In the evening, both Yang Jing and Bai Mo had no classes. Yang Jing originally planned to go home to rest as usual tonight, but now he suddenly became curious about how Bai Mo spent this evening last year. So, Yang Jing sat in a milk tea shop outside for a long time until night fell completely before slowly walking back to the dormitory.

Arriving at the dormitory door, Yang Jing whispered in dismay upon seeing it ajar, "This fellow is too careless. He didn't even close the door."

He didn't know Bai Mo was deliberately not closing the door. Every time, Bai Mo hoped Yang Jing would push it open and give himself a big surprise. But from dusk to late night, the clock turned half the earth, but he never waited for the person who should come.

Yang Jing walked lightly into the room. The lights were dim, and Bai Mo had only opened the two usual office spaces. Bai Mo hadn't tidied up his own desk but was sitting unusually on Yang Jing's stool. The surface of the table was also spotless, with pens neatly capped and placed in the pen holder. Teaching materials and notebooks were sorted and arranged, and a person lay alone on my desk, brushing short videos.

Suddenly, I felt a wave of discomfort. No wonder every time I went back, I presented a brand new side of myself. I even praised myself for being so diligent, but now it seems like the people around me were simply bored. I decided to give him a surprise. I quietly exited the room and headed to the milk tea shop. Thinking that Bai Mo wouldn't obediently eat his meal without me, I ordered a takeout of his favorite pork leg rice and bought myself a cup of original flavor milk tea, specifically asking for it to be hot because Bai Mo always prevents me from drinking cold ones.

Looking at the milk tea, I smiled because Bai Mo, as a sports student, hates sugary drinks the most. He dislikes drinking milk tea the most. He doesn't want his muscles to turn into fat, but he always accompanies me to buy it. Although he always advises me to drink less every time, I can't help it.

I came to the door and purposely shouted, "Bai Mo, what's going on! You didn't even close the door."

At the sound of my voice, Bai Mo's eyes lit up instantly. He sprang to his feet, and the charging cable snagged on the pen holder, causing all the pens to scatter across the floor. Bai Mo glanced at the mess on the ground and immediately ran out the door.

Seeing me, Bai Mo was overcome with emotion and hugged me tightly. He couldn't speak from excitement. My hands were full. His arms were tight with muscle as he held me close. I said, "Alright, first help me with these things. I brought you food."

He immediately let go, his hands trembling with an indescribable excitement. He just clenched his fists and shook them gently before finally uttering a single word: “Ah! How could you be here?”

I walked into the room, "Well, don't you want to see me!"

Bai Mo immediately followed, “How is that possible.” He hurriedly helped me pick up the things and said without missing a beat, "Why are you drinking milk tea again! It's already late at night, how will you manage your weight?"

I wasn't annoyed at the moment, instead I felt excited and said, "What? Do you think I'm fat?"

Bai Mo reacted more dramatically, “No, that’s impossible.”

Of course I believe him, “Remember to close the door! It’s late at night.”

Okay.

I returned to the room, picked up the pen, and Bai Mo suddenly experienced the feeling of a wish coming true. His smile was undisguised and as innocent as a child.

"Alright, come sit down! You must be hungry. I packed some food for you, take a look and see if you like it?"

Bai Mo quickly opened it, looking satisfied. “I like it. You picked everything I like.”

"Well, eat up."

Bai Mo got ready to eat, then looked at me and said, "Aren't you going to eat?"

I shook my head. "I just ate outside."

"Outside? Didn't you go home?"

"No, there isn't any today."

Bai Mo took the milk tea from my hand, “Don’t drink that, let’s share this together!”

"As if! I'm stuffed."

"I really don't want to eat."

"Really."

Looking at Bai Mo eating with relish, I said: "So can you tell me what big thing you've done?"

Bai Mo wore a smug expression. "You want to trade for just one meal?"

"Can't I? Then I'll go home."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! We need to switch things up." Bai Mo grabbed me.

Bai Mo Shui said...

Later, the school quickly established football and basketball teams, led by teachers. Every class actively participated, and sometimes during training, Bai Mo would stand and watch.

