Su Weifan stood where he was, watching Gu Beilu domineeringly carrying Yu Xi and disappearing from everyone’s sight, and heard the classmates around him start to discuss in low voices.

“Gu Beilu is the top scholar! He’s even more handsome in person!”

“This is too high. Are you sure he is in the first grade?”

“His brother is in our class? So cute~”

“What a good brother, you’re here to see your brother.”

The chattering sounds kept coming into his ears. For some reason, Su Weifan felt it was a bit strange, but he couldn’t tell what was strange.

In a blind spot in the corridor, Yu Xi looked down at the notes with sticky notes of different colors, and hit the nail on the head. He sighed in his heart that the academic god was different, and then looked up to meet Gu Beilu’s silent gaze.

“Give it back to me if you don’t need it.” There was an imperceptible emotion in the pretended indifferent tone.

But Yu Xi could feel it, so he quickly hid the notebook behind him.

Sure enough, the next second, Gu Beilu reached out to snatch the notes back.

Yu Xi put his hands behind his back and held the notes tightly. “Of course I need it, otherwise I can’t understand the class.”

Gu Beilu didn’t listen. Relying on his height advantage and long arms, he easily reached behind the man and held the man’s hand and the book in his palm.

He had no intention of actually robbing him, he just took the opportunity to hold the person tightly in his arms.

A pair of somewhat cold hands fell into a pair of warm big hands.

It was just the beginning of autumn, and his hands were already so cold. Gu Beilu was even more angry. Yu Xi clearly felt the anger and thought that his notebook was going to be snatched away. He struggled for a while and found that he could not move at all.

If you look from a distance, it looks like a tall boy is holding a thin boy in his arms. The blue and white school uniform is blown up by the wind, and the boy who is forced into a corner slightly raises his head, revealing his smooth jawline.

Yu Xi thought that Gu Beilu was really going to take the notes back. A trace of reluctance flashed across his eyes, and his voice was unconsciously tinged with grievance: “Only your notes are written the most clearly. Let me see…”

He knew that Gu Beilu had a strong sense of self-esteem and thought that if he borrowed someone else’s notebook, his efforts would be wasted. Thinking of this, he immediately stated: “I will only look at yours. With yours, I don’t have to bother others.”

Hearing Yu Xi classify him as one of his own, Gu Beilu’s eyes warmed up again, and his hands clenched tighter in the dark, but he said nothing.

Yu Xi saw a glimmer of hope and struck while the iron was hot: “Okay? I’ll come to see you after school. I’ve got new cakes today, and I’ll give you all mine.”

This was a big sacrifice for him. After all, the Gu family’s bakery only stocked new products once a month, and he always cherished every opportunity to be one of the first customers.

Gu Beilu still didn’t say anything.

The class bell rang at this time, and the broadcast urged the students to return to their seats. Yu Xi was a little anxious, but he couldn’t move. If Gu Beilu didn’t let go, they would be late.

“Class is starting Derek…” He turned his head to look towards the classroom, worried that the teacher had already arrived.

Only then did Gu Beilu let go of his hand, took a half step back, then took off his school uniform jacket and wrapped him in it.

Yu Xi’s hands were free again, and he held the notebook in his arms like a treasure, not noticing Gu Beilu’s other actions at all.

Gu Beilu was somewhat helpless and pulled his coat with his hands.

He pulled the collar of Yu Xi’s clothes inwards and held his whole body in place: “Don’t take it off.”

Yu Xi nodded vigorously without even thinking, as long as he could keep the notes.

Until he ran back to the classroom and sat down, he didn’t notice that the two coats he was wearing were very conspicuous.

The outer one was obviously a size too big, and it made him look even thinner.

Although his classmates looked at him curiously, Yu Xi was immersed in his notebook and listened carefully to the entire math class.

Gu Beilu had been tutoring Yu Xi in his primary school studies for several years, so he was naturally accustomed to Gu Beilu’s way of solving problems. He could understand them just by looking at the notes, without any effort, and even studied tomorrow’s lessons in advance on his own.

