Very quiet.

It was the sound of breathing, right next to my ears, my own, and Zhou Sheng's.

"What did you say just now?" Lin Sitian asked slowly again.

Perhaps he had already made up his mind, Zhou Sheng did not hesitate this time, "I want to date you."

"With whom?"

"and you."

"What do you want to do with me?"

"fall in love."

"What do you want to talk to me about?"

"in love."

"Who wants to date me?"

"...Are you Ma Dongmei?" Zhou Sheng asked in frustration.

The atmosphere was ruined, and Lin Sitian couldn't help but raise her hand and hit him, "Zhou Sheng!"

He caught the limp fist again and held it in his palm.

"I like you." Zhou Sheng distanced himself from her and looked into her eyes.

There is light in his eyes, a serious light, a touch of tenderness and tenacity that falls into the dark pupils, so beautiful that it makes people indulge.

It was the time when her face was blushing and her heart was beating fast, so she couldn't escape.

“……Yeah.” Lin Sitian lowered her head.

Zhou Sheng squeezed her hand in his palm, and nervously lowered his head to meet her gaze, "Speak..."

"say what?"

"What is the answer?" Zhou Sheng solved countless questions, but what he wanted to know most was this answer.

"You're still asking? Wasn't it obvious from my performance?" Lin Sitian got angry when she said this, and suddenly looked up and glared at him, "Even Meng Qiaoyu noticed it, and the rumor that we're in love is all over the class. Which girl who doesn't like you would continue to be so close to you!

A series of accusations hit Zhou Sheng in the face.

"I'm not such a casual person, but you kept me hanging all day long... and made me think too much about crying because of you. I almost gave up liking you tonight!"

It was clearly an accusation, but her face grew redder and redder as she spoke. The same went for Zhou Sheng, who was listening to her scolding, except that he looked a little more panicked at the end.

He whispered, "I'm not keeping you hanging, Lin Sitian."

He was just afraid that everything was just his wishful thinking.

But if he had been braver and expressed his feelings earlier, maybe she wouldn't have suffered for so long.

It's his fault.

From "I'm not wrong" to "I want to date you" - Zhou Sheng never thought that the development path of things would be the one that is least like him, but so what? At least now he feels very satisfied, more satisfied than learning to use L'Hôpital's rule to find the limit, and this is enough.

There is something new in his life that he looks forward to more than doing exercises, and it is also more unknown.

Danqing Mountain is a well-developed tourist attraction, well-known in southern China. There are not only scenic attractions on the mountain, but also the Danqing Temple, which is said to be very effective. Although it is a distance from the city, there are many tourists and locals on weekdays.

Lin Sitian didn't refuse to climb the mountain with everyone at first because she remembered that there was a cable car available. However, when she got there, she found out that the cable car line was under maintenance that day, so her idea of ​​being lazy was no longer feasible. She also couldn't rest at the foot of the mountain after she got there, so she had to follow the main group and go up.

By the way, Meng Qiaoyu's class had a different route today, so they were the only ones climbing the mountain.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Lin Sitian always feels that Zhou Sheng looks particularly handsome today.

He probably got himself ready early in the morning, so he wore a T-shirt and long pants for hiking today. His face was fair, and his short hair fluttered in the wind. There was a clear light in his eyes, giving people a cool feeling like a mountain spring after the snow, which was particularly refreshing.

Lin Sitian complained in her heart that she didn’t feel tired at all from last night.

Wang Yue and the others pulled Zhou Sheng aside to talk, a few boys walked in front, and Lin Sitian fell behind with Xuelin and the others.

"Confess and you'll get some leniency," Yang Xuelin said suddenly.

As soon as these words came out, Lin Sitian secretly thought that something was not good and frowned.

Yang Xuelin and Cui Qian double-teamed her on each side, just like the Black and White Impermanence locking her soul, and she couldn't escape even if she wanted to.

"If you resist, you will be punished severely." Cui Qian agreed.

