Little Sweetheart

Xia Zhijun spoke a few words to the phone and then gave the phone to Gu Siyi. Xu Jiahui said, "Then you go home with Zhijun and have fun. We won't arrange dinner for you."

Gu Siyi: "…" It was just a few words, and she was already given away?

"Say hello to your parents and uncle and aunt, okay?"

"Okay…" Gu Siyi nodded.

After ending the call, Xia Zhijun generously put his arm around Gu Siyi's shoulder and said, "Let's go then, I'll take Siyi home." His words and actions carried an unquestionable intimacy.

Lu Jiaye cried out, "We agreed to fight together all night! My hot pot, my team!"

Zhou Xiao patted his shoulder and said, "Little Dimple has to go back to see her parents, let's not delay her."

Su Han smiled and said, "Let's go then, you guys have a good weekend."

Lu Jiaye was helpless. He turned his eyes and saw Lu Ming, and became happy again. "Let's go, let's go. We won't disturb Little Dimple and Zhijun's date."

Gu Siyi: "…" She really wanted to throw out a facepalm emoji.

She was clearly going to Xia's house as a guest, how did it become a date?

She looked at Lu Ming, who was standing aside, and said, "My mother asked me to go to Xia's house as a guest, so I'll go first."

Lu Ming looked at her faintly, the corner of his mouth hooked up in a slight smile. "Okay, have a nice weekend."

When they were all gone, Lu Ming leaned against the railing of the mall, watching their backs as they went down the escalator. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. His brows furrowed, his eyes gloomy, and there was a stabbing pain in his heart.

Xia Zhijun took Gu Siyi home just in time for dinner.

However, the house was empty. His parents were both on business trips, and the aunt who cooked had gone back to take care of her grandson because he said he wouldn't be back for dinner these two days.

Gu Siyi had prepared a series of greetings, ready to say hello to Uncle Xia and Auntie Xia, but when she walked into the house…

Xia Zhijun met her questioning gaze and said, "They might be busy with something."

"Oh." Gu Siyi nodded understandingly. "It doesn't matter, I don't need them to accompany me."

Xia Zhijun knew that there was no one at home, and he invited Xu Jiahui to come over as a guest just for the sake of bringing Gu Siyi over. He didn't want to visit rashly, so naturally, he would let his son come.

"Then what are we going to eat tonight? Go out to eat or order takeout?" Gu Siyi asked.

"…" Only then did Xia Zhijun realize that he had not considered this. He was so focused on bringing her back that he ignored the dinner issue.

"Are you a picky eater?" Xia Zhijun asked.

"No, I'm not. I'll eat anything."

"Then I'll cook you noodles."

"…"

Xia Zhijun took off his coat, rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, and entered the kitchen looking like he knew what he was doing.

Gu Siyi was a little dumbfounded. He could actually cook?

She followed him to the kitchen door and watched Xia Zhijun rummaging through the refrigerator. "Is there anything I can help you with?" she asked.

"No, you can wait outside." He replied casually.

"Oh, okay." Gu Siyi obediently walked away.

She never touched a finger in the kitchen at home and had never dealt with cooking, so she really couldn't help.

A top student is a top student, an all-around talent, us ordinary people can only look up to… With this kind of worship, Gu Siyi returned to the sofa in the living room, took out her phone, and started a game.

Ten minutes later, the game was over. Gu Siyi felt that she should go to the kitchen to take a look. She couldn't just sit and wait for food.

Xia Zhijun happened to turn off the fire. He glanced at the door and saw Gu Siyi. His eyes flickered, and he said, "Don't come in."

"…Is it ready? I'll help you bring it out?" Gu Siyi vaguely smelled something burning.

"No need, you wait outside."

"Oh…" Gu Siyi turned and left.

Xia Zhijun breathed a sigh of relief, quickly dumped the noodles that were burnt and stuck to the bottom of the pot, washed the pot, and put new noodles in to cook.

Gu Siyi waited for another ten minutes, feeling that making noodles shouldn't be so complicated, and she was a little hungry.

She walked to the kitchen door again. Xia Zhijun was frowning at something in the pot. She sincerely persuaded him, "Let's just eat something casually, we don't need to make it so complicated, I'm not picky…"

Xia Zhijun covered the pot with a lid, sighed, and walked towards Gu Siyi. "Let's order takeout."

