The two pairs of young lovers came back after shopping. Zhao Hua and Lin Jiamo were doing their own things in the classroom, far apart from each other. On the blackboard behind the podium was Lin Jiamo's "Happy New Year's Gala" and various cute drawings.

The tables were arranged in groups, and I could see people busy at work across the street through the window.

There was frost on the windows. Several people were lying by the windows looking at the campus at night. The moonlight was shining on the earth, clearly.

"Look at your ears, they're red after you went out for a while just now," Qiao Ran tilted his head to look at Jiuli beside him, took off the gloves he was wearing, rubbed his hands and then covered his ears with them.

"Someone is watching." Jiuli gave him an unpleasant look.

"Just watch me. I'm not afraid even if the teacher is watching me," Qiao Ran lowered his voice, his voice sounding like spring rain.

"It's getting late, let's go home quickly, we have things to do tomorrow," Jiuli tugged at Qiao Ran's sleeve.

"Then we'll go back first." Qiao Ran turned around and waved.

"Well, we're back too." Chen Xun hung up the last lantern, checked the classroom again, clapped his hands and went out.

We arrived at school early, cleaned the room, tidied up our desks, and then started copying the knowledge points of each subject.

This year's gala was in the evening, starting at around seven o'clock. We gathered at the campus gate at half past nine and took a bus to the Millennium Monument to welcome the new year.

The class that had experience once was more at ease and signed up enthusiastically for both dancing and singing. From Lin Jiamo's sad love song to Fang Hui's sweet time, they were all excellent.

Halfway through the performance, Qiao Ran, who had performed earlier, pulled Jiuli out of the classroom, followed by Chen Xun and Fang Hui.

As soon as they left the classroom, Qiao Ran took her hand with ease.

"This year is the millennium. Let's go out for a walk. You wouldn't object, right?" Qiao Ran's usually gentle eyes and brows looked pitiful, and there was a hint of grievance in his tone.

"Promise, where are we going? We have to go to the Century Monument later," Jiuli laughed when she saw Qiao Ran like this.

"It's not far to go out for a walk. There are not many people outside now." Qiao Ran smiled and fastened the belt of Jiuli's down jacket.

"You two wait for us." Chen Xun pulled Fang Hui and ran two quick steps, then put his hand on Qiao Ran's shoulder.

"Why did you come out? Aren't you playing inside?" Qiao Ran moved his shoulders. "Don't touch me. It's not good if someone sees us."

"Oh, so you two are the only ones who can go out and play? Let's go too." Chen Xun rolled his eyes. He felt more and more that Qiao Ran was treating him less and less as a friend. He was simply a bad friend.

"Jiuli," Fang Hui raised her eyes and smiled. Compared to the shyness when she first met her in the first year of high school, she was more cheerful now.

"Together?" Jiuli smiled, "Let's go out and play for a while."

"Okay." Fang Hui looked over with a smile.

The Christmas decorations on the streets have not been completely removed, and colorful lights are hung in the windows, shining brightly in the night.

The streets were filled with people selling all kinds of snacks, the variety was dazzling. The four of them each bought two strings of candied haws with different flavors and walked among the young men and women on dates.

"What else do you want to eat? How about donkey rolls?" Qiao Ran looked gentle and held Jiuli's hand the whole time without letting go.

"It's almost time, we have to hurry back." Jiuli looked at her watch, it was almost nine o'clock.

"Okay, Chen Xun and the others are here," so there was no need to go look for them. Qiao Ran sighed, and seeing that their faces were as red as monkey butts, he became confused but did not ask.

When she returned to the classroom, it was full of laughter and joy. It was already the end of the party. When Hou Li saw Qiao Ran and Chen Xun approaching, she felt overwhelmed. How could they be so blatant?

"Chen Xun, Qiao Ran, go ask some servants to go and gather at the gate. We will take a bus to the Century Monument with the students from Class 5. The boys who don't have seats can all take a break.

The bus might be crowded, give your seat to the girls, take care of your classmates, and keep discipline in mind."

"Okay." Qiao Ran and Chen Xun looked at each other, with big question marks flashing in their eyes. Isn't this what the discipline committee member does?

When getting on the bus, Class 1 got on first. Jiuli and Fang Hui sat in the first row, while Qiao Ran and Chen Xun stood in the last row. Further back were a few girls from Class 5 and Wang Jingyi.

There were more than a hundred people crammed into the car, like a stuffy can of sardines, sweating profusely in the middle of winter.

"There are too many people here and the air is not circulating well. If you feel dizzy, take two mints." Qiao Ran waved his hand, touched the mint in his pocket and handed it to Jiuli. His voice was heard clearly by everyone around him.

"Okay, it's quite sweet." Jiuli took the mint candy and smiled.

The look in their eyes made the boys from Class 5 who were originally looking over look away. So this beauty has someone else?

"Any more?" Chen Xun, who was protecting Fang Hui's seat, poked Qiao Ran's waist with his arm, "Give me two."

"You didn't bring it?" Qiao Ran took out a mint from his pocket. "Also, don't come to me next time. You should know your limits."

“I know,” Chen Xun rolled his eyes. He would look for someone else next time. Isn’t this his first time falling in love and he has no experience?

He turned to look at Fang Hui, whose face was pale, and said, "Here you go."

"Hmm," Fang Hui put it in her mouth with a smile, "You are so nice." It was obvious at a glance that she had asked for it from Qiao Ran.

"I asked for it specially for you. Next time I'll remember to bring you the orange flavor." Chen Xun smiled so much that his eyebrows were not visible when he received the compliment.

Menling and He Shasha, who were sitting in the back, lowered their heads and whispered to each other. Although they had guessed it, they never expected that they were really together!

When dancing at the Century Altar, Qiao Ran got his wish and stood with Jiu Li as a dance partner, spinning sweetly. Chen Xun from another couple kept running towards Fang Hui and didn't leave.

When the event was almost over, some people from the newspaper crew came to take pictures, but that did not stop Qiao Ran's enthusiasm for taking pictures. He used up two rolls of film and said to Jiuli with a feeling of unsatisfied interest that he should have brought two more.

"I'll bring two more rolls of film to take pictures for you in the future." On the way back, Qiao Ran tilted his head and looked at Jiuli, "When we are old, we can reminisce about the past together. This is the most beautiful one."

"Do I need you to tell me? I'm good-looking." Jiuli raised her face proudly, giving the illusion of an angel in the dim light.

"You are the prettiest, so we can go home." Qiao Ran did not refute, thinking in her heart that she was the prettiest.

Winter vacation came soon after that day, and Qiao Ran, who had already found his way, stayed at Jiuli's house almost every day except the Spring Festival. Qiao Ren said that his son was raised in vain and given to others.

After the Spring Festival, at the invitation of Chen Xun, we went to the temple fair together and ate from the entrance to the end of the temple fair. Of course, the girls just tasted the food, and the ones that couldn’t be eaten were for the three boys.

We walked past Liulichang and slowly returned, stopping at the ring-tossing place. Among the six people, only two cups were hit.

"Is there anyone you like?" Qiao Ran wiped Jiuli's hands.

"No, let's go check there?" Jiuli pointed to the side, "It's already clean, why are you still wiping it?"

"Aren't Jiuli's hands beautiful? Want to touch them more?" Qiao Ran said as he took Jiuli to the place she was pointing at to watch the fun.

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