The sisters next door are actually love rivals

Chapter 10 Ginkgo Tree and Tremella Soup
In front of the senior high school teaching building is a small garden, the most eye-catching of which is the ginkgo tree in the middle.

In the history of the school, this tree was planted by the people who came to Dayu City during the revolutionary period. After decades of growth, the leafy ginkgo tree has become one of the attractions of Panjin Middle School.

If nothing else, before the college entrance examination every year, senior high school students tie a red rope symbolizing luck under the ginkgo tree and touch the ginkgo tree to pray for good luck.

Along the Jinjiang River, in front of the ginkgo trees... these are the two favorite places for students from Panjin Middle School to take graduation photos.

Today's ginkgo trees already have many yellowing fallen leaves. Standing in the corridor outside the classroom, you can see the dense tops of the ginkgo trees when you look up.

Especially in the evening, the dim sunlight shines on the campus, reflecting the already yellowing ginkgo trees like a scene in an anime.

Lu Pingzhou and the others had just eaten in school and were lying on the corridor briefly enjoying the warmth of the evening.

Mu Wanqiu stared blankly at the golden ginkgo leaves in front of her. Mu Chaoxue beside her was still chatting with Lu Pingzhou.

After hesitating for a moment, Mu Wanqiu slowly stretched out her hand, picked a intact ginkgo leaf from the branch that was almost bald, and placed it in front of her eyes to observe curiously.

"Sister~ show me."

"..." Mu Wanqiu didn't even look twice before Mu Chaoxue, who was standing next to her, stretched out her hand.

"You don't know how to pick it yourself. You always like to grab things from me..."

When Mu Wanqiu said this, she glanced at Lu Pingzhou intentionally or unintentionally. She felt unhappy, even the person she liked wanted to compete with me!

"Old sister~"

Seeing that the elder sister was unmoved, Mu Chaoxue shouted obediently again. Only then did Mu Wanqiu look at the sister again, and finally handed the ginkgo leaf to her hand, stinky sister!I haven't even looked at it yet.

"Hey!" Mu Chaoxue held the ginkgo leaf with two fingers and carefully placed it in front of her eyes to observe.

The veins of leaves actually seem to Mu Chaoxue to be a very magical thing. As a conduit for transporting nutrients, why every time I see the veins of leaves, I feel a sense of beauty, a very special beauty!
Especially the "leaves" that are still hanging on the trees in summer, but are eaten by insects until only white veins are left. They are really beautiful!Mu Chaoxue had collected them without disdain when she was a child, but Aunt Xu discovered them later... After giving them some knowledge about the context, she lost them all!Mu Chaoxue felt distressed for a long time.

Later, when she grew up, Mu Chaoxue also made leaf bookmarks, and she still has some at home.

At this time, the preparation bell for evening self-study also rang. Mu Chaoxue took the ginkgo leaves and ran into the classroom, leaving Mu Wanqiu and Lu Pingzhou looking at each other.

Stinky sister!Mu Wanqiu rolled her eyes speechlessly, and finally reached out and picked up a ginkgo leaf before pushing Lu Pingzhou back to the classroom.

More than a week has passed since the last preliminary exam. Lu Pingzhou and the others once again entered the tense senior year of high school. The first round of review has already begun. It is not necessary for Lu Pingzhou and the three of them to go over the knowledge of the first year of high school again. But you still have to listen.

After the last exam, there was also a round of self-selection of seats in the class. Lu Pingzhou still chose the same seat. He liked the seat by the window. Mu Wanqiu also did not change. Mu Chaoxue, on the other hand, chose Lu Ping. Behind Zhou, he would harass his little brother from time to time in class.

Lu Pingzhou was very helpless about this, so he had to deal with her every time after class!
"Mu Chaoxue, give me a squeeze on your shoulders."

On the podium, Teacher Xiaobai was still sorting out the knowledge points and vocabulary for the first year of high school. Lu Pingzhou leaned against Mu Chaoxue's desk, holding an English book in one hand, and turned around and muttered softly.

"?" Mu Chaoxue was still listening to the class seriously!Hearing Lu Pingzhou say this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes. Finally, he reached out helplessly and gently kneaded Lu Pingzhou's shoulders.

