Little Sweetheart

"Be my friend, will you?"

These words drifted into Gu Siyi's ears. She could barely make out each word, but the overwhelming drowsiness prevented her from understanding what the words meant when put together. She mumbled habitually, "Yes, I will…"

Anyway, whatever he said was right, whatever he said was good. It was always right to follow the lead of a top student.

With this thought flashing through her mind, Gu Siyi's head drooped, and she fell completely into a deep sleep.

From the time she felt sleepy, she had forced herself to stay awake for more than an hour, relying entirely on willpower.

It was now 3:30 in the morning, and the need for sleep overpowered everything, completely conquering her.

Xia Zhijun was stunned. He had been in a daze since he said those words.

Her "Yes, I will…" stunned him even more.

He didn't expect to make such a request. It was just at that moment, the words came out of his mouth without thinking.

There was no shortage of people dating early around him, but he never had that thought. He believed that relationships during this period were immature and fragile. If a person was not yet independent, could they bear the responsibility of a relationship?

If it was just for fun, just to enjoy the moment, it would be a waste of time and misleading to both parties.

When those words came out of his mouth, he realized that he had special feelings for Gu Siyi.

He wanted to possess her, to accompany her, to always be by her side… just like now, the whole world was left with only the two of them snuggling together. This feeling broke his long-held reservations and disdain for early relationships, and he subconsciously said such words.

Xia Zhijun lowered his eyes and looked at the girl sleeping soundly on his shoulder.

He wasn't sure if she really heard his answer or if she was so confused that she didn't even know what she was saying.

Her parents and his parents would never agree to them dating early, and the teachers at school would all be obstacles.

And… would she be willing to resist all these external pressures to be with him?

Xia Zhijun himself didn't have an answer.

He reached out and held her completely in his arms, using his arm as a pillow to provide her with a comfortable sleeping position.

He looked at her quietly, his eyes wandering back and forth, involuntarily stopping on her small, rosy lips.

Would they be very sweet? Would they taste like chocolate or strawberry or vanilla? They should be more delicious than the candy he gave her, right?

A series of curious conjectures in his mind, mixed with impulsive desires, kept urging him to taste and experience it for himself.

Xia Zhijun's eyes grew darker and darker, his head lowered. Just as he was about to kiss those tempting lips, he suddenly turned his head away, his breathing rapid and heavy, restraining his instinctive desires.

Xia Zhijun leaned against the wall and looked up at the stars in the sky.

Dust particles in the solar nebula formed large rocky cores over about 100,000 years, forming the initial planetesimals. The planetesimals collided with each other due to gravity and continued to increase in mass to form planets. As the planets began to coalesce, the center of the disk was a forming star. The sun was just an ordinary star, so was the solar system also very ordinary? Was life common in the universe?

Xia Zhijun put his thoughts in the vast universe, diluting his own desires.

When he had been lost in thought for a long time, he looked down at the girl in his arms again, and a small sense of happiness welled up in his heart.

Gu Siyi was woken up by Xia Zhijun when the sky was getting brighter.

She opened her eyes in a daze, thinking she was still in the dormitory. When Xia Zhijun's face came into view, she was really startled.

Xia Zhijun stood up, helped her up, and said, "The roommates haven't woken up yet. Hurry back to sleep. You don't have to go to morning self-study. Let Zheng Peipei ask for leave for you."

He wrapped her shawl properly, took her hand, and walked downstairs.

Gu Siyi was like sleepwalking, being led by Xia Zhijun to the downstairs of the dormitory building.

He rubbed her head and said, "Go in."

After that, he turned and left.

Gu Siyi returned to the dormitory and carefully climbed into bed. The moment she lay down, she realized that sleeping curled up all night had made her back sore. She took out her phone, squinted at it, and saw it was past five o'clock.

She had stayed on the rooftop with Xia Zhijun for more than five hours. They had been playing games, and then she couldn't remember what happened… she fell asleep…

Thinking about this, Gu Siyi fell asleep again.

When Zheng Peipei got up and saw that Gu Siyi was still sleeping soundly, she knocked on her bed and said, "If you don't get up again, you'll be late for morning reading."

Gu Siyi turned over and mumbled, "Sleepy… Not going today…"

Zheng Peipei was taken aback, "So cool?"

It was the first time she had seen Gu Siyi absent from class because of sleepiness. Usually, she was as active and serious as a fighting cock.

