It was getting colder every day, but no matter how cold it was, it didn't seem to affect the boys' enthusiasm for basketball. Although the teachers kept warning everyone not to play basketball because the ground was harder than usual in winter and it was easy to get injured, as long as it didn't snow, there would always be people on the basketball court.

Qiao Lan walked past the basketball court every day, but he didn't know any of the juniors at first glance. The senior high school students of the same grade didn't have time to play basketball.

He walked into the classroom as usual and glanced at the basketball court while talking to Bai Yu. As a result, he saw a white fatty among a group of tall and thin boys.

Qiao Yuan.

It had been a long time since he saw Qiao Yuan. Qiao Yuan had suddenly grown a lot taller, but he seemed to be a little thinner than before. He was no longer a short and round fatty, but a tall and strong fatty. His figure running around the court with a basketball in his arms looked particularly tiring.

Qiao Lan was a little surprised. He didn't expect Qiao Yuan to play basketball. However, he only thought about it for a moment and threw it to the back of his mind.

About ten days later, the sound of an ambulance suddenly rang in the school, causing many students to look outside curiously.

The ambulance came and left quickly. After class, everyone curiously asked about what happened. By the afternoon, almost everyone in the class knew that a senior high school student fell down while playing basketball. The fall was quite serious. The PE teacher was so frightened that he directly called 120.

All the teachers were called to an emergency meeting. During class, the homeroom teacher used this incident to strictly forbid the students from playing basketball. The boys sighed. Even if they wanted to play basketball, they didn't have time to do so. The senior high school students didn't even have PE classes.

Life in the senior high school was too boring.

The PE classes were all occupied by other teachers, and all kinds of entertainment programs were all canceled. For example, the other grades had prepared a New Year's Eve party, but the senior high school students had been successfully excluded. There was only one day left of the three days of holiday.

Qiao Lan glanced at Tan Mo. There was another thick book on Tan Mo's desk.

Tan Mo had been reading this book every day recently. Qiao Lan glanced at it before and saw that it was a professional book on stock trading. It was not a beginner's book, but the kind that was quite deep. Qiao Lan also flipped through a few pages. Even though she had studied finance before, she still stuttered.

Bai Yu sighed. Only Tan Mo could maintain his good grades by reading other books during the stressful third year of high school. After sighing, she curiously asked Tan Mo why he suddenly started to research stocks. Tan Mo said with a calm expression, "It's very interesting."

Qiao Lan supported her chin with her hand and looked at the young man's delicate side profile. She remembered that not long ago, Tan Mo had asked her why she wanted to study finance.

She had said that it was because she was interested in the stock market.

Although she only knew that studying finance was not very helpful for stock trading after she studied finance, this was indeed the reason she had applied for the exam. Therefore, she had answered Tan Mo's question.

If she remembered correctly, Tan Mo had started to read books on this topic the day after she had said this sentence.

Although Qiao Lan had warned herself more than once not to be so narcissistic, she still couldn't help but wonder if Tan Mo had deliberately studied finance because of her.

Qiao Lan rested her head on her arm and stared at Tan Mo in a daze. Anyway, the homeroom teacher was arguing with the angry students at the moment.

Tan Mo had always been sensitive to people's gazes, not to mention that Qiao Lan had been staring at him for a long time. His heart started to beat faster. His fingertips fell on the book and his eyes moved slightly. There seemed to be a faint smile on his lips.

He lowered his head slightly and turned his head to meet Qiao Lan's gaze. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, nothing." Qiao Lan hurriedly looked away and shook her head. She pointed at the book in Tan Mo's hand and said, "Mo Mo, remember to teach me after you understand it."

I learned it to teach you in the first place.

Tan Mo thought silently, but he didn't show it on his face and nodded.

Qiao Lan stared straight into Tan Mo's eyes. She still couldn't see anything unusual in those beautiful eyes.

Tan Mo's face was rarely expressive, so Qiao Lan usually observed his eyes. However, Qiao Lan didn't know when it started, but she realized that she couldn't see anything from Tan Mo's eyes. When he looked at her, his eyes were always smiling.

Qiao Lan shook her head and cleared her messy thoughts. Lying and pretending were difficult actions. How could Tan Mo know how to do these?

There was only one day off on New Year's Day. Aunt Chen called Qiao Lan and asked her to come over for dinner.

On Saturday morning, Qiao Lan and Tan Mo left the school together after finishing their make-up classes. Many people watched as Qiao Lan and Tan Mo got into a car and drove away. However, now that the "relationship" between the two was known to everyone, everyone gradually became numb from the initial shock.

Ever since Qiao Lan was in her third year of high school, the number of times she went to Tan Mo's house had decreased. It wasn't easy for her to visit, so Auntie Chen thought of ways to nourish Qiao Lan.

After dinner, Qiao Lan went to Aunt Chen's room to read books. In the blink of an eye, it was 12 o 'clock. Qiao Lan packed up her things and went to bed. After sleeping for less than ten minutes, she wanted to go out for a drink.

It was very quiet outside. Qiao Lan guessed that everyone should be asleep, so she didn't turn on the lights so as not to disturb Aunt Chen and the others. However, when she came out of her room, she bumped into Tan Mo, who just came out of his room after taking a shower.

