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That night, Gu Beilu slept with the white shell Yu Xi gave him. He had a nightmare in the middle of the night. He dreamed that the shell in his arms turned into a big sailboat with many delicious cakes on it. Yu Xi jumped onto the shell boat with shining eyes. The boat carried him to the sea and finally disappeared on the sea level.

Waking up from a dream in the middle of the night, Gu Beilu pulled shell out of the quilt, gave it a lecture, then locked it in the cabinet.

This way it won’t take Yu Xi away.

After getting lost on the beach and having nightmares, Gu Beilu became obsessed with protecting Yu Xi. He spent the rest of the summer making detailed plans.

He would never let this happen a second time.

After a detailed analysis, he believed that the probability of Yu Xi being deceived by the delicious snacks was the highest, so he decided to start from there.

Yu Xi admitted that he was greedy because there were so many delicious foods in the human world, but he would not eat everything given by anyone.

But Gu Beilu didn’t think so. He thought Yu Xi was too easy to fool.

So, when Yu Xi heard Gu Beilu say that he was gullible, he retorted angrily.

“I didn’t! I won’t be fooled!”

Gu Beilu asked: “If someone told you that he had the most delicious red velvet cake and asked you to go with him to the kitchen to get it, what would you do?”

Yu Xi recalled the taste of red velvet and immediately said, “Go to the kitchenette!”

Gu Beilu: …

The result is that whenever Yu Xi stays at Gu’s house, he can hear Gu Beilu constantly asking him to recite the two families’ phone numbers, home addresses, and safety awareness questions such as “What if you get lost? What if a stranger gives you snacks?”

Later, when Yu Xi could answer his questions without thinking, Gu Beilu finally felt that the safety education could come to an end.

However, something else happened soon that he was unwilling to accept.

That day, the Gu family invited Yu Xi’s family to dinner again. When they talked about the upcoming school term, Gu’s mother said, “After school starts, your classes will be next to each other. Derek, this is Xi Xi’s first time going to school in China. You need to help Xi Xi with his studies and life.”

Gu Beilu nodded halfway, then froze when he realized what was happening.

Unable to understand his reaction, Mother Gu asked in surprise, “You can’t even do such a small thing?”

Gu Beilu put down the spoon and asked very cautiously: “The next class? Does that mean we are not in the same class?”

“Well, you are in different classes, but they are not far away. Your classrooms are next to each other.”

The elementary school and kindergarten in their neighborhood belong to the same international school, and the promotion from kindergarten to elementary school is direct. Gu Beilu’s class is a key class, but Yu Xi has just returned to China and has not attended kindergarten before, so he can only go to a parallel class first.

“Of course, you two will be re-assigned to the same class in the second grade.” The two parents know that their two children have been playing well together recently, so it is understandable that they don’t want to be separated for school.

Gu Beilu, who was sitting at the dining table, heard this with a look of disbelief on his face. He had never thought of this possibility at all.

He turned his head to look at Yu Xi, who was eating the after-meal dessert with gusto, his little cheeks puffed up, and he seemed not to care at all whether he could be in the same class with him.

He was a little angry for a moment. How could Yu Xi not care at all!

But on second thought, Yu Xi didn’t know much about the school and didn’t know what class division meant.

But he knows.

Not being in the same class meant that they couldn’t see each other most of the time in school. Yu Xi would have a different deskmate, and would spend most of his time with him. And we didn’t know which idiot would be Yu Xi’s deskmate, what if he bullied Yu Xi?

Gu Beilu was brainstorming again, and in a short while he came up with more than a dozen hypotheses, none of which he could accept.

He solemnly expressed his objection: “No, Yu Xi has to come to Class 1, which is the best class.”

At the same time, he gave the most direct reason: “There is a dumbest student in kindergarten who is in the first class, why can’t Yu Xi be in the first class?”

Father Gu put down his chopsticks and tapped his son’s head: “Xiao Ben is not stupid, he got here based on his special talents.”

Gu Beilu refused to compromise: “Yu Xi also has a specialty, he can swim. The yellow-haired coach said that he swims very well.”

Father Gu sternly corrected him: “Don’t give the coach a nickname.”

