The sun had already risen, and the entire room was filled with light. Suddenly, Li's phone alarm started ringing.
"Oh, what is it?" Li said as she picked up the phone and turned off the alarm.
She sat up, checked the time on her phone, then got out of bed and started getting ready for school. After getting ready, she came downstairs, put on her shoes, and left the house.
When she came out of the elevator, she saw Momo standing there with Zhao.
"Are you going to school with us too?" Li asked Zhao.
Momo's bicycle had been badly damaged because of the fall that day, so it had gone for repair. Since then, I had been the one dropping Momo off at school.
"Here, take this and eat it. I know you probably haven't eaten anything," Momo said, taking out a sandwich from her bag and handing it to Li.
"Thanks, yaar. You're really nice…
"Alright then, hurry up and get on the scooter—we're getting late," she said.
They sat on the scooter, and in no time, he dropped them off. They got down from the scooter.
"Momo, we were thinking of going out for dinner. Will you come with us?" he asked.
"When did you two meet?" she asked.
"In front of the market in that street. I went there yesterday, and that's where we met," he replied.
"So when and where are you all planning to go?"
"We haven't really thought about it yet."
"Let's go today," Zhao Ming said.
"But where should we go?"Li ting said,
"There's a very nice restaurant not too far from the school. Why don't we go there?" Momo said.
"Yes, that's fine. Let's go there," they agreed.
"We'll leave by eight o'clock."
"Alright, then we'll meet in the evening."
"Okay, you two go. I'll leave too." zhao said ,
"Okay, bye." They both went into the school, and Zhao went home.
"Good morning, class. How are you all? I have some news to share with you today."
"What news could it be?" Li whispered to Momo.
"No idea," Momo replied.
The entire class fell silent. Everyone's eyes were on the teacher.
"The news is that your exams will start from this week."
"Oh shit," the entire class exclaimed in unison.
Li Ting was completely quiet.
"How's your exam preparation going?" Cheng Mo asked, turning around to look at Li and Momo. He was a very good friend of Momo.
"It's fine," Momo replied.
"How about your preparation?" Momo asked Li.
"It's good," Li replied.
"Okay, class, be quiet and look at the board," the teacher said.The entire class turned their attention to the board.
Li was sitting on a chair in the corner of the canteen. She was lost in thought while having lunch.
"Hey, give it back!" Momo shouted as she ran after Cheng Mo. They stopped in front of Li.
"Now tell me—who gave this to you?" Cheng Mo asked.
"Why are you two fighting?" Li asked with a smile.
"Li, ask him who gave him this keychain," Cheng Mo said.
"She's standing right in front of you—ask her yourself," Li replied.
"I've been chasing you for so long just to tell you that this keychain was brought for me by my brother from abroad," Momo said angrily.
"Oh… your brother gave it to you?" Cheng Mo said, embarrassed.
Momo snatched the keychain from his hand and went back to the classroom.