Jiang Xizhi felt tired after playing for a while.
While staring at the tablet screen, she instructed, “Zhou Zhou, lean back a little, it’s uncomfortable like this.”
“Okay.” As a human pillow, Zhou Yining consciously leaned back a little.
She deliberately reached out to fiddle with the buttons on the tablet, and then Jiang Xizhi held her hand down.
“Zhou Zhou, what are you doing? Don’t move.” Jiang Xizhi acted spoiled in her arms, and also leaned against Zhou Yining consciously.
Zhou Yining’s eyes curved slightly, and she said softly, “Okay, I won’t move, you play yours.”
“Okay.” Jiang Xizhi was satisfied and continued to play with the game in her hand.
Zhou Yining watched the girl in front of her, pursed her lips, and reached for her own phone.
If she didn’t divert her attention, she was afraid that she would do something to scare the young miss.
It was with great difficulty that she waited until after 10 o’clock, Zhou Yining reached out and randomly clicked on the young miss’s tablet a couple of times,
“Let’s not play anymore, it’s already past ten o’clock, we should go to sleep, we have to go to school tomorrow morning.”
Jiang Xizhi pouted, Zhou Zhou liked to control her studies even more than her mom did.
She turned around with a pitiful expression and wrapped her arms around Zhou Yining’s neck.
Zhou Yining wasn’t prepared at all, the girl’s smooth, snow-white shoulders and neck crashed into her sight.
She quickly averted her gaze and leaned back, trying to escape Jiang Xizhi’s arms around her neck.
Seeing her dodging, Jiang Xizhi was a little unhappy.
She simply sat on Zhou Yining’s lap and forcefully pulled Zhou Yining’s neck towards her.
Seeing that she couldn’t avoid it, Zhou Yining had no choice but to accept her fate.
She averted her gaze and stared at the bed sheets on the side, not looking at Jiang Xizhi.
Jiang Xizhi felt a little sour in her heart.
She always felt that Zhou Zhou had been acting a little strange towards her lately.
It wasn’t that she wasn’t good to her, it was just that she didn’t seem as enthusiastic as before, especially when it came to physical contact.
She could do all those things before, but now she always felt that Zhou Yining was avoiding her.
Jiang Xizhi snuggled into Zhou Yining’s arms and then acted spoiled, “What’s wrong with you? Why don’t you look at me?”
Zhou Yining glanced at Jiang Xizhi and quickly averted her gaze,
“Nothing, it’s time to sleep, let’s get some rest.”
“No, you’ve been acting strange lately, you don’t look at me, and you don’t hug me like you used to, what’s wrong?”
Jiang Xizhi buried her face in her shoulder and then stared straight at Zhou Yining and asked.
Zhou Yining sighed, “Really nothing, it’s just that I’ve been rushing to finish my manuscript lately and I’m a little tired, don’t overthink it, it has nothing to do with you.”
“Really?” Jiang Xizhi raised her eyebrows and asked.
Zhou Yining nodded, “Yes, really, it’s my own problem.”
“Then don’t be so tired, it’s already hard enough to go to class, if you don’t have enough money to spend, you can tell me, I have a lot, I can give it to you.”
The girl obediently leaned in Zhou Yining’s arms and acted spoiled, and even said she would give her money to spend.
Zhou Yining felt a warmth in her heart and said softly, “Don’t worry, I can handle it, if I really don’t have enough, I’ll tell you.”
“Really?” Jiang Xizhi asked.
“Yes, really, okay, I’m taking the tablet away, let’s go to sleep.”
Zhou Yining said, putting the tablet on the bedside table on the side, and then turned off the lights in the room, she put her arm around Jiang Xizhi and leaned back.
Seeing that Zhou Yining had turned off the lights, Jiang Xizhi hummed and rubbed against Zhou Yining’s arms like she used to.
