Let's walk together for the rest of our lives. If the host says to leave, she will leave.

The two returned to the classroom to pack up their things and went to the bookstore first. Jiang Mingcheng followed Gu Ling closely.

Jiang Mingcheng looks very fierce when he doesn't smile. Although he carries a schoolbag, his green hair and earrings that don't look good for a middle school student, coupled with his face, make it easy for people to think of him as an uneducated boy.

On the other hand, Gu Ling, wearing a clean school uniform, with a well-behaved face, and looking so cute as he lowered his eyes while choosing books.

Jiang Mingcheng followed behind her like the Big Bad Wolf following Little Red Riding Hood, and the sight of him made the onlookers sweat.

Gu Ling picked and chose for a long time, and finally bought two new exercise books. She held them in her arms and prepared to check out. Jiang Mingcheng held her back and frowned: "Won't you help me take a look?"

The proprietress, who had been watching the two of them, came over, quietly distanced herself from them and stood between them, a look of disapproval on her face.

"Young man, buy whatever book you want yourself. What does it have to do with the girl?"

The proprietress turned around and pushed Gu Ling away: "You want to buy these two books, right? Come on, I'll pay for you."

Jiang Mingcheng followed them with a confused look on her face. After Gu Ling paid the bill, the proprietress pulled her aside to whisper something, glancing at Jiang Mingcheng from time to time.

"Little girl, do you need help? I can help you stop him."

The proprietress's vigilant look made Gu Ling understand something. She suppressed her laughter, turned around and waved to Jiang Mingcheng, and naturally rubbed the boy's green hair.

"Thank you, Auntie. We are friends."

The seemingly obedient girl was actually taller than the boy and could easily ruffle his hair. She lowered her head slightly, with an obvious smile in her black eyes.

The bad boy stood there quietly, pursing his lips tightly, with a fierce look on his face, and a blush gradually climbed up his fair cheeks.

The auras of these two people are surprisingly consistent.

The proprietress realized that she had made a fool of herself by judging people by their appearance, and she gave two pens as a gift somewhat embarrassedly. Gu Ling confiscated them and walked out of the bookstore with Jiang Mingcheng.

Someone pulled the strap of Gu Ling's schoolbag. She stopped and turned around. Jiang Mingcheng said, "Why don't you help me pick out books?"

"You haven't fully understood the previous information, so there's no need to buy a new book."

"Oh." Jiang Mingcheng was silent for a while, then said, "Why did you tell the boss lady that we were friends?"

Gu Ling looked at him with calm eyes: "Aren't we?"

"I mean why did you have to explain to her?" He wrinkled his nose. "Did she say something bad about me?"

The temperature outside was relatively low, and the heat on Jiang Mingcheng's cheeks had faded, but the tip of his nose was a little red from the cold air.

He looks a little unhappy now, and his cold face makes him look even more ferocious. No wonder the proprietress would misunderstand him.

Gu Ling: "I didn't say anything bad about you." Although it's almost the same.

"What bad things can you say about you? Your poor grades? Your ravenous eating habits? Or are you still afraid of the dark even though you're so old?"

Jiang Mingcheng's face darkened as he listened: "Shut up!"

He walked forward angrily, and Gu Ling followed with his long legs. After catching up with him, Jiang Mingcheng slowed down again. It seemed that he wanted to fall behind Gu Ling. In short, he wanted to keep a distance from him.

He walked slower and slower, and finally stopped in front of a store. He saw the appearance of a bad boy through the glass door.

No one would like this image, right?

Gu Ling slowly walked to his side and heard the boy's somewhat frustrated words: "Will it be embarrassing to be with me? I know I'm stupid and my grades are not good. I have been working on this, but there has not been much change in a short period of time."

He touched the green hair on his head and said, "Why don't I dye my hair back? At least it will look normal."

"Jiang Mingcheng."

When he heard Gu Ling calling him, he turned his head away. Then Gu Ling pinched his cheeks and rubbed them. Finally, he put his evil hands on his head and messed around, messing up his green hair before stopping.

Gu Ling gave a faint smile, as if drizzle fell on the lake and created tiny ripples, faint but not to be ignored.

"It's not embarrassing to be with you." She raised her hand to help Jiang Mingcheng put on the scarf. "What's wrong with green hair? It's a vibrant color like spring, and it's also an environmentally friendly color. How cool!"

