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◎ "Are you pursuing Xixi?"◎

Xu Xingluo stood near the entrance of the auditorium, and after waiting for a long time, he finally saw the familiar figure.

He raised his hands and waved them wildly at his father: "Here, here!"

After their last trip to the park, his mother told him that it was his father who first came up with the idea of preparing a birthday surprise for him.

Later, on weekends, his father tutored him, helping him sort out knowledge points and explain questions, and was very patient throughout the process.

Xu Xingluo slowly discovered that his current father only seemed very unkind at first glance, but in essence he was the same as his future father.

He's a gentle person at heart.

He is no longer so afraid of his father in this time and space.

When Song Siyao came over, Xu Xingluo lowered his voice and called out, "Dad!"

The auditorium was so noisy that the voice was drowned out as soon as it came out.

Song Siyao approached Xu Xingluo and asked, "Where is your mother?"

Xu Xingluo pointed to him, "Over there in front, near the aisle!"

Song Siyao said "hmm".

Xu Xingluo added softly: "But I can't go over there..."

Song Siyao: "Did you make your mother angry again?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Xingluo's first reaction was dissatisfaction.

He doesn't often make his mother angry!

But thinking about what had happened, he became depressed again.

Xu Xingluo: "No, I made my mom's roommate angry..."

He briefly told his father what had happened, earning a low sneer from his father.

Xu Xingluo: “…”

Never mind, it was his fault, it’s okay for his dad to laugh at him!

Xu Xingluo said anxiously, "Dad, what should we do now? Mom said Aunt Chai doesn't want to see me, and she has to stay with Aunt Chai, so I can't go find her."

Song Siyao's tone was flat: "No big deal."

Xu Xingluo blinked: "Huh?"

Song Siyao glanced at Xu Xingluo, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly by a few millimeters.

He said, "Your mother just said not to let you go."

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Siyao took a step forward.

Xu Xingluo: “?”

He retracted his comment about his father being "gentle".

His future father would never leave him here!

…

After looking in the mirror for ten minutes, Chai Mengtian finally let out a long sigh.

"I've decided!" Chai Mengtian looked at Xu Yingxi and solemnly announced, "I won't stay up late this month. I want to get my beauty sleep!"

At the same time, the host on the stage began to introduce all the singers who would appear today.

The contestants stood in a row on the stage and greeted the audience from left to right.

Chai Mengtian's attention was drawn to him: "Hey? Xixi, you have good eyesight, can you help me see if that is Xiao Xuedi? The one in the middle!"

Xu Yingxi had been listening to the host's introduction nonchalantly, but when she heard this, she narrowed her eyes and asked, "It seems so?"

Chai Mengtian exclaimed, "Xiao Xuedi actually participated in this competition? I didn't even know! Xixi, have you heard about it before?"

Xu Yingxi shook her head: "No."

Although her senior year schedule was not as packed as the previous three years, as graduation was approaching, she had already started working for her laboratory supervisor and was no less busy than before.

If it weren't for Liu Xueyi's ticket, she wouldn't have known that the singing competition had already begun.

As he was speaking, the host had already introduced Xiao Zhiyu.

As a celebrity who caused quite a stir when he entered school because of his good looks, Xiao Zhiyu is very popular.

When the host read out his name, the cheers from the audience were louder than for others.

Chai Mengtian seemed to have completely forgotten the frustration of being called "Auntie" before, and clapped the two inflatable cheering sticks in her hands vigorously.

"Xixi! It's really Junior Xiao!" Chai Mengtian said excitedly, "You never told me that Junior Xiao can sing!"

Xu Yingxi was helpless: "Because I don't know either."

The two of them only dated for a short month, and there was no time to get to know each other well.

As she spoke, Xu Yingxi also perfunctorily clapped the cheering stick twice.

Among her three exes, her breakup with Xiao Zhiyu was the most peaceful.

