Could be, let's have a good talk then.

If Xia Xinyu had really said that when she was crying her heart out, then Chen Yuan would have truly been possessed by the Silver Demon.

There are many things in this world that are more important than sex, and interactions between genders are more about the mutual tempering of souls.

Deep, yet simple.

Even without listening to her thoughts, Chen Yuan could guess what Xia Xinyu was going through at this moment.

Most likely, she had failed her exam.

This was also normal, because her score was already the limit for ordinary people, and it was impossible to keep increasing every time. It was like a tall person finding it difficult to grow even one more centimeter. But a short person, if their bones haven't closed, has endless possibilities, and can even be stimulated to grow with hormones.

Her starting point was already too high, so progress was particularly difficult. And occasional small setbacks seemed very reasonable.

However, judging from her condition, it might not be a "small setback."

Rather, a collapse.

Moreover, it was a complete collapse, with a drop of at least 20 points in the total score.

"Xinyu, have the results come out?" Chen Yuan placed his hands on her shoulders, looking at Xia Xinyu. He didn't take advantage of this moment to hug her, and proactively asked.

"My talent is still too poor."

Xia Xinyu didn't answer directly, shaking her head, her emotions still very unstable: "I only studied a little bit less than before, but I've fallen behind so much… I'm so useless."

"If you're useless, then what's the point of us Eleventh High students living in this world other than to make rice more expensive?" Chen Yuan joked self-deprecatingly, wanting her to feel better.

"It's different. All I have is studying, besides studying, I can't do anything else…" Xia Xinyu bit her lip, denying herself with very depressed emotions, "But now, I've found that I can't even study."

Just one subject's score has regressed so much.

If physics, which I wasn't too confident in this time, also drops by more than ten points, then I'll really fall below six hundred and become the last in the class…

Since entering school, including elementary school, Xia Xinyu had never been the last in the class.

And if she's last this time, it will illustrate one problem: all of her scores are piled up by rote learning. If she slacks off even a little, she will plummet.

She can't be like those top students, who can firmly occupy the top hundred in the grade while also having a long-distance relationship with the person they like.

Being with Chen Yuan will only make me worse and worse.

In that case, so be it.

"We…" Looking at Chen Yuan with teary eyes, Xia Xinyu choked, but said quite forcefully, "Let's… go our separate ways."

"... Tell me, what kind of new interpretation have you made of this commendatory term?" Chen Yuan stretched out his hand, with a 'please begin your speech' attitude.

"That is…" The moment Xia Xinyu learned of her score, this thought flashed through her mind. Thinking that Chen Yuan would also encounter bottlenecks that he couldn't break through, and his rate of progress would gradually slow down, she decided to say what she was thinking, "You work hard towards 625, and I'll work hard towards 504."

"Wait, you call that working hard?"

Xinyu, calm down, you're already a little delirious!

"Of course, I'll try not to work so hard, and hold onto the 600 mark. And then, you have to be a little more diligent than me…"

"Alright."

Smiling, Chen Yuan interrupted Xia Xinyu, raising his hand and cupping her soft cheeks, which were wet with tears. Then, he gently wiped away her tears with his fingertips, and looked down at Xia Xinyu, who had already lost her mind, saying, "I will always believe in you, and I don't think you'll get worse and worse. It's just a monthly exam, it doesn't prove anything. If I'm interfering with you too much, we can see each other less often and spend more time studying…"

"No." Xia Xinyu shook her head, staring at Chen Yuan, complaining with some dissatisfaction, "Chen Yuan, you're so heartless."

"Yeah, that's how it is." Chen Yuan wasn't afraid of being said that by Xia Xinyu, and even acted shamelessly, "If you feel that seeing me will distract you, then lock the door and never see me until the college entrance examination…"

"Okay, okay, who exactly is talking nonsense?"

This wasn't what Xia Xinyu wanted to hear.

"So, you admit it's nonsense?" Chen Yuan smiled.

Xia Xinyu's words just now were basically equivalent to saying—then let's just go to a vocational college.

She wants to slack off.

But with her personality, she would never slack off.

So, she's probably caught in self-consumption.

How could Chen Yuan bear to let her torture herself like this?

