"Damn it, Aunt!"

Hearing this, Chen Yuan had to admit he was flustered.

He now wished he could...squash Xia Xinyu's face into a pufferfish.

Wait, what was wrong with the two of them sitting and eating just now?

If she was scared, she could have pretended not to know him. This was a food stall; theoretically, five people could pretend they didn't know each other.

But by acting like this, if his aunt found out...

She was really harming him!

"Be natural, be natural..." Xia Xinyu muttered to herself.

"The most unnatural one is you. Calm down."

Seeing Xia Xinyu shaking non-stop, Chen Yuan directly placed his hand on her head, absorbing her brainpower, trying to turn her into a fearlessly dumb person.

And this action did indeed freeze her.

[Chen Yuan is right, be natural, be natural...]

[But, I still seem to be shaking. What's going on?]

No, you're fine. It's your bro who's shaking now.

[Why is a student from Eleventh High School at our school, and dating one of our students?]

[And that girl just now, feels a little like my Xinyu...]

See, I told you, being honest and straightforward would've been fine.

Making such a fuss!

I'll see what happens next time. I'll see how you introduce me next time.

"Aunt, this is Chen Yuan, my neighbor. Yeah, that's right, he's the boy who held me in his arms and patted my head last time."

Now, Chen Yuan wished he could stuff little Xia into his pocket and carry her around.

But saying such things was meaningless now; he could only make the best of it.

"Teacher Xia, what's wrong?"

A young teacher walking alongside Xia Fang saw her stop and turned her head, following her gaze. Then, she saw a tall boy in Eleventh High School uniform, and across from him a small girl from Fourth High School, and immediately adopted a "let's watch the drama" mentality: "Dating so openly, aren't you afraid of our school's disciplinary office?"

Fourth High School's disciplinary office, a terrifying organization feared by all, whose investigative abilities, counter-investigative abilities, and intelligence network, were outstanding among all the schools in Xia Hai.

They were Fourth High's own FBI.

"I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I thought I saw Xinyu?" Xia Fang said suspiciously.

Hearing this name, the young teacher directly laughed out loud: "How could that be? That's Xinyu we're talking about. A girl like that wouldn't be having a relationship."

"That's true..."

"Besides, what kind of boy would be worthy of Xinyu? Especially one from Eleventh High."

Hey, what do you mean "especially one from Eleventh High?"

Have you forgotten which school produced the city's top science student in 2011?

Have you forgotten the school that's known as the Gemini of Haijing District along with Fourth High?

Anger, trembling, cold.

[Never mind, I'll just ask Xinyu what she's doing when I get back and I'll know.]

[That child can't lie.]

Leaving these two inner thoughts behind, the aunt walked away with her colleague.

Chen Yuan couldn't hear their inner thoughts anymore.

"They're gone." Releasing his hand from her head, Chen Yuan reminded her.

Slowly raising her head, Xia Xinyu's cheeks were completely flushed red, and she finally let out a sigh of relief, but she suddenly realized something and asked blankly, "Wait, just now...would it have been fine if we hadn't dodged?"

Chen Yuan: "..."

Although I only scored 504, although I'm just a menial disciple from Eleventh Sect, I truly occasionally feel that I'm not more foolish than this Xia Xinyu.

Even, in some aspects, I'm even more clever.

Of course, according to the deeply rooted Darwinism in Chinese education - you scored 625, you're more evolved than me.

"If we hadn't dodged, even if we were discovered, we'd just be eating together." Xia Xinyu, after reviewing the situation, realized her impulsiveness even more, "I'm so stupid, really."

If they had been discovered just now, in that kind of position, that would have been the end of it.

"You could have pretended not to know me anyway. We were eating at the food stall," Chen Yuan said casually.

"..." Hearing this, Xia Xinyu was stunned, and rarely didn't immediately respond to Chen Yuan.

Not even an inner thought.

Was she spacing out?

"The shengjian is here, it wasn't that slow." Chen Yuan pulled out a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Xia Xinyu, and took a pair for himself, preparing to dig in.

"Mm." After a faint response, Xia Xinyu turned her head.

At this time, the boss had already pan-fried a batch of shengjian, put them on a plate, and brought them to the two of them, giving them two extra paper bowls.

Because he was extremely hungry, Chen Yuan didn't think much and directly grabbed one and put it in his mouth.

However, just as he bit into the shengjian and the soup gushed out into the small bowl, Xia Xinyu suddenly muttered, "If you ran into a teacher on the street, would you say you didn't know me?"

This question almost choked Chen Yuan.

He wanted to answer, but the scalding hot shengjian was already in his mouth.

He could only pantingly swallow the shengjian, quickly gulping it down, and then answering, "Of course not."

