't her character be resilient, not easily moved to tears, and courageous enough to overcome all obstacles in her path?

"Okay, I'm sorry, I was wrong. Please don't cry, okay?" the male lead comforted her from the side.

"What the heck?! He really is a scumbag?!" Xu Feifei was so shocked that her jaw dropped.

"Okay, okay, stop crying. I promise I'll come to class on time next time, do my homework diligently after class, and ask you for help with any questions I don't understand. I'll do my best to prepare for our English competition!" the male protagonist promised.

Upon hearing his promise, the female lead stopped crying and laughed, "That's more like it! You know I've been preparing for this English competition for a long time, so you can't skip class again. Oh, right, I have to go to my shift, I'm leaving now!"

"Okay! I promise I won't skip class next time!"

Xu Feifei went from being shocked to jaw dropping to being petrified. What was this? The two of them were discussing an English competition?

In the botanical garden, along a path, a man and a woman, the male and female protagonists, a perfect match, were discussing their studies.

If she hadn't been eavesdropping, she really wouldn't have believed it.

"Hey! What are you doing here?" Nangong Ye's sudden voice startled Xu Feifei.

Xu Feifei looked at the male lead, whose face had darkened, and guiltily brushed aside some grass on the ground, saying, "I was researching the small ecosystems that my biology teacher talked about the other day, do you believe me?"

She kept her head down the whole time, not daring to face the male lead yet.

Nangong Ye glanced at her, then squatted down beside her and said, "Then tell me, what have you figured out?"

"Hmm...hmm, I can feel how amazing nature is!"

Xu Feifei suddenly sensed something was off in the corner, and a shiver ran through her body as she glanced around.

"Holy crap! A spider."

He suddenly stood up, frantically shaking his legs and jumping around on the spot.

When Nangong Ye saw her appearance, he couldn't help but smile.

As Xu Feifei was jumping around, she accidentally kicked Nangong Ye in the butt. Nangong Ye lost his balance and fell flat on his face.

"Oh dear! I didn't mean to!" Xu Feifei quickly stepped forward to help the male lead up.

"Xu! Fei! Fei!" Nangong Ye gritted his teeth, uttering each word clearly. His face was so black it was almost dripping ink.

Xu Feifei realized something was wrong and quickly made her escape, saying, "I have something to do! I'm leaving now!"

"Xu Feifei! You stop right there!" Nangong Ye shouted angrily from behind.

It would be strange to stop now; she's in a bad mood, and standing still would only get her scolded! She believed the male lead had the demeanor of a great man and wouldn't easily hold a grudge against her.

After running to the supermarket, she dared to turn around and look behind her. She breathed a sigh of relief when she found that the male protagonist had not chased after her. She then walked into the supermarket, panting, to buy water.

Xu Feifei had originally planned to just buy a small bottle of mineral water, but then she saw a sign in the refrigerator that said the second bottle was one yuan.

I promptly grabbed two bottles of sports drinks with different flavors: one lime and one peach. I'll drink one now, and the other while playing games tonight. Games require brainpower, so I need to replenish my energy regularly.

After paying readily, I chug down half a bottle of beverage. Only after my body had calmed down did I head towards the basketball court.

As soon as I stepped into the basketball court, a whistle blew, and someone inside shouted, "The game is over!"

Xu Feifei was stunned for a few seconds. This was a complete missed opportunity for her.

He hurried towards the crowd, hoping that Zhang Jiayi would see him after the competition, which would prove that he hadn't missed the competition.

"Excuse me, could you let me through?" Xu Feifei said as she used her brute strength to successfully squeeze into the crowd.

After the match ended, Zhang Jiayi immediately went to the audience seats to look for familiar figures.

After looking around and finding no sign of the person he was looking for, he disappointedly picked up his bottled water and was about to open it to drink.

"Excuse me, classmate!" Xu Feifei successfully squeezed to the front of the crowd, gaining a brief victory.

Hearing her voice, Zhang Jiayi looked over in surprise and exclaimed, "Feifei!"

When Xu Feifei heard Zhang Jiayi call her name, she waved happily and quickly left the crowd to go to Zhang Jiayi's side.

"Look, your hair is all messed up!" Zhang Jiayi reached out to help Xu Feifei fix her hair.

