Zhou Xiangmeng seemed like an outsider, standing still and watching the two of them talk.
She pursed her lips, quickly walked around to Jiang Yuan's side, and whispered softly, "Jiang Yuan, are you okay? It's all my fault. I meant well but ended up making things worse."
"It's okay. Didn't you hear me shouting for you to slow down from behind?" Jiang Yuan asked in confusion, with a puzzled look flashing across her clear and bright eyes.
Zhou Xiangmeng stole a furtive glance at Chi Xu, then quickly averted her gaze and shook her head, saying she didn't.
Jiang Yuan felt strange. Her voice wasn't soft, and Zhou Xiangmeng wasn't far away. How could she not have heard?
"Alright, they're still waiting for the KT board over there. I'll help you carry it. You just follow me," Chi Xu interrupted their conversation. He calmly glanced at Zhou Xiangmeng, then turned to ruffle Jiang Yuan's hair, picked up the KT board, and walked towards the playground.
"Why are you with Zhou Xiangmeng again? Didn't I tell you last time not to spend too much time with her?"
Jiang Yuan scratched her head and murmured softly, "We ran into each other by chance. She offered to help me on her own initiative. It's just that her good intentions backfired."
"It's so strange. My voice wasn't soft. How could she not have heard? Could she have done it on purpose?"
"Maybe she did it on purpose," Chi Xu said quietly, his beautiful black eyes filled with sunlight, clear and bright.
Jiang Yuan was stunned. She guessed it, but she didn't want to think the worst of others.
In the past decade or so, Jiang Yuan had made friends with others with the greatest kindness and had never met anyone with hidden motives.
Maybe it was because everyone was busy preparing for the college entrance examination at that time, and there were no conflicts of interest among them. That was why Jiang Yuan had never encountered such a person.
Chi Xu placed the KT board in the center of the playground. Other parts of the KT board were gradually carried over. He assembled them in the same way as before. When he saw the hole under the main KT board, he adjusted the small KT board on its right so that it just covered the hole.
Actually, he didn't have to do these things himself. He could have called someone else to do them. But because of the small hole he accidentally made, he didn't feel at ease leaving it to others, so Chi Xu stayed there.
The tall and straight young man stood in front of the KT board against the light. His good-looking eyebrows and eyes were shrouded in a faint shadow. He tilted his head slightly and carefully examined the assembly effect of the KT board.
The magnificent sunlight on the horizon seemed not as charming as his eyebrows and eyes.
Jiang Yuan stood beside him, quietly watching Chi Xu's every move.
It was as if a dragonfly had flown into the water in her heart. Although it just skimmed over the water surface lightly, it unconsciously and unmistakably rippled circles of ripples.
A gentle breeze blew, stirring Jiang Yuan's hair. She instinctively reached out to tuck her hair behind her ears.
The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and her eyebrows and eyes also curved. She moved her lips, wanting to say something. Just as she was about to open her mouth, the person turned his head and smiled brightly.
"Okay, you don't have to worry anymore," Chi Xu said.
"Chi Xu, I finally found you," a breathless voice came from afar and rang in her ears. Jiang Yuan looked over and saw Jia Fang running over in a hurry.
"Hello, junior sister. Can we borrow your senior Chi Xu for a while?" Jia Fang greeted, then dragged him away without hesitation. Their faint conversation drifted into her ears with the wind.
"I've been looking for you for a long time. There are a bunch of things over there, but you're here having fun..."
Jiang Yuan stood still. For a moment, she didn't know what to do. After thinking about it, she decided to find the club president to take on some tasks.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the club recruitment fair officially started.
The playground instantly boiled. The booths of each club bloomed like colorful flowers in every corner. The recruitment banners fluttered in the gentle breeze.
The crowd was bustling. The recruitment staff of each club held a stack of club brochures in their hands and enthusiastically introduced the features of their club to the passing students.
Some clubs were also very creative. For example, the hip-hop club organized its members to dance hot and energetic dances in front of the booth. Their movements were clean and neat, which attracted the surrounding students to burst into exclamations and cheers from time to time.
Jiang Yuan had a clear goal and went straight to the Volunteer Association. She heard that Chi Xu served as the president of the association, and the cat nests that could be seen everywhere on campus were also the achievements of the Volunteer Association.
After submitting the registration form, she walked around and chose some clubs that interested her to sign up for.
In a blink of an eye, it was almost noon.
Jiang Yuan walked around the whole playground but didn't see Chi Xu. She didn't know what Jia Fang had dragged him to do.
She happened to go to the restroom. When she came out, she saw a lot of people at the front gate of the playground. She didn't like crowds, so she walked around and took the back gate.
At the corner of the downhill slope at the back gate, she faintly heard a familiar voice.
"Senior, I'm really sorry for causing you trouble. If it weren't for Jiang Yuan's lack of strength, the KT board wouldn't have been damaged," the voice said.
Hearing her own name, Jiang Yuan was stunned. At the same time, she recognized that it was Zhou Xiangmeng's voice. She stood by the back gate and quietly continued to listen.
"The matter is over, and the club recruitment fair has started smoothly. Don't worry about such a small thing," Chi Xu rubbed his temples and didn't want to say more.
"But I feel guilty. Maybe Jiang Yuan doesn't think so. The KT board broke, and she even fell in that direction when it fell. I know you said that to comfort her at that time. Don't blame her for this," Zhou Xiangmeng said.
"Do you mean that she did it on purpose?" Chi Xu finally stared at Zhou Xiangmeng with a straight look. His eyes were deep and bottomless, with some indescribable emotions.
Zhou Xiangmeng shook her head repeatedly and whispered softly, "I don't mean that."
"Zhou Xiangmeng, there are some things you may not know," Chi Xu said in a low voice. He lifted his eyelids and looked at her. His cold and deep eyes were like ice, bone-chilling.
Zhou Xiangmeng trembled in her heart and instinctively took a step back.
"The first time at the basketball court, I checked the surveillance. When the basketball was thrown, you came behind Jiang Yuan. And indeed, the basketball was flying in Jiang Yuan's direction," Chi Xu said.
"The crowd was in a mess. How could it be so coincidental that the basketball hit Jiang Yuan? I also checked the direction. At most, it would hit the ground beside her. In the surveillance, I saw that she seemed to be suddenly pushed over, so the basketball hit her," Chi Xu said, tilting his head slightly and squinting at Zhou Xiangmeng. "You were standing there. Can you tell me who pushed Jiang Yuan?"
Zhou Xiangmeng felt as cold as ice and froze in place. It took her a long time to say, "I don't know..."
Jiang Yuan, who was hiding behind the back gate of the playground, was also stunned.
"Yes, there were too many people, so it was impossible to see who pushed her. Of course, it's also possible that it was an accident. I won't计较," Chi Xu changed the topic and continued.
"The second thing is also this morning. Did you really help Jiang Yuan carry the KT board out of kindness?"
"I saw that Jiang Yuan really regarded you as a friend. I didn't want to hurt her feelings, but I didn't expect you to make things worse. You even tried to slander Jiang Yuan just now."