"What do you think? The place I found is pretty good, right?" Dong Mingming leaned over and asked Gu Xi in a low voice.
It was pretty good.
Gu Xi nodded.
The dessert shop that Dong Mingming found was not far from the school, but it was not located on the street. Overall, it was very quiet.
Moreover, the shop owner considerately added partitions between each seat, forming a semi-enclosed small booth. The whole atmosphere made people feel very comfortable.
Looking around, there seemed to be a lot of people who came to this shop to kill time, and most of them were students.
However …
Looking at the things that Dong Mingming took out, Gu Xi tried to suppress her curiosity. However, she could not help but twitch the corners of her mouth. She looked at Dong Mingming suspiciously and asked, "You really didn't find an excuse to come out and have fun?"
"Of course not." As Dong Mingming said this, she suddenly felt a little guilty. She looked at the "equipment" in her hand and then looked at Gu Xi. She smiled awkwardly and said, "I brought these mainly for relaxation. For example, when I'm tired of studying, I can play puzzles or unlock games to adjust my mood."
Then, as if she was afraid that Gu Xi would not believe her, Dong Mingming added seriously, "Really!"
It sounded very reasonable, but whether it could be realized or not was very debatable.
Gu Xi raised her eyebrows and looked at Dong Mingming. She still had doubts and nodded. "Then let's start."
"Hehe, okay, let's start!" Dong Mingming said as she took out the winter vacation homework from her other bag.
Gu Xi did not know what was on this page, but at a cursory glance, it almost covered all the homework for this holiday.
Before Gu Xi could ask, Dong Mingming patted the pile of homework and exercise books and said, "I'm serious this time. I want to finish all these in ten days before the New Year!"
Dong Mingming touched her chin and muttered, "Let me see. Then I'll start with English."
Gu Xi: "…" As long as you're happy.
Dong Mingming took out the English exercise book and placed it in front of her. She put away the rest and then moved around the table. She placed the things she brought in the positions she wanted.
During this process, Gu Xi had already completed two math questions.
"Done!" Looking at his' masterpiece 'on the table, Dong Mingming was very satisfied.
"Let's begin," Dong Mingming said as he flipped open the English exercise book.
However, he suddenly stopped after flipping through two pages.
"Wait, let me apply some hand cream first." Dong Mingming took out the hand cream from her bag, looked at Gu Xi and asked, "Gu Xi, do you want it?"
"No need." Gu Xi shook his head. He had already finished the third question.
"Hehe, then I'll wipe it myself."
After applying the hand cream, Dong Mingming was finally about to start.
"Okay, let's begin. Let me check the time. I have two hours. I want to finish the first three questions!"
…
Gu Xi did not look up again. When she noticed that the seat opposite her had quietened down, she thought that Dong Mingming had finally started to do the questions properly.
Gu Xi retracted her attention and began to focus on the questions.
…
Soon, Gu Xi finished the first set of practice papers. She looked at the time. It was exactly half an hour.
Gu Xi looked up at Dong Mingming. In the end, she saw Dong Mingming holding her phone and excitedly browsing the entertainment news.
"Have you finished the first three questions?" Gu Xi asked.
"Huh?" Dong Mingming raised her head with a confused expression.
She …
She had not started yet.
"I was just about to check the time …" Dong Mingming's voice became weaker as she spoke.
In the end, she took out her phone, glanced at her WeChat, looked at her QQ account, and then browsed Weibo. She saw the new news popping up, and then …
She completely forgot why she took out her phone.
"It's already so late?" Dong Mingming looked at the time and was surprised. She was just casually browsing her phone. She did not expect time to fly by so quickly.
"Well," Dong Mingming smiled awkwardly and finally closed the gossip news on her phone reluctantly. "Let's start."
After saying that, Dong Mingming looked at the time again. It was 28 minutes.
"Then let's round it up and start at 30 minutes," Dong Mingming muttered.
When she met Gu Xi's "sharp" gaze, Dong Mingming was terrified. She quietly opened the English exercise book in front of her and began to do it.
