Reborn and awakened, this time I won't be a love-struck fool.

"Study."

Lin Wu tapped her fingers together and said cautiously, "I want Bo Shan to teach me."

Xu Jingwang stood a few steps away, the water in the pool swaying. His gaze was somewhat cold as he looked over, and he left after a few seconds.

Lin Wu awkwardly scratched the forearm that he had touched.

Even after the person has disappeared from your sight, their presence remains strong on your skin; the lines of their fingers seem to be clearly imprinted in your mind.

The smell of her body, her breath, the heat of her skin, the feel of her skin—everything about her made her feel uncomfortable.

She had never felt this way before.

In the past, when we held hands and played hide-and-seek or tag, we didn't really feel anything while holding hands.

Especially in sixth grade, the school organized an autumn outing, with one bus for each class.

On the way back, Lin Wu was very sleepy. She sat with Xu Jingwang and slept on his shoulder the whole way. Because of the wrong position, she drooled all over his shoulder.

She felt quite embarrassed when she woke up at that time.

But this kind of embarrassment is completely different from the kind I feel today.

What's wrong with me?

Lin Wu kept a straight face and thought seriously.

"I am coming."

Boshan swam over and asked softly, "Did you two fight again?"

"No," Lin Wu squatted down and patted the water. "I just wanted to stay with you first."

"Alright, alright," Bo Shan said with a smile, "I'll pretend to believe you for a moment."

"What do you mean by 'pretending'?" Lin Wu slapped him again, splashing water all over Bo Shan's face. "That's what I mean."

"Okay, okay."

Boshan wiped the water off his face.

After playing all afternoon, on the way back after changing clothes, Lin Wu frequently turned her head to look at Xu Jingwang.

He sat in the back seat, arms crossed, looking out the window. He wore a black T-shirt, revealing delicate, porcelain-white skin, and exuded a cold and aloof air.

He must have noticed, but he ignored her.

Upon arriving at the residential area, Lin Wu got out of the car first and stood still, waiting for Xu Jingwang to get out before approaching him and stammering, "Are you angry?"

The boy didn't look at her and walked straight ahead.

"You..." Lin Wu asked guiltily, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Xu Jingwang continued to stare ahead.

"You know I'm angry, yet you keep asking me?"

Lin Wu crossed her arms and looked straight ahead. "I'm not a mind reader, I can't be sure."

"Alright, I'm telling you now that I'm angry." Xu Jingwang finished speaking, paused, and finally glanced at her.

Lin Wu paused for two seconds before responding, "Oh, then you can stay angry."

Xu Jingwang: "…………"

He stared at her for a long time.

Two seconds later, he walked away without looking back.

He walked fast and had long legs, so Lin Wu knew she couldn't keep up and didn't bother to.

She watched his retreating figure and sighed from the bottom of her heart.

……

A rare weekend.

Lin Xun was home alone.

Lin Xun used to enjoy going out to play with his classmates and friends, but now that he's getting older and his studies are becoming more demanding, his grades are usually pretty good, consistently ranking in the top ten of his class.

Now that the weather is hot, he just likes to stay at home watching TV and playing on his phone and tablet. Li Ma makes him milk tea and fries him French fries.

Paradise on earth.

Hearing a noise at the door, he got up from the sofa.

"You're back?"

"Um."

Lin Wu lowered her head as she changed her shoes, then threw the things she was holding onto the cabinet.

Lin Xun looked at her. "Why do you seem so listless?"

"I'm a little depressed."

After Lin Wu finished speaking, she went to the kitchen, took a bottle of chilled cola, unscrewed it, and took a sip.

"What's bothering you?"

Lin Xun came closer, looking very interested.

"I just feel... there's something strange between me and Wangwang." Lin Wu frowned, unsure how to explain.

"strangeness?"

Lin Xun blinked. "What's strange about it? Tell me, and I'll help you analyze it."

Lin Wu: "..."

She was silent for a moment, then said, "I just suddenly realized that he really is a man."

"Could it be a woman?" Lin Xun stared blankly at her.

Lin Wu met his gaze, then suddenly snapped out of it. "I'm not going to talk to you. You're just a lousy elementary school student, what do you know? Get lost."

Lin Xun: "????"

He stood up angrily from the sofa, looking down at Lin Wu, "I'm about to start junior high school."

"Then you're still a primary school student." Lin Wu pouted and went upstairs with her phone.

Only a powerless, furious elementary school student was left behind.

-

Lin Wu took another shower, dried her hair, and then did nothing.

