I am busy as a top in midsummer.

I go to bed after 2 o'clock almost every night.

The homework "suggestions" were that she couldn't even finish half of it, nor could she take it home to do, because Zhang Shu had brought her the test paper, so she had to arrange concentrated time to strictly follow the test schedule to complete it.

Zhang Shu will check it out the next day.

The test paper was printed on A4 paper, and I don’t know where Zhang Shu got it from, but it also came with a very detailed analysis.

So even during breaks and meal times, Zhang Shu was explaining things to her.

The person who fetched water for her was Hou Junqi.

Hou Junqi has already planned to attend a language preparatory class abroad after the college entrance examination, so he will almost not need to study at all.

When I feel sleepy in the hot summer, I really envy him for being able to lie on the table whenever he wants.

Although, if she wanted to, she could.

Xin Xiaohe joked, "Xia Xia, how does it feel to have a full-time tutor who is always available? Is it nice?"

Is it fun?

To be honest, it seems not very good.

It's not that she is unhappy, it's that he is unhappy.

Although Zhang Shu spoke very carefully, his temper was still as bad as ever. Shengxia thought that he had been angry for too long.

And there was nothing she could do.

He coldly rejected all the candies I offered him, saying, "Is it for a few lollipops and chocolates that I'm giving you this lecture?"

So why did you do that?

Shengxia blinked and didn't dare to ask.

During the break, everyone went to do morning exercises, leaving only Shengxia and the student on duty in the classroom. Shengxia would throw away his crutches at this time every day, hold onto the window sill and walk in the corridor. The day before yesterday, he even went to get water by himself.

But when I walked back, I was sweating from the pain, so I didn't dare to do it anymore and only walked about ten meters along the corridor of Class 6.

She was getting ready when she heard someone calling her.

"midsummer."

It was actually Zhou Xuanxuan.

"Can you come out for a moment?"

The student on duty was sweeping the floor, looking at them curiously.

Shengxia still picked up the crutches and followed Zhou Xuanxuan out. When they reached the stairs of the corridor, they saw an unexpected person, Chen Mengyao.

Shengxia was not panicked, just a little confused.

"Why don't you sit down?" Chen Mengyao said coldly while browsing her phone.

The half-leg-high fence on the side has been made into a wide platform, and many people like to sit on it to bask in the sun on weekdays.

Shengxia replied calmly: "Thank you, but that's okay."

After all, it wouldn't be a tea party for best friends. She just wanted to finish it quickly and go back quickly.

Zhou Xuanxuan spoke up: "Shengxia, I apologize to you for what happened at the school sports meet. I really didn't mean it. I've been having a hard time recently, and I hope you can forgive me."

Apologize……

It's been over a month since the incident and her leg is almost healed, so it feels a bit strange to apologize at this time.

Shengxia: “It doesn’t matter.”

There was silence for a moment, and Shengxia asked, "Anything else?"

Asking her to come out wouldn't be as simple as just an apology.

Zhou Xuanxuan glanced at Chen Mengyao, who was silent and had no intention of speaking. Zhou Xuanxuan was also stunned. Didn’t she prepare anything else?

Did she think Yaoyao had something to say? Did Yaoyao ask her to apologize?

So, under Shengxia's gaze, Zhou Xuanxuan asked, "Then, can we be friends?"

Shengxia and Chen Mengyao were both stunned, and Zhou Xuanxuan herself felt her tongue was tied...

The atmosphere was tense. The rhythm of gymnastics broadcast on the radio came on. Three, two, three, four, four, two, three, four, setting the beat for the embarrassment.

After a while.

"Of course you can," Sheng Xia said with a serious expression, although she was skeptical. "But making friends is not something that can be arranged. It happens naturally. Besides, there are many kinds of friends. Friendships are like those between Guan Yu and Bao Bao, and those who are close to each other are like friends. So are casual acquaintances and those who only get together for a drink and a meal. We are classmates, so to a certain extent, we are already friends..."

Zhou Xuanxuan: …

Chen Mengyao: …

This, the thought processes are different, the cultural levels are different, why don’t we just forget it?

A strange thought popped up in Chen Mengyao's mind - she is really kind of cute.

It's really pretty too.

Some words were on the tip of her tongue, but she took them back and called out, "Shengxia."

Shengxia: “Hmm?”

"Do you like Zhang Shu?"

Shengxia's crutches swung, and she steadied herself in an instant.

Has she been dazed after standing for so long? What did Chen Mengyao ask her just now?

"Why don't you sit down?" Zhou Xuanxuan murmured. She was also surprised. Yaoyao was too direct?

Are you so vulnerable to being frightened?

Chen Mengyao resisted the urge to roll her eyes. "Let me get this short. I heard recently that you two are together? If so, let's leave it at that. I'm pretty busy anyway, so I should forget about it soon. If not, do you like him?"

Shengxia was still confused and decided to answer the first question first, "We are not together?"

