What's wrong with me?

Those fierce eyes stared at Qi Xia's face, as if saying "I'll make you poor by drinking you down!" Unfortunately, the guy in front of her didn't seem to be scared by her at all.

Qi Xia finished drinking the milk tea. The familiar sweet taste left a lingering aftertaste. He looked at the squad leader who was touching his sleeves next to him and saw a layer of fine beads of sweat on her fair skin, as if she was too shy.

Her small nose twitched slightly, as if she smelled the scent of milk tea, and she made an expression of disgust. Her cheeks were faintly flushed, and between her lips, a row of neat and lovely teeth were revealed.

He smelled the familiar fragrance on the monitor and couldn't help feeling a little proud. In the whole class, apart from him, there was probably no one else who could make the monitor look so shy.

"Monitor."

Unable to help but laugh out loud, he called the squad leader softly. This word "squad leader" probably contained a lot of Qi Xia's emotions, including those he had lost, those he did not cherish, and those he should cherish now.

"What's going on? Class is about to start." The girl in front of her shivered slightly. Somehow, seeing Qi Xia's serious look at this moment, she suddenly felt a little pity for him and wanted to touch his forehead.

But when she moved her wrist, she found that her hand was still held in Qi Xia's palm. Her already flushed cheeks were burning hot. She tried to pull her hand away, but Qi Xia not only did not let her go, but held it even tighter.

"Let me go, the bell is about to ring."

She whispered, she didn't want to admit it, but when Qi Xia held her hand, she actually felt a sense of panic. Her mood, which had finally calmed down, suddenly became a mess again. She only felt that the hand that was held was sore, as if it no longer belonged to her, and she couldn't use any strength at all.

"Lao Xia, there's going to be an event on LOL tonight, giving away limited edition skins, do you want to go?"

At some point, Lao Jia and that group of boys came back.

I don't know where he heard the news from, but he started shouting to Qi Xia as soon as he entered the door.

Hearing Jia Shuai's familiar voice, the squad leader's face turned red instantly. His half-hearted struggle suddenly turned into a strong struggle. He pulled his hand back from Qi Xia's palm and turned around.

"You were just busted this morning, and you want to go again now?"

Qi Xia turned his head and looked at Lao Jia. This guy wanted to do it again after just being scolded. It was true that he forgot the pain after the wound healed.

"You don't understand, Lao Xia. This is a limited edition skin. You only have the chance to get it in the next two days. Aren't you tempted?"

Jia Shuai walked over. He didn't notice the conversation between Qi Xia and the class monitor just now, but after he walked over, he felt something was wrong.

Under normal circumstances, such a big thing just happened, Miss Jiang even sat on his face, it is impossible for the squad leader to remain indifferent, right?

Besides, he just asked Lao Xia to go surfing together in the evening. Shouldn't the monitor kick him right away and scold him for corrupting Lao Xia again? How could she not have any reaction like now?

"Lao Xia, something's wrong with you. Did you just say something to the squad leader?"

He approached Qi Xia and whispered, pointing at the squad leader.

"What can I say? You're not happy even though you weren't scolded. Hurry up and sit down. The teacher will be here soon."

Qi Xia shook his head. He was not stupid. If he really told Lao Jia what he had just done to the squad leader, not to mention himself, Lao Jia's life would definitely be in danger. So he would never tell Lao Jia about the squad leader's reaction. This was also for Lao Jia's life.

"Old Xia, you really are having an affair with the squad leader, right? Is the reason you don't want to reconcile with Miss Jiang because of the squad leader?"

Old Jia still wanted to add fuel to the fire, but looking at Qi Xia's half-smile, he knew it would not work, so he gave up.

After a while, Qi Xia and his classmates' Chinese teacher came into the classroom holding a stack of homework books.

Before the class started, he asked the students to stand up and recite the book for five minutes as usual. When they finished reciting the book, while the noise of reciting the book had not completely stopped, Qi Xia whispered to the monitor in front of him, "Don't forget, monitor, I'll treat you to milk tea at noon."

The squad leader didn't turn his head, and seemed to be too lazy to pay attention to him just like before, but after a while, he saw the squad leader nodded slightly with his back to him, and heard a small "hmm" that seemed inaudible.

