Lin Yu's face turned even redder.

He stared directly at Xie Xiao, unusually, he neither retorted immediately nor cursed.

Xie Xiao was prepared for him to retort and then start swearing, so it felt quite odd when he just glared at him without saying anything.

He moved a bit closer, "What's wrong? Share your troubles with brother."

Lin Yu took a deep breath. He always felt that Xie Xiao was unreliable, but didn't he still have a girlfriend?

He hesitated for a moment, "Liu Ou has been quite cold to me recently..."

He briefly explained the situation, "Did she discover something? Actually, I... I know my own situation, and I wasn't really planning on doing anything."

As he spoke, Lin Yu felt somewhat downhearted. He was actually quite envious of Xie Xiao, his family, his personality, everything about him.

A life completely different from his own.

Of course, because he had his grandmother, he felt his own life was quite good as well. If he had to live Xie Xiao's life but without his grandmother, he would not have wanted it either.

However, the last time at Liu Ou's house, her dad merely seemed to mention a few things casually, yet it made Lin Yu feel somewhat embarrassed,

Lin Yu knew his own family situation. Whether Uncle Liu's words were intentional or not, Lin Yu took them to heart.

Xie Xiao clicked his tongue and patted him, "What's with you? A bright, handsome young man, all is good except maybe for your overly sensitive girl's heart."

Lin Yu couldn't help but glare at him again, his tone somewhat between his teeth, "Fancy a fight?"

"Not really," Xie Xiao said without a second thought, "I can't beat you anyway."

He glanced at the Chinese teacher who was walking in, and hurried his speech a bit, "Liu Ou is re-taking courses, her main focus is definitely on her studies. What's the rush?"

Lin Yu gave him a look, "Then why are you still with Luo Yanran?"

"Because we are in love!" Xie Xiao said joyfully.

Lin Yu averted his gaze, considering himself foolish for asking such a question.

After a while, the teacher began discussing the test papers, and Lin Yu watched as Xie Xiao stuck a post-it note on his paper.

It read a few lines,

"Don't worry, everything will get better.

You are excellent.

Liu Ou is excellent too.

So don't worry, you should start pursuing someone after the college entrance exams end. I'll be your strategist."

Lin Yu curled the corner of his mouth, wanting to retort, your strategizing is worse than Li Hua's.

But he just pocketed the post-it note, thinking, yes, the priority now is the college entrance exam and repaying debts.

Life is always getting better.

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Liu Ou seemed no different than before, which made Lin Yu breathe a sigh of relief but also feel a bit disappointed.

Was everything being the same a sign that Liu Ou never took his feelings seriously?

...

Under Xie Xiao's anticipation, Thursday finally arrived.

That morning, Dr. Yang didn't go to work and checked Xie Xiao's backpack, "You've packed clothes, the charger, Xie Xiao, why didn't you bring some snacks?"

Xie Xiao said helplessly, "Mom, I'm not on a primary school trip."

Dr. Yang laughed at herself too, then looked up at her son, who was even taller than her, probably taller than his dad by now, her eyes slightly misty, "Before I knew it, our Xie Xiao has grown up, already in his senior year."

Xie Xiao found it rather funny, "Mom, what's up with you all of a sudden feeling so sentimental?"

Xie Qingxiao put on his shoes and came out, "Dr. Yang finally has some time off, let's go, we'll drive you to school."

Xie Xiao hugged Dr. Yang, "Mom, I'm off."

Yang Lan nodded, "Go on."

It wasn't until Xie Xiao was in the car that he remembered. In his past life, there was supposed to be a segment involving a letter from parents, so his own Dr. Yang must have been somewhat sentimental after writing the letter?

Xie Xiao thought about it for a while but couldn't quite remember what was written in the letter from his past life, but he still recalled that Zhou Mianmian was very sad that day because she was the only one who didn't receive a letter...

He seemed to have written her a letter too?

Xie Xiao clucked his tongue. He couldn't remember anymore.

He rummaged through his backpack and found some paper and a pen.

On the side, Xie Qingxiao, who was driving, let out a tease, "Being diligent, huh?"

Xie Xiao chuckled twice, "Don't you peek."

"Aren't you, boy, writing a love letter to some young lady?" Xie Qingxiao snickered.

Xie Xiao laughed, "Yeah, writing a love letter to a missy."

His candidness left Xie Qingxiao speechless.

They were on an outing today, so Xie Xiao and the others didn't need to wear their uniforms.

The class leaders were holding up signs, waiting for their classmates to assemble.

As soon as Xie Xiao got out of the car, he saw various classmates in casual clothes.

Quite a few girls were wearing short skirts, showing off the figures usually hidden by their uniforms.

Xie Xiao bid Xie Qingxiao goodbye soon after he parked the car, concerned about getting stuck in traffic.

Xie Xiao saw his class's sign but didn't rush over.

He texted Luo Yan, "Have you arrived? Not wearing a short skirt today, right? Many girls are wearing short skirts."

His Miss Luo was already so eye-catching, if she wore a short skirt too...

Xie Xiao admitted, he was a bit jealous.

The kind that made him feel jealous even just thinking about it.

While he was pondering, someone suddenly tapped his shoulder from behind,

Xie Xiao's eyes lit up. He turned around with a smile on his face.

But when he saw that it was Zhou Mianmian and another girl from his class behind him, his smile vanished.

He took a small step back, "Can I help you?"

Zhou Mianmian withdrew her hand, looking a bit at a loss; she, too, was wearing a short skirt.

A white blouse paired with a short skirt, exposing her slender, pale legs, hair tied up high, and her face showing a puzzled smile, she looked very innocent.

But Xie Xiao didn't linger his gaze on her, instead, he looked at his vibrating phone, "We're about to board the bus, not wearing a skirt. Didn't you ban it?"

Quickly followed by another message,

"Do the skirts other classmates are wearing look nice?"

Was she feeling jealous?

The smile that had vanished returned to Xie Xiao's face.

Another female classmate, seeing Zhou Mianmian staring silently at Xie Xiao, was somewhat speechless, "Mr. Lin is calling us to gather. We just came over to fetch you since you were standing here."

Only then did Xie Xiao look up to the girl and said, "Thanks, then let's go over."

He didn't spare another glance at Zhou Mianmian the entire time. Searᴄh the novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Zhou Mianmian watched as he walked away, following along with her classmates behind him.

A classmate glanced at Zhou Mianmian, frowning in confusion, "Isn't she with Yan Shi? Why does she still look at Xie Xiao that way?"

It really looked a bit...

But the other classmate didn't add more.

Xie Xiao, standing amidst the crowd of his class, continued texting Luo Yanran.

Lin Yu arrived just on time.

As soon as everyone was present, Mr. Lin had them board the bus.

Xie Xiao and Lin Yu sat together, towards the back.

Yan Shi and Zhou Mianmian, for some reason, chose seats across the aisle from them.

Lin Yu, somewhat speechless, tapped Xie Xiao, who was sitting on the aisle side, "Switch places."