When Gu Siyi returned to the dormitory, Zheng Peipei was playing a game.
She glanced at Gu Siyi and continued playing her game. "How is your injury? I wanted to ask you after you came out of the infirmary, but you never came back…" she said while playing.
Gu Siyi pulled out a chair and sat down. "It's okay, just a small injury. I got it disinfected and bandaged. It's no big deal."
"You are really tough, Siyi. You still insisted on finishing the race after such a bad fall, and you’re saying it’s nothing." Zheng Peipei sighed.
After finishing a game, she rejected Lu Jiaye's game invitation, tossed her phone aside, and looked at Gu Siyi again.
Only then did she notice that Gu Siyi's cheeks were flushed, and there was a slight smile on her lips, as if she was trying to suppress it. Her eyes were also sparkling…
Zheng Peipei folded her hands on the back of the chair and chuckled. "Tsk tsk tsk… You disappeared with the study god and came back only now. Even if you went to the best hospital, it wouldn't take that long."
Gu Siyi: "He was afraid that I would be upset, so he took me out for a drive."
When mentioning Xia Zhijun, Gu Siyi, who usually spoke carelessly, would always have a hint of shyness in her voice, which became even softer.
"As expected of the study god, he excels at everything." Zheng Peipei concluded with a smile.
Gu Siyi remembered the bracelet and asked, "Did anyone contact you on the forum?"
"Let me see…" Zheng Peipei picked up her phone.
Gu Siyi also picked up her phone and checked. There was still no news.
Her heart sank again, and Gu Siyi sighed, "I'm going to take a shower first."
Lying in bed that night, Gu Siyi thought about the bracelet, and her heart ached uncontrollably.
This sadness was far greater than the sadness she felt when she lost the doll her mother gave her as a child. She used to look at the bracelet and admire it every night before going to bed, but now her wrist was empty.
Gu Siyi looked at her hand, her heart churning violently, and her eyes became sore.
A WeChat notification sounded. Xia Zhijun had sent a voice message.
Taking a deep breath, she got into bed, put on her earphones, and clicked to listen.
"Did you have fun today?"
His deep voice was clear and mellow through the earphones.
Gu Siyi replied, "Yes."
"It's good to have a boyfriend, right?" His slightly deep voice carried a hint of laughter.
Why does he keep mentioning boyfriends… Gu Siyi was so embarrassed that she didn't know how to answer.
After a while, Xia Zhijun sent two more voice messages. Gu Siyi clicked to listen.
"My little devil, my little devil, I'll tease your eyebrows and make you love this world."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, my baby, someone will miss you when you're lonely, ah, ah, ah, my baby, let you know you're the best."
He sang her a few more lines of the song from last time.
Gu Siyi felt as if her heart was filled with something. The sadness that was about to make her cry was unconsciously diluted by the delicate throbbing and warm singing.
She didn't know what it was like to have a boyfriend, but she knew that it was really nice to have him around.
.
The next day, while the athletes were competing fiercely on the field, Xia Zhijun was waiting for Gu Siyi downstairs in the dormitory.
When Gu Siyi came downstairs, she saw that he was wearing the embroidered baseball jacket they had bought in the capital last time. He was also wearing a cap, jeans, and white sneakers, and carrying a backpack over one shoulder. His casual yet stylish attire made him look even more attractive. Under the brim of his cap was fair skin, accented by deep black eyes, a high nose bridge, and naturally red lips that were more beautiful than any lipstick.
He was standing there, hailing a taxi through a mobile app. People passing by, both from their school and other schools, were looking at him. Even after they walked away, they would frequently turn back to look at him and whisper to each other.
As Gu Siyi approached, he looked up as if he had sensed her presence.
Their eyes met, and his lips curled up slightly.
Gu Siyi: "…"
How could he be so handsome?
Gu Siyi steadied her heart, which was beating wildly from his handsomeness, and walked up to Xia Zhijun. She tried to sound natural as she said, "Let's go."
Xia Zhijun didn't move and his eyes fell on her.
"…??" Gu Siyi, being scrutinized, felt inexplicably embarrassed and looked down at herself.
She was wearing a short skirt with short boots, and… She had even dressed up specially. Was it not good-looking?
Xia Zhijun said, "You're dressed too lightly. It's easy to catch a cold. Go back up and put on a jacket."
"…" She didn't feel cold at all. It was very warm and the clothes were enough for this weather.
"Go ahead." He patted her head gently. "Just wear the jacket we bought in the capital last time. Be quick, the taxi is here."
Gu Siyi was rushed upstairs by Xia Zhijun in a daze. She didn't have time to choose clothes and could only take the jacket as he said.
When she went downstairs again, Xia Zhijun looked at the jacket she was wearing and was satisfied.
As they walked on campus, Xia Zhijun was very well-behaved, keeping a polite distance from Gu Siyi, like classmates.
After they left the school gate and got into the taxi, they sat side by side in the back seat. He immediately grabbed her hand.
"…" Gu Siyi instinctively wanted to escape.
He held on tight, his fingers interlocking with hers.
Their fingers were tightly clasped together, and she couldn't escape even if she wanted to.
The wood had already become a boat. Gu Siyi gave up resisting and looked out the window with a red face.
After getting out of the car in the business district, Xia Zhijun asked Gu Siyi, "Where do you want to go?"
Gu Siyi looked around, saw the Starbucks sign, and said, "Let's go to Starbucks."