She wanted to test whether Zhou Yining’s attitude towards her had changed, after all, Zhou Yining would never say anything to her no matter how much she rubbed against her before.
Zhou Yining naturally didn’t know what the young miss was thinking, she only felt the girl moving around in her arms, which made her heart beat faster.
Zhou Yining felt Jiang Xizhi still moving, she couldn’t help but reach out and put her hand on Jiang Xizhi’s lower back,
“Be good, don’t move anymore, it’s really time to sleep.”
Jiang Xizhi felt a little aggrieved, Zhou Zhou didn’t seem to pamper her as much as before.
If it was before, Zhou Zhou wouldn’t say anything no matter how much she rubbed against her, but now she had only rubbed against her a couple of times, and she was scolding her.
Jiang Xizhi sniffed aggrievedly and defended herself, “I’m just trying to find a comfortable position, why are you scolding me?”
Zhou Yining heard that the young miss seemed to be aggrieved and quickly coaxed her,
“I’m not scolding you, then find a comfortable position and lie still, don’t move around, okay?”
“Okay,” Jiang Xizhi replied unwillingly.
She buried her face in Zhou Yining’s arms aggrievedly, Jiang Xizhi was a little afraid that Zhou Yining had another girl she liked, otherwise why would she suddenly be cold to her?
She thought she would go to school tomorrow and see.
She knew all the good-looking girls in the grade.
Besides her, there was Zhong Yumeng, who else could it be? Did her Zhou Zhou like someone else?
Zhou Yining didn’t know anything about the young miss’s overthinking.
She was sweating from being rubbed against by Jiang Xizhi. She had an adult soul inside.
How could she not feel anything when the person she liked was rubbing against her?
It was a good thing she had reached out and held Jiang Xizhi down just now.
Zhou Yining took a deep breath and decided to focus on letting Jiang Xizhi study, so that she would be so tired that she would fall asleep as soon as she got into bed.
That way, everything would be fine.
The next morning, the two of them went to school as usual.
During the morning break, Shi Yuanyuan and Si Yaqing saw that she wasn’t very energetic and quickly came over to ask, “Zhizhi, are you…”
“Nothing.” Jiang Xizhi sighed, her gaze turned to Shi Yuanyuan and Si Yaqing again,
“By the way, have you two heard if Zhou Yining is on good terms with any girls in her class?”
Shi Yuanyuan shook her head, “I’m not too sure, she’s pretty good at explaining questions, and although she accepts snacks, the girls in her class seem to like her quite a bit.”
Jiang Xizhi pursed her lips, feeling even more unhappy in her heart.
It was okay for others to like Zhou Zhou, but she didn’t want Zhou Zhou to like anyone else.
Thinking this, Jiang Xizhi stood up and walked out.
Shi Yuanyuan asked curiously, “Zhizhi, where are you going?”
Jiang Xizhi didn’t reply, but instead went up to the fourth floor.
When she reached the door of Class 19, Jiang Xizhi saw Zhou Yining talking and laughing with a girl, she seemed to be explaining questions to her.
Jiang Xizhi crossed her arms and reached out to knock on the door, “Zhou Yining, come out for a bit.”
Many people were attracted by the sound of the knocking.
Zhou Yining naturally heard the sound as well.
She didn’t expect Jiang Xizhi to come and find her, after all, the two of them were together every day now, so the time during class breaks didn’t count for much.
Zhou Yining said to the girl, “I can’t finish explaining it, I’ll explain the rest during the next class, I’ll go out for a bit.”
“Okay,” the girl said before dispersing.
Zhou Yining stood up and walked to the door of the classroom, where she saw Jiang Xizhi standing unhappily in the corridor.
Zhou Yining walked over and asked softly, “What’s wrong? Do you need something from me?”
Jiang Xizhi nodded and reached out to pull Zhou Yining towards the fire escape.
There were usually very few people walking over there, so there were fewer people passing by.
Jiang Xizhi looked at Zhou Yining and asked, “Why are you explaining questions to someone else again?”
