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Seeing that her mother wouldn’t let her go over, Jiang Xizhi had no choice but to give up, she looked at Zhou Yining.

Zhou Yining smiled at her, “I’ll be right back, don’t worry.”

Jiang Xizhi nodded reluctantly, “Okay.”

After reassuring the young miss, Zhou Yining followed Liang Jing.

The two of them went to a tearoom on the third floor, where Liang Jing had already had someone prepare tea.

“Sit down, let’s chat casually,” Liang Jing said, looking at Zhou Yining.

“Okay.” Zhou Yining didn’t think Liang Jing looked like she wanted to chat casually, but she obediently sat down.

Liang Jing poured a cup of tea for herself and Zhou Yining.

She took a sip and then said,

“Yining, are you and Zhizhi dating?

You should understand what I mean, not just a casual friendship, but the kind of relationship where you want to be with her.”

Zhou Yining looked up at Liang Jing, she shook her head, “No, but I do like Zhizhi, and I really want to be with her, but now it’s senior year, and I’m afraid it will affect her studies, so I haven’t told her about it.”

Liang Jing didn’t expect Zhou Yining to be so honest and admit it directly, she thought Zhou Yining would beat around the bush with her.

“You’re quite frank, just telling me like that?”

Zhou Yining nodded, “Yes, I’m serious about Zhizhi, so it’s only a matter of time before her family knows, so it’s good to say it now.”

“Aren’t you afraid that we will break you two up?” Liang Jing asked.

Zhou Yining smiled and shook her head, “I know you care about Zhizhi very much, so you shouldn’t do that, and even if you really did, I will work harder in the future, so that Zhizhi can come back to me sooner.”

Liang Jing sighed, she really underestimated Zhou Yining a bit, this child was mature and steady, and didn’t panic when encountering things,

“Okay, let’s just leave it like that for now, we won’t interfere with future matters, but it’s not allowed during senior year.”

Zhou Yining nodded in agreement, “Auntie, don’t worry, Zhizhi and I will work hard, we want to go to university in Jing City together.”

Liang Jing smiled reassuringly, but she also asked curiously, “Then what does Zhizhi think of you now? Does she know that she likes you?”

Zhou Yining smiled and shook her head, “She probably thinks it’s just the kind of liking between friends.”

Liang Jing nodded, “That’s good, remember our conversation today, you two cannot be in a relationship during senior year, after you graduate from high school, it’s your own business, we won’t interfere.”

“Thank you, Auntie,” Zhou Yining said politely.

As long as the young miss’s family doesn’t interfere, Zhou Yining is very confident that the young miss will be hers sooner or later.

Liang Jing was actually quite satisfied with Zhou Yining, Zhou Yining’s academic performance was good, and she was good to Zhizhi, and Zhou Yining had broken off contact with her family, so she would definitely put her mind on Zhizhi in the future, that was enough, after all, their family didn’t lack money, they didn’t need to work hard.

After the two of them went downstairs, Jiang Xizhi immediately trotted to Zhou Yining’s side, she quietly asked,

“What did my mom say to you? Did she make things difficult for you?”

Zhou Yining smiled and shook her head, “No, Auntie asked about your studies this week and told me to urge you to study hard.”

Jiang Xizhi pouted and muttered softly, “It’s always about studying.”

Zhou Yining smiled and reached out to pat her lower back, “Let’s go, let’s go upstairs to do homework.”

“Okay,” Jiang Xizhi responded weakly.

When the two of them returned to the study, Zhou Yining took out her laptop to write, while Jiang Xizhi started doing math papers.

After she finished the papers, Zhou Yining started explaining the questions to her.

When Liang Jing went in to bring the two of them orange juice, she saw several sheets of draft paper filled with formulas on the table, Zhou Yining was explaining the questions to her daughter, and her daughter was listening attentively.

After she put down the orange juice, she felt more at ease.

Zhou Yining seemed to be quite concerned about Zhizhi’s studies, even more so than her, the parent.

“Yining, Zhizhi, if you get tired later, drink some orange juice before continuing, I’ve put it here for you.”

“Okay, thank you, Auntie,” Zhou Yining said with a smile.

After Liang Jing went out, she continued to push Jiang Xizhi to study.

The two of them studied until noon before going downstairs to eat.

At 1:30 in the afternoon, Zhou Yining prepared to go to Zhong Yumeng’s place, Jiang Xizhi pulled her wrist and looked at her reluctantly.

Zhou Yining was amused, “I’ll be back after I finish tutoring her, we’ll go home together later.”

Jiang Xizhi pulled her wrist and shook it, “Okay, remember to come back early.”

“Okay, I know,” Zhou Yining said with a smile and nodded.

She walked quickly outside the villa. Ten minutes later, Zhou Yining walked to Zhong Yumeng’s villa, where Zhong Yumeng was already waiting.

With Zhou Yining’s systematic tutoring in mathematics for the past month, Zhong Yumeng could feel that she wasn’t struggling as much as before when doing the last two big questions.

“You’re here?”

“Yes, show me this week’s mistakes,” Zhou Yining said.

Zhong Yumeng was the kind of person who was very organized, she always wrote down her mistakes in a notebook.

“It’s okay, there are a lot fewer than before, thanks to you for tutoring me in math for the past month,” Zhong Yumeng said with a smile.

“It’s good if it’s helpful.” Zhou Yining said, and sat down next to her, preparing to explain the questions to her.

Zhong Yumeng handed over the mistake notebook and said, “But you don’t have to tutor me next month.”

