Zhou Yu's affair with He Sijiao gave Chen Yuan some inspiration, and coupled with the excitement of Class 18's recent victory, Chen Yuan was somewhat distracted during the remaining classes.

Damn it, Yu Zi was like a member of the Secret Service, refusing to share his 'seduction plan' with him.

Therefore, he could only use his imagination.

As his imagination ran wild, Chen Yuan, feeling too much empathy, suddenly asked Zhou Yu when He Sijiao wasn't around during a break, "Won't your early romance affect your grades?"

Then, Zhou Yu gave him a soul-shaking answer: "Even if our grades are affected, what do we have to lose?"

"..."

This sentence was very philosophical.

It had a subtle combination of postmodernism and abstract art.

Postmodernism referred to the 'instinctive burnout' in the spiritual core of those born after 2000, while abstract referred to the humor being so fascinating.

You actually think my few points are worth cherishing?

You actually think my grades will be good if I don't have an early romance?

You actually think she's any different from me?

Okay, you're saying it like that.

Okay brothers, watch Xin Yuan in the "University Arc" and Jiao Yu in the "Vocational School Arc".

However, both Yu Jiao were locals of Xia Hai, with decent family conditions and were both only children, so it seemed they really didn't need to be so confused.

Xia Xinyu always had a reason to work hard, a pressure that didn't exist for others.

Well, let’s talk about it later.

Chen Yuan could only comfort his restless feelings by saying that the situations were different.

After school, Chen Yuan saw a message on his phone saying that Xia Xinyu was feeling unwell and had taken leave from evening self-study to go home. Chen Yuan, on the other hand, got into the car with Zhou Fu and, after getting out, went straight home without lingering.

After sending the message 'It's me,' he knocked on the opposite door.

Logically speaking, Xia Xinyu should also have reached those few days of the month...

So, was that it?

While thinking, Xia Xinyu walked to the door and opened it.

Chen Yuan saw Xia Xinyu with her long hair down, wearing a milky white polka-dot pattern, long-sleeved, long-legged pajamas. Seeing him, she smiled and said, "I've already eaten, have you?"

He had known Xinyu for almost a month, and her mental state had been very good every day during that time. Even when she was a little depressed at the beginning, it wasn't unhealthy. Later on, she became even more lively.

Looking at her slightly subtle and restrained expression, that thing's cooldown should have arrived.

"What's wrong with you?" Chen Yuan asked worriedly.

"Um... I might have caught a cold, my stomach isn't feeling well," Xia Xinyu explained, gently covering her abdomen.

[My period came at noon today...]

[I even borrowed a sanitary napkin from a classmate]

[Ugh, it's right before the monthly exam, how annoying]

"Then did you eat?" Chen Yuan continued to ask.

"..."

Eh? Did I just say I ate...?

Then why did he ask me if I ate?

So, I didn't actually say it?

Actually, she hadn't eaten because she was in too much pain to eat, so she took advantage of the time to memorize some English. But the first period of pain was hard to endure, and she couldn't memorize any English.

"I made some noodles and ate them." Standing was a little tiring, so Xia Xinyu quickly said, "I won't study with you today, I took some medicine and plan to lie in bed and rest for a while. You have your monthly exam the day after tomorrow, be sure to prepare well!"

No... she shouldn't have spoken so energetically, it started hurting again.

That exclamation point seemed to pull her intestines, causing Xia Xinyu to suffer real damage.

"Okay, okay, you rest well."

After Chen Yuan finished speaking with a smile, he left.

Xia Xinyu also closed the door and sat back on the bed. Then, she lifted her clothes, revealing her fair abdomen, and placed a small hot water bottle filled with hot water on it, rolling it back and forth...

And while holding the English book, looking at the vocabulary list, trying to memorize as much as possible.

She only hoped that she could perform normally tomorrow.

In fact, this monthly exam didn't affect the class assignments. Even if she didn't do well, as long as it wasn't too bad, the teacher wouldn't say anything. But Xia Xinyu attached great importance to it in her heart, with some 'foolish' putting the cart before the horse.

What could this exam prove?

Did she have to distance herself from Chen Yuan and give him some space if she didn't do well?

Obviously, that was impossible.

Would her aunt directly break them up and not allow them to date if she didn't do well?

That was also impossible.

"I'm really a stupid woman."

After thinking about this question, Xia Xinyu gave herself such a definition.

