Forest Memories

Chapter 5. The Essence

As dawn broke, Anna got up in the midst of her roommates' clattering, an hour earlier than usual.

At the dawn of August, Anna thought it was better to go to the classroom for self-study instead of going for a walk, but she felt that it was important to stick to it and not fish for three days and dry your nets for two days. After several struggles, she finally went to the track field.

It was sunny, but not many students got up so early, and even fewer exercised.

Anna ran with confidence and straightened her back.

Just as Anna was in full swing and running without thinking, she saw a familiar figure swaying in the air.

It was Jack, who was now doing exercises on the bar in the gym area next to the track and field stadium.

Anna subconsciously hunched her back and tilted her face slightly away from Jack, afraid of being recognized. But somehow she couldn't help but look at him with her eyes to see if he had recognized her.

After several glances back and forth, Anna was relieved that the boy was still focused on his exercise. She began to run freely again.

A girl passed by, and Jack saw her clearly. He didn't dare to look at her. Because now he was like a possessed man; whenever he saw her, he couldn't help but glance at her, and this would inevitably ignite a strange fire in his heart, burning him from head to toe...

fearful!

But not being able to look doesn't mean he doesn't want to. Right now, his peripheral vision is already catching up.

For some reason, he suddenly added a filter to her. At this moment, looking at the very unslim back, he felt just right. It would be hard to feel that way if he were any fatter or thinner.

Oh my God!

Crazy!

Jack slapped himself and turned his eyes away, but I was so angry that I was in trouble.

Anna, of course, did not know Jack's conflict. She simply thought that he did not see her and ran two circles to the classroom.

When Jack saw Anna go, he became even more irritable. He grabbed the bar with both hands and made a circular motion. After landing steadily, he stood in the same spot for a few seconds, puffed out his cheeks, and walked away.

Because of her physical advantage, Jack arrived at the classroom a few steps earlier than Anna.

When Anna entered the classroom, her seat was already occupied, and more than one.

"Happy birthday, Jack."

"thanks!"

"This gift is for you, I hope you like it."

"thanks!"

……

The girls in the class, and even some of the boys, were giving Jack gifts one by one, and he smiled at them all.

It's perfectly normal for a boy who is both handsome and studious to be popular with girls, Anna knows. But what she doesn't understand is why even boys...

Oh! What... what's going on? Anna had never seen anything like it before.

As Jack's desk was almost piled up, Anna walked to her seat, thinking.

Jack glanced at her and said to the students around her, "My deskmate is here, you go back to your seats first!"

"fine."

It was clearly back in her own territory, but Anna gave Jack a polite thank you before sitting down.

Jack smiled and got up to put the gifts into the locker, but there were so many that the locker was already full and some had to be put in the desk.

"Can you lend me your desk so I can put some books on it?" Jack asked Anna, pointing to the gift box on the table.

Anna was staring at his gift in a daze.

Although the two were not very familiar with each other and even had some unpleasantness, she thought it was inappropriate that no one else had given her a gift except her.

"deskmate?"

Jack tapped the table lightly to indicate a reminder.

On hearing this, Anna came to her senses and said, "Yes, of course."

As she said, Anna offered to help him carry the books.

Jack emptied half of the desk and put the gift box in it. The extra books were placed on Anna's left desk, which served as a partition between them.

In fact, Anna doesn't like books on her desk. She would rather have a full desk than have an obstacle in front of her, but today is special, so she will make do.

Time flies, and half a day's class is over in a hurry.

After returning the equipment to Jack, Anna didn't know what to do with her Chinese and English classes.

After being encouraged by the kind Chinese teacher, I listened to her class well, but the content was all knowledge points, which was too boring. As for English, it was even more difficult to say that I didn't know what the teacher was saying at all.

This is the first class in the morning and afternoon, Chinese.

Not knowing what to do, Anna opened her memory and recalled the past, recalling the small and memorable episodes from childhood to adulthood. However, before she could think of primary school, she began to fall asleep.

Perhaps due to the muscle memory she had developed earlier, Anna was very good at sleeping and could produce a magical feeling before her teacher came over —— falling asleep without falling into a deep sleep. Therefore, her desk mate was not worried about being caught at all, but thought about everything.

Except for borrowing the space, Jack didn't look at Anna again all morning. He was so guilty that he couldn't help looking at her again...

To clear up the confusion, Jack decided to do a comparative experiment.

He started from the lower left, raised his eyebrows, and met a girl who was flipping through a book in the corridor.

The girl was slim, with straight lines on both sides of her face, and the boy was unperturbed by the sight. He blinked and switched his gaze forward, just in time to catch Zhang Xiaojing, who was bent over her notes.

Zhang Xiaojing, who is not yet 18 years old, has a basically fixed figure. The parts that should be slim are full and hot, and she looks more recognizable than Anna.

