Two days passed by in a flash.

On Wednesday, when Xie Jinling came to school, Zhang Jiayi ran over to remind him not to forget to watch the basketball game after school.

Cheng Lin High School is a century-old school. Although Yu City High School does not have a long history as Cheng Lin, it can be regarded as a school with more senior qualifications among other high schools that have just been built a few years ago.

Cheng Lin and Yu City schools are very close to each other, only two streets away.

The two schools have always been in a competitive relationship, whether it is in the scores of the students' exams or in other aspects, they have to compete for the top.

Like the basketball game, once a year, it is only a small part of the competition between the two schools.

However, although it is only a small circle, apart from the attitudes of the leaders of the two schools, the students of the two high schools value and care about it.

After all, on weekdays, no matter how much each of them complains or dislikes the school they are in, once they want to compare with other schools, they will agree with each other with a tacit understanding.

Around five o'clock in the afternoon, here at Yu City High School...

In the basketball court, the backbone of the basketball team is preparing to play a warm-up practice game.

One of the burly boys glanced at the direction of the stands and sighed: "This year I saw more people than in previous years." Moreover, the number of girls was almost several times that of previous years.

The boy next to him wearing the No. 7 basketball uniform said, "I guess half of them came to see Ji Ling." He glanced at the tall boy wearing the No. 4 basketball uniform.

Ji Ling, who was about to shoot, heard the words, and threw the basketball in his hand upwards. The basketball slid through the air in a parabola, and finally fell into the basketball hoop with precision.

It's obviously a simple shot, but he makes it look relaxed and handsome.

Looking at the basketball that fell on the ground, Ji Ling asked: "The people from Cheng Lin should still have Lin Ye."

As the captain of the Yu City basketball team, the boy wearing the No. 7 basketball uniform replied: "There is him," he reminded with a serious look: "Lin Ye's height is too advantageous, you should pay more attention when defending him."

The strong boy who spoke at the beginning speculated: "If Lin Ye participates in the basketball game this time, it is estimated that there will be more people from Cheng Lin High School watching the basketball game than in previous years."

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Here at Cheng Lin High School...

As soon as the bell rang at the end of the last class, Lin Anan packed up the textbooks and came to Xie Jinling's side.

As the head of the Disciplinary Inspection Department, Jian Yi and Zhang Jiayi who participated in the basketball game need to arrive early, so his seat is vacant at this moment.

So Lin Anan sat in Jian Yi's seat, waiting for Xie Jinling to pack up her desk before going to Yu City High School together.

Xie Jinling is wearing red and black clothing as the main body today. The braids under the short hair on both sides hang neatly on the shoulders and neck, and the exposed red feather pendant is very delicate and beautiful.

Lin Anan watched as Xie Jinling sorted the books by size and put them neatly into drawers. Books are books, and notebooks are notebooks. The drawers are neatly placed without any mess.

It seems that Xie Jinling has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Lin Anan smiled, and after Xie Jinling tidied up the desks, she said, "Shall we start now?" She glanced at the time, "The basketball game will start in more than 30 minutes, let's walk slowly over now, More than enough time.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Cheng walked over here and said to Xie Jinling and Lin Anan, "Let's go together, everyone."

Lin Anan looked at Xie Jinling, asking for Xie Jinling's opinion.

Xie Jinling didn't care.

For him, it makes no difference whether there are more or less people.

So in the end, when they left the classroom, there was only Lin Anan and Xie Jinling in the team, and Chen Cheng and a few other students from the first class were added.

After Xie Jinling and the others left the school, the number of teams going to Yu City High School increased again.

From a few people, it became a mighty group of people.

Lin Anan...

Lin Anan really did not expect such a result.

According to the usual practice in previous years, shouldn't everyone go in twos and threes with the friends they made an appointment with? No matter how you walk, you will all come together.

And she remembered that not many people watched the basketball games in the past two years.

Chen Cheng also felt very strange: "What's the situation, what's going on this year?"

Lin Anan shook her head: "I don't know."

A girl in the same class behind her guessed: "It should be because there are Lin Ye and Ji Ling in this year's basketball game."