Feeling the movement of Mu Chaoxue's soft little hands on his shoulders, Lu Pingzhou felt that the fatigue of the day was relieved, and he breathed a sigh of satisfaction.

Teacher Xiaobai on the stage naturally noticed the two people's little moves, but she didn't say much. After being here for half a month, as the English teacher of the class, she was very concerned about the situation of the two... no, the three of them. Got it.

However, as a bystander, Xiaobai was more optimistic about Lu Pingzhou and Mu Wanqiu. She calculated that when the three of them were walking together, Lu Pingzhou looked at Mu Wanqiu much more often than Mu Chaoxue!Moreover, the distance between the two is closer than that between Lu Pingzhou and Mu Chaoxue!
But...hehe, this is just Teacher Xiaobai's self-feeling. After all, for a teacher with a love proficiency of 0, this kind of thing...

Just after 40:[-] when the evening self-study is about to end, Lu Pingzhou was still writing his homework with his head down. Now he can write more and stay up less late when he goes back!It's been a long time since Lu Pingzhou slept before one o'clock, and the two girls were worse off than him...

Suddenly, Lu Pingzhou realized that something was not right. He turned his head curiously and looked out the window. Under the bright street lights, he saw raindrops hitting the ginkgo leaves unceremoniously. It was foreseeable that there would be a large number of ginkgo trees on the ground tomorrow morning. The leaves have fallen.

Um?wrong!Why is it raining now!Lu Pingzhou didn't even have an umbrella in his drawer...

The students in the class also let out bursts of exclamations. The sudden heavy rain really did not make everyone expect it.

Mu Wanqiu also looked back at Lu Pingzhou.

"Have you brought an umbrella?" Lu Pingzhou asked curiously, seeing her like this.

Mu Wanqiu slowly shook her head. She didn't have this habit...

"Hey! You still have to look at my magical girl Mu Chaoxue at the critical moment!"

After listening to the words of the two people in front of him, Mu Chaoxue smiled and took out a purple folding umbrella from his drawer.

"..." Mu Wanqiu and Lu Pingzhou glanced at the umbrella in her hand with disgust and turned away at the same time.

"Hey, hey, what's your expression!"

Mu Chaoxue reached out and patted her stinky brother on the shoulder in dissatisfaction, bulging her cheeks and staring at her.

"There are three of us. The umbrella is too small."

"..." Mu Chaoxue lowered her head and glanced at her umbrella, and then she realized, it seemed... that's the case too!

"Squeeze..."

Lu Pingzhou looked at Mu Chaoxue as if he were a fool. Two people can squeeze together, but how can three people squeeze together?Are you two riding on my head?
"I have an umbrella here, you can take it and use it," Liu Lingxia, who was standing next to her, heard what the two of them said and directly pulled out a white umbrella from the drawer and placed it on Lu Pingzhou's table.

"Huh? What about you?" Lu Pingzhou looked at the umbrella on his desk and asked curiously. He remembered that he had to get wet on the way from the teaching building to the girls' dormitory...

"It's okay, my roommate and I can just hold an umbrella together," Liu Lingxia said. The roommate she was talking about was Zhou Qingyu, who was No. 1 in the class. The relationship between the two was quite good.

"Then...thank you, I'll return it to you tomorrow," Lu Pingzhou thought for a while and accepted it, smiling gratefully at the squad leader.

"It's okay, you're welcome..."

In fact, Lu Pingzhou and the two girls quite like rainy days, but that is when they are at home, and it is not so pleasant at school...

Lu Pingzhou was so preoccupied that he was not in the mood to do the questions for the last ten minutes, so he simply packed the papers into his bag.

Soon, the school bell rang on time, and the classroom suddenly became noisy. Many students without umbrellas were looking for company everywhere.

Lu Pingzhou smiled at her while holding the monitor's umbrella. After saying hello to her, he put on his bag and prepared to leave. Liu Lingxia usually stayed in the classroom until eleven o'clock after school, so she didn't panic at all.

"Bye bye, squad leader~" Mu Chaoxue waved gratefully to Liu Lingxia before leaving.

When I walked downstairs, the corridor on the first floor was already crowded with students. In fact, many people didn't bring them with them. The rain came so suddenly...

Many students even ran out of the teaching building, covering their heads with their hands, regardless of the heavy rain.

