With Zhai Jiajing's departure, the rumors gradually subsided, and the final dust of the headmaster's real-name recommendation quota was finally settled—
Winter in Star City is approaching quietly.
In December, the trees are thin and the wind is cold.
When I wake up at 6:30 every morning, the sky outside is gray and the light is very dim.
It was not much better when I went out at 7:15, there were scattered pedestrians on the road, and a light layer of frost formed on the leaves of the green belt.
The wind from the south is wet and cold, and it blows in gusts, like ice mixed with snow, which makes my cheeks hurt.
After scraping a few more times, the pain becomes numb, and you can feel a piece of ice cold when you hold it with your fingers.
The fact that Shen Xingruo and Lu Xingyan lived together had been made public, and the two of them no longer avoided suspicion, and went out together every day.
"Let's go?" At a quarter past seven, Lu Xingyan leaned against the door of Shen Xingruo's room with his schoolbag on one shoulder, urging, "If you don't go, you'll be late."
"immediately."
Shen Xingruo took the scarf while responding.
Lu Xingyan couldn't stand it anymore, so he helped her pick up her schoolbag and walked out first.
Before getting into the elevator, Aunt Zhou stuffed Shen Xingruo with a cup of brown sugar ginger tea.
Shen Xingruo came to see her aunt again, and she was particularly shy of the cold these days.
In addition, Mingli's classroom is not equipped with air-conditioning, making class extremely difficult.
She wore a close-fitting small down jacket in her winter school uniform, two pairs of socks, and a series of equipment such as hats, gloves, and scarves.
When they got downstairs, seeing Shen Xingruo taking out a charged hot water bottle from his school bag, Lu Xingyan asked, "Bought a new one?"
"No, the squad leader sent it."
Shen Xingruo was holding the hot water bottle in one hand, and was still fiddling with the scarf in the other.
Lu Xingyan had question marks all over his head.
"When did you give it? I was at the same table with him and when did he secretly give you a gift? Why didn't I know?"
"No, it's not the Chinese New Year and you don't have a birthday, what kind of gift will he give away if he has nothing to do, and you still accept it?"
Lu Xingyan grabbed the hot water bottle and pulled her scarf.
"What are you making a fuss about?"
Shen Xingruo pulled back his scarf, wrapped it around twice, and tied it up.
She thought it was nothing at first, but Lu Xingyan kept nagging all the time, she was so dizzy by the reading, so she had to explain.
Yesterday at noon, she and Shi Qin Ruan Wen went to the boutique to look at gloves, and He Siyue happened to be there to buy water-based pens.
Shi Qin teased He Siyue, saying that he got a treat recommended by the principal's real name.
Then He Siyue responded very readily and bought a warm water bottle for each of the three of them.
After confirming that the three hot water bags had the same design, color, size, and price, Lu Xingyan finally believed that this was a very simple act of paying.
But he still stretched his cold hands into Shen Xingruo's scarf and chilled her neck.
Shen Xingruo "Take it away!"
Lu Xingyan took it away very obediently, and then said casually, "This hot water bottle is not of good quality. You can see that my hands are still cold after warming it up for so long. I confiscated it. I will pay you for a new one later."
"..."
Lu Xingyan: "By the way, don't let boys pay you casually in the future. This is all a favor you owe, do you know that?"
"..."
Shen Xingruo thought for a while, and said very seriously, "You are right, then I will return a gift to the monitor for Christmas. What do you boys like?"
"... No, I haven't finished talking yet. Favors are owed, but not all favors need to be repaid."
"No. Yes."
Lu Xingyan: "No."
"In this way, I'll buy you a hot water bottle to pay back the favor later. You'll owe me the favor, so just give it to me as a Christmas present."
After finding such an excellent problem-solving idea, Lu Xingyan instantly felt that he was a genius.
Shen Xingruo thought about it, "Then I won't pay it back."
As she spoke, she glanced at the time and walked forward quickly.
"Hey, Shen Xingruo, why are you like this?"
Lu Xingyan stood on the spot and shouted, then took three steps and two steps to catch up
Christmas is coming soon. When entering the Mingli campus, you can see from a distance that there is already a big Christmas tree in front of the library. It is very green, but the gift bell has not been hung on it yet.
Snowflakes and Santa Claus stickers have also been pasted on many doors and windows of the teaching building.
Before entering the teaching building, Lu Xingyan was still haggling with Shen Xingruo about the Christmas gift.
Shen Xingruo didn't bother to talk to him, and originally planned to say something perfunctory, but suddenly she stopped and looked up at the sky, "It's snowing."
Lu Xingyan then looked up, "No way, it usually snows in Star City around the New Year's Eve. You were not hit by bird droppings."
Shen Xingruo "..."
Walked two more steps forward, this time it was Lu Xingyan who stopped and looked up at the sky, "It's really snowing."
He touched the snowflakes that fell on his bangs, and the snowflakes melted at the touch of his hands.
Soon a few more flakes fell on him, and he dusted it off, "A lot of snow fell on me."
