When coming out of the buffet restaurant, Jiang Yumo leaned against the wall. Mother Jiang switched shifts with her colleague at half past one, so she said a few words to Jiang Yumo and left.
Jiang Yumo took out her phone and checked the time.
It’s really difficult to decide.
It’s too early to go to school now, but there’s not enough time to rest at home. After thinking it over, Jiang Yumo decided to go to the bus stop and prepare to go to school. To her surprise, after she boarded the bus and inserted the coins, she saw a familiar face on the bus.
“Ning Zhiyu!” Jiang Yumo hurriedly walked to the back row while the bus hadn’t started yet.
Ning Zhiyu was sitting by the window in the last row. When she saw Jiang Yumo, she smiled and then picked up her backpack from the empty seat next to her, gesturing for Jiang Yumo to sit down.
The temperature in Ningcheng was slowly dropping, giving a more autumn-like feeling.
Ning Zhiyu opened the window, and a gentle breeze came in.
Jiang Yumo was still pleasantly surprised, “What a coincidence! But why are you so early?”
For senior high school students, taking a nap is important, and every extra minute of sleep is a gain. The school dormitories have limited beds, and if they were open to everyone, there would definitely be many day students resting at school during lunchtime.
Ning Zhiyu spoke in a gentle tone, “I can’t sleep at home. The neighbors have a child who plays ball every noon, and it’s too noisy. It’s better to go to school early. I can take a nap leaning on the desk. There are also very few people taking the bus at this time, so I can catch up on sleep during the ride.”
Jiang Yumo nodded in understanding, “Playing ball can be really annoying. Previously, the couple living upstairs from my family was getting a divorce, and they would have fights and throw things every night. It was driving me crazy.”
Ning Zhiyu chuckled, thinking about what happened last night. After hesitating for a moment, she asked, “Do you know someone surnamed Zhou at our school?”
A top student like Ning Zhiyu wouldn’t bother with the school’s online forum.
She wouldn’t inquire about the various things between Duan Ye and Zhou Ji, especially since she didn’t have any close classmates in her class. Even if others were gossiping, they wouldn’t involve her… Besides, they were in their senior year now, and Class 1 and Class 2, compared to the other eighteen classes, were already feeling the pressure of the college entrance exam earlier. Almost all the students focused their minds on studying, and they wouldn’t pay attention to students from other classes who had no connection with them.
As soon as Jiang Yumo heard “Zhou,” her first reaction was, “Are you talking about Zhou Ji?”
“I’m not sure if that’s the name,” Ning Zhiyu pursed her lips. “He’s quite a peculiar person.”
Jiang Yumo thought about the various things in the original plot and couldn’t help but feel excited. So, the male and female leads inevitably have some interaction!
Unable to contain her curiosity, she eagerly asked, “Does he like you or is he pursuing you?”
Ning Zhiyu : “…”
She shook her head, “I haven’t even met him.”
Jiang Yumo was stunned, “You haven’t met him? He’s a transfer student in Class 10, in the same class as Duan Ye, and he’s quite handsome.”
Ning Zhiyu continued shaking her head, “I’m pretty sure I haven’t met him, so I find it quite strange.”
At first, when he sent her flowers, she didn’t take it seriously.
After all, there were always these people who didn’t know their boundaries. Since middle school, she had been receiving love letters, apples secretly placed on her desk during Christmas, and chocolates on Valentine’s Day.
But what happened last night left her confused.
She didn’t know who to ask about it, and coincidentally, she ran into Jiang Yumo, so she asked a couple of questions.
Now Jiang Yumo was thoroughly surprised.
Ning Zhiyu said she hadn’t met Zhou Ji, and Zhou Ji clearly wasn’t the type to be a secret admirer. Then…?
The two girls had no idea what Zhou Ji intended to do. Ning Zhiyu didn’t even know who he was, and Jiang Yumo had only read the original plot. She had no clue about how the relationship between the two started. Ning Zhiyu and Jiang Yumo looked at each other, and it was Ning Zhiyu who smiled first and comforted Jiang Yumo, “Don’t worry, it’s okay. I just find it a bit strange. I don’t know what this person is up to.”
Jiang Yumo nodded. She realized she was truly clueless. Even if she knew the plot in advance, it seemed like she couldn’t change anything. It was better for her not to meddle in Ning Zhiyu and Zhou Ji’s affairs. She felt that Ning Zhiyu was ten times, no, a hundred times smarter than her. She shouldn’t come up with any silly ideas and be a burden to Ning Zhiyu.
“Ning Zhiyu, do you have anyone you like?” At their age, their favorite thing to do was discussing this topic with friends. Jiang Yumo was quite curious about it.
“No, I don’t,” Ning Zhiyu honestly replied. “I don’t have the time or the thought.”
Jiang Yumo sighed, “Yeah, you should focus on studying.”
When there were rumors about her and Duan Ye, both the teachers and her parents had talked to her. Deep down, she also felt that she should concentrate on studying, putting all her thoughts into her academics… But she couldn’t help it, couldn’t resist talking to Duan Ye, couldn’t resist replying to his messages, couldn’t resist stealing more glances at him.
She was probably the negative example in the teachers’ minds.
Ning Zhiyu realized her words weren’t quite appropriate and quickly comforted her, “But if I meet someone who likes me like how Duan Ye likes you, I might develop feelings too.”
She was afraid her words might be misunderstood, so she couldn’t help but add, “But I won’t like Duan Ye.”
Jiang Yumo chuckled at her teasing, “Of course, I know. So, have you liked someone before or had a crush on someone?”
The two girls whispered to each other, sharing their girlish secrets.
Ning Zhiyu’s mood was particularly soft on this afternoon, so she let herself be a bit unrestrained and whispered softly, “Well, I probably have.”