"…??" Gu Siyi looked at him puzzled. He had been cooking for so long, so he should just eat it whether it was good or bad.

"What do you want to eat, I'll order it for you." Xia Zhijun walked out of the kitchen.

Gu Siyi didn't follow him. She went back to the kitchen, lifted the lid of the pot, and took a look. "…"

Xia Zhijun hurriedly walked back, grabbed the lid, and covered the pot. "Don't eat this."

"Why not? It looks very fresh and clean, much better than takeout!" Gu Siyi argued with him and happily went to the disinfection cabinet to get bowls and chopsticks. "If you want to order takeout, you can eat it yourself, I'll eat this anyway."

She muttered as she picked up the noodles, "I've been waiting for so long, there's no reason not to eat…"

It was a pity that the noodles were overcooked. They broke every time she picked them up… She couldn't pick them up after a long time.

Gu Siyi simply scooped it up with a spoon and said with a smile, "There are also tomatoes and eggs, great!"

Xia Zhijun stood aside, watching the little girl's sincere look as she tried to compliment him. He felt… very good.

The original awkwardness disappeared, and he inexplicably wanted to laugh.

He cleared his throat and said, "If you can eat it, then eat it."

"Why can't I eat it? This is a hearty dinner made by the top student himself, it's super awesome! Ordinary people are not qualified to eat it, okay?"

Xia Zhijun crossed his arms, leaned against the cupboard, and looked at her, the corner of his mouth holding a smile. "If you say so, then I'll believe it."

Gu Siyi looked at him with sincere eyes and emphasized, "Words from the bottom of my heart!"

Xia Zhijun chuckled softly. "Okay, okay."

Therefore, Gu Siyi diligently served the tomato and egg noodles and took two small bowls and two pairs of chopsticks.

The two sat at the dining table in the dining room and had dinner like this.

Although she ate with no regrets, Xia Zhijun felt that it was necessary to explain, "This is my first time cooking, I should be better when I have more experience."

Gu Siyi raised her head and looked at him seriously. "Don't, you must not improve. You can do everything, what should I do?"

Xia Zhijun raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"I can't catch up with you in terms of studies, so don't widen the gap in other aspects."

"Why?"

"Because…" Gu Siyi thought for a while and said, "You are too good, I will feel inferior."

"Why should you feel inferior?"

"…"

"You will meet all kinds of people in your life, and many people may have talents that surpass yours in some aspects. Are you going to feel inferior because of this?"

"I have nothing to do with them, but you are different…" Gu Siyi blurted out, "I'm afraid I won't be worthy of you."

"…Huh?" Xia Zhijun's expression froze for a few seconds, staring at her, his pupils dark and bright.

Gu Siyi was stared at by his expression, and she realized that her words were a bit ambiguous, so she hurriedly added, "If I'm too bad, maybe your parents won't let you play with me in the future, afraid that I will lower your level."

"…" Xia Zhijun couldn't help but raise his hand and flicked her forehead. Trying to be mysterious, little liar.

After dinner, they played a few more games. Xia Zhijun took Gu Siyi upstairs to wash up.

Gu Siyi said worriedly, "I knew I should have brought my homework. I still have so much homework to do, I can't sleep peacefully…"

Xia Zhijun said, "I brought the test papers back, you can take them to do. When you go back to school tomorrow, you can give me your papers."

"Then you won't be able to do your homework tonight? Will you have time tomorrow?"

"What do you think?" Xia Zhijun glanced at her.

Gu Siyi read a kind of godly confidence from his eyes… Well, she was indeed overthinking.

After washing up, Gu Siyi put on her pajamas, dried her hair, and went to Xia Zhijun's room to get her homework.

Xia Zhijun had already finished washing up and was busy in front of the computer. Hearing the knock on the door, he turned his head and looked at the figure at the door, not looking away for a long time.

Gu Siyi: "Where are your test papers?"

As she got closer, he smelled a faint fragrance.

It was not only the smell of the shower gel at home, but also the fragrant scent from her body.

She was wearing a pink nightdress, her smooth long hair draped over her shoulders. Her face and eyebrows were washed clean of the dust of the day, white and clean, with a faint luster. The whole person looked soft and sweet, delicate and lovely, like a budding little rose after the rain.