A stupid woman with a score of 625.

Perhaps, she should be more natural, more relaxed in dealing with this relationship, just like Chen Yuan.

But Chen Yuan's situation was different, his previous high school life had an element of slacking off, so now as long as he worked a little harder than before, it would be progress.

If only I had started from 500 points...

No, are there people with 500 points in Fourth High?

Art students' cultural scores might be 500.

After lying on the bed and daydreaming for a while, Xia Xinyu planned to sleep again. At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Then, she walked to the door in slippers and heard Chen Yuan's voice: "It's me."

So, she opened the door.

Seeing Chen Yuan still wearing his school uniform standing at the door, holding a meal and some ingredients similar to Chinese medicine.

"Why didn't you tell me when your relatives came?" Chen Yuan asked.

Xia Xinyu didn't understand and said blankly, "What relatives..."

"Auntie."

"..." Hearing this word, Xia Xinyu's face turned a little red, and she immediately said, "This kind of thing, it's definitely a little embarrassing."

"There's no need to be embarrassed, reject period shame." Chen Yuan said, and also took out something wrapped in a black plastic bag and handed it to her.

At this moment, the color on Chen Yuan's face was similar to hers. Maybe not as red as hers.

But obviously, he hadn't escaped period shame either.

Or rather...

Having to buy sanitary napkins before having a girlfriend was a small challenge for him.

"What else?" Xia Xinyu looked down at the plastic bag in his hand and asked, "These things look a little professional..."

"Red date and angelica stewed eggs," Chen Yuan explained.

Hearing this, Xia Xinyu couldn't help but want to laugh, of course, a happy laugh. So, she reached out and took it: "You're so considerate, thank you."

"Can I borrow your pot?"

"It's okay, I'll stew it myself, you hurry back and review..."

"It's just a monthly exam, relax."

After Chen Yuan finished speaking, he entered the room.

Xia Xinyu could only accept this.

But suddenly thinking of something, she quickened her pace to the bathroom door, squatted down, quickly tied the garbage bag, and then stood up.

"Little Xia." Chen Yuan raised his finger, making a serious 'must criticize' appearance, and said, "Look at you, you still have period shame, don't you?"

"Save me some face!"

Xia Xinyu protested with a flushed face.

It wasn't entirely because of shame... So much blood was also quite scary to look at.

No, high school students dating hasn't reached the level of being so open about periods, right?

No, because they were day students and rented a house, so they were bound to experience this.

"Xinyu, you lie in bed and rest, I'll make you stewed eggs."

"...Okay."

Xia Xinyu nodded, then went to bed and covered herself with the quilt. Then, observing Chen Yuan's back, she felt very subtle.

The relationship was too good.

Too close.

If this didn't count as a couple, then what was a couple?

Even, it had already surpassed being a couple.

"Yuan, you look quite handsome when you cook."

Sitting on the bed and observing Chen Yuan with her face propped up, Xia Xinyu praised him in a very gentle tone: "Putting aside your cooking skills."

"...You had to add that sentence, didn't you?"

Chen Yuan turned to look at her, feeling subtle.

Bad news: She said my cooking skills are bad.

Good news: She'll cook all the meals from now on.

Chen Yuan could even imagine the situation in the future, when he was working overtime in the study, Xinyu would bring a bowl of soup and put it next to him, saying: Head of the household, have some soup.

It could only be said that every Southeast man basically had this status at home.

Then Chen Jianye...

Beware of individual cases that smear and ridicule men!

"Here, drink some." Chen Yuan brought the cooked food to Xia Xinyu. After she took it, he also opened the meal he brought back at the desk and started eating dinner.

"You haven't eaten yet?" Because it took time to cook the soup, Chen Yuan was only eating now, so Xia Xinyu asked a little guiltily.

"It's okay, I had a big lunch, I'm only hungry now. Drink it quickly, I heard it's good for relieving period pain."

"Yeah, it's delicious."

It seemed that Chen Yuan had strictly followed the online tutorial, with red dates, brown sugar, wolfberries, angelica, eggs, and ginger. Although the taste was average, it was, after all, a meal to nourish the body, but after drinking it, the tearing wound-like pain was relieved a lot.

In this way, she obediently finished it all. The hunger in her abdomen also gradually disappeared, making her feel much more comfortable.

Chen Yuan also finished his meal at this time, and then helped Xia Xinyu clean up the garbage and washed the dishes as well.