Lin Sitian's face suddenly turned red like a ripe apple, but she still wanted to struggle: "What do you want to confess? What did you say?"

Yang Xuelin was not surprised either, and looked past her, "Qianqian."

Cui Qian cooperated tacitly: "Okie."

"What do you mean, what are you going to do--" Lin Sitian looked around in panic, and the next second her whole body twisted like a pretzel, "Ahahahaha, don't scratch me, hahahaha--I, I'm ticklish--Please, please, I'll say, I'll say--"

She was already trapped in the middle, and Yang Xuelin and Cui Qian were touching her all over at the same time. This "tickling" trick was an all-round attack, leaving Lin Sitian with nowhere to hide.

Several girls were laughing and making noises, which attracted the boys to turn around and look at them.

In late spring and early summer, the sun shines down warmly from the cloudy sky, passing through the treetops, casting traceable colorful shadows, and floating dust dances in the bright golden light.

The morning light was just right. The girls walked in the changing light and dark, like a painting drawn with colored pencils.

Zhou Sheng's eyes only fell on Lin Sitian's brilliant smile. His expression paused slightly and he couldn't help but glance sideways.

He seldom paid attention to people's facial features. To him, appearance did not help with academic performance at all.

But he thought Lin Sitian was very pretty, the kind of pretty that would make him feel happy at a glance.

——Sure enough, appearance doesn’t help with grades at all.

Lin Sitian certainly didn't know what Zhou Sheng was thinking at the moment. Under siege, she could only confess -

"It's okay, it's okay, Zhou Sheng and I are together!"

Although it was an expected answer, Yang Xuelin and Cui Qian still expressed their shock in a very supportive manner.

Shocked, Yang Xuelin gossiped excitedly: "How come you got together in one night? You were talking about a breakup yesterday, so what happened to you later?"

"Yes, how did you get together? Did you confess to him or did he tell you?" Cui Qian followed up with a series of questions.

"He...he confessed to me," Lin Sitian bit her lip, but a smug smile accidentally appeared on the corner of her mouth, "He was jealous of Meng Qiaoyu, and then he confessed to me, and then he came back to the hotel and told me..." Lin Sitian raised her eyes and found Zhou Sheng standing at the corner not far ahead. Her heart skipped a beat and the words got stuck in her lips, and she was embarrassed to say them out loud.

"What are you talking about? Tell me quickly!" Yang Xuelin was so anxious that she jumped up and down.

"You said you wanted to date me!"

"Wow--" The two girls shouted exaggeratedly, especially Yang Xuelin who knew Zhou Sheng better. Her eyes were as big as copper bells, and she excitedly punched the air, "Class monitor, can you believe that this is what Class Monitor Zhou Sheng said--He actually told you that he wants him to fall in love with you?--Oh my God--Oh my God!"

Lin Sitian hurriedly went over to cover her mouth: "Keep your voice down!"

She was only five or six meters away from Zhou Sheng, and she didn't want Zhou Sheng to hear her.

Lin Sitian put her hand down after Yang Xuelin calmed down for two seconds. Yang Xuelin still shook her head in disbelief, "I thought you were unwilling to go back and pursue him, but I never thought he was the first to express his feelings to you. Is he still the same Zhou Yanjin who only thinks about doing the questions and is usually meticulous?"

"I... didn't expect it." To be honest, Lin Sitian's mind is still confused until today, and she always feels like she has had a dream.

Zhou Sheng seemed to have deliberately stopped and waited for her, as Wang Yue and Li Hailiang had already gone ahead.

When Yang Xuelin saw Zhou Sheng, she first looked him up and down, then smiled meaningfully, "Mr. Zhou, it's okay. Yesterday you said you wouldn't agree to a girl like Lin Sitian, but today you kidnapped her."

"Xuelin!" How could this guy say that to her face! Lin Sitian was so shocked that she pulled her best friend - Zhou Sheng was usually so reserved that he blushed when talking about such things. Normally, she would tease him, but now that he was teased by others in front of him, he would probably feel embarrassed and deny it, right?

