Shengxia appeared in the classroom on Monday. No one thought anything was wrong at first. It was not until she went to get some water during the break that everyone realized that she had recovered.

Many people came to congratulate her, and asked to see the removed plaster, asking her to keep it properly.

"Sure!" Shengxia replied.

She sat in the northernmost group again, sitting at the same table with Zhang Shu.

With the final exam approaching, Shengxia had already completed the task he had assigned her to review the papers of the affiliated high school, and had also sorted out the wrong questions.

So basically they didn't have anything else to talk about.

Everyone is busy, learning their own things.

Zhang Shu would occasionally remind her to review the wrong questions repeatedly.

She found that Zhang Shu also reviewed the wrong questions. It didn’t matter if he couldn’t finish the new questions, he could just focus on the wrong questions.

So she followed suit and did everything as he said.

The final exam was approaching, and Shengxia threw herself into reviewing. She also had to write essays at night. When the teachers from the institution arranged by Sheng Mingfeng contacted her, she just dealt with them perfunctorily. The class schedule was arranged again and again, but she always declined.

Time flies, there is no day or night.

She actually forgot that her birthday was coming.

The lunar calendar in midsummer and the solar calendar are different every year, but they are almost always the same as the exam days.

What a coincidence this year, it was the day before the exam.

She was naturally not in the mood to celebrate her birthday, but Zou Weiping bought a cake and sent it to her. Of course, she couldn't take it home, so she could only bring it back to the classroom and share it with her classmates as a midnight snack.

Evening self-study hadn't started yet, and Shengxia handed the cake to Xin Xiaohe, "You guys can take it back to the dormitory and eat it?"

Xin Xiaohe: "Wow, is it your birthday?"

"Um."

"You were born in winter, why did you get a summer name?"

"Yes." Yes, it was just such a coincidence.

"happy birthday!"

"Thank you~"

"Wow, a black swan!" Xin Xiaohe glanced inside the cake box and her pupils trembled.

Now Xin Xiaohe's roommates and several girls around gathered around. The boys were also curious about what made the girls so attracted to it.

I can’t take it back now, so whoever sees it gets a share.

In the carport, Hou Junqi looked at the cake in Zhang Shu's hand and compared it with his palm. It was about the size of his palm. He was stunned: "That's it, not even enough to fill my stomach. You want 299? Are you trying to steal money?"

Zhang Shu shrugged and said he didn't quite understand, "Who knows?"

Hou Junqi continued to complain: "It doesn't seem very pretty, just a big red heart with two big white geese on it, like the models sold in a two-dollar store."

Zhang Shu said: "Maybe the cake base was stuffed with gold foil."

The two of them walked towards the classroom while complaining.

"Ah Shu," Hou Junqi teased, "Can you give me one for my birthday, too?"

Zhang Shu: "Forget it, the price-performance ratio is not high. Wild boars can't eat fine bran."

Hou Junqi: ...envying Sister Su Jin and Xiao Shengxia, one has an expensive necklace, the other has an expensive cake. He, Hou Junqi, is just a cheap brother picked up halfway.

However, he suddenly realized, who said Ah Shu picked it up?

I gave my sister a necklace worth over 6,000 yuan for her birthday. It’s the Hermès cake among birthday cakes for my girlfriend, no, a female classmate I’m close to. Although it’s a little small...but if it wasn’t for the empty pocket after buying the necklace, Ah Shu might have gotten something bigger.

Damn, his brother is so damn handsome? How many guys can do that? The key is, he earned this money himself, right?

Zhang Shu didn't notice what the tall and strong Hou Junqi was thinking in his mind. He picked up the cake, took a look at it, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

Someone, the real Disney princess, was really afraid that she would dislike the others. She didn't even eat a few bites of the tiramisu he bought from the school supermarket.

For the first time, Zhang Shu felt that this kind of pickyness was not pretentious, but was justified. She should be like this.

As soon as they reached Class 5, they heard the chorus of "Happy Birthday to You" from Class 6, followed by a round of cheers. Xin Xiaohe shouted, "Why am I reluctant to cut it? Am I cutting the cake? No, I'm cutting RMB."

Zhang Shu and Hou Junqi walked in and stopped in their tracks when they saw a familiar-looking cake on Shengxia's desk.

A large-scale "two-dollar store model".

Hou Junqi muttered: "Oh wow? This is not the same model as the 1999 one..."

Zhang Shu's facial expression really matched today's weather - sunny to cloudy.

The cake on Shengxia's table was the same style as the one Zhang Shu was holding, but the large swan was black, hand-drawn, and more delicate.

The lines of the swan neck are at the level of a work of art.

