A Bookworm’s New Routine - Chapter 18

Soon, the final exams were over, and the next thing that greeted everyone was the winter vacation. However, before the winter vacation, they still had to wait for the exam grades to come down, so they had to take two days off first, and go to school on Monday to get their test papers and assigned homework.

Hu Ying had already been longing for the winter vacation for a long time. As soon as the exams were over, she was so excited that she rushed to Mu Qi with her schoolbag, and with her face very red, she said: “Qi-ge let’s go play, let’s go play.”

She looked like she could fly with wings.

Mu Qi broke into a laugh and shook her head, then turned to look at Su Yanxi, who was seriously stuffing her books into her schoolbag. Mu Qi handed her the stationary bag and asked: “Yanxi, do you want to join us?”

“Okay.” Su Yanxi smiled and nodded as she zipped up her school bag.

The other students in the class were also planning on where to go and play for these two days. The exams were over, and without homework, naturally, they wanted to go out and play.

“Mu Qi.”  At the back door, Fan Siyu stood there and called out softly. Immediately, the eyes of the entire class fell on her. Although she was a little embarrassed, her eyes were full of pride. After all, she was very confident about her beautiful appearance.

When she saw her, Mu Qi’s brows furrowed and her mind unconsciously remembered the scene at the library a few days ago. She originally didn’t plan on paying attention to her, but the girl stood there and didn’t leave, and everyone in the class looked at her, so she had no choice but to stand up and walk over.

Su Yanxi frowned and looked at Fan Siyu. She didn’t expect the other party to come to the class openly  to look for Mu Qi, nor did she know what the other party would say to Mu Qi. The thought of the other party confessing to Mu Qi made her nervous and she unconsciously grabbed the strap of her schoolbag.

Hu Ying unintentionally turned her head and saw her extremely nervous look. She usually had an elm head (!), but now, she was suddenly enlightened. She approached her with a teasing look on her face, and whispered: “Do you like Qi-ge?”

(!) 榆木脑袋 (elm head): A metaphor used for people who are stubborn, uncivilized, and unenlightened.

Su Yanxi, however, didn’t panic and nodded generously.

Hu Ying was startled by her courage, then she held her chin and looked at Qi-ge who was talking to Fan Siyu at the door. She also felt that Qi-ge was very charming, and it was normal that Xiao Ke (!) might like her.

(!) 小可 (Xiao Ke), I think, comes from 小可爱 (Xiao Ke’ai), which is the Chinese word for ‘Little Cutie’

When she thought of this, she suddenly remembered the day when Little Cutie first transferred to the school, and the other party looked at Qi-ge with an abnormal expression. The hand stroking Hu Ying’s chin abruptly stopped, her body unconsciously tilted and leaning over Su Yanxi’s ear, she lowered her voice and asked: “Did you know Qi-ge before?”

She felt that, at the time, Little Cutie looked at Qi-ge with an obviously familiar look. However, she didn’t think of it much, but now, thinking about it, the more she thought about it, the more she felt it was reasonable.

At this moment, Su Yanxi looked at her with surprise. After all, she hid it very well, but she didn’t expect to be discovered by Hu Ying. Ordinarily, she looked carefree, but she didn’t expect her to also have moments of carefulness.

She looked at Mu Qi, who was talking to Fan Siyu, then leaned her head towards Hu Ying and said seriously: “Don’t tell her about this in advance.”

“Don’t tell her? Why?” Hu Ying couldn’t understand why Su Yanxi and Qi-ge knew each other, but didn’t tell the other party.

Su Yanxi pursed her lips and said: “I want to wait until the time comes.”

Naemjyu’s note: I’ll be moving the updates to Saturdays cuz I don’t got time for it for Thursdays anymore >.<