Little Sweetheart

That night, as Gu Siyi was getting ready for bed, she got a call from her mother.

“I saw the bracelet on your WeChat Moments. You asked me for an advance on next month's allowance. Don't tell me it was to buy that?”

“No, it wasn't. I haven't received next month's allowance yet. I'll transfer it to you if you don't believe me.”

“If you want to buy it, just tell me. Mom will give you the money. Don't buy these things on an empty stomach…”

“I won't.”

“Then where did you get this bracelet?”

Gu Siyi held her phone and walked to the balcony, continuing, “Xia Zhijun bought it for me. Our classmates had dinner together tonight. We passed by the mall on our way back to school, and he bought it for me. He said his mother always told him to prepare a gift for me as a thank-you for the chili sauce.”

“Oh, this child is really thoughtful. How are you two getting along?”

“Good…” At this point, Gu Siyi couldn't help but laugh. Under the moonlight, she shook the bracelet on her wrist and said, “Thanks to his English tutoring, I even became the English class representative.”

“That's good.”

“He's my best friend at school. I usually ask him if I don't understand a question.” As for the matter of not being able to solve a problem on stage and being passed a note… she was secretly happy about it and couldn't say it out loud.

“Who was complaining about him all summer vacation? Saying that he caused you to transfer schools, that his excellence made you look like a bad student, and that you didn't want his care…”

“…”

“Are you still annoyed with him? Do you still resent us for transferring you?”

“Oh, that's all in the past. We're good friends now.”

Mother Gu teased her daughter. She was happy to hear that she had a good relationship with Xia Zhijun and reminded her, “Next time it's his birthday or something, remember to give him a gift. You can come to me for special funds.”

“Okay!”

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The next day, after breakfast, Gu Siyi carried a cup of soy milk back to the classroom.

After reading for a while at her seat, she took out her phone and took a picture of herself holding the soy milk.

Caption: Today's soy milk is very rich [Too rich]

Zheng Peipei asked, “Did you receive the 1000 yuan you borrowed through WeChat transfer?”

“No need. I told my mom, and she'll give me the money.” Gu Siyi was really embarrassed to say that Xia Zhijun lent it to her again, afraid of being teased by them. “I plan to return the 4000 yuan to Lu Ming during today's PE class.”

“Ah? You raised the money to pay him back?” Zheng Peipei knocked on the table and asked in confusion, “Are you stupid? He wanted to give you something, why should you pay?”

“I think this is the only way to completely end it.” If she just returned the gifts, what if he continued to give them to her? If she gave him money, he would be too embarrassed to let a girl continue to pay, right?

“Then I'll go with you and back you up.” Zheng Peipei volunteered.

“Okay.” It was annoying to be surrounded by a group of boys teasing her.

Zheng Peipei sent a WeChat message to Lu Jiaye: “Siyi is going to return the money to Lu Ming during PE class today. Do you want to go together? With the Four Heavenly Kings there, those stinky boys won't dare to act up.”

Lu Jiaye: “Such a lively event, we must go!”

Lu Jiaye: “Four Heavenly Kings my ass, we are the Male God Squad!”

Zheng Peipei: “Haha [Wave goodbye]”

Lu Jiaye immediately told his deskmate Xia Zhijun after receiving the message, “Little Wine Wo is going to return the money to Lu Ming during PE class, let's go together.”

Xia Zhijun nodded lightly.

Lu Jiaye said again, “My sister is really interesting, she actually used money to reject someone, inexplicably cool.”

Xia Zhijun smiled and said, “Whatever she wants to do, it's fine.”

During the last PE class of the morning, everyone went to the field one after another, waiting to gather.

Taking advantage of the fact that class hadn't started yet, Gu Siyi and Zheng Peipei went to where Class Eight students were gathering. The boys were standing sparsely, and Lu Ming and a few buddies were smoking at the corner of the flower bed.

“Hey, Sixth Master, your girl is here.” Someone nudged Lu Ming's arm.

Lu Ming looked up and saw Gu Siyi walking towards them.

“Xia Zhijun and his gang are following behind, what's the meaning of this?”

“He even beat up Sun Wei yesterday afternoon… Those guys on duty just called her sister-in-law a few times, and he hit someone with a book.”

“I've had enough of him for a long time. He bullied our classmates this time, we can't just let it go, right?”

Lu Ming was the most handsome boy in their class and also the leader among the boys. Because his family had some background and he could handle things, the boys in the class admired him and willingly recognized him as their boss. Because of his status as the boss, he took a liking to Gu Siyi, and everyone followed suit and called her sister-in-law.

