For just a few seconds, the flow of air around them seemed to freeze.

On the ice skating rink, men and women crowded together in heaps, with giggling and screaming sounds, everyone excitedly counting down together in loud voices.

Zeng Qilin propped his hand on the railing, his gaze sweeping over the two people entangled together not far away, casually asking the person beside him: “Does A’Ci have a new girlfriend again?”

A male student said: “You don’t know about your own younger brother?”

“Tch, like I have time to care about this. He’s just bored out of his mind all day long.”

“But A’Ci is more impressive than you—quite popular with young ladies.”

“Good looks, just like his dad.”

Zeng Qilin turned his head to look ahead, suddenly raising an eyebrow, letting out a sound. “Are they fighting over there?”

Xie Ci sat on the ground, frowning in pain as he rubbed his own shoulder.

“Damn it…”

Xu You also didn’t know where such great strength had come from just now. With Xie Ci clinging to her relentlessly, in her desperation she twisted her body to the side and bit down on his arm with one bite.

The instant the person behind her felt the pain, she used almost all her body’s strength to quickly push him away.

Ice wasn’t like a road surface—balance wasn’t so easy to control.

Caught off guard, despite being so tall, Xie Ci was knocked over to the ground by her in one go. Even he was a bit dazed.

“Psycho!”

Xu You cursed, raised the back of her hand, and vigorously rubbed her own cheek, over and over again.

“No, listen.” Xie Ci lowered his head, rolled up his sleeve, looked at that deep, neat tooth mark, and couldn’t help but complain: “Holy crap, you really didn’t hold back biting me, huh, Xu You?”

Xu You glared at him and said boldly: “You deserved it. You bit me first.”

She was too angry and wanted to leave, but unfortunately she’d been brought to the center of the venue. Not knowing how to skate and unable to move her feet, in her anxiety her heart was full of despair.

Xie Ci wasn’t hurried at all. He just sat sprawled on the ground like that, one hand propped behind him, looking up at her from below, saying teasingly: “Where did I bite you?”

“……..”

Pervert.

A pervert with a face thicker than the corner of a city wall.

Xu You bit her teeth tightly without making a sound, crouched down, and began untying the laces of her ice skates.

Xie Ci was still talking: “You know what flirtation is?”

Anyway, she wasn’t paying attention to him, so he just talked by himself.

He talked for a while.

Xie Ci licked his lips and smiled, not knowing if it was savoring or what, saying carelessly: “Hey, your face is quite soft. And it wasn’t even biting—wasn’t it just a peck…”

“Can you please stop talking?”

Xu You couldn’t take it anymore. She really wanted to explode once and throw the shoe right at his face.

She’d already taken off one shoe, so the other one was much more convenient.

When the sole of her foot touched the ice surface, a cold air shot straight up through her body, freezing Xu You so that she instantly shivered.

She wore short cotton socks printed with little rabbits and couldn’t help but stomp her feet in place, looking around for the place to change shoes.

“What are you doing now?” Xie Ci stared at her socks for a while and lazily got up from the ground.

Xie Ci was already quite a bit taller than her, and he was also wearing a pair of ice skate shoes.

The two people faced each other.

The height difference was like a giant and a tiny person.

The lighting was too dim. Xu You couldn’t quite see the way clearly. Roughly distinguishing a direction, she wanted to carry the pair of shoes in her hand and walk.

Xie Ci blocked her way. “Aren’t your feet cold?”

Xu You went around him, head lowered in an appearance of not having heard, still walking on the ice surface.

Being deliberately ignored by someone, Xie Ci wasn’t angry either. He laughed with a hum and chased up from behind.

He stretched out his long arms, bent his waist slightly, and easily picked up Xu You horizontally into the air.

???!!!

Xu You was suddenly lifted entirely off the ground, reflexively wrapping her arms around his neck. When she came to her senses, Xie Ci’s face was right before her eyes, his breath audible.

The two shoes she’d been holding in her hands fell with a clatter.

She was being carried horizontally in public, without any mental preparation at all. Her first reaction was shock, and after the shock passed, her whole person was humiliated and indignant.