"Ji Ling?" Lin Anan seemed to have heard Zhang Jiayi mention it.

"It's the small forward of the Yu City basketball team." Chen Cheng shared the information he heard: "It is said that he is quite handsome, and he is also the school grass of Yu City."

The girl who spoke at the beginning expressed her feelings: "It's quite handsome, but just from the appearance, I feel that compared with Lin Ye, it's still a little bit worse."

Of course, character comparisons are not included.

Ji Ling's popularity in Yu City is well-known, and Lin Ye's reputation in Cheng Lin is completely two extremes. If it's just a comparison of popularity, only Lu Huaiyu can win against Ji Ling on Cheng Lin's side.

But... speaking of popularity...

She pursed her lips slightly, glanced at Xie Jinling who was walking between Lin Anan and Chen Cheng, and then glanced at several students from other classes around her who occasionally peeked at Xie Jinling.

Obviously Xie Jinling has never shown her true face, but her popularity in Cheng Lin is increasing day by day. After only one month or so of school, he has become a person of constant enthusiasm in the whole city, and has a degree of discussion that is close to the top three.

So far, on the campus forums, posts about Xie Jinling are still on the front page. The post about his real face under oil paint has become a must-check item for many students every day.

The main reason is that everyone knows too little about Xie Jinling.

Xie Jinling basically doesn't run around in school, and spends most of his time in the classroom, which means that there are very few opportunities for everyone to get in touch with him.

In addition, he and Jian Yi were at the same table, and Jian Yi was sitting outside again.

In this case, even if they are the students in the first class, if they don't have anything necessary to say, it's not easy to go up to Xie Jinling, let alone chat.

In this month, after counting, only Zhang Jiayi, Lin Ye, and Lin Anan had relatively more contact with Xie Jinling.

Distance creates beauty.

The clothes Xie Jinling wears and the paint on her face will give people a sense of mystery that people want to explore, and will make people around them subconsciously pay attention to him.

Over time, the popularity will naturally go up.

Thinking about it this way, the girl added another sentence to her original guess: "Actually, I feel that Xie Jinling is also the reason."

Upon hearing this, Chen Cheng and Lin Anan looked at Xie Jinling at the same time.

Being looked at by Lin Anan and Chen Cheng suddenly at the same time, Xie Jinling raised her eyelids, "Huh?"

Lin Anan and Chen Cheng looked at each other.

Chen Cheng raised his hand and made a number three: "Cheng Lin High School has three major mysteries recently."

Lin Anan took Chen Cheng's words naturally: "First, whether the headmaster's growing lush hair is a wig."

Chen Cheng answered the question: "Secondly, what are the weird noises on the second floor of the library in the middle of the night in the past week, and..."

Speaking of this, Chen Cheng paused for a moment. When Xie Jinling looked at him because of his sudden pause in the topic, he smiled slightly, staring at the paint on Xie Geunling's face and said: "...and the real face of Xie Geunling in class one of the third year under the paint."

Xie Jinling was slightly taken aback, her expression froze for a moment.

How could such a thing become a mystery?

Chen Cheng saw Xie Jinling's doubts, and immediately said: "Why not!" You must know that it has been almost a month since Xie Jinling came to school on the first day.

It's been a month! Thirty days or so!

Not to mention other people in the school, just those students who are in the same class as Xie Jinling have never seen what Xie Jinling's face looks like when he is not painting!

Although he looks at Xie Jinling like this now, he can actually see Xie Jinling's facial features, eye shape, nose, and lips, all of which can be seen.

But the strange thing is that they can see it, but they will be biased by the color and texture of the oil paint on Xie Jinling's face.

I don't know exactly how Xie Jinling drew them, but when they look like them, a kind of visual difference will naturally occur.

This kind of visual difference is very similar to the kind of visual difference that some great painters draw on a plane to create a three-dimensional effect. There will be a very magical dislocation effect, subconsciously affecting their discrimination.

If people only rely on their eyes, they can't remove the painting directly in their minds, and only restore Xie Jinling's true face based on the facial features and outline.

Chen Cheng had thought that he would be able to see Xie Jinling's true appearance on the two-day and one-night autumn outing, but the other party left in the middle of the night, forcing them to wake up the next day without even seeing a hair.

