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

My deskmate said meaningfully, "My dear, don't you understand?"

Lin Wu looked somewhat bewildered.

Or rather, she dared not think about it too deeply.

"I'm more familiar with Xu Jingwang, which is why we had a conflict. Besides, Han Qi never makes me angry." Lin Wu pursed her lips.

But his gaze couldn't help but fall on a certain person on the court.

They are now a long distance apart.

Xu Jingwang seemed somewhat unfamiliar at this moment.

She watched as Han Qi came over and put his arm around her shoulder. The two of them talked for a while, and Xu Jing suddenly laughed.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the school's open-air basketball court was still shrouded in a bit of heat. His jet-black hair was blown about by the hot wind, and his extremely fair skin was dazzling. The slight smile on his lips was like spring breaking in the dead of winter.

Lin Wu realized this clearly once again.

This person, who had grown up with her since childhood, from first grade to sixth grade, from seventh grade to eighth grade, was indeed a boy, and a very handsome and popular one at that.

When the basketball game ended, a beautifully dressed girl walked towards Xu Jingwang.

Lin Wu's deskmate nudged her arm and said, "Look, look!"

His tone carried a hint of wanting to stir up trouble.

Lin Wu looked over.

A pretty girl was standing in front of Xu Jingwang. She was holding a bottle of mineral water and smiling at him. Her pink lips were slightly parted, and it was unclear what she was saying.

Lin Wu stared at it for a few seconds, then grabbed her deskmate's hand, "Let's go, let's go, I haven't finished my test yet."

My deskmate raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you going to watch it?"

"What's so interesting about it?" Lin Wu said. "I don't want to watch it."

My deskmate smiled and said, "Okay."

……

After evening self-study.

Lin Wu slowly walked out of the classroom with her schoolbag on her back.

In the corridor, Han Qi and Bo Shan huddled together, staring out the window and whispering to each other.

Xu Jingwang stood quietly to one side, and looked up when he heard the noise.

Eyes facing each other.

Lin Wu was the first to look away.

"Let's go." She cleared her throat awkwardly.

"Okay," Han Qi replied.

The four followed the crowd out.

Bo Shan glanced at Lin Wu beside her and whispered, "Are you two going to stay like this forever?"

"What do you mean?" Lin Wu lifted her eyelids.

Boshan sighed.

Before, everyone went their own way, but now she and Han Qi were sandwiched between these two people, who remained silent and had cold faces.

Anyone who didn't know better would think these two were soldiers escorting someone, and that she and Han Qi were criminals.

"Oh dear, I just remembered! I told Bo Shan and I we were going to the bookstore tonight to buy some books." Han Qi patted his head, as if he had just remembered, looking embarrassed. "You guys go back first."

Bo Shan paused for a moment, exchanged a glance with Han Qi, and instantly received the signal, "Yes, yes, I'm going to buy a book."

After saying that, the two left in tacit agreement.

Lin Wu: "…………"

She opened her mouth as if to say something, but then closed it again.

The two of them walked back in that awkward way.

The streetlights were bright, and the street was filled with students from their school. Some walked alone, while others walked with their friends, and the chatter never stopped.

Lin Wu gripped the straps of her schoolbag tightly.

In fact, she didn't study much during the entire evening self-study session. She appeared to be doing problems, but she hadn't actually absorbed the questions even after reading them eight hundred times. Her mind was filled with the scene she saw outside the basketball court after dinner.

She felt down.

I feel weak all over, and I still do now. I have no energy to do anything.

It feels very unfamiliar.

She felt so unfamiliar with the place that she was somewhat panicked and disliked the feeling.

Only when the surrounding noise gradually subsided and the entrance to the residential area was in sight did Lin Wu muster up her courage and say, "I'm going to watch you play basketball today."

Xu Jingwang paused for a second or two, then said, "Thank you."

Lin Wu: "…………"

She raised her hand and scratched her head, genuinely feeling a headache coming on.

"You're welcome," she replied curtly.

Xu Jingwang: "Hmm."

Lin Wu thought to herself, "This conversation has died down again."

After taking a couple of steps, she racked her brains trying to figure out how to proceed with the next question. After thinking for a long time, she still couldn't find a suitable one, so she could only awkwardly say, "I saw someone bring you water."

"Um."

The boy responded again.

Lin Wu waited, but didn't hear his next words.

She felt like ants were crawling inside her, scratching at her unbearably. "Did you answer it or not?"

"..."

Xu Jingwang has completely stopped this time.

He tilted his head to look at her.

When Lin Wu was being stared at by those dark eyes, she felt inexplicably guilty, and also a little flustered.

She pursed her lips, trying to appear nonchalant, as if she were just asking casually.

"Why are you suddenly asking this kind of question?"

"I was just asking."

"Didn't you see it at the time?"

"I left before I finished my homework," Lin Wu said.

"Yeah?"

Xu Jingwang said in a very soft voice, "Since you've already left, it means the answer isn't important to you... If it's not important, why are you asking now?"

Lin Wu: "…………"

She was rendered speechless.

"I told you, I was just asking casually. You can say it if you want, or not if you don't. Why are you making up all this nonsense?" Lin Wu was furious.

"Then I don't want to say." Xu Jingwang looked at her.

"cut."

Lin Wu let out a disdainful snort, "Say it or don't, it's up to you."

She didn't even glance at Xu Jingwang and walked straight ahead.

Drink whose water you like, be with whomever you like, date whomever you like.

She doesn't care at all.

That's what she thought, but when she got home, Lin Wu kicked off her shoes, put on slippers, and threw her schoolbag onto the table in the entryway.

There was something hard inside, which made a loud noise.

Lin Xun, who was secretly preparing to eat an ice cream cone in the kitchen, heard the commotion and ran over in shock, exclaiming, "Are you crazy?"

"none of your business."

Lin Wu didn't even bother to look at him. "I'm in a terrible mood right now, don't mess with me."

"Oh, did you quarrel with Brother Wangwang again?" Lin Xun tore open the plastic shell on the ice cream cone.

Lin Wu clicked her tongue and leaned closer to him, "Brother, brother, are you a pigeon spirit?"

Lin Xun looked completely innocent. "You told me to call you that before."

"..."

Lin Wu was taken aback. "Don't call me that anymore."

"...Oh," Lin Xun replied, drawing out his words.

Just as he was about to bend down to eat his ice cream cone, a hand suddenly reached out from across the table and snatched it from his hand.

Caught off guard, Lin Xun could only watch helplessly as Lin Wu took a bite of the top piece of chocolate.

"What are you doing?" he asked, his face filled with grief. "This is a reward my mother gave me."