“They’re all classmates, and they came to ask me, so I couldn’t just not explain, and besides, I accepted their snacks.” Zhou Yining explained with a smile.
“Then I’ll buy you snacks in the future, you’re not allowed to explain questions to others.” Jiang Xizhi said, staring at Zhou Yining.
“That’s not good, and besides, the last time Zhao Xiuna and the others came to school to cause trouble, the classmates in my class all stood on my side and helped me argue with Zhao Xiuna and the others, I can’t just kick down the bridge after crossing the river, right?”
Zhou Yining explained softly.
Although Jiang Xizhi was still unwilling, she had to admit that what Zhou Yining had just said made sense, but she just couldn’t stand Zhou Yining being close to others.
Seeing that the young miss wasn’t speaking, Zhou Yining reached out and pulled her closer to her, asking softly,
“What’s wrong with you today? You seem a bit unhappy?”
Jiang Xizhi looked at Zhou Yining and nodded lightly,
“Yeah, I always feel like you’ve been alienating me lately, you used to let me touch you however I wanted, but last night I just moved around a little more in your arms, and you scolded me, do you have another girl you like?”
Zhou Yining sighed, where would she get another girl, she hadn’t even managed to win over the young miss yet.
“No, you’re overthinking it, I was just sleepy last night and wanted to go to sleep early, and where would I get another girl?
It’s always been just you, hasn’t it? Don’t overthink it, relax a little, senior year is already stressful enough, don’t think about this nonsense, go back to class obediently.” Zhou Yining rambled on.
Jiang Xizhi raised her eyebrows and asked, “Really no other girl?”
“No, no, no, important things must be said three times, I really don’t have one,” Zhou Yining explained with a smile.
“You better not, if I find out…” Jiang Xizhi didn’t finish her sentence, but her eyes swept coldly towards Zhou Yining.
Zhou Yining shook her head with a smile, okay, the little fox was quite vengeful,
“Really not, class is about to start, you should go back too, remember what I said, study hard and don’t think about these unfounded things.”
Jiang Xizhi also looked at her, “Then you remember what I said too, you’re not allowed to have any other girls.”
After thinking about it, Jiang Xizhi added, “Or boys either.”
“Okay, I’ve remembered everything, do you have any other instructions?” Zhou Yining coaxed softly.
Zhou Yining’s gentle voice made Jiang Xizhi feel a lot better, and she wasn’t as sour as she was just now.
The young miss raised her chin proudly, “Then I’m leaving, remember to wait for me at noon.”
“Okay, I’ll listen to you.” Zhou Yining soothed the ruffled little fox, and then felt a little relieved.
Then she heard footsteps coming from upstairs, Chen Yitong was coming up from this side.
Zhou Yining looked at Chen Yitong, feeling a little embarrassed and wanting to leave.
Had she and Jiang Xizhi been overheard?
Just as she was about to speak, Chen Yitong spoke, “I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, this side is close to the teachers’ office, so I usually go to class from here, I heard you talking halfway, and I didn’t know whether to leave or stay, so I just stood there and waited for a few minutes.”
“Oh, it’s okay, we didn’t say anything.” Zhou Yining smiled at Chen Yitong a little awkwardly, her mind was still thinking about what she had just said to Jiang Xizhi.
“Um, Yining, you two are still high school students in your senior year, it’s best not to let being in love affect your studies, and you two aren’t even adults yet, it’s not very good.”
Chen Yitong couldn’t help but say after remembering what she had just heard.
“Teacher, we’re not dating, really, don’t worry, we’re definitely going to study hard.” Zhou Yining said with a sincere expression.
Chen Yitong didn’t really believe it. They even slept together at night, how could it not make people overthink?
But she didn’t say much, the bell rang for class, “Alright, go back to class, let’s go.”
“Okay, teacher.” Zhou Yining quickly slipped away.
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