Summer Green Apples

Since the division of arts and sciences in the second year of high school, Chi Sui has been the top student in the arts stream almost always.

It's impossible for me not to feel anything about suddenly becoming number two.

He was indeed a little annoyed, but the thought of Ji Xiwen made that annoyance disappear.

To be fair, Ji Xiwen did study very hard. During the time he was sitting next to Ji Xiwen, Ji Xiwen was studying when Ji Xiwen was studying, Ji Xiwen was studying when Ji Xiwen was daydreaming, and Ji Xiwen was studying when Ji Xiwen was sleeping.

He was completely convinced of his first-place ranking.

From childhood to adulthood, Chi Sui has never liked to work too hard in anything he does; he prefers to leave himself some leeway.

In Chi Kai's words, he was spoiled from a young age and thought he could get anything easily.

"Oh, what a coincidence."

A familiar voice interrupted Chi Sui's aimless thoughts.

He gripped the bottle and turned his head away.

Li Zhaozhao smiled and sat down in the empty seat next to him. "Why are you guys eating out?"

"Don't we eat out every day?"

He Ran thought her question was rather pointless. "But what about you? Why are you alone today?"

Li Zhaozhao proclaimed herself the school's female bully, gathered a group of followers, and always went in a large group wherever she went.

"Something came up at home, so I need to take a leave of absence and go home for a bit." Li Zhaozhao took a thin cigarette out of her pocket.

Just as he was about to take out his lighter to smoke, the person next to him suddenly put down his chopsticks slowly and then turned his head away.

In a lazy tone, he said, "Don't smoke in front of me."

Li Zhaozhao's smile froze for a moment, then she readily put away her cigarette. "Okay."

Li Zhaozhao is quite famous in Pingzhong. Most students who are a little timid will avoid her when they see her.

None of the people at the table were afraid of her.

He Ran even looked down on her a little.

I think this guy is too pretentious. Every time he gets into a fight, he always takes advantage of the numerical disadvantage. Moreover, Li Zhaozhao basically only dares to bully honest people. He usually relies on his superior numbers to swagger around the school.

He asked with a smile, "I heard this afternoon that Sister Zhao is going to deal with someone again. Who is she targeting?"

Li Zhaozhao smiled and said, "I forgot what his name was, but he was the transfer student in your class."

Chi Sui slowly turned his head to look at her.

Xu Jiyang was taken aback.

The transfer student is quite well-behaved, so how did he manage to offend Li Zhaozhao?

He was completely bewildered and was about to ask when Chi Sui spoke up, "What did she do to you?"

Li Zhaozhao explained, "She didn't do anything to me, but she offended one of my friends, so I have to stand up for her."

……

The bell rang for evening self-study.

Old Cat then stood at the front door of the classroom, holding the test papers, blocking people's way.

Several people who were late were blocked.

Ji Xiwen pulled out the math test paper that had been handed out that afternoon and started working on it.

The old cat was scolding people at the door, and it took a full five minutes before letting them in.

Chi pulled out a chair, and Ji Xiwen looked up at him.

His expression was indifferent, making it impossible to tell what he was feeling. However, his lips were a deep red, suggesting he had eaten something spicy.

He bent down, pulled the test paper out of the desk drawer, found a pen, and started working on it.

Instead, Xu Jiyang turned his head and glanced at her.

Ji Xiwen was quite sensitive to other people's scrutinizing gazes, and glanced at Xu Jiyang with a puzzled look.

As a result, Xu Jiyang turned his head away again.

Almost everyone in the class was present. Old Cat stood on the podium and began to give a pep talk, "The results are out today. Our class did pretty well, except for a very few students. Not only did they get low scores, but they were also shameless. They didn't even know the meaning of shame and still went out to eat."

"puff--"

Someone couldn't help but chuckle quietly.

Even Ji Xiwen knew that this was a veiled insult against Xu Jiyang.

Xu Jiyang kept his head down, studying very diligently.

Old Cat leisurely praised Ji Xiwen again, and finally said a few words to cherish the time before taking his cup and leaving.

He had barely left when Xu Jiyang turned his head away.

He looked at Ji Xiwen with a very strange gaze.

Ji Xiwen couldn't pretend to be blind, because his gaze was so strange. She subconsciously touched her cheek. "Do I... have something growing on my face?"

"without."

Xu Jiyang quickly shook his head, and said with a look of awe, "Ji, have you ever been in a relationship before?"

The topic is jumping around very quickly.

Ji Xiwen shook her head: "No."

Xu Jiyang: "So, do you have someone you like?"

"no."

Ji Xiwen shook her head again.

She asked, completely bewildered, "Why do you ask that?"

Chi Sui suddenly coughed.

Xu Jiyang snapped back to reality and quickly said, "It's nothing, just asking."

Ji Xiwen: "…………"

He's probably just gone crazy again.

Xu Jiyang is acting strangely every day.

So she lowered her head again to work on the problem.

Xu Jiyang stared at her for two seconds with complicated emotions, then glanced at Chi Sui.

The scene from the food stall is still vivid in my mind.

Chi then took a peanut, cracked it open, and said, "Don't touch her."

Li Zhaozhao's expression changed immediately. She felt that his words were too ruthless and did not give her, the big sister, any face.

"What do you mean?"

"It doesn't mean anything."

Although Chi Sui was carefree, he had a very upright posture and a slender figure.

He looked at Li Zhaozhao expressionlessly and said, "If you dare to mess with her, I'll mess with you."

These words seemed to have a poisonous quality; everyone at the table fell silent, exchanging bewildered glances, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

Xu Jiyang and Chi Sui have known each other for so many years, since they were wearing diapers.

This is the first time I've seen him defend a girl.

It's utterly unbelievable, a complete fantasy.

Until after school.

Xu Jiyang cautiously asked, "Chi Sui, tell me the truth, do you have a crush on your deskmate?"

The night was deep.

The teaching building was brightly lit.

The road leading to the school gate was bustling with people, and the aroma of the snacks sold at the gate wafted for miles.

Chi Sui, with his bag slung over one shoulder and fiddling with his earphones, said, "Are you crazy?"

Li Junyu stood between the two of them.

Emboldened by the presence of a human wall blocking his way, Xu Jiyang said recklessly, "Whether I'm the one who's sick or you are, we all know the answer."

He put his arm around Li Junyu's shoulder. "Old Li, don't you think he's acting strange today?"

Li Junyu curled her lips into a smile. "I like her."

Chi Sui: "...I can't be bothered with you."

He simply felt that Ji Xiwen was sometimes quite pitiful.

If a child is unloved by their parents and meets Li Zhaozhao, they'll probably only be left with tears in their eyes.

Besides, although his relationship with Ji Xiwen is a bit strange, once they get their marriage certificate, she will be his sister.

If my own sister were to be bullied right under my nose...

He doesn't need to live anymore.

In dormitory 217.

Li Qian pushed open the door with a large bag of potato chips, smiled as she handed them out to Li Jiaojiao, then glanced at Ji Xiwen with a shifty look in her eyes.

She had finished washing up and was sitting on the bed reading a book.

I just don't know what book it was reading.

Li Qian's mind raced for a moment, then she suddenly smiled and walked to Ji Xiwen's bedside, holding up the potato chips in her hand. "Ji Xiwen, do you want some?"