Yingchuan Middle School.
With the monthly exams approaching for the second-year high school students, teachers from all subjects are handing out test papers and practice questions like they're free. Students have gone through two pens in just five days to do their homework, and the pens are practically smoking from writing.
Although Xu Yizhou didn't do his homework, staying up late to copy others' work had given him panda eyes these past few days. There was nothing he could do; the teacher said, "Even if you have to copy, you have to submit it. You're not allowed to hand in a blank paper!"
During the morning self-study session, the classroom was filled with the sound of students reading aloud.
It's the perfect time to catch up on sleep.
Xu Yizhou glanced at the next room and was greatly shocked.
Cheng-ge is actually reading a Chinese textbook!
Are you suggesting I sleep with my eyes open?
Xie Jingcheng noticed his gaze, his eyes remaining indifferent: "What are you looking at?"
Xu Yizhou shook his head frantically before finally managing to muster a bit of energy to open his English vocabulary book. Since Cheng-ge had taken the lead, he had to do the same.
"Abandon, abandon, abandon..."
“a, b, a, n, d…”
At this moment, Yu Ci, who was sitting by the window, heard a slight sound on the glass window. She turned her head and saw three pine cones neatly arranged on the windowsill, with the one on top being the largest and most beautiful.
The little squirrel stood outside the glass window, its tiny paws pointing at the pine cone, then at Yu Ci, and Xie Jingcheng, who was sitting far away.
Yu Ci opened the window. "For us?"
"Squeak!"
The largest one left, it goes without saying who it went to.
But under the little squirrel's expectant black eyes, Yu Ci pointed to the large pine cone and asked, following its lead, "Is it for Chaochao?"
"Squeak squeak squeak!"
Its fluffy tail wagged happily.
On the other hand, no matter how hard he tried to memorize the English alphabet, Xu Yizhou couldn't get it to work. He shook his head, opened his eyelids to clear his mind, and switched to Chinese.
"Alas, the road to Shu is difficult, more difficult than ascending to heaven..."
"In the Northern Sea there is a fish, its name is Kun. Kun is so big... Kun is so big... it cannot be contained in a bowl... and it transforms into... a rat!"
Xu Yizhou woke up with a start, his eyes wide, and he pointed out the window, trembling, "There are rats!"
A dark gray tail flashed past the window, so fast it seemed like an illusion.
The students around him were startled and looked in the direction he was pointing: "There's nothing there."
As soon as he finished speaking, the little squirrel jumped onto the branch next to the window and disappeared into the leaves in the blink of an eye.
Xu Yizhou was also wondering if he was hallucinating from exhaustion, but he wouldn't give up. He said to Xie Jingcheng across the aisle, "Brother Cheng, there was a rat! A big rat!"
Xie Jingcheng didn't even lift his eyelids: "Have you ever seen a mouse with only one leg?"
"No," he replied honestly, then realized, "You saw it too? Wasn't that a rat?"
However, this time Xie Jingcheng was too lazy to reply to him.
This problem had been bothering Xu Yizhou until he came back from the bathroom and found a pine cone on Cheng Ge's desk.
The question mark above Xu Yizhou's head grew larger.
Learning from past mistakes, he dared not act rashly. Who knew if it was a real pine cone or a fake one? Maybe it was a Kinder Surprise egg.
Then he noticed the same pine cone on the class representative's desk.
Well???
During recess, the girl in front of me shared a funny story with her deskmate: "You know what? The little squirrel behind our mountain has finally come back. I couldn't find it a few days ago, and I thought it was lost."
"I heard! They said it came back missing a pair of woolen pants!"
"Yeah, let me show you the photo I snapped, hahaha! The photography club wanted to take a picture of it, but the teacher made them blur it out."
Xu Yizhou was deep in thought, looking at woolen trousers, squirrels, and pine cones.
The next second, he went up to Xie Jingcheng and complained pitifully, "Brother Cheng! You and the class monitor actually abandoned me and made an animal friend!"
Why didn't you include him in something this cool?! Waaah!
Xie Jingcheng: "..."
After the last class, Chaochao, who had been waiting, took her two older brothers' hands to go see Songsong, while Xu Yizhou, who was also there to join in the fun, followed behind to see the mouse—no, the squirrel.
Inside the pavilion, Chaochao cupped her hands around her mouth: "Songsong—"
"Squeak!"
The little squirrel, which had noticed the three of them long ago, nimbly scurried down from the tall tree trunk and leaped onto the carved wooden railing with a "whoosh".
Xu Yizhou, who was watching from the sidelines, was extremely excited. This was a live squirrel!
Chaochao took out a thin, short yellow knitted bedding set and said happily, "Songsong, look, I brought you pants! They're super warm!"
Aunt Ning specially knitted it according to Chaochao's finger size!
The little squirrel curiously rummaged through its new woolen pants, quickly put them on, and stretched out its little legs in front of everyone.
Xie Jingcheng and Yu Ci: "..."
Wearing these yellow wool pants, Yingchuan Squirrel could make headlines.
Xu Yizhou: Wow, this squirrel is a bit spicy...
Chaochao was very supportive: "It's so beautiful! Songsong, you're the most beautiful mouse on this mountain!"
The little squirrel, smug from Chaochao's flattery, squeaks!
My butt doesn't leak anymore!
"Click".
It turned out that Xu Yizhou couldn't resist taking a picture of the peculiar little squirrel.
Upon hearing the sound, the little squirrel quickly scurried onto Xu Yizhou's back and head, darting around for quite a while before finally stopping.
Xu Yizhou's wheat-colored cheeks were flushed with a dark red. He was a little embarrassed, but also very proud. "It's been so clingy to me since we met. It must like me!"
"But why is this head getting heavier and heavier?"
Xu Yizhou thought for a moment and was greatly alarmed—
"Could it be that the knowledge has entered my brain?"
"Abandon, abandon, what was a, b, d, o again?"
I still can't remember it.
Xie Jingcheng coldly reminded him, "It's also possible that he's lost his mind."
Xu Yizhou: "How is that possible? I'll show you!"
He really did shake violently twice.
...Oh no, there really is a sound?!
At this moment, Chaochao, the little deer, looked at him in shock, "Brother Yizhou, you have horns on your head!"
? ? ?
He's not a little dragon.
Xu Yizhou touched the top of his head, not believing it, and sure enough, he touched something hard.
"..."
Holy crap! Is he really a dragon? No wonder he always felt different from ordinary people.
He asked, "Do I have a tail?"
Xie Jingcheng: "..."
Yu Ci looked at Xie Jingcheng: "How long has he been in this condition?"
Xie Jingcheng remained calm: "About ten years."
When Xu Yizhou removed the "horn" and discovered it was a pine cone, he was speechless.
Then, one by one, they took out walnuts, almonds, and melon seeds from their hair.
This time, there was complete silence.
I treat you as a friend, but you treat me like a warehouse.
They're hoarding things on my head!
Xu Yizhou angrily unloaded the goods, while a little squirrel nearby, seeing that the mobile warehouse was no longer usable, shoved the goods back into its cheeks.
Hmph, serves you right for calling me a rat!
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