Chapter 8
When He Xu and Xiang Yuzhi came back, they saw this scene from afar - on the dark wooden desk, the girl was sitting upright with her head down, writing furiously, while the boy was leaning lazily on the back of the chair, his eyes fixed on the girl in front of him, with no clear emotion in his eyes.
"What's going on... I didn't expect you two to be so harmonious~"
Xiang Yuzhi dragged a stool and sat next to He Xi. After glancing at the boy across from her, he leaned over and whispered in her ear.
His hands were not idle either. He pretended to open the novels in his arms and spread them on the desk.
He Xi stopped writing and was silent for a few seconds, but still ignored her obvious attempt to get close to him.
Several people are here to make trouble for me!
Thinking of the looks in the eyes of the two girls when they left, she couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in her heart. In just a few days, she had finally gotten to know Zhao Lin. He was simply mean and wicked.
He Xi's angry expression caught Xiang Yuzhi's eyes, and she instantly became terrified.
"I was wrong. I'll reflect on it. Can you not be angry?"
Xiang Yuzhi spoke in a sticky voice while pinching her throat, and coquettishly tickled He Xi's slender waist with her fingers.
In an instant, He Xi's pen tip methodically drew a long black line on the test paper.
"hiss…"
The tingling sensation on her waist made her subconsciously lean away from Xiang Yuzhi. The sudden loss of strength caused her entangled legs to snap with a clang before she could react, and she fell to the ground without being able to control her strength.
He Xi always liked to twist her calves while doing homework, which made her look like she was twisting a doughnut, giving her a unique sense of security. Yan Runqing saw this at home and told her off, but she couldn't change it.
I carefully moved my numb calf, and my stiff calf bounced as if a switch was pressed.
“Hmm—”
The numbness and soreness spread up her legs from the soles of her feet. She frowned and endured it, praying that the torturous soreness would disappear quickly.
"Are you okay, Xixi? I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it."
Xiang Yuzhi was almost crying in anxiety and hurried to help her up.
The people nearby heard the commotion, and some enthusiastic people stood up to watch. The packed study room suddenly became noisy. The creaking of chairs being dragged and the subtle whispers of various people merged into the vast space.
He Xi's face was burning. He covered his forehead with one hand to shield his eyes, and groped for the table leg beside him with the other hand to move to the chair and sit down.
Nearly a minute passed before her legs regained their normal sensation. She recovered completely and weakly reached out to hammer her calf. Her toes, which were aching slightly, didn't know where they had hit them.
"Xixi, how are you?"
Xiang Yuzhi only dared to speak again after seeing her expression relax. He Xi had always been thin-skinned, and with so many people watching just now, she, the culprit, was really scared.
"I'm fine, really."
The surrounding noise was gradually drowned out by the rustling sound of paper and pen. He Xi finally had peace and quiet in his ears. He breathed a sigh of relief and put all his attention on the exercises in his hand again.
It took her about an entire class period to finish a set of test papers without any distractions. After checking the answers with her nerves tense, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Mathematics has never been her strong point, but fortunately her test scores in recent times have been steadily improving within her expectations.
Her tense nerves relaxed a little, and she finally had the energy to look at the people around her.
The book next to Xiang Yuzhi had long been pushed to the upper left corner of the table. At this moment, he was holding a mobile phone and laughing foolishly with He Xu opposite him.
The two of them were whispering to each other, and when they noticed He Xi's gaze, they immediately became very quiet. His peripheral vision swept across to see Zhao Lin, who was resting his head on his arm with his eyes lightly closed.
The tall south-facing glass windows allow ample light to filter through, making the interior extremely bright.
Her gaze fell directly on his face. His long, thick eyelashes curled slightly, and his lower eyelids looked as if they were lined, giving him a cold, unapproachable look.
The light moved, and the surrounding shadows of varying lengths were spread out on the table in front of him.
He Xi quietly turned over a piece of draft paper, and with a few strokes, clean lines appeared on the paper, outlining the three-dimensionality of the brow bones and the depth of the eye sockets.
Adjusting the pen-holding posture, the rustling sound of the lines was quickly absorbed by the subtle noise around.
The slender and upturned corners of the eyes and the double eyelid folds after sleeping were all reproduced one by one under her pen.
This is not a proper Nuwa graduation design!!
She glanced at the draft paper, admiring it and complaining in her mind. When she looked across at the opposite side, she unexpectedly met a pair of misty black eyes.
The boy who was half an arm's length away from her stared at her movements in amazement.
