After exchanging glances, Zhu Shushu glared at Zhou Qing who was standing aside.
It's true that there's nothing that shouldn't be mentioned. After mentioning this matter on the way here, she specifically told the other party not to mention this matter in front of Zhao Xuanying. Who would have thought that she would just go to get a stool to do this?
Things came to light.
Zhou Qing also knows that she has made a mistake. It seems that there is a reason why she has been saying so little.
"Well, it's actually my brother who wants to get married, not..."
"I heard it all."
"oh."
Zhou Qing lowered her head and began to clasp her hands. At this moment, her brain was in chaos and she didn't know what excuse she should find to break this embarrassing scene.
Zhu Shushu, on the other hand, looked calm. She secretly observed Zhao Xuanying's expression and took a deep breath.
After being surprised, he spoke.
"My brother and Lin Nianwei are getting engaged."
"..."
"Yeah."
There was silence for three or four seconds before Zhao Xuanying responded in a low voice.
Then, as if nothing had happened, he placed the stool beside the desk and put the small kettle on it as well.
There is half a bag of disposable plastic cups in the drawer. These were brought back unused during the Chinese New Year dinner at Liu Weicheng's house.
After taking it out, he poured water in. After pouring three glasses, he sat down, took out his book and put it on the table, showing a picture of nothing happening.
Such a scene was caught in the eyes of the two girls. After another exchange of looks, Zhu Shushu took the lead in asking the question.
"Sister Yingying..."
"What? Are there any questions that you can't answer?"
"That's not it."
After moving the exercise booklet in front of her to one side to make space, Zhu Shushu turned her face and looked at the other person.
"It's what I just said..."
"I heard about your brother's engagement to Teacher Lin."
"Then why didn't you react at all?"
"How am I going to react?"
Hearing Zhu Shushu's inquiry, this time it was Zhao Xuanying's turn to be confused. At this moment, her face was not at all unhappy, as if she had no reaction at all.
"When you get engaged, just get engaged. When the time comes to get married, I will just go and give you a gift and have a meal. When that time comes, I will go with my grandma, and a gift for both of us will be enough."
"But……"
"Okay, I know what you want to say, but I'm just a student now, and your brother's girlfriend has always been Teacher Lin. It has nothing to do with me anyway, so don't worry about this or that.
, not to mention that now you are in the second semester of your third year of junior high school, and you will take the high school entrance examination in June. There are still two or three months left. If you work harder, it is actually quite difficult to get into our school. After all, it is also the best school in the city.
Ranked among the top three high schools.”
"..."
Listening to Zhao Xuanying's long series of speeches, her free and easy style even made Zhu Shushu a little confused.
She had always thought that Zhao Xuanying was in love with her cousin, but judging from his current state, she didn't seem to care as much as she had guessed.
It was expected that Zhao Xuanying would be sad or devastated when she heard the news, but her current state of being like a normal person was an unexpected reaction for her.
And everything she said was so clear, if she kept nagging on and on, it would seem to have no other effect except making the atmosphere more tense.
Thinking of this, Zhu Shushu didn't say anything more.
But after the silence ended, he silently took back the test questions beside him, turned the pages, and started to prepare to complete them.
What was originally thought to be a major incident was solved so casually, without even asking too many questions, and the three-person team quickly entered a learning state.
When encountering a question they don't know, Zhu Shushu and Zhou Qing will also ask Zhao Xuanying, a senior who has excellent academic performance, for advice.
The overall learning process did not suffer any setbacks. The homework that was originally expected to be completed in an afternoon was successfully completed by the two in less than three hours.
Putting down the pen in her hand, Zhu Shushu raised her hands above her head, stretched a little, then looked at the other two people and asked.
"It's already past twelve o'clock, how can we have lunch?"
"Let's go out to eat. Today I..."
Just when he was about to say that he was going to treat him to lunch, who would have thought that the next second Zhou Qing placed his cell phone on the table, the ringtone of an incoming call rang, vibrating and making a buzzing sound on the table.
After two or three seconds, Zhou Qing realized that the other two were looking at her and then reached out and took the phone over.
After looking at the caller and realizing that the call was coming from home, he didn't hesitate at all and immediately chose to answer the call.
"Hey mom, what's wrong?"
"At a friend's house...what? Let me go home?"
"Oh...I know..."
After a few words, Zhou Qing reluctantly disconnected the phone, then looked back and forth in front of Zhao Xuanying and Zhu Shushu, and said emotionally.
"There are relatives at home...my mother asked me to go back for dinner..."
"Well, then there's nothing we can do about it. You should go home quickly."
"I originally wanted to treat Sister Yingying to dinner, what a pity..."
After complaining to her friend, Zhou Qing immediately started to pack up her schoolbag, stuffed all the things she had taken out on the table back, and then left with one shoulder and a shrug.
Before leaving, he waved to the two of them, and soon after he heard the sound of the door closing.
What was originally a room for three people has become a room for two people alone.
Zhao Xuanying, who had not said a word since the beginning, suddenly sighed.
Although it was a very subtle move, it firmly caught Zhu Shushu's attention.
He looked away from the door and turned to look at Zhao Xuanying beside him.
"Sister Yingying?"
"..."
"Sister Yingying!"
"Huh? What's wrong?"
The first call did not get a response. It was not until Zhu Shushu increased her volume and called again that Zhao Xuanying responded as if she had just heard it.
Looking at Zhao Xuanying's expression at this moment, he looked at the sister in front of him who was about the same age as him.
Only then did Zhu Shushu finally wake up.
It's not that the girl in front of me doesn't care.
It's just... I've been pretending not to care.
The reason is that the other party has become free and easy after experiencing so many things. Not long ago, when he learned that Liu Weicheng was about to get engaged, he almost deceived her with his nonchalant look. When Zhou Qing just left, there were only two people left in the room.
Finally, Zhu Shushu noticed the other party's condition again.
At this moment, Zhao Xuanying still looks relaxed and happy.
Although he looked the same as usual, there seemed to be no sparkle in his eyes. No wonder during the nearly three hours of study, the other party had remained silent except for speaking when explaining the topic to the two of them.
.
It can be seen that she... still cares.
Looking at Zhao Xuanying sitting next to her, after dozens of seconds, Zhu Shushu suddenly showed a smile.
Then he spoke.
"Let's go out to eat at noon. Let's go to a restaurant, just the two of us."
"What a waste, I'd better eat it at home..."
"No, I spent a lot of pocket money today just to treat you, sister, to a good meal!"
If her sister Zhu Qinqin were present, she would never believe that the girl holding Zhao Xuanying's arm and acting coquettishly at this moment was her biological sister.
He begged, hoping that the other party would agree to his proposal.