Chapter 52: Reflection

The third and fourth classes in the morning were still spent in Lao Jia's drowsiness. When Qi Xia was still thinking about random things, the bell for the end of get out of class rang as scheduled.

When Old Jia heard the bell, he woke up suddenly and dragged Qiu Shuo and others who were also awakened to the cafeteria to get food. Qi Xia stayed in the classroom for a while, watching the monitor tidy up the books on the desk bit by bit. Then he walked up to her and took her to fulfill his promise to treat her to milk tea.

The sunshine at noon today is very good, and it makes people feel warm when it shines on their bodies.

Qi Xia took the squad leader to the shop where Xinyao had given him milk tea in the morning. However, the squad leader seemed to be still upset with him along the way. No matter how Qi Xia brought up the topic, she just responded with a hum.

Yes, although she is their class monitor, she is actually a very delicate and innocent girl at heart. How could she not have any objection after he teased her like that this morning?

Along the way, Qi Xia reflected on himself carefully.

He always felt that he seemed to have some double standards. In front of his childhood sweetheart who had a crush on him, he was submissive, but he always attacked the innocent squad leader who loved to scold him.

Actually, he didn't mean it. He didn't have that kind of intention towards either the class monitor or Qingmei, at least not now. It's just that sometimes when his emotions came to the fore, he couldn't control himself.

When I see that my own little plum is still as lively and cute as I remembered.

I saw that the monitor was still as serious as I remembered, yet a little shy like a girl.

Looking at their delicate and attractive faces in his memory right before his eyes, how could he still be as calm as he used to be?

It's a pity that, except himself, no one can understand his feeling of losing and regaining something important.

The milk tea shop that Qi Xia took the class monitor to was an old shop. In Qi Xia's memory, this milk tea shop seemed to have been there since Qi Xia was in elementary school.

But when Qi Xia was in primary school, they had not started selling milk tea. At that time, they were still selling sweet porridge and fruit juice. Every time his aunt came to pick him up from school, she would buy him a big cup of sour plum soup to reward Qi Xia for a whole day of school.

When he was in junior high school, he would often come here with Xinyao, but as if to keep up with the trend, the beverage shop that once sold various drinks has become the current milk tea shop.

Although the drinks that Qi Xia remembered are no longer sold here, the milk tea here is cheap and delicious. For example, Qi Xia's favorite flavor is only seven yuan for a large cup. The sweet milk tea, coupled with a few spoonfuls of chewy tapioca pearls, and the aroma of the milk tea can make Qi Xia stay in a good mood all day long.

He still remembered that Xinyao said at that time that her biggest wish was to open a milk tea shop. As long as she became the owner of a milk tea shop, she and Qi Xia could drink as much milk tea as they wanted.

"Qi Xia? You haven't been here for a long time. Xinyao just came this morning. Why didn't I see you with her?"

When he pushed open the door and walked in with the squad leader, Qi Xia didn't expect that the owner of the milk tea shop still remembered him.

But it's no wonder, after all, he and Xinyao used to come here almost every day, and in most cases, it was Xinyao, the rich woman, who invited him.

He explained to the boss's wife that he and Xinyao had some disagreements before and they had just reconciled recently. However, the squad leader glared at Qi Xia fiercely when he heard what the boss's wife said.

The squad leader ordered a cup of milk tea according to the menu, but Qi Xia did not order any.

He had already drunk a cup of milk tea that Xinyao bought for him, and if he drank any more, it would feel like a bit too much. He still had to go home to eat the lunch that his aunt had made for him, and he didn't want to be unable to eat because he drank too much milk tea.

The monitor took the milk tea and took a sip, thinking she could leave, but Qi Xia suddenly ordered a large strawberry chocolate vanilla pudding for her.

Qi Xia just discovered that since some time ago, this milk tea shop has also started selling desserts.

He remembered that the class monitor used to like pudding very much. Before the college entrance examination, the whole class went to a restaurant for a meal together. The class monitor ordered a strawberry chocolate vanilla pudding for herself, so he ordered one for her.

When the dessert was served, the squad leader looked at him in surprise. She wanted to stop him, but Qi Xia had already ordered it, so she had no choice but to take the beautifully presented pudding and eat it at the table in the store.

She took the spoon and swallowed a few times almost unnoticeably. It was obvious that the monitor liked it very much. But when she looked up and saw Qi Xia looking at her, she immediately blushed and said, "I didn't ask you to buy me pudding. You ordered this yourself."