— —
When Gu Xi finished another set of exercises and looked at Dong Mingming again, she was already playing with the jigsaw puzzle.
"Aren't you doing your homework?" Gu Xi asked.
"I'm doing it," Dong Mingming said seriously. Then, she said, "I'm tired from writing and want to refresh myself."
"I've already planned it out. Do 15 minutes of homework and 15 minutes of puzzles. This will help to maintain my mental state. Look, I even brought an hourglass. It's exactly 15 minutes."
Gu Xi did not say anything. She chuckled in her heart. She had already decided to give up on this classmate …
When it was 15 minutes, Dong Mingming glanced at the empty hourglass. Then, she silently retracted her gaze and continued to compete with the jigsaw puzzle.
She also wanted to stop, but she did not expect the jigsaw puzzle to be so addictive.
Gu Xi's attention unconsciously fell on Dong Mingming's jigsaw puzzle.
Dong Mingming's efficiency made Gu Xi anxious.
Looking at her magical work, Gu Xi finally could not help but ask, "What are you doing?"
Dong Mingming was stunned. She replied, "I'm grouping all the shapes together. This way, it'll be easier to put them together."
In order to increase the difficulty, Dong Mingming specially bought a jigsaw puzzle without subtitles on the back. Then, she realized that she seemed to have overestimated herself.
Gu Xi blushed with shame. She could not help but say, "There may be hundreds of pieces of the same shape in this jigsaw puzzle. There is no definite pattern or connection between them. What's the use of picking them together?"
Upon hearing Gu Xi's words, Dong Mingming was stunned. Then, she suddenly realized, "Yes! Why am I so stupid? "
"You put the pieces of the same or similar colors together," Gu Xi reminded her.
"Is it useful?" Dong Mingming asked.
"It's useful," Gu Xi nodded. Then, she explained, "A jigsaw puzzle is a complete drawing that has been cut up. In theory, the probability of adjacent pieces of the puzzle being of the same color is higher. If you put the pieces of the same color together, the denominator will decrease. Thus, the probability of finding adjacent pieces will be higher. "
"Is that so?!" Upon hearing this, Dong Mingming's eyes lit up. She was instantly pumped up, "Let me try!"
"First, find the borders and put them together," Gu Xi reminded her again.
After a while, the jigsaw puzzle that was originally a one-person puzzle became a two-person puzzle.
"It doesn't seem right to put this here."
"In this original art, there should be a brown straight line around the edges of the clothes. Look for a puzzle piece like this one. Look for all the pieces that have a brown line running through them."
"According to the scale, there should be about 11 pieces."
"Hehe, okay."
The two of them leaned against each other and focused on putting together the jigsaw puzzle.
Because of Gu Xi's participation, the progress of this jigsaw puzzle was much faster. In less than an hour, more than half of the jigsaw puzzle was formed.
— —
At this moment, a few students who were around the same age as Gu Xi and Dong Mingming noticed the jigsaw puzzle in front of Gu Xi and Dong Mingming and subconsciously took a few more glances.
"It's quite interesting to come here to play jigsaw puzzles." One of them sneered with a hint of disdain in her voice.
At this moment, the person next to her also whispered in agreement, "Really, there are all kinds of weirdos here. If you want to play, can't you play at home? Why do you have to come outside and occupy resources?
Originally, the three of them had heard that this place was very popular on the Internet, so they had brought their workbooks with them to do their homework together. However, they didn't expect that there would be no more seats in the store.
The three of them were unhappy, but when they saw that there were people playing jigsaw puzzles here, they immediately became dissatisfied.
"Maybe they're just here to clock in and post on their WeChat Moments …" another voice said.
However, the other party seemed to have only said half of his words before he fell silent.
"You're talking as if you're not here to join in the fun and take pictures." Upon hearing these three people's words, Dong Mingming silently rolled her eyes and muttered softly. Then, she pretended not to hear anything and pretended that she didn't hear anything.
Gu Xi also didn't intend to pay attention to them.
However, Gu Xi heard a familiar voice among the three of them.