Shen Xingruo turned to look at him, and said indifferently, "No, you were also hit by bird droppings, a lot of bird droppings."
"..."
"You're really a vengeance."
Shen Xingruo "Jia Zi, it's z and not c."
Lu Xingyan "..."
The two pinched into the classroom.
Because of the sudden first snowfall, the high school seniors who had been frozen to the point of insanity suddenly became excited, and were absent-minded in the morning self-study.
The snow hadn’t fallen much in the first two classes, and at noon, the ground was finally covered with a layer of white. Looking out from the window, there were a lot of plain colors.
A few years ago, there was a Korean drama called "You Who Came from the Stars", which became popular all over the country, and it also instantly triggered the trend of Chuxue's confession and eating fried chicken and drinking beer on snowy days.
Christmas is two days away, and it happens to be Xu Chengzhou's birthday. Originally, they planned to have a barbecue, but when it snowed, the group of friends and friends changed their minds and said that they would eat fried chicken and drink beer.
During the get out of class break, Lu Xingyan saw Shen Xingruo sitting on the seat, so he took his mobile phone and asked, "Xu Chengzhou's Christmas birthday, do you want to eat together?"
"No, I'm not feeling well."
Shen Xingruo didn't even lift his head when he was filling out the classmate list.
Knowing that she came to see her aunt these days, Lu Xingyan didn't force her, but just glanced at her classmate book along the way—
Favorite TV series "irl"
Although he hadn't heard it, Lu Xingyan still recited it three times silently in his heart, and then returned to his seat.
...Korean drama
No, Shen Xingruo's favorite is definitely not a Korean drama, but probably a niche American drama with the same name as a British drama.
But he rummaged and found that there was only one Korean drama called "irl".
For most of the self-study class, he didn't have much time to write the test papers, so he simply sent Shen Xingruo a WeChat message.
It's just that Shen Xingruo didn't show any signs of checking his phone.
He wrote another small note, put it in the book, and let people pass it all the way.
Shen Xingruo found his note this time, but within two or three minutes, the book was passed back to him.
—Why can’t I find the TV series you like the most? Is there another name? Let me have a look and learn from it.
— My Girl, also called Sibling Pact.
Lu Xingyan "..."
It's hard to tell that the little girl Shen Xingruo still likes forbidden love.
So while Lu Xingyan looked down on Korean dramas, he took the time to finish watching "irl".
Staying up late watching the drama, he felt genuinely sad for the male lead for a while, and felt sympathetic for the love of the second male lead for a while.
In fact, if he knew it was a romance drama from the beginning, he would definitely not watch it so seriously.
But at first he thought that Shen Xingruo liked this drama the most. It must not be as simple as it seems on the surface. Ruo crazily ridiculed.
Finishing the drama before Christmas, he thought about it, and read other people's drama reviews just to be on the safe side. It seemed that it was indeed a pure idol drama
Christmas is just around the corner.
It was Saturday, and there was no need for late study, Lu Xingyan planned to eat Xu Chengzhou's birthday fried chicken first, and then go home to spend a romantic Christmas Eve with Shen Xingruo.
It was the critical period of the third year of high school, and the conditions were limited, so Xu Chengzhou's birthday was just improvised at a kfc closest to the school.
They moved a case of beer and took center stage in the restaurant.
The young lady of kfc learned about Xu Chengzhou's birthday and gave him a birthday hat.
The atmosphere was originally very happy, but Xu Chengzhou recently chased after a girl in the science class, and it was fine if he didn't catch up. She rejected him on the grounds that she didn't want to fall in love in the third year of high school, and the most important thing at present was to study. A chemistry competition student from Class 13 got together.
Xu Chengzhou ran to question, but the girl only blocked him, "Can you get into university?"
Xu Chengzhou shut up quietly.
Before coming here, Lu Xingyan didn't know that Xu Chengzhou's vigorous chasing action some time ago had belched so quickly.
Thinking of the birthday gift I gave him, it felt like another stab in Xu Chengzhou's heart.
So he comforted him with conscience, "What's the matter, we couldn't get into the university."
Xu Chengzhou might have been stimulated, he looked at Lu Xingyan, and sincerely persuaded him, "Master Lu, I didn't mean you, Shen Xingruo's age must be a certainty, I heard that He Siyue from your class is still very close to her, why is she so close?" Si Yue just got a real-name recommendation from the principal of the university, are you waiting for someone to make an appointment to see you in the imperial capital?"
"..."
"Aren't I chasing after?"
Li Chengfan almost spit out a sip of beer, "Are you chasing after him? You really can't tell."
"You're fucking blind."
Said that Lu Xingyan mentioned another Christmas gift for Shen Xingruo and showed it, then took a sip of beer, and squinted at them, "In order to prepare this Christmas gift, I picked up a copy of her favorite Korean dramas, you know what an egg."
—The tone is full of superiority.
The fox friends and dog friends were silent for a few seconds, and then they lifted the seal collectively
"No, don't you live with Shen Xingruo? You don't, no, you're too innocent, oh my god."
"Brother Yan, I haven't seen such a simple way of chasing someone for many years. If you don't say you're chasing, I might think you're still in love with him, you know."
