Wow, Jeanne is a mud duck...

Because it only took a few minutes and basically no effort to find this thing, Chen Yuan's mood was very calm and his expression was indifferent.

After all, if it was fake, he would really be a clown.

Of course, based on the feel, Chen Yuan had already ruled out the possibility of it being brass. As for whether it was another material, he could only tell tomorrow.

"Oh, Xiao Shen, what did you just say?"

After putting the gold bracelet into his pocket, Chen Yuan returned to the call and asked.

"You didn't hear anything I just said..."

The tone on the other end of the phone was a bit resentful, but not very angry. Perhaps she just felt like she was being fooled.

"I was a little too absorbed watching two cockroaches fight just now, sorry. But it's okay, I've already sent them to the Xu Ming Jie (Void Netherworld)."

Chen Yuan explained, while reminiscing.

Just now, Xiao Shen seemed to say something about when he could go to her house as a tutor, and that she could give him gold coins?

Reasonable.

From the old to the young, everyone can be an object for him to get gold coins from.

"Please consider it." Shen Xiao Ran said in a 'please, please' tone, "When can you come again this week... even for a little while."

"But I have a monthly exam next week, I'm a bit busy."

Chen Yuan found the nameless shared bicycle, scanned the QR code, and rode on it.

"Okay."

Hearing this, knowing that Chen Yuan really had something to do, Shen Xiao Ran could only accept it, and sighed: "It's good to be busy, it's good to be busy."

What, empty-nest Xiao Shen?

"Just wait obediently at home, I'll definitely go again this week, but I can't promise you which day."

Because there was no clear plan at the moment, Chen Yuan couldn't say for sure. However, he was cunningly drawing a pie: "Of course, if you listen to your mother well and do your rehabilitation well, I'll go the next day."

"So, you mean you can see what I'm doing at any time?"

Xiao Shen took the initiative, making Chen Yuan cautious.

That's how L got the Death Note out of Yagami Light!

What is this kid thinking?

And to what extent does she want to know?

"Chen Yuan, do you have any other magical abilities?" Shen Xiao Ran asked expectantly.

"I don't understand what you're talking about."

"...Oh, I understand."

Shen Xiao Ran was very cooperative, lowered her voice, and said seriously: "I'm not recording, the soundproofing of the room is very good, and there are no chat records, so this matter will absolutely not be exposed to a third person. If I accidentally expose your ability, I am willing to cut off my own arm!"

"..."

Chen Yuan fell silent after hearing this.

And Shen Xiao Ran gradually fell silent because of Chen Yuan's silence.

Finally, she spoke first: "I put a dark joke in that sentence just now... did you understand it?"

"So you think I should complain?"

Chen Yuan was really speechless.

When Tie Sheng lost his legs, the people around him didn't dare to mention words like walking, jumping, or running. You're directly making dark jokes about a disabled child who only has two arms left, and saying you're going to cut off your own arm.

You have such a big heart, Xiao Shen!

Shen Xiao Ran explained: "I wanted to make the topic more humorous..."

"It's okay, you're already funny just by talking normally."

"Ah! You're annoying." Shen Xiao Ran protested dissatisfiedly, "You always treat people like children, think everything I do is ridiculous, and never take my feelings seriously. Even if I tell you now that I want to be your bride when I grow up, you'd probably laugh..."

"Pfft."

The joke here is: Shen Xiao Ran seriously complained about being treated like a little kid and being laughed at even when confessing her feelings, and Chen Yuan laughed.

"No, you're so annoying!"

Shen Xiao Ran really broke down, almost crying, and said very unhappily: "Chen Yuan, you're really... Chen Yuan, you..."

This is the consequence of not reading *Wo Chao*, it will cause your knowledge to be lacking at critical moments.

Smart friends know that five words can summarize their behavior:

Chen Yuan is a big idiot!

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Chen Yuan wasn't a devil either, and apologized to Shen Xiao Ran, "I didn't look down on you either, I just thought it was funny for a child to say that. When you grow up and become a graceful young woman, no one will look down on anything you say."

Being teased as a child is obviously a necessary part of the Chinese people's life.

Who was ever treated like an adult when they were young?

