Sang Zhi's appet.i.te turn very good. She holds her bowl and eats the porridge. She refuses to let Sang Rong sends her to the school. She brings her backpack and goes to the school with public bus.

The time she reaches the bus stop, she lowers her head and takes out her student ID card from her backpack.

She notices a mini market nearby, she hesitates for a while and gets inside.

The mini market is not huge. The cold drinks are placed in front of the door. Sang Zhi looks at the row of milks. She is thinking of something.

Looking at her for period of moment, the cas.h.i.+er cannot help but to ask. “Xiao Peng You (Child), do you want to buy milk?”

Normally Sang Zhi doesn't mind it. But this time she turns her head and points at her uniform. “I am in the middle school, don't call me that way.”

She doesn't wait for the cas.h.i.+er's response and continues: “I don't buy, I just come over to loo around.”

Then she says goodbye and goes out of the mini market. Just in time her bus is stopping in the bus station. It's a packed bus. Sang Zhi gets in quickly and just crams in a group of people. She is looking for an empty s.p.a.ce to stand.

The car is swaying violently.

Sang Zhi cannot stand steadily, she needs to hold on to the ring while standing on her tiptoe. The time the bus stops, her body cannot be control that her body moves forward. In a next second, someone pulls her backpack.

In succession a lot of people are complaining.

Sang Zhi holds a pole.

The time she finds an empty s.p.a.ce, she sees Fu Zheng Chu.

He is a tall young man around 170 cm. He is a head taller than her.

“Are you okay?”

Sang Zhi nods and doesn't speak up.

Fu Zheng Chu gives more s.p.a.ce for her. “Stand here.”

Sang Zhi just moves and says: “Thank you.”

It's a silence.

Fu Zheng Chu speaks out. “I heard from Yan Zhen Ru, your parents are told to come to the school?”

Sang Zhi looks at him and feels unhappy: “How could she tell everything to you?”

“Yesterday you didn't come to the bookstore so I asked her about it.” Fu Zheng Chu is a bit nervous: “I don't have any other intention. I just want to tell you that my parents are called over too.”

Sang Zhi pauses: “You?”

“Em.”

“What is the reason.”

Fu Zheng Chu cannot think of the reason for a while, then he says: “I didn't listen to the lecture during the cla.s.s time.”

Sang Zhi nods: “I also did it.”

“Why didn't you listen?”

“It's too easy.” Sang Zhi says: “I don't want to listen to it”

“……” Fu Zheng Chu scratches his head and says calmly: “Me too.”

Sang Zhi is confused. “but what aren't you rank at the last for the last examination?”

Fu Zheng Chu starts to sweat, he looks at another side. He acts calm. “Em, I was to lazy to answer it.”

Sang Zhi seems to find it is reasonable and just says: “Oh.” And she turns quiet.

Everyone turns silent again. It's too silent till everything feels so awkward.

Fu Zheng Chu coughs lightly and takes initiative to break the silence. “What is your rank for the last examination?”

Sang Zhi: “1st.”

“…..” Fu Zheng Chu bites his lips and lets it go quickly. He smiles. “Okay, for the next examination, I'll be the first place.”

Sang Zhi looks at her. “Next time you want to take the first place?”

Fu Zheng Chu nods and his confidence is decreased by a half. “…… Why?”

“Nothing, I just want to remind you for a while.” Sang Zhi just says what she thinks propers and to be expected as a matter of course. “With me do the examination, it's impossible.”

“…….”

Just like that they suddenly turn into enemies.

Afterwards Fu Zheng Chu doesn't know what else he should say. He has no experience. He also feels embarra.s.sed to continue talk this awkwardly. He is silent.

The bus stops in the last stop.

Sang Zhi gets off the car and walks toward the school.

Fu Zheng Chu follows behind her and tries to rack his brain to redeem his image. He b.u.mps into a familiar face and walks with him.

He pa.s.ses Sang Zhi and turns his head. “Sang Zhi, I'll leave first, okay?”

Sang Zhi just waves her hand half-heartedly.

Fu Zheng Chu's friend grins and Fu Zheng Chu just kicks him.

“Are you crazy.”

Sang Zhi just ignores them.

She doesn't even listen to them. She doesn't mind and care. Her mind is still filled with about how the parents' meeting and the man she met yesterday.

Yesterday everything was too rush. Sang Yan is present and Duan Jia Xu just agreed to her request at the last moment so it wasn't very clear. Sang Zhi also has no his contact information. She doesn't know how should she tell him to come in the afternoon 04:30 p.m.

She doesn't know what time he will come.

Because of this, for the whole day, Sang Zhi doesn't concentrate while listening to the lecture. She keeps on looking at the window, the teachers criticize her and she just behaves for a while.

The time keeps on pa.s.sing.

04:20 p.m., the bell rings. The last course ends.

Thinking today Sang Zhi supposedly will come home with her Ge Ge, Yan Zhen Ru doesn't wait for her, she just says goodbye and leaves.

Sang Zhi has nothing to do so she takes out her sketchbook and draws. The time pa.s.ses and she lifts up her head to look at the clock. It's almost 05:00 p.m.

The cla.s.s is empty, she is the only inside the room.

She is startled for a while.

Duan Jia Xu is not here yet.

Sang Zhi doesn't know whether he doesn't know that middle school students finish school early or he forgets about this. She tries hard to control her emotion and continues to draw. Yet she has no heart. She is in a great mess.

She waits for another fifteen minutes.

Then she hears another cla.s.sroom's door is closed. She feels this moment is so quiet.

A person's action this time can sound so loud.