Lu Xingyan wondered, "I don't look like I'm chasing someone? I think I'm already a bitch who's holding the goddess's stinky feet every day. How the hell are you going to chase me?"
Li Chengfan drank a little, and couldn't help laughing, "No, let me correct you, brother Yan, you don't look like you, you are just a dick in front of Shen Xingruo."
Lu Xingyan gave him a cold look, and then kicked him.
Li Chengfan dodged skillfully, and really wanted to laugh, "Oh my god, hahahahahahahaha, if you live with Shen Xing, you won't accidentally drop your bathrobe and towel every now and then, and go to the toilet at night and pretend to go to the wrong room , have you ever heard of why you are so innocent hahahaha!"
Zhao Langming couldn't stand it anymore, and continued teaching after Li Chengfan said, "Brother Yan, I think you're going in the wrong direction, it doesn't matter if you look like a dick or just a dick, do you know ?”
"Because the goddess doesn't like **si at all."
"You have to be like a domineering president, women like domineering presidents."
Lu Xingyan frowned, "I think I can be domineering sometimes."
For example, grab her milk, grab her milk tea, grab her hot water bottle.
"No, the point is not overbearing, Brother Yan, is there something wrong with your IQ?"
"Hey, do you still remember that brother Sen of yours, the boss of Junyi Hotel, girls like that, and the group of people behind Hulala have a special row."
"Forget it, I don't think you can understand it. To put it simply, girls like handsome and rich people. What kind of Christmas gift did you prepare? It doesn't matter what the gift is, the main thing is to choose the most expensive one."
Zhao Langming tried his best to bb for a long time, but Lu Xingyan didn't listen to it. He still felt that Shen Xingruo would definitely like the gift he had prepared.
After bragging for a while, since Mr. Shouxing himself, Xu Chengzhou, was out of condition, before nine o'clock, everyone went back to their respective homes.
When Lu Xingyan came home, Shen Xingruo was writing the test paper in the room. Lu Xingyan knocked on the door and entered the room, and then handed her the gift.
Shen Xingruo answered, "What is this?"
Lu Xingyan scratched his head, and said disapprovingly, "Don't you like watching that Korean drama? In that Korean drama, the hero always gives the heroine a gift. I just bought the same thing online."
Shen Xingruo immediately thought of what it was.
She paused.
In fact, this Korean drama is very old, but she only watched it last winter, and then watched it four or five times.
There is no particular reason, but I feel betrayed by the whole world, so I really want to find comfort in TV dramas.
She seemed to have thought at the time that she hoped that her future boyfriend could also give her a crystal ball music box.
Seeing that Shen Xingruo hadn't moved for a long time, Lu Xingyan was still wondering if Zhao Langming had hit the mark.
He put his hands in his pockets, and made a casual look, "I bought it casually, and if you don't like it, you can dispose of it as you like."
He yawned, turned around and raised his hand, "I'll go back to my room and take a shower first."
"no."
"I like it very much, thank you."
Lu Xingyan turned his back to her, the corners of his lips curled up.
Shen Xingruo took off his gloves to unpack the package after Lu Xingyan walked out of the room.
But when the gift box was opened, Shen Xingruo's original expectations suddenly froze.
She was quiet for a few seconds, then suddenly rushed into Lu Xingyan's room with the box.
Lu Xingyan just took off his coat, and before he could see Shen Xingruo's expression clearly, he was hit by an electric gadget unexpectedly, and immediately after that, his face was covered with an eloquent ultra-thin condom.
"Lu Xingyan, are you a pervert!"
Lu Xingyan realized in a second, "No, hey, Shen Xingruo! I can explain, I made a mistake!"
It was the first time in Shen Xingruo's life that he saw a real sex toy, and his ears were already burning. After scolding Lu Xingyan, he expressionlessly hurried back to his room, and secretly decided to throw the Christmas present for Lu Xingyan into the trash can.
Lu Xingyan didn't even have time to put on his shoes, so he knocked on the door of Shen Xingruo's room and called Xu Chengzhou, "Xu Chengzhou, return the crystal ball to me right now! I gave it to Shen Xingruo by mistake, so give it to me immediately Here, I'll wait for you at home!"
Xu Chengzhou received a bunch of presents, but they were all abnormal things.
Only Lu Xingyan's crystal ball, although a bit girlish, still seemed a bit ironic in this cold winter night.
But before he had time to be moved, he received the call.
The sadness of being lost before falling in love and the setback of self-esteem of failing to pass the exam are already unsatisfactory, but when he was provoked by Lu Xingyan's chilling words, Xu Chengzhou exploded, and he called him by his name—
"Lu Xingyan, don't you want to be ashamed? It's my birthday and you want to take back my birthday present!"
"It's fine if you want to go back, you fucking want me to brave the wind, rain, frost, ice and snow to deliver it to your doorstep, do you want me to take on the functions of courier and takeaway to help you bring some oden and throw out the trash for you! "
"Fuck your future girlfriend! I fucking wish you never catch up with Shen Xingruo!"