Xia Zhijun took her hand again and walked forward.
Gu Siyi, whose hand was being held constantly, had given up resisting.
After entering the shop, Xia Zhijun asked, "What do you want to drink?"
Gu Siyi said, "Black tea latte, no sugar."
"Okay, you go find a seat first. I'll queue up here."
"I'll queue up, you go and sit down." Gu Siyi still remembered his impatient expression when they queued up to buy milk tea on their first shopping trip.
"Be good."
"It's okay, I'll queue up."
"What a loving couple. Why don't you two hold hands and queue up together?" A capable-looking office lady in front of them teased.
Xia Zhijun: "…"
Gu Siyi: "…"
The two inexperienced young people both showed a hint of shyness and discomfort on their faces. Especially Gu Siyi, her ears were burning.
She shook off Xia Zhijun's hand and quickly said, "Then I'll go find a seat first."
"Okay." Xia Zhijun nodded.
The queue here wasn't as long as in the milk tea shop. After a while, Xia Zhijun came over with two cups of hot drinks.
Gu Siyi chose a corner seat by the wall on the second floor. There were few people and it was quiet.
Gu Siyi picked up the black tea latte and took a sip with great satisfaction.
Xia Zhijun took out three pieces of A4 paper from his bag and handed them to Gu Siyi. "You do the questions on these first."
Gu Siyi took one look at the math problems handwritten in black pen on the paper, and almost dropped her latte in shock.
"What is this…?"
"These are the questions I came up with for you. They cover the key knowledge points and common exam points."
"When did you do this?"
"Last night."
"…" The study god was really efficient.
Xia Zhijun took out his phone, set an alarm, and said, "I'll give you two hours to do the questions. I'll go through the mistakes and explain them to you in two hours. You can start now."
"…" Gu Siyi felt like banging her head on the table.
When she went to self-study with Zheng Peipei and the others, they would always eat, drink, chat, and gossip first to warm up before they started working.
She had only taken a sip of latte to moisten her throat, and now she was already in the intense countdown mode. The study god was really ruthless…
Glancing at the clock on the table, Gu Siyi resigned herself to her fate and took out her scratch paper and pen to start working on the questions.
Xia Zhijun took out a book, flipped through it, and sipped his coffee to refresh himself.
After coaxing Gu Siyi to sleep with a song last night, he started working on the questions. Coming up with questions wasn't difficult, but the trouble was that he had learned the first-year high school curriculum a long time ago and had forgotten all the exam points. In order to come up with questions, he specially went through the textbook again to extract the knowledge points.
His brothers were shocked to see him poring over textbooks late at night.
Su Han: "Am I seeing things? Zhijun, are you reading a textbook? Our first-year high school textbook?"
Lu Jiaye also came over upon hearing this, and said as if he had discovered a new continent, "Are you okay? Shouldn't you be the one showing off by working on international competition papers? Why are you looking at a beginner's textbook?"
Zhou Xiao also came over to take a look. However, he was quick-witted and quickly figured out what he couldn't understand. He said, "It must be to tutor Little Dimple."
Lu Jiaye suddenly realized, "Tsk, according to Zhijun's previous tutoring rates, Little Dimple has struck it rich."
Su Han said, "Zhijun, why don't you just do a good deed to the end and bring Peipei along too? I think Peipei's grades are also a little worrying for the mid-term exam."
Xia Zhijun turned a page of the book and said indifferently, "Let's each take care of our own wives. Don't come to me. I'm only responsible for my own."
"Tsk…"
"Tsk, tsk…"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk…"
The three of them dispersed, unable to stomach the dog food so late at night.
Back in the cafe, Gu Siyi was working hard on the questions. They varied in difficulty, and there wasn't a single one where she could see the solution at a glance. She had to rack her brains to think. But once she figured it out, she would realize that it was based on very basic knowledge points.
Two hours passed by in a flash as she concentrated on the questions. She was so focused that she didn't even notice Xia Zhijun going downstairs.
When the two hours were up, Xia Zhijun took away the test paper and handed her a dessert. "Take a break."
Gu Siyi was instantly moved to tears. It was great to have dessert to soothe her soul after the pain.
Gu Siyi took out her phone, took a picture of the dessert, and posted it on her WeChat Moments with the caption: [So satisfied after all the hard work~]
As she ate her dessert leisurely, Xia Zhijun was marking her test paper.
Gu Siyi couldn't help but smile as her eyes fell on Xia Zhijun's lowered eyebrows and high nose bridge.
He was so handsome, really super handsome. It was a feast for the eyes just to look at him.
Soon, likes and comments appeared under her WeChat Moments post.
Xiang Li: "Where did you go to have fun?"
Zheng Peipei: "I bet a truckload of spicy strips that she's with the study god. The two of them have abandoned the sports meet to fight for glory for the school and are on a date."
Zhang Xinyi: "People with boyfriends are different."
Zheng Peipei suddenly sent her a private message: "Why are you exhausted? You said you wanted to study when I asked you to play with me. How did you get exhausted? Don't tell me Xia Zhijun did… to you. Damn, he's not that beastly, is he? To lay his hands on a flower in bud?"
Gu Siyi: "What are you talking about??"
Zheng Peipei: "Tell me honestly, why are you exhausted?"
"Studying! I've been doing math problems at Starbucks. It's so tiring!"
"Is studying that tiring?"
"Why don't you try doing a few sets of papers set by the study god?"
"Sorry to bother you… I'm out of here…"