Chen Yuan was a very popular person.

Although Xia Xinyu described him as a man with a 'equally hating everyone' face of world-weariness, he knew that this was actually his self-protection mechanism.

That is, he had a good sense of propriety.

Most girls don't like guys showing off, because some people think it's a mating signal. As a normal guy, Chen Yuan definitely liked to show off, but he wouldn't do it in front of girls. The reason wasn't that girls didn't like guys showing off, but that he couldn't get any desired feedback from girls by doing so.

In summary, not showing off in front of girls made him more popular with them. Chen Yuan, who had rejected two girls' confessions on QQ before the second year of high school, was never a woman-pleaser.

Therefore,

Li Youyou, you've crossed the line.

He put down his chopsticks with a clatter, looking at Li Youyou, wanting to know what this woman was trying to do.

"..." Tang Siwen, who had just reached out to take a baozi from Chen Yuan's bowl, was stunned by the sound of the chopsticks hitting the table and quickly retracted her hand.

She frowned.

She took out two chopsticks from the chopstick box and carefully picked out the baozi while the two were glaring at each other. Then, holding it in her hand, she gnawed on the baozi with one hand and held her vocabulary book with the other, leaving this place of turmoil.

Tsk, she still took the baozi.

It flew into my bowl, yet you still have the nerve to take it, Tang Siwen?

I thought I could get an extra meal. This prodigy is so stingy, not even willing to give a junior secret treasure to a fellow disciple.

Okay, back to the topic, I need to clear things up with this girl first.

Li Youyou was a girl who was considered cute, with a standard bob haircut and metal-rimmed glasses. In Chen Yuan's impression, she had hardly ever been angry.

But now, she was very angry.

[Are you being fierce with me?]

Hiss—

Hearing this inner voice, he knew he was in trouble.

"I wanted to ask when you kicked my chair today, what's your problem with me?" Chen Yuan asked.

Li Youyou bit her lip, and after holding it in for a while, she said, "You clearly knew that day that it was Huang Ying and them..."

Chen Yuan raised his hand, interrupting her, "Hold on a second."

"Why?" Li Youyou was unconvinced.

Chen Yuan glanced at the crowd and said, "I don't know if Huang [Bleep—] and them are in there, but what if they hear you talking about them behind their backs?"

[Such a cautious man, actually using 'Bleep—' as a censor, even the words he says are blurred, this guy is a natural for doing subtitles!]

Zhou Yu, who was next to him, couldn't help but praise Chen Yuan inwardly like this.

No wonder he was so popular with girls. He never made enemies, precisely because he could respect all women equally, to the point that you couldn't find a single fault.

Of course, if a person could completely avoid insulting women, then he must be very familiar with the points of insulting women.

Such a man is a true expert in insulting women.

Chen Yuan, I salute you.

You are a true master of鬼畜 (Guichu, a style of remix video)!

"..." This sentence directly made Li Youyou speechless.

If Huang Ying and the others heard her blaming them behind their backs, it would indeed create conflict. Even if they could make up on the surface, there would definitely be a rift.

So, his point was that being heard talking about Zhou Fu behind her back was ultimately her fault for being too outspoken...

"In the end, it's still your fault for being too outspoken."

Li Youyou: "..."

So that's what he thought.

In other words, Chen Yuan thought it was all her fault...

"It's all your fault."

"You, do you have to say it so harshly?"

As if someone was stabbing her heart, Li Youyou was truly breaking down, and then angrily retorted, "Besides, how is this all our own business? It's a feud between girls, how can you help her switch seats..."

"Didn't you want to find Old Mo to switch seats and get rejected? I'd say I'm helping you."

"I... I went to Mr. Mo's office not because of that!"

In an argument, simple malice will not cause true anger. Only revealing the truth and hitting a sore spot will make people hysterical and exasperated.

And Li Youyou at this moment was really about to cry.

She wanted to ask Chen Yuan for an explanation, but found that there was nothing wrong with him, and that the root cause was even on her own side. This made her feel completely uncomfortable.

Tonight, someone won't be able to sleep.

Chen Yuan didn't want her to shed tears, he just wanted to exclude himself from the incident without getting involved.

But the other party was also trying not to get involved.

She came to pass the buck.

"So you think I'm the bad guy? Is that right?" Li Youyou questioned.

"The bad guys are Huang [Bleep—] and them." Chen Yuan shook his head and replied, "You just did something wrong, you shouldn't have said those kinds of things behind their backs. And if you said them, you should bear the consequences."

This is a principle that even children understand.

[This is... a principle that even children understand.]

"Bro, it seems like my house exploded, I'll go back and check it out."

Li Youyou was about to cry, and he couldn't take the blame. Zhou Yu picked up his plate, muttered softly, and prepared to leave.

"You have a home, what home do you need?" Grabbing Zhou Yu's wrist, Chen Yuan gritted his teeth and held him back.

