Brother! This is the adoption certificate. I don't want your sister-in-law!

School's out this afternoon, and tomorrow's a wonderful weekend!

Fang Yu had originally planned to go to an internet cafe with Su Ge to have some fun.

But Su Xiao turned her back on him and pushed Fang Yu toward the school gate.

Fang Yu wanted to follow, but Su Xiao turned around and glared at him, her eyes clearly saying, "Try taking another step."

Fang Yu pursed his lips, picked up the basketball, and walked away alone, his back view clearly showing the words "prioritizing romance over friendship".

Xu Niannian replaced Fang Yu.

She walked beside Su Xiao with her schoolbag on her back, head down, taking small steps.

The setting sun filtered through the leaves, scattering golden light across her school uniform.

Today she was wearing that broken and knotted black hair tie, with a few stray strands of hair hanging down from behind her ears.

She had a very faint soapy smell mixed with a hint of baby cream's milky scent.

She huddled in her school uniform, a tiny little ball, following beside him, not daring to stray too far or get too close.

Su Xiao glanced down at her.

Her shoulders were narrow, and a slender wrist peeked out from the cuff of her school uniform.

When the wind blew her bangs up, you could see her big, round eyes, her eyelashes fluttering.

A thought suddenly popped into his mind.

This silly girl is the epitome of someone who's soft and easily pushed over.

He coughed.

"Xu Niannian".

"……Um?"

"Are you free on Sunday? Let's go to the city library to study together."

Xu Niannian paused for a moment.

It only stopped for a few seconds.

Su Xiao swiftly reached out and pinched her fair cheek.

Soft and slippery, it deformed slightly between his fingers.

"What are you daydreaming about? Are you going or not?"

Xu Niannian felt a little pain from being pinched, so she shrank her neck and didn't dare to resist. Her lips moved slightly, and she made a very small sound.

"go."

Her face turned red after she said that word.

Sunday, the library, just the two of us.

This was the first time she had gone out alone with a boy.

She walked a few steps forward with her head down, her steps light and unsteady, her mind still foggy.

Su Xiao stood there, watching her walk further and further away, completely in the opposite direction.

He sighed helplessly, took two steps to catch up, grabbed her backpack strap and pulled her back.

"You've gone the wrong way, your house is in this direction!"

"ah?!"

Xu Niannian was pulled back by him. She looked up at the road sign and finally realized what was happening. Her face turned even redder.

"oh."

She obediently turned around, her steps even more unsteady than before, as if she were drunk.

……

On Saturday morning, without Su Wan Ning knocking on the door, Su Xiao slept until nine o'clock.

He rubbed his eyes as he came out of the room and glanced at the dining table as usual.

The table was empty.

There was no plain congee, no fried egg, and no small dish of finely chopped pickles.

He stood by the dining table for a while, feeling that something was missing.

Before leaving the house after washing up, he suddenly remembered Su Wan Ning's parting words.

"The forecast says it'll rain for the next few days. You don't have an umbrella, so use mine."

He reached for the sky-blue folding umbrella, picked it up, and stuffed it into his backpack.

I went downstairs and bought a few steamed buns, then ate them as I walked towards the Speedy Internet Cafe.

His weekday schedule is packed with classes, and he only has time to plan his money-making ventures on weekends.

The Speedy Internet Cafe is located on the corner of the old street. A faded red lightbox hangs at the entrance. It looks a bit dilapidated during the day, but at night it becomes the liveliest place on the street.

The internet cafe owner was a bald man in his early forties, wearing a faded polo shirt, and squatting by the door smoking.

Seeing Su Xiao approach, he stood up, stubbed out his cigarette, and looked worried.

"Xiao Su, that local area network debugging thing you mentioned, does it really work?"

The boss followed him into the internet cafe, watching him throw his backpack on a chair and start fiddling with the server.

Su Xiao smiled and didn't explain further.

In his previous life, he spent three years in college, but he didn't learn anything and couldn't find a job.

I've worked as a waiter, a car mechanic, and a broadband seller.

Debugging a local area network is about as easy for him as typing a few words in Word.

