Rebirth: Growing Up Together

Yu Yu pursed her lips. She was still a little nervous, afraid that some classmates or teachers would see them.

As a result, everyone's voices unconsciously became much lower.

"The editor who rejected my manuscript last time said... If I am willing to do this content... I can publish it in a few issues..."

Xu Cheng thought for a moment, "It's a commercial theme."

"Ah."

Yu Yu nodded slightly with a complicated look in his eyes.

"Let me see."

Xu Cheng stood up from his seat, walked to Yu Yu, picked up the draft on her desk and started reading it.

It’s not really a very advanced art. At least the two characters are from the same dimension, just with different IPs. It feels like Superman fighting Iron Man.

"It would be too chaotic to have all seven Calabash Brothers fight at the same time... It would be better to fight them one by one, and there would be more content..."

"Oh……"

Yu Yu agreed absentmindedly, his beautiful peach blossom eyes staring at the surroundings, like a little rabbit on guard against hunters, his pink ears always erect.

As he was speaking, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps at the door.

Yu Yu's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

The little hand quickly grabbed Xu Cheng's arm.

"Hide quickly..."

???

Xu Cheng was forced to squat under the table in a daze. Almost at the same time he squatted, Yan Wenwen walked into the classroom.

Looking at the classroom where she was the only one left.

"Hey? Xiaoyu, aren't you going home yet? Let's go together."

"No, no need!"

Yu Yu’s face flushed red and she waved her hands nervously.

Xu Cheng squatted on the ground, blocked by desks and chairs. In front of him was Yu Yu's slender calves. She was wearing a pair of sandals, revealing her white socks embroidered with white lace holes.

Because I was very close to her, I could clearly smell the sweet fragrance on her body.

Turning his head away, Xu Cheng sighed helplessly. Even if he was discovered just now, it would not be a big deal if he explained it carefully.

Now, if I get caught, they will say what I am doing when I play basketball in dungarees - I will be a little black.

It’s better to hide it, he doesn’t want to be mistaken for Ximen Cheng.

Squatting on the ground, I heard Yan Wenwen's concerned voice at the door.

"Eh? Xiaoyu, why is your face so red? Did you get heatstroke?"

Through the gap under the table, Xu Cheng could see Yan Wenwen walking slowly towards them, and the "tapping" sound of her footsteps was clearly audible in the classroom.

He also felt a little nervous and his breathing became rapid.

Yu Yu was in even worse condition. Her whole body was visibly tense, and her small, delicate toes were tightly clasped on her sandals, like a row of pearls hidden in a shell.

"Don't, don't come here!"

Yu Yu spoke to Yan Wenwen almost as urgently as if he was shouting.

Yan Wenwen was indeed frightened. She stopped and stood there in a daze.

"What's wrong? You won't let me pass. What are you hiding?"

She really guessed it... There was a man hidden -

Old Xu next door.

Looking up at Yu Yu in front of him, her face was pale and her hands were tugging at the corners of her clothes. Her palms were sticky with sweat and her fingertips were white.

"I, I have a cold, and I don't want to infect you..."

Yu Yu's pupils trembled, and she bit her lips lightly as she lied.

"Ah, why are you so careless? Did you take the medicine?"

"I drank it...I'm okay..." Yu Yu answered weakly.

"Is that so... Then you must have a good rest. I'll go back first..."

"Ah."

Seeing Yan Wenwen finally leave the classroom, Yu Yu let out a long sigh, and fell on the steel desk like a cooked noodle, with his head tilted towards Xu Cheng.

A girl's physique is no different from that of a kitten, both are liquid and soft. Once she stops shivering, she can no longer exert any strength at all. She even wants to lie down on the ground and roll around lazily.

Xu Cheng stood up, rubbing his calves that were numb from squatting, and looked to his side, their eyes meeting briefly.

"You're quite good at lying."

"I……"

Yu Yu turned his head to the other side, his face full of grievance, but he didn't dare to complain to him.

Who wants to lie...

It's not because of you...

Chapter 140: Fell asleep together

Fearing another surprise attack, Yu Yu quickly packed up his things and left with Xu Cheng.

As if affected by what just happened, she and he moved some distance apart, one in front of the other.

The gaps between the tiny clouds were coated with a layer of gold by the sunlight, the edges were ambiguous, real and unreal, and the clouds turned a dim color.

Yu Yu has short legs and a slow stride, so she takes small steps. Xu Cheng pushes the bike much faster than her.

In order to take her speed into consideration, he deliberately stopped and waited for her for a while.

The silly little boy was clutching the strap of his schoolbag, looking down at the tip of his shoes, and bumped into his back unexpectedly.

"What are you thinking about..."

Xu Cheng rubbed his shoulders.