Xia Zhijun couldn't help but raise his hand and grabbed her hand.

When her soft hand was held in his palm, the tip of his heart seemed to tremble.

Gu Siyi: "??"

Xia Zhijun stood up and led her to the bookshelf, then let go of her hand and rummaged through a pile of books…

Gu Siyi kindly reminded, "You wouldn't put the test papers that were just handed out here, would you?"

Xia Zhijun paused. "Then go look over there…" He took her hand again as if it was natural.

They went around in a circle, and finally took out a few test papers from beside the desk, put them on the table, and said, "You can sit here."

"Oh." Gu Siyi sat down at the desk.

Xia Zhijun returned to the computer, but he could no longer concentrate. He would turn his head from time to time to look at the little rose who was bowing her head and doing her homework. He was absent-minded and even wrote the wrong code…

After discovering his mistake, he simply gave up treatment, got up and left the computer, moved a stool, and sat beside Gu Siyi.

His fingers shuttled through her long hair, pinning the hair that fell from her ears behind her ears. "Let me tutor you."

"No need, I'll do it myself first." Gu Siyi refused without hesitation.

Xia Zhijun: "…" He was really heartbroken.

"Okay, you do it first." Xia Zhijun watched leisurely from the side.

"Go ahead and do your thing." It was uncomfortable to be stared at while doing homework, and there was a fear of being supervised.

"I just finished my work, and now I need to rest for a while."

"Oh…"

Gu Siyi tried her best to ignore the external influences and concentrate on the math problems in front of her, and she did.

But not long after she concentrated, her earlobe was touched…

She immediately broke her concentration, turned her face away, and muttered, "Hey, don't disturb me…"

"I just wanted to tell you that you did this question wrong." Xia Zhijun said calmly.

"This one?" Gu Siyi pointed to the multiple-choice question she had just done.

"Yes."

Gu Siyi recalculated on the scratch paper, and after calculating for a long time, she came up with a new result, and nodded as if she had suddenly realized, "That's right…"

But when she looked at the options, none of them were the result she calculated?

Xia Zhijun's low chuckle came from beside her ear, and Gu Siyi's face flushed with embarrassment.

He took the pen from her hand and said, "I'll teach you how to calculate."

One hand held the pen and calculated on the paper, while the other hand did not forget to go around her shoulder and touch her other earlobe.

The two were very close, he was close to her hair, smelling the fragrance emanating from it, his mind was in a mess.

But a top student is a top student. Even though his heart was agitated and his mind was full of messy thoughts, he easily solved the problem with the optimal method by instinct.

Gu Siyi was deeply impressed and nodded frequently, sighing from the bottom of her heart, "Why are you so smart…"

"It's nothing special." Xia Zhijun said in a low voice, his eyes falling on her red lips, and he sighed in resignation. Can being smart be exchanged for a kiss?

He returned the pen to Gu Siyi. "You continue."

Gu Siyi weakly suggested, "Can you not sit next to me? I feel like your aura is too strong, maybe it will increase the frequency of my mistakes… Wait until I finish, then you can check it for me…"

Seeing her ingratiating expression, what else could Xia Zhijun say? He could only nod.

Xia Zhijun returned to the computer, cleared his distracting thoughts, put on his earphones, and devoted himself to his own business.

Time ticked by, and before they knew it, it was 11 o'clock in the middle of the night.

Xia Zhijun said, "Go to sleep."

Gu Siyi yawned and shook her head. "No, I haven't finished yet."

So, the two continued to work.

After another hour or so, it was late at night.

Xia Zhijun typed the last line of code, moved his stiff neck, turned his head, and saw Gu Siyi lying on the table…

He got up, walked over, and saw that she had fallen asleep on the draft paper full of scribbles.

"…" Xia Zhijun held back his laughter, bent down, and gently picked Gu Siyi up.

Gu Siyi was sleeping soundly, and there was no response when she leaned against Xia Zhijun's arm.

Xia Zhijun carried Gu Siyi back to her room, put her on the bed, and covered her with the quilt.

He sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the sleeping girl, thousands of presumptuous thoughts flashed through his mind, but they were all suppressed in the end.

He lay down beside her, turned sideways, closed his eyes, moved his head closer to her hair, and smelled the faint fragrance.

He originally planned to rest for a while in this tempting scent, but the more he stayed, the more restless he became… Xia Zhijun had to get up and leave.

