The phone screen was lit up; the brightness automatically turned up to the maximum on a sunny day. Xiang Yu didn't intend to look at it, but he inadvertently glanced at the other person's phone screen.
Baidu: What should I do if my classmate has autism? Is there any way to treat it?
"..." Xiang Yu saw the information on the browsing entry before turning off the screen.
"Okay, give it to me, deskmate." Gu Chen took the phone and continued staring at the Baidu entry.
Xiang Yu watched his movements. After viewing a webpage, he would switch to the notes app to take notes. Xiang Yu felt that the other person had probably misunderstood something, so she leaned closer and whispered.
"Social anxiety is not autism, did you know that?"
"Huh? Not the same one?"
[Author's Note: Xiang Yu: This is common sense; social anxiety is not autism.]
Chapter 42 I've changed, I'm not myself anymore.
Chapter 42 Corner: I've changed, I'm not myself anymore
The amusement park was packed with visitors in the afternoon, and people waited in line for two hours before they could finally ride the crazy pendulum ride.
Gu Chen had made all the plans that morning, and now, thinking back on it, all that remained was regret.
This thing looks just like a polar roller coaster.
The moment Gu Chen sat down on the machine, he exuded an aura of rejection.
Xiang Yu said, "You're holding on too tightly." After her hand was loosened a little, she sighed and felt sorry for Gu Chen's nervous appearance. She leaned over and whispered, "The machine hasn't started yet, you can go down."
"I'm not going down." Gu Chen tightened his grip on the other person's hand. "Just don't let go, I'm not afraid."
You mustn't let go.
Xiang Yu glanced at the other person's hand that was tightly gripping his and wondered if this was what Li Yifan had said when he was passionately playing games with his microphone on: "The worse you are, the more you love to play."
The giant pendulum swings wildly to upbeat music, and the people on it move to the rhythm.
They're screaming like crazy.
When Xiang Yu was called down, his head was buzzing. Stepping on the cement ground felt like stepping on cotton. The others weren't much better off, especially Gu Chen. If he hadn't been holding onto his deskmate, he would have fallen headfirst into the iron fence the moment he stepped down.
"What's next?" Gu Chen asked, grabbing his deskmate's hand and calming him down for a moment.
"A drop tower?"
"..."
After completing a series of thrilling activities, Gu Chen marveled at his own incredible perseverance.
"My deskmate," Gu Chen said with a grin when he saw Xiang Yu looking at him, "I'm pretty good, aren't I?"
"Pfft." Wang Zehao, who was walking ahead, couldn't help but laugh when he heard what the person behind him said. He thought to himself that his brother Chen had won all sorts of awards in other areas but had never praised him. He had just finished playing on the amusement park rides and now he was asking his classmate for praise.
"Hmm," Xiang Yu said, "You're really amazing."
"There's a hot pot restaurant nearby that serves fish with two broths, and the reviews seem pretty good." Xu Youluo, who was walking ahead, turned back and held up her phone to ask for their opinions, "How about we go there for dinner?"
“Absolutely no problem!” Wang Zehao responded enthusiastically as soon as he heard about dinner.
Xu Youluo said, "I'm making a reservation now, so we should be able to eat as soon as we get there."
Gu Chen said, "Okay, in the end, you can send the bill to the group."
"No need," Xu Youluo waved her hand generously, "This is the only thing I'm good at, it's on me."
"Awesome!" Wang Zehao laughed and flattered him. "Tonight you're not Luo Zai anymore, you're allowed to be Brother Luo!"
When the group arrived and sat down, the copper pot with two broths was served piping hot. The fish was already stewed inside. A five-pound catfish was cut into two pieces with decorative cuts. Xu Youluo chose tomatoes and Sichuan peppercorns for the bottom of the pot. The tomato fish was sweet and sour, while the Sichuan peppercorn fish had a unique spicy aroma.
The rim of the pot is very high, and the two pots simmer without any flavors mixing.
The fish would fall apart if cooked for too long, so everyone ate it quickly with their chopsticks, and they even ordered another fish of the same weight halfway through.
The plate on Xiang Yu's plate contained the fattest and most delicious parts of the fish, and Gu Chen would always pick them out for him first, leaving only smaller pieces for himself.
Xiang Yu couldn't stand seeing him like this, and said, "I can do it myself."
Gu Chen said, "It's okay, you eat your food, don't worry about me."
When Gu Chen served the Sichuan peppercorn flavored fish, he remembered that Xiang Yu didn't eat Sichuan peppercorns or other spices, so he manually picked out the spices mixed into the fish.
Wang Zehao, looking miserable, watched the fish fly away from under his chopsticks and then went to a corner to complain.
"Honestly, Brother Yu, even if my Brother Chen gets a girlfriend in the future, he might not treat her this well."
Gu Chen said, "Go away, I already have my deskmate, why would I need a girlfriend?"
His tone was half-smiling, as Gu Chen always spoke, making it hard to tell if he was joking or serious.
But at that moment, Xiang Yu's heart skipped a beat.
The van was arranged by the Xu siblings. The group spent the afternoon playing thrilling games. Except for Xu Youluo, who became more and more energetic as the games went on, everyone else was exhausted.
