Chapter 120 Cherry
When I was studying in my hometown, no matter how good my grades were, the league reward was just a thin certificate.
When taking group photos, the leaders stand in the middle first, and the award-winning students hold the empty shells of red velvet certificates on both sides, and they have to return the shells after leaving the stage.
The organizing committee of Jiangxi Province was generous and attentive. They customized medals for each first prize winner, and even had the names of the top three winners specially engraved on them. They looked beautiful and glittered with gold.
Before the award ceremony, volunteers held medal ribbons of various colors for them to choose from.
Girls first, the purple ones are all taken.
When it came to the boys' side, Xu Jiqing directly picked up the pink color that no one wanted, which attracted the attention of a crowd of onlookers. Lin Lang gave him the nickname "Disney Prince Consort" and teased him for several days.
He didn't think anything of it.
In his view, mathematics is just a tool to exchange talent for a better future and money. The honor has no value in retrospect, and it doesn't matter whether it looks good or not.
But he wanted to give it to her.
Several girls in the affiliated high school seem to like purple very much, and what about her?
Will you like it too?
The organizer of this year's National Mathematical Olympiad finals is Tsinghua University. The medal ribbons will be Tsinghua University's iconic purple color, and the workmanship and texture should be much better than this.
If she doesn't mind, he will give it to her then.
Su Xia more than just doesn't dislike it.
She took the small box and was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say, "Are you really giving it to me?"
I don’t know if she was overthinking it.
But... who says this can't be considered a token of love?
Su Xia lowered her head and tried hard to suppress her smile, but her dimples could not be hidden.
When she looked up again, her almond-shaped eyes were sparkling.
Xu Jiqing felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, and lowered his eyelids slightly, "If you don't want it, just throw it away."
Su Xia hugged the medal tightly, like a kitten guarding its food, almost raising its tail and baring its teeth at him, "Who said you don't want it anymore?"
She seems to be a bit of a loser, Su Xia thought.
Otherwise, why did Xu Jiqing give her a pink diamond wedding ring weighing more than ten carats in her previous life, but the impact at that moment seemed to be no match for this copper-plated metal piece in front of her that was not sold to the public.
The big diamond ring was too extravagant and frightening, and now it's too sweet, making my throat sore.
Is this kind of thing something that can be given just by saying so?
Then could she hastily deduce that Xu Jiqing liked her more than just a little bit?
Worried that she wouldn't be able to put the medal back nicely after taking it out, Su Xia didn't even dare to let the medal leave the box, but just touched it lightly.
It doesn't feel like treating a dead object, but more like bringing a new baby animal home. I want to touch it but I'm afraid I might be too rough and scare it.
The longer she touched the medal, the longer Xu Jiqing's gaze lingered on her fingertips, intentionally or unintentionally.
Autumn is the best time to read.
The morning breeze rustled outside the wooden window panes, and the hydrangeas by the pool swayed gently in clusters.
The girl's two test papers were placed in front of him, but perhaps the cubicle was too small, and the impact of that kiss lasted much longer than he had imagined, so he couldn't even do such a small thing as not looking at her.
Su Xia did nothing but sit obediently beside him, with her fingers sticking out from the sleeves of her slightly longer sweater. Xu Jiqing didn't know where to look.
Want to see her hair?
But he still remembers the sweet fragrance of the girl's body temperature when the small world under the school uniform was wrapped in the girl's hair.
Want to see her ears?
When protecting her neck, he could reach around and hold it with one hand. It was incredibly soft and fragile. It would turn red and hot at the slightest touch, and it would tremble in his palm like a small animal.
The girl didn't wear any makeup today, only a layer of colorless lip balm, and her lips were still as soft as cherries.
Xu Jiqing's gaze was almost panic-stricken, skipping over the pair of clear eyes that had infinite trust in him and falling on her fingers.
This is a safe enough landing point both emotionally and logically.
But what to do? When Su Xia began to touch the medal carefully, he couldn't help but think of the feeling of having those hands around his waist and holding his cheeks.
It was as if the pink ribbon with small flowers printed on it had become a part of his body, and the one being touched had become himself. His Adam's apple rolled silently twice, and his expression became increasingly cold and tense.
Su Xia didn't know what he was thinking.
He looked out the window at the cat in the yard several times in a bluffing manner, then pretended to be casual and glanced at Xu Jiqing's faintly red ears and his handsome face that had inexplicably turned cold.
She frowned in worry. It was over.
Did she really do poorly in the second part of the exam this time?
I was so angry that my ears turned red.
She actually had no idea about the second question on solid geometry. She just randomly drew auxiliary lines based on the example question. The entire proof logic was so bizarre that she didn't even dare to read it a second time. The one point the teacher gave her seemed to be a mark of hard work for her hard work.
Without this point, her ranking might drop, and the previous agreement was watered down.
Will Xu Jiqing feel that he was deceived by her?
When Su Xia was nervous, she liked to grab something in her hands and rub it unconsciously. She held the medal in her hand for a long time before finally remembering to let go.
"that……"
She closed the box and leaned over with her face propped up. "Don't just look at this one question. Keep flipping through the rest. I even tried to solve the second derivative this time."
"I saw it," Xu Jiqing said succinctly, "but there's no cat in it."
He pulled his upper body back.
Su Xia didn't care, she just felt embarrassed, "...I haven't painted for a long time."
"Before, I didn't have you tutoring me. I could only do a few questions in a whole set. If I didn't find something to do, I would just sleep."
"Ms. Ding has been praising me a lot lately, asking if I've secretly signed up for tutoring classes outside of school. I didn't tell her about you, and I was afraid she'd try to get you into another class. You're already very busy."
...How could he have time for her like this?
She still has some childish selfish thoughts.
Zhang Yue is Zhang Yue, that’s another matter.
But high school students are so troublesome. They go to the same school and see each other every day. Even if Xu Jiqing is willing, she is not willing to share him with anyone else.
Dating is so hard.
Even though we were so familiar with each other, it felt like we had just met for the first time. I felt nervous no matter how I looked at him, and I didn’t know where to put my hands.
Fortunately, there was still the topic of study to talk about, which was much easier than just sitting opposite Xu Jiqing, and even his speech became much more fluent.
Su Xia no longer complains about having to make up for the missed lessons today.
She wished the test paper could be harder, even harder, so that she could have more time to build up her courage and not have to ask those embarrassing questions that would challenge her heart rate right away.
There are two hours of supplementary lessons, and one test paper per hour. Xu Jiqing is lecturing for 70% of the time, and asking questions and repeating for 30% of the time. Everything seems to be the same as before.
But Xu Jiqing seemed particularly easy to talk to today.
During the summer vacation, when she occasionally slacked off, Xu Jiqing would tap her twice in front of her face with the end of a ballpoint pen without any mercy.
But today she was absent-minded several times, staring at that handsome face with clear edges and corners in a daze. Xu Jiqing didn't have any special reaction. At most, he turned around and looked at her, his eyes cold and helpless.
He said, "Are there any words on my face?"
The words were the same as Teacher Ding's, but the tone was very low, with an indescribable gentleness.
It's more like coaxing than knocking.
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