The next day, Gu Siyi woke up from a lazy sleep. After she finished washing up, Xia Zhijun had already gone out to buy breakfast and came back.

Looking at the steaming seafood porridge and steamed buns, Gu Siyi smiled so much that her eyes curved into crescents. "It's so nice to be with you."

Xia Zhijun hooked the corner of his mouth. Because of this sentence, the breakfast that he went out of his way to buy by riding his mountain bike for two more streets was worth it.

While eating breakfast, Xia Zhijun said, "Do your homework at home in the morning, go out for lunch, and go back to school in the afternoon, how about that?"

"Okay!" Gu Siyi nodded happily.

This weekend, Gu Siyi kept in mind the tearful experience of copying homework after the National Day holiday last time, and put homework first.

After returning to school in the afternoon, she went to the dormitory to get the test papers, and Xia Zhijun was waiting for her downstairs.

Lan Mengqiu was staying in the dormitory to work on competition questions, and she glanced at them quietly while Gu Siyi was looking for her papers.

She saw Gu Siyi quickly took the test papers and went out, walked to the balcony, and handed the test papers to Xia Zhijun downstairs.

A look of doubt flashed in her eyes, and she sat back in her seat before Gu Siyi came back.

Gu Siyi returned to the dormitory and continued to do her homework.

The two math papers were done with Xia Zhijun's guidance. Now she was relaxed and focused on her physics and chemistry homework.

Hard work pays off. On Monday morning, when Zheng Peipei was quickly copying answers during morning reading, Gu Siyi was calmly reading.

Looking at Zheng Peipei beside her, although she was embarrassed to have this thought, she really felt the happiness of suffering followed by joy.

Zheng Peipei copied halfway, the class monitor Lan Xiaoqiu walked onto the podium and asked the group leaders to collect the test papers.

"Damn… Why are you in such a hurry, the class teacher hasn't come yet, are you in a hurry to be reborn?" Zheng Peipei complained while writing quickly.

Gu Siyi said, "You pick the simple ones to copy, you can leave some questions blank, pay attention to the balanced distribution, and at a glance, there are no large blank spaces on the paper."

Zheng Peipei agreed, "That makes sense. Brother Yi is really an expert."

Gu Siyi's head was full of black lines. "I've already landed, thank you."

The fourth period in the morning was math class, and the math teacher came to the classroom with the test papers.

The math teacher asked someone to hand out the graded papers. His eyes wandered around the classroom, finally landing on Gu Siyi.

"Student Gu Siyi."

Gu Siyi, who was named, stood up and looked at the math teacher inexplicably.

"I know your foundation is not good, it's okay if you can't do it, but it's not right to copy."

"?" Gu Siyi looked at the teacher in astonishment, and immediately retorted, "I didn't!"

The math teacher looked at her with some regret. "Some classmates said they saw you copying from Xia Zhijun's test paper."

"I didn't copy! I did it myself!" Gu Siyi denied vehemently.

The eyes of the whole class were focused on Gu Siyi, with different expressions.

"You got full marks on both of these papers, and your problem-solving ideas are unorthodox. Did you really do it yourself?"

Before Gu Siyi could answer, Xia Zhijun stood up and said, "Teacher, I taught her some of the questions. It's not copying, it's explaining it to her and letting her learn. If you don't believe me, you can pick a few difficult questions, write them on the blackboard, and let her do them in front of everyone."

The math teacher was silent for a few seconds and said, "Okay, if I misunderstood Student Gu Siyi, I am willing to apologize."

He picked two fill-in-the-blank questions and one big question, wrote them on the blackboard, and asked Gu Siyi to come to the stage to do them.

Gu Siyi went to the stage with confidence, picked up a pen, and calculated the questions swiftly, wanting to prove her innocence with all her heart.

The two fill-in-the-blank questions were done very smoothly, leaving the problem-solving process behind. When she got to the big question, the beginning was fine, but then she couldn't get the correct answer. Xia Zhijun had taught her this question, and she had done it by herself, so she remembered the result.

However, now it was as if she was trapped, unable to do it no matter what, she didn't know where she was stuck…

Below the classroom, the teacher asked everyone to check the wrong questions on their test papers.