Qiao Lan bumped into Tan Mo's chest. Tan Mo quickly grabbed Qiao Lan's arm with one hand and turned on the corridor light with the other.

The light orange light came on. Qiao Lan lowered her head and looked at the strong right hand and arm that grabbed her arm.

It was too hot at home. The floor heating was much hotter than the heating at school. Qiao Lan wore short sleeves and short skirts at home. The young man, who just took a shower, also wore cool clothes. He wore a sleeveless T-shirt, and his muscular arms were exposed. His muscles were beautiful and his wrists were strong.

The young man, whose hair was half wet and half dry, was carelessly rubbing his hair with a towel. There were still water droplets on his delicate face, and the water vapor hadn't dissipated yet. Qiao Lan suddenly looked up. The young man seemed to have grown taller than before. When he looked at Qiao Lan condescendingly, an ambiguous and unspeakably strong aura suddenly wrapped around Qiao Lan.

It was a hormone that only boys had. It made people blush and their hearts beat faster.

Qiao Lan was stunned for a moment. Then, she felt the warmth on her cheeks.

Tan Mo grabbed Qiao Lan's wrist and didn't want to let go. So, he pretended not to notice and asked her if she had bumped into anything.

She didn't know if it was Qiao Lan's illusion, but she felt that Tan Mo's voice was slightly lower than usual. In this kind of atmosphere at night, it made her ears even hotter. She hurriedly shook her head and said that she was fine. She looked up at Tan Mo's room and felt that she was calm enough to change the topic. "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

"Yeah," Tan Mo's fingers gently rubbed Qiao Lan's wrist. Then, he reluctantly let go and said, "I was about to sleep."

"Oh," Qiao Lan looked down at her wrist and then looked at Tan Mo, who looked normal. She didn't dare to look at Tan Mo's face again. "I'm going to the kitchen to drink some water. Mo Mo, you should rest early too."

After drinking a glass of water and hearing the sound of Tan Mo going back to his room and closing the door, Qiao Lan sat on the chair and stared blankly for a while. Then, she went back to sleep.

However, she couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning. Every time she closed her eyes, she would see Tan Mo grabbing her arm and the feeling of her bumping into Tan Mo's chest.

Tan Mo had really changed. He had grown taller, and his body had become sturdier. He no longer had the ignorance and childishness of the past. He had become more and more like a man from the past. His whole body was full of hormones that she could not resist.

Qiao Lan buried her head in the pillow in frustration.

Stop! Stop! Control yourself!

Study, study, study hard!

However, some things would be remembered more clearly the more you wanted to forget them. Moreover, for some reason, Tan Mo was wearing another black sleeveless T-shirt, revealing his well-defined arms, and walking around the house.

When Bai Yu returned to the dormitory, she saw Qiao Lan lying on the bed like a corpse. She happily went over to her and asked her what happened. Qiao Lan was silent for a long time. Then, she sincerely cried.

"It's so hard for me."

What's hard for you? Bai Yu was shocked.

Sigh, it's nothing. Qiao Lan got up from the bed. "Let's go to the classroom. Study hard and improve every day!"

Bai Yu: "…"

After New Year's Day, it was winter break in the blink of an eye. However, the winter break for the twelfth year was very short. The school stipulated that remedial classes had to be made up until the 28th of December. After the end of the semester, the rest of the students went home happily. The twelfth year students leaned on the window sill and watched their juniors go away.

The only consolation was that they didn't have to do morning exercises. Therefore, they arrived at school a little later every day. Everyone could sleep a little longer. Besides, the school wasn't too strict recently. If a student decided to go outside, the guard at the gate would turn a blind eye to it.

Tan Mo also came to class obediently. Although he still didn't listen to the class, he was still studying his stocks.

Qiao Lan curiously asked him if he had tried it.

"Yes," Tan Mo said. Then, he added, "I used the money on your card."

My card?

Qiao Lan just remembered that she had given her card to Tan Mo.

"If I lose money, it's on me. If I make money, it's on you." Tan Mo smiled. "Don't worry."

Qiao Lan smiled. She didn't have anything to worry about. At most, she only had a little more than ten thousand yuan left in her card. Ten thousand yuan was too little for Tan Mo.

Qiao Lan guessed that Tan Mo had done it himself and took some of her money along the way.

Qiao Lan was a little curious. Tan Mo was so smart. She wondered how he was doing in this area. She asked him curiously, "How's the market?"

Tan Mo thought for a while and said, "It's okay."

Tan Mo's okay was definitely not just okay. Qiao Lan sighed. As expected of Tan Mo, he was so good at everything.

As the two were talking, a classmate suddenly called out to Qiao Lan, saying that someone was looking for her. Qiao Lan casually asked who it was. That classmate said, "I think it's your mother."

The smile on Qiao Lan's face suddenly disappeared.

After a moment of silence, Qiao Lan turned around and walked out of the classroom.

The others didn't think anything was wrong. Even Hao Ying, who always paid attention to Qiao Lan, didn't think anything was wrong. Only Bai Yu and Tan Mo knew about Qiao Lan's family situation. Bai Yu's face didn't look good. She turned around and was about to ask Tan Mo, but Tan Mo had already stood up and followed Qiao Lan out.