After doing all this, it was already 8:30 in the evening.

Now should be the time for him to study, but he was taking care of her, so Xia Xinyu was embarrassed to mention it.

However, Chen Yuan took the initiative to open his schoolbag and prepared to review in front of her desk: "You're already great, you don't need to study so hard, let me use the desk today."

"Okay." Xia Xinyu said generously, "Go back to your room when you're sleepy."

She was actually a very feudal and conservative person.

Previously, every time it reached ten o'clock, she would leave Chen Yuan's room for some reason and return to her own.

In fact, she studied for another hour after returning to her room.

Because girls had to be reserved, staying in a boy's room too late was not good after all.

Not because she was afraid of gossip, no one would know anyway. She just wanted to let Chen Yuan understand... some of her personality.

I feel relaxed and at ease by your side, but I also have some persistence—insisting on doing what should be done at each stage.

It's only been the first month, and staying in a boy's room until eleven or twelve every night is too casual.

"By the way." Chen Yuan turned the chair around and faced Xia Xinyu, saying, "I told you about our class's basketball game victory in the afternoon, and then the class monitor said he wanted to organize a celebration party, going to KTV together."

"When is it?" Xia Xinyu asked curiously.

"We'll be dismissed from school after the exam on Friday, around five o'clock."

"Then it should be playing very late, right?"

"So you have to come along," Chen Yuan said.

"Along?" Xia Xinyu tilted her head slightly, reminding him if he had missed a word and a question mark.

"You have to come along." Chen Yuan repeated, then added, "Someone will bring girls at that time."

"But, but..." Xia Xinyu hesitated, "I don't know your friends."

"They don't know you either."

"..."

The two were talking about completely different things.

Xia Xinyu felt it would be awkward not knowing anyone.

Chen Yuan meant that since they didn't know each other anyway, they could just reveal everything to them.

"Besides, I'm not very good at singing." Xia Xinyu's voice was okay, but she rarely went to KTV. Even if she wasn't tone-deaf, her level wasn't high.

"They're all noobs... not much better than you, it's mainly about the atmosphere."

"But..."

"I've already promised them." Chen Yuan interrupted directly.

"Okay."

Xia Xinyu sighed, then raised her head and looked at Chen Yuan, compromising and saying, "I can't let you lose face in front of your friends, I'll go. Even if I still feel it's not very good."

"Ah? So reluctant?" Seeing her say this, Chen Yuan didn't want to force her.

"It's not that I'm resistant, it's just..." After some hesitation, Xia Xinyu said what she was thinking, "There will definitely be a lot of boys, and because I'm there, they will pay attention to the limits, and they won't dare to joke with you, which will make the atmosphere awkward. Winning the championship should be a very happy thing, it's better for everyone to release some."

Xia Xinyu also wanted to meet Chen Yuan's friends and hear their evaluations of her.

For example, the group in Ningcheng was quite good.

After all, she heard there were two other girls.

"But Zhou Fu and He Sijiao will also go, the scale of the celebration party is destined not to involve anything inappropriate... is that not okay either?"

"They're going too?" Xia Xinyu was very surprised.

"Yeah, that's why I'm calling you, after all, you can chat with Zhou Fu."

Xia Xinyu raised her head, looked at Chen Yuan, and suddenly changed the topic, opening her mouth to say, "Let me ask you a question, if you feel it's hard to answer, then..."

"No need to take it back, just ask."

"Who's taking it back?" Xia Xinyu smiled, quite forcefully saying, "What I mean is, if you feel it's hard to answer, then you have a guilty conscience."

Okay, you're playing it like that.

"Please give the question." Chen Yuan was fearless, after all, an upright person had nothing to fear.

"What's your relationship with Zhou Fu?"

Xia Xinyu raised her finger, making a quick-fire gesture.

"Friend."

"It's impossible to change?"

Xia Xinyu continued to ask.

"Impossible."

Chen Yuan answered seriously.

"Is she prettier or am I prettier?"

When Xia Xinyu asked this time, she almost laughed herself. However, she still stubbornly acted unreasonably.

This time, Chen Yuan's answer wasn't decisive. But it wasn't because he was guilty, but because he had to say more in this sentence: "Honestly, I have face blindness, I can't tell who's pretty. But Miss Xinyu, you've raised my aesthetic standards, letting me know what true beauty is..."