"Well…"
In an instant, He Xi was almost scared to death. She quickly pulled the test paper next to her to cover the draft paper.
A guilty conscience is just like that. Fortunately, Zhao Lin didn't seem to notice anything.
*
He Xi had just come out of the bathroom after washing his hands when the melodious sound of the time came from a few streets away.
The agonizing morning was finally coming to an end, and she headed back to the study room.
Most of the people in the huge classroom had left one after another, and she was tidying up the test papers and books on the table.
Perhaps he was disturbed by the sound of her banging her head on the table. Zhao Lin, who had just woken up, was still resting his head on his arms, his eyes vaguely fixed on her.
"You're still confused, Brother Lin..."
He Xu looked helpless. Not only had he made no progress the whole morning, but he also felt that his sister's eyes had become more fierce when she looked at him.
Zhao Lin glanced at the noisy person next to him, reached out to press his aching shoulders and neck, and suddenly felt a force pulling on his elbow.
"My exercise book."
He raised his eyelids and looked over, then obediently pushed the booklet in his hand over.
Unexpected cooperation.
He Xi felt a little bewildered. He recalled his first encounter with Zhao Lin in the alley. The coldness radiating from his black and white eyes was a stark contrast to the previous one.
Without intending to explore, she stuffed the test papers and books at hand into her schoolbag, packed up in no time, and stood up.
"Let's go." She dragged Xiang Yuzhi, who had a malicious look on his face, towards the elevator.
"Why do I have a vague feeling... hehehe..."
Xiang Yuzhi's train of thought when it comes to eating melons is simply first-rate. He jokingly took He Xi's arm, and before leaving, he waved to the two people behind him to follow.
"Brother Lin, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're just too rude!"
Zhao Lin ignored He Xu's complaints and looked at the time. He found that he had been sleeping like that for more than an hour.
He looked up at the girl walking away, then slowly stood up while pinching his numb arm.
The contact of his calloused fingertips with the warm skin made him feel dazed for a moment. The touch was far inferior to the softness that had rested on his wrist two hours ago, and he suddenly felt a little dull.
*
"Have you decided what to eat? We're going to give He Xu a good meal later!"
Xiang Yuzhi tried his best to maintain the attitude of a peacemaker, "Eat and drink well and make peace. That kid has been having a really hard time these past two days."
As she spoke, she carefully considered He Xi's expression, with a flattering smile in the corners of her eyes.
She knew that He Xi was a twisted person with a cold exterior but a warm heart.
When they first met, she was a little skeptical about this pretty face that seemed so distant, but after getting to know each other, they unexpectedly got along very well.
"He's feeling bad? I saw him completely absorbed in playing games all day."
He Xi held her breath. Whatever she said or did would be considered meddling in He Xu's affairs, so she decided to just stay out of it.
"...I know you were just saying that in anger. Who made He Xu go too far this time?" Xiang Yuzhi was also a little angry. "He's heartless and ungrateful, what an ungrateful little bastard!"
"Forget it, let's not talk about him."
He Xi knew very well that these two were playing the good cop and the bad cop. He glanced at the person who quietly took out his cell phone and tapped on it, but he didn't say a word.
"I haven't had hotpot for a long time. I'm a little craving it. What should I do?"
The elevator was taking its time to come down, and Xiang Yuzhi boredly tugged at the backpack strap of the person next to him, hinting at something. He Xi glanced sideways at the person clinging to him, letting her act like a pendant.
"Is it okay, Xixi~"
Well, He Xi really was... he had no power to resist her soft and coquettish behavior.
She didn't show it on her face, and hummed softly as a sign of agreement. She glanced around calmly and saw that the expression on Xiang Yuzhi's face was... excitement that was eager to try.
The four of them met in the lobby on the first floor. He Xi saw his silly brother's worthless smile from a distance through the crowd and ran towards the door excitedly.
The originally clean and solemn library hall must be hosting some promotional activities. There is a row of roll-up banners on the left side near the door, and several girls in Hanfu are holding flyers and distributing them to the people passing by.
She stared at it with interest for a few seconds, and when she was about to look away, she saw Xiang Yuzhi next to her taking small steps towards her.
He Xu followed closely behind, not looking interested in the activity at all.
It was lunchtime, and more and more people were coming downstairs. She simply moved to a corner.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Seeing the face of the person a few meters away becoming increasingly darker, she quietly lowered her head and pulled the corners of her mouth.
Just when she was about to look away because she couldn't control her laughter, Zhao Lin seemed to notice something and stared at her.
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