Chapter 33: The secret meeting in the woods was discovered

Yuting discovered that Lin You had another girl-friend besides her.

Unsurprisingly, the girl got sulky, and her mood turned sour.

She was probably worried that Zhong Yuxiu would steal her friendship.

“It’s not what you think. I never thought about abandoning you, Yuting. You and Yuxiu are both very important friends…”

After roughly understanding the reason, Lin You hastily tried to remedy the situation with sincere words.

“Don’t worry, Ah You. I was just saying.”

Yuting had her selfish thoughts, but seeing the boy so nervous, that small bit of selfishness turned into apology.

There was nothing wrong with the boy making friends; it was clearly she who was making a big deal out of nothing.

“As long as you don’t dislike me, Yuting, we’ll be friends forever. I promise.”

Lin You had only recently gained this precious friendship. The importance he placed on it definitely surpassed that of many of his peers.

“Yay! Let’s pinky swear.”

Under the boy’s repeated assurances, the small knot in Yuting’s heart finally, temporarily, disappeared.

No longer worried about losing the boy, she quickly returned to her lively and cheerful self, her entire being radiating with joy.

“Mhm, pinky swear.”

In the small grove, their little fingers intertwined, adding a layer of insurance to their pure friendship.

“Yuting, we should go home now.”

After chatting for several minutes in the grove, Lin You took the initiative to suggest ending their secret meeting.

“It’s fine. I’ll go back later. Let that horrible, stinky mom think I’ve gone missing. It’ll scare her to death.”

Yuting wasn’t done yet, and she also had a bit of a desire for revenge against her parent.

“You can’t do that. We should go back now.”

Lin You was both scolding Yuting and afraid that his own grandmother would worry about him.

“Alright then.”

Since the boy had spoken, Yuting couldn’t go against him and had to agree.

“Ah You, can we undo our promise to pretend we don’t know each other during the day?”

The girl remembered something very important.

“We probably shouldn’t. You’re an upper-grade student, and I’m in a lower grade. It’ll cause people to gossip.”

Lin You’s thoughts hadn’t changed; he was unwilling to drag his good friend down.

“Oh man, I should have asked my mom to let me repeat a grade.”

Yuting scratched her hair, looking extremely disappointed.

After making a boy-friend, her thoughts were all on him, and she had lost interest in other things.

Normally, she would have been running around and playing wildly with a group of friends, not lingering at school.

“Yuting, it’s time to go back.”

Lin You didn’t quite understand and subconsciously brought the girl back to the topic at hand.

“I know, I know, I’m going home.”

Yuting abided by their promise. The two pretended not to know each other and left the small grove one after the other.

She walked in front, occasionally looking back, much like Yuxiu.

Only under the urging of the boy’s gaze did she finally quicken her pace and head home first.

Lin You, on the other hand, deliberately slowed down, waiting for Yuting to get far away, and also hoping that the number of unfamiliar peers around would decrease.

There’s a saying: the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Lin You didn’t know that he also had a little tail behind him—it was Zhao Xixia.

‘What is he doing going into the grove with an upper-grade girl?’

‘Could he be getting bullied?’

Zhao Xixia had witnessed Lin You and Yuting walking towards the grove from beginning to end.

The innocent student didn’t think of anything improper; her first thought was that Lin You was being threatened.

At that moment, Zhao Xixia’s heart tightened. She stealthily followed them, hid behind a large tree, and even picked up a rock.

If she saw Yuting bullying Lin You, she would immediately rush out and give Yuting a sound beating.

And then.

She overheard their secret.

It turned out that the first-grader Lin You had a friend in the second grade, and it was a relationship that couldn’t see the light of day.

‘I’ve found you out. Let’s see what you do now.’

The corner of the girl’s mouth curled up silently, as if she had thought of something interesting.

And at this moment, Lin You still hadn’t realized he had been exposed.

Back at home, his grandmother was already waiting for her good grandson’s return.

“Youyou’s back a little late. Did something happen? Do you want Grandma to pick you up next time?”

His grandmother helped the boy take off his backpack, concerned about his situation.

“I wanted to finish my homework in the classroom before coming home. Don’t worry, Grandma, I’m doing fine at school.”

On his second day of school, Lin You was gradually adapting to his new life.

His grandmother, on the other hand, was often worried and concerned because her grandson was not by her side.

“Hehe!”

Learning that her grandson was fine, a kind smile appeared on the old woman’s face.

“Youyou, this is your allowance from Grandma. You have to take it. You can buy snacks at school to share with your friends. I was so forgetful yesterday, I didn’t even think of this…”

The old woman slapped her forehead, remembering something very important.

It was the student’s allowance.

The grandmother and grandson’s material conditions were poor, but his grandmother had always done her best to shelter the boy from the wind and rain.

She had wanted to give him an allowance before, but her grandson was too sensible and had never asked for it.

“You have to take it. This allowance was actually earned by you, Youyou. You helped Grandma collect so many, many bottles.”

His grandmother stuffed a one-yuan bill into Lin You’s palm, having come up with a justifiable reason.

“Thank you, Grandma. One yuan will last me a long time.”

If it were the friendless Lin You, he certainly wouldn’t have accepted his grandmother’s allowance.

But ever since making friends, he also had things he needed to spend money on. He couldn’t just one-sidedly accept his friends’ kindness; he had to give back appropriately.

‘I have one yuan. Fifty cents to buy something for Yuxiu, and fifty cents for Yuting…’

Holding his first-ever allowance, Lin You imagined its uses, a smile blooming on his tender little face.

In the afternoon.

It was almost time for school again.

Lin You liked to get to school early, at least twenty minutes before everyone else.

‘Yuxiu should be here soon too!’

Lin You hoped to enjoy some pleasant time alone with Yuxiu, his classmate and good friend.

The classroom of Grade One, Class Two was deserted in the afternoon. Lin You had arrived early and was alone at his seat.

Yuxiu hadn’t arrived yet, so he took it upon himself to look at his textbook. Although there was a lot he didn’t understand, the pictures in the book were very interesting to him.

‘When Yuxiu gets here, I’ll ask her what she wants to eat if she has fifty cents.’

Today, the boy’s way of thinking was starting to align with that of his peers. He was no longer filled with the pessimistic and repressed thoughts of yesterday.

This was the power that friends brought.

Of the forty-plus students in the class, at least Yuxiu was willing to be his friend.

Just as Lin You was full of anticipation for Yuxiu’s arrival.

The second student to arrive at the classroom was his current deskmate—Zhao Xixia.

“Yuxiu—ah, Classmate Zhao.”

Hearing the footsteps, and since it had been Yuxiu the previous two times, Lin You had subconsciously been about to call out her nickname. It was only when he saw Xixia that his expression immediately froze, and he greeted her awkwardly.

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