“You can sit down.” My new desk mate wiped the stool clean for me, then looked up and smiled sweetly. I stuffed my textbooks into the desk and sat down. “Thank you.”
“We’re desk mates now, no need to be so polite.” The girl continued smiling.
I scratched my head, feeling a bit embarrassed, and said, “Desk mate, what’s your name? I’ve been sitting in the back, so I don’t know much about the front.”
“You’re interesting, much better than Zhao Kai, who only knows how to study!” She laughed and extended a hand. “Sun Jing, you can call me Xiao Jing.”
I was stunned for a moment, not reacting right away. This girl was quite outgoing.
“I’m Xia Tian, you can call me… Xia Tian…” I always felt shy when introducing myself. Xia Tian… Maybe I had a long-lost brother named Qiu Tian.
“The teacher mentioned your name earlier, I know it.” Sun Jing smiled. Observing closely, I noticed she had two adorable little canine teeth.
Sun Jing wasn’t a stunning beauty, but she had a girl-next-door charm. Her aura and the way she smiled, showing her small canines, made her very pleasant to be around.
Just then, I heard a voice from the back row. “Zhang Yu, did you see that? He just sat down and is already chatting with the girl. Our brother has completely forgotten about us!”
Damn! Do I look like that kind of person?
As I was thinking, Sun Jing continued, “We’ll be desk mates from now on, so let’s take care of each other!” She seemed to always be smiling, and I couldn’t help but smile back. “Yes, let’s take care of each other.”
“The class is starting, we can talk later.” As the bell rang, Sun Jing focused her attention on the textbooks again.
From the moment the class started, Sun Jing didn’t speak to me anymore. She seemed like a different person, very focused on her studies. No wonder she sat next to the class monitor.
For me, class time was a bit dull. This was a math class, and I had missed too many concepts to understand what the teacher was saying. So, I just sat there in a daze, letting the class pass.
After the class, Sun Jing became lively again and said, “Desk mate, you weren’t paying much attention in class. You’re letting the homeroom teacher down!”
“I want to learn, but I can’t get into it. Everyone wants to be a good student!” I scratched my head, feeling embarrassed. It was the first time I felt ashamed about my studies.
Sun Jing widened her eyes at me. “Those are just excuses. The truth is, you lack determination.”
Her words left me speechless. She was right. I was just making excuses for myself.
“The next class is self-study. I need to review the previous lessons too, so I’ll help you with your studies.” Hearing Sun Jing’s offer, I immediately brightened up. After all, scoring only one or two hundred points on the college entrance exam would be terribly embarrassing.
We chatted for a bit more before the next class started. Once the class began, Sun Jing turned into a little teacher, putting on her glasses and telling me, “Take out your textbook, I’ll explain the first lesson of high school math, sets.”
“Yes, ma’am!” I imitated a eunuch from an old drama, making Sun Jing laugh despite her serious demeanor.
Realizing her lapse, she quickly composed herself. “Pay attention!” She opened the textbook and pointed to the first page, starting to explain. I put aside my playful thoughts and listened attentively.
I had never felt class time pass so quickly. Sun Jing had only explained a few problems before the class ended. She took off her glasses and smiled, saying, “Pleasant cooperation.”
“Pleasant cooperation!” I smiled back and asked, “Continue tomorrow?”
“We’ll see!” Sun Jing said as she packed her books.
After tidying up, she said to me, “Desk mate, see you tomorrow!”
“See you tomorrow!” I casually stuffed my books into the desk and prepared to find my friends.
“Hey, Xia Tian is here! Why didn’t you chat more with the girl?” My Fatty friend teased me.
I raised my hand to scare him. “You’re so nosy!”
Zhang Yu, leaning against the back door, pretended to be melancholic. I was about to ask him what was wrong when he exclaimed, “Why! Why does an idiot get to sit with a girl while I, a handsome guy, have to sit with a Fatty dude? Is this the legendary fool’s luck?”
“Damn!” Fatty and I cursed simultaneously. Just then, a Fatty girl leaving the classroom looked at Zhang Yu and said, “Want to sit with a girl? There’s an empty seat next to me!”
“Damn!” Zhang Yu forgot his melancholic act and quickly left the classroom. Fatty and I laughed and followed him out.
We never went straight back to the dorm after night study sessions. We’d usually take a couple of laps around the playground first. Passing by the girls’ dormitory, we’d often stop to peek at the girls changing clothes.
“Wow! Black underwear, this girl is wild!” Fatty commented while eating an ice cream bar.
Zhang Yu, smoking, glanced up. “Dressed wildly but not in great shape. Low quality.”
“I’ve noticed something lately,” I said to Fatty and Zhang Yu.
“Spit it out!” Zhang Yu flicked his cigarette butt, pretending to be cool.
“Hehe!” I chuckled wickedly. “The room on the third floor at the end, the girl inside always changes into her pajamas before washing up, but doesn’t take off her underwear. The room in the middle on the fourth floor, the girl there changes after washing up and takes everything off.”
“Damn! You’ve got an eye for details, impressive!” Fatty praised me, clasping his hands in respect.
Zhang Yu scoffed. “What’s the big deal about that? In the room at the hallway on the first floor, there’s a decent-looking girl who brings three pieces of underwear each week—white, purple, and yellow. The room next to it, there’s another girl with four pieces—black, pink, light blue, and white. On the second floor…”
Before Zhang Yu could finish, Fatty and I kneeled before him in worship. “We bow to Master Yu!”
“There’s nothing much to see. Let’s head to the playground.” After observing the girls for a while, it got boring. I decided to take Zhang Yu and Fatty to the playground.
“No, I haven’t seen enough!” Fatty complained, reluctant to leave. Just as I was about to kick him, I heard a girl’s shout, “Move aside!” The voice sounded familiar. Turning around, I saw a girl being blocked by two boys. It was my new desk mate, Sun Jing!
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