Xu Shi'an's progress was visible to the naked eye: with Xu Qing and Xu Jin already pulling him forward, and now with his own initiative, his grades had finally stabilized. Although he still wasn't among the top of his class, Xu Qing became more convinced of her suspicion that he had been lazing around on purpose and took every opportunity to educate him in secret.
When school resumed after the holidays, Qing had transferred to the arts stream, without much fanfare. Aside from a few close friends, not many people noticed the change.
Xu Jin only knew that the desk mate who got along well with Shi'an had disappeared, having heard that he had moved to the art class.
One day, after coming home from school and cleaning out her bag, she unearthed a sheet of drafting paper from an old book, not knowing when it had been slipped in there. Unfolding it, she found a pencil sketch.