His words yesterday should be a joke.

Finally Sang Zhi couldn't wait anymore, she suddenly stands up.

She slides her chair back and stands still. Her eyes are red. She tries to straighten her sad face and calm her feeling.

“Forget it.”

Sang Zhi puts all the books inside her backpack and puts it on. She leaves the cla.s.sroom.

Grade 7 students end the cla.s.ses early at 04:00 p.m. At 05:00 p.m., the corridor is empty. There're only few people around.

Sang Zhi lowers her head and jogs to go downstairs.

Her steps are so quick, she doesn't even look at the path. She just rushes around frantically. Suddenly she b.u.mps into someone. Sang Zhi falls back several steps and apologizes in low spirit.

She doesn't lift up her head and just walks forward.

At the same time, someone, who she b.u.mped, speaks up: “Tong Xue (Student), do you know where is cla.s.sroom for Grade 7.1?”

That man's voice is raising, the last syllable is dragged longer. There's a hint of laziness on his tone.

It's a bit familiar.

Sang Zhi looks back.

Duan Jia Xu is standing near the railing, he is wearing a white suit. His bang is slightly long and covers his eyebrows.

He looks at her face and smiles: “Sang Zhi?”

Sang Zhi looks at him for several seconds and lowers her head quickly. She doesn't say anything else.

Duan Jia Xu notices Sang Zhi's red eyes. Duan Jia Xu kneels down to look at her. “You are crying again?”

“……”

He finds it hilarious. “You are so afraid?”

Sang Zhi just pursues her lips and says nothing.

Duan Jia Xu: “Don't cry again. Ge Ge will take your place to get a scolding.”

Sang Zhi looks at him.

Duan Jia Xu strokes her hair and asks. “Now where are we going? Should we go to the cla.s.sroom or the teachers' room?”

Sang Zhi doesn't answer his question and just criticizes him. “How could you come this late.”

Duan Jia Xu's tip of the eyebrow is lifted up. He says patiently: “What time should I come?”

Sang Zhi says stiffly. “The cla.s.ses are over around 04:20 p.m.”

“That early? Ge Ge doesn't know about it. Ge Ge apologizes to you okay?” Duan Jia Xu says softly and gently like he is teasing a little pet. “Ge Ge admits my wrong to you.”

Because of his coming, Sang Zhi's mood turns better. She asks. “No need.”

It's been a long time since the cla.s.ses are over.

She is afraid the teacher has waited for a long time, Sang Zhi doesn't make trouble and just says: “Let's go.”

“Where will we go?”

“To the teachers' room.”

They go to the first floor and takes the left turn. They arrive at the teachers' room.

Sang Zhi considers for a while and says to him: “I'm quite experienced with this. Later on, the teacher will keep on lodge a complaint against me. You just chime in with him.”

Duan Jia Xu just says “em.”

For Sang Zhi, this is the most serious thing that she has ever done.

She cooperates with someone to deceive the teacher.

Sang Zhi is serious. “Also Ge Ge, you try your best to talk less. If we are exposed and caught, both of us will be over.”

Duan Jia Xu licks her lips. “Why it sounds so scary ah.”

Sang Zhi is very nervous, but she makes an empty show of strength. She looks at him: “Toughen up.”

“Okay.” Duan Jia Xu smiles. “I'll be very brave.”

This time, there are only two teachers left.

One is Chen Ming Xu, the other one is a grade-six teacher.

Sang Zhi comes over: “Lao s.h.i.+.”

Chen Ming Xu looks over. “He is here?”

Sang Zhi lowers her head and says. “Em, my Ge Ge is the one coming.”

Duan Jia Xu stands beside her, he is calm and not lacking in confident. “Lao s.h.i.+, Nin Hao (Hi). I am Sang Yan, Sang Zhi's Ge Ge.”

At first Sang Zhi thought that Duan Jia Xu will be afraid that he cannot speak out. But the time she hears him starts talking, she is calm and confident that he can do it.

She watches him.

Chen Ming Xu stands up and says: “I am Sang Zhi's homeroom teacher. I am Chen. Sorry to trouble you to come over. Please have a seat first.”

The other teacher jokes: “How many times have it been ah.”

Chen Ming Xu says unhappily: “You also do it right?”

This time she notices there's another person in the room. Fu Zheng Chu is standing behind the teacher. He is quiet like an invisible person.

Fu Zheng Chu starts to move. He stands two-meter away from Sang Zhi and in front of Zhang Lao s.h.i.+ (Teacher Zhang).

They are standing quiet close, they are in the same age. It easily makes someone think of something.

Duan Jia Xu sits down on the chair beside Chen Ming Xu. He is watching both of them. Then he calls after her. “Come here.”

Sang Zhi comes over obediently. “What is it.”

Chen Ming Xua is on the other side and looking for a material, he doesn't care about them.

Duan Jia Xu supports his head with one of his hand, while his other hand waves at Sang Zhi to come over.

Sang Zhi pauses for a while and just comes over.

“Xiao Hai (Little kid).” He lowers her head and whispers to her. “Are you having puppy love?”

The time he said it, Sang Zhi is unhappy to hear it, but she cannot understand why he suddenly said it. She is at loss: “What.”

Then suddenly Sang Zhi understands and her face turns red like a tomato. No one knows whether her face is red because she is embarra.s.sed or because she is annoyed. She is afraid that the teacher will hear her out so she lowers her voice. “You are the one that has puppy love!”

“Em, I really want to.”

“…..” Duan Jia Xu leans back on his chair and says spiritless: “But my age doesn't allow it anymore right?”