Therefore, Xu Yingxi still keeps Xiao Zhiyu as a friend on WeChat, and occasionally she will receive likes from him when she posts on Moments.

Now seeing her ex standing on the stage, she can be said to be calm.

The host introduced the next contestant.

Xu Yingxi was politely applauding the contestant when a figure appeared beside her.

Chai Mengtian was the first to see the newcomer and exclaimed in surprise, "Senior Song, you're here to watch the game too!"

As students of the School of Information, the two had met before at a competition organized by the school. She was a contestant and Song Siyao was a judge.

Song Siyao nodded slightly: "Yeah."

Seeing that her senior still remembered her, Chai Mengtian's eyes lit up.

Just as she was about to exchange a few more words with Senior Song, Chai Mengtian stopped dead in her tracks the next second.

Song Siyao handed a bottle of water to Xu Yingxi: "I just bought it outside."

Xu Yingxi was stunned for a moment and took it.

Song Siyao said in a gentle voice: "I met an acquaintance at the door, and he told me you were here."

Xu Yingxi blinked: "Oh."

As the two were talking, Chai Mengtian looked at them with wide eyes as if she had discovered a new world.

After both of them fell silent, Chai Mengtian couldn't help but speak up: "Senior Song, are you... coming here specifically to see our Xixi?"

Song Siyao: “Yeah.”

Chai Mengtian’s eyes widened even further.

Oh my God, tell her what is going on?

Could it be...

The words "Senior, what is your relationship with Xixi now?" were stuck in my throat, about to come out.

Chai Mengtian used all her strength to not ask this question out loud, and observed the conversation between the two.

Xu Yingxi: "There's no extra room next to us."

Tickets for the singing competition are not assigned seats. Everyone can sit wherever they want. You can stand and watch without a ticket.

Xu Yingxi reserved a seat for Xu Xingluo, thinking of calling him over after Chai Mengtian calmed down.

She didn't expect Song Siyao to come.

Before Song Siyao could say anything, Chai Mengtian couldn't wait to speak: "It's okay, it's okay! Senior, you can take my seat! I'll find another seat in the back!"

Xu Yingxi held Chai Mengtian back and said, "The game is about to start, and the seats back there should be full. You should stay here."

Chai Mengtian was forced to sit on the chair by her, with a confused look on her face.

If this "male guest number four" was someone else, not only would she not give up her seat, she might even test the other person.

But this is Senior Song, the God of Learning Song!

The moment she saw the two people passing water, Chai Mengtian quickly imagined a 300,000-word campus romance novel in her mind.

Song Siyao: "No, I just came to bring you a bottle of water."

Chai Mengtian: "Ah... okay then."

She looked around disappointedly, and after seeing the empty seat to Xu Yingxi's left, she spoke again: "Senior, why don't you take the seat Xixi saved for her brother? Her brother isn't here right now anyway, so we can wait until he comes over!"

Compared to that brat who called her auntie, Chai Mengtian was very happy to have Senior Song sitting next to them.

Song Siyao: "Alright."

Xu Yingxi: “…”

She watched Song Siyao sitting on her left, and a sentence emerged in her mind -

This father and son sold each other out without any hesitation.

All the contestants participating in the finals have been introduced to the last one.

Chai Mengtian's mind was completely off the stage. Her eyes moved between the two people on her left. She felt that if she didn't ask that question, she would not be able to watch the game any longer.

"Senior Song..." Chai Mengtian leaned over, "You and our Xixi..."

Xu Yingxi knew what she wanted to ask and said first, "We have nothing to do with each other."

Chai Mengtian heard it, but still stared at Song Siyao waiting for his answer.

Seeing this, Xu Yingxi pulled Song Siyao's sleeve.

Meaning: You explain it too.

Song Siyao remained calm: "Well, for now, we are just ordinary brothers and sisters."

Chai Mengtian's spirits lifted.

Her years of gossip experience allowed her to immediately realize that the key point in this sentence was the word "temporarily".