It was dusk when we left the amusement park. There was a bit of traffic, but now night has fallen, accompanied by the dazzling lights of the big city and the melodious music playing in the car.
Of everyone in the car, only Xu Youluo and the driver remained conscious.
Gu Chen and Xiang Yu sat in the back row. Gu Chen's head was tilted towards the window. Every time the car went over a speed bump, it would shake twice, and Gu Chen's head would unconsciously hit the window when it shook.
He slept soundly even so.
As they passed the speed bump again, a hand stopped Gu Chen's head from hitting the car window once more.
Xiang Yu reached out and pulled his head towards her, so that he could rest his head comfortably on her shoulder.
Their breathing was even. It was probably the first time Xiang Yu had observed the other person up close. Just looking at them like that, his gaze revealed a unique emotion.
Everything inside the car seemed to stand still, as if time had frozen at that moment.
Some people were simply leaning back to rest, some were tightly hugging princess dolls, and some were sprawled out to the side, their heads banging against the car window as the car shook.
Xu Youluo turned around, raised her phone, and took a photo of herself with the scene.
The youthful vigor and vitality are displayed in the daytime, leaving only the quiet beauty of time to be appreciated in the night.
Xiang Yu was woken up by Gu Chen. Before going to sleep, the other person had her head on his shoulder, but now it was the other way around.
Only the two of them and the driver remained in the car. The Xu siblings had been dropped off at the previous stop, and Xu Youqing had instructed the driver to make sure everyone got home safely.
"Where are we?" Xiang Yu asked, rubbing his sleepy eyes.
"We'll be in your neighborhood after the traffic lights." The other person had just woken up, and the pattern of his clothes was imprinted on his temples and cheeks. There were only the two of them left in the back seat. Gu Chen smiled at him and said, "Wake up a bit, then go back to sleep when we get back."
"Hmm." Xiang Yu was still half asleep, trying to keep her eyes wide open to stay awake.
They're quite cute.
"My deskmate."
Xiang Yu turned her head when Gu Chen gently called her.
'Click'
By the time Xiang Yu realized what Gu Chen had done, his phone had already been put into Gu Chen's pocket.
“You…” If it were before, Xiang Yu would have made the other party delete it without hesitation, but now Xiang Yu only hesitated for a moment and said, “Don’t show it to others.”
"Of course."
When Xiang Yu got home, smelling strongly of hotpot, she took a shower despite Li Yifan's resentful look, and then locked herself in her bedroom.
Recalling the events of the day, Xiang Yu lay in bed, hesitantly picking up his phone. After a moment of absentmindedness, he came back to his senses to find that a shopping app had already been opened.
-Search keywords: wool yarn, white, blue
"..." Xiang Yu felt like he must be going crazy.
Could he really be planning to knit something for her? He can't, even if he wanted to.
He wouldn't know how to do that.
He clicked out, then inexplicably clicked back to the interface.
I can't let the recipient down with my first birthday gift.
With that in mind, I placed an order for five white and blue gradient yarn balls, which cost less than 50 yuan and included shipping.
System: What are you buying the yarn balls for? To knit a hat for 80 points?
-Xiangyu: No...
System: I thought the God of War, White Tiger, was going to knit a hat.
-Xiangyu: Knitting hats is difficult, so I plan to knit scarves instead.
-system:???
[Author's Note: Gu Chen: Do you need a girlfriend if you already have a boyfriend?]
System: I was only gone for an afternoon, how did I become gay?!
(Refunds and modifications have been made; new content can be added upon resubscription.) Chapter 43
The third and fourth periods in the morning are math classes for Class 2 of the Arts Department. Arts students have mixed feelings about math.
If I say I like it, the insane difficulty of math problems tortures me a thousand times over; if I say I hate it, math is the fastest way to boost your score, and if you master it, you can take off. I treat math like my first love.
"My first love, my first love, it was destined to have no good ending for me." Wang Zehao lay on the table, scribbling on the stem of a math problem with a pen. His first two math problems ended with just one word.
untie.
Based on the school calendar, the midterm exams are expected to be in the next two or three weeks. The restlessness of Class 2 during breaks has been forcibly suppressed by the tension of exam preparation. The boys in the back row, who used to be a bunch of crazy people, are well-behaved this week, sitting quietly in their seats, either sleeping or playing games with headphones on, without disturbing the class's study atmosphere.
Wang Zehao himself also wanted to play games, but he was either studying or resting around the area. He felt guilty and ashamed if he didn't learn something.
People who are more talented than you are working harder than you, how dare you even play around?
There was a student sleeping on the table in front of me; he was first in his class and first in the grade in the last monthly exam.
"Why is my dad so tired lately?" Wang Zehao leaned over and asked Yang Shuhuan.
Yang Shuhuan had been stuck on this big question for a while, racking his brains but still couldn't figure it out. When he saw Wang Zehao come over to chat with him, he simply put down his pen.
"I don't know, why don't you ask?"
"Tsk." Wang Zehao thought to himself, forget it. He still remembered that during the break in math class yesterday, he had a problem he couldn't solve. When he woke up his deskmate with his workbook, before he could even ask, his brother Chen started nagging him, saying something like, "Don't disturb my deskmate's rest."