Feng Fei hummed a song in satisfaction. It was seven oâclock in the morning when he finished answering the questions. He went downstairs and saw that the housekeeper auntie had already arrived and was making breakfast. After greeting her, Feng Fei went upstairs to the balcony to find Hai Xiu.
The angry young man was memorizing âgood words and good sentences.â Feng Fei felt goosebumps on his arms, gritting his teeth to ask, xiuVAJ
ââTodayâs efforts are for a better futureâ⌠what kind of sentence is that?â
Hai Xiu himself felt it was a bit far-fetched and smiled embarrassedly.
âThis kind of phrase is pretty easy to memorize, and it saves time when writing argumentative essays. When the topic comes out, these sentences in my mind are basically formed, and then it comes down to just writing them down from memoryâŚ.â
Hai Xiu had told Feng Fei many times about these methods, but Feng Fei disagreed, and shook his head. mqLeYh
âI donât like to write argumentative essays. You are just too perfunctory⌠What did the Chinese teacher say? You must have real feelings. Whereâre the real feeling in thatâŚ.â
Hai Xiu wanted to say something but didnât dare to say it, so he thoughtfully and euphemistically said, âButâŚthe points are earned by being clear and having an appropriate narrative. Your composition and argument are unique every time, but it is easy toâŚto get off topicâŚ.â
Feng Fei blushed.Â
âWho hasnât run off topic before? Itâs only once in a while! I like to try something new, to dazzle the scorersâŚ.â RZ7dEC
Hai Xiu felt helpless, and stabbed Feng Feiâs heart with his next sentence.
âSo you were trying something new when you wrote a letter to the dean during the last exam while we were writing argumentative essaysâŚ.âŚ.â
Feng Fei became flustered.Â
âHow many times have you said that! Stop mentioning it! The Chinese teacher brought it up, then the class teacher brought it up too! After the class teacher finished speaking, the whole class talked about it! Whichever class I go to, everyone knows! And it had been less than half a day after the test! The whole grade knows that I wrote a fucking letter to the dean!â I6 naN
Hai Xiu didnât expect Feng Fei to be so upset about this, so he hurriedly apologized.Â
âIâm sorry, Iâm sorry⌠I wonât say anything about it anymore.â
Fearing that Feng Fei would become extremely angry, Hai Xiu deliberately made the gesture of zipping his mouth, shaking his head vigorously, and looking at Feng Fei with a pleading look.
Feng Fei reluctantly accepted Hai Xiuâs apology, harumphing, aVpBiu
âThe Chinese teacher has never seen the worldâŚthey only gave me thirty points based on my word choice! Is this appropriate?!â
Hai Xiu opened the zipper again and said outrageously,Â
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âItâs not appropriate! And they also took away your composition! I keep every one of your essays, but I was unable to save that oneâŚ.â
Feng Fei paused, secretly rejoicing. Fortunately, it was confiscatedâŚ. Otherwise, Hai Xiu would save that piece of writing for an eternity. Feng Fei didnât want to talk about such an embarrassing topic anymore, and turned to say, voMDaI
âBut donât you usually have a perfect composition? The teacher used to always say that your composition should be considered the standard. How did you only score 36 points in the last test? Did you write about the wrong topic?â
âMy essay score has lowered by forty-five points. The teacher should definitely talk to me, but this time, they didnât. When they gave me a separate analysis of the test paper, they didnât mention the composition. The same is true for the English teacher, they are in the wrong, otherwise they would have told me about it long ago.â 2k3dpc
Feng Fei shook his head and sighed. âYouâve lost so many pointsâŚ.â Feng Fei thought about his own scores and sighed.Â
âEveryone has things theyâre good and bad at, itâs impossible to compare people to each otherâŚ.â
âWhat nonsense are you sayingâŚ.â Hai Xiu didnât like to listen to this kind of talk, so he tried his best to praise Feng, but he was also afraid that he would become too arrogant. He decided to remind him sincerely instead. âBut we should try our best to write an argumentative paperâŚitâs not like itâs possible for us to get a perfect score, and itâs not that easy to get away with purposefully lowering other peopleâs scores when it comes to the real thing. Just be stable, donât try to have your essay stick out, okay?â
Feng Fei was still slightly irked, saying impatiently, dbUe0S
âOkay okay, what are your âgood words and sentencesâ? Give me a copy, Iâll recite it too.â
Hai Xiu looked at Feng Fei and laughed.
Feng Fei was inexplicably in a good mood when he saw Hai Xiu laugh, and asked him, âWhy are you laughing?â
âI feel very goodâŚâ Hai Xiu said sincerely, âI feel very good watching you polish yourself little by littleâŚ.â vYz9OW
When Hai Xiu finished speaking, he felt a little hypocritical, and laughed again before adding in a low voice,Â
âItâs not a change in who you are but, itâsâŚI donât know how to say itâŚseeing that in order to be better, youâre willing to work hard, makes me feel really happyâŚ.â
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The words Hai Xiu said were all jumbled up, but Feng Fei understood what he meant, and smiled.
âYou only know how good your husband is now?â h 6Nud
Hai Xiu shook his head and said shyly,Â
âI knew it a long time ago.â
It was still early in the day, and the amount of sunlight was just right. Feng Fei looked at Hai Xiu, and his heart suddenly sobered up. He smiled and took a step forward, lowered his head and asked softly,Â
âWhat else is good about me?â e79tPm
Hai Xiuâs ears were red, and he admitted honestly,Â
âEverything.â
Feng Fei smiled and bowed his head to kiss Hai Xiu. He meant to kiss Hai Xiuâs cheek, but Hai Xiu misunderstood his meaning. Blushing, he obediently sent his lips over, making Feng Feiâs mouth curl up as he bowed his head to kiss him.
