"Hey, hey, you can't say that, tsk, tsk, tsk."

Chen Yuan quickly turned around, reminding Xia Xinyu to reach out and touch the wooden door.

"There are preconditions," Xia Xinyu said, quite earnestly. "Unless you want me to die, and then you won't want me anymore. But that would be considered murder."

"No, no." Although Chen Yuan was a materialist, he still felt a little uneasy, so he corrected himself and said, "Don't make rash vows, it's disrespectful to me."

"Then what if I leave you?"

Xia Xinyu looked at Chen Yuan and asked back, quite curious.

"Hilarious." Chen Yuan was amused, and said with considerable ease, "Where can you go? No matter where you go, I can catch you back."

"..." Xia Xinyu blushed, extremely embarrassed.

Chen Yuan's reaction was very Chen Yuan.

Perhaps that's where the difference between men and women lies.

Girls think that if they are abandoned, it means they are no longer loved, there are no more feelings, and there is no way to salvage it, so they can only go to extremes.

Guys think: Trying to escape? Not so easy.

"Don't think too much. My mom is very materialistic, purely focused on grades. As far as she's concerned, as long as my grades improve, she won't care how many girlfriends I have."

"Then how many do you want to have?" Xia Xinyu asked.

"I was just joking, expressing it in a humorous way to lighten the mood..."

"So funny." Xia Xinyu forced a smile with two fingers. "So, how many?"

Yu Zi really can't take a joke, her focus is on this.

Chen Yuan could only say that he had been changed.

In the past, when he watched online novels and anime, he would put himself in the shoes of the male protagonist, thinking that having a harem was great. One at home, one in his hometown, one at the company, and another on business trips, cheating like crazy. But when it really came to him, after meeting the best person, he realized that with just this one, he didn't know how to fully and wholeheartedly express his feelings and let her feel his love.

Clearly, he had finally turned the first page of Xia Xinyu's book.

And he also understood that so-called pure love was so beautiful.

Where's the sound engineer? Put on "Submerged."

What? Only "A Journey of Flourishing Flowers"?

I'm not taking the postgraduate entrance exam.

"I'm very confident about this exam," Chen Yuan said with certainty. "And when she sees my progress, she'll know that she has to accept Xinyu. And she'll be happy to accept her."

"No." Xia Xinyu shook her head, quite seriously. "I did tutor you, but it was mostly you who studied on your own. I don't really want to take credit for that. If you praise me too much, Mom will really get jealous..."

"I'm just telling you that if I make progress, it's all because of you."

Chao Zi also deserves credit, but Chao Zi never takes credit, so let's not mention him.

"Why is it because of me? I haven't taught you for a long time..."

"504 + 121 = 625." Chen Yuan gently pinched Xia Xinyu's cheek and said, "Subjectively and objectively, it's all because of you. Otherwise, I might still be slacking off."

Although he was the one who mainly suffered the hardship of studying.

Xia Xinyu didn't help for a particularly long time.

But he had to admit that it was Xia Xinyu who made him work so hard.

Otherwise, with his personality, he would have already used Chao Zi as Homelander.

Believe it or not, if he hadn't had Xin Bao, if Chen Yuan had encountered something unpleasant last week, he would have directly used the invincible progress bar to blow up the earth.

The Earth, that b*tch, has been able to survive to this day and still has billions of years of life left, purely because there is a Xia Xinyu on Earth.

Earth, old buddy, shouldn't you quickly thank Xinyu?

"Okay, then it's my credit."

Since Chen Yuan had said it to this extent, Xinyu had no choice but to accept it.

Of course, she wouldn't remind Chen Yuan that with his talent, even if he had met another girl with good grades instead of her, he would still have been able to make such rapid progress.

After all, the ability to learn is an objective thing.

However, I'll take the credit.

"Then I'm going back to my room. I'll try to recover as soon as possible and then prepare for the math competition." Chen Yuan didn't want to pass the virus on to Xinyu, so he took the initiative to suggest it.

As he opened the door, he was about to leave when Xia Xinyu suddenly stopped him, "Wait a minute."

"Huh?" Chen Yuan stood there in confusion, curious.

Xia Xinyu looked at Chen Yuan, who didn't seem to notice anything, and revealed a mischievous smile.

"What bad idea are you holding back again?" Chen Yuan said defensively.

Xia Xinyu laughed, then turned her face away and continued to snicker.

Laugh, laugh, laugh, what's so funny?

Just tell me!

"Did I chase you?"

Xia Xinyu asked, forcing herself to maintain a serious expression.

That one sentence instantly killed Chen Yuan.

No, did you hear even that?!

And, instead of kissing me in such a good atmosphere, you bring this up, are you kidding me?

Very funny.

Seeing Chen Yuan's flustered and awkward appearance, Xia Xinyu was extremely satisfied.

"This..." Chen Yuan hesitated, and after holding back for a long time, he said, "Think about it, recap it, who hugged who first?"

"Is that how you calculate it?" Xia Xinyu asked back.

"Then how do you calculate it?"

"Let me think." Xia Xinyu said after thinking for a while, "After you treated me to Boston lobster that day, who confessed to me?"

"Historical revisionism, huh? Wasn't that to buy time so you wouldn't think about ending it all..."

"Then if I had agreed, would you have rejected me?"

That wouldn't happen.

Xia Xinyu was such a beautiful girl, and since she was willing to date him, Chen Yuan wouldn't be pretentious and say no.

Any guy would have agreed in that situation.

But I'm stubborn.

"Yes."

"Yes?"

Xia Xinyu stared at Chen Yuan carefully, as if interrogating him with her eyes.

Just as Chen Yuan was finally about to run away, she said, "Okay, okay, let's go with what you said, you're a cold male god, the one being chased."

