Lin Zhexia suspected there was something wrong with her ears.
Otherwise, how could she have heard such a sentence?
A sentence that hardly sounded human.
Allergic to water, to strangers.
Those two female students were stunned too.
They stood in place without moving forward.
At this moment, the male student who had been playing basketball with him also brought over water, calling out to him: “Yao-ge, want some of mine? I bought extra.”
The male student was wearing glasses, and the two seemed to have a decent relationship.
He said in a familiar tone: “Have mine, have mine.”
Chi Yao didn’t take it either: “Get lost, I’m allergic to your water too.”
“…”
Lin Zhexia did not doubt that in the days to come, no one would dare give Chi Yao water again.
She also vaguely began to understand what that forum phrase “will be rejected terribly” actually meant.
Chi Yao didn’t accept water from anyone and walked straight to Lin Zhexia.
Then he took the water from her hand and unscrewed the cap-
On the way home after school.
Lin Zhexia emphasized her hard work during PE class: “The sun was so strong, I sat under the sun, holding your water for an entire class period.”
Chi Yao: “Couldn’t you find a place without sun?”
Lin Zhexia almost choked: “…If you don’t know how to chat, you can choose not to talk to me.”
There were many pedestrians on the way to the bus station, mostly students.
Outside Second Middle School of Cheng’an, there was a lane that had been developed into a strip of shops.
From the moment Lin Zhexia walked out of the school gate, her eyes fell on the milk tea shop across the alley. As they got closer and closer to the milk tea shop, she finally revealed her ultimate purpose: “Anyway, if a certain someone would be willing to buy me a cup of milk tea, I wouldn’t hold a grudge about being under the sun for an entire class. The milk tea should be half-sugar…”
As she spoke, the two arrived right at the entrance of the milk tea shop.
Before she could finish, Chi Yao had already completed her sentence to the shop assistant:
“Half-sugar, no ice, extra pearls.”
The shop assistant took the order as he said and looked up to ask: “Just one cup? To go or to here?”
Lin Zhexia stood behind Chi Yao. Being shorter, she stood on tiptoe and tried to peep from behind him, chirping: “Just one cup, he’s not having any. To go, thank you, sister.”
The female shop assistant wasn’t actually that young.
Being unexpectedly called “sister,” she couldn’t help but smile: “Alright, I’ll give you some extra pearls for free, no need to pay more.”
Lin Zhexia’s temper subsided quickly.
With milk tea to drink, she no longer held a grudge.
All the way, she happily cupped her milk tea and chatted with Chi Yao.
Lin Zhexia: “By the way, guess how many points I got on the first day’s test? Guess high, be bold.”
Chi Yao: “Two digits.”
Lin Zhexia felt offended: “Who do you think you’re looking down on? You’re the one who scores two digits.”
Chi Yao: “I scored full marks.”
“…”
Lin Zhexia thought to herself that the conversation should end here; she didn’t want to say another word to Chi Yao.
However, after the two arrived at the bus station, while waiting for the bus, she couldn’t help asking: “I had a question during class just now. Why aren’t you allergic to my water?”
Chi Yao stood by the bus shelter. Hearing this, he turned his head slightly to look at her: “Your water?”
“If I remember correctly, I paid for that bottle.”
“…”
The conversation should end here.
Lin Zhexia silently took a sip of her milk tea, quickly forgetting the pain, and wanted to ask Chi Yao if he had finished his homework. But then she remembered that starting tomorrow, they wouldn’t have class; they would have military training.
“I don’t want to do military training,” Lin Zhexia complained, “Military training is so tiring, and the instructors are all fierce.”
After she spoke, she paused.
Then she mentioned the point she cared about most: “Most importantly, the food at the training base tastes terrible. Can we not participate?”
Chi Yao suddenly said, “There’s a way.”
Lin Zhexia looked at him: “?”
“Take sick leave to the hospital, donate your eyes.”