"Ah, ah, don't say it!"

Seeing that Chen Yuan wanted to be awkward, Xia Xinyu covered her ears, preventing such strange words from entering her ears. Then, she proactively surrendered and said, "I know, I know, I won't ask anymore."

In fact, she had always wanted to ask.

Although Chen Yuan biasedly thought that Zhou Fu couldn't compare to her. But Xia Xinyu felt that she was very good-looking, very charming, and her figure was also enviable. If she hadn't experienced those things with Chen Yuan, and simply chose a favorite object, among the two, even if Chen Yuan chose Zhou Fu, she wouldn't be surprised, on the contrary, she would find it reasonable.

And they were in the same class, and spent more time together than she and Chen Yuan did, so it was impossible to be completely at ease.

"Why did you suddenly ask this?" Chen Yuan asked curiously.

"I just see you guys in the same circle, and they're also at the basketball game victory celebration, which shows that they can be accepted by others." Xia Xinyu said with some envy, "This kind of friendship is too precious, I even want to transfer to Eleventh High School a little."

After Xia Xinyu finished speaking, Chen Yuan actually lowered his head and started playing with his phone?

"What are you doing?"

Xia Xinyu asked in confusion.

"I'm sending a message to He Hongtao to see if I can get you into Class Two..."

"Don't joke around."

Xia Xinyu smiled and waved her hand, but seeing that he seemed to be really typing, she directly leaned her head over to look at the phone screen. Then, she snatched it away and deleted all the words Chen Yuan had edited, "Really! Do you know how hard it is to get into Class Three of Fourth High... you actually really want me to transfer schools?"

"Hey, just talking big." Chen Yuan said disappointedly, "I thought you really wanted to come."

"Be more humorous, don't be too serious."

Xia Xinyu didn't know if she wanted to go to Eleventh High School, but she could tell that Chen Yuan really wanted her to go.

He was also the one who wanted to establish the relationship faster.

She was the one who took the initiative at the beginning, but slowly, Chen Yuan attacked more frequently...

But that didn't mean that her feelings were weaker than his.

"Since Zhou Fu is also going, then I want to go too." Xia Xinyu decided with a smile.

Changing her statement from 'go' to 'want to go', it could be seen that she was indeed less uncomfortable with Zhou Fu there.

"Not forcing it?" Chen Yuan asked.

"Not forcing it, very willing." Xia Xinyu nodded and said, "But I'm going to sit there and not take the initiative to sing."

"Okay." Chen Yuan made an okay gesture.

"But..." Xia Xinyu smiled again, "If they egg me on, I won't refuse to give you face. I can sing a duet."

This was clearly a means to mess with Yu Zi, but Xia Xinyu accepted it very happily...

"Okay, you choose the song."

"I can only sing something simple."

"It's all the same, I don't know any techniques either, it's just for fun."

"Okay, okay." After Xia Xinyu agreed, she remembered something else and said, "But we have classes on Friday, and evening self-study, it will be a bit late. You guys go first, I'll go directly..."

Halfway through speaking, Xia Xinyu suddenly covered her stomach, frowned, and let out a soft 'Ah...'

"Is it very painful?"

"Yeah."

"I heard that it's better to vent a little when it hurts." Chen Yuan took the initiative to stretch out a hand and put it in front of her, "Pinch it."

Girls in their period are very irritable, and their personalities will also change a little. But Xia Xinyu wasn't, even when she was in pain, her emotions were quite stable, and she had been talking to him in a gentle voice today.

Chen Yuan even felt that she might feel better if her temper was a little worse.

After all, he hadn't seen Xin Bao's real unreasonable behavior even once.

"Then close your eyes."

Xia Xinyu grabbed Chen Yuan's hand and said to him.

"Guan Yu could still play chess with Liang Zi while having his bones scraped, what are these two little things to you." Chen Yuan said casually.

"Close them, it will be a little painful, really." Xia Xinyu insisted.

Could it be that she was going to bite with her teeth?

That would indeed be a little painful.

Chen Yuan had no choice but to close his eyes as she asked.

Then, he felt his hand being held by Xia Xinyu's hands, raised little by little. Then, he heard her giggle.

"Huh?"

Chen Yuan opened his eyes in confusion.

At this time, Xia Xinyu pinched the palm of his hand and revealed a look as if she was looking at an idiot, mocking, "Silly, how could I be willing."

(End of chapter)