Bai Mo wasn't really sure about his suggestion, after all, he hadn't seen the results yet. What if the students weren't enthusiastic about participating? It would be a waste of effort.

He soon dismissed the thought. On Friday afternoon, while his classmates were busy preparing for the school team competition, the coaches and teachers were hard at work training. At first, the teacher organized the team well and then, after giving clear instructions, left.

It turned out that the team leader had specifically instructed so. After all, the selected candidates all have a foundation, so the teacher doesn't need to supervise them constantly. The main purpose is to allow the children to make progress on their own, and during training, students who are not in the school team will voluntarily give way to the field. Every student learns from each other.

Bai Mo watched his classmates training and sat down beside them to observe. Bai Mo sat on a bench, crossed his legs, and leisurely shook his feet.

A teacher saw Bai Mo walking down the stairs and walked up to him, saying: "I heard from other teachers that this was your suggestion. Not bad, ah!"

Bai Mo hurriedly turned around and stood up, like a shy golden retriever, scratching the back of his head and smiling: "I think it's okay. I don't know how the effect will be. After all, the amount of exercise has increased all at once..."

Seeing his anxiety, he gently patted his shoulder a few times and said, "I think it's pretty good! Look at them all having fun!" He laughed happily and pointed at the classmates who were passionately engaged in their competition.

Bai Mo smiled contentedly. At that moment, he saw several girls walking toward them. Bai Mo took a closer look and realized they were the same girls who had complained to him about basketball earlier.

They first walked and saw Bai Mo. When he saw them, he sped up to run over and shout, "Teacher Bai."

Bai Mo smiled and nodded at them.

Several girls politely bowed and then shouted, "Hello, Mr. Bai, hello teacher!"

Bai Mo and the teacher beside him answered gently: "Hello."

"Teacher Bai, thanks to you, several of us sisters have joined the school team," Wu Dan, a girl with high ponytail, said excitedly. "Now we finally don't have to fight for rebounds when playing basketball, and with your guidance, it's simply amazing!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

Bai Mo said happily, "That's great."

Wu Dan said, "Teacher Bai, your suggestion is great! How about we treat you to some milk tea?"

Bai Mo also shook his head and said, "This is not necessary. As long as you train hard, I'll treat you all to a drink later. How about that?"

Everyone cheered and shouted with joy. Wu Dan said, "Thank you, Teacher, but forget it. We haven't treated you to a drink yet!"

Bai Mo said: "No need, you guys train hard. Maybe we can organize an alumni match later! If we win, you can ask for anything."

Upon hearing there was still a friendly match, everyone got very excited and said, "Really? That's great."

Bai Mo said, "I do what I say. Now you go compete!"

Everyone cheerfully turned back and said, "Okay, teachers goodbye."

Bai Mo nodded.

The teacher next to them started looking around, Bai Mo said: "Let's go, what are you looking at?"

He retracted his gaze and looked at Bai Mo with a serious expression: "How come I didn't see any students from our class! They would definitely participate!"

Bai Mo looked at him, smiling condescendingly: "You know your students best, don't you? I saw their names a long time ago. Since this place is full, they must be at the basketball court in the back mountains! Let's go take a look."

I gladly agreed.

Just moments ago, as soon as class ended, a student came into the classroom and said, "The members of the school team are gathering on the track for practice."

Many people signed up, and everyone gathered on the playground. After the teacher had everyone warm up, they divided the teams into two groups, with another teacher leading them to the back mountain.

The teacher stood in front of the line and said, "Alright, from now on, White Ink Teacher and I will be leading your daily training. Most of the time it'll be me, so welcome me?"

Everyone cheers: "Welcome!"

The teacher said, "My name is Jiang Lei, from now on you can call me Teacher Jiang. Now I'll tell you the requirements. The weekly training will be on Wednesday and Friday afternoons at this time, understand?"

Everyone answered: "Understood!"

Jiang Lei said: "Okay, so you guys are the second team now, and I'm the coach of the second team. We need to choose a captain to help me manage things."

Jiang Lei looked around at everyone, and they all looked at each other before chaotically recommending candidates. The loudest voice belonged to a male student who was recommending his friend: "Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng! He has to be the one to play basketball."

