Chapter 597 Xiaoman walks further and further down a certain road. On the breakfast table are freshly steamed crystal buns and warm millet porridge. The steam blurs the mischievous look in Gu Ximan's eyes.
She was munching on a steamed bun, her cheeks bulging, but she wasn't idle. She kept nudging Shen Qingling with her elbow: "You little crazy girl, confess! How long did you last last night? It's not shameful to tell, really!"
Shen Qingling didn't even pause while scooping the porridge, nor did she bother to lift her eyelids. She directly put a spoonful of porridge into her mouth, as if Gu Ximan's words were just a mosquito flying past her ear.
But Gu Ximan wasn't about to let her off easily. She immediately pulled out her phone, unlocked the screen, and shoved it right in front of Shen Qingling's face. In the photo, Shen Qingling was curled up in bed, her cheeks flushed like peaches, her eyelashes drooping softly, looking just like a well-fed kitten.
"Look, look, what an adorable little face," Gu Ximan chuckled, poking Shen Qingling's sleeping face on the screen with her finger. "She must be very well taken care of, right?"
Gu Luo then flicked Gu Ximan's forehead with his finger, making the bowl of porridge shake: "Alright, focus on your food. If you misbehave again, we'll use family discipline on you."
Unexpectedly, these words seemed to ignite Gu Ximan's excitement. Her eyes instantly lit up like light bulbs. She put down the steamed bun and moved closer to Gu Luo, her voice trembling: "Really? You'll be punished after dinner?"
Gu Luo's lips twitched, realizing he had gained a new understanding of Xiao Man's "abnormality," and could only bury his head in his porridge, pretending not to hear.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Gu Ximan turned to Shen Qingling and teased, "Little crazy girl, how about the three of us 'play games' together today? After playing all day, your body should be fully recovered by now, right?"
This time, Shen Qingling finally raised her eyelids, her long eyelashes brushing against the edge of the porcelain bowl, and gently exhaled: "You guys play, I'm going to rest for a while."
"Oh, are you chickening out?" Gu Ximan immediately raised an eyebrow and whispered repeatedly in her ear:
"You chickened out, you chickened out, you chickened out..."
"You chickened out, you chickened out, you chickened out..."
"......"
A simple and unadorned method of provocation.
Shen Qingling's fingertips suddenly tightened around the spoon, the silver spoon making a slight sound as it scraped against the porcelain bowl.
Unable to contain herself any longer, she pulled out her phone, unlocked the screen, and quickly opened a shopping app. Right in front of Gu Ximan, she paused for a moment and placed an order for a braid.
After doing all this, she looked up and stared fiercely at Gu Ximan's round buttocks.
But Gu Ximan wasn't afraid at all. Instead, she licked her lips, revealing an even more expectant expression, and even deliberately straightened her back: "When will you arrive? I'm waiting!"
"This person is beyond saving." Shen Qingling shook her head helplessly, picked up the bowl of porridge, and took a big gulp.
Gu Luo nodded silently, raising both hands in agreement with this viewpoint.
Xiaoman's strange hobbies are becoming increasingly incomprehensible.
Breakfast ended amidst Gu Ximan's continued excitement.
While Gu Luo was clearing away the dishes, she suddenly suggested, "Let's not stay at home all the time. Let's go out for a walk. Tonight, let's invite Shu Ning and the others over for a meal and formally introduce Qing Ling to everyone."
"Shopping is great!" Gu Ximan instantly forgot about "playing games" and jumped up to change her clothes: "I'm going to buy that princess dress I saw last time!"
Shen Qingling also put down her phone and nodded gently.
She would naturally not refuse to integrate more into Gu Luo's circle.
Half an hour later, the three of them entered a high-end women's clothing store in the city center.
The warm yellow lights illuminated rows of exquisite dresses. As soon as I entered, a young sales assistant in a business suit quickly came up to me, her eyes shining brightly: "You two ladies are so beautiful! You are the most elegant girls I have seen today!"
This wasn't just polite talkâShen Qingling wore a beige trench coat, her temperament as cold and elegant as a snow-capped mountain rose; Gu Ximan wore a pink sweatshirt, like a fresh peach. The two of them stood together, each beautiful in their own way.
Shen Qingling simply nodded, reached out and pulled the eager Gu Ximan along, heading straight for the dress section.
Gu Luo followed behind with a smile, looking like a seasoned "professional payer".
The morning sunlight slanted across the window of Class 8, Grade 2 at Mingde School.
The classroom was quiet during the self-study period, with only the soft scratching of pens on paper and the occasional rustling of pages turning in front of students.
Yang Huihui rested her chin on her open English textbook and turned to look at Gu Luo and Shen Qingling's seats, which were still empty, and even the green plants on the corner of the table looked listless.
He turned around and, looking utterly bored, poked his bangs with the end of his pen; the dark blue cap of the pen gleamed coldly in the sunlight.
"Hanhan, why did Gu Shen take leave again?" She leaned close to her deskmate Lin Han's ear, her voice barely audible. "And Shen Qingling, could there really be something going on between them?"
Lin Han sat beside her, his back ramrod straight. His fingers, long and clean, held the black pen, and the pen tip moved smoothly across the math workbook. He wrote out each solution step neatly.
She seemed not to hear Yang Huihui's rambling, her gaze fixed on the function graph.
"Hey, study machine, snap out of it!" Yang Huihui nudged her forearm with her elbow, pouting, "You're already firmly in first place in the whole school, why are you still so focused? You don't even let up for a second during self-study, aren't you tired?"
Lin Han then stopped writing, turned her head, and said in a voice as soft as ink droplets on paper, "The joint entrance exam is coming soon, and I want to surpass Luo Shuning."
"Oh right!" Yang Huihui slapped her forehead, suddenly realizing, "I had forgotten about that. It's really strange, Luo Shuning looks so gentle, but she always manages to outperform you in every exam."
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