After she calmed down and the tears completely stopped flowing, and the sobs also ceased, Chen Yuan slowly placed his hands behind her and gently hugged her again, "That didn't count just now, this is the real one."

How could the so-called first hug be a vent because of breaking down?

If you're going to hug, do it with the feeling of liking the other person.

So now, this is the right vibe.

Her body, her hair, all emanated a fragrance different from shower gel and shampoo. It was the legendary special scent that people who liked each other would smell on each other.

Xia Xinyu's was a soft, elegant, and slightly warm fragrance…

"What… is this now?"

Xia Xinyu didn't understand, but she also put her hands on Chen Yuan's back and placed her entire cheek against his chest.

Instantly, that unease, sadness, and repression all disappeared, replaced by warmth and peace of mind.

She was indeed saying nonsense just now.

What not studying anymore, just focusing on dating, and being a love brain with no knowledge—that was completely impossible.

She just needed comfort.

However, the declining grades do need to be taken seriously.

So, should we really do as Chen Yuan said, see each other less often, and cheer each other on in our hearts?

"I don't believe it."

Raising her head and looking at Chen Yuan, Xia Xinyu bit her lip, saying with considerable certainty, "You can do it, completely abandon me."

"This isn't called abandonment, it's called strategic placement…"

"Then can you strategically put me aside?"

The reason Xia Xinyu asked this was because she couldn't do it.

If Chen Yuan could do it, it wouldn't necessarily mean that his feelings weren't as sincere as hers.

Rather, it was that she was nervous and inexperienced when facing her first love, which he happened not to be.

Have you really never dated anyone before?

"To be honest." Looking at her, Chen Yuan confessed, "The reason I haven't been too affected is because before I met you, my mind was already full of things other than studying. Now, I've just replaced those things with you."

"Then I am…"

Xia Xinyu understood what Chen Yuan meant, and then, blushing, whispered, "Before I met you, studying occupied my entire brain. You appeared, forcibly took a piece of land in my brain, and even drove away the native 'studying'."

"Right, right, right."

Xia Xinyu was really smart, immediately pointing out the essence of the problem.

Because studying didn't have much presence in Chen Yuan's brain in the first place, it didn't matter much if Xia Xinyu built a shopping mall there. But it was different for her. Even if she just set up a small barbecue stall inside, it would squeeze the space of the 'studying people,' and the smell of barbecue would turn these studying people into lazy dogs.

Looks so fragrant, really want to take a bite… Mmm, so delicious.

Studying people: What kind of bitter life have I been living before, boo hoo…

"You don't have to worry about me, and you don't have to take care of my emotions too much." Chen Yuan smiled faintly, making a circle with his hand and gently grasping Xia Xinyu's slender wrist. Because she was too thin, there was still a lot of space in between, "It's already locked, I'm very relieved, and you don't need to deliberately give me a sense of security."

Xia Xinyu was embarrassed by what he said, and her face began to heat up. However, she didn't shy away too much, but also raised her other hand and sent it to Chen Yuan's hand: "Then lock this one up too. This way, not to mention running away, I can't even move."

"Okay, okay, okay."

Chen Yuan directly arrested her on the spot, and revealed a smile that said, 'You're so damn cute.'

Xia Xinyu's failure in this exam was also his responsibility.

That was, because he wanted to establish a relationship with her too much, he said some things that disturbed Xia Xinyu's dao heart. And the starting point was just as simple and vulgar as wanting to kiss and hug.

In the future, I won't mention this matter anymore.

Let it be natural, whatever step we get to is that step.

That way, she won't always be thinking about how to please the boy while trying to study hard. Or even use sleep-talking to draw a pie for herself: I've already seen the future where I'm wearing a wedding dress for you, don't be so anxious, okay?

Not anxious.

Even if you get addicted to it by then and say you want a kiss, I won't be anxious. I'll reject you on the spot: No, you're disturbing my studying, Xinyu.

I don't want to taste lips that much anyway.

"Chen Yuan, you…"

Just as the two of them were holding hands and playing a perverted handcuff game here, the old man who exercised daily downstairs happened to come up. After seeing this scene, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately laughed, "Haha, did I come at the wrong time?"