He checked each network cable one by one, then adjusted the server configuration, his fingers flying across the keyboard.

The boss watched for a while, and seeing that he was skilled at his work and didn't seem to be bragging, he felt reassured and went to sit at the front desk.

"Alright, get it done, you'll get your money back."

Su Xiao waved her hand to reassure him.

After working for half a day, a thin layer of sweat appeared on my forehead.

As he was squatting behind the server rack plugging in the last network cable, the wind chimes at the entrance of the internet cafe rang.

Two girls came in, dressed very fashionably.

One had pigtails and wore a JK uniform with black stockings, while the other had big, wavy hair.

The girl with pigtails walked in, glanced around the internet cafe, and her gaze landed on the figure squatting next to the computer cabinet. She then walked over quickly.

Su Xiao looked up and her heart skipped a beat.

Wu Mengmeng!

Her eyeliner was thicker today, and her pigtails were styled high, swaying as she walked.

She walked up to Su Xiao, and without saying a word, kicked him in the shin with her little leather shoe.

"You scumbag!" She kicked him again. "I'll kick you to death for lying to me!"

Su Xiao jumped up, clutching her calf, wincing in pain.

He felt incredibly wronged. "The one who flirted with you was Su Xiao from my past life. Why did you kick me?"

Wu Mengmeng's best friend, Xiaoqian, also came over. She had big, wavy hair and wore glossy lip gloss. She looked him up and down, then scoffed, "You're the scumbag who flirted with Mengmeng and then dated other girls at school?"

"Yes, that's him!"

Wu Mengmeng gritted her teeth, her eyes already a little red.

The internet cafe owner peeked out from behind the counter, but upon seeing the commotion, he quietly retreated, pretending to be organizing internet fee records.

Young people these days...

Su Xiao took a deep breath.

He put the network cable on the table, stood up, and casually dusted himself off.

"Yes, I'm a scumbag, so what?"

Wu Mengmeng paused for a second, then her eyes reddened even more.

She bit her lip, her voice no longer as fierce as before, but instead carrying a hint of aggrieved sobbing.

"Why don't you break up with her? What's so great about a college girl...? Is she as good at dressing up as I am?"

She pulled her skirt down a bit. "Whatever type of girl you like, I can dress up as her. Black stockings, white stockings, mature woman, cute girl... I can do it all."

Su Xiao's expression remained unchanged as he looked at her and spoke calmly.

I like young married women.

The internet cafe fell silent.

Wu Mengmeng opened her mouth wide, and her pigtails seemed to droop a little.

Xiaoqian was stunned, her lips, adorned with glossy lip gloss, slightly parted.

Only the internet cafe owner, who was hiding not far away, had a sudden flash of inspiration, his eyes shining with the light of "a kindred spirit finding a worthy friend."

"so……"

Su Xiao dusted off her hands and said calmly, "Go find someone to marry. That way, we might have a chance."

"You're shameless!"

Wu Mengmeng's face turned bright red, her eyes were red, she glared at him fiercely, turned around and left, her pigtails swinging high.

Xiaoqian snapped out of her daze, glared at Su Xiao, and threw down a "shameless" comment before chasing after him.

The world is finally quiet.

Su Xiao sighed and squatted down again to plug in the network cable.

Not long after, another person walked up to them.

He thought it was Wu Mengmeng returning, but when he looked up, it turned out to be Xiaoqian.

She placed a pack of tissues and a bottle of iced drink on his desk and stared at him coldly.

"Mengmeng saw you've been busy here all day without any water, and your face is covered in sweat, so she asked me to bring you some."

She put her things on the table next to her. "You scumbag, I don't know what Mengmeng saw in you. Get lost."

After saying that, she turned and left.

Su Xiao was stunned.

Looking at the pack of tissues and the bottle of drink on the table, the bottle still had water droplets clinging to it.

He remembered that this was his favorite iced tea when he used to stay up all night in internet cafes.

He stared at the bottle of iced tea for a while, feeling both puzzled and frustrated.

"I've already told you I'm a scumbag, why are you still sticking around?!"