Ji Yuzhi paused for a moment, then continued, "I will talk to Lu Yiran in advance and ask him to come and keep you company."
Zhen Tian blinked, a flash of sadness crossing her eyes: "Where are you going?"
"It's something about work. You don't understand yet." He ruffled her hair, but then, afraid that saying she didn't understand would hurt her feelings, he added, "I'll tell you when you grow up."
"Does it take that long?" She looked listless, and even the serving of her favorite boiled fish didn't make her feel any better.
Ji Yuzhi actually wanted to tell her that it might take longer than half a month, but he swallowed his words.
"Focus on your studies. I'll be back after two dance classes. I'll buy you something delicious then."
"I don't want to. Can you stay?" This was the first time Zhen Tian had been separated from Ji Yuzhi for so long. The longest she had been separated was when she went on a trip, but even that was less than half a month before he came looking for her.
"Um?"
Zhen Tian mumbled softly, but Ji Yuzhi didn't hear her. He was focused on picking out the fish meat with only the large bones for Zhen Tian, because it was hard for her to know if a small bone got stuck. She had been to the hospital for something like that when she was a child. Therefore, everyone around Zhen Tian was always concerned about her well-being.
"It's okay, I mean I don't need Sixth Brother to come with me. I can go by myself." She shook her head, pretending to be fine, but she was still feeling disappointed.
"Okay, let's eat."
Ji Yuzhi could see it, but he said nothing.
………………
Time flies. After asking for leave from his teacher, Ji Yuzhi boarded a plane and left.
Zhen Tian sat in her seat, her elbows resting on the table, looking up at the planes flying overhead.
I wonder which one will be sitting inside.
"Hey, we're in class, what are you thinking about?" Ye Qingyan struggled with the exercises in her book for a while, but was ultimately defeated. When she looked up, she saw Zhen Tian staring blankly out the window.
"Hmm...it's nothing."
She picked up the pen and started spacing out again.
During summer vacation, she could message Zhizhi anytime, but now that they're in class, they can only exchange a few words in the morning and evening. She's also afraid of disturbing his work.
Zhizhi has always been a thoughtful boy, unlike her, she's always known that.
It was another weekend, and Zhen Tian was woken up early in the morning by Lu Yiran's knocking on the door.
She opened the door for Lu Yiran, staring at her messy hair.
"Sixth Brother? What brings you here?"
Lu Yiran tapped her forehead with his knuckles: "Are you still half asleep? Your brother will pick you up for your dance class."
"Huh?" She didn't even want to go in the first place.
"What do you mean 'huh'? Ji Yuzhi reminded me at least ten times last night and this morning. Does he think I'm as stupid as him?" Lu Yiran pushed Zhen Tian into the room: "Go wash up, and then your brother will take you to have breakfast."
Zhen Tian reluctantly finished washing up and then left with Lu Yiran.
Before leaving, Lu Yiran called out to Zhen's parents, "Auntie, Uncle, I'm taking care of Tiantian today. You can go out and have fun without worry."
When they arrived at the dance class, the aunties who knew Zhen Tian noticed that Ji Yuzhi wasn't there and asked in surprise, "Tian Tian, your brother isn't here?"
"Yes, my third brother is with me today."
Lu Yiran nodded to the aunties: "Thank you all for taking care of my sweetie."
"Oh my, this child looks so handsome! Sweetie, your family's genes seem to be so good." The aunties also liked Lu Yiran very much.
Zhen Tian's listless mood continued until the end of get out of class, and Lu Yiran realized this wouldn't do.
"Will your brother take you to eat boiled fish?" he asked tentatively.
Ji Yuzhi is usually like this.
"good."
When they arrived at the boiled fish restaurant, Zhen Tian didn't say much and just focused on eating.
Lu Yiran sat to the side, picking at the food, feeling like his eyes were about to go blind. But he still couldn't keep up with Tian Tian's eating speed.
For the first time, he truly acknowledged Ji Yuzhi. He'd been nitpicking at Tianmei for so many years; it must have been a genuine expression of affection. He really shouldn't have teamed up with his immature younger brother to tease Yuzhi.
In the blink of an eye, Zhen Tian has been in school for a month.
Ji Yuzhi still hasn't returned.
She's gotten over the initial period of feeling listless every day, and her energy has returned to normal, though she still misses him occasionally. Morning and evening contacts aren't enough for her.
Today is the day to release the monthly exam results.
The whole class eagerly awaited it.
During morning self-study, our homeroom teacher, Ms. Yang, came in and posted the report cards on the blackboard: "The results of this monthly exam are out, and our class as a whole did quite well. But I believe in you all, and with a little effort, we can compete with the students in the experimental class."
Hearing this, everyone became even more curious. As soon as the bell rang, they crowded to the front to check their grades.
Zhen Tian never squeezed in with the crowd, so she sat in her seat and waited.
As Ye Qingyan rushed forward, she didn't forget to tell Zhen Tian, "I'll show you, sit properly, don't squeeze in and get hurt."
Of the sixty-odd students in the class, very few sat still in their seats, but Zhen Tian was the one who sat the most steadily.
"I saw you in dance class yesterday." A girl from the class walked over and said, "You dance very well."
Zhen Tian glanced at her and recognized her as the girl who had lost the competition with Mi Le for the arts and literature committee position, named... Yuan Yuan.
"Thank you. Are you studying there too?" Zhen Tian asked in return.
“Yes, I’m learning drums there.” Yuan Yuan nodded. “I also loved dancing when I was little, but I gave it up because I had no talent for it.”
"You're learning to play the drums? You really don't look like it," Zhen Tian said bluntly.
Because Yuanyuan looked just like her, gentle and delicate, full of the charm of a woman from Jiangnan.
"Yes, but I like it very much." Yuanyuan's eyes narrow into slits when she smiles.
"Tsk, no wonder they lost to Lele in the competition for arts and culture representative. How can a drum set compare to a piano?" Miler's little follower walked past the two after seeing the results, his words laced with sarcasm: "Their grades aren't that great either, they can't compare to Lele."
Zhen Tian had just started to say that there is no distinction between high and low, noble and lowly, whether it is a drum set or a piano, let alone one being a percussion instrument and the other a keyboard instrument.
Yuanyuan pulled her back: "Forget it, they're just a bunch of sycophants. Don't bother with them."
"Aren't you angry?" Zhen Tian asked, puzzled. If it were Ye Qingyan, she probably would have retorted immediately.
"Doesn't getting angry make them happy?" Yuan Yuan smiled. "Back when you and she argued during military training, I didn't think it was entirely her fault, since I didn't know the details. But it's been so long since school started, especially after the ridicule I received after losing the election to her and her subtle condescension, I'm certain now..."
"That incident at the start of the school year was definitely her fault."
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