Chapter 275: A Heart Floating

"Hello? Teacher, I'm Xu Cheng. Sorry to bother you while you're having dinner..."

At the bus stop, Yu Yu's narrow eyes quietly looked at Xu Cheng who was talking on the phone beside him.

He is tall and big, and in the bright midday sun, he looks as clean and handsome as a little sun.

"Teacher, I don't feel well today..."

[Are you feeling unwell? No wonder you didn't come to take the exam this morning.]

"Yes, yes, I'm really sorry, teacher. I thought you were invigilating in the morning, so I called you to ask for leave at noon..."

[It's okay. It doesn't matter if you miss the exam. Just stay at home and take good care of yourself. I'll write you a note when you get back.]

"Okay, thank you, teacher."

[It’s okay, drink more hot water and eat some fruits to supplement your vitamins…]

Xu Cheng hung up the phone with a bit of guilt, then made an OK gesture to Yu Yu beside him.

For a good student like him who is both morally and academically excellent, the teacher would not suspect anything if he asked for sick leave.

Yu Yu pouted indignantly and muttered "liar" in a low voice.

How did he manage to lie to the teacher without blushing or getting nervous?

Moreover, he is so skilled at lying. I always thought he was very honest and I have never seen him cheating or bewitching her before.

"Yu Yu, I've got it done, how about you?"

"Let's go take the exam, Xu Cheng..."

"No, I told you that we skipped the exam together this afternoon, and we agreed to get dirty together, are you going to betray me?"

“…”

After he said this, Yu Yu was in a dilemma.

If you skip the exam, you are a bad student, and if you betray Xu Cheng, you are... a cheater?

In comparison, although being a bad student is not a good thing, cheating seems to be a bit more excessive.

"Hurry up Yu Yu, I'm dirty now, I won't allow you to be clean."

"...What nonsense are you talking about." Yu Yu muttered softly, his cheeks couldn't help but get hot.

Xu Cheng took a few steps closer and suddenly transformed into an evil big bad wolf in the girl's eyes.

"Yu Yu, if you don't take the initiative to get dirty, I will help you get dirty."

"…I, I'll come by myself."

Yu Yu was afraid that he would make her dirty, so she had to agree like a docile little lamb.

"What should I do ?"

"Just like I did just now, tell the teacher that you are sick."

"Then, will the teacher believe it?"

Yu Yu himself didn't quite believe it.

On the day of the midterm exam, two people in the class took sick leave at the same time. What a coincidence!

Moreover, a boy and a girl asked for leave... What if the teacher misunderstands that they have contracted some infectious disease?

"How about I pretend to be your parent, your brother?"

Xu Cheng suggested, and murmured something like "My sister is sick."

Yu Yu took a few steps back with a reluctant look on his face.

"I, I figured out a way myself..."

She took out her cell phone from her pocket, selected Yan Wenwen one by one, and called her.

The call was connected quickly, and Yan Wenwen's voice came from the other end of the line, mixed with noisy ambient noise.

[Eh? Where are you, Xiaoyu? I was looking for you to have dinner.]

"I, I...Wenwen, can you help me take a day off..."

[Ask for leave? What happened to you? Did you sneak out to play with Xu Cheng? ]

This sentence scared the fish, which was not very timid to begin with, and he quickly answered.

“…No way!”

The pitch of the voice was raised a few notches.

"I just feel a little uncomfortable. These days, I have been preparing new works, as you know..."

Yu Yu never thought that his brain could be so flexible. He blurted out a lot of lies.

Half truth and half falsehood are quite reasonable.

She didn't know why she was so afraid that others would know that she and Xu Cheng were together.

[Okay, I understand. Have a good rest. I'll visit you at your home after school.]

"No, no need! Just study hard..."

After the call ended, Xu Cheng stood beside her and said in a praising tone.

"You are quite good at lying, Yu Yu. It seems that we two can also be the dragon and the phoenix."

The girl lowered her head in shame.

Who wants to play with you in a strange place...

Xu Cheng still looked at her with curiosity.

"By the way, you just said that you are going to start a new work soon, is that true?"

"Um."

"Wow, what type is that, can you tell me?"

“…”

Yu Yu pursed her lips.

If she said it was a campus romance, would Xu Cheng think that she was longing for these things?

