Ch 259: Can’t he just be clever for once!

Ji Huailuo felt aggrieved for a while, accompanying her at the bus stop waiting for the last bus.

“Hey,” he asked, “Do you look down on academically weak students?”

Li Xiaoxing shook her head.

Ji Huailuo had the least patience, wishing he could put the words to her lips, making her say it immediately.

The ground reflected the shadows of the two.

The tall young man bent down, his hands resting on his knees, looking at her levelly: “Let’s be honest, do you hate me?”

“…” Li Xiaoxing was stunned, “No.”

Ji Huailuo scratched his head: “After this ‘no’, shouldn’t you add some explanation, give an example, or elaborate on the reason for ‘no’?”

Too simple, like a perfunctory response.

Li Xiaoxing thought for a moment and said seriously: “You are the first person who is willing to be my deskmate, I will remember it for a lifetime.”

That night there was no moonlight, and the streetlights weren’t bright enough.

Perhaps it was her illusion, she seemed to see Ji Huailuo’s ears turn red.

–

Clearing the balls off the table, Ji Huailuo put away his cue, lazily saying: “I’m not playing anymore, going home.”

“What time is it?” Jiang Shan was speechless, “Aren’t you a night owl?”

Ji Huailuo: “Isn’t it already ten o’clock?”

“So?” Jiang Shan complained, “Nightclubs haven’t even started at ten o’clock.”

Ji Huailuo sat down by the pool table and called out: “Li Xiaoxing, take your bag, I’ll take you home first.”

Jiang Shan instantly shut his mouth.

“See,” Ji Huailuo said with unclear meaning, “This girl goes to bed early, don’t mess up her biological clock.”

“…”

Several people saw them off, Jiang Shan politely said: “Academic top student, feel free to come out and play.”

Li Xiaoxing nodded.

Someone chimed in: “Why don’t you leave a contact information? I heard there’s a classmate reunion during the New Year, we’ll add you to the group then.”

Li Xiaoxing rummaged through her bag for a sticky note: “I’ll write it for you.”

Jiang Shan: “…Just say it out loud…”

Ji Huailuo gave a knowing smile, Jiang Shan tacitly swallowed his words.

In memory, Li Xiaoxing seemed to have this habit, she loved to write with a pen.

In full view of everyone, Li Xiaoxing held the warm bottle of local milk in her right hand, and casually wrote a string of numbers on the sticky note with her left hand.

Ji Huailuo’s eyelashes fluttered: “You can write with your left hand?”

“…” For some reason, Li Xiaoxing paused for a few seconds, unnaturally, “Numbers are okay.”

Ji Huailuo didn’t speak.

“By the way, Huailuo,” Jiang Shan suspiciously asked, “Don’t you have the academic top student’s number? Just give it to us, why bother making her write it again.”

Ji Huailuo: “I’m lazy.”

“…”

Your mother.

Lazy so confidently, so shameless.

–

After sending Li Xiaoxing back to her residential area, Ji Huailuo shook his mobile phone, cheerfully saying: “I’ve saved your number.”

Li Xiaoxing nodded.

Ji Huailuo glanced at the apartment building upstairs and casually asked: “Do you live alone?”

Li Xiaoxing nodded again.

“…” Ji Huailuo seemed to laugh helplessly, “Deskmate, do you think I was wrong to treat you as a mute back then?”

“Hmm,” Li Xiaoxing smiled, “I live alone.”

“Alright,” Ji Huailuo started the car, “Let’s hang out often. My sister doesn’t have any close female friends here, if you two get along well, keep in touch more.”

Li Xiaoxing nodded, as if suddenly remembering his teasing, and added: “Okay.”

The car turned and drove away, Ji Huailuo reached out of the window and waved to her in mid-air.

Back home, the milk was already cold.

Li Xiaoxing put down her bag and caressed the smooth feel of the glass bottle.

She had been drinking this milk for two years, during her second and third years of high school, it was ordered for her by her aunt when she first transferred to the Affiliated Middle School.