In fact, the two families were very happy to see the two children have such a good relationship, especially the Yu family. However, they did not have high expectations for Yu Xi’s academic performance. As long as the child could grow up healthily and happily in school, they did not have too many requirements on whether he could attend the key class.

Yu’s mother found that Gu Beilu really cared about this matter, and patiently explained: “Class 1’s specialties require award certificates. Xixi swims just as a hobby, and has never participated in any competitions, so he doesn’t have a certificate. But it doesn’t matter, Derek, Xixi, whether you are in the same class or not, you can still go to school and go home together every day, do homework together at night, and still be best friends.”

Gu Beilu thought, how could they be the same? They were too different.

But now he is working with four adults, and he needs to get the parents to agree to let Yu Xi be in the same class with him. Yu Xi’s opinion is also very important.

“Yu Xi, can we go to the same class?”

Yu Xi had just finished the last bite of cake, licked his lips, and finally started to join in the conversation.

Gu Beilu seized the opportunity to persuade him: “If we are in the same class, I can help you with all your homework, and you don’t have to worry about getting lost in school.”

When Yu Xi heard this, he raised his arms high: “Great!”

Although he had no idea what was going on, it was good to be able to play with Gu Beilu at school. And if, like in the story, other kids didn’t like Gu Beilu, he could still help everyone.

Gu Beilu’s morale was greatly boosted. The two of them had formed a united front and could now finally face the outside world together.

“Yu Xi also agreed. Now we just need some help.”

The two parents were completely confused, looking at each other, not knowing what this little adult was up to.

Father Gu said, “What do you want to say?”

Gu Beilu jumped off the chair, ran back to the room, got the computer, and clicked on “Dongfeng” – an email.

It was a “award notification letter”.

Gu Beilu turned the computer screen towards the four adults and said, “Yu Xi’s sand painting won a prize. I was planning to announce this surprise after the physical certificate was mailed.”

The last time Yu Xi gave him a sand painting of the underwater world, he entered it into a competition and won first prize.

He didn’t think much about it at the time, he just thought that winning the award would make Yu Xi happy.

An additional use. God is helping him.

Of course Yu Xi couldn’t understand the email with so many words, and had no idea about winning the award, but judging from everyone’s reactions, it seemed like a great thing.

Moreover, Gu Beilu told him that this award would allow them to study in the same class, and he thought this was a good award.

The four adults were so surprised that their jaws almost dropped.

These two kids have known each other for less than two months, and they have already made such a big splash! On the one hand, I was surprised at Yu Xi’s talent, and on the other hand, Gu Beilu actually knew how to help Yu Xi sign up for the competition.

After all this trouble, the parents discussed and decided that it would be a good idea to put the two children in the same class. After all, their personalities complement each other, and they can learn from each other’s strengths and weaknesses.

*

On the first day of school, the two elementary school students were wearing school uniforms, white shirts and blue pants. Gu Beilu buttoned his shirt to the top button, and Yu Xi felt uncomfortable, so he pulled at his collar to loosen one button.

On the way to school, Gu Beilu’s obsessive-compulsive disorder kicked in, and he wanted to help Yu Xi button up her shirt several times, but when he saw Yu Xi’s cheerful look, he held back.

They walked hand in hand into the classroom of Grade 1 Class 1. The morning sun shone through the glass windows, and more than 20 desks were neatly arranged, waiting for their new little owners.

They were the first to arrive, and there was no one else in the class. There was a name card on each desk, and the teacher had already arranged the seats in advance.

Gu Beilu took a look. His name tag said class monitor, and there was no other name tag on the table next to him. He didn’t like to have other people sitting next to him in kindergarten, and no one dared to sit next to him. This was known to the whole school, and the new teacher was probably worried about how to arrange a seat for him.

“Which row do you want to sit in?” Gu Beilu asked, picking up his name tag.

Yu Xi pointed to the window. He liked places where he could see the blue sky. Gu Beilu nodded and exchanged their name tags together.

As soon as they sat down, Yu Xi looked around excitedly, while Gu Beilu calmly took out the disinfectant spray and sprayed it on the table for both of them a few times.

Soon, other students came in. The children in this class were basically kindergarten classmates, so they knew each other and greeted each other with laughter.

