Wandering among the heavens, learning has no end.

"That's it."

Li Jianjian nodded in agreement.

Ling Heping smiled, took out a red envelope and handed it to He Ziqiu: "Here, Ziqiu, this is for you."

"Thank you, Dad Ling."

He Ziqiu immediately accepted the red envelope.

He Ziqiu opened the red envelope and exclaimed, "Wow, Dad Ling, so much!"

He counted them: ten red bills.

"The price went up today. We'll go up the price again when it's your birthday."

Ling's father smiled and looked at Ji Yuan and the others.

"Thank you, Dad Ling!"

Li Jianjian shouted happily.

She likes birthday gifts like this.

How practical.

Gifts like Ling Heping's can sometimes be quite nice. If you can't figure out what the child likes or wants, just give them a red envelope.

Most importantly, the red envelopes were huge!

"Come on, cheers! Happy birthday, Ziqiu!"

Li Haichao smiled and picked up a glass of wine.

Others also immediately picked up their wine or drinks.

Happy birthday, Ziqiu.

Happy birthday, bro.

……

After their birthdays, Ji Yuan and the other three rushed back to school.

In the afternoon, on the school playground.

Qi Mingyue gave the watch she had prepared to He Ziqiu.

When Qi Mingyue was giving out gifts, Li Jianjian dragged Ji Yuan over to watch the commotion.

After He Ziqiu accepted the gift, Li Jianjian and Qi Mingyue quickly left hand in hand.

Ji Yuan looked at He Ziqiu and asked, "Ziqiu, did you figure it out?"

"What? Did you figure it out?"

He Ziqiu asked in confusion.

"Qi Mingyue likes you, have you noticed?"

Ji Yuan said directly.

He Ziqiu rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache: "We're still so young. I think she just acted on impulse and will be fine in a couple of years. We're still students, and studying is the most important thing."

"So you figured it out?"

Ji Yuan immediately understood.

He Ziqiu nodded.

"What are your plans?"

Ji Yuan asked.

"Hmm... I'll make her give up on her own through my actions."

He Ziqiu's idea was simple: as long as he acted a bit more straightforward, Qi Mingyue would eventually lose patience and stop paying attention to him.

"Knowing you as I do, are you planning to give this watch to me or Ling Xiao later?"

Ji Yuan asked.

He Ziqiu's eyes widened.

"You could have guessed that?!"

"I advise you not to. It's a kind gesture from them, and it's not right for you to just give it away to someone else."

Even if you want her to give up on her own, don't do it this way.

You don't need to do anything at all. In a few months, after you finish your college entrance exams, you'll likely go to study in the capital. Being in different places with little contact, she'll probably gradually stop liking you.

Ji Yuan gave He Ziqiu some more normal advice.

"Will this work? What if she keeps refusing to give up? Wouldn't that just keep her hanging on..."

He Ziqiu asked, puzzled.

Actually, if it were someone else, he wouldn't need to care so much.

Within the school, Qi Mingyue wasn't the only one who liked him, but he always pretended not to see it, ignoring other people's good intentions and discouraging them from pursuing him.

But Qi Mingyue is Li Jianjian's friend, and it seems they're almost very good friends, almost best friends.

He and Qi Mingyue are now more or less friends.

Therefore, there were many concerns when dealing with this matter.

"If she can keep going, you should just go for it. Qi Mingyue is pretty good too, she's good-looking and her grades are okay."

Ji Yuan smiled and patted He Ziqiu on the shoulder.

He Ziqiu shook his head immediately upon hearing this.

It wasn't that he had any issues with Qi Mingyue, it's just that he had never really thought about dating.

Because of his family background, he felt somewhat resistant to the idea of ​​such a thing.

Although life is getting better day by day, the ideas formed over many years cannot be changed overnight.

"Anyway, I'm just giving you advice: if you want to refuse someone's kindness, don't go too far."

If you don't want to listen to me, you can always find an opportunity to talk to her directly.

Ji Yuan continued.

He Ziqiu nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Next, He Ziqiu put the watch away. He couldn't give the watch away, but he figured he could just keep it himself.

He felt that if he wore it every day, it might give Qi Mingyue the wrong impression.

……

in the afternoon.

After school, Ji Yuan and his friends went to a milk tea shop near the school to drink milk tea and do their homework.

Qi Mingyue noticed that He Ziqiu wasn't wearing a watch, and her expression showed slight disappointment.

However, she didn't ask directly; she planned to ask Li Jianjian to subtly inquire for her.

Now that Li Jianjian knows she likes He Ziqiu, she can naturally ask Li Jianjian for help whenever she needs anything.

……

night.

Upon receiving Qi Mingyue's message, Li Jianjian immediately went to He Ziqiu's room.

"Hey bro, I heard Mingyue sent you a gift too. Can I take a look?"

Li Jianjian arrived at He Ziqiu's room, sat down, and said...

"Okay."

He Ziqiu took the watch out of his bag and handed it to Li Jianjian.

Li Jianjian glanced at the watch. Although she didn't know much about it, it looked pretty good and probably wasn't cheap.

"Why haven't I seen you wearing it?"

Li Jianjian glanced at her watch and asked the question casually.

He Ziqiu looked at Li Jianjian and roughly understood why she had suddenly come over.

"Li Jianjian, have you betrayed us?"

He Ziqiu looked Li Jianjian up and down and asked.

"Huh? What do you mean by 'defected to the enemy'!?"

Li Jianjian panicked for a moment.

“I’m your brother, and you’re helping outsiders? What else could you be but a traitor?”

He Ziqiu said righteously.

"So you already know... Do you like Mingyue?"

Li Jianjian immediately put the topic of defecting to the enemy out of her mind and started gossiping curiously.

"do not like."

He Ziqiu said without hesitation.

"Why wouldn't I like it? Mingyue is so wonderful..."

"Stop, stop, stop. If you don't like it, you just don't like it. There's no need for so many whys. These kinds of things are hard to explain."

He Ziqiu waved his hand and said.

"Yeah... alright, I'm fine now."

Li Jianjian simply placed her watch on the table and left.

What's the point of keeping the gossip if we can't hear it anymore?

Li Jianjian went next door to find Ji Yuan, who was typing away, and told him about what had just happened.

As Ji Yuan typed, he said, "Just leave it alone. Do you want to be a matchmaker again?"

Our father, Mr. Li, and Aunt He Mei haven't followed up on anything yet, so how can they possibly care about Ziqiu?

Instead of worrying about those two, you'd be better off worrying about Li's father and Aunt He Mei.

"What if Mingyue needs my help or something?"

Li Jianjian was a little troubled.

"You should only offer nominal support, while pretending to be dead in practice."

Ji Yuan said with a smile.

"Playing dead forever won't work."

"Who told you to let Mingyue know so quickly that you knew she liked Ziqiu?"

Now you're caught in the middle, aren't you?

"Here's a suggestion: just be a weathervane. Whenever Mingyue asks you for help with something, ask Ziqiu first. If Ziqiu is willing, then do it; if not, then don't."

"Is being a fence-sitter not a good thing?"

"Then let's use a different word: you're just playing it by ear."

"Good good..."

Li Jianjian grabbed Ji Yuan by the neck.

He looked like he wanted to die together with Ji Yuan.