Xu Chuning didn’t know what Shen Yubai was thinking. After she gave him water, she sat with You Shuzhen and watched TV together.
You Shuzhen was watching a romantic drama, and after a while, Xu Chuning found it a bit unbearable. She thought for a mont and then logged into QQ on her phone.
As soon as she logged in, she saw a ssage from Shen Sinian asking if she had returned to the small shop.
Xu Chuning: [I’m back.]
After thinking, Xu Chuning cautioned him: [Have a good ti, don’t worry about .]
Shen Sinian was probably busy playing and did not reply to her imdiately.
Xu Chuning scrolled down and also saw a ssage from Gu Jiayi, asking the sa question as Shen Sinian.
She replied briefly.
After sending her reply, her phone made a ding-dong sound. Xu Chuning looked down and saw a ssage from the person sitting diagonally across from her: [Bored?]
Xu Chuning’s fingers paused slightly, and she responded while lowering her gaze: [And you’re not?]
Shen Yubai was also watching TV with You Shuzhen.
Shen Yubai: [It’s okay.]
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Xu Chuning was slightly surprised and was about to say sothing else when Shen Yubai suddenly spoke, "Xu Chuning."
Xu Chuning t You Shuzhen’s gaze, blinked slowly, and said, "What?"
Shen Yubai: "I need to go to the bookstore. Want to co?"
Before Xu Chuning could respond, You Shuzhen nodded, "Go ahead, there are no custors in the shop right now. Ningning, go browse the bookstore as well and buy a couple of books you like to take ho."
Since You Shuzhen said so, Xu Chuning could only agree, "Is it nearby?"
Shen Yubai: "Yeah."
There are many bookstores near the school, but only one large-scale one.
Xu Chuning and Shen Yubai went to the biggest bookstore, and it was quite busy on the weekend. When they entered, they even ran into a classmate who lived nearby.
"Xu Chuning."
Hearing a sowhat familiar voice, Xu Chuning turned her head, "Cheng Mingyin."
Cheng Mingyin smiled and waved at her, "It’s . Didn’t expect to run into you here. Are you here to borrow books or to buy?"
Cheng Mingyin was Xu Chuning’s classmate in the first grade of high school. When they split into arts and sciences in the second grade, they were put in different arts classes, and afterward, their contact reduced. In the first grade, they were desk mates, and Xu Chuning and she were sowhat close.
"Just looking around," replied Xu Chuning, surprised, "What are you doing here?"
She rembered that Cheng Mingyin didn’t live nearby.
Cheng Mingyin sighed and explained, "It’s my second year of high school now, and my parents think my grades are too poor, so they rented an apartnt nearby for . They said it’s closer to school and will give more ti to study."
Although Cheng Mingyin didn’t think it was necessary, her parents were busy with work and didn’t have ti to pick her up and drop her off.
So, the best solution was to live near the school, which made commuting easier.
Xu Chuning understood, "You’re living alone?"
"Recently, yes," Cheng Mingyin’s mother stayed with her when she first moved here.
The two caught up for a while, and suddenly Cheng Mingyin rembered sothing and asked her, "Did you co here with Shen Yubai just now?"
Xu Chuning was taken aback, then slowly nodded, "Yeah, he was at our shop and said he wanted to co to the bookstore, so I ca with him."
Cheng Mingyin exclaid with a gleam of gossip in her eyes, "What’s going on between you two?"
Xu Chuning lowered her eyes, "Nothing special, just classmates."
"Shen Yubai would co to a bookstore with just any classmate?" Cheng Mingyin was surprised.
Xu Chuning: "...Why wouldn’t he?"
Cheng Mingyin gave her a sidelong glance, "Didn’t you know?"
"What?" Xu Chuning was puzzled.
Cheng Mingyin whispered and gossiped, "There was a girl in his class who wanted to do sothing with him once, I forget what it was. But do you know what Shen Yubai said?"
Xu Chuning: "What did he say?"
She didn’t know.