Zhou Sheng was indeed stunned, but then he calmed himself down, raised his fist to his lips and coughed lightly.

"I just said that I won't agree to a girl like Lin Sitian," he looked at Lin Sitian, pursed his lips, lowered his head, and smiled——

"I didn't say I don't like Lin Sitian."

After Zhou Sheng finished speaking, the three girls in front of him were all stunned. No one expected that Zhou Sheng would admit it so bluntly.

Although she had heard the same words last night, when she heard him admit it so openly to his classmates at this moment, Lin Sitian couldn't control her accelerated heartbeat. She felt panicky, short of breath, and dry mouth. She was afraid that she would have tachycardia and embarrass herself in front of her classmates if she didn't even look at him for a second.

When did he become braver than her?

During the rest of the climbing process, Zhou Sheng accompanied them and fell behind.

Yang Xuelin and Cui Qian would deliberately make jokes about her and Zhou Sheng from time to time. This time, Lin Sitian had someone behind her, so her retorts were just as powerful. Zhou Sheng didn't say much, but just followed her obediently. When she needed to climb the more difficult stairs, he would help her, just like a good family boyfriend.

Yang Xuelin felt that she and Cui Qian had become light bulbs, so she wisely pulled Cui Qian over and went to the front together.

"Actually, you don't have to be so obvious," Lin Sitian said after her besties left. "It's okay in front of Xuelin and the others, but if Li Hailiang and the others find out, the whole school will probably know when we go back to school next week."

Zhou Sheng: "Why can't I know?"

"Why are you asking? Because we're in a premature relationship. Premature love, Mr. Zhou. If the teacher finds out, the parents will be called, don't you understand?"

Zhou Sheng thought for a moment and nodded, "Yeah, I see."

He looked so cute in this regard, half-understanding. Lin Sitian resisted the urge to pinch his face and snorted proudly, "You still have a lot to learn about love."

"Isn't this your first time in love too?" Zhou Sheng glanced at her.

Lin Sitian was choked.

Zhou Sheng said, "I always learn faster than you."

"You are narcissistic!"

"That's called 'confidence'." Zhou Sheng corrected, and then changed the subject, "Do you want me to carry you?"

Lin Sitian paused, "W-what?"

Zhou Sheng pointed at her increasingly slow steps and said, "You can't even move your legs. Do you want me to carry you?"

Lin Sitian pushed him with a red face.

"You're so annoying."

The same three words "You are so annoying", but the feelings expressed when said yesterday and today are completely different.

"Come on." Zhou Sheng didn't even wait for her to agree. He walked to the platform and squatted down in front of her, "Come up."

"I won't," Lin Sitian said stubbornly, "I can walk."

What would she say if someone saw her? And now she was carrying him on her back, she was…she was nervous.

"Be good, Tiantian, come up." He waved his hands behind his back, signaling her.

Like coaxing a child.

But at this moment, Lin Sitian resigned herself to her fate and lay on Zhou Sheng's back.

He lifted her to her feet as if effortlessly and weighed her.

Her sight suddenly rose to a higher place, and Lin Sitian felt a little panicked for some reason.

In fact, Zhou Sheng is quite tall, and he always sits at the end of the class line, while she is in the front row. These two people who have nothing in common became desk mates, and now they are together again.

Lin Sitian lay on his back, thinking about some random things.

She didn't know it before she got on, but after being carried on Zhou Sheng's back, Lin Sitian realized that Zhou Sheng's back was very broad. Lying on it and being supported by him steadily, she felt very safe.

The white T-shirt on his body was warmed by the morning sun, emitting a clean and pleasant smell of the sun. Zhou Sheng's body temperature was also transmitted to her through the pure cotton fabric, blending with her temperature, which made Zhou Sheng's shoulders and back feel warm. She felt very comfortable and relaxed lying there.

If her heartbeat wasn't so fast, she should be able to have a good nap, right?