Wu Yili's gaze landed on Ge Dongxu for an instant, and she visibly froze, the smile on her face clearly stiffening.
In that moment, the image of the mountain boy's naive and sincere smile, along with his dark and clear eyes, surfaced in her mind, gradually overlapping with the boy sitting not far away, smiling at her.
"Ge Dongxu!" Wu Yili almost exclaimed in surprise, but ultimately restrained her excitement, nodding subtly at Ge Dongxu before picking up the roll call list.
Because they hadn't seen each other in three years, Ge Dongxu had changed quite a bit, making her feel a sense of unfamiliarity, and that incident from back then was too embarrassing to mention. She feared if she spoke up and Ge Dongxu didn't have a sense of propriety, or if he still naively called her "Sister Yili", it would be incredibly awkward.
