"Hey Lao Zhou, why are you calling me so early in the morning? It's the weekend, can you please not call me before 4 pm?"

Liu Tian's voice was still dazed, clearly indicating that he had been woken up, and his voice was grumpy from being woken up.

"Wake up, go study."

"Huh? Study?" Liu Tian's tone rose, a knowing smile on his face. "Oh, are you giving me a secret code? Study, go ahead! I'll get dressed now."

"Okay, I'm almost done getting ready. I'll wait for you downstairs at your place."

Early in the morning, Ye Zhou simply put on a white t-shirt and blue jeans, exuding youthful energy.

I pushed open the door, and my parents had already gone to work.

There was a note on the table: There's rice in the pot, just heat it up if it gets cold.

Ye Zhou chuckled softly.

Such a scenario could only appear in his fantasies during his occasional lunch break.

He ate a couple of bites, then slung his backpack over his shoulder and went downstairs to Liu Tian's house.

"Mom, I'm going to study. I won't be back until dark. If I'm not back by dark, I'll definitely be studying all night. Don't worry."

Liu Tian called out, and they descended the stairs, taking four steps at a time.

He threw his schoolbag onto his back and put his other arm around Ye Zhou's shoulder.

Where should we go for fun?

Ye Zhou: "The library."

Liu Tian opened his eyes wide.

"Really going to the library? It's the weekend! I've been studying all week, can't you give me a break?"

Ye Zhou raised an eyebrow. "Did you study? You slept for four out of five days."

"Uh..." Liu Tian was speechless. "Don't I have any pride, brother?"

"Are you going or not?"

Liu Tian hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. "Forget it, forget it. I'll just consider it as studying with you. I really don't know why you're still studying when you're already number one in the whole school."

Ye Zhou slapped Liu Tian's butt with his backhand and put his hands back in his pockets.

"Sure, bro, let's go study together."

In his previous life, Ye Zhou controlled his grades and got into a third-tier university.

Liu Tian's situation was even more outrageous; he went to a vocational college.

Professional auto repair.

He became a factory worker after graduation, and his job was stable.

When the results came out, he was only five points short of the cutoff score for a third-tier university, so he had to attend a vocational college.

Once you enter society, you'll find out.

The gap is still quite large.

If possible, go to a four-year university.

He was determined to help Liu Tian get into a four-year university.

Inside the library.

Liu Tian's eyes were half-closed, and the tip of his pen moved quickly and erratically across the notebook.

The writing makes a scratching sound.

His head was about to fall down.

"Bang—"

"Teacher, I was wrong. I won't do it again next time—oh no, I won't!"

He received a moderate blow to the back of his head, which made his head buzz. Liu Tian immediately stood up and assumed a military posture.

This caused a burst of snickering laughter to erupt in the quiet library.

"Old Zhou, what are you doing? You were sleeping soundly!" Liu Tian muttered as he sat down again.

Ye Zhou glanced at Liu Tian's notebook, which was filled with Martian script and smeared with drool...

"Tian'er, imagine if you missed getting into a university by a few points in the college entrance exam, wouldn't that be a pity?"

"Why do you sound like an old man now? It's too harsh."

Liu Tian muttered to himself, when he inadvertently saw a familiar figure enter through the door.

"School beauty, holy crap, even the school beauty is studying on the weekend!"

"The school beauty didn't come here to make up with you, did she?"

Ye Zhou focused on his problem-solving; it had nothing to do with him anyway.

It doesn't matter whether I come to see him or not.

For so many years, I've been licking my wounds on my own.

He will no longer allow himself to get hurt so easily.

really.

A girl wearing an exquisite designer miniskirt stopped in front of Ye Zhou.

"Ye Zhou, let's go outside and talk."

In an instant, the already quiet library became even more silent.

With a hint of impatience in his eyes, Ye Zhou put down his pen and stood up.

The library is not a place for conversation.

The boy walked ahead.

Under the tree, the faint chirping of cicadas could already be heard.

The proud young girl seemed to have mustered up her courage to face an immature child.

Why did you block me? Just because I didn't accept your advances doesn't mean we can't go back to how things were before. Can't we just be friends?

The boy looked down at her. "Did you really think we were friends before?"

Jiang Jiayan looked up, her bright eyes filled with the boy.

Isn't that so?

Ye Zhou chuckled, his laughter tinged with a faint bitterness and sorrow.

Their relationship was never equal.

Ye Zhou tolerated her little temper and patiently accompanied her for everything he did for her.

Everything, everything, is because I like it.

Now that he has decided to let go, how can we expect to go back to how things were before?

"That's not how you be a friend."

...

Aside from your parents, do you really think anyone would treat you unconditionally well?

We're all experiencing life for the first time, so why should we indulge her?

Girls like Jiang Jiayan don't have any real friends.

Because she was used to being the center of attention and putting herself first.

Being friends with someone who only knows how to take and never gives is exhausting.

When Jiang Jiayan heard what the person in front of her said, she felt a pang of pain in her heart for some reason.

Clearly, she has so many people around her, so many people who are kind to her and want to be kind to her.

We don't need him.

But why would she care?

She shouldn't care...

She never imagined that one day her status would become so humble.

He groveled and came specifically to find Ye Zhou.

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