Chapter 33 (2/2)

Cheng Zhiyan strode through the halls of the school and saw that the lights were already off in most of the classrooms. Upon seeing that the light in Xiaotu’s classroom was one of the only ones that was still lit, he hastily picked up his pace.

When he’d almost arrived at the classroom door, suddenly Xiaotu’s maniacal, out-of-breath laughter rang out from the room.

Cheng Zhiyan stopped dead in his tracks at the classroom door and peeked into the classroom through the glass window in the door.

He caught sight of Xia Feng, making weird faces while crawling like a turtle on the ground.

Xiaotu was sitting in her little chair and giggling as she watched Xia Feng’s antics.

From not far away, Xiaotu’s homeroom teacher was watching the two of them fool around with a smile on her face.

The scene could almost have been described as…blissful?

Cheng Zhiyan frowned, as his mental image of Xiaotu sitting in her chair alone with tears in her eyes was completely shattered.

“This rascal, even if no one comes to pick her up, still gets by pretty well…”

Cheng Zhiyan pushed open the classroom door, and, upon hearing the noise, Xiaotu, who had been shrieking with laughter, turned around. As soon as she caught sight of him, she instantly rushed toward him on her little short legs, “Brother Orange Juice! How come you’re so late today?”

“I had something important at school come up at the last minute.” Cheng Zhiyan had lost his balance and stumbled a few steps back when Xiaotu had flung herself into his arms. Then he stooped down, patted her on the head, and muttered in a low voice, “Sorry, I promise I won’t be late another time.”

“It’s all right. I forgive you this time.” Xiaotu nodded, then rushed to her desk with her short little legs. She picked up the can of Fanta Orange Juice on her desk and shoved it into Cheng Zhiyan’s hands. “Here, Brother Wind gave it to me, but I saved it for you.”