After watching Wen Mo leave the classroom, Qin Zhou sat in his seat, head bowed in thought for a long time. He took a deep breath, looked at Xiang Xiaonan who was fast asleep beside him, and slowly reached out his hand.
"Wake up, wake up."
Qin Zhou gently shook her shoulders twice, frowned at Xiao Nan, shuddered slightly, then turned her face away and continued sleeping.
"Damn, he can sleep so much..." Qin Zhou scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed. He looked up at the empty classroom and felt somewhat dazed.
Everyone has probably gone to eat, and the atmosphere is unusually quiet. Compared to the usual noisy Xiang Xiaonan, she looks strangely... cute as she sleeps peacefully.
Her eyelashes fluttered, her small mouth was slightly open, and you could hear soft breathing.
"Why do I never see you sleep for so long normally?"
Although this guy usually sleeps a lot, he has never slept for a whole afternoon. I estimate that more than two hours have passed, and he has been watching her since the start of self-study class.
The three people were seated very close together, with Wen Mo in the middle, Qin Zhou on the left and Xiang Xiaonan on the right.
The two of them were chatting with Wenmo in the air between them. Sometimes they really wanted to switch places with Wenmo so that they could talk to her more closely.
But lately, the atmosphere between the two of them...
It felt strange, like something ambiguous, like awkwardness, a little embarrassing, especially when our eyes accidentally met, I would instinctively look away.
It's only at times like this that I realize how nice it is to have someone sitting in the middle.
After a while, Xiang Xiaonan seemed to hear the noise around her. She slowly raised her head and looked at the empty classroom, her eyes filled with confusion.
She lay on her desk, her medium-length hair, which she hadn't bothered to style, was a little loose, with a few stray strands falling beside her cheeks. Her breathing gradually became steady, and her eyelids fluttered slightly.
"You're awake? I've been calling you for ages!"
Qin Zhou leaned back to create some distance, then spoke with a nonchalant expression, but when he met her eyes again, his heart skipped a beat uncontrollably.
"How long have I been asleep...?"
Xiang Xiaonan had slept enough and was tired. She had been lying on the table for too long, which made her back ache. She had just woken up and her eyes were still a little blurry. She blinked unconsciously and raised her hand to rub her temples, trying to wake herself up.
"About two and a half hours."
"So long?" She was a little surprised, then covered her face in distress. "Oh no, I was hoping to study more during self-study... now I've spent the whole time sleeping..."
Qin Zhou sat upright in the chair, his heart skipped a beat for no reason, and he propped his chin up and tried to comfort him, saying, "Just take a rest, it's okay."
"That won't do either. I'm going to die, but I still have to make up for what I missed before..."
"What are you afraid of if I'm there to keep you at the bottom? We'll learn together, and our progress will definitely be much faster."
The pink glow of the sunset shone into the classroom, accompanied by the tedious conversations of the boys and girls. Xiang Xiaonan straightened up, slowly stretched her arms upwards, interlaced her fingers, palms facing up, and stretched her body forcefully.
"Hmm... well, it's nice to take a nap once in a while."
She tilted her head slightly, her slender neck curving gracefully, her back stretching upwards like a lazy cat.
Although she usually acts more like a dog.
It's only when I've just woken up that it's this quiet, and... there's a slightly astringent smell...
As she moved, the cuffs of her loose school uniform slipped down, revealing a small section of her fair wrist.
She was wearing a pink sweatshirt, the hem of which slowly rose as she straightened up, gradually revealing her jade-like waist.
Xiang Xiaonan stretched and yawned slightly, her mouth slightly open, revealing a row of clean, even teeth.
After stretching, she let out a long sigh of relief, a satisfied expression on her face, and her eyes became bright and alert, regaining their former vitality.
"Mmm... I slept well." Xiang Xiaonan smiled, but when she realized that the person next to her was Qin Zhou, the initial sense of familiarity was replaced by an unavoidable blush.
Since that kiss, the two of them have tacitly remained silent.
Xiang Xiaonan was unaware that he was awake.
Qin Zhou dared not mention it again.
"Why haven't you gone to eat yet?" Xiang Xiaonan asked casually, rubbing her burning cheeks and pretending to straighten her clothes.
"I don't want to go to the cafeteria."
"If you don't want to go to the cafeteria, you're thinking of eating out? You still have evening self-study later..."
"No need to go." Qin Zhou shook his head, lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "Wen Mo asked for leave for us... or something like that, anyway, we don't need to go to evening self-study later..."
Xiang Xiaonan looked up at him with some confusion.
"Huh? Why?"
"You ask why, I don't know either..." Qin Zhou deliberately avoided the topic of Wen Mo. He absolutely couldn't let her know what the two of them had just discussed. "Anyway, let's go first, otherwise we'll be in big trouble if the teacher comes and finds out that we took leave and were chatting in the classroom."
The afternoon sun poured down, bathing the campus in a warm, golden glow. The empty classrooms were filled with neatly arranged desks and chairs, so quiet that only the rustling of leaves outside the windows could be heard.
The two sat down side by side, their heads instinctively huddled together as usual.
"It can't be that coincidental, can it? The teacher just happened to be here." Xiang Xiaonan was a little nervous, even though it wasn't the first time she had done something wrong.
"They might show up any second now, and we'll get caught red-handed," Qin Zhou joked with a laugh, slinging his backpack over his shoulder and standing up. "Alright, let's hurry up and go, otherwise..."
Before he could finish speaking, a familiar set of footsteps suddenly came from the hallway, with a steady and powerful rhythm.
The two recognized those footsteps immediately; it was their homeroom teacher, Mr. Lin!
The two of them froze instantly. Xiang Xiaonan's eyes widened in panic: "We're doomed! We're going to get caught for faking a leave of absence!"
Qin Zhou panicked, his heart pounding like a rapidly beating war drum. But then, a thought struck him, and he grabbed Xiang Xiaonan's hand, his palms sweaty, his voice filled with a desperate determination, "Don't be afraid, run with me!"
Before Xiang Xiaonan could react, Qin Zhou pulled her to her feet and rushed towards the back door of the classroom. The two of them ran wildly down the corridor like unbridled ponies, the wind whistling in their ears.
Lin Nian originally planned to write a few things on the blackboard while everyone was eating, and then talk about them during evening self-study.
Before they could even get inside, two figures, as nimble as rabbits, darted away from behind and disappeared!
Xiang Xiaonan was dragged along at a jog, her heart pounding so hard it felt like it was going to burst out of her throat. She was both nervous and her heart was racing. She couldn't help but look up at Qin Zhou, only to see his brows furrowed and his face full of seriousness. That indescribable energy made her unable to look away for a long time.
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