Summer Green Apples

Xu Jiyang's words were clearly spoken on a whim.

Ji Xi and Chi Sui stopped abruptly, as if by prior arrangement.

Ji Xiwen subconsciously raised her eyes, wanting to see Chi Sui's expression, but unexpectedly met his gaze.

A glimmer of light in his dark pupils was like the moon hanging in the sky.

She paused for a moment, then quickly lowered her head, picked up her pen, and hesitated for a long time before her smooth problem-solving process seemed to break like a broken bicycle chain.

"I don't need you to investigate," Chi Sui refused.

"Okay then, let's go to your house for dinner, and after dinner we'll play some games in your gaming room, hehehe, I've been craving that equipment for ages."

Xu Jiyang said.

"No," Chi Sui said.

Xu Jiyang's eyes widened. "Why? You didn't say anything when I went to your house before?"

"The past is the past."

Chi then forced himself to speak.

Xu Jiyang's mother was very strict. If he didn't do well on his exams, she would confiscate all electronic devices in the house except for his cell phone, especially his precious game consoles, which she would often take as "hostages" until he did well on his exams.

He didn't do well on his last exam, and now his game console is being confiscated.

"Is it different now?" Xu Jiyang asked tentatively.

"right."

"What's different?"

"It's different everywhere."

Young Master Chi's motto is to be tough even when he's in the wrong.

Xu Jiyang curled his lip, "Forget it, I know you too well. You probably just don't want us to see your sister."

Chi Sui: "…………"

That doesn't make sense.

Just as he was about to resort to violence, the political science teacher finished his phone call, pushed open the front door of the classroom, and came back in.

He picked up his textbook and tapped it on the podium. "Quiet."

Xu Jiyang immediately turned his head away, afraid of being called out if he was even a second late.

This political science teacher was also a female teacher. Because all her profile pictures on social media were of that "peaceful and serene" photo, she was affectionately called "Lotus" by her students.

Especially QQ profile pictures.

Lotus is best friends with Chinese teacher Li Li. Li Li has a strict teaching style and countless "tricks" for punishing students, such as playing "train" where the computer randomly draws lots to answer questions. This has successfully reformed countless students who did not take Chinese seriously.

Lotus often learned from her.

Those who are called on in political class usually suffer in Chinese class.

The main point is that if someone bullies Lianhua, her best friend will take care of it.

The friendship between the two teachers remains a cherished story at Pingcheng No. 1 Middle School.

……

After class.

Ji Xiwen slowly packed her schoolbag and homework.

The class representatives gathered in front of the blackboard, divided the area, and wrote down the weekend homework for the week.

Class Two has nearly fifty students, of whom only twenty are boys, and only the geography class representative is a boy.

Xu Jiyang, the geography class representative, was the first to rush up, quickly wrote two lines, and then darted back.

He turned his head, staring intently at Chi Sui, "Hurry up and confess."

Chi Sui lowered his head and continued writing on the math exam paper. "What do you mean, 'explain'?"

"Why don't you want us to meet your adopted sister?" Xu Jiyang kept guessing at the reasons. "Is it because she's too ugly to be seen with? Or is she too beautiful? You two live under the same roof, and you have other ideas about her, trying to make a move on her, so you're embarrassed..."

"roll."

Chi Sui couldn't stand it anymore and uttered the word "get lost" clearly and distinctly.

Ji Xiwen was quite startled by Xu Jiyang's conjecture.

It's good enough that Chi Sui doesn't dislike her.

"Then tell me why you won't let me go...?" Xu Jiyang persisted.

Chi was at a loss for what to do, and said, "Go away, go away, go away."

Xu Jiyang turned his head away, satisfied.

Chi Sui looked at Ji Xiwen's profile, his lips moved, but because Xu Jiyang was sitting in front, he only said, "You can go straight home after school, you don't need to clean anymore."

After writing the last line, Ji Xiwen nodded, "Okay."

Chi Sui thought that Ji Xiwen had arrived home first, and if she minded Xu Jiyang and Li Junyu knowing about their relationship, she would probably stay in her room.

-

Ji Rong hadn't finished get off work yet, so she gave Ji Xiwen cash in advance so she could take a taxi back herself; there were many taxis near the entrance of Pingzhong.

After school, Ji Xiwen followed the crowd to the school gate.

There is a whole street of snacks near Pingzhong, with two boxed lunch restaurants and several barbecue restaurants, Peking University Stationery City, Confucius Bookstore, etc., right across the street.

The school gate after school is always bustling with activity, comparable to any other place. The air is filled with the aroma of various foods, and there is a cacophony of voices. Some girls hold hands and discuss where to go to play later, while others are making plans to sing karaoke or play billiards. Most of the visitors are parents picking up their children from school and asking about their learning progress this week.

Ji Xiwen has always been quite reluctant to leave school.

She loves going to school.

Because no one had ever picked her up after school since she was a child, to be honest, Ji Rong had picked her up a few times, but not many, and she felt embarrassed to ask Ji Rong to pick her up again.

After all, Ji Rong was just her aunt, and she was still so young. No matter what, she could not replace her parents, nor could she be as assertive as her parents.

She was usually preparing to go back to her grandparents' house, and she was also going back to the Chi family's house two weeks ago.

But now Chi Sui's friend is coming over, and he had previously made a three-point agreement with him not to tell anyone that they were living together—

Ji Xiwen stood there, bewildered.

Many people walked past her, and various sounds of laughter and banter reached her ears.

The setting sun cast its last rays upon her slender, straight shoulders.

Like a lonely child without a home.

Ji Xiwen stood there thinking for a while, then hailed a taxi.

The taxi driver was a woman, looking to be in her early thirties. Her car was perfumed and impeccably clean. "Young lady, where to?"

"Let's go to the city library." Ji Xiwen hugged her schoolbag to her chest.

"Okay."

……

The Chi family.

Xu Jiyang changed into slippers and called out quite naturally, "Aunt Chen, did you miss me?"

Aunt Chen, who was picking vegetables in the kitchen, came out when she heard the noise. She glanced at the three musketeers at the door and her face immediately lit up with a smile. "Oh my, Yangyang and Junjun haven't been here in a long time!"

"It's all Chi Sui's fault for not letting the two of us come."

Xu Jiyang immediately started complaining.

Chi kicked him, then glanced at the shoe cabinet without making a sound.

I didn't see Ji Xiwen's canvas shoes, but the pair of slippers that were a size too small were still neatly arranged in the shoe cabinet.

His brows gradually furrowed.

Has Ji Xiwen not returned?

Just then, Xu Jiyang came over and whispered, "Where's your adopted sister?"

Before Chi Sui could speak, Li Junyu, who was always observant, said first, "He hasn't come back yet."

Xu Jiyang: "Hmm?"

Li Junyu pointed to the shoe cabinet, "There's an extra pair of slippers. Aunt Ji usually wears the purple ones."