Chapter 140 Taking the Initiative

Xia Xinyu was completely dumbfounded upon hearing this.

Her mind buzzed...

"Huh?!"

Then, she suddenly reacted.

Her parents' meeting being attended by Chen Yuan's mother? What was that all about!

"Wait, wait a minute, why are you suddenly saying this?" Xia Xinyu looked at Chen Yuan with a red face. It wasn't that she found it abrupt, but rather a kind of stunned numbness, like being hit by a car.

"Your school should have parent-teacher conferences too. After all, my aunt is a teacher at the school, and I think it would be weird if she went..."

Chen Yuan looked at the panicked look in Xinyu's eyes and attacked directly, "Ms. Yang Junlian really likes you. She's told me many times to take good care of Xinyu. In this world, there must be someone responsible for being good to Xinyu, and I think that person is definitely me."

"..." These words hit Xia Xinyu right in the heart.

In this world, the person responsible for being good to Xinyu isn't just anyone...

It's, only you.

But, how did he perceive my feelings?

Or, has he been struggling with this kind of thing all along?

"But, I'll definitely be shy. This kind of thing is a little embarrassing..." Xia Xinyu looked at Chen Yuan and expressed some of her difficulties.

When the teacher asks Chen Yuan's mother, "What is your relationship to Xia Xinyu?"

How should she answer...?

Mother-in-law?

If that were the case, she would definitely die!

Of course, she definitely wouldn't say that.

But the classmates would also guess who this person is.

After all, everyone knows that Xia Xinyu doesn't have parents.

"Ms. Yang Junlian is a very proper person and definitely won't do anything awkward. Don't worry, she'll definitely be mindful," Chen Yuan assured Xia Xinyu. "If it were Old Chen, he might be a little muddled. But if you leave it to her, you just need to relax."

"But when the time comes, she'll still have to take me home together, and without you on that road, I..." Xia Xinyu bit her lip and said shyly, "I'll be so scared."

"It's okay, I'll sneak into the school as soon as possible to find you. I definitely won't let you spend too much time alone," Chen Yuan promised.

"This, this..." Xia Xinyu's eyes began to wander, and she became completely at a loss. Then, looking at Chen Yuan, who also looked very nervous, she hesitated for a long time before saying, "It's possible, but you... why did you say this?"

"Huh?" Chen Yuan looked puzzled.

"I mean..." Xia Xinyu slowly calmed down, then said softly, "Actually, you didn't have to say this, and I wouldn't have blamed you at all. Because this is also one of my embarrassing spots. And aren't you afraid that me fragile heart won't be able to handle it, and then I'll get angry at you?"

Xia Xinyu's meaning was very clear.

Chen Yuan, there was no need to take this risk at all.

Because anyone with a slightly sensitive mind would find this behavior abrupt, even offensive.

He was doing something very dangerous.

"I thought about the possibility of what you said, but..."

Chen Yuan looked at Xia Xinyu with some pity, and opened his mouth with a shallow smile, "But like you said, this is a somewhat 'embarrassing' thing. With me around, I won't let you encounter such 'embarrassment.'"

Xin Yuan is a whole.

Forever, not wanting each other to be hurt in any way.

Chen Yuan had to go to some minefields that others didn't dare to touch, and he had to defuse these mines with his own hands.

Then fill Xia Xinyu's barren heart with flowers.

"Bao, hug."

A tear slid from her eye socket. Xia Xinyu hugged Chen Yuan, very fragilely seeking the other's embrace.

Luckily there was Chen Yuan.

Otherwise, she would be extremely embarrassed.

Everyone knew that the aunt was not going to her son's parent-teacher conference, but coming to her side to do what, to not let her be embarrassed.

But, can she really bear this excessive concern?

She couldn't.

She even thought about telling the teacher to skip her at the parent-teacher conference.

But that too, was a kind of embarrassment.

At that time, all the seats in the class would be full of people, except for her desk, where books would lie quietly, along with a pen that would not be used.

So when Chen Yuan risked stepping into this sensitive area and said those words, she knew that Chen Yuan's feelings for her far exceeded love.

Only family will guard your imperfections.

"Good bao, good bao, let's go home."

Chen Yuan wiped Xia Xinyu's tears with his fingertips, then took the other's hand and walked in the direction of home.

And Xia Xinyu nodded, suppressing her sobs, trying to make herself look less pitiful.

"When I went back to Shao Village and saw Xinyu wearing mourning clothes, I made up my mind."

Looking at her, Chen Yuan said softly, "I want to prevent Xinyu from being bullied in any way, and won't let her feel any loneliness. One day, I will give Xinyu a home, take care of her grandfather like she would, repay all the relatives who have helped her, and take Xinyu with me wherever I go in the passenger seat, so everyone will know that Xinyu is doing well and doesn't need to worry."

"... Yeah." Xia Xinyu nodded, and then with a sob, remembering what happened at that time, she also said very frankly, "I was always afraid of you coming, and I was always thinking about you coming. And after you really came, I also made up my mind that I would definitely marry you in the future."

The change in the two people's state of mind was in Shao Village.

Before that, what they thought about most was really just becoming lovers.

Because children's love is too weak.

But at that moment, after experiencing the funeral, both of them looked to a more distant future.