Lu Ming chewed on his cigarette and didn't say anything for a long time. When Gu Siyi approached, he exhaled a smoke ring and said, “Let's stay calm for now.”

Lu Ming stood up, cigarette in his mouth, looking at Gu Siyi with a half-smile, his arrogance unconcealable.

Gu Siyi walked in front of Lu Ming and said, “I have something for you.”

“Hmm? What? Are you going to give me a gift?” Lu Ming raised a smile and stretched out his hand. “Give it to me.”

Gu Siyi put a stack of money in his hand. “Four thousand five hundred, the flowers, the bear, and the snacks, I'll pay for it all.”

The smile on Lu Ming's face froze, his eyes fell on the banknotes in his hand, and for the first time, he realized how dazzling the red of the money was.

Gu Siyi said, “Consider those things as something I bought and gave to my classmates. I hope you won't give them to me again and don't burden me financially anymore. Thank you.”

“I said, do you have to do this… Just throw them away if you don't want them. What do you mean by bringing a stack of money here? Do I need this money?” Lu Ming waved the stack of money in his hand, his expression darkened, and he laughed self-deprecatingly. “This is the first time I've been slapped in the face with money.”

Applause sounded from behind. Lu Jiaye, who was not afraid of making a scene, kept clapping and even blew his whistle, shouting, “Sister is so cool~ Our Class Six's flower is not something any Tom, Dick, or Harry can chase after~”

Su Han laughed along, “Some people just don't know their place. They don't know until they're rejected. A toad can't eat swan meat.”

“I'll…” Lu Ming and his buddies were so angry that they almost rolled up their sleeves and rushed up to fight.

Just as the situation was about to get out of hand, Lu Ming stopped them. “Do you want to be punished for fighting at school? We disdain such a thing, let's go.”

Gu Siyi was startled and thought they were going to fight. She was relieved to see Lu Ming leading the others away.

Gu Siyi looked at the few people and asked, “Why are you here?”

Lu Jiaye chuckled, “My sister came to show off, of course we have to be witnesses and enjoy the show.”

“Are you here to cause trouble?” Gu Siyi scolded with a smile.

Lu Jiaye snorted, “If that bastard dares to hit on you again, we will really cause trouble.”

Zheng Peipei gave him a disdainful look. “Xia Zhijun hasn't even said anything yet, look at you being so anxious.”

“Tsk, you don't understand, I've acknowledged my brother-in-law. Little Wine Wo is my sister, I'll protect her!”

“Let's go, let's go and gather.” Gu Siyi urged.

Class started, and the PE teacher led everyone to do warm-up exercises.

After the warm-up, he was about to arrange activities when the PE teacher from Class Eight came over.

The two chatted for a while, and the PE teacher said, “The boys from Class Eight want to have a basketball match with the boys from our class, how about it? Do you want to play?”

“Yes! Who's afraid of who!” “We won last time!” “Let's play, let's play!” The boys responded enthusiastically.

After the agreement, the students from both classes came to the basketball court. The girls surrounded the court and watched the game. Both sides decided on their players.

On Class Eight's side, Lu Ming and a few friends came on the court, dribbling and warming up. One of them pointed at Lu Jiaye in the opposite crowd and made a provocative gesture.

Lu Jiaye: “See that, they're here for us, let's go.”

Zhou Xiao sneered, “Then let's show them what we're made of.”

Su Han: “Just what I wanted.”

Xia Zhijun didn't say anything, but when his eyes fell on Lu Ming, a hint of pleasure flashed through his coldness.

On Class Six's side, Xia Zhijun, Lu Jiaye, Zhou Xiao, Su Han, and the deputy class monitor, a total of five people played.

Lu Ming and the other two boys from Class Eight were on the school basketball team in junior high school and had even won awards in interscholastic competitions. In contrast, Class Six didn't have such qualified players. The Class Six girls couldn't help but worry, “Will the study god lose?”

“If it was a study competition or an exam, I wouldn't worry at all… But playing basketball, I don't know if they can beat them…”

Xiang Li was also worried: “Wouldn't it be embarrassing for the study god if he lost?”

Zhang Xinyi hurriedly said, “Knock on wood, don't jinx it! How could the study god lose? Awesome people are awesome at everything! Look at our Male God Squad, each one is 1.8 meters tall, their strength is definitely not weak.”

Zheng Peipei bumped Gu Siyi's arm and smiled, “Are you afraid that Xia Zhijun will lose?”

