Shen Xiao Ran finished speaking, and Chen Yuan ruffled her hair like he was petting a golden retriever.

If it had been in the past, she might have chased after him to retaliate.

But now, she accepted it very quietly.

After all, she knew what she wanted in her heart.

The two of them enjoyed this feast in peace.

In the end, they were both a little full, and the food was almost gone.

"Do you want ice cream?" Shen Xiao Ran asked proactively.

Chen Yuan smiled, "Do you still have room in your stomach?"

"Girls have many stomachs." Shen Xiao Ran touched her slightly chubby belly, and after holding it in for a while, she said, "It's okay, I have a fast metabolism anyway."

That's what she said, but she wasn't sure if gorging herself would make her gain weight…

"Alright, let's get another one."

And so, Chen Yuan and Shen Xiao Ran each ordered another ice cream.

The two of them slumped on the tatami mats, slowly digesting their food by eating more…

"By the way, did you know that we're going to have the National Exam soon?" Shen Xiao Ran asked suddenly.

"I know," Chen Yuan said. "It's all over the internet, it's a big deal."

"What do you think about it?"

"The strong get stronger, it doesn't matter."

Of course, it wasn't that he didn't care at all.

The first year of the National Exam, in order to implement it stably, the test paper might be relatively simple.

And the difficulty of science mainly lies in the comprehensive science section and mathematics.

If it was really a bit easier, and the difficulty wasn't even as high as the previous unified exams, then people like Ke Jiayuan might really be able to rush to the top.

When there are no heroes, commoners become famous!

But then again, if he wanted to beat Shi Yi, letting the version target him didn't seem so bad…

"You're so cool." Looking at the man in front of her, Shen Xiao Ran said with admiration, "I wish I had your composure and ease."

"When you get to school, you'll become a popular figure on campus too," Chen Yuan encouraged.

"How did you become so famous?" Shen Xiao Ran, with a smear of ice cream on her lips, sat up straight and said with great curiosity, "I want to learn from you."

"Easy, just join a weak team and go on a rampage in the basketball game," Chen Yuan said casually.

"..."

After a brief silence, Shen Xiao Ran lowered her head and looked at her legs, "Any other methods?"

Oops, sumimasen.

"Mainly, just don't be too gloomy, show yourself more," Chen Yuan said after looking at Shen Xiao Ran. "You have so many advantages, after you go to junior high school, you'll slowly attract everyone."

What Shen Xiao Ran really needed to do was to temporarily ignore the fact that she was a little cripple.

Although that was really, very difficult.

"Yeah, it'll be interesting when I get to junior high school."

Looking up, imagining her junior high school life, she had a lot more expectations.

She had been away from school for a long time since her leg became disabled.

And because of her somewhat withdrawn personality, she had never thought about making friends.

Although her legs and feet were still not very nimble.

But at this moment, she was much more cheerful than before.

Just then, there was a 'click'.

As she lowered her head in confusion, she saw that a photo had been developed.

Chen Yuan looked at it and handed it to her, "You're still a little chubby."

"No way? I'm super skinny, okay!"

Shen Xiao Ran took the photo, not quite convinced, and after seeing it, she found that her belly was obviously a little bulging…

"Who takes pictures from this angle when people are stuffed!" Shen Xiao Ran's cheeks were red.

"There's a bit of childish innocence, it's cute to be a little chubby."

"It's not cute to be fat, fatties are always being ridiculed behind their backs."

"Nonsense, I never say anything about my deskmate behind her back."

"Saying that just means you think she's a fatty!"

"…Let's go."

Chen Yuan stood up, skipping the topic altogether.

"You manage to make such a cute little beauty look like this…"

Saying that, Shen Xiao Ran still put the photo in her small black satchel.

Then, the two of them left the private room and went to the front desk to pay the bill.

And so…

Everyone watched as a tall boy took a twelve-year-old girl to eat, and then he stood next to her, and the little girl took out cash from her bag, counting it out bill by bill…

Covering his face with his hand, looking away, Chen Yuan's mood was complicated.

Damn it, what are you guys looking at?!

Never seen anyone get their pocket money drained by a loli before?

After paying the bill, Shen Xiao Ran turned her head and looked at Chen Yuan, smiling and saying, "If I save up for another half a year, I can treat you again."

