Hearing this, Xu Zhe turned around and saw Tang Lingfei walking towards him.

Gao Xuefei added: "Besides, I can't sing either. Have fun, I'm leaving now."

"See you."

Xu Zhe said goodbye, but he knew that they would probably never see each other again. Their life paths were too different, and there was no reason for them to meet again in the future.

What made him feel a little emotional at this moment was that in his previous life, he had once envied Gao Xuefei very much.

The cheerful, uninhibited, and fearless class bully is of course very different from the self-deprecating little boy who has been ruined and huddled in a corner.

Gao Xuefei turned and walked away, his steps lazily, still the posture of a gangster who was too stubborn to learn to bend down. But as he walked, he also sang:

"I don't have that kind of fate. It won't be my turn..."

Although he said he couldn't sing, Xu Zhe felt that this guy sang better than him.

Tang Lingfei came over and asked, "Is that person from your class?"

Xu Zhe nodded: "Yes, he left first. Did you come out to look for me?"

Tang Lingfei smiled and said, "I have discovered now that it is really cool to act cool like you!"

Xu Zhe retracted his gaze and looked at the girl in front of him.

There was a bright smile on that cute little face, and a pair of big eyes blinked with joy in their eyes - she looked even more cute and adorable.

Xu Zhe smiled and said, "Why do you feel good?"

Tang Lingfei: "It's like when everyone is praising you, saying you're amazing, and you act really calm, as if it's nothing. It's that feeling, really..."

Xu Zhe: "Pretending to be cool is a kind of happiness."

Tang Lingfei couldn't help but stretch out her hands, pulled one of his arms and shook it: "When are we going home? Or should we continue pretending?"

Xu Zhe: "It's good for your health to be a little bit pretentious, but it's not good to be too obsessed with it. I think we can go back later and call Xingye to come with us."

Tang Lingfei nodded: "Yes, let's send Xiao Ye home first."

But at this moment, Xu Zhe's mobile phone message alert sounded.

Because he was going out today and expected to be in a noisy environment, he turned his phone to ring mode. So the message alert sound was quite obvious, and he and the girl in front of him could hear it clearly.

Xu Zhe took out his phone, turned on the screen, and saw the text message from Shen Lan:

[I'm back too. We have a lot to discuss now, business plan, when to go to the provincial capital, how your sister will take care of you... Are you home? I'll go to your house to find you? ]

If it was the Xu Zhe of the past, like last year or the year before, he would have taken Tang Lingfei back with him. He originally thought it was totally unnecessary to deliberately let the girls avoid each other.

However, at this moment, for some inexplicable reason, he didn't want to do this.

So he quickly replied: [I am having a reunion with my classmates today. This is the only time we are in the same junior high school class together. Maybe we can hang out for a while longer. Let's meet again tomorrow. ]

Then, just a few seconds later, Shen Lan sent another message: [Okay, but you forgot something very important.]

Xu Zhe: [What's the matter?]

Shen Lan: [What should I call you? ]

Xu Zhe smiled and shook his head, typed the word "sister" on his mobile phone, sent it, and then put away the phone.

Tang Lingfei was still standing there, staring at him with her big, clear eyes.

The girl asked, "Is anyone looking for you?"

Xu Zhe smiled and said, "It's about work."

He felt that he was not lying. After all, one of the reasons why Shen Lan came to him was to discuss the business plan, wasn't it?

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From personal experience, pretending to be cool is really joyful.

Today's strenuous exercise was playing football, an 11-a-side match for 90 minutes. I scored a hat trick and defeated the opponent. After that, I felt very good... You can sleep first and make up for what you missed this weekend today and tomorrow.

Oh, by the way, there is one more very important thing, thank you Shunfeng Wuqi and ST Qingzhu for the rewards, and thank you all for your subscriptions and votes.

Also, thanks to This is a Monster and Xiu Xiu Zhen Zhi for the generous rewards - this book has a leader. Thanks to [This is a Monster] for becoming the first leader of this book. Next, we will add more chapters to celebrate the leader.

