Chapter 10: Neighbors
These days, Ye Yinghui takes Lin Zixia out every day, helps her get familiar with the nearby streets, takes her on the bus and subway, and takes her for a walk around the school.
People will feel uneasy when they arrive in an unfamiliar environment, but when you become familiar with the surrounding environment, the confusion and helplessness will gradually disappear.
Apart from going out with Ye Yinghui, Lin Zixia spent the rest of his time reading and doing homework in the house.
The day of registration soon arrived, and Lin Zixia refused Ye Yinghui's request to accompany her to school.
Ye Yinghui also has her own work to do. Even if she has a lot of free time, she cannot ask others to accompany her in everything. She cannot always rely on others. This is something she understood very early on.
When Lin Zixia left, Ye Yinghui still worriedly reminded him, "Call me if anything happens!"
Lin Zixia smiled and said, "Don't worry, auntie, I'm very familiar with this road."
Ye Yinghui had taken her back and forth between school and home several times, and she was very familiar with the route.
Lin Zixia wore a white dress with a square neckline and a slim waist, paired with white sneakers, looking very student-like. She had her hair braided into a simple pigtail that hung down her back, tied with a light-colored hairband.
As soon as she reached the entrance of the corridor, she saw Lu Xiangye leaning on the side with his hands folded, one leg bent, looking lazy, his eyelids drooping, as if he had not woken up yet.
Hearing the noise, he looked up.
Lin Zixia was also a little surprised. It looked like he was waiting for someone?
She smiled and nodded at him as a greeting, and was about to leave when she saw a figure running towards her faster than a dog.
"Brother Lu..."
Wu You ran over breathlessly, and her eyes lit up before she finished speaking. Lin Zixia's white dress today, matched with her face, gave her the feeling of first love, the white moonlight.
"Sister Xiaoxia is here too. Let's go together." Wu You greeted her warmly.
Lin Zixia: "I'm not riding a bike today..."
Wu You nodded: "I know, we won't ride bikes today."
Lu Xiangye stood up, clapped his hands, and said in a calm tone, "Let's go."
He took the lead and walked forward. Wu You looked at Lin Zixia and said, "Let's go."
Today is the first day of school, and we just need to arrive at school at 9 o'clock, so Lin Zixia planned to walk there slowly, but he didn't expect that the two of them were also planning to walk.
It takes about twenty minutes to walk from the community to No. 1 Middle School. If you walk fast, it can take more than ten minutes.
Lu Xiangye was wearing simple black pants and a white T-shirt. He didn't carry his backpack properly, slung it diagonally over his shoulder. He strode ahead, his back looking both slouchy and upright.
Lin Zixia and Wu You were walking behind, lagging behind for some distance.
Lu Xiangye walked a long way before he seemed to realize this and slowly slowed down his pace.
"I wonder if we'll be in the same class, Xiaoxia, what were your scores on the high school entrance exam?"
Lin Zixia paused, "721, are the classes divided according to the high school entrance exam scores?"
However, the scoring algorithm in the county town seems to be different from that in Chengdu.
Wu You scratched his head and said, "I don't know either, but if you go by this score, you and Brother Lu should be in the same class."
Lin Zixia looked up at the person in front of her. It seemed that he was really a top student. Her guess was correct.
However, this was the first time she had seen a nerd fight so fiercely.
But from what she heard from Ye Yinghui these days and what she saw herself, Lu Xiangye didn't seem like a bad boy with bad character.
She was a little confused.
Wu You and Lin Zixia were walking and talking behind. Lu Xiangye always walked faster than them and was a little ahead of them.
Before arriving at No. 1 Middle School, Lin Zixia could already feel the crowds surrounding him.
Cars were parked all the way from the school gate to the corner of the street. Traffic police were directing traffic inside the school gate. The parking lot was full and there were not enough parking spaces.
Basically, parents come with their children, some are mothers, some are fathers, or some are mothers and fathers together. Some are even grandparents and relatives, with several people surrounding one child.
Lin Zixia withdrew his gaze and looked down at the road under his feet.
She twitched the corners of her mouth and said that she could do it alone.
…
There was a notice about class divisions posted at the school gate, and there were already a lot of people gathered in front of it in three layers.
She was short and couldn't see even when she stood on tiptoe. She was pushed by the crowd and couldn't get in or out.
Just when she was in trouble, someone seemed to grab the strap of her backpack and pulled her out of the crowd.
It's like carrying a chicken.
Before Lin Zixia turned around, he heard a familiar voice above his head, lazy and cold, "Follow me."
She was slightly stunned. Wu You behind her had already run up to her excitedly, "The three of us are in the same class!"
Lin Zixia raised her eyes and saw that Lu Xiangye had already taken two steps forward. She subconsciously raised her foot to follow him.
The classroom is on the second floor, and the sign on the door reads - Class 17, Grade 11.
There were already quite a few people sitting in the classroom, chatting in groups of three or four.
"Brother Lu, you're here!"
As Lu Xiangye stepped into the classroom, a boy noticed him and rushed towards him.
Like a vicious dog pouncing on its prey.
Lu Xiangye dodged to the side, pulling Lin Zixia with him, and then pounced directly on Wu You behind him.
"So enthusiastic?" Wu You smiled. "It's only been two months since we last met. Do you miss your dad?"
"Ah! I miss you..." The boy stood up straight and was about to say something when he saw Lin Zixia, whose schoolbag strap was being pulled by Lu Xiangye. His eyes suddenly lit up.
"I've never seen this sister before. I wonder where she came from?"
Lin Zixia was stunned by his tone.
Lu Xiangye kicked him and cursed, "Get out of here!"
Wu You looked at Lin Zixia's surprised expression and introduced her, "This is Li Senmiao, you can call him Sanmu Sanshui."
Lin Zixia smiled at him politely, "Hello, my name is Lin Zixia."
Li Senmiao looked at her with a smile, "Hello, do you know Brother Lu?"
He just saw Lu Xiangye pulling her. Usually, there were no other girls around Lu Xiangye except Xu Wu, not to mention that he looked protective of her.
Lin Zixia thought about it and gave an accurate answer, "Neighbors, I guess."
They were originally neighbors, but he was my aunt's neighbor, and now he could barely be considered her neighbor.
She is right.
Li Senmiao looked at her in confusion. How come he didn’t know that Lu Xiangye had a neighbor sister?
However, her tone was sincere, and coupled with her innocent expression, Li Senmiao had no reason not to believe her.
Lu Xiangye raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at her, walked to the last row, hooked a stool with his foot, threw his schoolbag on the table and sat down.
Lin Zixia hesitated for a moment and sat in the row in front of him.
It wasn't that she didn't want to sit somewhere else, but the seats in the front were already full, with only a few empty seats here and there, all occupied by her classmates. Only the last few rows were empty.
In fact, she liked Lu Xiangye's seat, which was in the last row against the wall. It gave her a sense of security and was next to the aisle, making it easy to get in and out.
Unfortunately, he took it.
The classroom was very lively. Listening to everyone's conversations, I could tell that many of them were from junior high school or the same school. In this class, most of them were promoted from the Affiliated High School of the Normal University, and a small number were from the Experimental Middle School and the Foreign Language School.
Lin Zixia didn't know anyone and had no companions.
She was like an isolated island, straying into the noisy world.
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