"Not going… Didn't sleep well last night, too sleepy… Don't bother me, ask for leave for me, and bring me breakfast when you come back…"

"Heh, you're good at ordering people around even when you're half asleep."

Zheng Peipei didn't bother with Gu Siyi anymore. She herself had a lazy attitude towards studying and was happy to have a companion to slack off with.

During morning reading, when the head teacher came to check, Zheng Peipei took the initiative to ask for leave for Gu Siyi, "Teacher, Siyi has a bit of a fever and is resting in the dormitory."

"Is it serious? If it's serious, she needs to go to the hospital." The head teacher knew about Gu Siyi's injury on the basketball court and was afraid it was a chain reaction.

"She said she'll rest and take medicine first, and see how it goes."

"Okay."

After the head teacher left, Zheng Peipei lay on the table, drowsy, and muttered to herself, "Damn, I might as well sleep in the dormitory like Siyi…"

She glanced to the side and saw Xia Zhijun actually sleeping on the table. Lu Jiaye, next to him, needless to say, was sound asleep.

Zheng Peipei thought with a bit of speechlessness, did they all catch autumn fatigue?

After morning reading, Zheng Peipei went to the cafeteria with Xiang Li and Zhang Xinyi for breakfast. Zheng Peipei originally planned to buy breakfast for Gu Siyi after eating, but halfway through the meal, Xia Zhijun walked to their table and put down a handbag, saying, "When you go back to the dormitory, bring this to Gu Siyi."

Zheng Peipei took a look. Oh, it was breakfast from Zhou Ji? How did this get into the school?

Zheng Peipei teased, "Can I share it with her?"

Xia Zhijun turned and left, throwing down two cold words, "Whatever."

Zheng Peipei looked at his back and said to her two other friends angrily, "This Xia Zhijun, when Siyi is not around, he's like a cold-faced Yama. Let alone any expression, he doesn't even bother to say a few words."

Xiang Li nodded, "He is very cold. I heard from those who came up from junior high school that he has always been like this."

Zhang Xinyi said, "If it weren't for Siyi's good relationship with him, I definitely wouldn't dare to talk to him."

Zheng Peipei said with a frustrated heart, "Now only Siyi can handle him. I just hope Siyi makes him suffer more and extinguish his arrogance."

After breakfast, Zheng Peipei brought Gu Siyi's breakfast back to the dormitory.

Gu Siyi got out of bed with a pained expression, still half asleep.

Zheng Peipei shook her, "Wake up quickly, don't bury your face in the lunchbox."

"Stop it, stop it, I'm awake…"

Gu Siyi ate in a daze. Zheng Peipei didn't mention that this was specially brought from outside the school by Xia Zhijun.

After breakfast, Gu Siyi went to take a shower and wash her face, finally feeling a little refreshed.

However, when she arrived at the classroom and waited for class to start, the teacher began to lecture, and all her efforts to stay awake were in vain. As a scumbag, every time she listened to the lecture seriously, she had to use strong willpower and 120,000 points of enthusiasm to motivate herself to ensure that she did not lose focus or drift off.

In this state of extreme sleepiness, the teacher's lecture was no different from a lullaby, making her head sway.

After enduring a class, Gu Siyi lay on the table and fell asleep.

Zhang Xinyi and Xiang Li in front of her turned around and said in confusion, "Why is Siyi so sleepy today?"

"Could it be that she stayed up all night brushing up on her studies?"

Zheng Peipei snorted softly, "She went to bed earlier than me last night. I asked her to play a game with me, and she refused."

Xia Zhijun said to Zhou Xiao and Su Han in the front row, "You two switch places with Xiang Li and Zhang Xinyi."

"Why?"

"Gu Siyi is sleeping, and they are both tall, so they can block her a little."

"…" Su Han laughed, "Ajun, are you being too considerate? You even think about how to cover for her when she's sleeping?"

"Just go when I tell you to, so much nonsense."

Zhou Xiao said knowingly, "It's a small matter, let's go."

Lu Jiaye: "Take your time, you two. Everything is worth it for our little Dimple."

Zhang Xinyi and Xiang Li were a little confused when they heard that they had to switch seats for a few classes, but they still agreed.

In the second class, Gu Siyi forced herself to cheer up and found that there were two tall boys sitting in the front row.

This way, it would be more concealed if she dozed off? So, she shamelessly fell asleep again.

During break time, Gu Siyi didn't go out for activities and just slept in the classroom.

