Thinking back now, Shen Xinli was orders of magnitude better than him.
Unfortunately, ever since that incident, Shen Xinli became much more silent and hardly ever spoke.
He'd often stare at the blackboard, lost in thought.
Shi Qianjin noticed that Shen Xinli resembled Xiang Lin from the textbooks, the version of Xiang Lin who is reticent.
Zhang Chi passed by the corridor and caught sight of Yan Tianpeng, their gazes diverted, without exchanging a single greeting.
...
On the way to the sports ground, Guo Kunnan and Dan Kaiquan passed by a row of big trees. Guo Kunnan looked around and said,
"Kaiquan, have you noticed that there are more people on the sports ground lately?"
"I noticed it a while ago. I heard the prize money for the sports meet has increased." Dan Kaiquan, who had lurked in the Fourth Middle School's forum, large group chats, and small group chats to curry favor with Bai Yuxia by sharing the latest news with her.
