The weather always turns cold quickly. As November approached, everyone began wearing fall jackets.
Although Cheng’an strictly required wearing school uniforms, some students would be a bit clever, still wearing the summer uniform underneath, but with their jackets on top.
Lin Zhexia had never thought about doing this before; it was just a school uniform, and she wasn’t particular about what she wore.
But now it was different.
“Why do you suddenly want to wear your own jacket?” early in the morning, Lin He asked.
Lin Zhexia used the reason she had already thought of: “The school jacket is too thin, I’m afraid of getting cold.”
Lin He: “Last year, you complained it was too hot and argued with me for half a day, have you forgotten?”
“…”
At that time, she was a bit rebellious. When Lin He tried to dictate what she should wear, she stubbornly insisted she wasn’t cold.
Lin Zhexia: “I was ignorant then, now I’ve grown up. I think you were right, the temperature difference between morning and evening is significant, so I should prioritize staying warm.”
Lin He didn’t pursue it further, saying, “I’ll look for your jacket. If I remember correctly, I should have put it in the cabinet.”
Lin Zhexia got ahead of her: “I know which cabinet, I’ll find it myself.”
She finally found a white jacket at the bottom of the cabinet. The jacket didn’t have any particular style either, just a loose fit, but subconsciously, she felt it should look a bit better than the uniform that everyone in school wore.
However, when she walked to school alongside Chi Yao, he just glanced at her once without saying anything more.
She couldn’t help herself, during a pause while waiting for the bus: “Ahem.”
Chi Yao was concise: “Speak.”
Lin Zhexia slowly said, “Don’t you think I look different today?”
Chi Yao: “Where?”
Lin Zhexia had bustled about all morning and couldn’t help but angrily accuse: “…Your observation skills are too poor. The saying ‘having eyes but not seeing’ was made for people like you.”
Chi Yao glanced at her.
The girl had rarely not worn her school uniform today. The jacket she wore was very large, hanging loosely, and the white color suited her well. Her hair was smoothly tied back.
After a while, Chi Yao looked away, unusually not retorting.
The bus arrived quickly. Just when Lin Zhexia thought the topic had ended, before boarding, she heard Chi Yao say: “The jacket is okay.”
“…”
After arriving at school, Chen Lin and Tang Shuxuan also noticed her jacket: “You look very pretty today.”
Lin Zhexia was a bit happy: “Thank you.”
She then asked, “What were you talking about just now? I heard something about a market when I came in.”
Chen Lin: “Shuxuan saw a creative market online. The pictures looked really beautiful, and she’s asking if we want to go together this weekend. It’s not far either, just near the temple we visited last time.”
Lin Zhexia looked at the phone handed to her. The market was brightly lit with a long row of stalls selling all kinds of things.
Lin Zhexia: “Sure, looks interesting.”
Chen Lin: “Then it’s settled. Just the three of us? Will Chi Yao go? This kind of market with more people should be more lively.”
In the evening, the group walked together from the school gate toward the bus station.
Before Chi Yao could speak, Xu Ting raised his hand next to them to answer first: “I’m free this weekend!”
Lin Zhexia: “No one asked you.”
Xu Ting: “…”
Xu Ting snorted: “Anyway, I’ll come too. Since I heard it, I’ll consider it as you inviting me.”
Chen Lin and Tang Shuxuan were also speechless.
Chen Lin: “This guy is so effeminate.”
Tang Shuxuan: “Was he always this effeminate?”
Although that’s what they said, they still tacitly accepted Xu Ting’s participation.
As for Chi Yao…
Anyway, when it came time to go out, Lin Zhexia could always drag him out.
Lin Zhexia did indeed drag Chi Yao out before they left.
“If you don’t go,” Lin Zhexia thought as she dragged him, “Xu Ting will be very awkward. We’re all girls, and he’s the only boy.”
Chi Yao: “What does his awkwardness have to do with me?”
Lin Zhexia was speechless: “Indeed.”
After a while, Lin Zhexia said again: “I don’t want to take the bus alone, and you’re free anyway.”
Chi Yao, being pulled out by her, looked down and said: “Which eye of yours saw that I’m free?”
Lin Zhexia: “Both eyes saw it.”
“…”