Xia Xinyu quickly retracted her hand when she saw this, lowering her head shyly.

"Uncle, what's this?" Chen Yuan asked, puzzled.

The old man waved his hand and said, "It's nothing big. The water's going to be cut off. You two aren't in the group, so I came to inform you. Then, I'll pull you into the group later."

"Oh, oh, thank you, Uncle," Chen Yuan said.

Xia Xinyu also said in a low voice, "Thank you."

"It's okay, don't take it to heart, you guys continue," the old man nodded and left with a satisfied expression.

That's not right, what am I happy about?

Judging from the looks of it, they'll probably only rent one room next month.

Of course, I don't rely on these small profits to make a living.

I can be happy, extremely happy.

"So, should we continue?" Chen Yuan asked.

Xia Xinyu frowned, criticizing Chen Yuan's recklessness with a slightly fierce expression, "You should be more reserved when you speak, don't be like this…"

"Indeed, you should be more reserved, and don't just throw yourself into someone's arms."

"Hey!" Xia Xinyu blushed, immediately giving Chen Yuan's chest a small punch, and protesting resentfully, "It's already hard enough to do badly on the exam, don't bully me."

She's actually using this kind of thing to talk, Chen Yuan is really black-bellied.

"So, how bad was it exactly?" Chen Yuan was very curious, what level would make her cry so much?

Did she get below 100 in math?

No, what am I thinking.

Any of the Four Grandfathers would be as strong as the inner disciples of Eleventh High.

"It's a little embarrassing, I don't really want to say," Xia Xinyu shook her head, not wanting her image in Chen Yuan's heart to be damaged.

After all, he always thought she was a very good student.

Every time he praised her for being smart, Xia Xinyu didn't say anything, but she was actually quite proud in her heart.

When he joked that the people of Eleventh High should kowtow to the Four Grandfathers… she did find it very funny, and also had a little vanity.

"110?" Chen Yuan asked uncertainly.

Hearing this number, Xia Xinyu quickly waved her hand: "Of course not, it's not that bad."

"..."

The expression on Chen Yuan's face slowly froze.

Then, he turned slightly to the side, leaving space for Xia Xinyu, and said, "Come, apologize."

"I'm sorry."

Xia Xinyu bowed slightly to the air, and after saying that, she asked Chen Yuan puzzledly, "By the way, who was I apologizing to just now?"

"You don't need to worry about that, but you know, as a public figure, your statement has hurt the public."

Too much.

It's collapsed, how could Xia Xinyu be like this?

Has it always been this score, how has it gotten higher?

Shouldn't you reflect on whether you've been doing your homework properly all these years, whether you've been listening to lectures properly. It's hard to be a top student, support top students, okay?

"One hundred and twenty something?" Chen Yuan asked.

"Yeah." Speaking of this, Xia Xinyu felt sad, her tone extremely disappointed, "125 points, a full 14 points less than last time."

A total score of 14 points less would be 611.

And this time, physics might also be 10 points less, which would be just over 600.

If the other subjects fluctuate a little bit more…

Then the regression would be very large.

The ranking would drop by at least a hundred places.

"Is there a possibility that the questions were a little more difficult?" Chen Yuan asked.

This time, everyone in the 31st exam hall of Eleventh High felt that the math was very difficult, and even passing was difficult.

And Xia Xinyu is after all the Four Grandfather, maybe this time the sect competition, the elders deliberately increased the difficulty to examine the comprehension of the various disciples.

"It was a little difficult, but the students in our class are very good. For them, difficult problems only take longer to solve," Xia Xinyu said with considerable certainty, "Moreover, I've done difficult papers before, and I've never had such a hard time as this time."

"Why don't you ask your aunt?"

Chen Yuan knew that she had asked her aunt for the results, so in order to avoid subjective misjudgments, he still wanted Xia Xinyu to confirm.

There are two benefits to doing this.

If the questions really were more difficult, she would be a little more at ease.

If she really was the only one who failed, wouldn't she have to ask him for a hug again?

"Yeah, alright. But I'm a little afraid that she'll criticize me."