"Sister, please take my umbrella!" Mu Chaoxue, who was smart, handed the umbrella in his hand directly to the elder sister. He jumped to Lu Pingzhou's side and reached out to hug his arm.

"?" Mu Wanqiu looked at the umbrella in her hand and realized what this damn girl meant. She had a lot on her mind all day long!

But he still shook his head and opened the umbrella.

"It would be more suitable for you and your sister to go together..." After all, the umbrella is so big. Lu Pingzhou suspected that if he and Mu Chaoxue were squeezed together, they might both get wet...

"Stop it, hurry up and leave!"

"..." Lu Pingzhou had no choice but to put his schoolbag in front of him, but still reached out and opened the squad leader's umbrella. The squad leader's umbrella did seem a bit small, but it was actually lace!

"Let's go!" Mu Chaoxue followed Lu Pingzhou's example, then stretched out her arm and hugged Lu Pingzhou's arm, urging him.

Feeling the body temperature of the girl next to him, Lu Pingzhou took two deep breaths and then rushed into the rain with an umbrella. Mu Wanqiu followed closely behind the two of them.

Mu Chaoxue held Lu Pingzhou's hand so tightly that she even pressed her body towards him. Unfortunately, with the schoolbags in front of the two of them separated, Lu Pingzhou couldn't feel anything at all...

Mu Wanqiu looked at the two bodies touching each other from behind. The girl felt sour as if she had eaten a lemon!
The stairs that had been raining were still a little slippery at this time. The arm that was originally held by Mu Chaoxue now turned into holding the girl. With their fingers clasped tightly, Mu Chaoxue felt very calm. After all... ...Both of them are a little tired of holding hands, an intimate behavior of the [-]th level...

The three of them ran to the school gate before stopping. At this time, the school gate was already crowded with students and some parents who came to pick up their children.

Lu Pingzhou and the others were also among them. When it rained, they would wait at the school gate, and Aunt Xu would drive her car to pick them up.

From a distance, Mu Chaoxue, who had a sharp look in her eyes, saw her mother's car and quickly pulled Lu Pingzhou and ran over.

"Hurry up and get in the car." Aunt Xu pulled down the window and waved to the three of them. She also saw the hands of Lu Pingzhou and Mu Chaoxue holding each other at a glance, but she didn't say much and just looked at Mu Chaoxue. Chao Xue smiled.

Only then did Mu Chaoxue react and quietly let go of Lu Pingzhou's hand. She was so absorbed in holding it that she forgot to let go just now...

Lu Pingzhou shook the rain off his umbrella, then finally jumped into the car and put the umbrella at his feet.

"It rained so suddenly today, and I was still making white fungus soup for you at home."

"Eh?! Is there any meat?" Mu Chaoxue asked with surprise on her face as she lay behind her mother's seat.

"Gungungun, you know how to eat meat, right?" Aunt Xu rolled her eyes in disgust and slowly started the car.

"Tremella soup can clear away heat and moisturize the lungs, and is also good for the skin."

"Tch~" Mu Chaoxue leaned back in her seat boredly, tilted her head and fell on Mu Wanqiu's shoulder.

"My skin can be broken by a bullet, but it still needs to be repaired? Right, Lu Pingzhou!"

"..." Lu Pingzhou ignored her at all and turned his head to look out the window quietly. It seemed like the rain was going to rain for a long time... At this moment, Lu Pingzhou suddenly felt a familiar touch from his left hand. He lowered his head out of curiosity. Look, I saw a jade hand with a slight coolness gently touching my hand, and then... slowly opened my five fingers, palms together, and held myself tightly...

Lu Pingzhou raised his head in confusion, only to see that Mu Wanqiu's expression was as usual, and he was even chatting with Aunt Xu...

Is this because he is a little dissatisfied after leading Mu Chaoxue all the way?A girl who looks gentle and quiet on the outside has quite a lot of thoughts on her mind!Lu Pingzhou thought for a moment, and in response, he closed his fingers and linked them with Mu Wanqiu's hand.

The girl's palms, which were still a little cold at first, became warm within 2 minutes.

I don’t know if it’s because of psychology or something else, but when Mu Wanqiu and Mu Chaoxue held their little hands... they were different, but they were both soft, delicate, and strange...

It had only been a few minutes' drive, and before Lu Pingzhou could feel comfortable squeezing her, Mu Wanqiu withdrew her hand.