Gu Xi raised her head and looked at Lin Anxin, who was standing in the middle of the three people. Surprise flashed in her eyes. She didn't expect to meet her here.
The moment their eyes met, Lin Anxin's face showed a hint of disgust. She quickly looked away as if she was avoiding Gu Xi's gaze.
Lin Anxin hated Gu Xi. In fact, she had always hated her. In the past, she definitely wouldn't miss this good opportunity to ridicule Gu Xi.
However, Lin Anxin had suffered a loss at the hands of Gu Xi during the Science League last time. Therefore, she subconsciously felt a hint of fear towards Gu Xi.
Moreover, after leaving the Lin family, the current Gu Xi made Lin Anxin feel an inexplicable sense of fear.
"Let's go and take a look at the other company." Lin Anxin pulled the two people beside her and quickened her pace to leave.
When they were far away, the two people beside her looked at Lin Anxin suspiciously and asked, "Do you know those two people just now? Are they from Li Ming? "
After several scandals about Lin Anxin were exposed, coupled with the incident at the Science League last time, Lin Anxin's current situation in Li Ming was a little awkward. Many people didn't show it on their faces, but they secretly distanced themselves from her.
At this moment, the two people beside Lin Anxin weren't her classmates from Li Ming. Instead, they were the children of the chairmen of several other companies that she knew through Lin Yize and Song Kexin.
Upon hearing the two people's question, Lin Anxin's expression stiffened and she flatly denied, "I don't know them."
After saying that, Lin Anxin changed her expression and said, "I just can't stand people who waste resources like this."
All this time, Lin Anxin had treated Gu Xi as if she was someone she didn't like. She was relieved to know that Gu Xi wasn't doing well.
However, Gu Xi seemed to be doing well.
Lin Anxin clenched her fists, and a flash of hatred flashed in her eyes.
The two people beside her didn't know the reason, but they also chimed in.
"Forget it, there's no need to make yourself feel uncomfortable because of someone like that," said one of them.
Lin Anxin also nodded, but when the other two people weren't paying attention, she took out her phone and took a photo in Gu Xi's direction from afar.
— —
On the other side, after watching Lin Anxin leave, Gu Xi retracted her gaze.
Dong Mingming, who was sitting opposite her, asked a similar question, "Do you know those people just now?"
"Yes, I've seen them in my previous school," Gu Xi casually explained.
Previously, when they were in Liming, Lin Anxin didn't want others to know about her relationship with Gu Xi. Coincidentally, Gu Xi didn't want to have anything to do with her either.
Upon hearing Gu Xi's words, Dong Mingming didn't care and ridiculed, "The people in Liming are all idiots."
"Come, come, let's continue. I think we can definitely finish this today," Dong Mingming said.
Looking at this person's excited expression, Gu Xi frowned slightly. "Dong Mingming, isn't it time for you to study?"
"I know, but there's only less than half left. I'll feel terrible if I don't finish it."
"Why don't we finish it today? After we finish it, we can do our homework in peace tomorrow. "Dong Mingming winked at Gu Xi.
Gu Xi stared at Dong Mingming seriously for a few seconds and then nodded. "Okay."
— —
On the other side, Lin Anxin, who left the dessert shop, didn't go to other places with the other two. Instead, she went straight back to the Lin family.
In her room, Lin Anxin found the photo of Gu Xi in her mobile phone and uploaded it to a popular forum with students from several schools using her private account. She also attached a very conspicuous title: [I originally wanted to go out and find a place to study, but I'm speechless when I meet this kind of person who occupies a seat for fun.]
The two people in the center of the photo were together. It was unclear whether they were playing a puzzle or a board game, but it was certain that they were not studying.
Dong Mingming's back was facing the camera, so his face couldn't be seen. However, Gu Xi's face could be clearly seen.
Seeing that the post was approved, Lin Anxin finally showed an excited expression on her face.
Her plan was very simple. She just needed to upload this photo from the perspective of a passerby to attract everyone's attention. Then, she would slightly guide everyone's attention to the fact that Gu Xi was occupying a seat and not studying.
