It's Us

"The interesting part isn't the school, it's the people in it."

There's a beech tree at the school gate. The teachers say that the Chinese name for beech sounds like "pass the imperial exams," so it symbolizes our success. The tree is covered in wind chimes, each one carrying the hopes and blessings of generations of upperclassmen for those who come after them. The aloof top student in the grade? The brilliant girl who transferred in? The Four F4 childhood friends? The new transfer student seems to have rekindled a long-buried restlessness, and two bickering rivals are turning school into a battlefield for the top spot?

An Li leaned on the desk, propping her head up with one hand.

"Before you got here, Yi Qing was the top student in the grade. How'd you pass him so easily?"

"Piece of cake~ I thought everyone at your school was a great student, but you're not all that~"

Yang Yiliu proudly flicked her hand. Then came a soft thump. She looked up to see that the pen in Ye Yiqing's hand had somehow cracked. His hand was white from gripping it so hard.

"That pen sure suffers when it's with you two," Li Jixu remarked from the sidelines, clearly enjoying the show.

Both of them shot Li Jixu a glare.

"Those two are bickering rivals. Why'd you go and provoke them?"

"After graduation, let's go on a trip, but leave Ye Yiqing out."

"What do you mean by that? Are you picking on me? Next time you help the teacher grade papers, you'd better hope I don't find any mistakes."

[Bonus scene]

"Yang Yiliu, are you really good at studying?"

"Of course. Are you jealous?"

"Want to compete in sports? Whoever loses gets a turtle drawn on their uniform."

As the two tried to figure out how to prove who was better, they suddenly remembered the other two whispering off to the side. The moment those two were noticed, a chill ran down their backs. They had a bad feeling about this.

"Hey, you two! Stop watching and come compete with us!"

[Author's note]

1. Focuses on the four-person ensemble and bickering rivals.

2. This story isn't set in a fictional world. It takes place in a real school, capturing the purest days of youth.

3. The story is set in Beijing. The four kids go to school there!

Theme: Love life and cherish school friendships