195. Chapter 194 193 The enemy is in the light, I am in the dark

195.

2023-10-02

This afternoon, just like before, Tang Lingfei went out happily and planned to play at her childhood sweetheart's home.

Of course, nominally I was still playing video games, but in reality... I was happy just being in the same room with him.

But this time, as soon as she went out, she saw an unexpected figure.

Senior Shen Lan.

In the hot summer, the tall senior sister wore a short-sleeved T-shirt and shorts, revealing her slender and well-proportioned legs. Even Tang Lingfei, who was very confident in her figure, couldn't help but feel wary when she saw such a young lady.

Of course, what alerted the girl the most was why the senior schoolmate appeared here?

Shen Lan walked downstairs to Xu Zhe's house, picked up her phone and made a call, then stood there...

Tang Lingfei was very sure that she had not been seen by the other party. Despite this, even though they were about dozens of meters apart, the girl still subconsciously tiptoed, trying to make every step as light as possible.

But after she took a few steps, she couldn't help but hesitate.

Senior Shen Lan was blocking the entrance to Xu Zhe's house. What should I do? Not to mention whether I could get in, even if I did, what could I do? Xu Zhe should be asked out by Senior Shen Lan. It would be meaningless for me to go to his house...

But at this moment, Tang Lingfei suddenly had an idea and realized something.

Senior Shen Lan doesn't know I'm here, and Xu Zhe won't know either. So, if I find a place a little closer, can't I eavesdrop on the conversation between the two?

But she immediately realized the difficulty of this task. Because the greenery in this community is not very lush, and there are no complicated decorations in the community. The area below Xu Zhe's house is flat lawn except for the path, and there is no place to hide or approach.

The only place to hide nearby was a circle of bushes around the recreational and fitness facilities in the community, but it was far away from where Shen Lan was.

Tang Lingfei quietly walked behind the swing, squatted down, and let the bushes cover her figure. She looked through the gaps at the tops of the branches - she could clearly see Shen Lan and the man who had just come down from upstairs. Xu Zhe, but what these two people were talking about could not be heard at all.

"Forget it, if you can't hear it, then don't hear it. Just keep an eye on it."

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"I find that every time I see you, you seem to have grown taller."

Shen Lan said this as soon as she met Xu Zhe downstairs at his house.

This is undoubtedly quite pleasant to the ears of boys.

Xu Zhe smiled and said, "It's normal that there's a gap of several months each time."

Shen Lan smiled and said, "You are 1.7 meters tall now, right? I am almost 1.7 meters tall, you are obviously taller than me..."

"Well, about 1.7 meters."

Xu Zhe knew that his current height had surpassed his height as an adult in his previous life. After avoiding serious injuries, a healthy work and rest schedule, exercise habits, and a good attitude, this was a natural outcome. Moreover, his height in this life had not reached its limit and would continue to grow.

Shen Lan put her hands behind her back and pretended to be at ease, but the next words were not so easy to say.

"There is one thing. I actually hesitated whether to call you to tell you. I held back and didn't say it because I wanted to tell you in person. I... passed the selection for the provincial team."

Xu Zhe was stunned: "NOI competition? You actually did it!"

Shen Lan: "Is it necessary to be so surprised?"

Xu Zhe scratched his head: "You have only been learning programming for two years, right? Many people started learning in elementary school, but they still can't reach your current level by the time they reach high school. For example, I don't think I can do it."

Shen Lan retorted with a smile: "You can certainly do it, but there is no need to do it. You have already signed a contract with Jiaotong University, and you still want to make money by playing games. There is no need to continue competing."

Xu Zhe: "Thank you for your confidence in me. Anyway, I just wanted to marvel at you. You are so amazing."

Shen Lan: "In fact, as long as there is a strong enough motivation, many limits can be broken through."

Breaking through limits is nothing more than studying hard and training hard, so where does her motivation come from?

Xu Zhe held back and didn't ask. He felt that he could probably guess.