After all, a large part of every author's creative inspiration must come from interest.

People who want to gain superpowers will draw superheroes, those who want to be detectives will draw suspense, and those who want excitement will draw banned comics...

So is it reasonable for people who want to fall in love to draw campus romance?

"Well, maybe something like Resident Evil..."

"Wow."

Xu Cheng couldn't help but glance at her sideways, "How dare you draw these things when you're so timid! Aren't you scared?"

"No, no, it's a gentler version of Resident Evil..."

Even she herself felt that her lies were clumsy, so how could there be a gentler Resident Evil?

But Xu Cheng seemed to believe it and continued to talk to her.

"I've seen a very gentle one before. It was about the outbreak of a biochemical crisis. The protagonist, a social animal, let go of himself and made a list of 100 things to complete..."

"Ah? Isn't he afraid of a world like that?"

Yu Yu was very curious. Just imagining such a world made her feel extremely horrified.

Xu Cheng leaned against his arms, looking ahead at the road as he walked and talked.

"Actually, if you think about this kind of world carefully, there's nothing else except zombies. And compared to an unpaid mortgage, zombies don't seem that scary."

Yu Yu began to seriously fantasize that it would be nice to live in a world where she didn’t have to talk to strange people or participate in social activities, and where there was only her and the people she thought were important.

Xu Cheng asked her, "You think so too, right?"

"Um."

This time she nodded honestly and glanced at the boy next to her out of the corner of her eye.

He was also in the world she had just imagined.

"Is there anything you want to eat, or any place you want to go, just tell me."

What do you want to eat? Where do you want to go?

Yu Yu couldn't help but feel melancholy. Were they really skipping the exam to... go on a date?

Probably not.

Dating is a term used between lovers, but Xu Cheng didn’t like her, and she…she didn’t like Xu Cheng either.

"What are you thinking about?"

Xu Cheng waved his hand in front of her face.

"Did you think of somewhere?"

“I didn’t expect…”

"Well, then you can eat whatever I choose."

"Don't, don't make it too expensive."

Xu Cheng didn't choose any star-rated hotel. The incompatible atmosphere would make Yu Yu feel that their lives were worlds apart.

On the contrary, some delicious little shops on the street would make Yu Yu feel more comfortable and relaxed. After all, this afternoon was meant for her to relax.

"How about eating this?"

Xu Cheng pointed to a spicy pancake shop on the roadside.

The store is not big. There is a small table at the door with a pile of spicy buns covered with red oil.

The skin is slightly charred and mixed with green onion leaves, making it look crispy and delicious.

“I can’t eat spicy food…”

"I can't eat it either, but it looks delicious. Have you ever eaten it?"

"……without."

"I haven't eaten it either, let's try it."

Hearing that Xu Cheng had never eaten it either, Yu Yu no longer had the strange feeling that she was the only one who had never seen the world, and nodded naturally.

"good."

Spicy steamed buns cost one yuan each, so Xu Cheng bought eight and put them in a paper bag.

It was just out of the oven and still very hot, so Xu Cheng could only pick up the paper bag, take one with his mouth and put it on his mouth, then "mumble" and raise the paper bag towards Yu Yu.

The girl understood what he meant, so she leaned forward, showing her shiny teeth, and bit off one as well.

The spicy steamed bun was hot and covered with chili oil. The girl instinctively wanted to grab it with her fingers, but she was worried about hurting her hands, so she raised and lowered her tender white hands in front of her chest.

The little mouth was soon stuffed with steamed buns, like a little hamster chewing something. Maybe because it was too spicy, it closed its eyes.

Xu Cheng took out his cell phone at the right time to capture the girl's cute appearance at this moment.

Yu Yu was caught off guard when the photo was taken, and he thought that Xu Cheng had taken the photo of his embarrassing look. His attention was distracted, and the remaining half of the spicy steamed bun accidentally fell to the ground. His little hand missed the spicy steamed bun, and it fell to the ground.

"oops."

The girl looked angrily at the spicy steamed bun below. She was always very thrifty with food, but now she was very angry with herself.

Xu Cheng squatted down, came into her sight, and picked up the spicy steamed bun on the ground.

Yu Yu looked at him nervously, and when he saw him brushing off the dust on the floor, he stopped him.

