Guo Kunnan: "It's mine!"
Wang Longlong: "And mine too!"
The cries of ownership ebbed and flowed one after another, and Cui Yu, naturally wanting to be the most outstanding one, had a brainwave and imperiously declared,
"Don't compete with me, from now on, I, Cui Yu, am in charge of Jiang Yanan's ringtone!"
Ten minutes before the afternoon classes.
Jiang Yanan was crying at her desk; her smartphone had been confiscated by Gao Heshuai and handed over to Director Yan—it would be untouchable for the rest of the term. She couldn't watch her favorite K-pop idol dance videos anymore.
Shen Qing'e and Yu Wen consoled her.
In the southwest corner of the classroom, all was calm as Bai Yuxia carried an exquisite paper box.
She turned around, facing Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong, her eyes clear, and softly said, "Please have some snacks."
She had eaten Jiang Ning's snacks several times and didn't want to always take advantage without giving back, so she often brought some food to share.
Bai Yuxia's delicate fingers pinched the sides of the paper box and gently tore it open, a puff of cold air escaping.
Jiang Ning saw that the box contained some dry ice packs for insulation.
Bai Yuxia took out four pieces of well-packaged ice cream. Thanks to the good insulation, the ice cream was very hard and had not melted at all.
"Alcohol-flavored ice cream, give it a try."
This was a type of ice cream Bai Yuxia had previously enjoyed while traveling with her parents. The flavor was very good, and she brought some for Jiang Ning and the others.
Xue Yuantong received a cherry-colored ice cream. She bit into the stick handle and tasted the milk and chocolate.
"Delicious!" She gave high praise.
Chen Siyu found it equally tasty.
Bai Yuxia smiled, listening to their comments.
As Xue Yuantong ate her ice cream, her little feet dangled freely in the air, looking utterly relaxed.
She bit into the liquor center of the ice cream, which tasted even richer. It was as if she had had a drink.
However, Xue Yuantong couldn't handle alcohol. She looked as though she were getting drunk, her little body lurching to and fro, and she leaned towards Jiang Ning for support,
"Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, I'm getting drunk~"
"The ice cream doesn't contain Baijiu; it's wrapped in crisp chocolate filled with rice wine, you won't get drunk." Bai Yuxia had a warm and gentle smile, a pair of small dimples gracing her clear, fair face. She seldom smiled , and it was a lovely sight.
Xue Yuantong, with playful eyes, pretended to be tipsy, "It's your little dimples that got me drunk~"
Bai Yuxia was startled, a faint blush spreading across her pure cheeks, showing a trace of shyness.
Here was in high spirits, whereas the other side was desolate.
From the corner of his eye, Dan Kaiquan noticed Bai Yuxia's smile and felt an even deeper pain.
'My misery goes unnoticed by her.'
He had gone to drink again at noon, staggering slightly drunk, dispirited, his eyes lifeless. One could tell at a glance that he had suffered a significant blow.
'Can you really bear to watch me suffer ?'
'Don't you feel the slightest bit of pain?'
Dan Kaiquan indulged in the fantasy that no one in the world was more miserable than him, as if he were in the deepest, darkest ocean, or even standing in a vast crowd, yet all along, no one paid him any attention.
His consciousness flowed, and the noisy crowd transformed into countless flickering movie scenes, erected in the void, featuring sci-tech cities, dark apocalyptic worlds, Magic World.
Dan Kaiquan moved through each scene, and in every world, he saved Bai Yuxia, then, like a hero, he quietly left, leaving her to search blindly.
Dan Kaiquan stood behind her, watching as she frantically looked for him,
"Bai Yuxia, turn around! I'm right behind you!" he yelled, but due to invisible rules, Bai Yuxia couldn't hear.
Thus, they would never meet, never cross paths.
Dan Kaiquan tortured himself, finding a painful pleasure in his misery, lost in that emotion.
At that moment, Yu Wen turned her head, pinching her nose in disgust,
"Dan Kaiquan, your clothes smell sour!"