“You—you hurry up and put me down!” Xu You’s legs kicked wildly in the air, flailing continuously, her hands pinching Xie Ci’s arm.

She was small and light—this little commotion was like tickling.

Xie Ci lowered his head slightly, sniffing the scent on her body, and suddenly laughed: “I said you smell like milk.”

His arm passed through the bend of her legs, the other hand resting at her waist. This feeling was as if Xu You’s entire person was nestled in his embrace.

The white hem of her skirt hung by his arm, swaying with the wind.

The little commotion they were making—some sharp-eyed people had already discovered it early on.

Xie Ci, holding a girl, slowly passed through more than half of the ice skating rink.

All along the way were whistles and teasing laughter.

Although this time it was a class social gathering between Classes 9 and 4, actually people from other classes had also come. But the people who came basically all knew Xie Ci.

After all, they were all high school students, right at the age of youthful restlessness. Seeing this scene, everyone knew what was what, exchanging smiles with mutual understanding.

In the crowd, someone was secretly taking out their phone to film.

One person asked: “Isn’t that the big hottie from your Class 9?”

“Yeah, holy crap.” A Class 9 classmate kept shaking his head and sighing. “I thought he never dated girls from class…”

“Is this girl from your class?”

“Yeah, she just transferred here not long ago.”

“Pretty lucky, getting noticed by Xie Ci as soon as she arrived…”

“………”

Rest area.

Fu Xueli was sitting on Xu Xingchun’s lap drinking juice, chatting with him intermittently. From the corner of her eye, she suddenly glimpsed this scene. Shocked, she immediately stood up, running forward with three steps combined into two, eyes wide: “Holy crap, are you two filming an idol drama or something?”

Xie Ci had already skated to the edge area, head lowered, not knowing what he was saying in Xu You’s ear, a smile hooked at the corners of his lips.

Probably also some not-too-proper teasing words.

Xu You’s face had long since turned thoroughly red.

Most likely from anger.

Seeing an acquaintance, Xu You made a sound of distress, wishing she could bury her face underground.

“We’ve already arrived. Hurry up and put me down.”

She didn’t dare look directly at Fu Xueli, keeping her head lowered, anxiously saying quietly, constantly urging.

Xie Ci had an open and frank appearance, unhurriedly making a ‘tsk’ sound, saying to Fu Xueli: “Help her get her shoes.”

By the time Xu You’s feet were finally on the ground, and she’d crouched down to put on her shoes properly, when she raised her head she discovered Xie Ci had already left.

Fu Xueli stood beside her watching. “He was called away by someone for something.”

After pausing for two seconds, she couldn’t help but pull Xu You aside, her gaze falling on her fair, flushed face, asking in a low voice: “You and Xie Ci, you two…”

Before finishing her words, Xu You’s head was already shaking like a rattle drum. “We don’t have any relationship.”

Since she said this, Fu Xueli couldn’t really ask anything more.

Next to the ice skating rink was connected to a KTV and restaurant—standard one-stop service. Originally this time was just a temporary class gathering. Everyone was too lazy to reserve another place, so they decided to directly eat dinner here. It was free anyway.

This kind of group meal was nothing more than eating, drinking, playing, and having fun.

Xu You had been running around all day and was mentally exhausted—she didn’t want to continue. She went to use the restroom, came out and packed up her things, preparing to say goodbye to Fu Xueli and leave.

Only after searching for half a day, she couldn’t find anyone. She just wandered around aimlessly.

There were many people who came to play, both boys and girls, but most of them she didn’t recognize.

Just standing on tiptoes looking around in all directions, someone behind her patted her shoulder.

Xu You turned her head—it was an unfamiliar girl.

She smiled cheerfully, her finger pointing in a direction slightly to the right in front. “There, your friend is over there.”

Xu You looked in the direction she pointed.

It was a circle of small sofas at the entrance to the hall, with a group of unfamiliar male students sitting on them, wreathed in smoke and mist, chatting.

Xie Ci was also among them.

He wasn’t smoking, wearing short sleeves, legs lazily propped on the coffee table, supporting his head while talking to the person beside him.

Xu You withdrew her gaze and walked in another direction.