She watched variety shows on her tablet for a while, but she was probably too tired after playing all afternoon. As she watched, her eyelids became heavy and she fell asleep.

She had a dream.

It seemed like I was in class in my dream.

She didn't know why she ended up in Xu Jingwang's class.

The homeroom teacher was not present, so the class monitor stood on the podium and showed a movie.

It still felt like summer. The four fans on the ceiling were blowing at full speed. Lin Wu sat next to Xu Jingwang, with an exam paper in front of her.

The exam paper was blown to the ground by the fan, and she bent down to pick it up.

I just picked it up, and then it blew it away again.

During the two class periods, everyone watched a movie, and she collected the test papers from both periods.

After the bell rang, everyone else in the class left.

Only the two of them remained in the classroom.

Xu Jingwang's expression was cold, and his voice carried a hint of accusation as he spoke, "Why did you keep throwing my test papers on the ground?"

"Are you blind?" Lin Wu glared at him angrily. "Your exam paper fell down, and I picked it up for you."

"Yeah?"

The boy's tone was nonchalant, his expression cold, unlike his usual indulgent demeanor. "All I saw was you throwing my test paper down, constantly testing my limits. Did you really think I couldn't see through your dirty thoughts?"

Lin Wu was so anxious she wanted to scratch someone, but her mouth seemed to have been poisoned and she stammered, "I didn't."

He only uttered such a pale sentence.

"Lin Wu".

His voice suddenly lowered, and as he leaned closer, Lin Wu's eyes darted around when he reached out his hand, noticing a small mole on his wrist.

He leaned closer and gave her a very light kiss.

A summer evening.

A breeze came in through the slightly ajar window, causing the classroom's light blue curtains to flutter.

It was noisy with people.

Lin Wu's eyes widened suddenly.

She could hear her heart pounding wildly, very fast, and her breathing became rapid.

My forehead was sweating, and my whole body was hot, unbearably hot.

Lin Wu suddenly opened her eyes.

They weren't in the classroom, and that person wasn't in front of them, nor were they kissing.

The bedroom was dimly lit, and a gentle breeze was blowing in through the window. She was covered in sweat.

Only the tremor in her heart served as a faint reminder—

What kind of dream did she just have?

Are you crazy?

Are you crazy?

Are you crazy?

Lin Wu jumped off the bed and rushed to the bathroom to splash cold water on her face.

……

Lin Wu is actually someone who can't keep secrets and has a particularly strong desire to share.

They have to shout about everything that happens, and they have to say a few words to everyone.

She didn't tell anyone about the dream she had that afternoon after swimming back.

Because she had taken a nap in the afternoon, she was particularly energetic in the evening. She pulled out the romance novel that Xu Jingwang and her deskmate had strongly recommended, read it patiently for a while, and then put it down.

She stayed home all day the next day, thinking for a long time.

She thought it was most likely due to hormones, and her thoughts suddenly went in all directions.

I went to school on Monday morning.

They've been going to school together since the first year of junior high, and it's become a habit.

On the way to school, Lin Wu simply stood quietly next to Bo Shan.

She didn't even dare to look at Xu Jingwang.

Even a little bit closer won't work.

As soon as they stepped out of the residential compound, Han Qi asked nonchalantly, "Have you two had another fight?"

Lin Wu subconsciously grabbed the shoulder strap on her backpack.

There were two people between her and Xu Jingwang, and at this moment she could only see his long legs in his school uniform pants.

It felt strange to even glance at it.

Lin Wu quickly looked away and mumbled, "No."

Xu Jingwang remained silent.

Han Qi clicked his tongue, his eyes darting around, an idea popping into his head. He suddenly pulled Bo Shan under the tree to take pictures of him.

The two people in the middle suddenly disappeared.

No matter how hard Lin Wu tried to pretend to be blind, it was no use. The person seemed to be everywhere, and he could see him clearly out of the corner of his eye.

Still wearing her school uniform, with the long sleeves slightly rolled up to reveal a section of her fair and slender wrist, she carried a schoolbag, and her black hair on her forehead was a little damp, probably because she had just finished washing up.

If you've really just finished washing up, you'll definitely have a faint minty scent on you.

Once you get to school, the minty scent will be carried away by the wind.

Lin Wu knows these things very well.

Because they often went to and from school together, they would always walk together, from spring to winter, from dawn to dusk.

She was already familiar with it.

Be familiar with this person, be familiar with their personality, be familiar with their scent, be familiar with their emotions, be familiar with their preferences.