Unlike the MINI version, the one poured with white chocolate is really just a model.

Seeing someone coming, Xin Xiaohe sighed: "You two really know how to pick the time. It's even harder to separate now."

Hou Junqi looked at Zhang Shu, who had a blank expression on his face.

The bell for evening class rang so suddenly.

"Hurry up and divide it up!"

"We'll have to give Lao Wang a share when he gets here, hurry up!"

The cake was not big, but it was very solid. With so many people, there was not enough tableware to share, but everyone didn't mind. Three or four people shared a set of tableware, and each person took a few bites just to join in the joyful atmosphere.

“Is it a mistake? RMB is just extra delicious.”

“It’s not an illusion, it’s the truth.”

“Hahahahahahahaha!”

After some laughter and noise, no one forgot that they had an exam tomorrow. As soon as Lao Wang arrived, the class quickly became quiet.

Shengxia was about to start looking at her notes when a ball of paper jumped out from the desk. She subconsciously turned her head to look at Zhang Shu.

The latter twirled his pen and concentrated on reviewing.

Not him?

When she looked up, she saw Hou Junqi in the front seat twisting his head and making eyes at her.

Shengxia was slightly surprised and glanced outside the door. In just a moment, Wang Wei had disappeared and was not in the corridor. Only then did she dare to open the note.

Hou Junqi's handwriting was crooked, and Shengxia turned it over and realized that it was read upside down.

Well, if his handwriting was better, his composition wouldn't get 35 points.

The note read: Xiao Shengxia, A Shu bought you a cake!

Shengxia was slightly startled, then turned to look at Zhang Shu.

This time, he seemed to sense something and turned around, still looking at her as if she was a fool. Seeing that Shengxia didn't avoid his gaze, he tilted his head slightly and asked with his eyes: Is there anything wrong with you?

Shengxia looked away and noticed a white paper bag at his feet. There was no pattern on it and no handle, but she could recognize it as belonging to Black Swan's family.

Did he really buy her a cake?

Zhang Shu saw her holding the small pieces of paper in both hands with the same expression, and he understood immediately.

He glared at Hou Junqi, suddenly pulled out a notebook from the desk and stood up.

Everyone around him, including Shengxia, looked at him in confusion.

Zhang Shu stood there for nearly half a minute, not knowing what he was thinking. Finally, he sighed, as if he had made up his mind.

Zhang Shu said, "Bring your notebook of wrong answers and follow me out."

Crowd: …

midsummer:……

His tone is more oppressive than the teacher's.

Shengxia looked at him and said: Isn’t this bad?

Zhang Shu accurately pulled out her notebook from her bookcase and said, "Let's go."

Then everyone in the class saw Zhang Shu leading Shengxia out. In addition to a notebook, Zhang Shu was also holding a paper bag.

But they did not "study" at the table outside, but went to the corridor.

"A gift, right?"

"Yeah, today is Shengxia's birthday."

"They have been together for so long, is it necessary to hide it like this? Do they think we are fools?"

"Zhang Shu himself probably didn't notice it. He didn't even pick up a pen. What kind of learning is that?"

Shengxia followed him and got a little panicked. She stopped and asked, "Where are you going?"

Zhang Shu: "Shut up and let me think about it."

midsummer:……

At this moment, Wang Wei came over from the other end of the corridor. It seemed that he had just gone to the restroom.

Meet head on.

Shengxia lowered her eyes, not knowing whether to turn around or move forward.

Zhang Shu said, "Follow me?"

midsummer:……?

Then they passed by Wang Wei in broad daylight.

Wang Wei's gaze was like a spotlight, and he was stunned: Why are you ignoring him so blatantly?

"Zhang Shu! Where are you going?"

Zhang Shu seemed very annoyed: "Stop making noise!"

Wang Wei was stunned: ...

The two in front of him, one is his chip and the one he loves, the other is a princess he cannot afford to offend. He is not blind to the things between boys and girls. Today is Shengxia's birthday, so he can understand it. Zhang Shu is a sensible person, and Shengxia is also well-behaved and sensible. He doesn't really worry about it. But the dignity of the class teacher still needs to be there, "I'll give you five minutes!"

Zhang Shu didn't even turn his head, but made an "OK" gesture with his empty hand.

Because she couldn't guess, Shengxia was so nervous that she almost couldn't walk steadily.

Walking all the way to the library lobby, Zhang Shu put the notebook and paper bag on the table and said, "Sit down."

I have only been here during the day in midsummer, and I was impressed by the good conditions of the affiliated high school. As a high school, it has a library that takes up an entire building. There is a lobby downstairs, glass tables and leather sofas, and a guidance desk, and there are also large cubicle study rooms upstairs.