In other words—

Chai Mengtian: "Senior Song, are you pursuing Xixi?"

Song Siyao: “Yeah.”

Chai Mengtian: “…”

Xu Yingxi: “…”

Among the three, only Song Siyao remained calm, as if the earth-shattering and soul-stirring "hmm" just now did not come from his mouth.

…

On the stage, the first contestant has already started performing.

Chai Mengtian quickly created a group of three people on her phone.

Normally, the four girls in their dormitory have a good relationship with each other. The only chance they form a small group is when they discuss preparing a birthday surprise for one of them.

This time Chai Mengtian decided to break the convention.

She invited Zheng Lei and Liu Xueyi to join the group to share the shocking news.

Chai Mengtian: [Sisters, big news!]

Chai Mengtian: [Song Xueshen, Song Siyao is pursuing our darling Xixi! ]

Liu Xueyi: [? ]

Liu Xueyi: [Is it true? How do you know?]

Chai Mengtian: [He admitted it himself!]

Chai Mengtian: [They're right next to me now! But I don't know if it's because I'm here, but they haven't spoken to each other in a long time since they sat down.]

Liu Xueyi: [!!!]

Liu Xueyi: [Is there even a need to ask? Stop being a third wheel!]

Chai Mengtian: [No, Xixi won't let me change seats!]

Zheng Lei: [You just said you wanted to go to the bathroom?]

Chai Mengtian: [No, no, if I leave right away, how can I find out what's going on at the scene?]

Liu Xueyi: [How about you find a topic and try to get them to chat with you?]

Chai Mengtian: [That makes sense!]

Putting her phone away, she cleared her throat.

Chai Mengtian: "This contestant seems to have pretty good singing skills, and he also seems to be from our School of Information. Xixi, do you know him?"

Xu Yingxi: "I don't have much impression."

Chai Mengtian: "Senior Song, what about you?"

Song Siyao: "I saw him once in class, but I'm not very familiar with him."

Chai Mengtian: "Oh, so are there any acquaintances of yours among the contestants this time?"

Song Siyao: "Probably not."

Chai Mengtian: "Oh... Actually, I don't know many of them, just——"

Halfway through her words, she suddenly remembered something and slammed on the brakes: "Ahem, only a few look familiar."

Chai Mengtian: [Something's wrong! Sisters!]

Chai Mengtian: [Xixi's ex-boyfriend is also in this singing competition! He's Xiao, the junior!]

Chai Mengtian: [Do you think Senior Song will know that that's Xixi's ex?]

Liu Xueyi: [You should know, right? Xiao is a well-known figure in our school, and his fame is no less than Xixi's.]

Liu Xueyi: [And when Xiao Xuedi first became famous on the school forum, he was taken down by our Xixi. Everyone was discussing this at the time.]

Liu Xueyi: [Even if Senior Song isn't interested in gossip at all, he can't be completely isolated from the world, right?]

Zheng Lei: [+1]

Zheng Lei: [I think the probability that Song Siyao knows about this is greater than 80%.]

Zheng Lei: [But it should be okay, since they're exes who broke up a long time ago.]

Chai Mengtian taps on the keyboard: [But...]

As soon as the word "yes" was typed out, huge cheers suddenly broke out all around.

Chai Mengtian's heart skipped a beat and she subconsciously looked to the left.

Like other contestants before her, Xu Yingxi tapped the cheering stick twice perfunctorily.

There was no expression on Song Siyao's face, he just looked at the stage quietly.

"Hello everyone." The person on the stage waved his hand. "I'm Xiao Zhiyu. Many of you here may have heard of me."

"I'm very happy to sing for you all today. I want to dedicate this song to someone."

"I don't know if she is here today, but I still want to convey my feelings to her."

After the monologue, the lights on the stage dimmed, leaving only a spotlight on Xiao Zhiyu.

Song Siyao's brows furrowed slightly.