If you look closely, you can notice that William's hand playing the game paused slightly. He "hummed" in response, then put his phone into his pocket.
Ellie couldn't help but smile a little embarrassedly at his words.
Daniel said, "Ellie, that guy just now wasn't from our school, right? Was he hitting on you?"
"No," Ellie replied, then asked, "Hitting on me?"
"Yes, yes, yes, that's what it's called," Daniel confirmed.
"No, it wasn't. We just met at the bookstore before."
Daniel said, "Ellie, you're too innocent. It was clearly a pick-up attempt."
Hearing this, Ellie was taken aback and asked, "Really?"
"Yes," Daniel said, then continued, "But I bet a lot of people will ask for your contact information today, right?"
"Not really," Ellie responded.
Aria chimed in, "Are there any handsome guys? Like that one just now."
Ellie thought seriously for a moment, then said, "I don't know."
She didn't pay much attention to those people's appearances.
William wondered if Ellie would obediently give her number to those guys who blocked her on the road to ask for her contact information.
Aria asked, "So Ellie, did you give it to them?"
Ellie shook her head and said, "No, Sarah asked them if they didn't have Instagram themselves."
Her serious tone made Aria and Daniel laugh.
"Ellie, Sarah seems to be pretty good to you," Aria said.
"I remember on the first day, Sarah also looked for Ellie, haha, didn't expect you two to be so close now," Daniel added.
William's expression was indifferent, and he didn't say anything.
Ellie said earnestly, "She is really nice."
"Little prude, who do you think is not good?" William thought that it would be difficult for her to say who is not good.
As expected, after he asked, Ellie looked thoughtful.
William was about to say "just kidding," when he heard Ellie say, "The last English teacher was not good."
"Why?"
"Because he was very disrespectful, speaking ill of you and also speaking ill of Teacher Fang."
This made William a bit surprised; it was for this reason, and he himself didn't care about it.
Ellie continued, "And that boy before, he was not good either."
There was an inexplicable feeling of being favored, and William's eyes were filled with laughter. He said, "What about me? Am I good?"
Their voices were not very loud, but Daniel, who overheard them, felt the world was a bit strange. William actually asked this kind of question.
"Good," Ellie said, then added, "Very good."
William laughed again, his eyes filled with laughter. "Why is that?"
"I think so myself."
William was amused by her answer and wanted to tease her, saying, "Your judgment might be wrong."
Ellie looked at him a bit stunned.
William found her dazed look quite cute.
Daniel noticed that William was usually cold to everyone, not even smiling much with them, but with Ellie, he often showed his smile.
He remembered the nickname William just called Ellie and was very curious.
Unable to hold back his curiosity, he asked, "William, why do you call Ellie 'little prude'? She doesn't seem prudish."
Ellie heard William say, "You have to ask her that."
"Ellie, why?"
Before Ellie could speak, her ears turned red. Looking at William's teasing gaze, she said, "He said I persuaded him to study, so he called me the 'little prude' who persuades people to study."
Daniel's face showed an expression of sudden realization.
Aria, however, felt that the nickname had an inexplicable pampering tone, and even the sentence seemed to have that flavor.
But since it was William, she thought she might be overthinking.
The performances at the sports meeting were carried out in an orderly manner.
The girl from Class 17 who performed with a ukulele took the stage, and the students from Class 17 cheered.
She was wearing a black hoodie, holding a ukulele, and her fingertips gently plucked the strings. As soon as she began to sing, she amazed everyone.
She sang "Riding a Horse."
"The rain outside the window has stopped
The lights in the house are still off
..."
Her voice was low, which was easy to drive people's emotions.
"...
Laugh at me for letting you go, go, go
Go
..."
Hearing this, Ellie felt a sourness in her heart for no reason.
Aria said, "I've never heard this song before, it's really nice, Ellie."
Ellie nodded, "Yes, it's nice."
The sports meeting suddenly turned into a concert.
The two boys from No. 6 Middle School who took the stage later performed street dance.
Their dance was very exciting.
Aria grabbed Ellie's arm and said, "I can't do it, this sports meeting is the eighth time I've had a crush."
Ellie listened to her words and smiled with her eyes curved.
The sketch performance by Class 17 was also very successful.
The audience laughed together.
The last performance was from No. 6 Middle School.
The teenager took the stage. He had a cleaner look, with peach blossom eyes that seemed to be affectionate to everyone. He was holding a guitar and wearing a white shirt, looking very gentle and bright.
Like the sunshine in summer, very bright.
Almost as soon as he took the stage, there was a scream from the audience.
Landon's face showed no sign of stage fright. He gently plucked the strings, and the smile on his face was like a spring breeze.
Aria felt that he seemed to be plucking not the strings but her heartstrings.
Landon sang a love song.
His voice was low, and singing love songs was somewhat enchanting.
When he was about to finish singing, he glanced in the direction of Class 17 and then left the stage.
Aria said, "Ellie, this is the ninth man I fell in love with today. Damn, he's so youthful, it's killing me."
Ellie was amused by her words.
...
Blake said to Landon, "Man, you're really not a good friend. You actually went over and talked to her alone today."
Landon didn't speak.
Usually, he is very gentle with everyone. No matter who he talks to, he will not be stage-struck or at a loss. Today, however, his brain was completely blank, and he didn't know what to say to her at all.
After a while, he said, "She asked me today if we had met before?"
Blake was excited when he heard this and said, "How did you answer?"
"I said it's fate to meet again."
"Nothing more? Don't you say anything else? Ask for contact information first."
Landon said, "My brain was blank, and then she said she was leaving, and I said okay."
Blake said with a sense of disappointment, "I've never seen you like this before. Why can't you say a word today?"
Landon was silent.