The housekeeping aunt downstairs called Feng Fei after she finished making breakfast. This startled Hai Xiu so much that he immediately took a few steps back. Feng Fei shouted his acknowledgement back and smiled at Hai Xiu. âLook at how scared you are. Itâs not like she can come up here, what can she see? Besides, this is your home, who are you afraid of?â UrOaNs
Feng Fei hadnât kissed enough, and wanted to do more with Hai Xiu for a while, but the housekeeping aunt kept calling. Feng Fei couldnât just ignore her, so he could only pull Hai Xiu downstairs to eat.
Breakfast was much richer than usual whenever the housekeeper was there. The two were tired of eating bread everyday. A meal of xiaolongbao and egg soup was eaten up by the couple in a flash. The housekeeping aunt left after cleaning up. Leaving the pair to continue studying.
Feng Fei kept on bothering Hai Xiu from time to time, either stepping on his feet under the table, or âaccidentallyâ dropping the pen to make it roll to Hai Xiuâs side. Whenever he took it back, he would squeeze Hai Xiuâs hand.
Finding this unbearable, Hai Xiu leaned on the sofa holding the textbook, and continued to read with his back facing Feng Fei. ZLSUvd
Feng Fei couldnât do anything anymore, so he could only concentrate on reading. Just as he calmed down, his phone rang.
He Hao was calling.
Feng Fei was afraid of affecting Hai Xiu, so he changed his shoes and went outside to squat in the yard, listening to the phone while pulling at the weeds.
He Hao asked about the situation. PDrN1L
âWhat about the thing with Ji Yaqi, is it settled?â
âItâs over, whatâs the matter?â
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âI just heard people say that Ji Yaqi looks better, unlike the previous few days when her face looked like a ghost.â
Feng Fei sneered. aNeu6M
âIt is what it is. But pay attention, if she dares to act up again, I wonât be as agreeable as I was last timeâ
âShe shouldnât anymore. Didnât you say that you have some material on her? How could she dare to provoke you again.â
âThen itâs fine. By the way, I havenât asked you yet. Did you tell anyone about me and Hai Xiu?â
âDid someone leak the secret?!â EkigHr
âDonât worry, Iâm just asking you. I still donât understand how that girl found out I canât ask her either, otherwise itâll be a tacit admission.â
He Hao started to laugh.
Feng Fei frowned, asking,
âWhat are you laughing for?â 1ikZQE
âWhy donât you think about what you usually do? When the teacher asked Hai Xiu to print the exam papers for the entire Science class, even though the teacher hadnât finished speaking yet, you immediately said that you were going to do it in his place. And before the teacher could even consider your suggestion, you had already stood up and had taken the paper and copied it by yourself, leaving Hai Xiu to wait in the classroom. Even if the papers were a bit heavy, itâs not to the point where he wouldnât be able to carry it. Do you think everyone is blind? For whom have you ever worked so hard for previously?â
Feng Fei was stunned.
ââŚwhatâs wrong with me helping my classmates?â
He Hao snorted. q8Tpdm
âHehe, then how come when teacher Luo asked me to run errands, I didnât see you helping me?â
Feng Fei immediately retorted,
âFuck that! Who would do something so disgusting?!â
He Hao was so angry he wanted to throw his phone. uviWfc
On the phone, He Hao became more and more angry as he thought about it, and said,Â
âFor example, the last time when we were doing the fitness tests, the sports teacher asked our team to help record everyoneâs results . Everyone else was busy helping the teacher but what did you do at the time? You grabbed the physical examination sheet and went directly to our class and called out Hai Xiu for a separate test so that he wouldnât waste any time waiting! Not to mention, you changed the data! For Hai Xiuâs small body, you recorded 60 push-ups in one minute. Who would believe that?!â
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Feng Fei smiled.Â
âIâm happy doing those things.â 62zKBY
He Hao was extremely irritated.
âIf youâre happy, then donât blame others for seeing it. Everyone has gotten used to you protecting him all day and being so caring. As long as youâre not dumb, youâd be able to tell, especially those who pay attention to you all day.â
He Hao hung up in frustration. Feng Fei got up, and suddenly felt a little itchy in his arm. After a closer look, he realised that a mosquito had bitten him. He didnât know when he had been bitten, but the mosquito bite was already swelling on his arm.
Feng Fei scratched it a few times, walked back to the house, and smiled.
âThe mosquitoes are coming out now.â
At the critical moment when Hai Xiu solved the question, he heard his words. CEKNB5
âThere is an itch cream in the second cabinet from the left. Apply it yourself.â
Feng Fei suddenly became a little dissatisfied at this.Â
âSuch a good person was bitten by a mosquito when he was alone, and you wonât even come to comfort me?â
Without raising his head, Hai Xiu said, CrjYG0
âHurry up and apply itâŚotherwise, it will be more itchy later.â
Feng Fei sulkily complained in his heart.Â
As long as you come over and kiss me, what else could be better?
Feng Fei reluctantly applied some ointment, but his little greedy heart was unwilling to just let it go just like that, so he walked to Hai Xiu, handed him his arm, and showed him the mosquito bite on his arm, pouting. DM0Adt
âLook at it.â
Hai Xiu glanced at it and raised his hand. He pinched the mosquito bite a couple times and urged,Â
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âOkay, go read your textbook.â
Feng Fei was left so helpless that he lost his temper completely, returning to his seat and continuing to work hard. bOaxSF