She looked around again and found that there were other people in the milk tea shop besides herself and Qi Xia, and they seemed to be a couple. They were sitting together and eating a pudding.

"Yeah, I know." Qi Xia lowered his head, looking at the squad leader's blushing cheeks, and recalled every little thing he and Xinyao had done in this store. The corners of his eyes couldn't help but itch again.

He did not wait until the monitor finished eating, but slipped out alone when he was halfway through. His aunt was still waiting for him at home, and he couldn't let her wait too long.

However, he rode his bike to several nearby shopping malls for a stroll.

He wanted to find a doll with a unique shape, a silly-looking raccoon doll with a huge Band-Aid on its belly.

Qi Xia knew that his childhood sweetheart loved dolls. In Xinyao's bedroom, where he had been many times, even the bed was filled with all kinds of dolls.

However, among the many dolls, the one she likes most is this little raccoon with a somewhat strange appearance.

That was the first gift he gave to Xinyao. He accidentally got it from a claw machine when he and his friends went to the game hall in elementary school.

He didn't like the appearance of this raccoon because it looked a little silly, so when he returned home, he gave this silly raccoon to Xinyao as a gift.

He still remembered the bright smile on her face when she received his gift. She said she would protect it well, and she did.

When he last saw Xinyao during the time she was depressed, the raccoon was still placed at the head of the bed, closest to her, but it looked a little old, as if it had been washed many times.

He used to think that she protected the raccoon so much because she really loved it, but now he seemed to understand a little bit. It was probably not this stupid and unpleasant raccoon that she liked, but the person behind it.

But unfortunately, he searched several shopping malls but couldn't find anything similar. It seemed that the mall owners also thought that there was no need to sell such ugly raccoons.

Chapter 53 Snow Lotus

"No……"

Qi Xia was a little disappointed that he didn't find the doll he wanted, but he didn't get discouraged.

It is normal that you can't find it for a while. After all, so many years have passed, and it is hard to say whether the manufacturer that produced this kind of doll is still there.

But as long as you really want to find it, you can always find it. If not, you can order one online.

Because it took a little longer than expected, Qi Xia started rushing home as soon as he came out of the mall.

He was not in a hurry. He had learned his lesson and had told his aunt in advance that he might be back late at noon. His only worry was that his aunt would wait too long and the food she had worked so hard to prepare would get cold, affecting the taste.

After lunch, he lay on the sofa in the living room for a while as usual. Unfortunately, there were some things in the dance studio that had not been finished, and his aunt went out after lunch. Otherwise, he could have enjoyed his aunt's lap again and had a comfortable nap.

After a short nap, Qi Xia felt more energetic and pushed his bicycle back to school.

I also met familiar neighbors on the way, such as Aunt Yang, who opened a small store at the school gate when I was in elementary school and sold small toys to them. I greeted her with a smile.

When he arrived at school, it was still lunch time. The school was quiet, with only a few students like Qi Xia who were going home at noon walking around the campus.

He didn't go into the classroom either. Everyone in the class was probably still sleeping, and going back now would only disturb them, so he turned a little, followed the cobblestone path, and sat in the small pavilion next to the lotus pond on the campus for a while.

It was early autumn, and the lotus flowers in the pond had long since withered, leaving only a few bare lotus pods still holding high. However, the round lotus leaves were still green, and if you looked closely, you could see that they still had some of the emerald green and tenderness of summer.

Bathed in the warm sunshine, Qi Xia couldn't help feeling a little sleepy again.

He yawned, looked up, and suddenly found that there was a person on the other side of the pond who, like him, did not stay in the classroom, but ran to this side of the pond.

But she is different from the bored Qi Xia, who came here simply to kill time.

The man held various colored paints in his hands and had a huge drawing board in front of him. He looked focused, as if he was carefully copying the scenery around the pond.

Qi Xia knew her. To be precise, there was no boy in the school who didn't know her, just like almost all the boys in the school had heard of Jiang Xinyao's name.

However, there are still some differences between her and Jiang Xinyao. In some ways, she is even more famous than her childhood sweetheart, because compared to Xinyao, she is a real rich lady.

She was a girl in the class next to Qi Xia’s, her name was Xia Xinran. She transferred from another place to the school where Qi Xia and his classmates were when she was in her second year of high school.

