The winter of 2008 came exceptionally early. Although it had not snowed yet, the temperature dropped quickly. Everyone wore thick cotton-padded jackets in early December. The windows of the classroom were covered with a thin layer of fog. Students sitting by the windows liked to write words or draw patterns on the windows.
On sunny days, during breaks, everyone would grab a spot on the railing and line up to bask in the winter warmth.
Lin Youxi is one of the few people who rarely goes out to bask in the sun. She is naturally afraid of cold and usually stays in the classroom to study or read. Only when a familiar figure appears at the classroom door will she stand up and move around.
Xia Yuan usually looked for Lin Youxi during the break between the third class, but most of the time they went to the bathroom together. If Mei Fang was outside, Xia Yuan would first strike up a conversation with Mei Fang, and then ask Mei Fang to call Lin Youxi out.
Mei Fang and Xia Yuan's frequent interactions naturally attracted the curiosity of some classmates. One day, a girl in the class suddenly came up to Mei Fang and asked:
"Mei Fang, are you close to the beauty in Class 8?"
"Class beauty?"
Mei Fang asked in confusion, "You are so young, why are you already commenting on this?"
"What? Aren't you the same age as us..."
The girl rolled her eyes at Mei Fang in annoyance, "Um, um, what! Are you and her, in that kind of relationship? I see you two flirting in the corridor every day."
"Don't gossip about these things, just study hard."
"If you don't answer directly, I will take it as your consent!"
The girl seemed very happy. Mei Fang thought that she was probably asking on behalf of a boy she liked, so she said a few perfunctory words to her and then sent the girl away.
Junior high school is a very dangerous age. There is no heavy academic burden, but one also begins to become curious about the relationship between men and women and strives to break away from the identity of a child.
This age group is also a high-incidence period of rebellion. Boys and girls are in a throbbing fantasy and will easily launch an ignorant offensive against the opposite sex they like.
Our Yuanyuan is so cute, I would definitely be troubled if she thinks about me...
Mei Fang's plan was to not respond directly to her relationship with Xia Yuan, but to create some vague rumors to discourage some boys who were interested in her.
After all, generally speaking, boys in junior high school are more concerned about their reputation and rarely do things like poaching girls.
Mei Fang was thinking, but was suddenly brought back to his senses by a pat on the shoulder.
"Ah Fang, what are you thinking about?"
Xia Yuan was wearing a snow-white outer jacket today, a red panda scarf around her neck, and a pair of very cute furry bunny earmuffs on her head. She greeted him with a smile.
"You have quite a lot of tricks."
"I already told you this once when I left this morning. And you're still telling me."
Xia Yuan punched Mei Fang angrily, "Were you talking to the girls in your class just now?"
"Can't I talk to the girls in my class?"
"Of course it doesn't matter to Youxi! As for the other girls..."
Xia Yuan made a humming sound, rolled his eyes, then stared at Mei Fang for a while, and finally patted his shoulder with a smile.
"Forget it, I'm not such a stingy girl. Go and help me call Youxi out. I have something to talk to her about."
"I know, I know..."
Xia Yuan pushed Mei Fang into the classroom. Mei Fang sat down at her seat and turned back to nod at Lin Youxi who was doing her homework. She was rubbing her hands while doing her homework and looked very cold.
"Youxi, Yuanyuan asked you to go out."
"Hmm... Wait for me."
Lin Youxi agreed verbally, her eyes still fixed on the question in front of her, and then she slowly stood up and looked outside the classroom. Xia Yuan was standing at the door of the classroom, making her signature handshake gesture towards Lin Youxi. Lin Youxi trotted over, and Xia Yuan pulled Lin Youxi to his side, holding their arms closely.
He said something happened, but turned out to be going to the bathroom!
I have to accompany you too. The relationship between girls is really strange.
After a long while, Lin Youxi returned to her seat, and Mei Fang noticed that she was wearing Xia Yuan's bunny earmuffs and gloves when she came back.
"… "
Lin Youxi was adjusting the position of her earmuffs when she noticed Mei Fang was looking at her. She poked Mei Fang's cheek with the end of her pen and said, "Turn around."
"You are not allowed to watch it yet."
