Han Ming let out a “tch” sound and then slowly shifted his body to move closer to Su Qiuge’s side. He changed into a smiling expression and said, “Xiao Su, after the section exam is my birthday, you should also come celebrate.”

As if afraid that Su Qiuge would refuse him, Han Ming immediately added, “Look at how Xie Xinglin is such a dog and likes to mock me, you don’t even need to bring me a gift, you just need to come and back me up.”

Su Qiuge thought for a moment, “Sure, in any case, I have time.”

When Xie Xinglin heard this, his toes were pressed against the rails under the table. The foot of the chair was fixed in the air and his gaze indifferently swept across her.

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During the evening self-study break, Su Qiuge took a thermos water bottle to go get water and happened to run into Wen Mingming who was leaving the bathroom.

Wen Mingming shook off the water residue on her hands and leaned over to ask, “After the section exam is our class Han Ming’s birthday, did you know?”

“Mhm, he also invited me.”

**t/n: Wang Houxiong — an educator in China that created/edited a series of practice books for high school students — known as one of the “Three Tycoons of College Examinations” and commonly worshipped by students before their exam

When Wen Mingming was speaking, she happened to see a few drops of hot water splashed onto Su Qiuge’s hand when she was retrieving the water bottle. Wen Mingming sucked in a breath and wrinkled her face, “Does it hurt?”

Su Qiuge lowered her head and looked at the back of her hand with lowered eyes, “No.”

Wen Mingming thought about it for a while and then sincerely said, “Then, you should probably go downstairs to get water, I’m guessing this machine’s boiling function isn’t on.”

Su Qiuge felt that something was off, but also felt that Wen Mingming’s words made sense, so she nodded her head, “Okay, then I’ll go downstairs to get some.”

The evening self-study break for the first years was shorter than the second years, it was probably because they had to practice their listening skills today. There were very few people in the hallways and when you’re walking, you can even hear the English words being spoken in the various classrooms.

Su Qiuge walked in front of the hot water machine and noticed the steam, confirming that the boiling function was turned on, so she was relieved as she placed her thermos water bottle.

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