"What line? The 38th Parallel?"
"Three?"
"Eight?"
"Line?"
Or was it the 38th Parallel between her and Su Qinian?
Su Qinian's expression cracked visibly.
He stared down at the pitch - black line in disbelief and asked, "You mean this is the 38th Parallel? Seriously?"
Lin Jinran leaned lazily against the back desk and said in a very definite tone, "Yes, it's the 38th Parallel between you and me."
"Are you sure?" The smile on Su Qinian's face was about to fade.
Wasn't this something only elementary school kids did?
"Come on, stop wasting words. It's the 38th Parallel between you and me. You heard me right."
Lin Jinran propped her chin with one hand and smiled.
Su Qinian took a deep breath and said with a smile, "So when can this 38th Parallel be cancelled?"
"Well..." Lin Jinran gave a sly smile with twinkling eyes. "It depends on my mood."
Su Qinian: "..."
He didn't seem to have done anything wrong, right?
"Hey, what did I do? Why do you draw this 38th Parallel?" Su Qinian was a bit crazy and whispered in a hoarse voice.
Lin Jinran looked at him steadily and said lightly, "Naturally, it's because you're a 'dangerous person'."
A dangerous person who could make her heart race.
Su Qinian raised his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him suspiciously. How did he suddenly become a dangerous person? What was so dangerous about him?
This 38th Parallel was so childish.
No way. He couldn't let this ugly 38th Parallel stand between him and Lin Jinran.
Su Qinian opened his mouth slightly. Before he could say anything, the disciplinary committee member beside the podium shouted "Quiet".
He shuddered and looked at the disciplinary committee member.
The disciplinary committee member was staring right at him and shook his head.
Su Qinian had no choice but to give up.
There were still more than ten minutes before school was over. Su Qinian picked up the borrowed physics workbook and lowered his head to read it. Gradually, he got absorbed.
Unconsciously, he relaxed. His arm slowly dropped. First, it was right next to the 38th Parallel. Then, little by little, it crossed the line slightly and touched Lin Jinran's arm.
Lin Jinran paused. She tilted her head and glanced at it. Then she pushed his arm back with a bit of force.
Su Qinian came out of the problem. He looked at Lin Jinran's little pushing action amusingly and secretly exerted some strength. Their arms ended up leaning a bit to the left of the 38th Parallel.
They couldn't move forward or backward.
Lin Jinran glared at Su Qinian. Her beautiful almond - shaped eyes curved, full of innocence.
She didn't believe it. This time, Lin Jinran used seven or eight tenths of her strength.
That arm finally moved back a bit, just a tiny bit.
Then Su Qinian exerted a sudden force, and their arms returned to the original position.
Lin Jinran squinted her eyes. Her competitive spirit was aroused. She stopped doing her homework.
She threw her pen aside and used her other arm to help push his arm to the right.
Su Qinian blinked. Just when Lin Jinran was about to push him back to the 38th Parallel, he exerted force again, and all of Lin Jinran's previous "efforts" went down the drain.
Lin Jinran glared at him, unwilling, and repeated the previous action.
Afraid that Lin Jinran would get angry, Su Qinian held back his laughter and used a bit more strength. Lin Jinran couldn't push anymore.
Lin Jinran was furious and whispered through gritted teeth, "Didn't we agree before? The 38th Parallel means we stay out of each other's business!"
"Hmm? I need to explain. The so - called 38th Parallel was your one - sided wish, not mine." Su Qinian said seriously, not relaxing the strength in his arm.
It seemed that was really the case.
Lin Jinran was silent for a while. She gritted her teeth secretly and said somewhat recklessly, "Hurry up and pull your arm back!"
"Why don't you pull yours back?" Su Qinian pretended to be innocent and pitiful.
"Of course it's because you crossed the line. This table is so big." The warm skin of the boy passed through the thin school uniform fabric. Lin Jinran clearly felt her heart beating faster.
She pretended to be calm and said casually.
Sure enough, he was a dangerous person.
The 38th Parallel was really necessary.
Su Qinian hooked his lips but didn't reply. He secretly exerted strength.
Anyway, there were only a few minutes left before class was over. Su Qinian felt at ease "fooling around" with Lin Jinran.
The warmth through the school uniform fabric became hotter and hotter, and there was no sign of pulling back. Lin Jinran stared at their arms.
This time, she used all her strength and pushed it over.
Just then, the bell rang for the end of class.
Su Qinian subconsciously looked in the direction of the bell, and his elbow lost strength.
At this moment, Lin Jinran used all her strength again.
Lin Jinran missed her mark and fell in that direction.
No way. She was so unlucky.
Her pupils widened. The face of the person in front of her became clearer and clearer.
"Ah!" Lin Jinran let out a soft cry and bumped directly into Su Qinian's collarbone.
Instinctively, she covered her forehead with one hand and propped the other on his shoulder. Frowning, she complained, "It hurts so much. Why is your collarbone so hard?"
The silence in the class was replaced by the laughter and noise of the students. Su Qinian didn't hear clearly what she said. He lowered his head and asked with concern, "What did you say?"
Then he saw that she was still covering her forehead. He guessed what had happened.
"Brother Su, Sister Lin, what are you two doing?" Lu Youchuan, who was packing his schoolbag and about to leave, suddenly looked up and saw this scene. He shouted at the top of his voice.
This was great. Almost everyone's attention was attracted.
Lin Jinran: Thanks a lot, Lu Youchuan.
She didn't care about anything else. She quickly let go of the hand on Su Qinian's shoulder, then sat upright and pretended that nothing had happened.
"Lin Jinran, are you okay? How's your forehead? Is it swollen?" Su Qinian leaned closer and asked worriedly.
Lin Jinran put down her hand and showed him her forehead. "It's okay. It probably won't swell. But why is your collarbone so hard? It hurt so much just now."
"Exciting! Explosive!" Tao Wan in the front row sighed leisurely.
"I can't believe you guys are playing so big. Turns out we were all part of your play." Xie Wanyu commented.
Jiang Xiubin added another blow. "Actually, your voices were a bit loud when school was about to end. Tao Wan and I could hear you."
It was a social disaster. A complete social disaster.
Lin Jinran immediately covered her face with both hands, leaving only a small gap for her eyes. She whispered, "It was just an accident..."
"An accident..." The people watching the show showed an expression that said "I understand. You don't need to explain anymore."
It seemed that she still needed to explain.
"Lin Jinran, is there still a need to set up this 38th Parallel?" Su Qinian asked softly.
"No, there's no need..."
This wasn't a 38th Parallel at all. It was clearly a line of ambiguity.
The 38th Parallel, which had only existed for less than half an hour, completely disappeared.
Someone hooked his lips and showed a fox - like smile.