Summer Green Apples

Chi Sui couldn't help but smile.

He clearly enjoyed listening to it, but said, "You're not being sincere at all."

Ji Xiwen propped her chin on her hand, "I'm very sincere."

Chi Sui: "I feel it's not sincere."

He twirled his pen again and said, "Give me a few more compliments."

Xu Jiyang, unable to bear it any longer, turned around and asked, "You two have made up? You're not arguing anymore?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Xiwen and Chi Sui both stopped in their tracks.

Ji Xiwen awkwardly tugged at her sleeve.

Since he sat in the yard on Friday afternoon, holding the cat, and took the initiative to talk to him, it seems like the ice between the two has broken.

At that time, Ji Xiwen's mind was full of Shen Jundao, and she had long forgotten about her cold war with Chi Sui.

They were doing their homework together in the small study on Friday night, and it wasn't until Ji Xiwen had taken a nap that she remembered their cold war.

I didn't see Chi Sui for the two days over the weekend.

After finally finishing his midterms, Chi Sui didn't go home for two days. Instead, he went to Qingdao with Xu Jiyang and Li Junyu to play in the water.

The three of them kept posting on their WeChat Moments, either photoshopping themselves into group photos or constantly posting unflattering pictures of each other, vividly illustrating what it means to be a bunch of fair-weather friends.

The flight landed at 9 pm on a weekend evening.

Ji Xiwen had already gone to bed by then.

Ji Xiwen turned to look at Chi Sui, a little uneasy: "Have we made up?"

Chi then bent his finger and tapped her forehead lightly. "Mmm."

He didn't use any force, just a very light touch.

Ji Xiwen subconsciously closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them again.

The thin morning light fell on his profile, highlighting his long, dark eyelashes, bright eyes, and the slight curve of his lips.

The look in her eyes was completely different from when we first met.

At that time, I was just impatient.

It seems like she can do or say whatever she wants now.

Xu Jiyang curled his lips. He originally wanted to provoke and annoy her, but he ended up becoming an accomplice.

He was so angry that his chest ached, so he turned around and went to talk to Li Junyu.

Chi leaned closer and asked, "So, you wanted to make up with me before?"

"Hmm."

Ji Xiwen mimicked his tone of voice, "I just don't know how to make up with you, I always hesitate."

"every time?"

Chi seized on a key word in her question, "Is it a lot?"

Ji Xiwen mumbled, "It's alright."

Actually, every time I see you, I hope we can make up and stop having this cold war.

Chi Sui could tell she was lying, so he didn't press her. Instead, he said, "Next time we have a fight and are giving each other the silent treatment, if you want to make up with me, just come over and praise me."

If you praise me, I'll understand.

Ji Xiwen nodded: "Okay!"

After the first class ended, Chi took out his phone and handed the pre-recorded video to Ji Xiwen.

"Want to hear some sound?" He took out his earphones again.

Ji Xiwen glanced around guiltily. "Isn't this too obvious?"

Chi Sui was stunned. After thinking for a moment, he said, "How about this, we switch seats. You go inside and I'll keep watch for you."

"it is good."

The two switched seats.

Ji Xiwen put on her headphones and watched the entire video.

Although Ji Xiwen couldn't see Shen Jundao's pained expression through the burlap sack, she was still satisfied to hear his wails.

She felt as if the obstacle in her heart that she could never overcome had disappeared without her noticing.

She let go completely.

Forget about this person.

During this time, she kept her head down and was unaware that the boy next to her was watching her the whole time.

……

The midterm exam results were released on Tuesday.

The first thing to come out is the city-wide ranking, which is a summary document listing all candidates in the city in descending order of their scores.

The school rankings and class rankings need to be selected first, and they will be released later.

Around 10 a.m., while Class 2 was still having a political class, the document containing the scores of everyone in the city had already quietly circulated among the students.

There were no official channels; it was basically spread by word of mouth, and those with good connections naturally received it first.

Ji Xiwen is a typical person who is out of touch with the news. More importantly, she didn't even have her phone with her and didn't know that the results had been released.

She was listening attentively to the lesson when she inexplicably felt that several people had turned around and were looking at her.

"..."

Ji Xiwen was puzzled and reached out to touch her face, but didn't feel anything strange.

She turned her head to look at Chi Sui again, pleading for help.

I don't know what this person did yesterday. When he came in this morning, he had two super obvious dark circles under his eyes, and now he's holding a black pen and pretending to be doing his homework seriously.

Actually, the person who scribbled on the exam paper with the pen looked like a ghost, and had probably already walked away.

Ji Xi stopped talking when she heard him, and didn't disturb him.

Xu Jiyang, who was diagonally in front of him, suddenly gasped and turned his head sharply, "Sister..."

His gaze was both awe-inspiring and complex.

"What's wrong?"

Ji Xiwen was already used to being addressed as such.

His reaction was a bit strange.

Could it be that Shen Jundao is up to something again?

"Do you know who got the top score in the city's liberal arts exam this time?" His lips were twitching.

"You already asked me..."

Ji Xiwen propped her chin on her hand. "Could it be me?"

As December approached, the temperature dropped sharply. The cold in Pingcheng was a damp cold that seemed to penetrate the skin. There was no biting wind, and the weather forecast didn't predict any snow.

Only a chill seeped into the very bones.

She was clearly not used to the climate here.

She was wrapped up in layers of clothing, and for the past few weeks she hadn't worn a ponytail, but instead had her hair in a bun, which was more convenient and wouldn't cause static electricity to rub against her clothes.

Looking at the quiet, innocent, and harmless little girl.

Why are you so ruthless in exams?

"It's you."

Xu Jiyang said admiringly, "You really did a fantastic job this time, little sister."

Ji Xiwen was stunned.

Because she was just saying it casually.

"……Really?"

"real."

Xu Jiyang quietly handed her his phone from under the table.

Ji Xiwen took it and glanced at it.

The name at the very top of the table is indeed hers.

The politics teacher, Lianhua, rolled up the booklet in her hand, tapped the table, and said, "Stop looking down at your phone. If you keep looking, I'll call your homeroom teacher to confiscate it. Is it that interesting?"

The Youth League branch secretary, Chu Xiangyi, sat in the first row and boldly said, "Teacher, the joint exam results are out."

Lotus was taken aback. "So fast?"

She picked up her phone and glanced at it. "They said in the group chat that it would be released around lunchtime."

"It's really out," a boy said.

Lianhua raised an eyebrow. "Who's the top liberal arts student in the city? If it's from No. 1 High School, the principal will probably be calling another meeting with your homeroom teacher tonight."

"No, it's from our school," Chu Xiangyi said.

"..."

Lotus suddenly fell silent, glancing around. "Could it be someone from our class?"

"The teacher is so smart."

Xu Jiyang stretched. He's always been a social butterfly and doesn't know how to write the word "shy".

He raised his hand and pointed behind him, "The first one is right here."