After getting off the car, Mu Wanqiu bit her lip and glared at Lu Pingzhou, which made Lu Pingzhou feel guilty. She raised her left hand and rubbed her nose. The warmth of the girl's palm seemed to still remain in her palm...

After returning home, the rain continued. After a brief wash, Lu Pingzhou had just sat back on his chair and was still wiping his hair with a towel when he heard his window being opened.

"Smelly brother! Do you want to drink white fungus soup?"

Mu Chaoxue held a large bowl of white fungus soup and raised it to Lu Pingzhou.

"Does it taste good?" Lu Pingzhou actually didn't like this kind of food, but after all, it was Mu Chaoxue who was asking, so he still had to give some face.

"It's okay," Mu Chaoxue picked up the bowl and took a sip. The white fungus soup was boiled with rock sugar. Aunt Xu didn't put much rock sugar, but it suited Mu Chaoxue's appetite.

"Then I'll drink some," Lu Pingzhou still curiously spread his hands to indicate.

Unexpectedly, Mu Chaoxue put the Tremella soup she just drank directly into Lu Pingzhou's hand...

"Drink, do you dislike it?!"

"..." How dare I!Lu Pingzhou looked at the white fungus in the bowl. The white fungus was also slightly yellowish, which was the color of the white fungus itself.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Lu Pingzhou brought it to his mouth, raised his head and took a big sip.

The silky white fungus does not need to be chewed at all. It slides down the throat and into the stomach. It tastes very good. The warm and sweet white fungus soup is quite suitable for a late night snack!

"Hehe~" Mu Chaoxue watched Lu Pingzhou finish the tremella soup in the bowl in one gulp, took the bowl he handed over, smiled at him with satisfaction, and then brought another bowl from the side... …

"Actually, this is what my mother gave you~"

"..." Lu Pingzhou looked at Mu Chaoxue speechlessly, making trouble over such a trivial matter.

"Then you drink."

"Uh-huh!"

It was still raining outside. Lu Pingzhou and Mu Chaoxue were lying on the edge of the bed, listening to the rain quietly. Mu Chaoxue's movements in drinking the white fungus soup were much more elegant than Lu Pingzhou's.

Every time he took a mouthful with a spoon, he would stick out his pink tongue and lick his lips. It was cute and a little girlish, which made Lu Pingzhou feel a little moved...

It wasn't until Mu Chaoxue heard the sound of her sister opening the door after taking a shower that she put down the spoon, raised her head and swallowed the rest.

"Do your homework, little brother!"

I was so absorbed in watching it that I almost forgot that I had homework today. Thinking about this Lu Pingzhou inevitably made me feel tired.

……

At this time, in the senior high school teaching building, Liu Lingxia finished working on the papers in front of her and looked at the time. It was almost eleven o'clock. She looked around and saw that her classmates were almost gone. Then she packed up her things, walked over to Zhou Qingyu, and took the photo. Tap her on the shoulder.

"Are you going back?"

Zhou Qingyu came back from the paper, glanced at the time, and then nodded.

"I'll share an umbrella with you. I've lent mine to someone else..."

"Okay," Zhou Qing didn't say much. He took out an ordinary folding umbrella from the hole in the table and handed it to her, asking curiously.

"Lent it to... Lu Pingzhou?"

"Um...right," the squad leader shrugged and took the umbrella.

"You," Zhou Qingyu knew about Liu Lingxia's secret love for Lu Pingzhou. She had always been strict about it and didn't talk about it everywhere.

Liu Lingxia pursed her lips and said nothing. She stood quietly waiting for Zhou Qingyu to pack her things.

There were only a few people on campus, huddled under an umbrella, and the two of them walked to the dormitory while chatting about their homework.

Seeing that they were about to arrive at the dormitory, Zhou Qingyu finally couldn't help but looked up at the squad leader curiously.

"By the way, why don't you confess your love to Lu Pingzhou? Is it fun to have a crush all the time?"

"..." Regarding this question, Liu Lingxia's eyes showed a little helplessness.

"Do you think I can compare to the two sisters Mu Chaoxue and Mu Wanqiu?"

Liu Lingxia changed her hand to hold the umbrella, and put her other hand on Zhou Qingyu's shoulder.