Actually, she didn’t know much about Shen Yubai before.
Cheng Mingyin: "He said he doesn’t hang out alone with girls."
Xu Chuning: "..."
She paused, incredulously asking, "Did he really say that?"
"Yeah," Cheng Mingyin muttered, "He seems very pure and noble."
Hearing this description, Xu Chuning couldn’t help but laugh and cry, "Pure and noble?"
She glanced at Cheng Mingyin, "If the Chinese teacher heard you describe a boy like this, she would probably have a breakdown."
"Oh," Cheng Mingyin was also a bit embarrassed, "I couldn’t find the right adjective for a mont, and besides, the focus now isn’t how I describe him, but rather... Shen Yubai really rarely goes out alone with girls."
Xu Chuning listened and after a mont of silence, she said, "Not really."
Cheng Mingyin widened her eyes, "How co not?"
She looked curiously at Xu Chuning and asked, "Have you ever seen him go out alone with a girl before?"
Xu Chuning didn’t speak.
"Really?" Cheng Mingyin was surprised, "Who? Soone from our school?"
Xu Chuning: "...Yes."
"It can’t be Xu Zhiyan, right?" Cheng Mingyin guessed. Everyone at school says that the Shen and Xu Families are very close, doing business together. Shen Yubai and Xu Zhiyan have been in the sa school since kindergarten, always in the sa class, and it is still the sa now.
If there was any girl Shen Yubai was close to, other than Xu Zhiyan, it couldn’t be anyone else.
Xu Chuning nodded slightly.
Cheng Mingyin exclaid, "When was this?"
Xu Chuning: "I forgot."
Cheng Mingyin wanted to say sothing else looking at her expression, but Shen Yubai was approaching from the other end. She quickly shut her mouth and tilted her chin towards Xu Chuning, lowering her voice, "Shen Yubai is coming."
"..."
Xu Chuning turned her head and looked at the person holding two books, "Have you made your choice?"
Shen Yubai hmm-ed, "Didn’t find anything to buy?"
Xu Chuning: "...I’ll take a look."
Shen Yubai: "Let’s go."
"?"
Xu Chuning paused, "You’re going together?"
Shen Yubai raised an eyebrow, "Any problem?"
Xu Chuning choked a bit, "No."
The two of them walked toward the bookshelf. This bookstore near the school not only sells books but also rents them.
Xu Chuning wanted to find so math workbooks. Her mathematics was relatively weaker compared to other subjects. Although she didn’t like her current math teacher, she knew well that she needed to master all subjects to have a better chance in the college entrance exams.
However, what Xu Chuning didn’t expect was that Shen Yubai vetoed the math workbook she picked up casually,
"This one is diocre."
Xu Chuning switched to another one.
Shen Yubai comnted again, "This one doesn’t have any particularly tricky problems, not very useful."
"..."
After a few repeats, Xu Chuning was speechless, "How about you pick for ?"
Shen Yubai scanned around, saying indifferently, "There’s nothing useful for you here."
Xu Chuning’s math was comparatively weak, but comparing with other students, she was still decent. The workbooks available here were too basic; practicing them wouldn’t make much of a difference.
"Next week," Shen Yubai whispered, "I’ll get you so national exam practice books from Beicheng."
Xu Chuning was stunned, "National exams?"
Shen Yubai: "Hmm."
He lowered his eyes, "Apart from math workbooks, do you want to look at anything else?"
Xu Chuning thought for a mont, "Should we buy so workbooks for Shen Sinian?"
Shen Yubai: "No need."
Xu Chuning: "Why?"
Rembering what Shen Sinian had told him before, Shen Yubai paused and then said, "His academic performance shouldn’t be bad."
Xu Chuning: "You’re that confident?"
Watching Shen Sinian either sleep or read novels in class, she was genuinely a bit worried.
Hearing her skepticism, Shen Yubai gave her a haughty look, "Of course, don’t you see whose son he is?"
Xu Chuning: "..."
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