Zhou Yu sat on the side chewing on a corn cob, looking at the two of them with sidelong glances, without much expression on his face.
He originally didn't want to fight for anything, he just wanted to be friends with the brother and sister, so it would not be good for him if they turned against each other. He also hoped from the bottom of his heart that the two of them could reconcile as before.
Xiao Shuangning was already like this, so there was no point for Xiao Youchen to pretend. He quickly took the sweet potato and said with a smile, "No, no, how could I be angry with you! Thank you, Ningning."
As he spoke, he began to eat the sweet potatoes with gusto. Seeing him like this, Xiao Shuangning also smiled.
"Mmm! So sweet! Ningning's baked sweet potatoes are just delicious."
"Brother, will you still let me be friends with Zhou Yu?"
Little Youchen tilted his head slightly and glanced at Zhou Yu. After a long moment, he managed to speak, "Hmm—he looked pretty good today. Let's observe him first. Didn't he say he wanted to repeat the grade? If he can get into the top 25 on one of the exams next semester based on his true abilities, then not only will you be friends with him, but I'll be friends with him too."
He thought, since he couldn't stop their friendship, why not turn Zhou Yu into a qualified friend, make him an excellent student, and not lead Xiao Shuangning astray.
Twenty-five?
Zhou Yu's jaw dropped in shock. He'd been ranked last for a thousand years! For him to suddenly break into the top 25, wouldn't that be a fantasy?
This damn Tang Youchen, this is clearly deliberately making things difficult for me! If you don't want to be friends with me, just say it directly and clearly, why bother beating around the bush like this.
"Okay, it's a deal. If you go back on your word, you're a nobody." Xiao Shuangning was extremely excited and agreed to Xiao Youchen's request without hesitation.
No? What's going on?
Zhou Yu was even more nonsensical. What did these two siblings think of him?
He couldn't understand what the two siblings were thinking, but he knew his own abilities. Wouldn't it be as difficult as climbing to the sky to make a iron tree bloom?
"Okay, whoever goes back on his word is a puppy." Xiao Youchen scratched Xiao Shuangning's nose with his finger, and the two of them laughed heartily.
Xiao Shuangning took Xiao Youchen's hand and dragged him to Zhou Yu. "Since that's the case, then you should shake hands and make peace. There's no need to look at each other with disdain or cause trouble for each other in the future."
Xiao Shuangning pulled their hands together and manually asked them to shake hands.
The two were reluctant at first, looking at each other unnaturally and feeling a little awkward.
"I never thought of causing trouble for him. He was the one who deliberately started the trouble." Zhou Yu complained aggrievedly.
The three of them pushed aside the weeds that were more than half a person's height and ran into the dense woods. They stopped running only when they could no longer hear the cursing.
Xiao Shuangning and Xiao Youchen were so tired that they were sweating profusely, panting, and smiling at each other.
Zhou Yu was completely bewildered, standing aside, wiping the sweat from his forehead, secretly complaining inwardly. Running a marathon in the heat of summer was no easy feat, especially for someone like him who had grown up in luxury. He was exhausted beyond belief, and didn't even have the energy to ask why.
He simply sat down on the ground, breathing heavily to cool down.
Xiao Shuangning said, "Brother, we haven't done this for a long time."
After all, they are children born and raised in the mountains. No matter how sensible they are, they are still children. Picnics like this, using local ingredients, are an essential childhood pleasure for every mountain child.
It is common to be scolded by adults after causing damage.
Little Youchen replied, "Yeah! Once we get to middle school, we'll be adults. We can't do things like this anymore. This time, let's just say goodbye to our childhood!"
"Do you think if we run slower and are caught in front of our mother, will she beat us?"
"Well—just hit her! It's the last time anyway. She might not get another chance to hit me again if she wants to."
“…” Xiao Shuangning didn’t know what to say. Xiao Youchen’s words made her feel a little sad.
When she was with Wu Ju and the others, she dreamed of growing up, because then she wouldn't be beaten by them anymore, she could have her own life, and could earn money to support herself. But when she started living with Xiao Youchen and Shumei, she was afraid of growing up. She didn't want to grow up, she wanted to always be her mother's child, always under Xiao Youchen's protection, and didn't want to face life alone.
She looked down at the sweet potato in her hand that she had not yet cracked open, and her smile stopped abruptly.
"Please, two bosses, can you tell me why we are running?" Zhou Yu took a deep breath and finally asked the question in his mind.
"Didn't you hear someone scolding us just now? We stole their sweet potatoes and corn. If we don't run away, are we going to be caught?"
"Stealing?" Zhou Yu looked at the corn cob in his hand and took a bite. "Can this be called stealing? It's broad daylight, and we didn't go to anyone's house to take it."
"Nonsense! Do you think these are wild? They're all grown by farmers with great effort. Taking them without asking is considered stealing. Didn't your teacher teach you that?"
"Is that so? I thought you top students were all good kids, but I didn't expect you to bring me here to steal things. It seems I have misunderstood the meaning of the word 'good kid'." Zhou Yu said, throwing the corn cob in his hand into the grass in disgust.
"you--"
Zhou Yu's words made Xiao Youchen laugh and cry. He really didn't know how to respond.
Xiao Shuangning smiled and said, "Zhou Yu, this is indeed not a good thing, but those who do these things are all children. Children, just like you and me, can't correctly distinguish right from wrong, so making mistakes is inevitable. Since we all know today that it is wrong, let's not do it in the future. You must not follow suit. Isn't this also to celebrate our acquaintance? I made an exception, and it won't happen again."
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