Xiaolu laughed and said, “OK!” He was secretly very pleased, because now he had an excuse to invite Long Xi to his home, more often. Haha, the golden retriever was a great help! Was it because he saved its life and it was now returning the favor? Good-heartedness often met with recompense!

Mo Kun seemed to be able to read Xiaolu's mind, so he laughed and said, “I'll be accompanying Xixi each time, thanks for your hospitality!”

His smile was the sly kind of smile that implied that it had seen through everything without revealing it, and made Xiaolu sneer. Alas, Master Xi and Big Brother Kun were already a pair. Did he still have any chance?

Long Xi and Mo Kun said goodbye to Xiaolu. Xiaolu personally sent them to the gate and watched them get into the white Lykan Hypersport, parked outside the gate.

Xiaolu liked cars very much. Of course, he knew what kind of car it was. Even Fan Qianqian, the superstar, was reluctant to buy such a car for driving.

It seemed that Mo Kun was a secret billionaire! Alas, this rival was really too strong!

Mo Kun and Long Xi drove to the back hill and installed a pair of mechanical front legs for Kunkun. Kunkun could walk on its four legs immediately.

After an hour of practice, it could run, jump, and even hunt for its own prey. It was as if it had been reborn.

Mo Kun sent Xixi home first, then drove the invisible MK7 to send Kunkun and its children back to Kunkun's hometown, the land of snow in the north of Z Country.

Although it left with some reluctance, it was not the place for snow leopards, after all.

However, Mo Kun installed a tracker on Kunkun's mechanical feet, so that he and Long Xi could visit Kunkun and its children here, in the land of snow.

In the evening, Mo Kun returned to Long Xi's home, used the laptop to patent his own inventions, that of the mechanical legs and the test paper for sleeping pills, on the internet.

The test paper for sleeping pills was somewhat similar to the PH test paper that was often used in chemical experiments. When it encountered any liquid containing sleeping pills, it would immediately change color. And it could also measure the percentage of sleeping pills contained in the liquid, in the total weight of the liquid.

If he could acquire these two patents, Mo Kun's forthcoming company would have two more products.

The next day was Monday, and Long Xi returned to school as usual.

When she arrived in the cla.s.sroom, she saw that Xiaolu and Yu Lanjie were there, too.

Yu Lanjie's hands were almost healed, but her feet were not that mobile yet. However, she was able to walk upstairs on her own, with crutches.

Xiaolu still sat next to Long Xi and said, “My mother came back last night. Her att.i.tude was different. She had a long talk with me and finally convinced me. I decided to come back to school for normal cla.s.ses, but I won't live in school and will go home after cla.s.s. My mother hired a special art exam tutor for me, so I will be going home to make up for my lessons. After cla.s.s, I'll practice in the dance room at home. “I'm going to take the art examination in December and apply for the Dance Performance Department of the University of Film and Television in City B.”

Long Xi said frankly, “That's good. In fact, I'm also a little reluctant for you to leave so soon!”

Xiaolu squinted and said, “Just a little? If there's anything I will miss most at this school, it will be you!”

Long Xi saw Weiwei entering the cla.s.sroom, with her schoolbag on her back, and fearing that she might misunderstand Xiaolu's words, she immediately changed the subject and said, “Go and do the morning reading! A day's plan starts in the morning, and the brain has the highest memory efficiency in the morning.”

Xiaolu saw Weiwei greeting him, and immediately understood Long Xi's meaning, so he smiled and said to Weiwei, “Good morning!”

Weiwei replied, with a smile, “Good morning!”

Long Xi had not seen Weiwei smile like that for a long time, and was very happy for her, in her heart. But Weiwei didn't say h.e.l.lo to her, which made her feel a little sad.

Weiwei held a cup of milk tea and a heart-shaped pink thermal insulation bento box in her hand. She smiled and put them on the table in front of Xiaolu.

Xiaolu smiled and said, “I've had breakfast at home. You can have it.”

Weiwei said in a flirty way, “You love sports, and get hungry very fast! It's your favorite taro-flavored milk tea and Korean beef barbecue that I bought specially for you. They're still warm. Eat them while they're hot! I purposely went to your favorite Korean breakfast shop early in the morning to buy it. There were so many people in the queue that I was almost late!”

Xiaolu was touched and said, “Thanks! Next time, you don't have to go and buy it, we can just have breakfast together in the canteen!”

Weiwei blinked and said softly, “Good! Then I'll wait for you under your dormitory building every morning. Let's have breakfast together.”

Xiaolu gave Long Xi a long look.

Long Xi knew that when he said, “have breakfast together in the canteen”, it meant “we are all cla.s.smates, you don't need to buy something for me, we'll just eat breakfast together in the canteen. Anyway, we would probably meet each other at breakfast.

But Weiwei misunderstood and thought it meant “making an appointment to have breakfast together”.

If it was in the old days, Long Xi would take the opportunity to make fun of them. But today, even though Long Xi received Xiaolu's look for help, she dared not open her mouth to help him out. She was afraid of saying something that would make Weiwei unhappy. “Xiaolu, I'm sorry!”