A few months ago, there were two students who didn't study or watch a movie in a library. Instead, they sat on the ground beside them. After this incident was exposed online, many netizens and students complained about it.
Lin Anxin planned to do the same thing. After the incident became popular, if no one found out who the person in the photo was, she would change her account and expose Gu Xi's identity. After that, regardless of whether it was true or not, Gu Xi would definitely be criticized and cursed by some people.
— —
Lin Anxin kept refreshing the post. Finally, there were some comments below the post.
[F * ck, it's these kinds of people again!]
[If you want to play, go back to your house. Don't occupy other people's study space!]
…
Because the previous incident happened not long ago, many people were filled with righteous indignation.
However, there were also some sharp-eyed people who noticed that something was wrong.
[I look at the photo. It doesn't look like a place that specializes in studying. It looks more like a small shop?]
[Indeed, it looks like a milk tea shop or a dessert shop.]
[The people at the other tables in the photo don't seem to be studying either.]
[Yeah, the seats at the back and upper right corner seem to be listening to music and playing with their phones?]
…
Seeing that everyone's comments were gradually not as she expected, Lin Anxin became anxious. She quickly logged into another account and posted in a passerby's tone: [I've been to this shop before. Although it's not a specialized bookstore or library, it has become the default place to study during the holidays. Many students go there specifically to study.]
Then, Lin Anxin switched to another account and posted: [I was also there to study at the time. The table upstairs that was listening to music and playing with their phones wasn't playing with their phones. They seemed to be watching and practicing their English listening.]
Lin Anxin breathed a sigh of relief and began to wait for the direction of the comments to change again.
Ten minutes later, the number of comments on the post increased from seven to eight to a few hundred. Lin Anxin was delighted. She guessed that her post should be effective.
Lin Anxin was a little excited as she opened the post. She wanted to see how people were scolding Gu Xi, but the result made her dumbfounded.
Except for the first few comments, none of the hundreds of comments were scolding Gu Xi. Instead, they were all scolding the OP.
[What kind of mental illness does the person who posted this post have?]
[If you're sick, go see a doctor. Don't occupy the network resources here.]
[Are you trying to ride on the popularity?]
[To be honest, I don't think there's anything wrong with playing games in a dessert shop.]
[When did a dessert shop become a place to study?]
[The OP is sick …]
Lin Anxin's eyes widened as she stared at the screen in disbelief. She couldn't understand why people were scolding her.
[You might not know because you weren't there, but the learning atmosphere here is really good. It's quite abrupt to suddenly have a table full of people playing games.]
Lin Anxin tried to refute.
In the end, after she retorted, dozens of comments appeared below her in a matter of minutes.
"This is impossible …" Lin Anxin's expression turned ugly.
She even began to suspect that Gu Xi had seen this post and hired the Internet Water Army to spread it.
Lin Anxin posted again: [What's wrong is wrong. Please don't try to clean up the mess with the Internet Water Army.]
As soon as she posted this, nearly a hundred comments appeared below:
[I'm not so bored as to be an Internet Water Army.]
[The OP is a keyboard warrior herself. How dare she frame someone else.]
[Keyboard warriors are so disgusting.]
…
After that, whenever Lin Anxin posted another sentence, dozens of comments would immediately appear below to scold her.
In the process, there were also some clarifying comments.
Some photos that were shared by other people were forwarded.
These photos were more comprehensive than the one that Lin Anxin posted. Sure enough, from these photos, there were people studying in the dessert shop, but there were also many people doing other things. In short, it looked similar to the dessert shop.
[The OP is deliberately harming others. I see that there are also many people taking photos, playing games, and using their phones.]
[The OP's means of harming others are really bad.]
[It's another fake news. Let's go, let's go.]
Looking at the comments that kept popping up in the comment section, Lin Anxin began to feel afraid and didn't dare to continue posting. As the initiator, she actually felt like she was being "attacked on the Internet."
"It must be Gu Xi …!" Lin Anxin said to herself in a trembling voice. In her heart, she had already determined that Gu Xi must have found an army of keyboard warriors to criticize her.
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