Zhao ii stood behind the iron gate, looking at Zhang Zhao like she was visiting soone in prison: "You’re not thinking of making jump out too, are you?"
Zhang Zhao glanced at her disdainfully, then reached out and grabbed one of the iron bars. With a push and a pull, the straight iron bar was directly removed, creating a gap wide enough for a person to squeeze through.
With her heart pounding, Zhao ii glanced back at the playground. Luckily, their spot was pretty secluded, and no one noticed. She quickly bent down and squeezed out from inside.
Zhang Zhao put the iron bar back in place and led Zhao ii out.
Zhao ii tightened the collar of her school uniform. It was still a bit chilly outside; she had co out in a hurry without thinking to wear an outer coat, especially not expecting Zhang Zhao to take her to skip class.
Following behind Zhang Zhao, Zhao ii asked as they walked, "Where are you taking ?"
Zhang Zhao glanced back at her, "Hungry?"
Zhao ii hesitated before answering, "A little bit."
It was just the first class of the day; she already had breakfast at ho, so she wasn’t really that hungry. She just thought Zhang Zhao suddenly sought her out, probably for sothing important.
Zhang Zhao took her to the supermarket opposite the school: "I haven’t had breakfast. Will you eat with ?"
Zhao ii quickly looked up at Zhang Zhao.
Zhang Zhao frowned, dissatisfied, "What kind of look is that? Like I’m going to harm you or sothing! If you don’t want to go to the supermarket, is there anything else you’d like to eat?"
Zhao ii thought for a mont: "Spicy skewers?"
Zhang Zhao kept walking forward: "Okay, whose place?"
Zhao ii skillfully led him to the shop she usually frequented and specifically ordered a bowl of rice for Zhang Zhao.
Zhao ii picked through the soft-cooked tofu, sucking in her breath as she ate. Just as she finished eating one skewer, Zhang Zhao lifted his face halfway from his bowl of rice and suddenly asked, "Zhao ii, do you have a crush on soone?"
Zhao ii was sipping and swallowing spicy soup at the ti. Suddenly hearing this, the spicy soup went directly into her windpipe, causing her to tears.
Zhang Zhao reached for a sausage and chewed a couple of bites: "Looks like it’s true. No need to get so worked up, I won’t tell anyone."
Zhao ii almost coughed her lungs out.
Zhang Zhao handed her so water, and after she took a couple of sips and regained her breath, she squinted at Zhang Zhao: "Why would you say that?"
Zhang Zhao raised an eyebrow at her: "Just tell if it’s true!"
Zhao ii wasn’t exactly flustered, she was more surprised. She and Shi Yang being a thing was a secret even Xu Xu didn’t know; she couldn’t figure out how Zhang Zhao saw through it. Her curiosity got the best of her, and she couldn’t help asking, "How did you figure it out?"
Zhang Zhao buried his head and shoveled a spoonful of rice into his mouth, speaking in a faint tone: "I can tell from anywhere. You’re not crushing on Xu Xu, are you?"
Zhao ii imdiately shook her head: "Definitely not!"
Zhang Zhao squinted, pondering: "You don’t usually hang out with any other male students besides Xu Xu. Is it soone not from our school?"
Zhao ii asked alertly: "Why are you always prying into my business?"
Zhang Zhao teased her on purpose: "Because I have a crush on you, I like you, I adore you."
Zhao ii rolled her eyes in annoyance: "Stop joking, can’t you talk properly?"
"Ha ha..." Zhang Zhao suddenly laughed: "Silly girl!"
Instantly, Zhao ii wouldn’t have it, and threw the empty bamboo skewers at Zhang Zhao, who dodged with a smile, the corners of his mouth lifted into a grin.
Zhao ii was never one to hold back, but the matter with Shi Yang was quite personal. For once, she was clever enough to keep it to herself, not because she didn’t want to share, but because it seed instinctively like not the right ti.
Now Zhang Zhao had indirectly probed her about it, coupled with the lingering sweetness from the previous night, she got a bit carried away and felt the urge to talk to Zhang Zhao about it.
Half-joking around, Zhao ii suddenly stopped fooling around, looked at Zhang Zhao seriously, and asked: "Not kidding, tell the truth, how did you figure it out?"
Originally, Zhang Zhao wanted to say, "I just guessed," but as soon as he lifted his head and t Zhao ii’s pitch-black, narrow eyes, the words took a turn inside his mouth, swallowed back down. When he spoke again, his tone subconsciously turned more sincere: "With your blooming peach-blossom face, even a fool could see it."
Instinctively, Zhao ii reached up and touched her face, giggling twice, looking even more foolish.
Zhang Zhao, despite being aware of Zhao ii’s situation, was partly guessing and mostly speculating. He understood well what it was like to be enamored with soone, so upon seeing Zhao ii, he made an imdiate conclusion. However, he couldn’t guess who Zhao ii liked.
Normally, Zhao ii got along well with everyone in the class, able to talk to everyone, yet the closest person to her was probably Xu Xu.
If Zhao ii’s crush wasn’t Xu Xu, then who could it be? Perhaps it was her neighbor at ho, or soone from middle school, Zhang Zhao had guessed.
After giggling twice, Zhao ii stretched out her hand and patted Zhang Zhao’s arm like good buddies: "Just keep it to yourself, don’t spread it around."
Zhang Zhao raised an eyebrow: "Who is it, then?"
Zhao ii was caught off guard by his question, and what she wanted to say couldn’t quite co out, feeling it perhaps wasn’t the right ti.
Zhao ii evaded: "Letting you know won’t make a difference, you wouldn’t know him anyway; this al is on , as hush money!"
"Damn!" Zhang Zhao exclaid, amused. When paying, he shoved Zhao ii aside and insisted on paying. As they left the restaurant, Zhang Zhao said, "In any other aspect, you can be as polite as you want, but when it cos to money, it’s not necessary. Seriously, I’m so poor, money is all I have left."
Zhao ii didn’t pay much attention to what Zhang Zhao ant by being so poor that money’s all he had. At the ti, she jokingly kicked Zhang Zhao: "Don’t flaunt your wealth, you’ll get hit!"
Following Zhang Zhao, Zhao ii arrived at the classroom just as the bell for the next class rang, the two walked in one after the other, carrying the strong aroma of spicy skewers.
A sharp-eyed classmate imdiately reacted, yelling: "Wow! You guys went off campus!"
Before Zhao ii could co up with an excuse, another mouthy one started jeering, "Oh! Are you guys dating?"
As soon as this was said, even more people started chiming in.
In the dreary academic life, only topics like early romance can ignite the spark of excitent, spreading like wildfire at the drop of a hat.
Zhao ii looked at the crowd of excited, shouting onlookers, feeling like she was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
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