At this point, the crowd became even more agitated. Xu Feifei hurriedly handed him the two bottles of sports drinks she was holding, stopping him, "Take them!"

Then he bent down and started fixing his clothes and hair.

"Were you late because you went to buy me a drink?" Zhang Jiayi asked happily, holding the drink.

"Huh?!" Xu Feifei looked up and saw the undisguised joy in his eyes.

"Isn't that right?" Zhang Jiayi's eyes dimmed slightly in an instant.

At that moment, Xu Feifei felt that Zhang Jiayi had just been like a happy golden retriever with its tail wagging rapidly, but then its head drooped and its tail could no longer wag.

"Of course! Otherwise, how could I have drunk two bottles by myself! Hahaha!" Xu Feifei laughed awkwardly, trying to cover it up.

Zhang Jiayi's smile returned, and her tail wagged happily. She opened the lid and started drinking.

After taking a big gulp, he sighed contentedly, "Feifei, do you want to go eat together later?"

"No, I just finished eating!"

"Oh right! Look at my memory." Zhang Jiayi laughed and patted his head.

"Jiayi, let's go!" a teammate in front shouted.

"I'll be going now, bye-bye!"

"Bye-Bye!"

"Here I am!" He had just said goodbye to Xu Feifei and was running towards his teammates. Halfway there, he turned around and waved goodbye to Xu Feifei.

"Bye-bye!" Xu Feifei waved in response.

When Zhang Jiayi returned to his teammates, the group headed towards the exit. After taking a few steps, he suddenly turned around, smiled, and waved goodbye to Xu Feifei again.

Xu Feifei looked at it, smiled, and waved back.

After the crowd left, the basketball court became quieter. Xu Feifei looked around and felt there wasn't much to do. So she followed them and headed back to her dorm.

Along the way, Xu Feifei was thinking about what to do later! She had finally finished her exams, and it was the weekend. It would be a shame not to stay up all night after such a hard week.

As I was walking, someone suddenly bumped into me.

"ah!"

Xu Feifei stumbled and managed to grab the wall beside her. The person she bumped into wasn't so lucky; they fell to the ground with a thud, scattering the books they were holding.

Seeing this, Xu Feifei quickly went over and helped her up, asking, "Are you alright?"

"I'm sorry, I'm fine, thank you," she said softly. Then, adjusting her glasses, she looked at the books scattered on the floor and muttered with annoyance, "How careless of me!"

Xu Feifei helped pick up the books that were squatting on the ground.

Just as Xu Feifei was about to hand the book in her hand to her, she saw that the other woman was holding a stack of books. "Let me take a few of these. Where are you going?"

Upon hearing this, the girl quickly shook her head and whispered, "No need, just give it to me!"

Xu Feifei looked down at the book and inadvertently noticed a red circle printed on the side of the book. Upon closer inspection, she saw the words: "A School Library".

"You're going to the library, right? I'm going too, let's go together." Xu Feifei said, and without waiting for the girl to reply, she grabbed her books and left.

The girl quickly followed, walking beside Xu Feifei, and whispered, "Thank you."

After leaving the library, the girl walked ahead of her and led the way to a table near the window on the first floor.

The girl put the book she was holding on the table. "Put it here...that's fine."

Upon hearing her words, Xu Feifei put down her book.

"Thank you!" the girl said shyly and awkwardly.

"You're welcome! If there's nothing else, I'll be going now!"

"Um, could you tell me... your name?" the girl called out cautiously, her voice growing softer as she spoke, but her eyes remained fixed on her.

Xu Feifei was looking at her phone and didn't hear her voice. The girl's eyes gradually changed from expectation to disappointment.

Xu Feifei looked at her WeChat chat with Lin Yuan and saw that the latest message was still the one she had sent, which made her a little worried.

"Remember to call me if you need me!"

When Lin Yuan opened her phone, the first thing she saw was Xu Feifei's message, which immediately calmed her down.

She kicked something away from her feet, and it hit the cabinet against the wall with a crisp "bang" of glass.

But she ignored it, walked straight to the sofa, swept everything off the sofa, and looked at the message.

After a long while, I typed in the chat box, "I'm fine."

My finger lingered on the send button for a long time before I finally deleted it, edited it again, and sent it.

"Um"