After seeing the emotion color, they all turned pink.

"Sister Min, you didn't skimp on the purchases..."

Seeing Zhou Min raise her hand to hand Xu Chuan a cup of bubble tea,

Lin Xixi quickly walked to a nearby milk tea shop and took out a cup of mango pomelo sago that she had just hidden under the cartoon sign in front of the counter.

"There's another cup here, I just put it in..."

The cup she took from Xu Chuan was the same flavor of mango pomelo sago.

Lin Xixi smiled, raised her arm and shook the two cups of milk tea in her hand to show Zhou Min and Xu Chuan.

"..."

"..."

However, the two people on the other end remained silent for half a second without saying a word.

"What... happened...?"

Lin Xixi hesitated for a moment, a hint of confusion in her voice, but she quickly realized what was happening.

Especially when faced with Zhou Min's awkward, hesitant gaze...

Lin Xixi's already reddish earlobes turned completely red.

While moving the milk tea, I saw that Xu Chuan had kept a cup of mango pomelo sago for herself, just like the one she had kept. She also really liked mango pomelo sago.

So, after hiding her own cup, Lin Xixi stole Xu Chuan's cup and drank it.

I originally wanted to play a joke on him, tease him a little, and then give him the cup I had hidden away. It tasted exactly the same, and he liked it too…

But before I could even take it out, Sister Min arrived. I thought I had bought one less cup, so I wanted to use hers to make up for Xu Chuan's shortfall...

That's why she hurriedly took out the cup she had hidden.

She was just nervous because she was interrupted while talking to Xu Chuan, and without thinking, she took out the cup, hoping to change the subject.

But now that this situation has been exposed, she stole Xu Chuan's milk tea and then hid her own... Think about it...

Min-jie must have thought...

It was I who took the initiative to flirt with Xu Chuan!

Lin Xixi instantly felt incredibly ashamed...

Unlike last time when Xu Chuan tapped her on the forehead at the office door and Min Jie saw it, she had always been passive. But this time, she was blatantly taking the initiative...

It feels like the good class monitor persona that Minjie has been trying so hard to maintain has collapsed...

"..."

"Ah... how much is it in total? Xixi, I'll transfer the money to you..."

Looking at the two children in front of her, especially Lin Xixi who was practically fuming like a steam engine, Zhou Min hesitated for a long time before abruptly changing the subject.

"From now on, just tell me about these kinds of things..."

Zhou Min took out her phone, looked down and tapped the screen, avoiding looking at them, trying to make the two of them act as naturally as possible.

Calm down, calm down. Director Han already said, let's look at the results, let's look at the results.

Both of them did fairly well on the recent entrance exams, so they should be fine, right...?

He's the director, there's no mistake...

"No need, Sister Min. My mom forwarded it to me, saying the most important thing is that everyone has fun on this trip. It's sponsored by her..."

Lin Xixi waved her hand.

"It's different. You can treat your friends when you hang out later. This time it's our whole class, so I'll pay."

Zhou Min insisted on paying the bill.

……

After some back and forth, the money was eventually transferred to Lin Xixi.

Your face is so red.

Now, only the two of them were left.

Xu Chuan, holding two cups of milk tea, turned his head to look at Lin Xixi beside him, and pointed with a smile. "Her ears are so red..."

"..."

Princess Xixi, who was sipping her milk tea, blushed slightly upon hearing Xu Chuan's words, her face and ears turning a pale pink...

Turning to look at Xu Chuan, Lin Xixi smiled and said, "Your face isn't red, your ears aren't red..."

What is Princess Xixi babbling about?

Xu Chuan held a straw in one hand, popped it into Min Jie's cup with a snap, and started drinking.

This bubble tea might have had some black tea added; it's slightly bitter.

Lin Xixi noticed that Xu Chuan first opened a bubble tea shop, so she asked, "Don't you also like mango pomelo sago?"

"Mmm." Xu Chuan nodded as he was sucking.