Then everyone started chanting, with people all around shouting: "Zhang Cheng..."

Looking at everyone's expectant faces, my heart was pounding even more than theirs. But on the surface, "I need to be composed," actually, oS: "Must open wide!"

Zhang Cheng remained silent. At this moment, Jiang Lei also laughed and looked at Zhang Cheng, saying: "Okay, Zhang Cheng, it's your turn. Don't let everyone down. Your cheers are so high. And you're really good at basketball! The teacher has observed you several times. Seeing you both join my team, I feel that my workload has decreased a lot! The teacher is very optimistic about you."

Zhang Cheng smiled slightly and said, "Okay, Teacher Jiang."

Hearing this, everyone was in an uproar. The girl beside him was too excited, although she didn't show it so obviously, she OS: "(stomping her feet anxiously), Zhang Cheng, choose me, choose me, if you don't choose me, you try."

He was taken aback but said, "See? I expected this all along."

Jiang Lei also readily agreed and said: "Good, just the two of you. (Jiang Lei's eyes suddenly lit up) You are the one who has been playing basketball with Zhang Cheng recently, right? Not bad! Although a bit slow, he is a good seedling. By the way, your name is…"

He hurriedly added, "Wei Huanyang, my name is Wei Huanyang."

Jiang Lei also woke up like a dream and said, "So you're the new student! I often hear people talk about you, but the physical education teacher just can't remember people. Well, well."

Wei Huoyang glanced at Zhang Kai, who in turn smiled and nodded at him.Zhang Cheng replied with a knowing smile, "Team Leader, it's been a pleasure working with you."

Zhang Cheng nodded with a smile.

"Alright, today's the day for gathering and assigning tasks. Previously, the teacher list wasn't kept well, so we need to re-count. But we're changing things up a bit – no need to list your grades or names. After all, you're all in grade 12. We'll take a picture. The good news is that anyone who wants to withdraw now can do so unconditionally. For those who want to withdraw later because they can't handle the training, you'll need to write a 5000-word application. Think it through carefully." Jiang Lei looked earnestly at everyone.

Soon, several girls whispered to each other, and then three of them stood up and said, "Teacher, we want to quit."

Jiang Lei said softly: "Really? Have you thought it through? Couldn't so many handsome guys keep you?"

The girls looked at the team, and the boys at the back of the team were striking poses to show off. I watched as Leng Yang remained expressionless. A boy said with a smirk, "Don't leave, girls from Class One. We can teach you."

Zhang Cheng stood beside him and whispered, "You're so kind!" Then he patted his back hard. The boy couldn't control himself and fell forward. At the critical moment, he took a big step towards Jiang Lei. Jiang Lei was startled and quickly backed away. After stabilizing himself, he said, "Classmate, what's wrong with you?"

He quickly explained, "I'm sorry, teacher! I just lost my balance."

Jiang Lei immediately laughed and said, "You kid aren't good at all! Seeing a girl walk away, you can't even keep your steps steady."

He immediately shook his head and said, "Teacher, don't talk nonsense!" Everyone burst into laughter. He immediately looked at me awkwardly and sheepishly, then walked closer and whispered, "Brother, why did you push me?"

Wei Hu yang glared at him, and he immediately retracted his gaze, then honestly said: "It's not like that..."

Wei Huanyang's tone was serious, he snorted with a nasal sneer, laced with sarcasm and teasing as he said: "Oh! So you know which class I belong to already."

He panicked a little and then said, "That's all from the past."

I stayed silent. In the end, they didn't leave. Zhang Cheng pulled Wei Huanyang to the last row and said, "It's time for a photo, stand next to me. If someone comes over, all of you follow closely behind. Some people stood silently at the very edge."

"Okay!" Jiang Lei gave the order, and everyone dispersed. Jiang Lei said, "Alright, everyone go back! And Zhang Cheng, I'll take the photos to your class. After that, if I'm not there, you count attendance first and then warm up."

"Having said that, Bai Mo stopped and looked at Yang Jing, who was already bored to sleep beside him. Bai Mo whispered, "You're going to listen again, and now you're sleeping." Then he gently patted Yang Jing, who slowly woke up when touched by Bai Mo. He then grumbled, "This is your big deal, why are all these other people's business!"