"Then do you think I would..."

Lowering her head, poking at the shengjian with her chopsticks, Xia Xinyu didn't look at Chen Yuan, still muttering in that tone.

"The situation is different. After all, that's not an ordinary teacher, that's your aunt," Chen Yuan explained.

"Then what if you ran into your aunt?"

"I don't have an aunt."

After Chen Yuan answered, he felt that this was a little too straight, and then added, "But I have a maternal aunt. You can use your maternal aunt as an example."

Xia Xinyu turned her head to look at Chen Yuan, frowning and pausing for a long time, before seriously asking, "Then if you were walking with me on the street, and you ran into your maternal aunt, older female cousin, uncle, or even your parents, would you...pretend you didn't know me?"

"No."

"Right." Saying this, Xia Xinyu's emotions finally had a ripple, even a hint of unhappiness, "Why would you think I would pretend I didn't know you?"

"Boys should be a little thick-skinned about this kind of thing. Girls are more thin-skinned...Of course, I don't mean to discriminate against women in any way."

This was the first time Chen Yuan hadn't controlled the situation, and it was also the first time he had seen Xia Xinyu have 'angry' emotions.

Of course, a person with a perfect personality and no temper doesn't exist.

But why didn't I hear any inner thoughts just now...

Was she so triggered by something that her mind went blank?

Xia Xinyu got off the stool, tugged on Chen Yuan's sleeve, and said softly, "Can you come with me?"

"Oh." Because he had already paid in advance, there wouldn't be a misunderstanding of eating and running, so Chen Yuan got up and followed.

And the moment he stood up, he heard Xia Xinyu's inner thoughts.

Then, he froze for a frame.

"Do you know what I want to do?" Xia Xinyu asked Chen Yuan, a little puzzled.

He just found out.

So, he was a little afraid to go.

"You must have your reasons," Chen Yuan answered.

Nodding, Xia Xinyu didn't conceal it, nor did she leave it for later. After a little mental preparation, she explained, "I dodged my aunt just now completely because I felt like I was skipping class, and I was a little scared to run into her in this kind of place. I'm not afraid she'll catch me with you...I wasn't worried about that."

"I see. I'm sorry," Chen Yuan proactively apologized.

Because Xia Xinyu was too kind and had too good of a temper, Chen Yuan hadn't noticed that she was also a girl with a soft heart.

Admittedly, what he said just now was indeed inappropriate; it was like saying - when disaster strikes, birds in the forest fly off on their own.

"It's okay. I know you didn't mean it that way." Xia Xinyu finally showed a smile.

But in her heart, she was still a little sad.

She thought of some things the language teacher in her class had said during class.

Don't think that the school cracking down on early relationships is harming you; in reality, the school is checking up on things for you.

If you meet a teacher on the street, and the boy just throws your hand away, do you think that's true love?

Although they weren't in a relationship yet, she felt that Chen Yuan saying those words was like saying that she would be the kind of person to throw his hand away...

Of course, because they weren't in a relationship, this was just an inappropriate analogy.

But the meaning was the same.

Fuck.

My bad, my bad.

After hearing Xia Xinyu's inner thoughts, and such a vivid analogy, he knew why he needed to apologize just now.

It was like, walking down the street, holding Xia Xinyu's hand, and after meeting his mom and Old Chen, he immediately threw Xia Xinyu's hand away, and then quickened his pace, pretending that he was just going the same way as her...

If he dared to do that, he might have more than ten thousand people from all over the country come to beat him up in real life.

"My aunt shouldn't have gone far." Xia Xinyu poked outside with her finger, proving herself, "I'm not kidding. Let's go find her."

Xia Xinyu really didn't lie to him.

Her heart and actions were as clear as a bright mirror.

Chen Yuan wasn't actually that cowardly, and wasn't afraid of his aunt, but his and Xia Xinyu's actions just now were like they were making out...

Going over now, was he going to feed again?

Why did he use "again"?

"Sorry, sorry, I'll punish myself with a test paper when I get back." Patting Xia Xinyu's shoulder, and then gently pushing her back, sending her back to her seat, he sincerely said, "I completely believe you. Let's say hello to your aunt properly next time."

"...Mm."

And since Chen Yuan had said so, Xia Xinyu didn't continue to insist, nodding, and no longer dwelling on it: "Let's say hello properly next time, no need to hide, anyway..."

While speaking, she picked up a bun and put it in her mouth, muttering something vaguely while eating.

Chen Yuan knew that she was deliberately not letting him hear what she was saying, after all, she was still angry just now.

So he didn't press her to ask, just propped his face up and stared at this competitive girl.

He could just listen to her inner thoughts.

[Anyway, I don't have anything to be afraid of.]