The two-day and one-night trip ended perfectly with Lin Sitian getting what she wanted. On the way back, Lin Sitian was so tired that she fell asleep and didn't even realize that she drooled in Zhou Sheng's arms. When the car arrived at the end, there were faint wet stains on the front of Zhou Sheng's T-shirt, but Zhou Sheng didn't say anything, just took out a tissue and silently wiped the corners of Lin Sitian's mouth.

"We've arrived, Lin Sitian."

As soon as the car stopped, Zhou Sheng woke up Lin Sitian on his shoulder.

When they arrived at the entrance of the West Railway Station, Lin Sitian was still dazed and sleepy. Li Hailiang and Wang Yue insulted her as usual. This time, Lin Sitian didn't even bother to pay attention to them. She seemed to have forgotten what she had told Zhou Sheng to be careful in front of strangers. After saying goodbye, she pulled Zhou Sheng away.

"She and I are going the same way." Zhou Sheng had no choice but to turn around and say this.

Zhou Sheng specially took a taxi to send Lin Sitian home. When she got off the car, Zhou Sheng followed her.

"You don't have to come down. It's hard to get a taxi around here." Lin Sitian said while standing at the entrance of the corridor.

After paying, Zhou Sheng signaled the driver to leave, then walked over to her in two or three steps and took the bag from her shoulder.

"I'll help you get it up."

In late spring, it was suddenly dark and the sky was a gloomy purple-pink.

It was just as the lights were coming on and some families in the old neighborhood had already started preparing dinner. The air was filled with the smell of various cooking dishes and one could even hear the sound of cooking in someone's building.

Lin Sitian held the bag strap in her hand and said, "I can take it up myself. You can go home early."

"It's okay, I'll just use the app to call a car later."

Lin Sitian's heart skipped a beat, she bit her lip and said nothing.

He adapted quickly.

The two of them walked up the corridor slowly. They had been climbing the mountain for most of the day, so it was impossible for them not to be tired. However, at this pace, it seemed as if it was more than just tiredness.

"Is your grandma at home?" The corridor was too quiet, and Zhou Sheng could only squeeze out a topic.

"If it's dinner time, he should be there."

"Then I'll take you to the fourth floor."

——Lin Sitian’s home is on the fifth floor.

"Then why are you hiding from my grandma?" Lin Sitian jumped up two steps and turned around to ask.

"Be careful," Zhou Sheng pulled the strap and frowned, "Aren't your legs sore?"

Acid is sour.

"……Um."

It's already the third floor.

The steps became slower and slower, and almost stopped.

"I'm so hungry," Lin Sitian sniffed the aroma of food in the air, "Zhou Sheng, are you hungry?"

The corridor light on the third floor is broken and it is pitch black.

“A little.”

"I'll go up by myself." Lin Sitian pulled the shoulder strap of the shoulder bag.

Zhou Sheng still didn't let go.

The footsteps of the people upstairs have reached the stairs.

Lin Sitian had to mouth the words to him -

Neighbor, residence, recognize, know me.

Then he quickly snatched the bag from Zhou Sheng's hand and ran upstairs in two steps, holding the handrail.

Zhou Sheng's hand was still holding the shoulder strap of the shoulder bag, and he clenched his fist empty.

"Leaving?" Lin Sitian turned around and said goodbye to him.

Zhou Sheng didn't move. He could already see one of his upstairs neighbor's legs on the stairs. Zhou Sheng curled his lips.

"I'll watch you go up."

It was quiet, but she could hear it.

Lin Sitian hesitated for a second, and the neighbor had already walked up to her. She quickly looked up: "Auntie Lin."

"Hey, Tiantian is back?"

"Yeah, I went out to play." Lin Sitian pretended to walk upstairs, but her eyes still glanced at the stairs to the third floor.

Aunt Lin smiled and said, "Oh, that's right, you guys are on vacation, no wonder your grandma has been out for the past two days and didn't come back for dinner."

Lin Sitian smiled and said goodbye to her neighbor.

Aunt Lin went downstairs from the third floor, and Lin Sitian had already reached the fourth floor. She couldn't help but look down.

The platform on the third floor was already empty.

Lin Sitian ran all the way to the door of her home and hurriedly opened the door with her key.

“——Is it Tiantian?” The old man’s voice came from the kitchen.

"It's me, grandma!"

Lin Sitian rushed to the living room window while shouting.

Soon, a young man appeared under the dim street lights in the community.

Lin Sitian stood by the window, calming her wildly beating heart.

Under the lamp, the young man was tall and thin, standing alone.

A gentle evening breeze blew by the window.

As if by some kind of tacit understanding, he also stopped and looked up at her window.

