"Let me... hug you?" Mei Fang hesitated for a while, then confirmed Xia Yuan's needs again.

"is it not OK?"

"It's not that...well...I don't know how to say it."

You will suddenly feel that something is strange.

He and Xia Yuan Lin Youxi had hugged each other before, but they were just kids at that time, and it basically happened before the fourth grade.

Later, when they grew up, they had much less physical contact. Whether in public or in private, they basically didn't hold hands anymore. Sometimes, Xia Yuan would take the initiative to hold hands and hold arms.

But when she thought of this situation, Mei Fang suddenly understood Xia Yuan's feelings.

Precisely because Xia Yuan is the one who leads the friendship between the three of them every time, she will emphasize this point this time——

I can take the initiative to hug her.

Because feelings that are not responded to are painful.

Especially when we realize that the distance between us is getting farther and farther, and we may eventually become strangers.

This is the most insecure moment for a person.

Whether it is friendship or love, the principle is the same.

So Mei Fang looked up at Xia Yuan, and then slowly came closer.

"Then... give me a hug? But this is a friendly hug from childhood sweethearts."

"Um!"

Xia Yuan was very happy that Mei Fang agreed to her wish. She sat obediently on the armchair and waited quietly for Mei Fang to lean towards her.

He leaned down, and after meeting Xia Yuan, he awkwardly opened his arms and held the clothes on Xia Yuan's back.

Xia Yuan did not lean in, but smiled softly in Mei Fang's ear:

"Afang, is this the first time you take the initiative to hug someone?"

"Well... wasn't it often when I was a kid?"

"Nonsense. We just held hands a lot when we were kids."

Xia Yuan snorted and said, "And I said active. I used to hold your hand, and you didn't take the initiative to hold me. And in this state now, I can't feel you touching me at all. If you hug me again,

Just hold me tight."

"..."

Mei Fang crossed her arms and gently hugged Xia Yuan, allowing Xia Yuan to lean on Mei Fang's shoulder.

Xia Yuan closed her eyes with a smile on her face, a very satisfied expression.

She also opened her arms and hugged Mei Fang tightly.

"Is this better?"

"Hmm...that's a lot."

…

After a while, Mei Fang asked Xia Yuan softly: "How long are we going to hold each other like this...?"

"Well... just wait until my father comes and knocks on the door!" Xia Yuan said as if he was murmuring in a dream.

"ah?"

"Haha, I lied to you."

Xia Yuan opened his eyes, let go of Mei Fang's arms, smiled at Mei Fang and said, "Were you scared just now? Your heart was beating so fast!"

"Yuanyuan, you have really changed."

Mei Fang looked dissatisfied, "You used to be a little angel, how could you be so evil and scary now?"

"Then you don't like me now?" Xia Yuan tilted his head.

"How is it possible? Of course it is——"

Mei Fang was stunned for a moment when she was about to answer. After Xia Yuan came to his senses, he also looked very embarrassed, lowered his head and muttered:

"Today, today...that's it. Thank you for giving me super Alfang energy. I feel much better now."

Xia Yuan rubbed his eyes, then smiled at Mei Fang: "I will cheer up and try to catch up with you!"

"okay."

Mei Fang would not tell Xia Yuan not to work hard.

Because he knows that Xia Yuan is a girl who wants to make progress, and he is willing to support Xia Yuan to continue to achieve her goals.

…

After thinking about many things in her past and present lives, Mei Fang couldn't sleep all night, lying quietly on the bed and looking at the ceiling.

Then it writhes like a maggot.

Then he looked at the ceiling again.

Then it writhes like a maggot again.

I feel like there was a similar scene many years ago.

But that time it was when I was hugged by Youxi.

Speaking of which, Yuan Yuan is really...

It's different from children.

Mei Fang once again hugged the quilt and twisted wildly like a maggot.

Early the next morning, Xia Yuan came to Mei Fang's house to go to school with him as usual. She looked the same as usual.

"Afang, you didn't sleep well last night! You look listless. Is it because you studied too late?"