Rich and inhumane.

The museum was closed at this moment, and only dim lights were on in the lobby.

Shengxia sat down nervously.

She knew he probably had something to say to her.

Coincidentally, she has one too.

So I followed him here so obediently.

"midsummer……"

"Zhang Shu..."

The two spoke almost at the same time, and then were both stunned.

Zhang Shu sat down opposite her and made a "please" gesture with his hand, "You go ahead."

Shengxia hesitated instead, her hands tightly grasping the trouser material on her knees.

Zhang Shu noticed her little action and did not urge her. He just leaned over and opened the paper bag. There was a small box inside. The complicated packaging was opened, revealing a full red velvet heart with two intertwined white swans on it.

I was slightly surprised in midsummer, it turned out to be the same MINI version.

Zhang Shu looked a little unnatural. "I didn't expect you've already eaten it. It's even better. But I bought it anyway, and I can't waste it. So, you can do with it as you like..."

His tone was indifferent, and he still looked nonchalant, but Shengxia could actually hear a hint of loneliness in it.

But what she was about to say was out of tune with the current atmosphere, and she had to stop her inexplicable empathy.

But what he said was: "How... did you know that today is my birthday?"

Because she lives on the Lunar Calendar, even if you know her ID number, you may not be able to find out her birthday.

Zhang Shu leaned back in his chair. "There's someone on your space message board who leaves you a birthday message every year, but the dates are not the same. So I checked and found that they are on the same day in the lunar calendar."

Shengxia was stunned. He must be talking about Tao Zhizhi. She nodded gently, because besides nodding, she suddenly didn't know how to respond.

He must have put a lot of thought into this, right?

Did he know that, in this way, she was really being self-indulgent to the end?

She was silent. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shu, who always talked more than her, was also silent.

He rested his hands on the armrest of the sofa, but his eyes were not looking at her, and it was unclear where his focus was.

Shengxia swallowed her saliva and spoke softly: "Zhang Shu."

He looked over.

At that moment, my heart skipped a beat.

Shengxia looked away and then spoke again: "My leg is healed now."

Zhang Shu: “Yeah.”

She was surprised that he answered the call without any pain or itching, which messed up her heart rate that had been adjusted with great difficulty. "The doctor said that he was well taken care of and there shouldn't be any sequelae."

Zhang Shu: “Yeah.”

midsummer:……

"So, you don't have to take care of me anymore. This is not your fault. I have never blamed you, really." She said sincerely.

Zhang Shu didn't say "hmm" again, but stared at her without blinking.

Shengxia lowered her eyes and continued, "So, in the future, please don't do things that cause misunderstandings. Some recent rumors have troubled me."

Finally, I said it.

It wasn't as difficult as I had imagined, but the sour taste instantly spread throughout my entire abdomen, and it seemed impossible to hold it back no matter how hard I tried to swallow it.

She was also at fault for getting to this point.

Come to think of it, wasn't she always cooperating with his teasing intentionally or unintentionally? She was even addicted to it.

I always tell myself not to be so conceited, but I can't help it.

She tensed up, but heard the person opposite her suddenly laugh briefly.

Then he sat up straight, with his elbows on his knees, and suddenly leaned over, looking at her with burning eyes.

From her perspective, he was like a hawk.

"What misunderstanding?" His beautiful mouth opened and closed.

Midsummer squeezed her knees again.

Ambiguous. This word popped up in my mind again.

There is a song that goes like this: Ambiguity makes people suffer all kinds of grievances.

In just one semester, she seemed to understand.

Ambiguity is like half a glass of water on an empty table. You are unable to tell whether it is poured for you or left over.

If you eat it, you will feel upset; if you throw it away, you will feel disrespectful.

Doubt, entanglement, and resentment.

"Misunderstanding," she said solemnly, "misunderstanding..."

In the end, I couldn't continue.

"Did you misunderstand that I liked you?" Zhang Shu replied.

There was a knock on Shengxia's chest, dong dong, dong dong...

"What kind of misunderstanding is this? This is the truth, Shengxia. Are you so slow-witted that you really can't see it?"

Boom, boom, boom, bang, bang, bang, bang—

boiling.

What is that thing that is jumping and bursting wildly in the abdomen?

She raised her head blankly and looked into a pair of interested eyes.

Zhang Shu said: "Shengxia, listen carefully, I, Zhang Shu, like you, only you. This is not a misunderstanding."

His voice was not loud, but every word seemed to collide repeatedly in the air molecules, and in Shengxia's ears it sounded like a buzzing echo.

"Rumor has it that we're together? This is just a rumor for now, but it's also my wish."