As a classmate in Xie Jinling's class, he was so curious, let alone those students in other classes who had almost no contact with Xie Jinling.

Thinking of this, Chen Cheng glanced at Xie Jinling again, and sighed softly: "Student Xie, you are really tormenting me!"

Xie Jinling: "?"

Chen Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a complicated tone: "I don't know if arresting you forcibly to remove your make-up is considered illegal kidnapping."

Lin Anan: "..." Your idea is very dangerous!

She heard from Zhang Jiayi that Xie Jinling was good at fighting, and she got affirmative confirmation from Lin Ye.

With Chen Cheng's body as thin as a bamboo pole, it is estimated that if he really wants to move his hands, before his fingers touch Xie Jinling, he may be easily knocked down by Xie Jinling's throw over his shoulder.

However, Lin Anan totally agreed with Chen Cheng's last sentence.

Xie Jinling, it was indeed too tormenting!

Moreover, Lin Anan reckoned that if Xie Jinling went to Yucheng to watch the basketball game with them today, many students in Yucheng would be curious about his painted face.

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The distance between the two streets between Cheng Lin and Yu City is not far, and it only takes more than ten minutes to walk.

When Lin Anan and his group were approaching the gate of Yu City High School, Xie Jinling stopped. He looked at Lin Anan and said three words: "Milk tea shop."

Lin Anan froze for a moment, then quickly realized.

Lin Ye and Zhang Jiayi both sent her messages, reminding her to take Xie Jinling to that Yunyunmi milk tea shop.

The signature milk tea of ​​Yunyunmi Milk Tea Shop.

Taro balls and bobo.

She remembered.

Lin Anan looked at Chen Cheng: "Go in first, Xie Jinling and I are going to buy milk tea."

Chen Cheng wanted to follow along.

Lin Anan said disapprovingly: "If we all come together, wouldn't the milk tea shop be full?"

It is already very strange for a group of people to walk together like they are parading through the streets, but it will be even more strange if they all stand at the door of the milk tea shop.

Lin Anan followed up and said: "This time the competition venue is Yu City. If you go to the venue now, plus the group of people who arrived earlier, won't our Cheng Lin's momentum increase?"

When Chen Cheng heard this, he felt that this was reasonable, so he made an OK gesture: "Okay, then we will go in first."

…………

Right now, it's time to leave school.

As soon as Chen Cheng and the others left, the surrounding space was quickly emptied.

Xie Jinling, who was wearing the improved Miaojiang costume and painted on her face, was completely exposed to the eyes of the students of Yu City High School.

These students looked at Xie Jinling, their eyes full of curiosity, and some of them even started to discuss——

"That boy is from Cheng Lin?"

"It should be. You see, the girl next to him is wearing Cheng Lin school uniform, and this boy was walking with other Cheng Lin students just now."

"Aren't Cheng Lin's school rules particularly strict? The Disciplinary Inspection Department is notoriously cruel! If this boy is a student of Cheng Lin, can he still wear such clothes? Dress like this?"

"It's not impossible. His outfit seems to be the national costume of Miaojiang, but the style, I feel that it is a little different from the traditional Miao style I know."

"Indeed, this one looks like an improved one, and it looks pretty good if you look closely."

"It should be the Miao nationality. Look at the silver rings and waist ornaments he wears, they are quite recognizable."

"Then what does the paint on his face mean? What does he look like?"

"I don't know, I can't see anything."

These voices were like a switch, and after they said these words, other people joined the discussion one after another——

A boy with freckles on his face suddenly said: "I remembered! My cousin is from Cheng Lin. She seemed to have told me when she first started school, saying that a third grader in their school was airborne. A special transfer student."

"I remember asking her how special she was."

"and then?"

"Then my sister said that he was so special that he would be noticed at a glance when he walked in the crowd. I thought this description was ridiculous at the time, but now it seems that it fits."

After all, whoever made such a dress would be very eye-catching.

Lin Anan listened to these people's discussions, and couldn't help but whispered: "Cheng Lin, are these people afraid that we won't hear you?" When discussing others, they said so loudly.