It can only be said that it is precisely because one has been rained on that it is annoying to see others not being rained on.

Of course, Chen Yuan also had another consideration, which was that Xiao Shen's feelings for him were a little subtle. What he could do was to correct them from time to time, just like her mother.

It's okay to be a bit of a tease, but if you really say something like 'becoming my brother's bride'... then you can go ask the police what they think.

"When that time comes, you'll definitely be scared to death!" Shen Xiao Ran was also confident, and said without hesitation.

"Okay, okay, okay."

Chen Yuan perfunctorily agreed, and then thought of some scenes. So, he smiled slightly: "But then, if you really suddenly ran in front of me, spinning around in a skirt to say hello... I wouldn't be scared, I'd be more surprised."

I have a younger sister, no blood relation.

The first time I met her, she was more mature than me. Looking at the bright moon on the river, her eyes hid the frost of deep winter. She silently said: Keep away.

At the time, I thought this child would never laugh again in her life.

During a certain period in high school, I became friends with her, and she even called me brother.

I have always regarded this time as a special experience, and I will never forget it.

After college, I went to another place. Students from famous schools are all very competitive. In my sophomore year, I was busy with papers and employment, and I hardly had a free afternoon.

After a required course, I was holding a book and going to the cafeteria with my classmates, thinking about rushing to the library to reserve a seat after eating.

And on the road, under the old auditorium covered with ivy, a ray of slanting sunlight shone into my eyes.

Subconsciously, I avoided my gaze, and then I saw a girl with long hair blowing in the cool autumn wind standing in front of me. She was wearing a beautiful dress, full of youthful vitality. After our eyes met, she put her hands behind her back and asked me with a smile:

"Chen Yuan-gege, do you still remember the little cripple from high school?"

Damn it.

I'm about to cry thinking about it here.

Hurry up and release the *College Arc*.

I don't want to live through high school life of memorizing vocabulary, doing problems, and memorizing formulas every day.

Come on, Chao Ye, accelerate, accelerate, accelerate my high school progress!

"What's wrong, did it freeze?"

Chen Yuan asked curiously when he hadn't heard anyone speak for a long time.

"Um... a little frozen."

"Then I'll hang up first?"

"Don't hang up, don't hang up!"

When Chen Yuan said he was going to hang up the phone, Shen Xiao Ran quickly stopped him. Then, biting her lip lightly, she said pitifully: "Hang up later... disabled children are very sensitive. If you hang up like this, she might not be able to sleep all night and have to cry in her quilt at night."

"Here comes the moral kidnapping again?"

"Only people with morals can be kidnapped, which just shows that you are a moral role model."

Shen Xiao Ran's facial expressions were already out of control when she said this.

Because she really had thought about the scene Chen Yuan described.

When her legs get better, she will put on a pretty little skirt and secretly run to his school to give him a big surprise.

But he said he would be surprised...

Is he surprised that I came, or surprised that I got better?

I really want the ability to read minds too.

"You're lucky you're hiding at home, otherwise you'd get beaten up sooner or later with that personality." Chen Yuan suddenly said.

"Huh? Does fairy sister also hit people?" Shen Xiao Ran said in disbelief.

"If it were her, I would be willing to be beaten."

"..." Every time she 'provokes' him, Chen Yuan will use a way that leaves people speechless to protect her, and then choke her.

Just spoil her, just spoil her.

"Okay, I'm really sleepy, I have to go to class tomorrow, I won't talk anymore."

"That, wait a moment." Before hanging up, Shen Xiao Ran suddenly said seriously: "I will never talk nonsense about your immortal things. If it really causes you trouble, I will commit suicide without you saying anything... I was just joking before, don't take it seriously."

Shen Xiao Ran neither wanted to possess nor show off, let alone threaten this extraordinary power.

She was already very grateful that Chen Yuan was willing to enter her dreams.

It's like he's visiting.

It's his kindness to come, and his duty not to come.

All this little cripple can do is sit in a wheelchair and make a phone call to beg him.

She can't threaten anyone.

Neither him nor her.

"I feel like you're behaving pretty well, so tell me in advance when you're doing your rehabilitation this week."

But fortunately, he is quite susceptible to the 'I beg you' thing.