"Then...why did you drink this first...?"

"Bitter before sweet, I like to save the good stuff for last..." Xu Chuan loosened his straw and raised the mango pomelo sago in his other hand.

"You really know how to enjoy yourself... haha..."

Princess Xixi felt she had used a popular internet meme and ended up laughing at herself.

However, when the girl turned to look at Xu Chuan, she found that he wasn't amused at all and was still focused on drinking his milk tea...

"..."

The atmosphere was a bit awkward.

"I seem to remember... I initially asked you to take photos..."

Xu Chuan slowly broke the silence, turning to look at Lin Xixi, and then asked, "Why did it suddenly turn into everyone helping to move the milk tea?"

"..."

No, it's all because of... Chu Xiaoran...

Lin Xixi gently sipped her mango pomelo sago through the straw, blinked, and looked at the Class 8 line up on the green lawn of the playground.

Everyone was gathered together playing games and having fun, and each person had a cup of milk tea next to them.

At that moment, she saw Chu Xiaoran buying drinks for Li Youye, and... the boys around them were making a fuss. Under those circumstances, she didn't want to go over...

She disliked the feeling of being weak, isolated, and alone.

Even knowing that Xu Chuan dislikes Chu Xiaoran,

She also wanted to buy milk tea for the whole class so that everyone would be on her side.

"So... when you asked me to take a picture, was it because you wanted to take a picture of me, or because of Chu Xiaoran?"

Lin Xixi spoke softly.

She decided to ask Xu Chuan this question.

She would then use Xu Chuan's subsequent replies to formulate her own response, aiming to be able to both attack and defend.

"I initially just wanted to take a picture with you, then Chu Sheng arrived, so I messaged you to come quickly, but you went to buy milk tea instead..."

"Um……"

Princess Xixi was stunned.

Xu Chuan's answer, which straddled the line between the two sides, left her somewhat at a loss, unable to advance or retreat.

After thinking for a moment,

"I... I saw the drinks she brought to you guys, and it suddenly occurred to me that none of our classmates had any, so I bought some for everyone..."

"Oh...Is that so? Then there's another thing, why did you ask Li You and the others to move the milk tea, but not me?"

Xu Chuan finished his bubble tea, then opened a mango pomelo sago dessert while asking questions, looked at Lin Xixi, and slowly drank it.

"..."

How does he still remember this...?

Lin Xixi bit her lip, feeling agitated and unwilling to answer Xu Chuan's question.

Actually, it was chaotic all evening.

When the milk tea was shaken out in a dozen or so cups, she called out to the boys, "Li You, Yang Chaofan, Sun Jie..." who came to help carry it. She deliberately didn't call Xu Chuan.

Xu Chuan came here on his own.

As for why...

When she saw Chu Xiaoran wanting to take a photo with Xu Chuan, she thought, "You two take the photo, I won't bother you!"

"Um?"

Seeing that Lin Xixi hadn't replied for a long time, Xu Chuan asked again.

"..."

In the depiction of the girl's emotions, the light red color gradually increases.

But there was no anger on her face, only some frustration.

Is this what jealousy feels like?

But... she didn't want Xu Chuan to think she was jealous, and she didn't want it to seem like she cared a lot...

Lin Xixi was not prepared to reveal her true thoughts.

How so?

I didn't call you because I wanted you to be able to wait comfortably for someone to deliver it to you, saving you some trouble.

Doesn't that... also seem like they care a lot?

Whether you say it the way it is or the way it is, I care a lot...

"Um?"

Xu Chuan asked again.

"oops--"

Like a small animal cornered,

Princess Xixi's eyes drooped slightly, and she gently puffed out her cheeks.

The girl, who had dressed up carefully for the afternoon's photoshoot, turned to look at Xu Chuan.

Her normally gentle and cool eyes were now glistening with tears, and her voice was filled with aggrieved protest.

"Xu Chuan, can you please stop asking?"

Is it not enough that I like you...?