Junior high school students like him, who ranked first in the province in the NOIP of the high school group, are eligible to get a contract with a prestigious school with a reduced score. But for high school students like Shen Lan, who also ranked first in the province, that is not enough to get a contract. In order to be able to go to a university of the same level, she must continue to work hard in the competition and win a medal in a higher-level NOI...

At this time, Shen Lan bent down slightly and rubbed her knees: "I feel a little tired, shall we sit down and talk?"

Normally, at this time, he should invite her upstairs and sit at home. But Xu Zhe didn't want to invite her to his home. Because today was Sunday, his parents were at home, and it seemed a bit awkward.

And what’s more important is that yesterday and the day before yesterday, at the same time in the afternoon, Tang Lingfei ran to his house to find him.

Xu Zhe pointed to the community facilities and said, "There is a swing over there. Let's sit down and talk slowly."

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Seeing the two people walking towards her, Tang Lingfei couldn't help but feel a little panicked.

Have you been discovered?

But when Xu Zhe and Shen Lan sat down on the swing, turned their backs to the bushes where they were hiding, and started chatting again... Tang Lingfei was sure that she had not been discovered and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

When the alarm was lifted, she was pleasantly surprised to find that she could hear what the two men were saying.

Xu Zhe: "You are going to participate in this year's NOI, right?"

Shen Lan: "In a few days, I will go to the Northeast with other members of the provincial team. So this time I came back to pack my things and meet you."

Xu Zhe: "It should be more than one time. Are you leaving in a few days?"

Shen Lan: "The day after tomorrow."

Xu Zhe: "Then we can still have fun for two days. Don't work during this time, let's go play ball."

Shen Lan: "Haha, that's fine. I'm just worried that if I come to play with you, it will delay your work."

Xu Zhe: "It's a slack period now. The sales of Ski Adventure are still increasing, and the next game has not started yet."

Shen Lan: "What are you going to do with your next game?"

Xu Zhe: "I'm thinking of making good use of the features of smartphones to make a pseudo-3D mobile game. Sister Lan, if you can win a prize at NOI, you won't have to prepare for the college entrance exam, right? You can really help me make a game after the new semester starts."

Shen Lan: "Brother, it's not that easy to win a national award..."

The conversation between the two was still going on, but Tang Lingfei, who was eavesdropping from behind, already had a face full of questions.

Why does Xu Zhe call me "sister"? Why does Shen Lan call me "brother"? What's going on between these two?

She continued to listen. Although Tang Lingfei didn't quite understand what the two people were talking about, such as programming and competitions, she could feel the intimacy in their words.

That kind of intimacy between siblings.

Tang Lingfei silently took out her cell phone and sent a text message to Song Xingye:

[This is terrible, Xiao Ye, Shen Lan is too cunning! ]

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196. Chapter 195 194 Use that on him

196.

2023-10-02

"You actually recognized me as your brother and sister..."

Song Xingye sat at the table, looking at her best friend in front of her with a serious expression.

The high school entrance exam was over, and the scheduled tutoring was naturally over. It had become her habit to just go to her bestie's house to chat and play. But today, neither of the two girls was in the mood to play around.

Just now, Xu Zhe and Shen Lan finished their chat and went to the billiard hall together.

Tang Lingfei invited reliable reinforcements, and now she couldn't help but complain: "This is really too much, one calls her sister and the other calls her brother. Some of my classmates in Class 2 are not only children. I've seen them not call their brothers and sisters in such a disgusting way when they meet them!"

"Because Xu Zhe and Shen Lan are not siblings..." Song Xingye waved her hand and continued to analyze, "Having said that, if another boy had a sister as smart, capable and beautiful as Shen Lan, she would definitely have easily won over her. Many boys of our age like sisters. But the one she likes is Xu Zhe."

Tang Lingfei pouted and complained: "Xu Zhe is a wooden man."

Song Xingye: "Yes, he is very mature in other things, but he is stupid when it comes to love, like a piece of wood."

Tang Lingfei added in a low voice: "But it is a very nice looking wood that feels very comfortable to the touch."

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