[?????]

[What's the situation! You and Lu Xixiao!!!!]

[How could he be waiting for you at the school gate!!!!]

[Help! Don't tell me Lu Xixiao wants to pursue you!?]

...

Zhou Wan glanced in Lu Xixiao's direction. His lips were pressed into a tight line, his eyes lowered, and he was playing the game with a blank expression.

[Zhou Wan: No way, why would Lu Xixiao pursue me.]

He looked like he wouldn't have the patience to pursue any girl.

Which of his girlfriends wasn't the one to proactively stick to his side?

[Zhou Wan: He comes to the Arcade often, so we just slowly got a bit more familiar.]

[But! He! Even! Came! To! The! School! Gate! To! Wait! For! You!]

Zhou Wan's fingertips paused.

She also didn't know why Lu Xixiao had come over.

She often couldn't figure out Lu Xixiao's motives for doing things.

Lu Xixiao was a very spontaneous person and didn't operate on reason or cause.

Immediately after, her friend sent her a link.

Zhou Wan clicked it open. It was content from the school's forum.

Yangming High School's forum was quite lively, and part of the reason was Lu Xixiao. Girls from other schools would often come to the forum to ask about him.

But Zhou Wan had almost never clicked into the forum to read it.

The title of the post her friend sent was—

? Was Lu Xixiao waiting for Zhou Wan at the school gate today?????

[Could Zhou Wan be his new girlfriend??]

[Damn, Lu Xixiao's previous girlfriends weren't this type, were they?]

[I think Zhou Wan is super pretty, super pure, and super well-behaved! Good grades, good personality, feels like she and Lu Xixiao are not from the same world...]

[Already feel sorry for the beauty. Although Lu Xixiao is really handsome, he's also a real scumbag!]

[I thought it was strange when I saw Lu Xixiao's friends greeting Zhou Wan before.]

[Even if they are really together, it probably won't last long. Which of Lu Xixiao's girlfriends has ever lasted more than a month?]

[But still, even if I get played, just being able to look at Lu Xixiao's face every day would be enough.]

[I added Lu Xixiao on WeChat before. I wanted to say that he once posted a picture of a girl's back on his Moments, and I thought it looked a lot like Zhou Wan back then.]

[Actually, I think Zhou Wan is better looking than all of Lu Xixiao's previous girlfriends. She has a bit of an ethereal fairy-like aura, a total first-love face!]

...

Zhou Wan read the comments one by one.

Everyone wasn't as shocked by this as Gu Meng was. After all, Lu Xixiao had plenty of girls around him. One could guess it was just a whim, and it wouldn't be long before he grew tired of her.

No different from any of his previous girlfriends.

Late at night, people had come and gone in the Arcade, leaving only Zhou Wan and Lu Xixiao.

He handed a thick stack of tickets to Zhou Wan.

Zhou Wan entered all of them for him. When she finished, she saw him with his head down, shielding the wind with one hand as he lit a cigarette.

"Leaving?" he asked, exhaling a puff of smoke.

"Mm." Zhou Wan glanced at him and said softly, "Your cold isn't better yet, it's better not to smoke."

Lu Xixiao lowered his eyes, tugged at the corner of his mouth, and didn't listen to her.

Zhou Wan didn't say any more, packed up her schoolbag, and went back with him.

The moon was hidden behind dark clouds, not as bright as the streetlights.

The rain had just stopped. There were small puddles along the roadside, and water splashed up when cars sped past.

Lu Xixiao grabbed Zhou Wan's wrist and pulled her to the inner side of the road.

The two remained quiet.

After a while, Lu Xixiao asked, his voice low and hoarse, "Want to get some noodles?"

"Do you want to eat?"

"Whatever, up to you."

"I'm still quite full," Zhou Wan said. "If you're hungry, I can go with you."

"Then forget it."

They walked past the noodle shop.

Raindrops fell from the eaves, pitter-patter.

The sound of a car came from behind again.

Lu Xixiao didn't turn around, but just very naturally raised his hand to rest on Zhou Wan's shoulder, half-pulling her as they took a few steps toward the inner side of the road.

Even though there was clothing between them, such an overly close posture still made Zhou Wan's whole body stiffen. Lu Xixiao seemed to sense it, and he put his hand down after they moved to the inner side.

Zhou Wan let out a silent sigh of relief.

The next second, Lu Xixiao's ambiguous laughter sounded by her ear.

Zhou Wan's face flushed.

He was doing it on purpose again.

How could there be someone who loved to tease people so much.

Suddenly, the sound of a car horn came from their side.

Beep beep—

Zhou Wan turned her head, blinded by the dazzling headlights.

She saw Guo Xiangling roll down the car window, pop half her head out, and shout at Lu Xixiao, "Ah Xiao!"