"Got it."

Chen Yuan meant that this topic could be skipped, there was no need to continue talking about it.

Seriously, it's no fun!

"Then where's the turning point?" Xia Xinyu asked again.

"What turning point?"

"Since that's what you think, at what moment did you feel like you were being chased?"

Xia Xinyu's question was particularly insightful.

On the surface, she was asking Chen Yuan when she had fallen for him.

But in reality, she was asking Chen Yuan when he noticed that her feelings were love.

That moment was when Chen Yuan fell.

In response, Chen Yuan thought for a long time, then said in a rare, soft voice, "If I had to say, it might have been when the light of the fireflies shone in your eyes..."

"Oh."

After receiving this answer, Xia Xinyu revealed a happy smile.

That was also when I felt that I was seriously falling for you.

What a coincidence.

Just like that firefly that happened to be held in Chen Yuan's palm.

If any one step between us had been missing, we wouldn't be where we are now.

At this moment, Xia Xinyu once again sincerely rejoiced—it's good to be alive.

"Come here, lean your ear over here." Xia Xinyu said mysteriously to Chen Yuan.

Then Chen Yuan did as he was told, sticking his face over.

"It's your ear."

Xia Xinyu emphasized again, blushing.

"...Okay."

Not a kiss?

Not even a kiss at this point?

Okay, okay, Xinyu, you can really hold back, I dare you to never kiss me.

Never mind, tsk, tsk, tsk.

I'll touch a door later to dispel this vicious curse.

So, Chen Yuan leaned his ear closer to Xia Xinyu. Because she had to get close, Xia Xinyu also put on a mask and covered her mouth with her hand, whispering in Chen Yuan's ear, "If you get a provincial award and college entrance exam points, I'll..."

This time, Xia Xinyu didn't use Xinyu's voice.

And when the words dissipated into the air, they were like a warm and sweet breeze, passing through his body and blowing into his heart.

"Worth it, right?"

After Xia Xinyu finished speaking, she stood back and asked Chen Yuan with a smile.

Worth it, it's definitely worth it...

Xinyu is really good at dangling carrots.

And this carrot is so tempting.

Who the hell can resist this?

"Yeah, I know," Chen Yuan said.

"Tsk, you're pretending to be aloof again to hide the thousands of troops and horses in your heart." Xia Xinyu saw through this kid, so she immediately exposed him.

Then, she slowly pulled down her mask, revealing her soft, crystal-clear lips, and said three words in spoken language:

jia, you, o (add oil).

Clearly.

If he succeeded, what he would hear wouldn't be just these three words.

"I'm going back, bye Xinyu."

"Bye."

After saying goodbye to Xia Xinyu, Chen Yuan returned to his room.

Sitting at his desk, he touched his forehead with his hand, "Damn it, as expected of a second infection, it's so terrifying, I'm getting a fever again."

It can only be said that the pain is still tormenting him.

However, only by studying hard even in this situation can he walk the road to success.

And then the road under his feet will continue to extend.

Take out the math competition practice papers and start working!

But before doing that, Chen Yuan opened the Youth University Study app.

"If the country is not strong, how can we talk about love?"

After hearing this sentence, his Dao heart was stabilized.

Damn it, Xia Xinyu is the biggest obstacle on my road to learning, the invincible final boss—Yhwach!

…………

On Monday morning, Lao Mo went to the math grade group very early to enter the scores.

Although he had graded the papers, he had done it according to the exam hall, and he didn't know how well his students had done.

So, all the teachers who had participated in grading would come together to enter the scores during the early self-study period.

The school would indeed produce the scores for the entire school, but it would not produce a table of class rankings, which the homeroom teacher needed to do themselves.

"How long will it take for the school-wide ranking to come out?"

"It should take another half an hour."

"For now, we've only heard that math and English are out, Chinese is still being tallied, and the remaining subjects will probably be out in a while."

"This time it's a bit difficult, the scores are a bit lower than last time."

"Teacher Pan, how are your students in Class Two doing?"

"Basically no change, the average score has even increased by one point."

"Hey, this exam really widened the gap. It has no effect on the good students, but for those in the back classes, the scores have visibly dropped."

While everyone was chatting, Lao Mo was using a spreadsheet to sort the scores in descending order. The moment the rankings were refreshed, he was stunned.

Ranking Name Score:

Chen Yuan 1 141

Tang Siwen 1 141

Zhang Zhuo 3 129

………

Chen Yuan was first again, and he exceeded 140 again!

Although he was tied for first place with Tang Siwen, he was at the top of Class 18 again because his name started with the letter 'C'.

So, is the teaching gap between us and Fourth High School so big?

Even one student is better at teaching than me?

Or is Chen Yuan inherently talented, but he just hadn't been working hard before?

At this time, English teacher Liu Xin sent a document, which was her class ranking of English scores.

Name Ranking Score

He Meng 1 133

Zhou Fu 2 132

Chen Yuan 2 132

Zhang Chao 4 128

This Chen Yuan, almost got first place in English again!

No.

Why is this happening?!

How long has it been since he soared to second place in the class?

Lao Mo was dumbfounded.

But at the same time, he was a little relieved. It seemed that Eleventh High School was not only worse than Fourth High School in math teaching, but also far behind in English.

Wait.

Lao Mo suddenly thought of something and opened Chen Yuan's previous transcript.

Math, 106.

English, 67.

So, he has already improved by 100 points in these two subjects alone.

504 + 100 = 604.

If I remember correctly...

Lao Mo took out the total score ranking of the previous grade again.

Name Ranking Score

Zhou Yi 100 604

"Top 100?"

(End of this chapter)