However, the heart of the teenager is still as calm as still water.

He rolled his eyes and glanced at someone on the right. Strange, that deadly feeling came back to him for no reason.

Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong! It must be an illusion.

Jack shook his head vigorously and then looked away again, at a girl who was even fuller than Anna.

"Bang!" The boy's head hurt.

"Jack, you BT!" Anna scolded in a nasal tone.

Anna, who had been dozing off, woke up to see her desk mate not paying attention in class, lost in thought. This was originally none of her business, but when she noticed his gaze on several girls, it seemed oddly unsettling. Driven by a sense of justice, she picked up a pen and tapped him on the head, bringing him back to reality.

Jack rubbed his point of contact and looked back at Anna's pen, which was tapping him on the head. "Who BT?" he said in a nasal tone

"Why are you looking at a girl when you're not BT? Why are you looking at one and then another when you're not BT? Why are you looking at one and then another with that weird look when you're not BT?"

“……”

Jack glanced at the Chinese teacher who was lecturing and moved a little closer to Anna.

"Anna."

"Why?"

"Will you lend me your composition, the one from the end of last term?"

"What?"

Jack didn't answer her, and she didn't ask again. Her hand, as if it didn't obey her, picked up the answer sheet with the essay and handed it to him.

After Jack finished reading, his sword eyebrows folded into a long spear.

Anna pouted and hurriedly took the answer sheet.

The rest of the time Jack shook his head with a "tsk tsk", as if he had seen something glaring.

As soon as the bell rang, Anna could no longer hold back.

"Jack, are you polite? Do you know how to respect people?"

"What's wrong with me?" Jack reclined lazily, supporting one side of his face with one hand and looking straight at Anna.

"What do you look like when I read your composition?"

"Oh~" Jack looked as if he had just realized something, "Don't misunderstand, I'm actually feeling sorry for you. Based on your conversation over the past couple of days, I've done some analysis and concluded that you are actually a person with a rich cultural background. Moreover, given how sharp your mind is, your reading comprehension should be top-notch. So why can't you even write a coherent sentence in subjective questions or essays?"

"...... Are you praising me or criticizing me?"

"Half and half."

Anna shot him a white eye. "Yes? Then tell me where you got the idea that I have depth."

Jack yawned and said, "I commented on this earlier, but I don't want to repeat it. Do you want to hear my advice?"

"Well, you say."

"I think you can try to start with an argumentative essay that requires logic, and maybe you can carve out a bloody path in the high-ranking essay. You know, the one who writes well wins the language."

Anna: "I know, but it's so hard to write an argument essay!"

Jack smiled. "Maybe it won't be so hard to find a suitable theme."

The right theme? Anna rolled her eyes and inspiration struck. She parted her thick black bangs to reveal a pair of watery eyes.

"Here, let's talk about Jack = Yue Buqun. What do you think of this topic?"

“……”

The topic was speechless, but the girl's smile was sweeter than ever.

For the first time, the young man's eyes had escaped to a certain place and focused on the delicate face of the girl. The more he looked at her, the more comfortable he felt.

He lowered his eyes and pinched his brow. "It's not impossible, as long as you can prove it," he said in a fit of rage

"Ok, I'll write it down during the Chinese evening study session today, and you'll comment on it after I finish."

"Alright."

"Thank you, Brother Song."

“……”

Don't refuse awkward conversations.

They both turned around and sat up straight, looking at the blackboard in front of them.

Suddenly, Jack put his left arm on the table and opened his fingers to support his forehead. "Brother Anna, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."

It was not unusual for Anna to be called brother by brother on weekdays, but it was very awkward to be called that suddenly.

Her plump face turned red and she hummed, "Brother Song, go on."

Jack gave a mysterious smile and tapped his free hand on the table. "If you can't figure it out or your argument isn't strong enough, I'll give you a —— of' Anna is the Modern Dongbaili' as encouragement, what do you think?"

“……”

lean against!

Anna shot a look. "Provocation?"

Jack lifted his head, curled his index finger and rubbed his delicate nose with his knuckle. "Yes, do you accept the challenge?" he said

"What are you afraid of? You, the leader, wait for me."

The leader... Anna quickly slapped her mouth and said, "You wait for me."

Jack clenched his fist and swung it up and down. "Come on, you can do it."

“……”

Since she had agreed to the war, Anna threw herself into it. All afternoon, as soon as the bell rang, she switched her mind and worked hard on her arguments and evidence.

After waiting for a long time, Anna finally waited for the evening Chinese self-study. She specially chose a page of ink painting paper and put it in the book as a cover. She flew away and wrote with her pen. She laughed while writing, as if she had found the joy of life.

Jack just wanted to release his eyes, but Anna interpreted it as a peek. She raised her arm and covered the book tightly.

"Ha!" Jack said with a clear snort. He was waiting to see what she could write.