嘶.

Xia Xinyu's words surprised Chen Yuan a little.

Because he didn't know there was such a thing.

He only knew that Xia Xinyu also liked him very much at that time, and wanted him to confess earlier so that they could be together as soon as possible.

But he never thought that she had such moments.

In other words, Li Wei was right.

People like her and Xinyu can easily feel lonely.

"Then you..."

Touching Xia Xinyu's cheek, Chen Yuan said with some distress, "Then why didn't you tell me?"

"Um..."

Xia Xinyu lowered her head, thought of herself at that time, and then said, "You also know, I've liked you for a long time. So, I don't want to put too much burden on you. After all, you seem to like independent girls more?"

"That's not true."

Chen Yuan immediately denied it.

"Then what kind do you like?" Xia Xinyu asked, concerned.

"If I have to say there's a standard..."

After thinking for a while, Chen Yuan looked at Xinyu in front of him and said, "Someone who looks good."

"..."

Xia Xinyu supported her forehead, speechless for a long time, and then said, "So, as long as they are good-looking, there are no other requirements in this regard?"

"Am I such a superficial person?" Chen Yuan retorted.

"Then?"

"Isn't the figure also very important?"

"Okay, I'm not kidding."

Xia Xinyu gently hammered Chen Yuan's chest, and then returned to the previous topic, saying, "At that time, it was indeed very lonely, after all, we lived separately. When I just woke up, my mind wasn't very clear, so I felt abandoned by the world."

"Knowing you were so sad, I should have taken a key to your room at that time and gone to accompany you when you were sleeping."

"Fortunately, you didn't do that."

Xia Xinyu stretched out her hand and made a gesture of "damei," saying, "I still think your gentlemanly character was very good at that time. Being lewd can only happen after the relationship is established."

One of Chen Yuan's good points is that his lewd jokes and unhealthy thoughts all happened after he became a couple.

Before dating, Chen Yuan was a model of a refreshing man.

"That's for sure. Flirting can only be aimed at your partner. If you flirt with everyone, wouldn't that make you a xia tou nan?" Chen Yuan said confidently. (shrimp head man - a derogatory term)

That is, who can still be as purely in love as himself after having superpowers?

If it were someone else, they would have transformed into Happy Superman and started a harem.

So, you mean having a harem is a very '爽' (shuang - satisfying) thing?

Censorship is not allowed.

"By the way, why did you suddenly ask about this today, being so considerate?" Xia Xinyu asked curiously.

However, her heart was indeed warm.

Chen Yuan had already done well enough, but he was still able to be so detailed and considerate in every aspect.

She always felt that she was too lucky as his first girlfriend.

If she hadn't confirmed that he hadn't grown up with another woman, it would really make people suspicious.

"You're talking about this?"

In response, Chen Yuan casually explained, "I sponsored a high school student."

"..."

"No, I sponsored a high school student. You misheard!"

"I didn't say what I misheard. How do you know I misheard?" Xia Xinyu's IQ was very online.

So, there is only one truth, and that is: he sponsored a high school student!

Then, the only question left now is one person.

What does it mean to sponsor a high school student?

Looking at Xia Xinyu's very clear and inquisitive eyes, Chen Yuan suddenly felt that he had nothing else to ask for with such a fool.

"It's like this."

Anyway, he did a good deed, so Chen Yuan could of course say it. It wasn't like he was doing something immoral with Shen Xiao Ran. So he explained, "There's a girl in our school who has very good grades and is the top student in liberal arts. But her family conditions are very poor, with only a grandma. Her mother abandoned her, and her father not only doesn't care about her, but also stole her grandma's money. And recently, her grandma also passed away."

"That's too pitiful," Xia Xinyu said, sounding very sympathetic.

Our Yu Zi is also getting better.

Clearly, her background is even more tragic, but now, she is happy enough and can empathize with others.

The pampering Yu plan is being implemented very successfully.

"I also think it's really tragic. Her dad is really not a good person. He's actually doing such a desperate thing."

After Chen Yuan said this, he continued, "Then, I thought we were doing pretty well, and He Hongtao even sponsored me... sponsored us. So, I decided to lend her three hundred yuan a month, and she can pay it back after she goes to college."

It's all Li Wei's fault for being so abstract, causing him to keep misspeaking.

"So that's how it is..." Hearing this, Xia Xinyu was a little surprised, but she could understand and then nodded. "We can indeed help her a little. Otherwise, she might not be able to complete her studies."

"Right?"

"Then you're helping her because..." Xia Xinyu raised her head, looked at Chen Yuan, and asked, "Is she very beautiful?"

"Do you know what you're saying?" Chen Yuan looked black-lined. "I already have a girlfriend. Why would I help another girl because she's good-looking?"

Then how do you explain that Tang Siwen, Zhou Fu, Shen Xiao Ran, and Li Tong are all good-looking?

That's because the people I help happen to be good-looking.

Don't reverse the logic.

"Then since it's not this reason..."

After a brief pause, Xia Xinyu weakly asked, "Then you're helping her because she's very similar to me?"

This question made Chen Yuan a little at a loss.

Obviously, this also made Xia Xinyu sure that this was the reason.

"Xinyu is different..."

Chen Yuan looked away, looked ahead, and slowly said, "But when I see her like that, I think of Xinyu at that time, and I feel very sorry for her. It's like the person who is suffering from tragedy and loneliness is Xinyu. I really can't just sit idly by."

After raising kittens and puppies, you will care more about stray cats and dogs.

