Chapter 1353: Excellence Should Be Paired With Excellence

Xiao Rou tilted her head thoughtfully and shook it seriously, "No."

Zhou Chengchen’s face fell, and he turned over to lie on his back, staring at the ceiling and sighing, "Girl, you lack a pair of eyes that can see beauty."

Xiao Rou continued to smile tenderly, without speaking further.

But her thoughts began to follow Zhou Chengchen’s words.

Had she never been moved?

It depends on how you define it.

To say she liked Zhou Qi, always noticed him, wished to have a closer relationship.

These thoughts were sincerely absent in Xiao Rou.

Yet back then, in the youthful days, Zhou Qi was like a shining presence in the campus, with good grades, a friendly demeanor, playing basketball, violin, and guitar - a guy like that had a certain charm that could stir youthful affection.

Xiao Rou was no exception; in a world that values appearance, chatting with handsome guys always felt more pleasant.

But precisely because of her good relationship with Zhou Chengchen, she could understand Zhou Qi better than others.

The more she understood, the more she felt the exceptional qualities of this young man were outrageous.

Many people, attentively listening in class, relentlessly solving problems after class, and pursuing various tutoring sessions at home.

All of this only to make the grades look better, and Xiao Rou herself was no exception.

But Zhou Qi was not like that; his leisure time was mostly unrelated to the school’s studies.

Most of the time, Xiao Rou saw him playing games, but occasionally she noticed other things, like when she’s reading a novel, a string of English letters inexplicably appeared, but it was clearly not English; while she was confused, Zhou Qi could accurately tell what language it was and what it meant.

Another time, while she was still studying various algebraic curves, Zhou Qi already had a chart of the day’s stock market transactions.

Because of these bits of acquaintance, the more Xiao Rou understood, the more she could feel the gap between her and Zhou Qi was not like a river, but an ocean.

Being able to know such an impressive young man as Zhou Chengchen’s friend, Xiao Rou felt this was already good enough, that someone so excellent should naturally be with an equally excellent girl.

Xiao Rou knew she was just a very ordinary girl, no obvious flaws, but also no apparent highlights.

Her strong self-awareness made it impossible from the start for her to have any fantasies about Zhou Qi.

Over time, everyone was just friends, and that was that.

Thinking back to that time in school, the girls who could get close to Zhou Qi were either school beauties or talents.

It was just the fuss of student days, but it was clear that in everyone’s eyes, excellence should be matched with excellence.

Xiao Rou shook her head, wondering what she was thinking.

Why did these thoughts emerge out of nowhere?

It was all Zhou Chengchen leading her off track, making her think of these random things.

Xiao Rou removed the pillow, then slowly laid down, the two girls chatted about other things and gradually fell asleep.

The next day, Zhou Chengchen’s flight was in the evening, so during the day, she leisurely packed her luggage; because of the flight, they had dinner earlier.

Afterward, it was time to take her to the airport; the entire Zhou Family set out, with two cars heading to the airport, going through the procedures which took quite a while.

Ultimately, whether it was Zhou Chengze or Zhou Qi, both generations unanimously left the space to Xi Siyan and Zhou Chengchen.

Although they knew it wouldn’t be long before they’d meet again, when the time for separation actually came, it still felt a bit sad.