"Don't, don't eat Xu Cheng, he's all covered in mud..."

Xu Cheng ignored him and just brushed off the dirt, peeling off some of the muddy surface and throwing it away.

"The spicy steamed bun fell to the ground and got covered in mud. Do you know what this is called?"

"Um?"

"Lamo likes mud."

"???"

The girl was stunned at first.

When she understood the meaning of the words, she was even more afraid to move.

The fair face looks like an exquisite watercolor. The red paint starts from a small dot, gradually spreading all over the face, and then gradually deepens layer by layer.

Xu Cheng had already stuffed the simply processed spicy steamed bun into his mouth and simply wiped the cumin and chili powder on his hands with toilet paper.

"What’s wrong with you?"

“…”

"Yu Yu?"

Xu Cheng waved his hands in front of her. The girl, who had recovered from her shock, blinked a few times and then drooped slightly.

“…No, nothing.”

"I'll take you to eat some sweet soup. There's a great sweet soup shop. It tastes delicious."

"oh."

Xu Cheng walked in front, and she, who had shorter legs, lagged behind half a step, following behind the boy, occasionally raising her head to secretly glance at the tall man.

Perhaps it is only when we grow up that we realize some special things that we could not discover as children.

If you think about it carefully, subconsciously, Xu Cheng and she have never been from the same world.

He has a particularly good family background, a spacious house, and very good parents.

She remembered that a long time ago, when he was a child, he could earn a sum of money that she had never dared to imagine.

So in countless moments of growing up, Yu Yu always had a feeling that what right did he have to play with him.

But this emotion is always wiped out by countless moments.

Just like the first time he drew the "52 Hz" blackboard poster in front of her, just like now he can eat the spicy steamed bun that fell on the ground and was covered with dust.

It always gives the girl a warm feeling that he and she understand each other.

I went to a dark alley that looked gray. It was surrounded by people's houses with blue bricks and black tiles. Occasionally, I would see a few fat cats lying on the wall.

Yu Yu followed Xu Cheng and turned a few corners before being brought to a sweet water shop in a strange location.

The decoration is very unique and exquisite. Yu Yu always feels that its door looks like a telephone booth that is often seen on TV.

"Boss, double skin milk, grass jelly, curry fish balls..."

Xu Cheng ran to order something, then took Yu Yu to sit on the small sofa next to the floor-to-ceiling window.

“The food here is delicious.”

"oh."

Yu Yu agreed and looked around.

She likes the quiet atmosphere here.

There were heart-shaped sticky notes on the wall and a strange program was playing on the small TV. It was probably about a man in a police uniform stopping an old man wearing a cotton hat.

[I ask you...where should you go? ]

【To Erxian Bridge. 】

[What do you mean by going to Erxianqiao? I mean which road should you take? ]

【Walking along Chenghua Avenue...】

They both laughed at the TV.

Yu Yu's eyebrows were curved, she covered her mouth with one hand and her belly with the other, and laughed gigglingly.

So Xu Cheng's attention shifted from Sir Tan to her face.

She rarely smiled so naturally and happily in front of him, which made her smile as beautiful as a short-lived ephemeral flower.

"Thank you, Sir Tan." Xu Cheng couldn't help but say in his heart.

Perhaps it was because his gaze was too intense, Yu Yu's peripheral vision collided with his, and she shyly lowered her head, put away her smile, and shifted her gaze to the stickers on the wall.

"This was written by a high school student who comes here often." The boss who came over with the things explained to her.

Yu Yu just glanced at some words like [xxx Although we have known each other for a short time, it feels like we have known each other for years], [xxx I love you till the end of time], and then she was so embarrassed that she quickly looked away.

Xu Cheng cleaned up the fish balls and asked the girl across the table curiously.

"What's wrong, do you want to write too?"

“I won’t write…”

"It's okay. It's anonymous anyway. No one will know even if you write something shameful."

"I, I really didn't write it!"

The girl was so anxious that she was about to cry.

"Okay, okay, if you don't want to write, then don't write. Just eat."

Xu Cheng scooped up a spoonful of the grass jelly on the table and handed it to the girl, "It tastes great, try it."

The girl didn't eat, but looked at him with twinkling eyes.

"Xu Cheng..."

"Um?"

"What's wrong?"