He still remembered that at noon on the day she transferred to the school, his family drove a Rolls-Royce to take her to school.

Because Qiu Shuo particularly likes cars, when he saw the cool-looking car parked at the school gate, his eyes were wide open, and he was still muttering in the class, "That's a Rolls-Royce, Lao Xia." So Qi Xia remembered it very clearly.

There were some rumors in the school, which were said to have come from a teacher, saying that her family was in the medical device industry and it was a very famous company in the province, but Qi Xia didn't know much about it. The world of such a rich girl was too far away from him.

Qi Xia had not had much interaction with her in the past. The only thing he remembered was that at first, he had a bad impression of her. She had just transferred to the school with such fanfare, and her face was so cold, as if she didn't want to talk to anyone.

But later he changed his mind about her. It was during a sports meet, which was also the only time Qi Xia had any interaction with her.

It was also the second year of high school. Qi Xia was asked by the class monitor to be responsible for delivering water to the students who had participated in the 1000-meter race. But who knew that something happened during the run. A girl from Class fell on the field.

Because the race had just started, everyone was running very fast. The girl fell very hard and dislocated her arm. No one, even the teachers, knew what to do, and they could only wait anxiously for the ambulance to arrive.

But at this time Xia Xinran stepped forward. Since her family was in the medical field, she skillfully provided some emergency treatment to the girl. Even the medical staff praised her when they arrived, saying that without her emergency treatment, if the girl suffered a secondary injury, it would probably take a lot of effort to restore her injury.

The girl did have impressive assets. Apart from her tall, model-like figure, the most eye-catching thing was her long, black and smooth hair that was enviable. The ends of her hair hung down behind her waist without any split ends, like a black waterfall, making people want to use it to make a scarf.

In order to paint, the girl wore a simple suspender dress. Her slender arms were as white and crystal as if they had no bones. Her smooth skin was exposed behind her white neck, exuding a delicate and clean luster.

As for her appearance, Qi Xia was not good at talking so he didn't comment too much.

If he had to choose a campus belle from Qi Xia's school, he felt that he could only choose between Xia Xinran, his childhood sweetheart or the class monitor.

If we have to say, it's not impossible to tie for first place. After all, the three of them have their own merits in appearance. If the squad leader is a flash in the pan at midnight, and my childhood sweetheart is the gorgeous and generous peony, then Xia Xinran can probably be described as a snow lotus, which is both noble and cold.

He thought of his aunt again, because his aunt was also a student of this school. But now his aunt is at an outsider level. If you must compare her with a group of female high school students, that would be too bullying. Their temperaments alone are not on the same level.

Of course, this does not mean that their looks are much worse than my aunt's. Maybe in the future, when they have developed that extraordinary temperament, they will be able to compare, but obviously not now.

As for my aunt, if I have to describe her, Qi Xia thinks she should be like a lotus, pink and pretty, and her a favorite flower of his, it’s that simple.

Xia Xinran put down her paintbrush and raised her head. She seemed to have noticed that Qi Xia was looking at her, so she turned her head and looked at Qi Xia. Her cold gaze fell on Qi Xia's feet, making Qi Xia feel a little weak unconsciously.

He nodded to her, as a greeting to his comrade who was fishing by the pond together, but she seemed too lazy to pay attention to him. She put away her painting tools, picked up her drawing board and left.

Qi Xia was embarrassed for a moment, but there was nothing he could do. This girl who transferred to their school midway seemed to have always been like this, so cold to everyone that even though she was a rich girl and such a likable character, not many people followed her.

This school is not an aristocratic school. Most of the students in the school are children from ordinary families with better academic performance like Qi Xia.

The difference in family background had already made most people back off, and the few who dared to approach her were scared back by her cold gaze.

After all, reality is not a novel. The dreamlike plot of a rich girl falling in love with a poor boy is better to be seen only in TV dramas. What's more, this rich girl is as cold as a stone on an iceberg and doesn't show any affection to anyone.

After waiting for a while, the bell rang and Qi Xia prepared to enter the classroom. However, before leaving, he seemed to realize that she had left in too much of a hurry and left something there without taking it away.

It looked like a pendant, and he walked over.

Chapter 54: Innocence

When Qi Xia returned to the classroom, most of the students had already woken up.