Bai Mo wore an innocent expression. "If it's used on other people, it's definitely their business."

"Oh, I'm too tired to listen anymore."

So, you think I'm impressive?

Yang Jing nodded. "Impressive, my brother's skill, I believe in it."

……

The next day at noon, after lunch, Chiang Ci sat across from me. I pulled out my phone and showed him the chat history between me and Ningning yesterday: "Here, take a look at this."

Nining: (Ge, have you guys been busy lately?)

Me: [It's the same as usual.]

(Oh, I thought so.)

What's wrong? What do you think you are doing.

(So, bro, has Jiang Ci ge been busy lately? What's he up to?)

He wasn't doing anything, anyway! What's wrong? Why are you concerned about him?

You don't care about me!

(There isn't, brother. Chiang Ci hasn't contacted me to play in a long time, and he hasn't messaged me either.)

The last time he looked for me was probably last week. He was standing in front of our class, with several girls around him.

Why are you interested in this?

(Brother, did I make Brother Jiang angry?)

(Bro, I heard that a lot of girls like him. Will Brother Jiang Ci still treat me as a good sister?)

[A furious emoji] Ningning, you're still being corrupted by him at such a young age.

He is a total jerk, don't fall for him!

Don't tell me you fell for him, he didn't do anything! How could you be so easily swayed?

(Brother, what are you thinking?! He's my good brother and also my best friend.)

<(Bro, he's great. He's the best thing that's happened to me since I came to this school.)

How do I put it?

(Brother, I'm having a hard time adapting to the new environment. Although you and Zhao Ai are by my side, I just don't like this environment. I don't feel like making friends, and I can't be as carefree as Zhao Ai.)

(He really cares about me, I'm so lucky to have his WeChat. He makes me feel the joy of being replied to instantly and comforted.)

<<<(You guys spoiled me since I was little, and when I'm alone I can't even stand it. One night on your birthday, late at night, I don't know what came over me, but I suddenly really wanted to be with you, Dad, and Mom. Thinking of Mom's face, I couldn't help but cry. That day, I didn't sleep with Zhao Ai either. I didn't want to wake them up, so I sent a message to Brother Jiang Ci with a try-it mentality saying that I missed home.)

It was my fault for not being by your side.

It's okay, bro. I just lost my cool that day, and now thinking about it, I feel so embarrassed.

(Brother, just those three words. After a few seconds I thought he wouldn't reply, so I cried, not daring to cry loudly.)

(Soon, Jiang Ci's brother sent me a message to comfort me: It's okay, I can see my brother tomorrow.)

I said I wanted to see Mom now. He sent me many messages in a row, asking if I was crying. I didn't admit it, and he asked if I could video chat. I refused, and then he knew I was crying, so he comforted me carefully and earnestly.

He also said he missed home, and told me a story about how when he was little, he climbed over the wall to go home but got sent back. That made me laugh. Then he kept typing, saying he understood how I felt and telling funny stories. I felt much better right then. After that, I felt like he was there with me, just as safe as you.

Is this what he can do?

(Yes, brother, do you have time to ask him for me? I'm a girl and it's embarrassing to keep going to him.)

[…Alright…]

(Thank you, brother, I love you!)

Jiang Ci read it carefully. I saw that his eyes were wet, and then he respectfully handed me the phone and didn't eat a single bite of food.

Shen Lin said, "Come on, Jiang Ci, you're actually crying? What's so touching?"

Chiang Ci laughed and wiped away his tears, saying: "It's nothing, I'm just very happy."

People don't understand, "You're happy yet crying, Jiang Ci are you okay?"

Shen Lin touched his forehead and said, "You don't have a fever!"

Jiang Ci pushed open his mouth wide and ate, I watched with a sense of comfort. I smiled and said, "So, do you know what to do now?"

Jiang Ci raised his head and said happily, "Got it, I understand. Little sister should be treasured."

I smiled gratefully and said, "Thank you for taking care of Ningning when I was unable to."

Jiang Ci smiled like a child and mischievously added, "Does this have your brother's consent?"

I glared at him.