After becoming parents, you will also be more considerate of other people's children.

By the same logic.

After having a girlfriend, you will also worry about other people's girlfriends.

That's not right.

Chen Yuan suddenly realized.

I could have just activated my lifespan countdown superpower at that time, couldn't I? What an idiot.

………

Sunday, Haidong Provincial Department of Education Building.

In a conference room, 26 national competition contestants who stood out from the first prize in the province were gathered, and will represent Haidong Province in the finals.

Among them, Xia Hai occupied thirteen seats.

Ningcheng had nine seats.

The remaining four were produced in other counties and cities.

Of course, to be precise, it should be in the "cities."

This year, some schools from the counties also won the first prize in the province. However, among the first prizes, none of the ones who stood out through the provincial selection came from schools in the counties.

Of course, this is also in line with the norm.

That is, local schools may be large schools for further education, but most of the competition contestants come from top universities in provincial capitals or developed areas.

Some schools, even if they have a good number of students admitted to Hua Qing and Ji Bei and are quite famous, may not be able to excel in competitions at the same time because of limited energy and financial resources.

The Olympic competitions compete in talent as well as wealth.

This is also why so many people come from Ningcheng and Xia Hai.

Poor schools can't afford it.

Not everyone in this conference room was an outsider. There were also five other classmates from Class One of Hai High School, so Bai Mingze was not so nervous.

While the leaders above were talking about the precautions, Bai Mingze was holding a box of pure milk in his hand, observing the others in the conference room...

Then, he saw the legendary "Shi Yi."

He really looked like a stone, very solid and reliable.

And next to him, sat a super handsome man, so handsome that Bai Mingze felt a little inferior...

Looking like this, he should be able to have many girlfriends, right?

Perhaps because his gaze was wandering around, Bai Mingze felt that the leader above seemed to glance at him, so he quickly lowered his head to drink pure milk, just to avoid looking strange.

Frankly speaking, he was a little afraid of unfamiliar environments.

Originally, he didn't want to come to this selection.

The leader of Hai High School told him that if he didn't go, he wouldn't be able to participate in the national competition.

He said that he wouldn't participate then.

After all, to participate in this competition, he not only had to be selected in Xia Hai, but also had to go to Ji Jing for the finals.

The reason why he was willing to participate before was because he could get ten extra points, and also because the provincial competition was in Ningcheng, so he didn't have to move at all.

But the leader said, no, you have to go.

Then, he came.

He arrived yesterday.

At that time, there were a total of ninety-two first-prize winners in the province.

Everyone was required to go to a large auditorium and take a test paper.

The results of this test paper determined who would represent Haidong Province in the finals, and then determine the final gold, silver, and bronze awards in the national competition.

It can be said that as long as you participated, as long as you didn't perform too badly, you could get an award.

Getting this award, not to mention directly being recommended to Hua Qing and Ji Da, would definitely be helpful for the Qiang Kun plan.

However, it basically had no appeal to Bai Mingze.

These ten points were actually not very helpful for him to get into college, after all, he didn't lack these points.

The reason why he got these ten points was because he was worried that when he took the college entrance examination, everyone else would have these ten points, but he didn't, and he would "lose unfairly."

Therefore, Bai Mingze, who had no intention of going to the national competition at all, directly handed in a blank paper in yesterday's selection exam.

But……

Why was he selected even after handing in a blank paper!

"Then, that's all I have to say. Next is the competition ability training, which will be carried out in the second batch of training. It's noon now, and the Department of Education has prepared lunch for everyone, but some of you are from Ningcheng and other cities, so you may want to taste some Xia Hai cuisine..."

When the leader said this, the students with local Xia Hai household registrations basically lowered their heads, not daring to listen to him showing off.

Xia Hai cuisine?

Are you talking about KFC, McDonald's, and Barbie Mantou?

"In short, everyone can move freely, but pay attention to safety. If you have anything, contact the person in charge directly."

After he finished speaking, the students stood up one after another, in groups, ready to go out for food.

"Then, Shi Yi, Bai Mingze, the two students stay," the leader said.

After he said this, the Ya Xi couple who both entered the provincial team greeted Shi Yi, signaling them to wait outside.

As for Bai Mingze, he could only watch his classmates from Hai High School make an appointment to leave the conference room...

No, wait for me.

I haven't gotten on the bus yet!

"The two students, do you know why I asked you two to stay separately?" the leader asked with a smile.

Shi Yi was puzzled and shook his head.

Seeing this, Bai Mingze also shook his head.

Seeing this scene, the leader pursed his lips like a foreign child.

It was understandable that Shi Yi didn't know, after all, the results of the selection exam had not been announced, and he didn't know that he had scored first.

But you, Bai Mingze, can you not know?

You handed in a blank paper, and you're still pretending to be innocent here?

"The two of you can ask me a question," the leader said with a friendly expression.

"Teacher, I want to ask, how is the time for the training camp determined? Will it conflict with my school's courses?" Shi Yi asked.

"Don't worry, it definitely won't affect it," the leader said.

Hearing this, Shi Yi was relieved.

Then, Bai Mingze raised his hand, like speaking in class, and respectfully asked, "Teacher, the test paper I took for the selection yesterday wasn't very good. Logically speaking, I shouldn't be in the top twenty-six, but why... am I still here?"

"That's a good question."

In response, the leader smiled and said quite kindly, "Because in Haidong Province, there is no precedent for a provincial competition champion not participating in the finals."

(End of this chapter)