"!"

Hearing this, the people at the front desk, including the customers preparing to pay, widened their eyes at the same time, and looked at Chen Yuan in unison, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Also, doesn't this person look a bit like…

"I, Zhou Yu, am a high school student, I don't need you to treat me, let's go."

Chen Yuan forced a smile and took Shen Xiao Ran's hand, leaving the place.

Oh, so his name is Zhou Yu.

Only then did everyone realize that they had mistaken him for someone else, it didn't seem to be Chen Yuan, after all, he claimed to be Zhou Yu.

This Zhou Yu is really a bit much, how can he accept a treat from a child!

Chen Yuan almost experienced a real-life group violence incident.

Those people's eyes… were too much.

The kid is willing to let me drain her pocket money, I didn't force her.

I had to use another body because of you guys.

"Are you going home now?" In the mall, Shen Xiao Ran stopped and asked curiously.

"No, I'm already boarding at school," Chen Yuan said.

"Boarding? What about Xia Xin Yu?" Shen Xiao Ran was a little surprised.

"She's boarding too, after all, the commute every day is too long, it's a bit of a waste and tiring," Chen Yuan explained.

"Looks like you're really getting serious." Shen Xiao Ran was a little admired, and joked, "As young people, being able to endure being apart… amazing."

"Yeah, you have to be able to endure loneliness in many things." Looking at Shen Xiao Ran, at her not-so-good leg, Chen Yuan said, "Rehabilitation is the same, although your recovery speed is a bit slower, but if you persevere, there will definitely be improvement."

"I know." Shen Xiao Ran nodded with a sweet smile, "Now I can basically walk with crutches."

"What about today? How did you get here?" Chen Yuan asked with a smile.

"Today…" Shen Xiao Ran shifted her gaze, and said rather stubbornly, "I found Snow White's glass slipper, so I came to the appointment as usual~"

"Alright, then I'll take you home."

"No, there's no need."

Shen Xiao Ran waved her hand and explained, "My mom is nearby, she'll come to find me later, you can go."

Only today, she didn't want to use crutches, nor did she want to sit in a wheelchair, but wanted to experience this date like a princess, beautifully.

"Okay, goodbye."

Chen Yuan raised his hand and waved to her, then turned and left.

At this time, Shen Xiao Ran also looked at Chen Yuan's departing figure, with a very satisfied smile.

Then, after he disappeared from view, she slowly, and a little inelegantly, grabbed her thigh from behind, using force to assist it.

Then, step by step, she shuffled towards the mall seats…

Finally, she sat down.

Taking out the photo she had taken of Chen Yuan from her small satchel, she raised it slightly…

A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, she closed her eyes and kissed it softly.

…………

Back in the dormitory, lying on the bed.

Chen Yuan was now like a lazy dead dog, sleepy.

A little carb-drunk.

At this time, no one in the dormitory knew where they had gone, they were all gone.

They should have gone to play basketball.

It's good to be young, able to play basketball under the sun.

Just then, Chen Yuan heard a '咚咚' knocking sound.

So, he walked over and opened the door.

Then, he saw a little boy about 1.72 meters tall, quite fair-skinned, with a very clean face, completely lacking some of the features of boys of this age, and with pretty good skin.

He was also quite handsome, but unlike Liu Chengxi's cold and handsome type, this guy gave people the feeling of being a bit…

Teens In Times.

He felt like the kind of boy who would hiccup milk when he was wronged.

"Senior Chen Yuan!"

Seeing Chen Yuan, he seemed very excited.

"Who are you?"

Chen Yuan was a little confused, because he had never seen this person before.

"Hello, Senior." Seeing that he was a bit abrupt, the boy introduced himself with a smile, "My name is Gu Chuan, I'm a high school freshman… no, I'll be a high school freshman when school starts."

"Oh, a junior," Chen Yuan understood, but asked curiously, "But school hasn't started yet, what are you doing here? Also, how did you get in?"

"It's like this." Gu Chuan still had that kind of smile, and said, "Today Principal He invited some students, saying that they could come and visit the dormitory, and talk to us by the way."

"Huh?" Chen Yuan was a little baffled.

How could there be such a thing?