The gap in the heart enters the water, and warm waves rise.

That moment was first love.

The alarm clock rang again. Lin Sitian closed her eyes, fumbled for the cell phone on the bedside table, and turned it off.

After a long moment of being absent-minded, she suddenly quickly brought her phone to her eyes and swiped it away.

It’s over. I’m going to be late!

On the first morning after the May Day holiday, Lin Sitian changed into her school uniform, washed up, and rushed out of the bathroom in a hurry. Her grandmother was still busy watering her flowers on the balcony and had completely forgotten to wake her up.

"Grandma, I'm leaving—"

"Hey, kid, you need to eat breakfast!"

Lin Sitian grabbed a steamed bun from the dining table, put it in her mouth and ran away.

When she arrived at the school gate, the "Athletes' March" on the radio had already come to an end, which meant that all the classes were in place, and also meant that Lin Sitian had basically been declared late. This time she didn't even catch the moment when the telescopic gate closed, and could only enter through the small door in front of the duty room.

There are two students on duty standing by the small door. These people are usually members of the school's student union who take turns. They are responsible for checking appearance and registering latecomers. If their records are recorded, the class will be deducted points, which will affect the selection of the class's floating red flag. In addition to collective honor, the floating red flag also affects the class bonus. So every time someone is deducted points, the teacher will pull them out and criticize them by name.

Lin Sitian didn't want to be criticized, so while a student on duty was registering people, she lowered her head and pulled up the strap of her schoolbag to try to get away with it.

But she didn't expect that another student on duty would reach out and stop her at the right time.

Lin Sitian looked up depressedly, and unexpectedly saw Zhou Sheng's face.

Her mind reacted quickly and she winked at Zhou Sheng, but Zhou Sheng just shook his head at her.

Lin Sitian looked resentful.

"Let me register." Zhou Sheng took a pen and started writing in the notebook.

You’re such a good guy… Lin Sitian stared at him with a frown, her eyes almost burning through him. Zhou Sheng lowered his eyelashes uncomfortably.

There were a few latecomers nearby who were about to leave when they suddenly heard the voice of the dean.

"You all, stand aside—"

It's over, Black Tornado.

The director of teaching, Liu Guodong, was a male teacher in his forties. He was dark-skinned and had a bad temper, so he was called the "Black Whirlwind." He always liked to show off his authority by picking on small matters. This time, he must have come to make an example of someone.

He has a very loud voice, and another characteristic is that he spit when he speaks.

Lin Sitian thought sadly, why am I so unlucky.

She couldn't run away even if she wanted to. She could only stand in a row with the other latecomers beside the flower bed and accept the baptism of Black Whirlwind. Black Whirlwind put his hands behind his back and started to scold them one by one.

"You're not even able to come back to your senses, are you? You're late on the first day! First of all, make it clear that you are students. Don't think about eating, drinking, defecating, sleeping and playing all day long! Look at you, how long has it been since you cut your hair? And you - how are you wearing your school uniform? Button it up!... And you, why aren't you wearing your school badge? The school has repeatedly told us to wear the school badge. You don't want to study here, right?!" Liu Guodong pulled the empty collar of the boy's shirt.

As Lin Sitian listened, she suddenly became nervous and looked down stiffly...

She was in such a hurry to go out that she didn't even wear it after changing into her newly washed school uniform.

Lin Sitian raised her eyes in panic, and Zhou Sheng happened to be looking at her chest. Their eyes met briefly, and she looked as if a disaster was about to happen.

There's nothing much to say. I was deducted four points for being late today and not wearing my school badge. I will probably be pulled out by the class teacher for criticism and punished as a monitor for a week. Now I have to suffer the torture of the Black Whirlwind.

Zhou Sheng turned sideways and stood next to her.

Lin Sitian lowered her head silently, praying in her heart that Liu Guodong would not notice, when she suddenly realized something was stuffed into her palm.

She pinched her fingers and suddenly looked at Zhou Sheng - that was the shape of the school emblem.

When she looked at Zhou Sheng's chest again, there was nothing there.

Wanting to say something, Zhou Sheng raised his chin towards her.

Liu Guodong was about to walk to the end of the team, and Lin Sitian hurriedly pinned on the school badge.

Zhou Sheng casually took another step forward and lowered his head to write something in the notebook.

"Girls are late too!" Liu Guodong walked up to Lin Sitian, opened his mouth wide, and even with such a short sentence, his saliva still sprayed on Zhou Sheng's chin - because Zhou Sheng was standing sideways just in front of her. Liu Guodong's sharp eyes swept over Lin Sitian, and everything else was in line with the norm, so he couldn't find any faults. But when he happened to pass by Zhou Sheng, he narrowed his eyes, "Zhou Sheng, where is your school badge?"

