It was snowing.

Standing on the balcony, Xia Xinyu watched the large snowflakes falling outside. She raised her head and stretched out her hand. However, the snow landed on the tip of her delicate nose a step before it reached her palm, creating a glistening spot.

Just then, a soft, woolly object passed in front of her neck and wrapped around it.

She turned her head and saw Chen Yuan, wearing a blue scarf, putting a red scarf on her.

"Hehe, thank you," Xia Xinyu smiled.

Then Chen Yuan leaned in.

She smiled, closed her eyes, and raised her head.

However, instead of feeling his lips, she felt a light kiss on the tip of her nose.

"Trying Xinyu's snow, not bad."

Chen Yuan turned and left after the kiss.

Xia Xinyu pouted, a little dissatisfied.

She had already figured out the pattern.

Whenever Chen Yuan leaned in, if she closed her eyes, she would be kissed anywhere but her lips.

Chen Yuan was, in essence, an extremely rebellious boy.

"Today is the last day of extra classes. Finally, the holiday is here! Yay!" Xia Xinyu said with a smile as she went to the door and changed her slippers for boots.

"Our school gets out at 3:30 this afternoon. What about you?" Chen Yuan asked.

"5:30, also earlier," Xia Xinyu replied.

"Zhang Jianjun did do something right, but not completely." Speaking of this, Chen Yuan's sense of superiority arose spontaneously. "Unlike our Hong Tao-jiang, who started all alone."

"Hong Tao-jiang is indeed not bad." Xia Xinyu gave a thumbs-up.

"Why are you so approving of our Sect Leader? You wouldn't be eating his rice, would you?" Chen Yuan asked, puzzled.

"Aren't we both eating his rice..."

"That's true."

Ever since the two headmasters competed fiercely, every semester, a scholarship from the school was deposited into their bank accounts.

"Tomorrow, we'll go shopping properly and buy some gifts to take back home," Xia Xinyu said.

"Then today, since it's the last day of the semester, why don't you have a meal with your classmates?" Chen Yuan suggested.

"Hmm? Do you have something planned?" Xia Xinyu asked curiously.

"It's not really anything... just tutoring Jiao Yu and his wife," Chen Yuan shook his head and replied. "I'm not trying to get rid of you, but I just think you won't see your good friends for the next ten days or so. Wouldn't you want to hang out with them before the holiday? I don't really have any plans."

He had been making time to teach Jiao Yu how to study these past few days. Today they got out of school early, and he could clear up all the confusion they had accumulated over the week.

Taking advantage of this time.

As for activities with Tang Jian and the others, there really weren't any.

Now that the holiday was almost here, he didn't feel like partying as much. He just wanted to relax and take the bus home in a casual and relaxed mood.

Oh right, he also had to send Yu-zi back.

Otherwise, it would have to stay in Xia Hai for the winter.

"I see... Sorry, I misunderstood you." After apologizing, Xia Xinyu thought for a moment and said with a smile, "They usually ask me, but I've turned them down a lot recently, so they might be a little hesitant to ask."

"Xinyu-jiang is really putting romance before friendship." Chen Yuan said, covering his mouth with one hand.

"Here it comes, the exact same action and tone as Qian Duo'er!" Xia Xinyu retorted, struck by the déjà vu.

"Can't help it, our Xinyu is just so horny."

Chen Yuan said, trying to excuse Xia Xinyu.

"Hmph." Xia Xinyu's mouth twitched slightly, and she retorted with disdain, "I admit that I'm not exactly a pure and innocent person, but you're not much better."

"Of course, if you're dating Xinyu and you're not horny, you should probably get a checkup."

"Stop, stop," Xia Xinyu quickly stopped this crazy conversation and returned to the main topic, saying, "Then I'll probably have hotpot and bubble tea with them, and then go shopping. Why don't you go out with Jiao Yu and his wife?"

"They're on a date, and I'm tagging along? That wouldn't be very appropriate, would it?" Chen Yuan thought Yuzi's words were a bit strange.

"It's okay. Even if you and He Sijiao go out alone without Zhou Yu, I wouldn't suspect you guys of doing anything wrong," Xia Xinyu said very openly.

Xinyu, you're a great example of self-inflicted cuckoldry.

If you keep acting like this, Yuanzi is going to start having paid side stories with other people.

Me and Jiaozi?

What, like *The Immoral Daughter-in-Law*?

"Is there a possibility that they don't really want me to tag along?" Chen Yuan asked back.