"That's fine," Chen Mengyao, who had been leaning against the pillar lazily, stood up straight and said with a smile, "I like Zhang Shu. I was wrong before. I am going to win him back. I have the confidence to do so, but I won't do anything else. If you two are together, don't hide it from me and tell me right away. Okay, I just came here to confirm this."

midsummer:……?

So cool.

Shengxia actually wanted to reply, I just want to study hard.

But Chen Mengyao did not "continue to fight", or rather, she felt a little embarrassed and wanted to escape from the "battlefield" quickly. With just three or two steps, her long legs disappeared from Shengxia's sight.

Zhou Xuanxuan froze in place, not knowing whether to follow Chen Mengyao or follow Shengxia back to her class.

Shengxia didn't pay attention to Zhou Xuanxuan's entanglement. He went back to the classroom, put away his crutches, and slowly walked with small steps, holding on to the windowsill.

Because of the conversation, time was delayed. At this time, people who were doing morning exercises came back one after another, and the corridor gradually became crowded. In order to maintain order, the school had classes on the upper floors who were close to the morning exercise venue, so they all came back first. Class 6 was far away, and there was no one in sight at this time.

Shengxia was a little panicked, afraid that someone would touch her. Because the weather was cold, she wore big pants and furry shoes. She looked like a normal person, and it was hard to tell that she was wearing a plaster cast, so no one would deliberately avoid her.

More and more people came, some of them were laughing and joking while walking. Shengxia simply stopped at the edge and leaned on the windowsill, wanting to wait until the people dispersed before leaving.

"midsummer!"

She heard a familiar voice and looked towards the staircase.

Lu Youze came down from the second floor and walked towards her quickly against the flow of people. When he got close to her, he stretched out his arms to create a small space around her and asked anxiously, "Are you okay?"

People coming and going looked back curiously.

Shengxia shook her head: "Nothing, didn't you go to morning exercises?"

"Andrew wanted to talk to me about something." Lu Youze said.

Andrew is their English teacher.

Lu Youze said, "I'll block you. Let's go. Be careful."

"Well, thank you."

Take small steps in the midsummer.

Lu Youze asked: "Have you started arranging language classes?"

"Not yet."

"So, do you want to go east or west?"

"I don't know yet..."

"In that case, take your time to choose. There is no rush."

"Um."

People came back to the class one after another. Shengxia walked around and entered the classroom from the back door. She stopped just as she reached the last table.

At the front door, on the other side of the corridor, Zhang Shu stood by his desk, his hands in his pockets, his legs crossed, and one toe on tiptoe.

A standing posture that is both leisurely and imposing.

Like a prisoner waiting to be tried.

This scene seems familiar; it happened just recently.

Shengxia was already immune to it. She lowered her head and carefully walked around the book boxes on the floor and returned to her seat.

Too lazy to look at each other.

She is not his prisoner.

Lu Youze also sat down in his seat, also looking at him indifferently.

Zhang Shushai tightened his grip, feeling a nameless rage that he had nowhere to hide or vent, so he could only suppress it.

It was like a puff of smoke suddenly rushed up my throat, pungent and stuffy.

He knew that he had been losing control of himself more and more recently.

"Have you finished summarizing the wrong questions in physics yesterday?" Zhang Shu sat down and asked.

Shengxia said: "Not yet."

Zhang Shu said anxiously: "Why don't you write it quickly?"

Still in the mood for a stroll and chat?

Shengxia even wondered if Zhang Shu had met Lu Youze's uncle, which was why he had been so moody lately.

But this made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Not a little.

Very much. She has been feeling bad for days.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, his attitude is actually similar to when they first entered school and were not familiar with each other. However, it is difficult to go from extravagant to frugal, and now she can no longer accept the slightest indifference.

She gritted her teeth and slowly raised her head: "Zhang Shu, if you don't have time to tutor me, it doesn't matter. Thank you very much. You don't have to be so mean to me..."

After saying this, she didn't dare to look at his reaction and turned back.

Zhang Shu was stunned. Was he vicious?

The girl's aggrieved eyes were still flashing before his eyes. His heart was throbbing with pain and he felt a little at a loss.

He seemed to understand that loud voices were dangerous, and that was her standard.

Just as I was about to say something, the bell rang and it was time for class.

This is a math class, and Lai Yilin arrived early.

Shengxia took out the textbook she was going to teach and also took out Zhang Shu's notebook. Now she could occasionally do two things at once. While listening, she would reflect on what she had learned before by comparing her notes and checking for omissions.

Lai Yilin has a voice so loud that it can be heard in the next class, and you generally won't be distracted when listening to her lectures.

Shengxia turned her attention back to the classroom, following the teacher's pace and no longer paying attention to Zhang Shu.

After a while, a helpless voice suddenly came from the right, "I don't mean to kill you..."

Midsummer was stunned.

It’s not because of the content of his words, but because the volume seemed a bit loud?

Shengxia looked up and saw Lai Yilin's sudden pause, and Hou Junqi and his deskmate's shocked looks when they turned around. She confirmed: it was not her illusion, his voice was really a bit loud.