Of course, except Gu Beilu.

Almost everyone who saw Gu Beilu would immediately walk away from him, but halfway through they would turn back to look at Yu Xi, their expressions full of confusion and curiosity.

When they learned that they would have fixed seats in the first grade, they were all afraid of being assigned to sit at the same table with Gu Beilu.

Everyone knows that although Gu Beilu is very smart, he has a very bad temper and is a mysophobe. No one dared to approach him in kindergarten.

The kids in the front row were all discussing in low voices whether Gu Beilu’s deskmate was from their kindergarten. It was so pitiful that he was assigned to sit next to Gu Beilu, the little devil, right after arriving.

“He’s very good-looking, what’s his name?”

“Go ask.”

“I don’t dare, Gu Beilu is next to him…”

Yu Xi met the gazes of people in the front row several times. Just when he wanted to wave and say hello, the people turned their heads away.

“Derek, why do they seem to ignore us?” he asked in a low voice, not knowing if this was some school rule.

Gu Beilu sorted the textbooks on the table and looked up to scan the classroom. He had never cared about anyone, so naturally he had no idea why others didn’t care.

So he didn’t know how to answer, so he just said truthfully: “I don’t know.”

Yu Xi tilted his head and fell into thought.

As class time approached, more and more students came into the classroom. Gu Beilu didn’t like crowds, especially since the desks in the front and back of the classroom were so close and noisy.

He rubbed his temples like an adult and asked Yu Xi if he wanted to go to the bathroom with him. Yu Xi said no, so he went alone.

As soon as Gu Beilu left, everyone’s eyes turned to him again. Finally, a kid wearing glasses ran over to say hello to Yu Xi.

“Hey, what’s your name?”

Yu Xi picked up the name tag on the desk: “Hello, my name is Yu Xi.”

“Yu Xi? Are you new here?”

Yu Xi nodded, and the other party pointed to a group of students in the front row: “My name is Shen Di, and I was in the same class with them in kindergarten.”

“Then are you and Gu Beilu in the same class?”

Shen Di suddenly looked panicked, and immediately made a “hush” gesture with his finger to his mouth, lowering his voice and saying, “You don’t know, tell your mom and dad to talk to the teacher and change seats.”

He looked serious, but Yu Xi didn’t follow his train of thought: “Don’t know what? Why change seats?”

Shen Di looked at his not-so-bright appearance and felt extremely anxious. He was also afraid that Gu Beilu would suddenly come back, so he turned his head to look out the window from time to time, like an agent with an important mission.

“Oh, no one wants to sit in this seat! This is a death seat! I don’t have time to talk to you about this now. Anyway, remember, don’t mess with your deskmate, understand?”

Yu Xi felt that he was talking nonsense and still didn’t understand, so he shook his head honestly.

“You, you, you… forget it, just keep quiet,” Shen Di looked at the textbooks on their two desks that were almost sticking together, and suddenly some memories came to him. He quickly tried to separate the two piles of books, “Remember, remember, don’t touch his books, and don’t cross the 38th parallel!”

Once he dropped his art class crayons on Gu Beilu’s book, and he was still scared when he thought about it now.

He was talking and doing it at the same time. Because he was too anxious, he moved too much and pushed one of the textbooks that Gu Beilu had just neatly arranged. Shen Di screamed and scared himself. The fallen book was stuck between the two desks. He wanted to pick it up but couldn’t, and he was in a panic for a while.

Yu Xi looked at him in a panic, not understanding what was wrong with him. The other students around him also suddenly became agitated, and Yu Xi scratched his face, feeling very strange.

He wanted to pick up the fallen book, and when he bent down, Shen Di also squatted down to pick it up. Yu Xi grabbed the book first, and their heads bumped into each other. Shen Di lost his balance and sat on the ground, and the book in Yu Xi’s hand was accidentally pulled.

There was a small tear in the cover of the textbook.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

“Oh.” Yu Xi took a look at it and put it on the table without thinking much, then turned to ask Shen Di if he was hurt. After all, his classmate’s fall was quite serious.

Shen Di stared at his series of actions in shock, and suddenly burst into tears.