He, I must marry him.

She, I must marry her.

"That's great, I have a wife," Chen Yuan said with a smile.

"... This usage is not quite right, it's generally derogatory. But fine, it's okay."

Xia Xinyu didn't plan to correct Chen Yuan's dialect usage. After all, he was a talent who had once used the self-reference of ‘*ben xiang li bie*.’

Just like that, the two returned home.

Then, they went to the desk in the master bedroom.

"Actually, even if your score didn't reach the Pomelo Line, I would still consider your parents as family," Xia Xinyu, who had already agreed, said.

"It's okay, I'm not worthy of being your husband if I don't reach the Pomelo Line."

"What are you talking about? You're worthy no matter what your score is," Xia Xinyu immediately corrected. She wasn't that kind of snobbish person.

In fact, Xia Xinyu had never disliked Chen Yuan when he scored 504 points.

Her request to him was to try his best to score the same as her.

But obviously, she was a little naive back then...

The equation 504 + 121 = 625 seemed so awkward.

"Xinyu."

Resting his chin on his hand, Chen Yuan looked at Xia Xinyu's tear-stained face. After studying it for a while, he said, after she felt a little uncomfortable, "If our children inherit your looks in the future, how beautiful would they be?"

"It should be half mom, half dad... I think it's better if they look like you, to have a little Chen Yuan," Xia Xinyu said while feeling shy, not forgetting to correct Chen Yuan's mistaken idea of wanting a daughter.

"Why is our Xinyu so beautiful? What did she eat growing up? Is there really some secret recipe for little beauties..."

"Okay, okay, let's check the answers."

Xia Xinyu raised her hand, interrupting Chen Yuan's awkward praise.

Although the words he started with 'our Xinyu' really made people happy, as if she was his little pride, he would slowly hold her face and start eating her mouth...

The key was that she was still floating there, feeling complacent.

"Alright, let's start with math then."

Just like that, Chen Yuan and Xia Xinyu used a piece of scratch paper, and the two of them checked the math scores together.

And as they checked, it was obvious that Yu Zi's mood was getting better and better.

After finishing the check, Chen Yuan finally understood the reason after looking at her scratch paper.

137~140.

"That's so high?" Chen Yuan was a little surprised.

If it was this score, it could probably catch up with the average score of Class One of Fourth High.

No, not really.

Unless it could reach her estimated highest score, 140, then it would reach the level of Class One.

Of course, even 137 was still a super high level.

"Hehe, I performed a little well," Xia Xinyu scratched the back of her head, smiling very honestly.

But after seeing his own 148 or 150, her smile froze slightly: "This kind of exam, you can also get close to full marks?"

"No, I feel like there's a problem. I skipped a step in the process and directly obtained the condition. If you give me three more minutes, I'll definitely get full marks," Chen Yuan said.

"Then what do you think of Shi Yi's kind of questions?"

"That's the provincial competition runner-up, of course it's a *miu sha* (instant kill)."

I have to admit, even just in terms of math, Chen Yuan was suppressed by Brother Yi.

"Alright, let's continue calculating the scores."

After finishing the math, Chen Yuan and Xia Xinyu spent about an hour according to the order of English, Comprehensive Science, and Chinese.

After carefully calculating, the two roughly estimated each other's scores.

And Xia Xinyu was a little too optimistic before.

The calculated score range was 641~653.

That is to say, only in the best case, there was a chance to sprint to 650.

"Ah, it's so hard," Xia Xinyu said with some frustration, covering her face.

"Don't think like that, even if this time is the same as last time, the ranking can at least be pulled up by sixty or seventy places, which is definitely a big improvement," Chen Yuan comforted.

"That's what you say, but I really want to get 650."

For the previous Xia Xinyu, 650 was an absolute insurmountable chasm.

This time, she performed so well, but it was still difficult to achieve, so she was naturally a little disheartened.

It can only be said that the difficulty of the test paper was increased too much, and she missed the best opportunity.

"What about you?" Xia Xinyu looked at Chen Yuan's pile of numbers, feeling a little confused.

"Wait, let me calculate it mentally."

And Chen Yuan, after using mental abacus calculation, wrote down an extremely accurate numerical range.

685~692.

Different from Xia Xinyu's range fluctuation of 12 points, Chen Yuan only gave himself 7 points of error.

And this was because Chen Yuan's memory was very strong, almost remembering every answer he had written, and the error was mainly in the two compositions of English and Chinese.

Accurately speaking, only Chinese.

The English composition score difference was at most two or three points.

And after seeing this score, Xia Xinyu covered her mouth in surprise and was frightened: "This ranking is calculated with extra points. That is, 695~702!"

This score was too exaggerated.

How should I put it?

It was the level of the upper reaches of Class One, even in Fourth High!

No, was the progress so exaggerated?

It was only a semester!

"According to my experience, the Pomelo Line is definitely below 690 points. Even if you make the lowest estimate, your score exceeds the Pomelo Line by a lot!" Xia Xinyu revealed a surprised look.

However, Chen Yuan slowly shook his head, somewhat regretfully.

This score can only kill everyone except Little Sun.

It seems that Brother Sun's first place can last for another half a season.

(End of this chapter)