The boy who came up to say hello looked honest and sturdy, with a short, flat haircut.
When he saw that Ji Qingqian didn't reply, he thought she had mistaken him for someone else.
But perhaps it's because Ji Qingqian is so memorable that she's not easily mistaken, so he asked again:
"Ji Qingqian? Ji Qingqian from the mountains?"
Ji Qingqian was somewhat surprised.
She nodded, then looked helplessly at her boyfriend.
She really didn't know this man... or rather, she had never seen him before.
Lu Yibei smiled.
This guy recognized Qing Qian. If Qing Qian had forgotten him, it wouldn't be a big problem. But some people are petty, so he took over the conversation: "Who are you?"
When Ji Qingqian admitted it, the boy's face showed a lot of surprise.
He wasn't angry or annoyed when Lu Yibei interrupted him; instead, he replied gently:
"Hello, my name is Xiong Song, you can just call me Xiong. I am also a graduate of Shandong High School, but I am two years older than Ji Qingqian, so I am considered an upperclassman. When she was a freshman, I was already a senior, so it's normal that you don't know me."
Ji Qingqian nodded without saying anything.
Xiong Song is clearly not a good communicator.
—Or rather, he felt quite nervous after seeing Ji Qingqian, so he didn't know what to say for a moment and just smiled.
But it doesn't look very good for him to just stand there.
Lu Yibei then took the initiative to start a conversation:
"Brother Xiong is eating here too? Alone?"
Xiong Song immediately chimed in, "Oh, this isn't a restaurant! I own this place."
Lu Yibei was somewhat surprised.
Even if Xiong Song is two years older than Ji Qingqian, she should still be a college student now... If you include the year she repeated a year, she should be a senior...?
However, Xiong Song didn't immediately notice Lu Yibei's doubt. As if he had just realized it, he quickly asked:
"Who is this? Is he also from Shangao?"
Lu Yibei shook his head, about to speak.
Ji Qingqian answered first, "My boyfriend is Lu Yibei, from Hangzhou."
Upon hearing the word "boyfriend," Xiong Song was startled.
He then carefully examined the smiling Lu Yibei, initially appearing somewhat dazed, but his smile subsequently became even more friendly:
"He really is Ji's boyfriend... I wonder why we'd be having dinner together in the middle of the night!"
Lu Yibei smiled again.
Xiong Song then said to Lu Yibei, "Brother, you're quite capable. Back in our school, Junior Sister Ji was famously beautiful—"
As he spoke, he chuckled and said in a teasing tone, "She's notoriously hard to pursue; there are plenty of people who like her."
Lu Yibei raised an eyebrow at Ji Qingqian. "No wonder people know you. Why haven't you ever told me about this?"
Ji Qingqian pouted – I don’t know either.
Besides, even if I knew, wouldn't it be self-praise to say it out loud?
--boring.
Ji Qingqian even thought Xiong Song was being rather boring, wondering why he was saying all this.
She wasn't just unfamiliar with Xiong Song, she'd never even met him before—even if he knew her, he should have at least said hello and left…
"Speaking of which, I heard you repeated a year of high school... and ended up getting into Jiangnan University, right?"
Xiong Song, however, was completely oblivious and was still inquiring about her recent situation.
Ji Qingqian nodded again.
Xiong Song sincerely exclaimed, "That's amazing... I remember your score wasn't bad the first time. I never expected you to have the courage to retake the exam..."
Ji Qingqian hummed in agreement.
Lu Yibei looked at Xiong Song with a smile. This time, he didn't say anything and left Xiong Song to talk to himself.
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting a little awkward, Xiong Song tried to start a conversation by asking:
"Brother, you're still in school, right? Which school?"
“Jiangda,” Lu Yibei said.
Xiong Song was somewhat surprised: "Classmate?"
“I’m a sophomore, so I’m her senior,” Lu Yibei said.
Xiong Song hummed in agreement, and was about to say something again.
But he was quite quick-witted and immediately thought of many things.
Lu Yibei, a native of Hangzhou, is a sophomore at Jiangnan University, while Ji Qingqian, despite not having a bad score on her first attempt, resolutely chose to repeat a year.
—In fact, even now, the students of Qunshan High School who once paid attention to Ji Qingqian still cannot understand why this school beauty repeated a year of high school.
Only now does Xiong Song feel as if the truth has been revealed.
He looked at Lu Yibei with an incredulous gaze.
Xiong Song looked at Ji Qingqian, then at Lu Yibei, and scratched his head.
Lu Yibei noticed his hesitation and asked, "Brother Xiong? Is something wrong?"
Xiong Song pondered in silence for a moment, then sighed again, before forcing a smile:
"I never expected to run into Junior Sister Ji here today. I thought I'd never have a chance to say these things—but if I don't say them now, I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to meet her again—"
Lu Yibei raised an eyebrow.
This guy's words were quite ambiguous, but the smile he showed when he heard Ji Qingqian introduce her "boyfriend" didn't seem fake.
Besides, Lu Yibei didn't sense any hostility from him, so he decided to listen to what he had to say.
"I've always wanted to thank you, junior. Thank you so much," Xiong Song said with a simple, honest smile.
Ji Qingqian: ...?
She didn't remember having any interaction with this nominal senior.
He noticed the confusion between Ji Qingqian and Lu Yibei.
Xiong Song seemed hesitant to speak to Ji Qingqian, perhaps fearing Lu Yibei's displeasure, so he looked at the latter and explained:
"Brother, you don't know, Shan Gao is indeed a very good high school in Erbin, but the grades you get when you enter high school are not the same as the grades you get when you take the college entrance exam. Don't laugh at me, but I was really bad at slacking off in high school."
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