Her expression held a natural intimacy, as if it were a matter of course, and even a hint of smug satisfaction as a faint smile bloomed on her lips.
"I got it this time. Next time," she said, her voice lilting with a playful yet slightly commanding tone, "you go get it."
Shen Yuan caught the admission ticket she handed him. This sudden "command" made him seem a bit clueless about romantic gestures.
'Actually, I should have been the one to go up and get it when they called the pretty girl's name, shouldn't I have?'
Shen Yuan smiled and nodded. "Got it. From now on, I'll get them."
"Hmph!" Li Zhi huffed, seemingly displeased that Shen Yuan had been so slow on the uptake.
Shen Yuan watched the girl beside him turn her face away slightly, trying to maintain her usual nonchalant expression as she started organizing her stationery.
But in the dim, gray light filtering through the window, an almost imperceptible rosy glow seemed to spread across her fair ears.