After everyone came back from the break, the classroom was noisy. Gu Siyi irritably scratched her hair and pulled up her school uniform, wanting to cover her head.

Xia Zhijun walked to the podium, his cold eyes swept around, and the classroom miraculously quieted down, even more effective than the teacher knocking on the triangle ruler on the podium. Everyone looked at Xia Zhijun inexplicably, not knowing what he was going to say.

In the silence, Xia Zhijun said calmly, "Keep quiet, don't make noise."

After that, he walked off the podium and returned to his seat.

The classmates looked at each other. Was the top student disturbed?

However, since he had said so, no one dared to make noise. The top student had his own intimidating aura, coupled with his fighting prowess and ruthlessness from the last fight, the whole class had tacitly acknowledged him as the class bully.

This silence lasted until the teacher came to class. Zheng Peipei woke Gu Siyi up, and everyone stood up to greet the teacher.

After sitting down, Zheng Peipei leaned close to Gu Siyi's ear and said, "This is the first time I've seen you so sleepy. I really suspect that you sneaked out last night to have fun."

Gu Siyi: "…" Can I say that's exactly what happened?

Gu Siyi spent the whole morning in a daze, and finally regained her energy.

After the last class, the group went to the cafeteria for lunch. Lu Jiaye enthusiastically invited them to go to the second floor to eat stir-fries and discuss their holiday plans.

Yes, the first long holiday of high school, National Day, was coming.

Eight people sat at the round table, waiting for the food while discussing the holiday.

Lu Jiaye said, "Let's go on vacation together. We still have to be supervised by our parents to do homework at home. How miserable! Why don't we organize an activity to travel together and tell our parents that this activity will deepen our friendship, cultivate teamwork awareness, and we can also discuss knowledge points along the way. They will definitely agree."

Su Han laughed, "Lu Jiaye is finally getting somewhere. He finally has the opportunity to travel with girls. You guys should help him out."

"Damn you, don't you want to? What's the point of traveling with a group of guys?"

Xiang Li responded in a small voice with some shyness, "I think it's a good idea. Let's organize an autumn outing for National Day."

Zhang Xinyi said, "My parents should have no problem with school-organized activities."

Zheng Peipei asked Gu Siyi, "What about you? Your family is from B city, right? You usually live at school. It's rare to have a long holiday. Have your parents arranged any travel activities for you?"

Gu Siyi nodded and said, "Yes, they plan to take me to Japan."

Lu Jiaye hurriedly said, "That's boring! You've been on long-distance trips with your parents since you were a child, right? You're sixteen or seventeen years old now, it's time to experience the feeling of letting yourself go!"

Su Han: "Lu Jiaye finally said something I agree with."

Zhou Xiao: "Second that."

Zheng Peipei persuaded, "Talk to your parents, they should understand."

Gu Siyi's eyes wandered and landed on Xia Zhijun inadvertently. He was watching quietly and hadn't said a word. But seeing him, she suddenly had the urge to travel with everyone.

Gu Siyi nodded and said, "Then let me talk to them first…"

The matter was preliminarily agreed upon, and Lu Jiaye was extremely excited.

The food was served, and everyone began to eat lunch.

Gu Siyi chewed the rice, her awake brain slowly recalling what happened last night…

Am I being selfish… I couldn't sleep and had to drag you along…

It's okay, we are good friends, I'm willing to do anything for you…

Then will you be my friend?

A flash of white light flashed through her mind--

Gu Siyi was so startled that the half potato she had just picked up from the plate suddenly fell back.

Zheng Peipei looked at her inexplicably: "What's wrong?"

Gu Siyi, stiff all over, looked at Xia Zhijun.

Their eyes met, and her whole face instantly turned red.

She quickly lowered her head, desperately trying to control her burning cheeks.

Calm down… Calm down… Can you calm down a little?!

Think about it carefully, maybe it was just a dream?

Zheng Peipei: "Hey, Siyi, are you having a fever? Why is your face so red?"

Gu Siyi's face was about to be buried in her rice bowl. Sister, can you not poke at my sore spot?

She lowered her head and coughed twice pretendingly, "Maybe because I slept in the classroom and caught a cold…"

Zheng Peipei complained, "Speaking of which, I don't know what's wrong with you. You've been like a sleeping god all morning. Tell me, did you sneak out last night to have fun, or were you thinking about something that kept you up all night?"

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