After class, he returned Su Weifan’s notebook and thanked him politely.

Su Weifan hesitated several times to speak, and Yu Xi looked at him and asked with concern: “Su Weifan, what’s wrong with you?”

“Is that your brother?” Su Weifan finally asked the question that he had been holding back for the entire class.

Yu Xi was stunned for a moment, his thoughts still not coming out of his notebook. Su Weifan pointed at his coat and asked, “Is it your brother who sent you the clothes?”

After a class, Yu Xi finally realized that Gu Beilu was wearing a school uniform on him. No wonder he felt a lot warmer during this class.

“Oh, you mean Gu Beilu,” Yu Xi nodded naturally, then shook his head after realizing what was going on. “He’s my neighbor.”

This time it was Su Weifan’s turn to be stunned: “Neighbor?”

Seeing the doubt on his face, Yu Xi was used to it. Gu Beilu had been a famous person in the school since he was a child. He had good grades but a bad temper. When others heard about his relationship with Gu Beilu, they would be surprised. Some did not believe that Gu Beilu could make friends, and some envied him for being neighbors with the academic genius.

Because Yu Xi’s expression was too normal, Su Weifan didn’t pursue the matter any further.

Returning to his seat, Yu Xi rubbed his nose and inhaled a familiar scent of grass and trees.

It was the smell of Gu Beilu’s shower gel. He felt that the smell was very refreshing and soothing, and he covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, which covered half of his palm, and sniffed it twice more.

Such a big school uniform could cover his whole body and could be worn as a cloak. How could Gu Beilu grow so fast? He thought enviously again.

*

The school bell had rung for quite some time, but the students in Class 1 were not in a good mood to go home, and most of them were still concentrating on their self-study.

When Yu Xi appeared outside the window of Class 1 with his schoolbag on his back, he consciously slowed down his steps for fear of disturbing the other top students.

He had originally agreed with Gu Beilu to go to the bakery after school, but he was chatting with Shen Di and didn’t pay attention to the time. When he looked at the watch, it was already this time.

Just as he was looking inside, he was tapped on the shoulder.

He turned around and the boy behind him greeted him enthusiastically: “Hello, classmate. We met this morning. You are here again.”

Yu Xi recognized the person in front of him as the student on duty whom he had met once in the morning. He was quite friendly.

The boy looked him up and down, and seemed to think that the oversized school uniform he was wearing was a bit awkward.

Yu Xi introduced herself as quietly as possible: “Hello! My name is Yu Xi, and I’m from Class 7… Um!”

Before he could finish his words, he was pulled over by Gu Beilu’s big hand.

Gu Beilu came out of the teacher’s office and saw a boy wearing a large school uniform at the door of their class.

Yu Xi looked around. Before a smile could even creep up his eyebrows, a stranger appeared in his field of vision and started talking to Yu Xi.

He turned cold and walked quickly towards the classroom, hugged Yu Xi in his arms, and covered his little mouth as he was talking babble.

Yu Xi tried to pry his hand off, but was almost carried all the way down the stairs. Gu Beilu only let go of his hand when they reached the first floor.

“Derek!” He rubbed his cheek, it was a little painful from struggling all the way here.

But he was not punctual first, so he felt a little guilty.

Gu Beilu raised his hand to rub his face, blowing at the same time.

Yu Xi thought of the scene just now and complained again: “I haven’t finished talking to your classmate yet, how rude.”

“What’s there to say? Our class doesn’t allow chatting in the corridor.” Gu Beilu answered perfunctorily and continued to rub his face.

“Really?” Yu Xi was half-believing and half-doubting, “Then what was the name of your classmate just now? I didn’t even have time to ask…”

“I don’t know. I don’t know him.”

Yu Xi glared at him, but he also knew that this was probably the truth. If this person didn’t want to remember the names of his classmates, he really wouldn’t remember any of them. There was nothing he could do, so he had to apologize to the classmate on duty next time.

Gu Beilu didn’t care about the name of the Sweeping Monk, his attention was all on Yu Xi’s face. The arm really left a red mark on the fair cheek, and Gu Beilu warned himself to be gentler next time, as it seemed that Yu Xi’s skin was more easily marked as he got older.

