Chen Jingyi looked towards the table in the anime club again.
The anime club was much quieter than the sports clubs; many people were just playing on their phones without saying a word.
"Goodbye, Brother Zhao!" Shen Jingyi waved her hand.
Zhao Xun then realized he was being stared at by his fellow members—how infuriating! Brother Zhao Xun! Such a pretty little girl actually said goodbye to you alone!
That's what most people think.
One or two others thought, "How awful, little sister! She actually got to say goodbye to such a handsome guy like Zhao Sun alone!"
Zhao Xun raised his hand, then almost instinctively glanced at Ma Jiaojiao in front of him.
Ma Jiaojiao was smiling at Shen Jingyi when she noticed the gaze coming from the other side. She turned her head away, and then... although her smile didn't change, Zhao Xun inexplicably felt that this big girl's smile had become even more crooked, as if it had a hint of yin and yang.
——“Brother Zhao~Sun~”
A voice suddenly sounded in Zhao Xun's ear.
"…Whoa whoa…"
Zhao Xun nodded, but before he could finish speaking, Chen Jingyi interrupted:
"Goodbye, Sister Jiaojiao."
"Let your sister and brother come visit us more often in the future."
Ma Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Bye-bye."
Zhao Sun: ...
Compared to Ma Jiaojiao's poised and confident demeanor, Zhao Xun felt inexplicably anxious and apprehensive as she said goodbye, like a...
No, it's not like that.
What an idiot!
"—Goodbye," Zhao Xun finally said.
Across from her, Ma Jiaojiao poked at the meat with her chopsticks, and with that sound, she chuckled.
…
Stepping outside, the sky was gloomy.
There was no wind, but the air was cold.
Ji Qingqian wanted to call Shen Jingyi, but the siblings both said that taking the bus would be fine.
Shen Jingyi is not very old, but she is not young either. It is not yet six o'clock, so she is not unable to travel from Hangzhou back to Chaozhou by herself.
The three of them walked together toward the bus stop.
"elder brother."
Chen Jingyi suddenly spoke, exhaling white mist as she spoke.
"Um?"
"I want to make Jiangnan University my first choice."
Lu Yibei was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "What's wrong? Did watching a basketball game make you think about the academic atmosphere of our school?"
Chen Jingyi tilted her head, as if thinking, yet also in pain:
"...People on your side seem to be implying they'll see me at Jiangda University next year... I feel...it would be so embarrassing if I didn't get in..."
Just imagine, all these friends will be at my brother and sister-in-law's wedding banquet.
Then I asked, "Jingyi, which school did you end up going to?"
The meditation ritual is as follows: ...
Perhaps by then, Chen Jingyi, in her twenties, would have been able to let go of the past.
But seventeen-year-old Shen Jingyi doesn't want to see this happen in the future.
Lu Yibei smiled: "If I can get in, I'll take the exam; if I can't, oh well. It's not like it's a top school—"
Shen Jingyi was in even more pain. Perhaps it was true for her brother, but for her, it was the highest hall of fame that she needed to work hard for and strive for.
The most painful thing was that she guessed her brother was just saying that on purpose to spite her!
"...They're gone!!"
Chen Jingyi boarded the bus.
As the car drove away.
Lu Yibei gently hugged Ji Qingqian, who had stayed behind with him.
Ji Qingqian glared at him.
Lu Yibei said sincerely, "This is called motivation."
…
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P.S., this is a chapter written at midnight.
Subsequent updates should revert to the original schedule.
(I'm not including it in the author's notes, not to pad the word count, but because the author's notes are prone to getting stuck in the review process. Once I updated at midnight, and it wasn't released until 9 a.m.)
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