“Sorry, Lili…”
As they approached the school gate, Shi Yan finally gathered the courage to speak softly to the girl next to her, who was almost the same height as her.
Lu Lili had particularly keen ears in this small world, so even though Shi Yan spoke in a mosquito-like voice, she still heard it clearly.
However, Lu Lili didn’t understand what Shi Yuan meant and looked a bit puzzled. “Ah, why suddenly apologize?”
“My brother… he…”
Shi Yuan hesitated for a while, but in the end, she gave up describing what she had seen and said with resignation, “So, I’m sorry. I’ll talk to him when I go back. He shouldn’t have…”
Lu Lili finally understood.
She smiled awkwardly and leaned closer to Shi Yan, lowering her voice. “Yanyan, you misunderstood. There’s no need to apologize. Shi Chao didn’t do anything wrong. We both like each other.”
She opened her palm, gesturing to Shi Yan, whose pupils were shocked upon hearing her words, and looked down at a pack of cigarettes she had been holding in her hand.
“Yanyan, look, he promised me today that he will quit smoking. In the future, I will make sure he doesn’t come late or get into fights, and we’ll study hard together!”
As Shi Yan listened to Lu Lili’s confident and hopeful voice, she felt as if she were in a dream, her expression dazed.
She thought blankly to herself, could her troublesome younger brother, who had always been a source of worry, really make such a significant change because of a girl?
At the same time, she felt admiration for Lu Lili.
After all, as Shi Chao’s older sister, she never thought of changing her terrible little brother.
She herself was already so terrible, so she didn’t have the energy to care about whether others were terrible or not…
However, because she knew about the relationship between Lu Lili and her little brother, Shi Yuan started to consider Lu Lili as her own person and no longer always tried to avoid her.
Lu Lili was extremely happy about this, as she didn’t expect to progress with Shi Chao and her mission was also making progress!
Afternoon, after school.
Both Shi Yan and Lu Lili remembered what Shi Chao said in the morning, to wait for him after school.
Lu Lili found out from Shi Yan that Shi Chao was in Class 7, as they were twin siblings.
Thinking about how the grade director initially arranged for her to be in Class 7, Lu Lili found it amusing that she unknowingly missed the opportunity to become classmates with Shi Chao.
But well, Shi Chao would be hers without needing any strategy. She would have to spend more time and effort on Shi Yan, so Lu Lili felt that her decision to be in Class 5 was the right one!
When most of the people in the classroom had left, Shi Yan slowly packed her bag, thinking that today she would definitely be going home alone again.
However, Lu Lili, who had also finished packing her bag, held her back and said, “Yanyan, wait for me. Let’s walk together!”
Lu Lili only knew that she couldn’t let Shi Yan go home alone and it would be best to have someone accompany Shi Yan.
Otherwise, she was worried that Shi Yan might suddenly return to the state where she felt like she was the only person in the whole world.
Facing the girl who eagerly hoped to accompany her, Shi Yan found herself unable to refuse.
When Shi Chao walked over from Class 7, the three of them left the second-year teaching building together.
Coincidentally, they met the grade director on the school path, who was standing there catching students who were dating or fighting.
The grade director first noticed Shi Chao walking beside Lu Lili, immediately becoming alert.
But then he saw Shi Yan walking hand in hand with Lu Lili, and he suddenly felt that he was overthinking.
It was normal for the siblings to go home together; it just happened to have a female classmate accompanying them.
He immediately averted his gaze and focused on other students.
rokumi’s note : umm, I’ve been wondering… so did Lili bring that pack of cigarettes to school??
Fr…like girl👀