After the match is over, both Fifth High and First Hugh have the same rules: the third year students will have a half-day break in the afternoon.
The leaders of both schools have also followed the instructions from the government leaders and successfully reduced the academic burden on the third year students. Today’s match will also be broadcasted in the news tomorrow. Jiang Yumo has been craving the cafeteria food at First High for a long time. After the match was over, she didn’t rush to leave. They were all planning to have lunch at First High’s cafeteria.
First High’s cafeteria is larger than Fifth High’s cafeteria.
“I heard their sauce chicken is amazing,” Jiang Yumo’s stomach grumbled, “I didn’t eat much this morning to save room for today. I’m going to try their sauce chicken and their beef rice later.”
Yan Qing playfully tapped her forehead, “You’re just thinking about food.”
Sun Mengting defended Jiang Yumo, “Well, it’s natural. Their cafeteria seems to offer ice cream and fruit salad.”
The girls arrived at First High’s cafeteria.
Today was particularly lively.
After a quick shower and changing out of his basketball jersey in First High’s bathroom, Duan Ye came to find Jiang Yumo. He was accompanied by three other teammates. Zhou Ji was taking his time, and Li Shengyun quietly whispered to another teammate, “I think Brother Zhou is really concerned about his appearance. He’s still fixing his hairstyle.”
They didn’t bother waiting for him.
After one basketball match, they’re starving to the point where their front and back are sticking together. They just want to comfort their stomach quickly.
When Zhou Ji arrived, they were looking for the counter to order sauce chicken.
Zhou Ji looked around but didn’t see Ning Zhiyu. He furrowed his brows and asked, “Where is she?”
Yan Qing and Sun Mengting were not familiar with him.
It was Jiang Yumo who intentionally asked in return, “Who?”
“…,” Zhou Ji suppressed his annoyance and said, “Ning Zhiyu.”
Yan Qing replied, “I don’t know where she went. It seems like she went to meet some classmates. Many of us from Fifth High are middle school classmates with students from First High.”
“Classmates?” Zhou Ji looked at Jiang Yumo again and asked, “Which classmates?”
Jiang Yumo rolled her eyes in her mind, “We’re not checking her household registration, why would we ask which classmates she’s meeting.”
Zhou Ji had no choice but to endure and turned to leave the cafeteria.
Li Shengyun called out to him, “Brother Zhou, aren’t you eating?”
Zhou Ji had his back turned to them, without even turning his head, he waved his hand and said, “You guys eat, I’ll go find her.”
After he left, Yan Qing quietly said, “He’s so clingy.”
Yeah, right. He’s looking for Ning Zhiyu all day long, always want to stay by her side. Jiang Yumo also thinks that he’s excessively clingy.
Yan Qing sneakily glanced at Duan Ye, who was standing in line ahead of them, and whispered, “No wonder they became friends. I think Brother Duan is quite clingy too.”
Jiang Yumo replied, “They are not the same at all!”
“Yes, yes,” Sun Mengting chimed in, “Nobody in the world is like Duan Ye. He’s the most special, he’s your one and only.”
Jiang Yumo went to playfully hit them.
Duan Ye heard the commotion and occasionally turned around to take a look. He saw her laughing and joking with her friends, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
Meanwhile, after Zhou Ji left the cafeteria, he didn’t know where to go. He just wanted to see her and tell her that he had won. First High was slightly larger than Fifth High, but he was lucky enough to spot her on the playground. She was sitting on the steps, and he hurriedly ran towards her, panting heavily.
Ning Zhiyu was gazing at the clouds in the sky when she heard the noise. She turned her head and saw Zhou Ji running towards her.
Zhou Ji walked over and stood on the step below her. She glanced around and noticed a bottle of drink next to her and another bottle of drink a few centimeters away.
Zhou Ji asked, “Why are there two bottles of drinks?”
Zhou Ji turned around and looked around, asking, “Where is your classmate?”
Ning Zhiyu replied, “She left.”
Zhou Ji nodded and said, “What about her drink?”
“She probably forgot to take it with her,” Ning Zhiyu said. “I’ll just throw it away later. How did you come over here?”
“I just happened to pass by and saw you,” Zhou Ji sat down beside her. “By the way, I told you we would win, and we did.”
Ning Zhiyu remained silent.
She managed to squeeze out a few words, “Don’t be too proud.”
Zhou Ji replied, “Was my performance that obvious? Well, I think today’s game was great. It seems that Duan Ye and I are more suitable as teammates than opponents.”
Ning Zhiyu nodded and said, “You two cooperated really well.”
Her response was like pressing Zhou Ji’s chatterbox switch.
After that, all the way, he kept talking non-stop.
He excitedly talked about everything related to basketball, even though Ning Zhiyu couldn’t understand, she didn’t show any impatience. Perhaps having someone babbling in her ear like this made all the previous obscure emotions seem insignificant.
In the cafeteria, there were many people lining up at the sauce chicken counter.
Jiang Yumo smelled the aroma and felt even hungrier.
Duan Ye stood in front of her and, upon hearing her sigh, turned around and took out a chocolate bar from his pocket, handing it to her.
Jiang Yumo received it with surprise, “Where did this come from?”
“It seems that Li Shengyun gave it.”
Li Shengyun and the others were too hungry and didn’t want to wait in the long line, so they went to the second floor to buy food.
“He gave it to you?” Jiang Yumo asked, slightly puzzled.
Duan Ye thought for a moment and replied, “Today he brought a box of chocolates and later distributed them, giving some to us and also to the members of First High’s basketball team.”
Jiang Yumo thought about the words Li Shengyun said on Duan Ye’s birthday and tentatively asked, “Is he planning to give it to the girl he likes?”
Duan Ye replied as usual, “I’m not sure.”
“Well.” Jiang Yumo unwrapped the chocolate, it was her favorite flavor. After some thought, she broke the chocolate in half and held one piece near Duan Ye’s mouth. “Are you hungry too? Replenish your energy a bit.”
Duan Ye smiled at her and opened his mouth.
One chocolate shared between two people.
The taste they experienced at this moment was the same. Jiang Yumo gently pursed her lips and said, “The taste is still pretty good.”