“Why?” Zhou Yining asked.

“It’s not that, I’m going to go to a training camp next month, I’m an art student, and the art exam is coming up in December, so I have to go to the training camp for two months, a last-minute effort,” Zhong Yumeng explained.

Zhou Yining was shocked,

“With your grades, you could get into most of the top universities in the country if you take the college entrance examination, do you still need to take the art exam?”

“Yes, it’s kind of a hobby, my family opened a film and television company in advance, and I want to be a star in the future,” Zhong Yumeng explained.

Zhou Yining looked at Zhong Yumeng’s face, and with that face, she was indeed quite suitable for being a star,

“That’s good, with your academic performance, wouldn’t you crush everyone else?”

“Yes, it should be about the same, I hope I can crush others in the art exam as well.”

Zhou Yining gave her a thumbs up, “I wish you success, when will you be back?”

“If everything is ready, I guess I’ll be back when winter vacation is about to start, I’ll contact you then if I need you to tutor me.”

“Okay,” Zhou Yining nodded.

The two chatted for a few words and then started going through the problems until 6:00 p.m., when Zhou Yining returned to the Jiang family villa.

Jiang Xizhi was already waiting for her in the living room, Zhou Yining saw that the little fox seemed to be anxious, so she quickly went over and hugged her, comforting her, “Did you wait long?”

“It’s okay, did you explain questions all afternoon?” Jiang Xizhi hummed and buried herself in Zhou Yining’s arms.

Zhou Yining reached out and gently patted her lower back, “Yes, but she’s going to go to a training camp next month, so for about three months after that, I won’t have to tutor her in math.”

“Really?” Hearing this, Jiang Xizhi’s eyes lit up.

Zhou Yining nodded, “Yes, really.”

“That’s great!” Her Zhou Zhou finally didn’t have to be with other girls, Jiang Xizhi happily rubbed against Zhou Yining’s arms.

When Liang Jing came downstairs, she saw the two of them hugging each other, she turned her head and coughed lightly, pretending she didn’t see anything,

“Zhizhi, Yining, have dinner before you leave.”

“Okay, Auntie,” Zhou Yining was planning to do that anyway, going back to the apartment, which was closer to school.

During dinner, Liang Jing and Jiang Yueyi’s eyes were always seemingly unintentionally looking at Zhou Yining and Jiang Xizhi,

Zhou Yining had already revealed her cards to Liang Jing, so Jiang Yueyi also knew that she liked her younger sister.

Liang Jing saw her daughter nestling next to Zhou Yining, asking Zhou Yining if she wanted this or that, and eagerly helping Zhou Yining serve soup.

Liang Jing sighed, her daughter didn’t even know that she liked someone, but she was so attached to Zhou Yining, what would happen if they were together in the future?

But seeing that Zhou Yining was also very concerned about her daughter, Liang Jing was relieved.

At 7:30 in the evening, the driver sent Zhou Yining and Jiang Xizhi back to the apartment.

Zhou Yining took out her laptop and urged,

“Zhizhi, go take a bath first, you’ve been studying all day, you can do whatever you want tonight.”

“Really?” Jiang Xizhi’s eyes lit up, but then she saw that Zhou Yining was typing, and she looked at Zhou Yining aggrievedly,

“Aren’t you going to spend time with me?”

The little fox looked at Zhou Yining with a pitiful expression, Zhou Yining smiled helplessly,

“Okay, I won’t write after I take a bath either, I’ll play with you, is that okay?”

“Yes, yes.” After receiving a satisfactory answer, Jiang Xizhi took her nightgown and a change of clothes to take a bath.

When Jiang Xizhi came out, she saw that Zhou Yining was still writing something, she leaned close to Zhou Yining, hugged Zhou Yining from behind and acted coquettishly, “Didn’t you say you weren’t going to write?”

Zhou Yining’s hand on the keyboard stiffened slightly, the young miss had just taken a bath, and the fragrance of the shower gel had already reached Zhou Yining’s nose, and she was still being hugged by someone from behind, she coughed lightly, and then said,

“Okay, I won’t write, I’ll go take a bath too.”

Saying that, she reached out and gently patted Jiang Xizhi’s arms around her waist.

Seeing that she turned off the computer, Jiang Xizhi released Zhou Yining with satisfaction.

Zhou Yining didn’t relax until she entered the bathroom, being in such close contact with the person she liked every day, but not being able to do anything, was also a test for her.

Zhou Yining took a bath to clear her head, and then slowly came out of the bathroom, only to see that the young miss was already in bed waiting for her.

Jiang Xizhi waved at her, “Why did you take so long? Come over here and keep me company.”

Seeing Jiang Xizhi acting coquettishly at her, Zhou Yining’s eyes curved, “Okay, I’m coming.”

Zhou Yining said, and quickly got into bed.

As soon as she got in, Jiang Xizhi leaned into her arms, she sat in front of Zhou Yining, leaning her back against Zhou Yining, and then opened the tower defense game on the tablet and started playing.

Zhou Yining obediently acted as the young miss’s human pillow, watching the young miss play the game with a smile.

Her gaze fell on Jiang Xizhi’s profile, from her eyebrows all the way to the girl’s lips.

The young miss was muttering something incomprehensible, her two hands were busy fiddling with something on the tablet, she looked even more adorable.

Zhou Yining stared at her for a long time before finally withdrawing her gaze.

She took a deep breath to suppress the throbbing in her heart.

The girl she liked was too cute, and she had to endure for more than half a year before she could tell her her feelings.