Tang Yin sat in the corner of the theater, frowning and looking towards Xie Shizhu.
There were people crowding around, and it seemed like everyone wanted to sit with Xie Shizhu.
Tang Yin lowered her eyelashes and huddled alone in the corner.
In the past, she was the most popular person in this theater because her father was the principal, she was good-looking, and she was surrounded by suitors and had many sisters.
Things are different now.
Tang Yin was in no mood to argue with Xie Shizhu about these things. Her father had not returned home for a day, and her mother was so anxious that she called around to try to find connections. Everything was still unknown.
The academic system she was bound to kept reminding her to complete the designated tasks.
This made Tang Yin a little impatient. For the first time, she felt that this academic system was a burden.
*
At this moment, Xie Shizhu's malicious value dropped to 75.
Lu Ci squeezed out of the crowd. Fortunately, he was tall and took a seat next to Xie Shizhu.
Xie Shizhu was a little surprised to see that Lu Ci's school uniform was slightly wrinkled so that he could sit next to her.
Unexpectedly, Lu Ci was quite down-to-earth. She had always thought that Lu Ci was the type who thought highly of himself.
After Lu Ci sat down, everyone felt regretful, sighed, and then dispersed.
Xie Shizhu was stunned for a moment, glanced at Lu Ci's face, and before the movie started, he whispered, "I thought you and I had broken up."
Lu Ci sat beside her, turned his head slightly, stared into the girl's clear eyes, and raised the corners of his lips slightly, "My mother has been in the hospital recently, so I didn't bring you breakfast."
Hearing this, Xie Shizhu's back stiffened. She thought it was about the admission quota and Lu Ci had distanced himself from her without any prior agreement. She never thought that his mother was in the hospital.
"Well, can you take me to see my aunt when you have time?" Xie Shizhu's eyes were extremely sincere, without any distracting thoughts.
Lu Ci was slightly startled, then nodded under her serious gaze: "Okay."
Their eyes met. They were both in their prime and very naive, so they felt inexplicably unnatural when looking at each other.
Suddenly, a cold voice sounded from beside me.
"Give me a seat." Yuan Bo said to a boy on Xie Shizhu's left, with a look of anger in his eyes, which frightened the boy.
Not daring to say anything more, he quickly sat up and slipped to the back of the theater.
Now, Yuan Bo finally got his wish and sat next to Xie Shizhu.
His chest felt particularly heavy, especially when he saw that something was wrong between his buddy and Lu Ci, he felt even more uncomfortable.
And for several minutes, the two of them were still looking at each other and chatting.
Yuan Bo handed the water in his hand to Xie Shizhu before covering her face.
"Tsk, don't think I really believed your explanation last time that you were pretending to be a couple with Lu Ci in order to get half-off on your second cup," Yuan Bo said, his gaze swirling around their faces. "You two are in the observation period. If I find any problems, I will still tell the teacher."
As soon as the words fell, Lu Ci, who had never had any contact with Yuan Bo, suddenly took up the conversation.
"Seventeen years old is not seven years old. This shouldn't be the case," Lu Ci said with a smile on his lips, his tone flat, as if he was stating a fact.
But Yuan Bo is not a fool and can hear the sarcasm in Lu Ci's words.
His expression darkened and he glared at Lu Ci's face fiercely.
The curtains around closed automatically, and the room was dark. The screen lit up, and the opening music of the movie made everyone quiet down.
The light was too dim, and Yuan Bo had to look away.
He stared at the movie playing in front of him, a little absent-minded.
At some point, the person sitting next to Yuan Bo was replaced by Tang Yin.
Tang Yin fiddled with her hair, and after she finished styling it, she deliberately lowered her voice and asked, "Yuan Bo, are you free this weekend?"
Yuan Bo's face was shrouded in a faint light. He glanced at Tang Yin and suddenly remembered that Tang Yin had snatched Xie Shizhu's admission quota, and frowned slightly.
He and Tang Yin have known each other since childhood, and their parents' generation were friends.
Yuan Bo also understood Tang Yin. Although she had the temper of a spoiled daughter, she was kind at heart.
But since entering high school, Tang Yin has become more and more excessive, and now he has gone so bad as to steal other people's places.
The most important point is that she stole her buddy's admission quota.
For him and Tang Yin, they have a route arranged by their family, and they just need to follow it. They don't need to compete with so many people for a spot, nor do they need to compete in this society and fight for a chance.
Xie Shizhu is different, she needs these.
So in Yuan Bo's heart, Tang Yin became an unforgivable villain.
His tone, which used to be quite friendly, was now extremely cold: "I'm busy."
As soon as she finished speaking, Tang Yin's eyes turned red and she said aggrievedly, "Saturday is my birthday, and I only invited you to school..."
Yuan Bo was impatient: "I'd be honored, but unfortunately, I can't go because of something."
Tang Yin looked at him for a long time and thought to herself that Yuan Bo might have something important to tell her. That didn’t matter, as she still had her next birthday.
*
Xie Shizhu stared at the movie and suddenly spoke up, asking Lu Ci next to him, "Why did you give up your spot?"
Lu Ci thought he had misheard, so he turned to look at Xie Shizhu. After a few seconds of silence, he said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I saw the look in your eyes at the school gate that day. The reason I gave up was that I thought I had taken your place, but more importantly, I didn't want to lose you as a friend."
The system exclaimed: [Ugh, what a direct shot.]
The boy's voice was as cold as his appearance, but despite this, his dark pupils showed only seriousness.
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