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"There's food," Lin Zhou added. "Yes... there is."

Lin Zhou emphasized several times, "Yes, there is."

After saying that, he felt that his words were a bit redundant, so he lowered his head and shuffled the cards on the table. He didn't even know why he did that.

The surroundings seemed to quiet down a bit, and Lin Zhou lowered his eyes, his thoughts unreadable.

"..." Ye Zhiyu looked at him for a few seconds, then said, "Oh."

There's only one.

Ye Zhiyu didn't press for more details, as it seemed to her like a very routine question, nothing more.

"Why are you asking this? Haven't I gotten stronger?" Lin Zhou said, showing off the muscles on his arms to Ye Zhiyu.

Ye Zhiyu didn't even look up at him. "Boatman."

"Um?"

"Some things you have to face sooner or later."

"..."

Why bring this up all of a sudden?

Just then, another girl came over and asked if he could help her with her fortune telling. Lin Zhou smiled and said, "Sure, what would you like to ask?"

The girl recounted her story in a low voice, and seemed a little embarrassed afterward, waiting for Lin Zhou's reply.

Lin Zhou spoke again, "So... what do you want to ask?"

The girl paused, wondering if she had already said that.

This boy...

Were you daydreaming?

Ye Zhiyu, who was standing next to him, reached out her hand, "Let me do it, Zhouzi, can you hold the pen for me?"

"Oh, okay." Lin Zhou took a pen from the bag next to him, handed it to Ye Zhiyu, and then sat back down.

For the next few minutes, he didn't interrupt. Ye Zhiyu answered whatever the girl asked, and when she occasionally glanced at him, he would just nod, as if he had been listening the whole time.

Only after the other person left and the table became empty again did Lin Zhou take out his phone to check the time, somewhat absentmindedly.

"Little Fish, I'm going back to the classroom to check."

Ye Zhiyu looked up. "Did the class look for you?"

"No, I'm just going to check it out. I don't know if I need any help today." Lin Zhou put his phone away, stood up, and said, "You stay here for now. Message me if you need anything."

"Mmm." Ye Zhiyu responded quietly, her head slightly lowered, one hand supporting her chin as she casually scrolled through her phone.

Lin Zhou suddenly realized that his excuse wasn't very good.

But he still left.

After leaving the stall, Lin Zhou walked with the crowd for a while, and when he reached the fork in the road, he did not continue towards the teaching building, but instead turned into the corridor next to it.

Actually, I don't really want to go anywhere; I just want to be alone for a while.

He found a quiet spot to sit down, took out his phone, casually opened a video, watched it for a few seconds, then exited—the screen returned to the home screen. He stared at it for a while, then finally turned off his phone.

call……

What are we facing?

Mingming has been getting better lately. Her health has improved, her relationships with everyone have improved, and she can even do things that she couldn't do before very well now.

Little Fish just likes to talk nonsense. Yes, there's nothing wrong with that. You shouldn't think that way.

Lin Zhou lowered his head, raised his hand to rub his face, and then took a deep breath—

"Brother?" A voice suddenly came from the side.

Lin Zhou stopped moving and then slowly raised his head.

Lin Zhiyu was standing next to the bench, her hands behind her back, slightly bending over to look at him. Her smooth black hair cascaded down her shoulders, and she asked with a hint of curiosity, "Why are you sitting here?"

Lin Zhou looked at her, and after a few seconds lowered his hand. "Ah... take a break."

Are you tired?

"Just a little something, I was helping Xiaoyu set up her stall earlier," Lin Zhou said. "What about you over there..."

"Oh..." His younger sister sat down next to him, swinging her legs gently, and smiled. "Did Little Fish bully you again?"

Lin Zhou said, "When doesn't she bully me?"

The younger sister couldn't help but laugh. Lin Zhou looked at her and his previously stiff lips twitched slightly.

"When did you arrive?"

"Just now~"

Why didn't you call me sooner?

"I called out, but my brother kept walking and ignored me."

"Really?" Lin Zhou scratched his head. "I didn't hear you."

His younger sister didn't blame him. She just moved closer to him, looked up at him carefully, and asked, "Brother, are you unhappy?"

"No," Lin Zhou smiled. "I'm not unhappy at all."

"That's a lie."

"There's no lie in this."

"You've been like this the whole time," Lin Zhiyu said, deliberately frowning and pressing her lips down to make a very serious face, but it looked especially cute in Lin Zhou's eyes.

Lin Zhou almost laughed. "Was I that ugly just now?"

"have."

"That's going too far. My face has a certain commercial value in the academy," Lin Zhou said. "I'm that handsome."

"Then brother, sell yourself."

"Can't you learn something good from Xiaoyu?" Lin Zhou reached out his hand, and his sister smiled and moved a little to the side. Lin Zhou gently rubbed her head.

He stopped thinking about what had just happened and simply followed his sister's gaze to look out into the corridor—

"Want to go out and have some fun?" Lin Zhou asked.

The younger sister immediately turned her face away. "Is it okay?"

"Why not? As long as you like it..."

"Isn't brother tired?"

"You've had enough rest."

Lin Zhou stood up, took a couple of steps outside, and noticed his sister was still watching him. He smiled and waved, "Come on, let me show you around."

"good!"

The younger sister quickly caught up and took Lin Zhou's arm.

The two walked back to a crowded area. Lin Zhiyu seemed interested in everything, stopping to look around every few steps. Lin Zhou didn't urge her, but waited by her side, occasionally explaining to her what the stalls did.

When we got to the craft club, my sister stopped in front of a row of small badges.

There were all sorts of patterns on the table, including cats, puppies, and some small animals that looked particularly silly. Lin Zhiyu bent down to look at them for a while, then pointed to one of them.

"Brother, this is beautiful."

"Which one?"

"The white one."

Lin Zhou picked it up in the direction she pointed and found it was a kitten lying down, its eyes narrowed to slits and its tail draped over its head.

"This? How come it looks exactly like Merlin when he's sleeping?"

"It's precisely because he resembles Merlin that he's so handsome."

"What about this one over there?" Lin Zhou picked up another one and waved it in front of his sister. "This one has bigger eyes."

The girl behind the stall thought he was asking her, so she smiled and replied, "That one sells very well too. You can pin it on your bag. Both designs are in stock."

"Oh, I asked—" Lin Zhou paused for a moment.

The girl followed his gaze and looked to the side, but he was the only one at the table.

A few students were standing a little further away, but they were all looking at something on the other side and none of them were looking this way.

Lin Zhou put the two badges back on the table, picked up the lying kitten again, and said, "This one will do."

"it is good."

The girl put the contents in a small bag and handed it to him, but then noticed that Lin Zhou was looking down slightly and smiling at her right side.

"Satisfied?"

No one answered.

At least she didn't hear it.

Lin Zhou seemed to have already received an answer. He smiled, put the bag into his pocket, moved aside a little, and then turned to leave.

The girl held her phone, checked the payment success notification, and then glanced up at his back.

"What's wrong?" asked the companion next to him.

"It's nothing." She hesitated for a moment. "Was that person... wearing headphones?"