Gu Siyi didn't say anything. The problem now was not winning or losing, but the tense atmosphere among the boys.

She hoped they would just play basketball and not cause any unexpected incidents…

As the referee blew the whistle, the basketball was thrown into the air.

Zhou Xiao jumped up and was the first to hit the ball.

The fierce battle began. Basketball was a comprehensive competition of skill, strength, and teamwork.

The boys from Class Eight were strong, but the boys from Class Six were not weak either, especially the four of them who often played basketball together. They had a very good understanding of each other, and a glance was all it took to know what the other was thinking. Perhaps each of them wasn't at the peak of their skills, but as a team, they were an extremely difficult defensive wall to break through.

Zhou Xiao was the power forward, Lu Jiaye was the center, Su Han was the point guard, and Xia Zhijun was the shooting guard.

These boys, wearing blue and white school uniforms, were running on the court. Even before they scored, the girls couldn't help but scream.

Especially when the ball was passed to Xia Zhijun, he bent his waist slightly, dribbling the basketball in his hand, his short hair swaying slightly with his movements, his eyes both beautiful and sharp. The girls couldn't help but shout for him.

“I feel like I'm watching a live-action version of Rukawa Kaede… Why is Xia Zhijun so handsome, oh my god!”

“Rukawa Kaede isn't as handsome as him, okay? But that kingly aura of his is quite similar.”

“No, no, to be precise, he's more like Takenori Akagi.” Zheng Peipei joined the discussion. “Gentle appearance, strong and indifferent heart, cold and wise.”

Gu Siyi: “…” Cold? She didn't feel it at all.

She could feel his dominance, and his wisdom went without saying, the whole school knew it.

Lu Ming broke through the heavy defense and came to the opponent's basket, preparing to show off a dunk, when a tall figure appeared, jumped up, and slapped the ball away with a "pa" sound.

“…Damn, so cool!”

“Powerful block!”

Gu Siyi couldn't help but clench her fists and shouted excitedly, “Great job!”

At the end of the first half, the score was tied.

During the break, the Class Eight girls went to deliver water to the boys who were playing.

On Class Six's side… Led by the class monitor, Lan Xiaoqiu, several girls stepped forward to deliver water. The others took the water, and Lan Xiaoqiu took a bottle of water and handed it to Xia Zhijun. Xia Zhijun glanced at Gu Siyi, who was chatting with Zheng Peipei and the others on the sidelines, his expression unhappy.

Lan Xiaoqiu held the water and said again, “Xia Zhijun, water for you.”

Xia Zhijun ignored her and walked straight towards Gu Siyi.

Gu Siyi was sitting in the rest area on the sidelines with her friends, holding a half-empty bottle of mineral water in her hand.

When Xia Zhijun came to her, sweat dripped down his forehead, and his breathing was a little heavy.

A strong masculine scent emanated from him as he breathed. The girls who were chatting happily fell silent at the same time.

Xia Zhijun glanced at the water in Gu Siyi's hand and took it directly. “Your water?”

“Ah…” Gu Siyi nodded. “Don't you have any water? There's water over there, I'll get you some… Eh!” Just as she stood up and before she could finish her sentence, Xia Zhijun had already unscrewed the cap and raised his head to drink. The mouth of the bottle was between his lips, the mineral water flowed down his throat, and his Adam's apple bobbed up and down.

On the other side of the court, Lu Ming watched Xia Zhijun, his face extremely unsightly.

One of Lu Ming's buddies said, “This Xia Zhijun, is he dating Gu Siyi? They even shared a bottle of water, their relationship must be unusual.”

Xia Zhijun took a sip of water, stopped, and patted Gu Siyi's head lightly. “I didn't hear you cheering for me, nor did I see you bring me water, is this how you treat me, hmm?”

Gu Siyi: “…???”

Xia Zhijun took a breath, picked up the bottle of water and drank again, finishing the remaining half of the bottle in one go.

Gu Siyi came back to her senses and hurriedly took out a tissue from her pocket, handing it to Xia Zhijun with a flattering smile. “Here, wipe your sweat.”

“No, the paper scraps will stick to my face.”

“Right, I have a towel.” Gu Siyi had specially prepared a towel for PE class, for wiping sweat.

This time, Xia Zhijun took it. It carried a faint familiar fragrance. He wiped the sweat off his face, then handed it back to Gu Siyi and said, “Tie it on my wrist, it'll be convenient to use later.”

“…” Gu Siyi had no choice but to help him tie the towel around his wrist.

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