Qingteng's Mind - Middle School Era

Chapter 1361 Dusk
As evening fell, the afterglow of the setting sun bathed every corner of the campus.

"April has arrived as scheduled. In April, I have been to many places and seen many flowers, but my favorite is still that—a few trees half-hidden in red, which the locals say are kapok flowers..."

Yang Yi's familiar baritone voice came from the air right on time.

Several girls on Central Avenue immediately burst into laughter. "Wow, it really is Xiaoyu's writing!" "Xiaodi, you're amazing!" "As expected, it has to be you, Fangdi."

The group of people shoved and jostled each other as they walked toward the cafeteria, attracting frequent glances from passersby around them.

"It's so lively!" Ouyang Moxuan shook his head. "It's so good to be young."

Guo Kai couldn't help but glance at him sideways: "You've been influenced by that intern teacher."

Ouyang Moxuan raised an eyebrow: "That intern teacher is right up my alley."

Guo Kai scoffed, "Yeah, yeah, birds of a feather flock together."

Just like Ouyang, he's a bit silly, all height and no brains. He looks alright when he doesn't talk, but the moment he opens his mouth, his true colors are revealed.

They actually came over and asked them if they recognized Yang Yi?!
What a coincidence that I asked them!

His first reaction was that there was something wrong with this person!

Although they were in the same class as Yang Yi, they kept to themselves and never interfered with each other.
He naturally didn't respond.

Luo Jun remained silent.

Only Ouyang, that big, goofy guy, blurted out that he knew him and that they were in the same class.

He and Luo Jun exchanged a glance and looked at A-Jie.

Ah Jie smiled, then looked away and walked forward slowly, while the other man remained silent.

"Heh." Lin Yijie couldn't help but chuckle, glancing at the girls playing and frolicking to his left, attracting a lot of attention. "Youth is wonderful."

Huh? Guo Kai couldn't help but glance sideways. What did A-Jie mean by this?
He agrees with Ouyang? What is he laughing at now? Is he laughing at him or at Ouyang?
He suddenly noticed that Ah Jie seemed to be smiling a lot more lately.

That's true. People are in high spirits when they have good news. After all, A-Jie successfully passed the professional exam for his ideal university.

"The setting sun casts its last rays across the sky, as if the sky is writing a long letter: memories that have been instantly recalled..."

Listening to the sounds coming from the air and looking at the swaying high ponytail in front of him, Lin Yijie's eyes showed a hint of amazement.

He heard it clearly: the text Yang Yi was reading was written by "her".

Oh, the light rain, the misty rain of Jiangnan, so delicate and continuous, falls into the eyes of those who watch the rain and lingers on.

Does one's writing reflect their personality?

Lin Yijie couldn't help but smile. This was quite different from what he remembered. In his memory, she always had a bright smile, swaying in front of him like the rising sun in the morning, full of vitality and vigor.

Where can you find the misty, rainy atmosphere of Jiangnan?

"Did you hear me?" Ouyang Moxuan nudged Luo Jun. "What are you looking at?"

Luo Jun gestured to Ouyang Moxuan: "Look."

Ouyang Moxuan followed the gaze and his eyes widened in surprise. What did he see?
Ah Jie is laughing.
Laughing again!
What is he laughing at?
Ouyang Moxuan looked around and around, and when his gaze fell on a few girls who were playing and laughing to his left, he couldn't help but pause in surprise.

The tallest of the six, the one who suddenly turned his head and smiled at the girl next to him, isn't that Geng Xinyu from Grade 11 (5)?

She's Zheng Yifan's rumored girlfriend!
Ouyang Moxuan couldn't help but twitch his lips. Ah Jie was staring at Zheng Yifan's girlfriend.
"See that?" Luo Jun asked in a low voice. Ouyang Moxuan looked over at the sound of his voice.

"Have you noticed that Ah-Jie has been smiling more lately?"

One sentence suddenly reminded Ouyang Moxuan of what happened in the cafeteria last week. It seemed to have started around that day.
“Isn’t laughing a normal thing?” Guo Kai chimed in. “You two laugh a dozen or twenty times a day, so what’s so strange about him laughing occasionally?”

Luo Jun nodded upon hearing this: "That's right, I was making a fuss over nothing."

Ouyang Moxuan fell into deep thought. Could A-Jie's sudden change really be related to Zheng Yifan's girlfriend?
Should he remind Ah Jie that the girl is already taken?

People walked past indiscriminately on the road. As the flow of people moved, time flew by. As dusk settled, the students went to their classrooms in different directions.

When Geng Xinyu returned to the classroom, she found that only Ling Mengchu and Guo Wenwen were there, while Wang Xiaoxiao, Wang Xinyi, and Fang Di were not in their seats.

The others got back to the classroom before her. During dinner, they were chatting and laughing and joking around when they accidentally spilled a few drops of oil on their shoes. She went to the dormitory to change her shoes and cleaned them while she was at it.

Where is she? Geng Xinyu gently patted Ling Mengchu's shoulder. Ling Mengchu trembled and hurriedly pressed her hand on the table, turning around: "What's wrong?"

"Where is everyone?" Geng Xinyu pointed to the empty seat next to her. "Did I scare you?"

"No, no," Ling Mengchu raised her left hand to smooth her short hair, smiled, and glanced at Wang Xiaoxiao's empty seat. "They seem to have gone upstairs."

Geng Xinyu looked at Ling Mengchu, upstairs?
“Oh, I went with Fang Di,” Ling Mengchu explained. “I said I went to see Fang Di’s older brother about requesting a song.”

"Oh." Geng Xinyu nodded in response and pulled out a chemistry book from the pile of books in front of her.

Xiaoxiao and the others are really proactive; they're discussing something that's supposed to happen tomorrow afternoon, and they're already doing it so early today.

Clearly, they have nothing better to do.

With nothing to do, Wang Xiaoxiao and Wang Xinyi stood at the top of the stairs on the fifth floor, looking at Fang Di and Yang Yi in the corridor, their eyes filled with uncontrollable smiles.

"Fang Di's older brother is so handsome," Wang Xinyi whispered, leaning on Wang Xiaoxiao's shoulder. "He's even more handsome up close than from afar."

"You fangirl!" Wang Xiaoxiao patted Wang Xinyi's arm. "Keep your voice down, don't let them hear you."

Wang Xinyi nodded: "Mmm-hmm."

Although she was praising Fang Di's older brother, she would feel quite embarrassed if someone actually heard her, since she wasn't familiar with him, or rather, didn't know him.

"I don't know him," Wang Xinyi thought to herself. Suddenly, a figure flashed past her. The next second, the figure came back, stared at her, grinned at her, and then walked away.

Who is this? Smiling so brightly?
She doesn't even know him!

The next second, Wang Xinyi blinked and peeked forward, just in time to see the person walk through the front door of the classroom.

Senior 3 (11)?
Wang Xinyi was taken aback, then laughed and tugged at Wang Xiaoxiao: "Do you think we might actually meet a handsome guy?"

Wang Xiaoxiao raised her chin: "Isn't that a handsome guy?"

“I’m not talking about Xiao Di’s older brother,” Wang Xinyi chuckled softly. “I’m talking about A Jie, isn’t he also in Class 11?”

“That’s not what I meant,” Wang Xiaoxiao’s eyes narrowed into slits with a smile. “Just now, your older brother came back to see you, didn’t you notice?”

Her older brother?
What older brother does she have?!

It's dusk, not night. What is Wang Xiaoxiao talking about in her sleep?