"I'm not as pretty as them, and I'm not as smart as them. I don't have any special skills. The only thing I know how to do is study..."

"And you have a crush... It's a losing battle to begin with, so why bother telling it."

Zhou Qingyu had never liked anyone since she was a child, and she couldn't understand Liu Lingxia's feelings at all, but she still muttered her own opinion.

"But... if you don't confess, you won't have any chance at all. If you do, you might still have a little chance."

"Forget it, I said I don't even have to be friends. Now at least I'm still friends with him. This... is pretty good."

"..."

The next day, Friday, should be the day that Class [-] is most looking forward to!Because there is a physical education class today, I think the physical education teacher will not be sick today. It has been three weeks since school started. The first week was occupied by exams, and the second week... I have already been sick!I have never met the physical education teacher until now...

In the second quarter of the afternoon, after a night of rain, the sky in Dayu City now showed blue for the first time in a long time. The sun was not too bright, and even the playground lawn was not dried.

The physical education teacher in their class is still the same one from before, named Wang Jianping. He is only 28 this year. He has a Chinese character face, is 1.8 meters tall, and is a strong man, but he is frail and sickly.

I am very good at basketball and have a good relationship with my classmates. What I like most is showing off my muscles to my classmates...

"Teacher Wang, are you not sick today?"

"Ahem..." After hearing the teasing from his classmates, Teacher Wang coughed awkwardly with his hands behind his back.

"Pay attention to discipline! As for the sports committee member, please run two laps to get used to it."

The sports committee member of the class is a girl with short hair. She is quite handsome. Teacher Wang even thought she was a boy...

A normal physical education class involves simply doing exercises and then free activities. Teacher Wang was no exception. He simply ran two laps and did some exercises before calling it a day.

Panjin Middle School did not force physical education classes to go back to the classroom, so most people walked back to the classroom. Lu Pingzhou ran to split up with the class to play for the whole game. It just so happened that Teacher Wang was also interested today and said he wanted to join them in the classroom. The scores are high and low on the court.

Lu Pingzhou is not very good at basketball, but he still has an advantage on the court due to his height and good body. Mu Wanqiu and Mu Chaoxue dislike him playing basketball and are covered in stinky sweat after every game. He has become a veritable brat!
But every time Lu Pingzhou goes to play basketball, the two girls will be cheerleaders next to him...

It's a pity that this class only lasted for more than 20 minutes. Lu Pingzhou still managed to score 18 points, but he still lost. With Teacher Wang here, it was basically a dimensionality reduction attack!That three-pointer is accurate every time it is thrown!

However, as soon as Lu Pingzhou came off the stage, Mu Chaoxue and Mu Wanqiu ran over with mineral water. The students who had just won and were high-fiving Teacher Wang fell silent.

Teacher Wang tilted his head and saw Mu Wanqiu holding a tissue to wipe the sweat from Lu Pingzhou's forehead...

I want to report puppy love!Teacher Wang really wanted to take out her phone to take pictures and report!

Youth, Teacher Wang shook his head with emotion. It seems that he should listen to his mother and go on a blind date...

A very satisfying physical education class and a few 10 minutes of exercise. Lu Pingzhou also relaxed a lot. He leaned comfortably on Mu Chaoxue's desk and took a sip of water happily.

"Stay away from me, you're full of stinky sweat!" Mu Chaoxue poked Lu Pingzhou's shoulder with her finger in disgust.

"No," Lu Pingzhou turned around and even stretched out his hand to pinch Mu Chaoxue's face, making her sweaty.

"Eh! That's disgusting!" Mu Chaoxue pulled two pieces of paper and wiped her face. She has such a cute face!

"You actually dislike me..."

"I hate your stinky brother!" Mu Chaoxue threw the tissue into Lu Pingzhou's arms and instinctively twitched her little nose to sniff. The boy's sweat seemed to be mixed with some other smells... This was considered a deeper smell. Do liquids blend?What a shame!

Seeing Mu Chaoxue's disgusted look, Lu Pingzhou raised his arm in confusion and smelled it. He felt that although he was sweating, there was no smell. He was very careful about his hygiene, okay?
Out of curiosity, Lu Pingzhou raised his arm and slowly put it in front of Mu Wanqiu's face.

"Late Autumn, do I smell like sweat?"

"……roll!"

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