Hearing someone calling her, and the voice sounded quite familiar, Tang Tang stiffly turned around and looked around. Sure enough, in the distance, Zhang Qi was walking towards her.
Huang Xiaoli didn't hear the call, but seeing Tang Tang's indescribable expression after turning around, she curiously looked in the same direction.
Huang Xiaoli with puffy cheeks also froze.
Watching Zhang Qi, who was looking excited, getting closer and closer, Huang Xiaoli chewed her food with difficulty. After swallowing, she remarked, "What kind of fate is this..."
Zhang Qi probably had just come off the basketball court. There was still a blush on his face from the exercise. A bunch of his buddies were following behind him. When they saw Zhang Qi standing in front of Tang Tang, they couldn't help but start cheering.
For a moment, there were continuous whistles.
Out of politeness, Tang Tang didn't want to lose her temper, but she rolled her eyes in her heart.
Huang Xiaoli gloated, "You're doomed. Tang Tang hates this kind of forced - attention mode the most."
However, the other party was completely oblivious.
It was hard to tell whether he really didn't know or was just pretending. Zhang Qi looked innocent. Standing in front of Tang Tang with his tall frame, he blocked her petite figure completely.
"What a coincidence," Zhang Qi showed a smile he thought was charming and winked at Tang Tang.
Tang Tang gave him a strange look. After making sure the people behind them couldn't hear their conversation, she said, "Didn't we agree that I would make things clear to you this afternoon?"
Zhang Qi thought Tang Tang said this to save some sweet words for the evening. He couldn't help but feel happy secretly and said, "I was just too impatient."
Humph.
Tang Tang looked cold and warned, "See you this afternoon. Now I still need to take this girl for a good stroll."
So, Huang Xiaoli, the fire - saving messenger, was dragged in front of Tang Tang again, looking completely confused.
"Enough of you!!!"
Huang Xiaoli shouted angrily, still holding a lot of snacks in her hands.
Zhang Qi thought that no girl could resist his long - term pursuit. After leaving a smile he thought was charming, he turned around and walked towards his friends.
Only then did Tang Tang let out a big sigh of relief.
The cries of the street vendors were still ringing in her ears.
Thinking of Zuo Mu's firm claim of "sibling affection", Tang Tang instantly felt extremely upset. She dragged Huang Xiaoli away from there.
Along the way, Huang Xiaoli chattered non - stop.
Knowing that Tang Tang was in a bad mood, she couldn't help but take out her snacks to share.
"Do you want this?"
"Just take a bite."
"It's really delicious."
Finally, Tang Tang stuffed a handful of jelly beans into Huang Xiaoli's mouth to stop this topic.
In the afternoon, Tang Tang felt extremely restless, as if sitting on pins and needles.
Because Zhang Qi had been staring at her from behind all the time.
The intensity of his gaze was too much for Tang Tang to bear.
"Aaaaah～～～"
Finally, Tang Tang buried her head in her arms, wanting to be an ostrich.
Zuo Mu's annoying face kept floating in her mind.
"Are you really that impatient?"
The devil Zuo Mu looked at the frowning Tang Tang with a big smile, as if he was afraid of being ignored.
As a result, he caught the teacher's attention.
"Tang Tang, come and answer this question."
Suddenly being called on while still with her head buried in her arms, Tang Tang instantly woke up and stood up. Fortunately, her helpful deskmate reminded her of the question, and since she had just previewed it, she managed to pass this test luckily.
The serious English teacher looked at Tang Tang sternly. If it weren't for this girl being usually smart and good at her studies, she would have already made her stand up and be punished.
"You can sit down. Focus on the class and don't think about other things." After the English teacher finished speaking, she continued with her lecture.
This was the first time Tang Tang had been made an example of by the teacher. After sitting down, she felt extremely embarrassed.
Finally, it was time to leave school. Huang Xiaoli skipped over. Looking at Tang Tang with a blushing face, she was a bit worried. "Tang Tang, what happened to you in class today? This isn't like you."
The reason for this worry was that Huang Xiaoli knew very well that although Tang Tang seemed well - behaved on the surface, she was actually very assertive. In class, not only did she never get distracted, but she even knew what the teacher was going to say next.
How could she make such a low - level mistake?
Thinking of Zuo Mu who kept appearing in her mind, Tang Tang couldn't help but smile bitterly while packing up her things on the desk.
Even the ice - queen schoolbag in her hand was a gift that Zuo Mu insisted on giving her as a welcome present.
How did Zuo Mu really see her?
"Hehe!" Seeing Tang Tang getting distracted again, Huang Xiaoli waved her hand in front of her face and asked, "What on earth has been going on with you these days? Don't tell me you've really been touched by Zhang Qi's pursuit?"
Huang Xiaoli secretly looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention, as everyone was busy packing up their things to go home, she then felt relieved and leaned over to whisper, "It's just Zhang Qi. Is it really worth being so sad about?"
"It's not about him," Tang Tang immediately retorted. "I..."
How could she put it? Say that her feelings for Zuo Mu were a bit special?
Zuo Mu was like an older brother to Huang Xiaoli. If Huang Xiaoli knew about her feelings, what would she think of her and Zuo Mu?
She didn't want to bring any trouble to Zuo Mu.
With this in mind, Tang Tang checked the time and found that it wasn't long before the time she had agreed with Zhang Qi.
After simply packing up her homework, Tang Tang apologized to Huang Xiaoli. "I'm afraid I can't walk with you today."
"What?" Huang Xiaoli opened her eyes wide in surprise. This was really an unprecedented thing.
So Tang Tang told her all about Zhang Qi's invitation.
Huang Xiaoli: ...
"Wow, really? I have to admire classmate Zhang Qi," Huang Xiaoli said in amazement.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Tang Tang didn't have time to talk to her anymore. She picked up her things and was about to leave.
Huang Xiaoli shouted anxiously from behind, "Be careful not to get caught by Big Brother Zuo Mu."
Neither of them expected that this would turn out to be a prophetic statement.
Tang Tang said impatiently, "Come on. How could it be so coincidental?"
But of course, she didn't know that ten minutes later, she would regret it so much.
When she arrived beside the teaching building, the place was shaded by lush trees. Tall and romantic plane trees on both sides of the asphalt road had witnessed generation after generation of students. In the flower beds, roses and peonies were blooming in full splendor. The sun was setting, and the light filtered through the gaps in the leaves, bringing a bit of coolness to this grove.
Tang Tang came to the place Zhang Qi had told her. Although it was on the main road, because there were many trees in their school and there was a small pavilion behind, one could easily hide behind a tree and remain unnoticed.
By the time she got there, Zhang Qi had already been waiting for a long time.
Zhang Qi had arrived very early and had been pacing back and forth on the spot. His nervousness was clearly visible.
"Zhang Qi!" Tang Tang ran over and called out. Zhang Qi looked up, and his face instantly lit up when he saw who it was.
In his opinion, the fact that Tang Tang had come meant that this matter was already half - successful.