He blew for a long time, until Yu Xi felt itchy on the neck, so he pushed his head away.

“Okay, okay. Let’s go and eat cake. It will be served at five o’clock.” Yu Xi scratched his neck. His mind was on the cake, and his steps were faster than usual.

Gu Beilu followed behind him and wanted to get his schoolbag, but was refused.

They are already in junior high school, and there are still students who don’t carry their own schoolbags. Yu Xi felt that Gu Beilu treated him too much like a child.

He shook the schoolbag on his shoulder and proudly indicated that this was a piece of cake. He grew three centimeters taller during the summer vacation, which was amazing.

Gu Beilu looked at the top of his head, walked a few steps in silence, and then unzipped his schoolbag.

“Derek, what are you doing?”

Yu Xi found him weird, but before he could stop him, he watched several textbooks being taken out of his schoolbag and put into Gu Beilu’s schoolbag.

“We can go to the bakery now.” Gu Beilu walked past him with his long legs, walking very fast.

Yu Xi felt a lot more relieved, but it was still difficult for him to catch up with him even at a jog.

*

It was the peak season for buying desserts, and the store was filled with students returning from school and office workers getting off work, all rushing to buy the new products on sale once a month. Yu Xi looked through the glass and saw that their favorite seats were already occupied.

Gu Beilu turned around and asked him, “Take it home?”

Yu Xi swallowed his saliva, already very greedy: “Let’s go to the park next door?”

Finally, they came to the nearby Green Park with two specially reserved cakes.

Yu Xi found an empty bench and couldn’t wait to pull Gu Beilu over. Gu Beilu grabbed his schoolbag and pulled it back, then put the cake box in his hand and took out the disinfectant spray and sprayed it on the chair a few times.

While standing aside waiting, Yu Xi almost stared through the cake box.

Then sat down, he immediately opened the box and took out the cake carefully, without waiting a moment.

This month’s new product is watermelon strawberry cake. Yu Xi looked at the rosy and juicy strawberry, licked his lips, and saliva began to secrete in his mouth.

He was very greedy, but he held back because this was the price he paid in exchange for the notes.

Today, he exchanged the delicious cake for someone he liked. He was a good student who always kept his word, so he reluctantly gave up the cake and held it in front of Gu Beilu.

Gu Beilu looked at him and asked in a good mood: “Are you really giving it to me?”

It would have been better if he hadn’t asked. This question made Yu Xi’s heart ache even more. He gritted his teeth and resolutely said, “Here you go, eat it quickly!”

He put the cake in Gu Beilu’s hand, turned his head away, and deliberately moved a distance away, took out the Little Shark water bottle, and drank some water to satisfy his craving.

A boastful voice came from behind: “Today’s new product looks good, so should I really eat it?”

Yu Xi snorted and took a big sip of the purified water in the kettle. It was bland and tasteless, and his stomach growled.

Gu Beilu didn’t know if he heard it or not, and said, “Mm, very sweet and delicious.”

Yu Xi couldn’t help it and turned around. Gu Beilu was looking at him proudly.

The strawberry on the cake had been bitten halfway, and he could see the juicy flesh. The white cream was also very tempting.

Oh, I’m so hungry.

Gu Beilu asked calmly, “Do you want to eat? Come here, I’ll give it to you.”

Yu Xi heard his stomach growling again.

He bit his lip. Although he was reluctant to admit it, when he made this promise in the morning, he subconsciously felt that Gu Beilu would not eat alone and would definitely give him some.

But he would look spineless if he ate it.

“If you don’t eat it, it will be gone.” Gu Beilu was about to take a bite.

The strawberries are so sweet, the cream is so fragrant, the watermelon is so juicy, and the cake is so crispy…

Yu Xi’s eyes were filled with moisture, and he finally resigned himself to his fate and moved his butt back.

But the greedy and hungry little guy still had a bit of courage left, and asked pitifully: “Then I’ll just have a bite, okay?”