The next morning, Jiang Yuan stroked Jiao Jiao. Her heart felt as if it was filled with soft cotton, floating lightly. She and Chi Xu left home one after another.
It was Monday. After a busy day of study, Jiang Yuan was reminded by Lin Suye that she still had an elective course in the evening.
She and Lin Suye arrived at the classroom early. There were a few scattered people sitting around.
The instructor arrived at the classroom and asked the students to help go to the nearby building to pick up something.
Jiang Yuan was eager to win a scholarship in her sophomore year. She thought showing her face in front of the teacher would help her get a higher score in the final exam.
So she volunteered to go with a few other boys to pick up the textbooks.
After almost half a semester of the elective course, the textbooks were finally going to be distributed.
They carried the books to the classroom and distributed them to the students one by one. Jiang Yuan stood beside the textbooks with a smile on her face.
The tall stack of books gradually decreased. The class bell was about to ring, and Jiang Yuan was left with only one new textbook in her hand.
Chi Xu hadn't come. This book was his.
"Um... Jiang Yuan, right? Go back to your seat first. We'll start the class soon," the instructor coughed and reminded Jiang Yuan. "Those who are late will have to stand outside. An elective course is still a course!"
The instructor of "Intelligent Robot Learning" was nearly fifty years old, with silver hair. He was well - known in the college for being strict and old - fashioned.
Like last time when Jiao Jiao ran into the classroom, an ordinary teacher might not care, but this teacher insisted on putting Jiao Jiao outside.
Jiang Yuan glanced at her phone. There was still one minute until the class started, but Chi Xu was still nowhere to be seen, and he hadn't sent her any messages.
She said "Okay", then went back to her seat. She secretly took out her phone and "tapped" Chi Xu, then sent him a message.
[Prayer Must Come True: You're in trouble, Chi Xu. The teacher said those who are late will have to stand outside like primary - school kids being punished.]
[forikyy: Don't worry. Standing outside is fine. I played basketball all afternoon and haven't taken a shower yet. Standing outside is just right so I won't stink you up.]
[Prayer Must Come True: ???]
Played basketball all afternoon?
Coming to class now?
Hadn't he even had dinner yet?
Jiang Yuan tilted her head slightly. Her clear and beautiful black eyes were filled with mischief.
She had a small piece of bread in her textbook. It could just be used to win Chi Xu's "heart".
Jiang Yuan tore off the transparent film on the outside of Chi Xu's new textbook and stuffed the small bread into the middle of the book.
It bulged a little. When standing it up and looking from the side, it wasn't a big problem. The teacher wouldn't notice.
She was such a little genius, so clever.
The class bell rang, but Chi Xu didn't show up.
The instructor started the class and asked everyone to turn to the designated page.
Ten minutes later, there were hasty footsteps outside the classroom. With a clear knock on the door, the instructor stopped teaching, turned around, and stared at Chi Xu with a disapproving look.
Jiang Yuan propped her head up with one hand and looked across the crowd from afar.
He was standing at the classroom door, with a straight posture and lazy eyebrows. He was wearing the same clothes as this morning, and he was holding a basketball in his hand.
"Report, teacher!" Chi Xu smiled and specifically reminded the teacher that he was here.
The instructor blew his nose and glared: "You still remember to come. Don't you know the class has started?"
"Sorry, teacher. I miscalculated the time and was late," Chi Xu replied smoothly.
"Don't you know to come earlier? Is my elective course not a real course? Don't think it's not a compulsory course and take it lightly. Now, you go and stand outside. Come in after class."
"Okay, teacher." Just as Chi Xu was about to turn around and stand outside, a clear and urgent voice suddenly rang out from the back of the classroom.
"Wait!" Jiang Yuan stood up. Among the sitting students, she was the only one standing, looking like a crane among chickens.
Everyone was looking at her.
"What's up, Jiang Yuan?" The instructor's expression softened a little, and he lowered his voice.
Jiang Yuan hugged the newly - distributed textbook, gently licked her lips, and pretended to be calm.
"Um, teacher, I haven't given this classmate's textbook to him yet. I'll give it to him now."
She didn't mention the name, for fear that the teacher would remember it and form a bad impression, and then give him a lower score when grading the final exam papers.
The instructor didn't suspect anything and nodded.
Jiang Yuan walked through the aisle between the seats on both sides. She took a deep breath, hugged the textbook tightly, and her thoughts were flying. She walked down under everyone's curious gazes.
The boy over there put down the basketball. To the instructor's surprise, he strode forward steadily.
With a pair of calm black eyes reflecting the figure of his beloved.
It was like in a TV drama where someone was rushing towards their love without hesitation.
Everything around completely blurred and became silent.
Jiang Yuan could only see Chi Xu, and Chi Xu could only see Jiang Yuan.
The two met in the first row of seats.
Jiang Yuan calmed down, handed out the textbook, and whispered, "Classmate, this is the textbook for 'Intelligent Robot Learning'."
"Thank you," Chi Xu smiled and took it. His fingertips touched the warm fingers under the textbook.
Jiang Yuan's fingertips trembled slightly, as if nothing had happened.
Seeing that he had caught the textbook steadily, she specifically reminded him, "When the teacher is teaching later, you can read what the teacher is talking about outside. Remember, hold the book steady."
Chi Xu responded.
He should understand, right? If not, when he held the textbook and noticed the abnormal thickness, he would surely find it.
The boy lowered his eyes slightly. His long eyelashes trembled a few times, like a black butterfly about to take off.
Jiang Yuan looked at him deeply and was about to take back her hand.
Just then, the palm of her hand under the textbook was held.
A few oval - shaped things were stuffed into it.
He was facing away from the teacher, so all the small movements under the textbook were well - hidden.
Jiang Yuan's eyes widened slightly, and she stood there stunned.
A low, clearly smiling voice rang in her ear, seemingly with a hidden meaning.
"Don't worry, I know. Thank you, classmate Jiang."
Chi Xu took the book but didn't turn around immediately.
Taking advantage of this gap, Jiang Yuan quickly withdrew her hand and put it into her clothes pocket.
She pinched it. It was a bit hard. It seemed to be candy.
Only then did Chi Xu turn back, hold the book steadily, and face the instructor: "Teacher, I'll go and stand outside."
The instructor snorted and nodded.
After Chi Xu left, Jiang Yuan returned to her seat, and the instructor resumed teaching.
Jiang Yuan secretly took out one from her pocket. It was the most common White Rabbit Creamy Candy, which could be bought everywhere in the store.
Were these ordinary White Rabbit Creamy Candies really worth taking such a big risk to give to her in class?
Jiang Yuan couldn't figure it out.
Moreover, the White Rabbit Creamy Candies on the market now didn't taste as good as when she was a child.
When she was a child, they were sticky and stuck to the teeth, with a very strong milky flavor.
Now it was rare to eat such candies. Now they were all hard, with an ordinary milky flavor. They were no different from ordinary candies. They had lost their own characteristics.