Mei Fang was spinning a pen in her seat out of boredom. Her deskmate Wang Jiachang became very interested when he saw how skillfully and vigorously Mei Fang twirled the pen.
"Mei Fang, how do you transfer this pen? Teach me too!"
"There's no trick to this. You just need to practice. I learned this through practice. Look at me, hey, like this, and then like this..."
"Wow, this hand-switching move is amazing! You will definitely win the Global Pen Spinning Contest!"
Another boy happened to pass by Mei Fang's seat. Seeing Mei Fang's great skills, he was immediately attracted.
"Wow, that's awesome, Brother Fang! Everyone come and watch Brother Fang spin the pen!"
Mei Fang relied on her excellent pen-spinning skills to attract a large number of boys to stop and watch. Everyone could not help but applaud and wanted to learn from Mei Fang. Mei Fang was intimidated by her boring vanity and kept showing off her skills.
"Boys are so childish."
Yue Xinyi looked at the cheerful Mei Fang with disdain, and then lowered her head to read her romance novel.
Then, Lin Youxi's voice suddenly rang in Yue Xinyi's ears:
"Yue Xinyi, what do you usually watch? You look so happy."
"Of course it's a literary masterpiece!"
Yue Xinyi defended herself with a pitiful look on her face, "I'm the representative of the Chinese class, so it's normal for me to read more classics, right?"
"You're reading a novel, right? You can tell from the covers."
Yue Xinyi was so scared that she protected her rare treasure. "Class monitor, you, you are not going to punish me, are you? For the sake of our deskmate, please give me a chance. I won't bring it next time."
Seeing Yue Xinyi's exaggerated reaction, Lin Youxi couldn't help but smile, "I read novels too, I won't confiscate yours."
"Huh... You scared me to death." Yue Xinyi kept patting her chest.
"Do I look so serious? I'm not Li Shibing's lackey."
"In class, outside of your interactions with Mei Fang, you are really, really serious and solemn, and I dare not approach you."
"… "
Lin Youxi frowned slightly, obviously a little bit unbelieving.
"By the way, what kind of novels does the monitor like to read?"
"I usually read martial arts novels or something like that."
Lin Youxi usually read a lot of novels using Mei Fang's MP3, but they were all serious martial arts novels.
"Oh, is it "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" or "Swordsman"? The class monitor's taste is a bit special for girls..."
"So, what kind of novels do you usually read?"
It's rare that Lin Youxi is so interested in the novels she reads—
The time for missionary work has come!
Yue Xinyi opened the desk and took out her own collection of public treasures from the desk -
"This is my favorite novel! It's all very sweet. I don't like sad stories. I just love sweets!"
Yue Xinyi displayed three ancient masterpieces, with very old Mary Sue anime images drawn on the covers. The names of these three novels were:
Love Dorothy
That Guy is So Handsome
"Okja Wait and See"
Lin Youxi simply flipped through the pages of the novel. She didn't stare at any particular page to savor it, but just flipped through it casually.
This was also within Yue Xinyi's expectations.
Obviously our squad leader is not someone who is obsessed with love. Sweet stories from ancient times like this are just classics, but the writing style does seem a bit childish and brainless now.
It seems that romance novels of this level do not interest her.
However, the following few books -
"Then, these are the books I've been reading recently..."
Yue Xinyi pretended to be mysterious and arranged the three novels so that the cover texts of the novels could appear together in Lin Youxi's field of vision.
The titles of these three books are:
"Two Little Guess"
"Kissing Plum and Chasing Horses"
The Rabbit Crushes the Grass
"… "
Different from her cold reaction to the Mary Sue romance novel just now, Lin Youxi was obviously more interested after seeing the title of the book.
She picked up one of the novels, started from the table of contents on the first page, and then began to read with great interest.
"Monitor, if you like this book, I will lend it to you first..."
"I... I'm just flipping through it. I guess you haven't finished reading it yet."
Lin Youxi came to her senses and was about to return the book, but was strongly opposed by Yue Xinyi:
"I've finished reading it! I've finished reading it a long time ago, but you should fill in the gaps first! Oh, no, you should know it first!"
(End of this chapter)