As soon as Xia Zhi entered the classroom, Tang Qiqi approached: “Where did you go just now? Why did you disappear as soon as class ended?”
Xia Zhi replied calmly: “I went to the plum garden.”
“Zhong Mingjie came looking for you, he…”
“I know,” Xia Zhi interrupted: “I just met him.”
“Oh,” Tang Qiqi asked: “How are things between you? Did he say anything?”
“Oh, we’re fine, just chatting casually.”
“Oh.”
“Do you know? Xing Tuo actually has a girlfriend!” A gloating voice suddenly rang out beside them. Xia Zhi and Tang Qiqi turned their heads simultaneously. Not far from them, several girls were deliberately discussing loudly, their malicious gazes falling on Xia Zhi. The leader was their class beauty, Ning Jing.
Wang Fengyi said: “No, you have to tell me, or I won’t leave.”
Xing Tuo impatiently called out: “Mom!”
“Alright, alright, if you don’t want to say, then don’t,” Wang Fengyi said: “What do you think about Anqi?”
“What about Anqi?”
Wang Fengyi asked: “Do you like her?”
Xing Tuo said indifferently: “Can’t really say if I like her or not.”
Wang Fengyi said: “Whether it’s family background or knowledge, appearance, you’re quite a match, and her personality is not bad.”
Xing Tuo looked up at the ceiling and said: “What exactly are you trying to say?”
Wang Fengyi laughed: “Nothing, I’m just casually mentioning. By the way, how’s your studying going?”
“Very good.”
“Anqi is Aunt Qin’s daughter, you must take good care of her at school.”
“Got it.”
Xia Qianxi put down her reference book and looked up at the wall clock; it was already past eleven. She stood up, stretched, yawned, and was about to turn and walk out of the bedroom to get a glass of water. Just then, her phone rang. She frowned, wondering how she forgot to turn it off. The screen flashed “Xing Tuo,” and she hesitated whether to answer or hang up. The ringtone seemed particularly piercing in the quiet winter night. To avoid waking her mother, who might already be asleep, she pressed the answer button.
“Why did it take you so long to answer?” Xing Tuo’s displeased voice came through her ear.
“What is it?” Qianxi tried to lower her voice.
“I’m right downstairs, come down!”
