When it came to matters of the heart, even though both of them were filled with doubts, they were like snails—extending their feelers to tentatively touch, only to immediately pull back.
Shen Yi's thought was, 'I can't rush things. There's plenty of time, and I can't risk scaring her off.'
And Qin Jiao's thought was, 'I'll just bear with it for now. Once the college entrance exams are over, everything will be fine.'
'We can slowly drift apart and become nothing more than familiar strangers.'
Though their thoughts differed, the outcome was the same. The two shared an unspoken agreement not to mention what had just happened, and they returned to working on their practice tests in perfect harmony.
The gossip came and went faster than a tornado. Jiang Xiaoyue, who had been watching the drama unfold, hadn't even processed it when Meng Lanlan, sitting nearby, poked her with a ballpoint pen and whispered, "Xiao Yue, what's the deal with those two? Are they actually a thing or not?"