Lu Jiaye leaned close to Xia Zhijun's ear and said, "Did you trick Little Dimple? I think she's a little anxious now…"

Xia Zhijun looked at the blackboard, knowing where the problem was, and sighed softly. He didn't expect that she could forget even after he taught her once.

Gu Siyi was on the podium, the more she couldn't do it, the more anxious she became, and the more anxious she became, the more her mind went blank. She kept writing and her face turned red with anxiety.

The math teacher said, "Okay, you can go down."

"…" Gu Siyi bit her lip, her voice a little hoarse. "I really didn't copy, I just… I forgot how to do it again…"

Oh my god, how could she be so stupid! Was she a pig brain?!!!

Gu Siyi wanted to beat herself up, such a person was a waste of food and air pollution!

The math teacher said, "Okay, I know, go back to your seat."

Gu Siyi had no choice but to return to her seat with her head down.

Compared to her high spirits when she walked to the podium, her dejected look at this moment was like a defeated ostrich.

The math teacher said on the podium, "I did misunderstand Student Gu Siyi. Although she didn't finish this question, her steps show that she knows the problem-solving idea."

"……" Gu Siyi didn't feel any better.

She felt that the fool she made of herself today was enough to be laughed at for a year.

"Hey, are you okay? Don't take it to heart, that old man likes to make trouble when he's old." Zheng Peipei gently pushed Gu Siyi's arm and comforted her in a low voice. Seeing her buried her head and blushed, she seemed to be really sad.

Gu Siyi shook her head without speaking.

"Don't be like this, Brother Yi, you are my Brother Yi, remember how amazing you were when we climbed Mount Emei, you are the best." Zheng Peipei comforted.

It was fine if she didn't say it, but when she said it, Gu Siyi felt even more ashamed, and couldn't help but say, "Best my ass, I'm just a stupid pig with a simple mind and developed limbs!"

"…" Zheng Peipei covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from laughing out loud.

She really didn't want to laugh at this time, why did she have to make fun of herself so funny?

Zheng Peipei cleared her throat. "Okay, okay, how could you be a pig? How could there be such a beautiful pig like you, wouldn't that be a Xi Shi pig?"

Gu Siyi: "….!!!"

She didn't want to say a word!

After class, the math teacher left, and the students left the classroom one after another. Gu Siyi lay on the table, lifeless.

Zheng Peipei looked at Xia Zhijun, shrugged, and made a helpless expression. She took the initiative to get up and make room for him.

Xia Zhijun walked to Gu Siyi's side, patted her shoulder, and said, "Let's go, let's go eat."

"I don't want to go." Gu Siyi's muffled voice came out.

Xia Zhijun grabbed Gu Siyi's arm and pulled her up.

Gu Siyi was forced to stand up and looked at him, her eyes red, her face full of grievance and sadness.

Xia Zhijun took a step forward and embraced her in his strong arms.

The classmates who hadn't left yet stared straight at them and exclaimed in low voices.

Xia Zhijun actually hugged Gu Siyi in the classroom…

He raised a hand, gently touched her head, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault for coming up with such a bad idea."

"It has nothing to do with you… It's my own stupidity…" Gu Siyi's voice was hoarse.

"You're not stupid. Some people make the same mistakes several times, I only taught you once…"

"I'm just stupid, stop talking!" Gu Siyi interrupted him.

"Okay, you're stupid if you say so." Xia Zhijun patted her head gently, his voice low and gentle. "But even if you're stupid, I still like you. It doesn't matter to me at all."

"…" Gu Siyi was stunned, forgetting her sadness and self-pity.

Lu Jiaye followed beside him and said, "That's right, that's right, we still like you even if you're stupid, who cares if you're stupid or not."

Zheng Peipei looked at Lu Jiaye with the eyes of an idiot. Did he not understand the situation or was he really stupid? Did he need to be there to spoil the mood at this time?

Xia Zhijun simply treated Lu Jiaye as air.

He hugged Gu Siyi and coaxed her in a low voice, "Don't be sad, let's go eat, okay?"

It was not only the students of Class Six, but also the students from the next class who passed by Class Six after school were attracted by the scene in the classroom and stopped to watch.

"Oh my god, Xia Zhijun is so gentle…"

"Is this still the aloof and indifferent top student Xia Zhijun?"

"Did Gu Siyi save the galaxy in her previous life?"

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