"..." Xia Xinyu fell into thought after being asked that. If she and Chen Yuan were on a date and Zhou Yu insisted on coming along, she would indeed be very troubled. So she nodded and said, "Yeah, being a third wheel on someone else's date is pretty clueless."

"Those people are the most idiot-like idiot of Jianzhong."

Chen Yuan couldn't imagine what someone had to go through to develop such a thick skin.

"Then what are you going to do?" Xia Xinyu was a little concerned about Chen Yuan, thinking that he might be lonely without her.

"Don't worry about me." Chen Yuan stretched out his hand and said very seriously, "This semester's studying was too hard, the most difficult season. I just want to have a good rest during the holiday and play a few rounds of King of Glory when I get back."

"Alright, then get some rest."

And so, the two of them reached a decision and arranged the last day of extra classes like this.

...

School, the last class.

After finishing the lesson, Lao Mo used the last five minutes to give everyone a pre-holiday speech.

"There are students from Xia Hai here, and some from nearby areas. Or those who need to spend the New Year in the countryside. No matter what, remember one thing: be careful, understand?"

""Understood!""

"Also, you can't neglect your studies during the winter break. Although we're in a parallel class, but..." On the last class, Lao Mo was so humble and cautious, especially serious when he said, "But among the parallel classes in the school, our average score is far ahead."

""Eee——""

Then, there was a burst of hissing and booing, and everyone laughed happily.

"When you come back, there will be the Seven-School Joint Exam in not too long. With Teacher Xiao Yang, and so many good teachers, your average score should improve under normal circumstances." Lao Mo reminded these students particularly strictly, "You can have fun, but next time, whoever's score drops, I'll be calling their parents."

""Okay~""

Originally, everyone was quite afraid of this kind of speech.

But for some reason, the atmosphere in the class seemed to have suddenly changed at some point.

Everyone, or at least most people, felt that improving their grades was a very important thing.

This was the scholastic version of the catfish effect.

Putting a catfish into a school of sardines.

Originally, these sardines would quickly die because they were gathered in a closed space.

But after the catfish, a large fish, entered, the sardines were forced to swim around to avoid it, resulting in a higher survival rate for the school of fish.

And in this way, the production of sardine cans would also be higher, and the taste would be better.

Chen Yuan, this big fish, coupled with the appearance of Zhou Fu, a mercenary, inspired the other students in the class to study harder. Because they had a better attitude toward learning, the teachers' enthusiasm was also higher.

Over time, it would definitely be a virtuous cycle.

Lao Mo was a shepherd, and the instructions from above were to take good care of that one super invincible sheep.

But based on the principle that herding one sheep was the same as herding a flock of sheep, he wouldn't let go of any of the little lambs.

And recently, He Sijiao and Zhou Yu's attitudes had also improved a lot.

This was progress.

After saying a few words, the bell rang.

"Have a good holiday."

After saying this sentence and receiving everyone's excited "Ooh!" in response, Lao Mo closed his book, got up, and left.

At this moment, a pen slowly slipped out of the book and lay on the podium...

"Let's go, let's go play CS!"

"Playing CS without calling me, the CS domain god?"

"Together, together."

"Let's go to the mall for barbecue later."

"Okay, okay, I can eat a whole cow right now."

"Go home and go online, let's open up the black market!"

As soon as Lao Mo left, everyone revealed their true colors, showing the most real seven deadly sins of mankind—arrogance, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and playing CS.

And, alcoholics.

Tang Jian made the gesture of picking up a wine glass and made the highest-level invitation to Chen Yuan: "A little something?"

To this, Chen Yuan waved his hand: "Can't do it, you guys go ahead."

So, Tang Jian, Liu Yan, Zhu Zihao, and others went out of the classroom together.

"Snowball fight?" Zhou Fu also looked at Chen Yuan excitedly, asking curiously.

It was rare for Xia Hai to have so much snow.

"Yeah, let's go fight!" He Sijiao stood up and immediately agreed.

Then, Chen Yuan grabbed her by the back of her uniform collar and caught her: "Snowball fight? I think you *are* a snowball fight."

"..." He Sijiao remembered that she still had something to do, a very important thing, so she could only lower her head and weakly say, "You guys go ahead, I want Chen Yuan-ge to help me study."

"Chen Yuan-ge?!"

Zhou Fu heard a title that she thought was simply outrageous coming from He Sijiao's mouth.

"Don't say it, Chen Yuan-ge is going to get angry." He Sijiao covered her face with one hand, also feeling humiliated.

"Chen Yuan-ge, let's start." Zhou Yu also stood up and said respectfully.

"Ah..." Zhou Fu didn't expect these two to be serious, feeling very surprised.

