After the stressful midterm exams, the grueling senior high school students finally welcomed a four-day National Day holiday. Although the seven-day National Day holiday is now over, having a holiday is better than having none at all.
After all, it's senior year of high school, so having a holiday is already a blessing.
On the second day of the holiday, Su Jinning collapsed onto her desk, her hand almost cramping from writing. Looking at the stack of homework almost taller than her, she slumped back in her chair: "What a load of rubbish holiday! It's just a different place to do homework."
Shen Moyu rubbed his dry eyes and said helplessly, "It's an inevitable part of senior year. You'll get used to it."
"Damn... I can't go on." Su Jinning was truly exhausted this time, looking completely disheveled. "Can't we go out and relax for a bit? All I see when I close my eyes right now are math problems..."
"Relax?" Shen Moyu put his glasses back on, his words waking the person from their reverie: "Let's finish the test first."
Su Jinning buried her face in the sofa behind her, pleading, "What a terrible senior year of high school! Can I just quit?!"
Looking back on my senior year of high school, it was simply unbearable. Life was so monotonous, consisting only of eating, drinking, using the restroom, attending classes, and doing homework. Even... I had very little time to spend with Shen Moyu.
"To be honest..." Su Jinning sobbed uncontrollably, "I really miss my days skipping school to go to internet cafes. So carefree! So joyful... so..."
I stared at the ceiling for a long time, but couldn't come up with anything to say.
Shen Moyu couldn't take it anymore and turned around to pull the person up. "Stop dawdling. Finish these two papers, and I'll go out with you."
They said they were going out to have fun, but there wasn't much to do. The city center was bustling with traffic, and they didn't like going to entertainment venues. After wandering around for a while, they ended up going to the mall.
He looked down to see what Shen Moyu had bought, and immediately noticed the band-aids on the top of the snack bag.
"Why did you buy it? Did you get a cut somewhere?" Su Jinning looked at Shen Moyu with some nervousness.
"It's nothing." Shen Moyu subconsciously looked at his index finger. On his fair and plump fingertip, there was a small wound about two centimeters long. It wasn't long, but it was quite deep. The surrounding skin was red, and the fingertip was slightly swollen.
He smiled and said, "I accidentally scratched it this morning, I didn't have time to..."
"Are you alright?" Su Jinning checked him over carefully.
"It's okay, I just bought the band-aid because I was worried it would affect my grip on the pen."
Su Jinning nodded in relief: "Be more careful next time. I'll go over there and see if I need to buy anything."
"Um."
When they came out carrying a lot of things, they saw Chen Hang and Chen Yuanyuan walking towards them hand in hand from afar.
"Hey, Ning-ge, you academic genius!" The two of them came running over excitedly: "You guys are here to buy something too?"
Su Jinning glanced at the two holding hands and smiled sweetly: "What's going on? A date?"
Upon hearing Su Jinning's words, Chen Yuanyuan blushed instantly and kept hiding behind Chen Hang. Chen Hang, shameless as ever, raised an eyebrow smugly: "Of course, isn't a wonderful holiday for dating?"
Chen Yuanyuan tugged at Chen Hang shyly, signaling him to stop talking. Usually, she was as fierce and assertive as a tomboy, but when she got shy, she revealed the charm of a pure young girl.
Su Jinning didn't want to bother them anymore, so she waved her hand and said, "Alright, you two have fun, we'll head back now."
"No way! I heard a new arcade opened upstairs, it sounds really fun, let's go together!" Chen Hang pointed upstairs with great interest.
Su Jinning turned to look at Shen Moyu, wanting to hear what he meant.
After all, he'd been doing practice tests at home for two days, and it wouldn't be fun to just go to the supermarket when we went out. Thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go together."
"You guys go up first, we'll go to the front desk to store our things." Su Jinning waved the large bag of snacks in her hand.
"Okay, come find us upstairs later." With that, Chen Hang took Chen Yuanyuan's hand and got into the elevator.
"elder brother!"
A slightly immature male voice came from behind them, and the two turned around at the same time, meeting the gaze of a strange boy.
Shen Moyu's eyes widened visibly as he scrutinized the boy running towards him, as if he needed to examine him closely before he could confirm his identity.
"Zhou Xingqi?" After thinking for a moment, Shen Moyu called out his name.
Su Jinning was completely bewildered. Her gaze turned cold as she looked the person in front of her up and down, who had called her boyfriend "brother" right away. Her vigilance suddenly spiked to the maximum.
"Brother, you're here too!" Zhou Xingqi laughed, his starry eyes sparkling with joy, his lips slightly upturned, and his playful smile was evident on his still-youthful face. The sunshine and vigor of the sixteen-year-old boy were particularly dazzling.
Shen Moyu usually doesn't know what to say when faced with such unexpected surprises or delights. After pursing her lips, she could only give a formal reply: "Yeah, I came to buy some things."
"Oh, I see..." Zhou Xingqi scratched his head, his slightly brown hair was ruffled by the wind, but it made him look even cuter.
"And you? Why did you suddenly come back?" Shen Moyu laughed, a bright smile that truly came from the heart.
Zhou Xingqi shook the snacks in his hand and said, "We're on holiday. I'm going back to China for a couple of days and I'll come see you while I'm at it."
"Just happened to come and see you," it's obvious that this was premeditated.
Su Jinning, standing to the side, felt an extremely dangerous sense of neglect. Her expression turned cold.
Instead of waiting idly, it's better to do it yourself.
Su Jinning took a step forward and asked gently, "Mo Yu, what is this?"
He affectionately called out "Mo Yu," which caught the attention of Zhou Xingqi, who was standing nearby. He looked over curiously, and when he met Su Jinning's handsome face, he suddenly froze.
"I forgot to introduce you." Shen Moyu then realized and pulled Su Jinning forward a step, saying, "My friend, Zhou Xingqi, has helped me a lot in the past."
Su Jinning pondered Shen Moyu's simple introduction of the person in front of her, but always felt that she could find some hidden meaning in it.
Out of politeness, he nodded with a smile and said, "Hello. I don't need his introduction, I can do it myself."
Zhou Xingqi was a little surprised, and after a couple of seconds of confusion, he regained his composure, as if waiting for his next words.
Su Jinning continued, "My name is Su Jinning, Shen Moyu's deskmate and..."
He suddenly stopped, startling Shen Moyu, who frantically tugged at Su Jinning's sleeve, fearing he might reveal something Zhou Xingqi shouldn't know at his age. But Su Jinning, with a smile, met Zhou Xingqi's suspicious gaze and said, "Good friend."
Shen Moyu breathed a sigh of relief, pinched Su Jinning hard, and lowered her voice: "Can you stop your pranks?"
Zhou Xingqi gritted his teeth, stepped forward and gently shook hands with Su Jinning, then looked up at him slightly: "Hello, my brother's good friend."