Yingchuan High School, classroom.
Upon receiving the message, Yu Ci stared at the picture with a slight smile. The meaning that the little dumpling in the picture wanted to express was very clear and could be understood at a glance, but the boy stared at it for a full five minutes.
but……
Yu Ci lowered her eyes and typed a message on the screen, paused a second before sending it, then deleted it all. She flipped to a blank page, scribbled on it, took a picture, and sent it over.
A boy walked over and handed him the handouts, saying, "Class monitor, these are for you now."
Yu Ci took it, glanced at it casually, looked up at him and smiled, saying, "This is for you during evening self-study."
Xie Jingcheng, who had just woken up in the back row, listened expressionlessly to Xu Yizhou's daily campus gossip summary. Suddenly, upon hearing Yu Ci's voice, his brows slowly furrowed.
"You refused?"
These words were spoken to Yu Ci.
Yu Ci naturally knew that this seemingly random questioning was directed at him.
Apart from--
"Ah, of course I refused!" Xu Yizhou hugged himself tightly, looking like he was selling his art but not his body. "How could I possibly give in? Even if she likes me, I don't like her. Most importantly, she actually thought my limited edition sneakers were ugly!"
Xie Jingcheng: "..."
Yu Ci turned around and smiled faintly, "Yes, there's a biology competition training session tonight, I can't cancel it."
Upon hearing the words "biology competition," Xie Jingcheng's eyes flickered slightly. "You really want to participate?"
The biology competition and the winter camp for the math Olympiad conflicted, so Yu Ci gave up participating in the national math competition, which caused the math teacher to go to the biology office and make a scene.
Many classmates felt it was a pity, unable to understand why Yu Ci suddenly fell in love with biology... Well, it's not exactly a love, but her previous competition focus was mainly on mathematics, to the point that even now, math teachers look at biology teachers like they're looking at a mistress...
Old Ge, who was in charge of the competition, held Xie Jingcheng's hand tightly for an hour, trying to brainwash him, fearing that even the promising gold medalist would run away.
However, Xie Jingcheng did not understand Yu Ci's sudden decision.
What's the difference between participating in math competitions and wasting time?
Yu Ci smiled nonchalantly: "Yes, it's decided."
His tone was flat, and even his eyes were indifferent.
But everyone who heard this thought to themselves: he wouldn't change his mind.
Xie Jingcheng didn't know anything about Pei Yushen's affairs and felt like he had missed something. A strange feeling spread through his heart. He frowned and leaned back in his chair. "So you want to be recommended to medical school?"
How could someone who hates hospitals want to become a doctor?
Yu Ci: "Let's give it a try."
When Yu Ci saw Xie Jingcheng's pensive expression with his eyes downcast, her smile suddenly became more genuine.
A secret sense of relief welled up inside him.
It seems that Chaochao only told him about the boy in the wheelchair.
Yu Ci was in a good mood, and a low laugh escaped her throat.
Xie Jingcheng still caught this faint sound. He looked up at Yu Ci, his phoenix eyes sharp, his tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and he let out a cold sneer.
"Tsk, whatever."
Anyway, it's none of his business.
The tense atmosphere between Xie Jingcheng and Yu Ci was nothing new to most students; they would simply hold their breath and take a detour.
Xu Yizhou looked at Xie Jingcheng, then at Yu Ci, pondered for three seconds, and suddenly realized: "So, Brother Cheng, you weren't asking me!"
He wondered why the eldest brother was suddenly concerned about his love life.
"..." Xie Jingcheng glanced at him coldly, "Shut up."
Xu Yizhou, feeling wronged: "Eek..."
Yang Simin, who sat in front of me, glanced at me with disdain.
What are you whining about? If your character were in a palace drama, you'd be beaten to death the moment you appeared, and the first episode would be the finale. It's a miracle you're still alive.
The Huo family.
When Chaochao woke up, she was already in bed. When she saw the message Yu Ci sent her, she was briefly disappointed, but only for a short while. Then she rushed downstairs full of energy to pack her things.
In the evening, Xie Jingcheng arrived at the Huo family's residence.
Chaochao excitedly stepped forward to greet him, showing him one after another her abundant local specialties, and generously packed a large bag for him.
Xie Jingcheng, holding the heavy brown paper bag, suddenly felt that his gift was too light.
Chaochao clung to Xie Jingcheng, sniffing him from all sides, her big eyes filled with shock and confusion.
Why does Jingcheng seem so delicious today?
"Looking for this?"
Xie Jingcheng pulled out a box of food from behind his back.
A basket of shrimp dumplings, the signature dish of a newly opened teahouse, attracts a constant stream of customers.
Because it was only for dine-in only, even though Xie Jingcheng got out of school early, he still had to wait in line for almost half an hour to buy some.
Chaochao brought her nose close and took a deep breath. Even through the packaging, the tempting aroma of the fresh shrimp almost made her drool.
"Waaaaah, Brother Jingcheng, you're so kind..."
Chaochao suddenly put down the dumplings and dragged over a heavy bag of apricots.
These apricots were given to her by an elderly man who owned the sea-view apartment. He said they were originally planted for his grandchildren to eat, but now that the children have grown up and don't come back to their hometown often, the apricots would rot sooner or later if no one ate them. So he thought it would be better to let the children take them with them.
The old man said that, but Chaochao still picked out the ripe apricots that had fallen to the ground, washed them one by one, put them in a bag, and waited to share them with everyone when she got home.
Touched, the little girl immediately took an apricot from her share and stuffed it into Xie Jingcheng's big bag.
"Brother Jingcheng, have one more."
Chaochao thought for a moment, then said, "I'll eat a little more for dinner!"
Xie Jingcheng: ...This love is enough to fill one's stomach.
After dinner, he paused at the door as he was leaving, and after considering his words, asked, "Have you been having any difficulties lately?"
After saying it, Xie Jingcheng immediately realized that it was inappropriate. Her father was Huo Qin, and any trouble that was about to arise would be nipped in the bud.
Sure enough, Chaochao shook her head blankly: "No."
"We'll see!" As if she had suddenly awakened a motivational quote from a classic inspirational drama, she clenched her fist, her face full of determination. "If there are difficulties, we'll overcome them!"
Nothing in this world is difficult if you set your mind to it!
The kind-hearted system doesn't intend to tell Chaochao that there's another version called "Nothing is difficult in this world if you're willing to give up."
It's okay. Once people are ready to give up, they'll naturally figure it out.
Xie Jingcheng paused for a moment, then patted her head. "If you have any, you must tell me."
The boy lowered his voice, his phoenix eyes narrowing slightly: "We can't just notify Yu Ci, understand?"
A familiar feeling welled up in the little dumpling's heart, and alarm bells immediately went off in her mind. Previously caught between Lingling and her brother Shize, and often dominated by the two of them, Chaochao fell into deep thought, "..."
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