When their lovely childhood friend returned, they were all in a panic!

Bai Yu unscrewed the bottle cap and took two sips.

The fragrance of jasmine was as delightful as ever. Whether it was honey tea or plain tea, Bai Yu liked it as long as it had that floral scent.

"I'll transfer the water money to you when I get home."

Bai Yu said as he put the lid on.

Why bother arguing with me about all that? I'll treat you to a drink.

Mu Anqi hummed softly.

"I offer you jasmine, hoping you won't leave."

"cut."

Mu Anqi pursed her lips and spoke in a nonchalant manner.

"If you don't abandon me, why should I need jasmine?"

"I didn't abandon you, aren't we friends?"

Bai Yu chuckled and set aside the jasmine tea she had finished drinking.

"When I first transferred here, you complained about me being your deskmate!"

Mu Anqi pouted and stretched out her little pink fist at Bai Yu.

Just thinking about being rejected by Bai Yu that day made Mu Anqi feel a surge of anger rising in her chest.

Her fist hovered in mid-air for a moment, then she sighed and lowered it.

"Fine, I forgive you."

"Actually, it's not fair to say that you dislike them."

Bai Yu thought for a moment before continuing.

Another gust of wind swept in, making it feel a bit chilly in this early summer.

"Because you're so beautiful."

"what?"

Mu Anqi was a little taken aback, and was confused by Bai Yu's words.

I can be described as having high offense but low defense.

If you initiate intimate actions with Bai Yu, you won't feel too guilty.

However, when Bai Yu talks about himself, his words linger in his mind for a long time.

"You blockhead, only just realizing how good-looking I am?"

Mu Anqi muttered to herself, looking a little aggrieved.

"I've always thought you were beautiful, it's not like I just realized it now."

"Then why didn't you want me to sit next to you?"

Mu Anqi's doubts deepened.

"Actually, I'm not willing now."

"You're going to die, Bai Yu!"

As soon as the words were spoken, Mu Anqi immediately lost her temper.

She angrily grabbed Bai Yu's shoulders and shook her back and forth, but after a while she got bored.

So, Mu Anqi simply squatted down with her back to Bai Yu, looking like a wronged child.

"I'll draw a circle and curse you..."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Bai Yu rarely gets amused, and he laughed so hard he almost fell over.

Another gust of wind blew by, making the hem of my clothes rustle.

Bai Yu didn't know why she felt so happy today.

Perhaps she has shed the carefully crafted persona she created?

"So why don't you want to? I'm serious!"

Mu Anqi only drew circles for a short while before sitting down next to Bai Yu and asking a question.

"You're just too beautiful."

"so what?"

"Everyone's attention will be drawn to you, and you're as lively as a little sun, your scorching rays burning me, a gutter rat."

Bai Yu simply lay down on the grass, not caring whether it was dirty or not.

He looked at the few scattered stars in the sky and felt very happy.

"Do you really hate the way they look at you?"

Mu Anqi also lay down on the grass, looking at the same starry sky with Bai Yu.

"Right?"

You weren't like this before.

"Aren't you afraid of getting dirty?"

"Don't change the subject."

Mu Anqi said, sounding somewhat unhappy, her tone becoming more serious.

The playfulness that once lingered in her words had vanished.

I want to have a good talk with you.

Me too.

Bai Yu chuckled lightly.

Upon hearing Bai Yu's words, Mu Anqi's bright, sparkling eyes lit up.

Have you finally figured it out?

Is he about to reveal his feelings to me?

Mu Anqi remembered what her best friend Lin Siyu had told her.

"Becoming Bai Yu's dependence"

Does his willingness to open his heart to me mean that I've become his support?

"What do you want to tell me?"

Suppressing her excitement, Mu Anqi spoke softly.

Her words carried a mixture of expectation, hesitation, and caution.

"Is it... alright now?"

When Bai Yu said these words, he seemed to be relieved.

"What?"

Mu Anqi didn't understand.

"Let's not be deskmates anymore."

Why?

Mu Anqi got anxious and sat up abruptly on the grass, looking at Bai Yu lying there.

He was still looking at the sky with only a few scattered stars, not at himself.

Or to put it another way, it's that they're afraid to look at themselves.

"I feel pressured, and aren't we being too intimate with each other?"

Bai Yu recalled the various interactions he had with Mu Anqi over the past few days.

Share a bottle of water, hold hands whenever you want, and act cute to get food...

These are things that couples do.

"Where's the intimacy? Isn't this normal?"

Mu Anqi muttered to herself, feeling flustered.

"We're friends, right?"

Bai Yu glanced at Mu Anqi from the side.

"Um."

"Then you should have friends..."

"Then we're not friends anymore."

Mu Anqi snorted coldly, a tone completely different from her usual way of speaking.

"We've been childhood friends, which goes beyond friendship, so we're no longer friends."

"What's the difference?" Bai Yu asked.

"You can only have one childhood sweetheart, but you can have many friends."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yu fell silent.

"I don't care anymore. What happened before, we'll do it the same way now."

Mu Anqi pouted, as if in a fit of pique, and lay down on the grass again.

"I was too young and didn't understand things before, but now I'm all grown up."

Bai Yu took off his glasses; his nearsightedness made it impossible for him to see even a single star.

"Haven't we all grown up?"

This time, Bai Yu's voice is more unrestrained.

He looked at Mu Anqi's face with a smile.

Sometimes, it's better not to see clearly.

Just like the ambiguous and unclear feelings in a relationship, that's what makes people's hearts flutter the most.

In Bai Yu's vision, Mu Anqi's face was blurry and completely indistinct.

"no......"

"Aren't you grown up yet?"

"I can't help it..." Mu Anqi's voice weakened. "With you, I can't grow up."

Hearing these words, Bai Yu couldn't help but be moved.

He regretted taking off his glasses a little, because at that moment he really wanted to see what Mu Anqi's expression was.

But after seeing her face clearly, Bai Yu couldn't say those words.

"Whether you're friends or childhood sweethearts, let's give each other some space."

"don't want."

Mu Anqi muttered.

"You've never treated me like a childhood friend, so why should I give you space?"

"Huh?" Bai Yu was slightly taken aback.

"You've never opened your heart to me before, can you at least once reveal your true feelings to me?"

Mu Anqi stubbornly continued speaking.

"I already regret missing five years of your youth."

"Please let me know what happened to you in the past five years that made you the way you are now."

"When I first came to your class, I always felt that you were avoiding me."