"Yes, I'm sorry..." Yu Yu said apologetically.

She was too embarrassed to look at him. Her ears and neck were hot. She turned her head away and pretended to look at the list of high school entrance examination results posted at the door.

Xu Cheng followed her gaze and looked at the big red list with large gold letters that were very dazzling.

"No. 3 Middle School only got the third place in the city this year, while the top two places were taken by Bilingual Middle School and No. 14 Middle School. The school must be very angry. This year's summer make-up classes are probably a sign. The strength of our third grade class will definitely be much greater than the previous one."

Yu Yu didn't think it was as complicated as he thought. She browsed through the names on the high school entrance examination list. Some of the people on the list had been her opponents in the debate competition, and she had a particularly clear impression of them.

Have these people graduated yet?

This time next year, our names will also be posted here...

She suddenly felt that time was passing by in a flash.

It seems like I was drawing the "52 Hertz" blackboard newspaper with Xu Cheng yesterday. In the blink of an eye, we are already in the third year of junior high school...

The two of them walked out of the school gate. She looked at Xu Cheng's back in front of her and suddenly felt a little hesitant.

What will happen in the future?

"Xu Cheng..."

Rarely, she took the initiative to call Xu Cheng's name.

She shouted it subconsciously, and by the time she came to her senses and wanted to stop it, it was too late.

To her surprise, she didn't seem to hate the feeling of his name coming out of her mouth.

"what happened?"

An orange halo sprinkled on his head, the boy's hair tips moved slightly in the wind, and the entire endless street became his background.

"No, nothing..."

The evening breeze dispelled some of the summer heat, caressing the skin and bringing a hint of coolness.

Xu Cheng thought that she might have some growing pains and was too embarrassed to speak up, so she ordered two cups of mango sago at a roadside milk tea shop.

"Hey, 7% sugar, less ice."

He pushed the milk tea into Yu Yu's hands. Yu Yu did not refuse. She held it in her two little hands like a squirrel holding a nut, put it to her mouth and took a sip. It had a sour and sweet grapefruit taste, refreshing and smooth.

They drank as they walked, both at a slow pace, with a bicycle between them.

"Did you just... have something to say?"

"No……"

Yu Yu took a few nibbles of the straw and looked to the right.

"You must be lying. According to research by criminal investigation experts, when people lie, their eyes will subconsciously look to the right and their muscles will contract, so you bit the straw."

Yu Yu looked at Xu Cheng in shock. She didn't expect that he knew all this. She was hit on all of this.

In fact, Xu Cheng was just talking nonsense. He knew that something must have happened to Yu Yu, so he told her about her obvious physical reaction just now.

"Dazed again."

"I, I just want to ask you... after graduating from junior high school... can we still be friends?"

"Why are you asking such a question all of a sudden?"

"There are many outstanding high schools in Jinghai. You and Zhou Zhou will definitely go to the same one... but I'm not sure if you will go to another high school..."

"Why? Your grades are so good, just apply for the same one."

"Our class teacher talked to me before and said that some high schools would buy students, so..."

She didn't finish her words, but Xu Cheng already understood what was going on. It was very normal for high schools to compete for students. In order to get good seedlings, they would promise benefits and even agree to help arrange jobs for parents.

"Don't think about it. It's too early to think about this kind of thing now. Don't worry about it. There is still a year left. Who can predict what will happen in a year?"

"But no matter what, at least we can always be friends until we go to college."

"Eh?"

Yu Yu looked at him in confusion, "Why?"

"Because before college, we must have been in the same city, and our homes weren't far away. If we could always see each other, we could always be friends."

Yu Yu felt much more at ease. She would be relieved if they could still be friends in high school. By the time she graduated from high school, she would be a grown-up girl. She would be brave enough to have enough courage to keep the people she cherished.

Of course, if the 18-year-old her wiped her tears and said to the 14-year-old her, "I'm sorry, 14-year-old me, I still didn't do it, and I'm still a coward."

Then forgive her.

Even though Yu Yu said no, Xu Cheng still sent her back home.

When he said goodbye to the girl, he seemed to see a layer of shackles tightly wrapped around her.

They can go home together after school, but it is difficult for them to meet each other when going to school.

Xu Cheng slipped out of the classroom, went to the door of Class 3, and asked a familiar girl to help call Yu Yu out.

He waited in the corridor. The hot wind blowing through the hall was stuffy, and the iron railings felt like red-hot charcoal. It burned his hands and hurt when he touched them.

Yu Yu came out quickly, and seemed afraid that other students would notice her talking to Xu Cheng, so she asked hesitantly.

"Are you looking for me, Xu Cheng? What's wrong?"

Xu Cheng handed her the paper ball in his hand.

"this is for you."

"what?"

"What? A love letter, of course."

"what?!"