After Xia Xinyu weakly agreed, she went to the bedside, opened her phone, and the moment she saw WeChat, the expression on her face instantly changed from disappointment to joy.

And when she was happy, Chen Yuan was faintly disappointed.

Well, no hug.

"Aunt said that this exam was more difficult, and the polarization was relatively large. The average score of the top students in Class One was a little lower, but the middle position crossed a lot. And the average score of our class is only 125!" When Xia Xinyu said this, the smile had already melted into her eyebrows.

"Then you reached the average score?" Chen Yuan didn't understand why she was so happy to reach the average score, shouldn't Xia Xinyu's goal be even greater?

"I didn't tell you clearly before because of a little bit of face," Xia Xinyu made a gesture of the universe between her fingers, explaining, "The average score of Class Three is 643, and I'm at the middle and lower level. Even for a single subject, it's difficult to reach the average line. This time, the 125 in math is even a small improvement."

"..."

A thousand words converge into one sentence: "Scary."

The average score of the strongest trump card class in Eleventh High is 648, which is only stuck between Class Two and Class Three of Fourth High.

Tang Siwen, who was considered a celestial being to the former self, has become just a good-looking passerby when placed in Fourth High.

There was no time to mourn the fall of Eleventh High, joining the battlefield is… unable to join at all, Fourth High is too scary, it has defeated all of Xia Hai High School.

But unfortunately, it hasn't been conquered.

He Hongtao's mouth was hard until his death: We are the twin prides with Fourth High.

"Then now, are you happy?"

"Yeah…" Xia Xinyu nodded, honestly saying, "A little happier."

"《Happy》."

Chen Yuan looked at this girl, whose face changed faster than anyone else, and really felt that his moe point had been hit.

"But looking at it this way…" Recalling how difficult the questions were, and that those top students in Class One had only lost a few points, she couldn't help but pray, "It's best if Ge Jun doesn't set the questions for the college entrance examination, but don't make them too easy either, medium-difficulty questions are the best."

If they were medium-difficulty questions, Xia Xinyu could reach around 140. And the average score of the top students in Class One is only 145, only a five-point difference.

But if they were so difficult, she would be pulled back by more than ten points.

"Then that would be difficult for me."

Chen Yuan suddenly felt that Xia Xinyu was a bit of a class enemy, actually hoping for medium-difficulty questions.

For him, simple would be better.

Because he is very steady, and it is impossible to lose on simple basic questions.

"Then study hard."

Xia Xinyu pulled out her desk and chair, then pushed Chen Yuan's back, letting him sit on it, and said seriously, "I've finished the exam, but you still have two subjects, don't let your guard down."

"The science comprehensive and English, indeed, can pull some points."

Since Xia Xinyu had invited him like this, Chen Yuan began to study in her boudoir.

And Xia Xinyu, sitting by the bed, was smiling and observing Chen Yuan.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yuan turned his head and asked.

Xia Xinyu shook her head, saying that it was nothing, and told Chen Yuan to continue studying and not to worry about her.

But in her heart, she was quite fortunate.

She had been overthinking it, she and Chen Yuan were not affecting each other.

After all, now that she thought about it, she had been focused on the questions during the exam and hadn't thought about anything messy.

Then that means, the previous close relationship…

Let's continue to maintain it.

I really am amazing.

First love isn't a big deal.

Chen Yuan, who was listening to her thoughts out of curiosity, discovered that Xia Xinyu was putting on an act.

Completely forgetting how miserable she was crying just now.

"Ugh, I don't want to study anymore."

After writing questions for half an hour, Chen Yuan gently threw the pen on the desk, his tone impatient.

"Ah?"

Sitting on the bed, Xia Xinyu turned her face to him, asking with great puzzlement, "If you don't want to study, then what do you want to do?"

Then, Chen Yuan put his hands behind his head and leaned lazily on the chair:

"Want to date."

"Hey, you, you, you, you—"

Visibly, Xia Xinyu's face was the same color as a ripe apple, without any other color. She wanted to be angry, but after the scene just now appeared in her mind, she just wanted to dig a hole and bury herself. So, with her head about to overheat and smoke, she stubbornly threatened, "Oh, then go date. But don't look for me, I don't want to date you."

(End of this chapter)