Although most of them were relatively normal words, there were still a few voices maliciously speculating about Xie Jinling's appearance, which made Lin Anan sound a little annoyed.

The classmate Xiao Xie in their class is good-looking who has been certified by Lin Ye. Showing his face is definitely a proper slap in the face of these ugly men who maliciously speculate on others.

Thinking of this, Lin Anan snorted coldly, and dragged Xie Jinling to buy the signature milk tea.

Yunyun Honey Milk Tea Shop———

While waiting for the clerk little elder sister to make milk tea, Xie Jinling saw a few acquaintances from the seats in the milk tea shop.

Cuntou, tall, with thick eyebrows, and well-rounded features.

It was the person who frightened Shen Xinya with cigarette butts in the long alley that day.

It seems to be called...Xu Zhou?

Xie Jinling recalled that name, and took a few more glances at the cropped man.

Xu Zhou, who was sitting in the milk tea shop, naturally noticed Xie Jinling's eyes behind him. In fact, he had noticed it from the moment the other party appeared. After all, the recognizability of that outfit was simply not too high.

Xu Zhou moved his back to the outside as much as possible, just to avoid being seen by the other party, but in the end he was noticed by the young man in Miao Jiang costume.

Gan!

Xu Zhou tightened his hand holding the milk tea.

He really has some shadows about this person.

When this young man hit someone, he only hit his sore spots, but if you only looked at the surface, you couldn't see anything, as if it wasn't serious at all.

However, in fact, after he went back that day, his whole body was in pain for several days, almost ten days, before he fully recovered.

However, although the physical pain dissipated, psychologically, Xu Zhou's impression of this young man from Miaojiang couldn't be more profound.

If the opponent hadn't actually hit him with his hands at that time, Xu Zhou would have almost wondered if the young man had played a trick on him! Otherwise, why would the whole body be in so much pain, but no wounds or bruises could be seen.

It's just evil!

And there is another thing that makes Xu Zhou even more weird. Ever since he was taught a lesson by the other party that day, the image of this Miaojiang boy pointing a cigarette butt at him and squinting his eyes has always appeared in his mind.

Those light-colored eyes stared at him, and the coquettish feeling emanating from between the brows, with a bright ruthlessness in the sharpness, forced him to recall it from time to time.

Even at the back, there was an inexplicable feeling of warmth in the chest.

What a fuck!

This weird feeling of affection almost made Xu Zhou think that he was suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.

Otherwise, why would you feel short of breath when you think about it?

For this reason, he went to the Internet to check the Gu insect witchcraft of the Miao people. After confirming that this kind of thing has almost been lost, he was a little relieved.

Right now, the more Xu Zhou thinks about it, the more he wants to reduce his sense of existence.

However, the blind boy beside him motioned him to look at the Miao Jiang boy standing outside with a look of watching the excitement, "Brother Xu, Brother Xu, look at that man."

This stupid|pussy voice was very loud, as if he was afraid that he would miss it because he didn't see it.

At this moment, Xu Zhou had the urge to sew up this kid's mouth with adhesive tape, and then slam his head into the trash can.

Fortunately, Pan Chen, who had been beaten by the Miao Jiang boy like him, kicked the boy, and the boy stopped temporarily.

Without eyesight!

Xu Zhou glared at the idiot next to him.

The boy who was stared at was dumbfounded. He just thought that the person outside was amazing, so he wanted to share it with Brother Xu.

Xu Zhou ignored the idiot beside him.

He froze his whole body until he felt that line of sight move away from him, then he let out a soft breath.

After the signature milk tea was ready, Xie Jinling paid for it, and he and Lin Anan each had a cup.

Leaving the milk tea shop, Lin Anan thought of Xie Jinling's thoughtful look just now, and asked him curiously: "What were you looking at just now?"

Xie Jinling thought about the wording, and then said: "I'm looking at some scum."

Hearing that it was trash, Lin Anan didn't intend to ask that kind of unlucky thing anymore, but asked instead: "Is this signature milk tea delicious?"

After Xie Jinling took a mouthful of bobo, she nodded, "It's okay."