"Fu, I'm going to play." At this time, Li You said with a faint smile.

"Okay, let's go, Siwen is also coming with us, and so is number 47 from class 15, Cheng Haiying."

Zhou Fu said happily, then the two of them carried their schoolbags, went to the classroom door, and left the classroom with Tang Siwen, that little cutie who was stepping lightly and very excited.

Then, Zhou Yu pieced the desks together.

The Jiao Yu combo sat next to and across from Chen Yuan, entering study mode.

After everyone had left, only these three were left in the classroom.

"Yuan-ge, should I go buy you something to drink?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Get me a cup of Xiang Piao Piao red bean milk tea, the kind you make yourself," Chen Yuan said.

"I want honey pomelo tea," He Sijiao also made a request.

"Okay." Zhou Yu got up, ready to go buy it.

However, after only a few steps, he turned back to look at the two of them.

A lonely man and a widow, alone in a room...

And the two of them were so close, they could even hear each other's breathing. If he left...

"Hey, Jiao Jiao and I have been deskmates for so long. If we were going to be together, we would have been together a long time ago. What does it have to do with you?" Seeing this, Chen Yuan quickly comforted him.

"No, what kind of moronic green tea male bestie talk is that?" Zhou Yu panicked even more.

"It's okay, you go ahead." To this, He Sijiao seriously gave Zhou Yu a sense of security, "If he dares to touch me, I'll scream right then and there."

Chen Yuan: "..."

This Jiaozi really seems to think of herself as something special.

But looking at her from this angle, she does indeed have a certain charm...

"Alright, call me if he messes around," Zhou Yu said seriously.

"Okay." He Sijiao made a hand gesture and nodded seriously.

And so, he left the classroom.

Chen Yuan began to teach He Sijiao.

At first, it was the mathematics that He Sijiao wasn't very good at, and Chen Yuan happened to be good at.

Because Chen Yuan had been teaching her on the side these past few days, she had also made some progress.

But there was still that problem, which was that she would start to have trouble after the ninth multiple-choice question.

Therefore, Chen Yuan focused on helping her conquer these moderately difficult problems.

"Is this how you write it?"

Halfway through, He Sijiao paused, weakly raised her head, and asked.

"Wrong." Chen Yuan directly denied it.

He Sijiao had no choice but to draw doodles to modify it, and then Chen Yuan directly knocked the mechanical pencil on her head: "Idiot, you erased too much, the initial one was correct."

"Ow..." He Sijiao hugged her head, then studied even more obediently.

After all, a man must bow his head under the eaves.

Chen Yuan was teaching her and Zhou Yu, so how could she dare to be impatient and commit insubordination?

Moreover, although this guy was a bit strict, his way of teaching was really clear.

People who had been academically challenged were different from those born to be top students, deeply understanding the pain of academically challenged students.

With a score of over 700, someone with this level of competence was willing to help others.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration for He Sijiao to call Chen Yuan "Grandpa."

"How about now?"

"You have to have your own ideas, don't ask me step by step."

"Then don't hit me."

"Laughing to death, then go sue the Education Bureau."

"..."

...

Lao Mo found that his pen seemed to be missing when he returned to the office.

So, he turned back.

Then, he heard sounds in the classroom.

Moreover, it was He Sijiao's voice...

The door was also closed.

What was she doing inside?

Moreover, there seemed to be a male voice?

At this time, Lao Mo was very unhappy.

The attitudes of these two people had finally improved a bit recently, but now they were starting again?

Even waiting until everyone had left school, and then not studying properly in the classroom!

Thinking of this, Lao Mo angrily pushed open the door and immediately said, "He Sijiao, what are you doing!"

However, as soon as he spoke, he was immediately dumbfounded.

Because the people inside were He Sijiao and Chen Yuan...

He Sijiao was also startled by being suddenly called out, and shouted out, covering her face with the book: "Ah!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yu came quickly and entered the door directly: "Chen Yuan, I treated you like a good brother!"

"..."

Suddenly, the atmosphere instantly became tense.

Everything happened too fast, and it all broke out too concentrated, resulting in a very outrageous scene...

Lao Mo, who had shouted at the wrong person, realized that He Sijiao was actually discussing mathematics with Chen Yuan in the classroom, and his angry aura immediately weakened a bit.

And Zhou Yu barged in and questioned him because of He Sijiao's sentence, "If Chen Yuan touches me, I'll scream."

Only Chen Yuan, stunned in amazement, fully explained what "stiff as a wooden chicken" meant.

And, panicked as hell.

(End of Chapter)