The dairy farm is in the suburbs of Shencheng, a local pasture, the older generation in the area likes to buy this brand, good quality and inexpensive.

Sometimes she didn’t have time to eat breakfast, and she relied on this bottle of milk to get through the whole morning.

Every time she drank milk, Ji Huailuo would stare at her.

Li Xiaoxing felt embarrassed, so she brought a bottle for him.

Ji Huailuo refused, returning the milk to her: “Deskmate, if you want to grow taller, you need to eat properly, just drinking milk is not enough.”

“This milk is delicious, you try it,” Li Xiaoxing said, “After heating it, there will be a layer of milk skin, my neighbor’s grandma goes to buy fresh milk every day with a basin.”

Ji Huailuo was stunned for a moment: “You can speak such long sentences?”

“…”

“Deskmate, let’s make a deal,” Ji Huailuo said playfully, “You speak normally every day, otherwise I will subconsciously treat you as a special person, I’m so nervous.”

Li Xiaoxing: “Will you drink it?”

Ji Huailuo chuckled: “Can I copy your homework next time?”

Li Xiaoxing took the milk back.

Ji Huailuo paused: “If I drink it, can I get into the top three of the grade like you?”

“This is milk,” Li Xiaoxing said calmly, “Not an awakening agent.”

Ji Huailuo was unusually insightful this second: “You think I’m not awakened, not that I’m inherently stupid, right?”

Li Xiaoxing: “I was being polite, don’t take it seriously.”

“…”

–

Thinking about this, Li Xiaoxing couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Actually, Ji Huailuo wasn’t stupid, he just wasn’t willing to put his effort into studying; he was always sleeping, and he was energetic again as soon as class was over, as if he had endless energy.

Compared to the lifelessness of Li Xiaoxing, Ji Huailuo was a living person.

The wind picked up outside, and one of the clothes that hadn’t been collected on the balcony seemed to have fallen down, with a thud.

Li Xiaoxing got up and went to collect the clothes.

The mobile phone in her bag rang, it was a call from Li Cao.

Asking if she had arrived home safely.

Li Xiaoxing: “I’m back, brother, don’t worry.”

“Okay,” Li Cao said calmly, “Why don’t you take Young Master Ji’s number? You two are classmates, you should have polite interactions.”

Li Xiaoxing smiled: “Okay.”

Li Cao gave Ji Huailuo’s phone number.

Li Xiaoxing collected the clothes and softly said: “I’ve written it down, brother.”

–

Ji Huailuo went to Seven Mile Mansion, poking his head inside, feeling extremely sneaky: “Is that ancestor of ours asleep?”

Zhou Cong wanted to kick him out: “Visiting in the dead of night, what is your business?”

“Stop being so pretentious,” Ji Huailuo pushed him away, “I brought you a night snack, let’s have a drink with my brother.”

Zhou Cong twitched his eyebrow: “My sister has been craving this junk food these two days, if she smells it, she’ll make a fuss!”

“Keep your voice down! Is this something to be proud of?” Ji Huailuo lowered his voice, “Can’t we eat it secretly?”

“…”

Afraid of making a noise, the two grown men didn’t even dare to stay in the living room, they went to the kitchen.

“Look at this,” Ji Huailuo took out a sticky note, and the love letter, “Don’t the handwriting of these two look alike?”

The sticky note contained a string of numbers.

Zhou Cong laughed angrily: “Your sister used me as a dog, so did you, right?”

“Since we’ve already done it,” Ji Huailuo said unceremoniously, “Let’s make the most of it, utilize your maximum value as a dog.”

Zhou Cong glanced at the sticky note, then at the love letter: “The 1 and 5 in the phone number and the 1 and 5 in Building 15 of the love letter have the same handwriting.”

“…”

“But brother, I want to ask you,” Zhou Cong raised an eyebrow, “How did the owner of the love letter, who is so smart, reveal this flaw for you to see?”

Ji Huailuo was annoyed: “What do you mean?”

Couldn’t he just be smart for once!