The boy's green hair was a mess on his head, and he stared at Gu Ling with a pair of blank eyes. There were red marks on his cheeks caused by Gu Ling, and he looked like he had been severely bullied.

"Really?" he asked stupidly.

Gu Ling nodded: "But being afraid of the dark is indeed quite embarrassing."

All his emotions were shattered by these words. He felt ashamed and annoyed, and said loudly: "I'm not afraid of the dark!"

"Kidding."

Gu Ling combed his hair again, his slender fingers moving gently through his hair, and the messy Jiang puppy turned into a handsome boy again.

She lifted the strands of hair from Jiang Mingcheng's forehead, looked at his lively eyes and eyebrows, and said softly, "You can't say that Jiang Mingcheng, who is afraid of the dark, is actually very cute, right?"

It was such a cold day, but Jiang Mingcheng felt that the blood in his body was boiling and his heart was beating abnormally fast.

It took him a long time to find his voice, but he could only utter one word: "You..."

Gu Ling smiled at him, his eyes curved into crescents, and there were even dimples on his cheeks.

When the baby face smiles, it is indeed sweet and soft, and the dimples seem to be filled with wine, which is a bit intoxicating, or like honey, sweet enough to be sickening.

The usually cold voice was slightly amused, and he said lightly, "I was just kidding."

These two jokes, I don't know which one is true and which one is false.

When Jiang Mingcheng came to his senses, he was already sitting in Gu Ling's barbecue restaurant.

Not many people go out to eat barbecue in winter, as everyone prefers to stay in their warm homes.

In the barbecue restaurant, Gu Ling's family and Jiang Mingcheng sat together to barbecue, and the scene was quite joyful.

At seven o'clock, it was completely dark.

Before sending Jiang Mingcheng back, Gu Ling went upstairs and brought down a notebook.

"What is this?"

Gu Ling replied: "Mathematical routine."

"As for mathematics, no matter how things change, they still remain essentially the same. I have written down the methods and approaches for solving classic questions here. I am still sorting out other subjects. You can take this book back and read it first."

Jiang Mingcheng sighed, his face serious: "As the saying goes, anyone in this world may leave you, but not math. Because if you can't do math, you can't do it."

Gu Ling rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Watch less of that crap."

The two were walking on the road, and suddenly fireworks started to be set off in the distance. The dark night sky was lit up by the fireworks. Jiang Mingcheng said, "It's almost the end of the year."

New Year, a day of joy for the whole family.

I wonder if his parents have time to have a reunion dinner with him on New Year’s Eve this year.

"It's still a long way to go before the New Year. Your top priority is to get rid of the last place. If you make progress, how about I give you a gift?"

Jiang Mingcheng was distracted by her words: "Are you so nice?"

Gu Ling glared at him: "When have I ever been bad?"

Jiang Mingcheng smiled. The fireworks in the distance flickered, casting a little light on his face.

He looked at Gu Ling seriously and said slowly: "I am looking forward to it."

Gu Ling was of course a very good person, and he thought that he should prepare a gift for such a good person.

The monthly exam results came out very quickly. Gu Ling and Lu Lin took the first and second place in the grade, with a gap of 50 points between them and the third place.

Chen Fei kept thinking about being a little teacher for Jiang Mingcheng, and this time he worked very hard and made it into the top 200 in the grade.

He was so happy that he jumped up and down as he walked.

However, the biggest dark horse in this exam is Jiang Mingcheng, who improved by 400 places and now ranks 700th.

Four hundred may seem exaggerated, but considering the student population of No. 13 Middle School, it is not outrageous.

After all, most students in No. 13 Middle School don’t care about their grades. There are many students who hand in blank papers, and there are also a lot of students with single-digit scores. It is naturally not too difficult to surpass them.

Once Jiang Mingcheng picks up the knowledge points and improves his basics, he will be able to make great progress.

But there's probably no hope of going any higher.

Most of the students who rank high in the grade are poor students who come here for the scholarships from No. 13 Middle School. It is basically impossible to surpass these people in just one year.

However, Jiang Mingcheng hasn't thought about these things yet. He is more concerned about what kind of gift Gu Ling will prepare for him.