"It's okay. I drank too much water last night, so I couldn't sleep well..."

Ever since they started calling themselves childhood sweethearts, they always go to school together except when their parents pick them up.

But now the Experimental Middle School is far away from home. They will take the bus in the morning and if they are lucky, they can meet Lin Youxi.

This time they did run into Lin Youxi. Now that the weather was getting colder, she kept rubbing her hands to breathe to keep warm. When she saw Mei Fang and the others coming, they took the initiative to say hello to them. They found that Lin Youxi was wearing a mask today.

"There is something here!"

As soon as Xia Yuan saw Lin Youxi, he hugged her warmly.

Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi hugged each other every day. Youxi never resisted, but this time she just hugged Xia Yuan briefly and relaxed.

"Yuanyuan...don't get too close to me."

Lin Youxi coughed a few times as he spoke, "Ahem...I have a little cold."

"Ah, did you catch a cold last night? Do you want to take a day off today? I see you are not in good spirits." Xia Yuan patted Lin Youxi's shoulder.

Lin Youxi waved her hand, then found a notebook from her schoolbag and handed it to Xia Yuan.

"This is the key points of knowledge and classic question types in the first four units of mathematics. If you understand these clearly, the exam should be easier..."

Xia Yuan took the notebook from Lin Youxi's hand and was bothered by dozens of pages of reading notes. Suddenly he couldn't help but sob.

"Youxi...did you stay very late last night, so you caught a cold?"

"It's all my fault that I'm too stupid to make you worry so much about me..."

Xia Yuan grabbed Lin Youxi's clothes and suddenly burst into tears and sobbed loudly.

"I, I also took notes myself. I didn't write anything specifically last night. I just added some content last night. Ahem... Oh, you really are."

Xia Yuan ignored Lin Youxi's explanation and just kept holding her and crying.

"Don't be like this, I really have a cold and I will pass it on to you...cough cough."

Lin Youxi really couldn't pull Xia Yuan away, so she could only gently stroke Xia Yuan's head to comfort her.

She is now half a head taller than Xia Yuan, and she does feel like an older sister taking care of her younger sister.

"If there is anything you don't understand about your notes, come to our classroom and ask me anytime after class, and I will explain it clearly to you. Or... I will study with you like A Fang in the evening."

"Youxi... You and A Fang are both so kind to me. If I don't do well in the exam again, it will really be unjustifiable..."

Xia Yuan rubbed his red eyes, "I want to win back all my previous losses in the midterm exam! Cough, cough..."

"I told you that you would be infected by me!"

In order to catch up with Lin Youxi and Mei Fang again, Xia Yuan made great determination this time.

She studies hard every day, and the other two people have been supporting Xia Yuan, answering her questions and looking for better learning methods and problem-solving ideas.

The time has come for the first and most important midterm exam in junior high school. The exam in the first year of junior high school will test Chinese, Mathematics, Politics, History and Geography.

Although these liberal arts scores will be tested in the first year of junior high school, they will not be included in the overall ranking of the midterm exam. This is relatively disadvantageous for Xia Yuan, who is good at liberal arts, but in the end, her main subject scores did not live up to the results of her hard work in recent days——

Chinese 114, English 117, the most difficult mathematics for Xia Yuan, also got 109 in this exam. Xia Yuan ranked 7th in Class 8 and 23rd in grade. Facts have proved that the overall level of Class 8 is too

Taller.

For reference, Lin Youxi is ranked first in grade, and Mei Fang is tied for fourth.

Although there is still some gap between Lin Youxi and Mei Fang, Xia Yuan is satisfied with his current state.

Now, whether Xia Yuan is with Mei Fang, Lin Youxi or in her own class, she has her usual sweet smile on her face again.

In this way, Yuan Yuan’s study pressure crisis was temporarily over.

But it's obvious that Yuan Yuan is not good at science-related knowledge, and I don't know if I can keep up with physics and chemistry in the future...

Mei Fang is worried about Yuan Yuan's future.


Chapter completed!