The whole classroom was silent.

Zhang Shu was also stunned for a rare moment.

How did he know that when he was speaking, Lai Yilin just turned around and wrote on the blackboard without saying anything?

How did he know that he just said it so loudly?

He is so confused that he doesn't have time to care about this.

Speechless.

A bunch of fools who have never seen the world before? What's so shocking?

The silly goose leader Lai Yilin responded, smiled, and threw the chalk at Zhang Shu with a whoosh, "Don't bully your deskmate!"

Zhang Shu tilted his head to dodge: ...

The whole class laughed.

The pace of the class quickly returned to normal and there was no follow-up to the little episode.

However, Shengxia felt that the atmosphere between her and Zhang Shu was more awkward than before.

There are numerous festivals at the end of the year, including the Winter Solstice, Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Year's Day, but to high school students, they are all ordinary.

But Christmas Eve still caused some unrest.

It is quite popular to give apples to each other in the dormitory.

Xin Xiaohe also gave Shengxia one, the packaging was exquisite and complicated. Shengxia was completely unprepared and gave Xin Xiaohe a bag of chocolates in return.

Zhang Shu sat by the window this week, which provided convenience for people who wanted to send gifts. Now the windowsill was filled with peace apples.

Summer turns to winter, but some people’s popularity remains unabated.

When Zhang Shu came, he was holding a small elk doll in his hand.

He looked at the peace apples and ignored them. He turned around and saw some on Shengxia's desk. He frowned and asked, "Who sent them?"

Shengxia didn't like his tone recently. Before she could decide how to answer, Xin Xiaohe pulled her arm and said mysteriously, "My junior gave it to me!"

"Transitional packaging and environmental awareness need to be improved." Zhang Shu said in a light tone and sat down leisurely.

Xin Xiaohe: ...

Lu Youze walked into the classroom and took out a peace apple from his schoolbag. The packaging was even more exquisite, a small flower basket, "Xia Xia, peace and happiness!"

Shengxia took it and said, "But I'm not prepared."

Not many people in No. 2 Middle School give this as a gift. After all, an apple that usually costs a few yuan can be sold for dozens of yuan on this day.

So she took out the last bag of chocolate and gave it back to Lu Youze, blessing him: "Thank you, everyone is safe!"

Zhang Shu almost broke the neck of the little elk in his hands.

Why is everyone giving out candy?

She has so much chocolate?

Do you think everyone buys into her tricks?

This idiot is simply!

Zhang Shu threw the little elk onto the windowsill and impatiently took out the test paper to do it.

Suddenly, a beautiful figure appeared at the window, "Ah Shu!"

The person called was Zhang Shu, but everyone in the class looked away.

Chen Mengyao was used to being stared at, so she was not shy at all. She handed over a peace apple and asked, "Where is my test paper?"

Zhang Shu took out a folder from his schoolbag and handed it to her.

Shengxia was about to look away when her eyes stopped on the folder.

That was the set of papers and explanations for the first and second year high school students that she was using.

She thought that he prepared it for her and it was something only she had.

It turns out that’s not the case.

In the midsummer, I swallowed a little and turned to concentrate on doing my homework.

But I could still hear their conversation clearly.

"Aren't you going to give me a gift in return?" Chen Mengyao asked coquettishly.

Zhang Shu glanced at the windowsill and said, "How about you pick one?"

"No, it's not as good-looking as the one I gave you." Chen Mengyao reached out and grabbed the elk, "I want this one!"

Zhang Shu snatched it back, "No!"

Then Shengxia saw that the small flower basket of peace apples that Lu Youze had given her on her desk had been taken away.

She looked along in amazement.

It was Zhang Shu who took it away, and at the same time, the little elk was thrown onto her desk by Zhang Shu.

"Change." Zhang Shu said to Shengxia.

Then he turned around and handed the small flower basket to Chen Mengyao, "This one is prettier than yours, take it!"

Chen Mengyao: …

midsummer:……

Lu Youze: …

Chen Mengyao left and gave Zhang Shu the middle finger before leaving.

Class 6: …

What's the direction of this story?

The whole room was silent, without a single sound.

Hou Junqi was about to vomit. This whole set of movements by someone was so smooth and there was no sign of "deliberateness" at all. What kind of natural and bizarre operation was this?

Hou Junqi: "Shu, this is inhumane!"

Zhang Shu had no idea that he had done something immoral, and said, "Nervous."

To be honest, that little flower basket will be burned to ashes by his gaze tonight.

Shengxia turned her head and glanced at Lu Youze. After all, it was a gift from him to her, but it was snatched away and given to someone else. She felt a little guilty.

Lu Youze was obviously holding his breath, but he still soothed her, "It's okay."

Shengxia nodded, grabbed the elk and asked Zhang Shu: "This..."

Zhang Shu felt that the flirting between the two people in front of him was really irritating. He shook his hand and said, "The stationery store gave it to me."

Midsummer stayed.

I can't tell whether it's out of helplessness or selfishness.