Lin Wu is very satisfied with the current relationship.

She doesn't want any changes.

More importantly, she doesn't understand what it means to like someone at all.

Han Qi caused quite a bit of trouble along the way, and Bo Shan had to grit her teeth and cooperate with him, but the other two still acted like strangers, neither of them speaking to the other, each with a cold poker face.

Han Qi: "…………"

My life is so hard.

Only after the four of them separated at the stairwell did Lin Wu purse her lips and glance at Xu Jingwang.

The boy looked straight ahead and didn't look at her.

"Wang Wang," Lin Wu called out to him softly.

The boy stopped and looked over, his dark eyes holding some obscure emotions as he quietly waited for her next words.

But Lin Wu really just wanted to call his name.

She looked at him with a pair of clear and innocent eyes.

Xu Jingwang waited two seconds, then asked, "Why did you call me?"

"I just wanted to call out to you," Lin Wu said sincerely.

"..."

Xu Jingwang left without looking back this time.

Lin Wu twisted the strap of her schoolbag and returned to the classroom dejectedly.

From that morning onward, Xu Jingwang truly ignored her completely.

I ignored her during lunch and didn't talk to her after school in the evening.

Lin Wu herself was in a state of confusion and did not take the initiative to seek reconciliation with him.

The two remained deadlocked for about a week.

Rumors of Lin Wu and Xu Jingwang's falling out intensified.

Lin Wu hadn't received many love letters before, but now she's finding brand new ones in her desk drawer almost every day.

She was a little puzzled, "Have I become prettier these past few days?"

"My dear, you've always been pretty." My deskmate pouted and said, "There must have been a bunch of guys who liked you before, but you were always hanging out with the academic genius, so who would dare to mess with you? Now everyone's saying you two broke up, and some people are starting to get restless."

Lin Wu: "..."

"We didn't break up," she tried to clarify, but it sounded too weak.

My deskmate glanced at me sideways and said, "Why aren't you two talking anymore? I heard you didn't even sit together during meals."

Lin Wu: "…………"

My deskmate, resting his chin on his hand, said, "I bet the academic genius receives even more love letters. There are so many girls in our school who like him. He's handsome, academically excellent, and well-mannered. I've never heard him swear. Men like that are hard to find these days; there are plenty of toads everywhere."

Lin Wu: "It's not that exaggerated!"

"Hehehe." My deskmate sneered twice. "You have no idea how hard it is to find a good man these days. The biggest problem with people's fear of marriage and having children in society is that there are too few normal men. Even if your childhood sweetheart isn't that handsome, he'll still be very popular."

She counted on her fingers, "No swearing, no discrimination against women, not chauvinistic, clean, no spitting, no pretentiousness, not greasy..."

Lin Wu nodded repeatedly in agreement, agreeing with Xu Jingwang's assessment.

"He'll probably go play basketball this afternoon. Go and see how many girls bring him water," my deskmate said meaningfully. "No one went before because they thought you two were definitely a couple. Now that you're not involved anymore, you'll each have to use your own methods."

"Our relationship is purely platonic," Lin Wu hissed.

My deskmate wagged his finger. "I've never believed that there can really be a pure friendship between a boy and a girl in this world."

Lin Wu: "...That's right."

After dinner, she returned to the classroom and went to the basketball court with her deskmate.

Inside the green grid, a group of teenagers in school uniforms were running around on the field, surrounded by students, both boys and girls, mostly girls.

"So handsome, so handsome." The classmate couldn't help but exclaim, then leaned closer to Lin Wu, "Does Han Qi have a girlfriend? He's really so handsome."

"There should be some," Lin Wu said as he searched the court.

Xu Jingwang, wearing a school uniform short-sleeved shirt and wristbands, was on the defensive.

Lin Wu asked, "Why are you interested in Han Qi?"

"He's handsome, that's the kind of guy I like," my deskmate said. "His personality is also pretty good. Someone like your childhood sweetheart is too hard to handle. Winning the lottery is great, but you can't keep it once you get it. It's better to win a million; at least you have something to spend and you'll be alive to spend it."

After listening for a while, Lin Wu couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "You're amazing."

"That's right." My deskmate said smugly, "At least I've read all the popular romance novels."

She patted Lin Wu on the shoulder again and suddenly asked, "Have you and Han Qi had a falling out?"

"Han Qi?"

Lin Wu shook her head blankly. "No."

To be honest, she and Han Qi only bickered and never really got angry.