Why wasn't I invited back then?

Oh, I was nothing back then.

"Senior." Gu Chuan looked at the boy in front of him, and said a little shyly, "I came here today specifically to find you."

Came to find me specifically?

And it's a guy?

"Oh, then come in and sit down."

Chen Yuan thought that since it was a guy, his roommates wouldn't bump into him and start fantasizing, so he brought him in directly.

Check my IP, I'll prove my innocence (IP: Haidong)

"Thank you." Hearing this, Gu Chuan walked in a little happily.

Then, he sat down in front of the coffee table.

Chen Yuan took a can of Coke from the refrigerator and handed it to Gu Chuan.

"Thank you, Senior."

Gu Chuan quickly took the Coke with both hands, and held it in his hands.

Damn it, I'm letting you drink it, who told you to act like a virgin!

How can I rest assured to hand the future of Eleventh High into the hands of someone like you?

"What was your ranking in the high school entrance exam?"

"4th."

"..."

I can rest assured to put Eleventh High in the hands of a student like you!

"The district ranking, right?" Chen Yuan asked.

"The report card shouldn't have the district ranking…"

"You just finished the exam, are you asking me?"

"Oh, oh. It's the city ranking." Seeing that Chen Yuan was a little anxious, Gu Chuan said quickly.

Hiss…

4th in the city.

Damn it, this kind of person would be in the top two in Fourth High and First High.

He Hongtao, how the hell did you get this kind of person into the school!

The senior who used to get the top score for Eleventh High only ranked in the top ten in the city's high school entrance exam at that time.

That was already the best student resource for Eleventh High.

Now here comes a 4th place.

Isn't this a boosted account?

No, Taozi, what did you do!

Junior, you don't really believe in the ghost stories of the Haidong District Gemini, do you?

"I…" Chen Yuan gradually sat up straight, looking at the boy, and asked with great curiosity, "I'm a little curious, with your score, there should be many schools you can choose from, right? Why did you come to Eleventh High?"

Being asked this question, Gu Chuan also seemed to be thinking 'you finally asked', and became a little more formal, smiling and asking, "Senior, do you know Luo Fan?"

"Luo Fan? That little Nannan from the first year… boy, right?" Chen Yuan quickly corrected himself.

After receiving Chen Yuan's response, Gu Chuan explained, "Senior Luo Fan and I are from the same junior high school, I didn't know him at the time. One day in the toilet, I ran into him being borrowed money by someone, and then I reported this matter to the school."

"And then?" Chen Yuan asked curiously.

"The school also helped to solve it a bit, but it was just a verbal reprimand, it didn't help much."

Talking about this, Gu Chuan's tone gradually became serious, "Those delinquents came to me after they found out that I was the one who snitched on them, because my grades were very good, so they didn't dare to do anything to me… but, I was a little scared at that time."

"Human nature, after all, it was just you alone," Chen Yuan comforted.

"Although I didn't continue to uphold justice, Senior Luo Fan was still very grateful to me, and we became friends," Gu Chuan said with a smile.

These two together could debut.

"To be honest…"

But thinking of this, he felt very remorseful, and his expression gradually became lost, "Now that I think about it, those people were just bullying others. If I had shown a little disdain when facing them, or even retorted head-on, they shouldn't have been able to do anything to me… after all, my grades are really good."

Is that just good?

You're almost the district champion.

"You were still young at the time, it was already good enough that you took the initiative to snitch," Chen Yuan comforted.

"That's true, but when faced with this kind of thing, didn't you make a braver choice, Senior?"

Gu Chuan raised his head, looked at Chen Yuan, and said.

"I'm already a big kid."

No, what am I doing, acting cute.

Wait, how does he know?

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan asked in confusion, "Did Luo Fan tell you these things?"

"Yeah, we're friends, he told me a lot about you. Including the basketball game, including the New Year's Eve party, including the study tour, and the story of how your grades suddenly soared, surpassing many people."

"I see…"

Chen Yuan was quite proud.

So proud that he forgot to think about why Luo Fan talked so much about himself to others.

"Then why did you come to Eleventh High? You still haven't said it?"

After Chen Yuan asked this, Gu Chuan stared at him, and said with a smile, "Senior, I came for you."

(End of this chapter)