The two of them fought with their eyes and the strength of their bowls.

Then, an invisible tug-of-war began.

Chen Yuan was stronger than Zhou Yu, and gradually suppressed him. Just as he was about to press him back onto the stool, Zhou Yu, the bastard, suddenly couldn't afford to play anymore and pushed Chen Yuan away with his legs: "I need to pee, I'm leaving!"

Damn it, it was a piss-take! (using the toilet as an excuse to escape)

Then, only the two of them were left sitting there, without saying a word.

Li Youyou was now in a state of almost crying, but hadn't cried yet, and her eyes were a little red.

But just a little stimulation would be enough to make her cry.

No... that sounds like I'm going to make her cry.

However, if I continue to use my mind-reading superpower to attack her, I can definitely ruin our classmate relationship completely.

Let's stop here.

After saying so much, Chen Yuan just wanted to state one thing—I have no responsibility.

After a silence of more than ten seconds, he stood up and took out a pack of tissues that he had borrowed from the desk while helping He Sijiao move the table.

Slowly raising her head, Li Youyou saw Chen Yuan take out the tissues, and her puffed-up face relaxed slightly, and her expression gradually calmed down.

[He really didn't do anything wrong, and since he's handing me tissues to wipe my tears, then I...]

Just as she was thinking this, Chen Yuan used the tissues to wipe his mouth cleanly, then wiped up the noodle soup that had splattered when he slammed the table, and then threw the dirty tissues into the plate and turned to leave.

[Huh?]

[Hey! How can you treat a girl like that!]

Li Youyou originally had a high opinion of Chen Yuan, and even had the thought that if she were to find a boyfriend in the class, Chen Yuan would be one of her top choices.

Because she thought Chen Yuan was tall, had a good face, and most importantly, wasn't a weirdo at all, and never told dirty jokes to girls. Except for He Sijiao, he had a good sense of propriety. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a cool and aloof handsome guy...

But this guy was too much of a straight man!

………

If he really were the protagonist, Chen Yuan would also be a male lead with limited responsibility.

Of course, not the kind of 'limited responsibility' that means not taking initiative, not refusing, and not being responsible.

When listening to her inner thoughts, Chen Yuan knew that Li Youyou had a good impression of him, but he didn't take it to heart, because they couldn't have a story.

People are all superficial creatures who care about looks. When they see a good-looking girl, and she's nearby, who wouldn't imagine 'what if she was my girlfriend...', but in reality, it's hard to say if they actually like her.

It's just the lustful psychology that healthy people have.

Giving Li Youyou a tissue at that time would indeed improve her impression of him a bit, and the matter of siding with Zhou Fu could also be written off, but...

I don't like her, why would I appease her?

After entering the classroom, there were already quite a few people in the class. Tang Siwen, who was sitting in the second row, by the window, had also taken her seat early and started studying.

With her current grades, she could barely get into the top class, so such a top student stood out very much in a dump class like Class 18.

A prodigy at first glance, identified as a crane standing out in a flock of chickens.

"Mr. Mo asked me to bring the homework to your class's math representative, do you know who it is?" A short-haired girl holding homework came to the classroom door and found Tang Siwen, who was closest to the door.

[Math representative, Zhang Zhu, not in the classroom]

After looking around the class, Tang Siwen stood up and took the exercise books with both hands: "Give them to me."

Then, she started to hand out the homework in the class.

Although she looked like she wasn't familiar with the classmates in the class, she had basically memorized everyone's name and seat in her heart.

And for those classmates who she wasn't very familiar with, she used the association memory method.

[Tang Jian, a very talkative boy, the homeroom teacher changed his seat again]

[Yu Jiacheng is... oh, the boys in the class call him Fatty]

[Fatty's desk is so messy, let's move it on top of the pile of books for him]

[Zhou Fu, e-cup, here]

[Chen Yuan...]

It's my turn, it's my turn, how will she define me?

Hearing that Tang Siwen was about to put a label on him in her heart, Chen Yuan was quite excited. Of course, he didn't look up, but acted very naturally and wrote in his math exercise book.

[Chen Yuan sits next to Zhou Fu]

Unfortunately, he wasn't an unfamiliar person to her, and she quickly found his seat and placed the exercise book on the desk.

[Chen Yuan, a person who likes to steal grilled sausages. So dangerous, he almost ate my baozi today.]

"?"

By the time Chen Yuan looked up, he realized that Tang Siwen had already turned around and went to the fourth group to hand out homework.

If this weren't her inner thoughts, Chen Yuan would have almost cursed out loud.

No, when did I want to eat your baozi?

Are you taking me for a glutton?

Too rude, stop labeling me!

[Zhou Yu... a fool who didn't even notice that his grilled sausage was almost stolen.]

Mm, good job, continue.