"Okay, okay, you said you must come!" Shen Xiao Ran didn't hide her joy at all.

Happy is happy.

Compared to when they weren't familiar, she felt she had become much more frank.

It can even be said that speaking her mind is her ninja way.

And he must not have seen many girls with her personality.

Hmph.

"Get some rest early, don't stay up late, goodbye."

"Okay, good night, mua~"

"Tsk."

After smacking his lips, he hung up the phone.

"Ah, he's so hurtful."

Looking at her phone, Shen Xiao Ran sighed, and finally understood what the ruthless man she read about was like.

Chen Yuan is good in every way, but he's too much of a saint.

If this kind of person became the male lead in a Xianxia novel, he would probably stomp his feet with empathy when he saw two bear children falling into a fire pit...

"But my newbie protection period probably won't last long either."

Shen Xiao Ran looked at the sixth-grade elementary school textbook next to her and joked to herself.

After this year, she will be a junior high school student.

Although there is only one year difference, becoming a junior high school student seems to be a qualitative change.

After all, she often sees first-year students looking down on the other party as elementary school students, and elementary school students saying that the other party is kindergarten, which is all about a strict hierarchy.

But growing up, not being able to enjoy certain privileges, and no longer being 'indulged' doesn't necessarily mean it's all bad.

Holding the *Little Prince*, which she had read today and found more suitable than *Stellar Transformations*, Shen Xiao Ran raised her head, looked at the lotus leaf lamp, and murmured:

"I'm eleven years old, and he's seventeen years old, it sounds like a big difference."

"I'm fourteen years old, and he's twenty years old, it seems like there's still quite a difference."

"I'm eighteen years old, and he's twenty-four years old... isn't it not that much?"

………

Mua, this guy is actually *mua*-ing.

These little kids are really amazing these days.

This week, try to pick a time to get her other foot to a similar progress, and restore as much as possible other parts that need to exert strength.

Just like the rehabilitation therapist said, the bicycle can't be left to rust. As long as the joints move, she will soon be able to walk, climb slopes, and even climb stairs like that young rich guy.

And what should be done with this bracelet?

While waiting for the traffic light, Chen Yuan took it out of his pocket and looked at it carefully.

It's impossible to find the owner.

If it wasn't for him, it would have been dragged away by the garbage truck in the morning and then buried in the landfill.

Let's just treat it as a gift from Yu Zi. Don't let the dog's good intentions go to waste.

But before that, I have to verify it properly to see if this trip was worth it.

The next day, Chen Yuan ate breakfast with Xin Yu as usual, went to school, and then tried his best to memorize all the vocabulary of Compulsory Courses 2 and 3 in a whole day.

And not only English, but he also remembered the corresponding Chinese.

Dictation requires being able to spell, but for doing problems, being able to recognize them is the key.

But the price of doing so is still very obvious.

"Your voice... is it a bit hoarse?" Xia Xin Yu asked with some concern when they were taking the bus home in the evening.

"Is it?"

"It's almost like Yang Kun." Xia Xin Yu shook her head, took out a water cup from her bag, and handed it to him, "There's still some warm water inside, soothe your throat. And, say less."

"Thank..."

"Say less," Xia Xin Yu gestured to be quiet.

Got it, she means let him stop talking so much, it's annoying to listen to.

Then, Chen Yuan opened the lid and took a sip.

Suddenly, he smelled a faintly sweet floral fragrance.

"It's luo han guo (monk fruit)," Xia Xin Yu explained with a smile, "There's a monthly exam recently, and it's the first exam covering all the content, so I also memorized the vocabulary from before. It really strains my voice."

Since Xia Xin Yu said so, how could he not be strained?

He memorized more than 2,200 out of 3,500 high school vocabulary words in two days, and also said the Chinese definitions more than 2,000 times, which is equivalent to more than 4,000 sentences, or about 100,000 pronunciations.

Think about it, assuming he spoke faster, at 7,200 times an hour, that would still take more than ten hours.

How much would that damage the vocal cords?

But there's no choice, this week is about memorizing vocabulary as much as possible and making English his toy.

Think about it, a whole English test paper is basically all translated into Chinese characters for you, combined with your own exam-oriented thinking.