Lin Anan smiled, "Then let's go in."

Inside the basketball court.

When Xie Jinling and Lin Anan entered, there were already many students sitting in the stands.

Students from Cheng Lin and Yu City sat on opposite sides of the stands.

Cheng Lin's school uniform is mainly blue and white, which symbolizes the blue of the blue sky and white clouds.

Yu City's school uniform is mainly red and white, which symbolizes the red of the rising sun.

The left side is blue, and the right side is red, which is quite distinct.

The players participating in the field are warming up.

Zhang Jiayi, who had been paying attention to the entrance of the stadium, saw Xie Jinling and Lin Anan coming in, and immediately said to Lin Ye: "Brother Ye, Brother Ye, Lin Anan and Xie Jinling are here."

He raised his hand and waved to Lin Anan and Xie Jinling who were walking towards the reserved seats with a bright face.

Seeing Zhang Jiayi's appearance, Zhao Jingzhou in the second row slightly raised his eyebrows. When he came over, he had never seen this kid so enthusiastic.

The cheerleader Wang Xin, who was two reserved seats away from Zhao Jingzhou, patted the two empty seats beside him lightly, and signaled to his friend, "An'an is here."

Lin Anan walked over first, and naturally sat next to Wang Xin, while Xie Jinling sat in the empty seat between Lin Anan and Zhao Jingzhou.

Zhao Jingzhou took the initiative to greet Xie Jinling.

Xie Jinling took a sip of the milk tea and replied symbolically, with a lukewarm attitude.

Lin Anan glanced around, and sighed again: "There are really many people watching this basketball game." After finishing speaking, Lin Anan saw Zhang Jiayi who was still waving towards this side in the court, and couldn't help complaining: " His hand is almost broken."

And thanks to Zhang Jiayi, the players on the court and the students from Yu City all looked towards them. Or to be more precise, they all looked at Xie Jinling.

Lin Anan turned her head and looked at Xie Jinling who was sitting next to her and drinking milk tea quietly. He lowered his eyes slightly, and he didn't care about the gazes other people put on him, and he didn't even care about the probing gazes of others.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on his body, and the breeze gently blew his jet-black broken hair. On the white ears, the red earrings like feathers were gently swaying at the tail.

Accompanied by the very slight sound of silver ornaments.

There is a sense of tranquility and agility.

Lin Anan looked at it, and suddenly felt that such a Xie Jinling, did she also have another kind of social arrogance?

Lin Ye raised his eyes, and Xie Jinling, who was drinking milk tea with black eyes on the stand, thought of something, and the corners of his lips curled into a very shallow arc.

Ji Ling, who regarded Lin Ye as his opponent, noticed the subtle expression change on Lin Ye's face, and looked thoughtfully at the young Miao Jiang boy with oil paint on his face in the stands.

Who does Lin Ye care about?

Ji Ling raised his eyebrows, and a look of interest flashed across his eyes.

The next second, as if he thought of something fun, he raised his hand to the boy who was drinking milk tea, and made a friendly wink by snapping his fingers.

Ji Ling's appearance is very handsome and sunny, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, straight nose, tall and slender figure, but when he smiles, he is a little milky.

As soon as he finished this action, some girls at Yu City immediately exclaimed excitedly, "You're so handsome!"

Lin Anan didn't understand, "Don't they all feel oily?"

Wang Xin said: "Although oily, Ji Ling's appearance is really handsome."

Zhao Jingzhou narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking, "Why did Ji Ling suddenly show friendship to Xie Jinling?"

Lin Anan looked at Xie Jinling, "Student Xie."

Xie Jinling raised her eyes.

Lin Anan stared into Xie Jinling's eyes, and asked seriously, "Which one do you think is more handsome, Lin Ye or Ji Ling?"

Xie Jinling didn't know why Lin Anan suddenly asked him this question, he looked at Lin Ye on the basketball court, and replied without any hesitation: "Lin Ye."

Lin Anan was satisfied.

In the next second, Xie Jinling asked, "Who is Ji Ling?"

Lin Anan was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

Xie Jinling didn't even notice Ji Ling's sudden friendly wink just now.