Xiaolu was a little disappointed that Long Xi did not help him to explain.

When he saw Weiwei so happy, he dared not say in front of so many cla.s.smates that “you misunderstood my meaning”. He could only bite the bullet, saying, “Don't wait for me, we'll meet in the canteen anyway.”

Weiwei completely misunderstood and said excitedly, “Then I'll wait in line for you in the canteen. What do you want to eat? I'll buy it for you first, and you can eat it as soon as you come.”

Long Xi sighed at the great magic of love, in her heart! Weiwei was a sleepy pink piglet. In the old days, it was Long Xi and Yu Lanjie who helped to buy meals for Weiwei, as Weiwei was always late.

Xiaolu touched his nose and said embarra.s.sedly, “That's not necessary. I usually get up very early to exercise in the morning. And I usually run to the canteen. Well, let's make a deal. Whoever gets there first, will get in line, and then we will all eat together.”

Weiwei smiled and nodded vigorously.

For the first time since Weiwei's accident, Long Xi saw such a sweet smile on her face. She looked as pleased as seeing a gla.s.s of cool fresh watermelon juice in summer!

Weiwei returned to her seat, joyfully. She and Yu Lanjie sat behind Long Xi and Xiaolu.

After a while, Xiaolu went to the bathroom, and Weiwei suddenly patted Long Xi on the back.

Long Xi was so happy that she hurriedly looked back at her and asked carefully, “Can I help you?”

Weiwei's eyes twinkled and she whispered, “Can I change seats with you? I want to sit next to Xiaolu.” Her tone of voice was polite and distant as if she was determined to write off the previous friends.h.i.+p, to call it quits.

Long Xi's smile stagnated. Her heart was a little aggrieved, a little painful, as if there was a part of her heart that had been ripped out.

She nodded silently, placed the books and homework books on the desk into her schoolbag, and changed seats with Weiwei.

Weiwei lowered her head and said, “Thank you.” And then she sat happily in Long Xi's original position.

Long Xi was filled with sadness, and her vision blurred.

Yu Lanjie couldn't bear it. She wanted to say something, but she couldn't say it out loud.

She was well aware of Long Xi's attachment to the friends.h.i.+p and her concerns about Weiwei. At this time, she felt what Weiwei did was unfair to Long Xi.

When Xiaolu came back from outside, he saw Weiwei sitting in Long Xi's position, while Long Xi sat in Weiwei's position. He felt a little strange and asked, “Have you changed seats?”

Weiwei said, “Little Xi said she wanted to change seats with me. She wanted to take care of Lanlan.”

She looked at Long Xi, with imploring eyes. Long Xi was stunned and said with a forced smile, “Eh yes!”

Xiaolu felt unhappy in his heart. Why did he feel that Long Xi was getting farther and farther away from him? Didn't they make an appointment to be each other's angel? As for Weiwei, it seemed that she was different, as if she already lost her innocent loveliness from before?

The cla.s.s bell rang after the schoolmates' homework was collected.

It was the physics cla.s.s.

Mr. Xu was still in detention, his case was being tried, and as the nature of the case was too severe, he could not be released on bail. Moreover, after what happened, even if Mr. Xu came back, the school would not continue to hire him.

Therefore, the school hired another subst.i.tute teacher, a young female teacher who had just graduated. Her surname was Deng, and she was said to be the niece of the president Deng Chao.

Teacher Deng was enthusiastic but inexperienced, and didn't explain the key problems well.

After cla.s.s, Xiaolu did not understand several questions, so he turned to Long Xi for help. Long Xi answered him patiently as usual.

Weiwei said to Xiaolu, “Little Xi is the representative of the Chinese cla.s.s. You should ask Yan w.a.n.gchuan, the representative of the physics cla.s.s!”

Xiaolu was unhappy and said, “I have always asked Master Xi, what's wrong with that?”

Fearing that he would be angry, Weiwei cupped her cheeks with her hands and said, “Nothing, I'm just jealous!”

Long Xi said, “Xiaolu and I are pals.”

Xiaolu said, “Weiwei, in fact, Master Xi is very kind to you. Don't be like that.”

Weiwei muttered and said, “I didn't say she isn't nice! But I have the right to choose who to be friends with. The friends.h.i.+p between Little Xi and I is over, and now I'm good friends with Man Shahua.”

“Man Shahua? She and Master Xi are mortal enemies, you know that…” Xiaolu was a little anxious.

Long Xi quickly cut Xiaolu off, saying, “Brother Lu, let's talk about this question, and we'll talk about others later!”

Xiaolu knew that Long Xi had good intentions and wished Weiwei's mental state would recover soon, so he said nothing more.

At the end of school at noon, Weiwei insisted on going to the canteen with Xiaolu, and Xiaolu did not object.

Soon, the news that Fan Xiaolu, one of the two campus-gra.s.ses in senior grade three, and Wei Wei, one of the five campus-flowers, had a meal together, spread quickly.

In other people's eyes, they were like a pair of matching lovers, causing envy and jealousy!

For this gossip, Xiaolu did not take the initiative to clarify and explain, while Weiwei herself admitted to it, with a lot of smiles. So the gossip continued to spread!