Do you really think I'm still that boy with sixty-seven points?

If you grabbed Harvey and made him take a test paper with me, he wouldn't be my opponent either.

"Have, some, thing," Chen Yuan said, looking at Xia Xin Yu.

"...Say it quietly, just protect your voice, haha."

"Some time after the monthly exam, I'm going to Ningcheng to participate in the main competition, which will be on the weekend." Because it was not long after the monthly exam, Chen Yuan asked in advance, "Can you come?"

"Me, am I going with you?"

Xia Xin Yu suddenly became a little nervous when she heard this.

"Ningcheng is by the sea, and there will be time to play by the sea," Chen Yuan said.

"How long will it take?"

"About two days, staying one night," Chen Yuan considered that Xia Xin Yu was a shy girl, so he explained, "Because it's the weekend, some of my classmates, Zhou Yu and them... I mean that human being Zhou Yu, they are also going, and I was thinking you could come too."

What's with the "human being Zhou Yu" thing...

And isn't Zhou Yu a human?

But after Chen Yuan said that, Xia Xin Yu's originally hesitant mood also became cheerful. She looked at him and joked with a smile, "Aren't you afraid of gossip? I'll go if you're not afraid."

You ask me if I'm afraid?

I...

It's not that I'm afraid, it's just a little unnatural.

Sigh, why do those guys have to come?

Why don't I open a few computers for you guys at a black internet cafe and you can play *Goose Goose Duck*.

"I feel like you don't want to come, why did you agree so unwillingly."

Learning from Xiao Shen, Chen Yuan also used a trick of taking the initiative.

"Ah? You're actually blaming me instead, then I'll go," Xia Xin Yu didn't indulge Chen Yuan and mocked, "Anyway, when we meet Lao Mo, it won't be me getting scolded."

No.

Lao Mo will only say, instead of degenerating with trash like Zhou Yu and He Si Jiao, you should just date a Fourth High School student, I'll be more at ease with that.

"Then it's decided."

Chen Yuan decided.

Then, as if he desperately wanted to know how happy the other person was after granting their wish, he activated his heart-reading ability.

She has never been to the seaside, and she was saying in her heart that she wanted to go, so she must be looking forward to the Ningcheng trip?

[The round-trip fare should be about one hundred and forty, and I have to book a room for accommodation over there, and AA for meals when eating with everyone. It's rare to go out to play, so I'll bring some small gifts to my aunt...]

He didn't hear the expected thoughts, but some other little worries.

But it doesn't matter.

Poor neighbor, Coca-Cola.

After the two returned home, had dinner, Chen Yuan made an excuse for Xia Xin Yu to go back to her room, and he changed out of his school uniform, put on a slightly more mature outfit, and went out.

He can't really tell if he's a high school student or a college student.

But he can't let people know he's a high school student.

"Excuse me, what brand is this?"

A clerk at a chain gold store studied the gold bracelet, and then asked with a smile.

The reason for not wearing a school uniform is because he would be mistaken for an internet-addicted teenager stealing his mother's jewelry to recharge *Genshin Impact*.

And the other party asked this because if there is an invoice and brand, it will be more reassuring when receiving gold.

"I don't know," Chen Yuan shook his head and said casually, "Auntie took it off her hand that night and said she gave it to me."

"..."

Looking at this handsome, tall, and healthy-looking boy, the clerk didn't know why, but this short sentence contained so much information!

And why can text also send videos?

I can already see the scene...

"Do you want to exchange it for gold, or for money?" The clerk asked, suppressing her wild thoughts. "This can offset the price of gold, and then exchange it for jewelry of the same price in our store."

"You calculate the weight first, and estimate how much it's worth," Chen Yuan replied casually, showing that he didn't care about his aunt's love at all.

"Okay, but I need to identify it first."

"Sure."

Chen Yuan watched the clerk take out a blowtorch and burn the gold bracelet.

What could be seen was that the color didn't change at all, and the golden luster became even more dazzling.

Then, the clerk put the bracelet on the scale and weighed it: "44.63 grams, according to the price of gold... 20,605 yuan, is that okay?"

(End of chapter)