Zhou Sheng looked down and seemed to have just discovered it. "I don't know, teacher."

The student on duty who was about to leave testified, "Teacher, Zhou Sheng wore it when he came this morning, and it might have fallen off."

"Just dropped it? That can't be helped." Liu Guodong seemed to be very tolerant of Zhou Sheng. "Don't deduct the score. Go look for it nearby later. If you can't find it, go to the school office after class to get it reissued."

"It's okay, teacher. I have already written my name." Zhou Sheng answered meticulously.

Lin Sitian really couldn't understand what this guy was thinking. The teacher said there was no need to deduct the marks. He could just cross out his own name later. Did he still like being criticized?

Liu Guodong didn't know what to say anymore. He was about to return to the topic of teaching the students a lesson when he saw Zhou Sheng still standing in front of him. He subconsciously asked, "Zhou Sheng, aren't you done with your duty? Are you not going back to class?"

Zhou Sheng pursed his lips and paused for a moment, "...The teacher asked me to help him carry the exercise books to the class later. I wanted to go with my classmates."

"Which one is your classmate?"

Zhou Sheng glanced at Lin Sitian.

"Go ahead." Liu Guodong waved his hand and let him go.

Lin Sitian followed Zhou Sheng closely until they walked into the corridor of the office building, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lucky you to think of this excuse to save my life." Otherwise, I don't know how long I would be scolded.

"It's not an excuse." Zhou Sheng stopped and waited for her.

"ah?"

"I really need to move the exercise books." Zhou Sheng curved his lips, "But you don't have to move them, I can do it alone."

"Since we're here, of course I have to..." Lin Sitian took a step with her hands behind her back. Zhou Sheng was startled, his throat twitching with nervousness, "It's good enough if you... don't cause trouble for me."

"Do you dislike me?"

"No." Zhou Sheng pretended not to care and continued to go up the stairs.

She hurriedly followed, "But why did you write your name on it, idiot? Wouldn't it be better to deduct two points less? Now we both have to be scolded."

Zhou Sheng spoke with his unique calmness and composure, "It's unfair to others if you don't write it. You really didn't wear the school badge, so those two points should have been deducted."

——It’s really Zhou Yanjin.

Lin Sitian originally thought that what he did was a bit silly, but after thinking about it, she came to terms with it.

This is Zhou Sheng, and this is the kind of man she likes, so there is nothing to complain about.

Thinking of this, Lin Sitian looked around and confirmed that there were no cameras. Then she reached out and grabbed the corner of Zhou Sheng's school uniform. "Long time no see, Zhou Sheng."

Zhou Sheng paused and said slowly, "Only one day."

"You told me 'it's only been one day' - but you only replied to me twice yesterday. Have you changed your mind?" She hummed.

Zhou Sheng turned sideways and rubbed his sore shoulders and neck. "When guests come to our house, the whole family will accompany them from morning to night. I can't do anything about it."

Lin Sitian pursed her lips, "You've said that before."

"I'm sorry," he apologized.

...Well, there's no need to be so formal. She doesn't want to hear an apology.

She just wanted to...

"hug."

Simply act coquettishly.

Lin Sitian also expected that Zhou Sheng couldn't really hug her in the office building. Even if the teachers and classmates were still outside in the playground listening to the principal's speech, and even if there were no surveillance cameras here, Zhou Sheng's personality would not -

Lin Sitian's eyes widened.

The scent of ebony and agarwood lingered at the tip of my nose, and my body was enclosed in a strong embrace.

For the first time, she felt that the sweatshirt school uniform was so soft.

"Hug." Zhou Sheng whispered.

Lin Sitian's mind was empty. For a moment, the only thing in her mind was the heat in her ears and the bright white light of the morning sun shining from above the stairs in her vision, as if she had fallen into a dream.

He really wanted to date her.

…

…

The hug didn't last long. Hearing voices coming from the corner, Zhou Sheng hurriedly let her go.

The next second, someone came down from above, holding a small stack of exercise books.

"Class monitor?" The one who spoke was Yuan Xiao, the entertainment committee member of their class, and next to her was Fang Changmin, the mathematics representative.

Zhou Sheng and Lin Sitian had just separated and were still standing face to face, and the atmosphere was a little strange.

"How come you... have exercise books?" Zhou Sheng raised his eyebrows in confusion.

"Oh, the teacher saw that you didn't come back and thought you were busy, so he asked us to come and get it." Fang Changmin said.

"Do you need further help?" Zhou Sheng asked.

Fang Changmin walked down and said, "No, it's not much."

The group returned to the classroom together.

I don’t know why, but Lin Sitian always feels a little uneasy.