Something felt off, very off.

As a natural-born pure love saint, Liu Chengxi keenly sensed something.

But he wasn't quite sure if it was true.

He just felt that Qian Qian was a little like some of the girls he'd met before.

Specifically...

She just seemed a little unreal.

What kind of girl is real?

Someone like Shen Yating.

Someone who dared to love and dared to hate.

And precisely because she was this kind of person, who dared to love herself, if anything happened to her, she would definitely hate him...

He felt a vague sense of worry.

So, while watching the movie, he decided to text Shen Yating.

Liu Chengxi: Qian Qian explained to you just now, right?

But after the message was sent, the other party didn't reply directly.

Just then, Qian Qian turned her head, and her eyes were on his phone...

So he turned off the screen.

This kid, it's not good to have the habit of looking at other people's phones.

"Hahaha..."

Because it was a comedy, everyone laughed at a funny part.

And Qian Qian, also covered her mouth with her hand, amused, making a gentle laugh.

What's so funny about that?

Why so gentle?

Liu Chengxi missed the moments when Shen Yating would slap his thigh and laugh while watching a movie.

That girl, she just had to slap his thigh.

And after slapping, she would touch it a few times...

Only she could do that. If any other girl made such a move on him, he would feel strange.

"Brother, is the movie not good?" Qian Qian asked curiously, seeing that Liu Chengxi hadn't reacted at all.

"It's okay, it's alright."

Seeing this, Liu Chengxi put his phone in his pocket. Then, he crossed his arms and watched the movie.

At a certain funny moment, the whole audience laughed.

But Liu Chengxi, who was watching the movie, remained expressionless, still focused on the screen...

How cool, this aloof, high-laugh-threshold persona.

Qian Qian, who was next to him, looked at him with sincere satisfaction.

After all, she had thought this brother, who was a year and a half older than her, was very cool when she was a kid.

What was he thinking about when he wasn't laughing?

Liu Chengxi was thinking.

Shen Yating was probably jealous.

………

"Ha!"

Countless punches landed on the sandbag.

The two characters "Xi Xi" were already unrecognizable from being beaten.

She had seen the message Liu Chengxi sent earlier, but she didn't want to reply.

Going to see a movie with her sister, if it was unavoidable, couldn't he have told her beforehand?

And someone else was holding his phone?

Liu Chengxi, you're just like that.

She thought it was cool and gave her a sense of security when you refused the green tea girl.

What, you can't refuse a green tea girl if she's related by blood?

"Die!"

Shen Yating's pink boxing gloves struck hard, directly causing the sandbag to sway.

At this moment, the door was slowly pushed open, and Mom and Dad's faces peeked in weakly, saying in unison, "Ting'er, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, just training to challenge Boqiu in the Wulin Feng competition."

Shen Yating expressionlessly attacked the sandbag with small, quick punches.

Mom and Dad had no choice but to retreat.

And Shen Yating didn't feel like continuing to punch either. She took off her gloves, threw them on the ground, and lay down on the bed.

Her expression was a little aggrieved, more and more aggrieved.

So, she dialed the phone number of Xia Xinyu, a good friend she had just made.

"Yating? Happy New Year."

Then, she heard Xia Xinyu's pleasant voice.

"Yu, Happy New Year," Shen Yating said in a low voice.

"What's wrong, babe? You don't seem very..."

Before she could finish, a boy interrupted, "Who are you calling babe? Besides me, who else is your babe?"

"Okay, babe, wait a moment, girl talk."

After dealing with her 'babe', Xia Xinyu returned to the topic and asked, "Is that so?"

Because she was there to ask questions, Shen Yating had to tell her everything that happened today.

After listening, Xia Xinyu suddenly lowered her voice and asked, not knowing who she was asking, "What do you think of this girl?"

Then, she heard Chen Yuan say, "Definitely a green tea girl, you can tag Ping An Fu Cheng, just kill her directly."

"You're so great, hehe."

Shen Yating: "..."

No, I'm already like this, and you still have to show off to me?

Xinyuan, you big dummy!

After testing Chen Yuan, Xia Xinyu focused on herself and said, "But I think that, more important than the green tea girl herself, is the boy's attitude."

"You mean I should ask Liu Chengxi?"

"You can't get anything out of asking him. Even if he says something, you won't be able to feel at ease."

"That's true. So, what do you mean?"

"You can make him take a stand with the green tea girl."

"Then what should I do?"

"You do this..."

After listening to Xia Xinyu's words, Shen Yating suddenly understood. As expected of a love expert, she understood boys better than she did!

So, after hanging up the phone, Shen Yating prepared to go find Liu Chengxi.

But just then, he called first.

Sitting on the bed, Shen Yating stopped happily dangling her feet, and instead leaned against the headboard lifelessly, answering the call.

"Yating, why didn't you reply to my message?"

To this, Shen Yating snorted and said, "I was afraid of disturbing you and Qian Qian from watching the movie."

"...Are you angry?"

"No, Yating doesn't understand what it means to be angry," Shen Yating said in a deliberately sweet voice.

"What are you doing?" Liu Chengxi didn't understand.

"Can't you tell? I'm imitating Qian Qian," Shen Yating said gloomily.

"Qian Qian's voice isn't like that either..."

Halfway through, Liu Chengxi stopped talking.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you talking? Did Qian Qian come to check on you?" Shen Yating said sarcastically.

"It's not good to talk about other girls in front of your girlfriend, let's not talk about her," Liu Chengxi said seriously.

This sentence made her feel a little comforted...

But it wasn't over yet!

"So you want to just skip over what happened today?"

"What happened today is my responsibility. I wanted to tell you, but Qian... my cousin used my phone first. Of course, it's also my fault that another girl touched my phone."

As Liu Chengxi spoke, he suddenly sighed.

"Why are you sighing?" Shen Yating asked, puzzled.

Then, she heard Liu Chengxi's sincere murmur, "I wish I could see you right now, so I could explain in person and hug you."

"..."

Shen Yating's face flushed.

This kid, using this trick again!

Are you planning to use one trick for everything?!

"S-Stop it!"

Shen Yating's anger hadn't subsided yet. She said angrily, "I was almost pissed off by your Qian Qian today. She almost pointed at my face and told me to get lost."

"She did that?" Liu Chengxi was a little surprised and also felt guilty. "I'm sorry, she might be a little cunning since she just entered high school. Don't..."

"It's useless to tell me," Shen Yating interrupted directly.

"..."

After a long pause, Liu Chengxi said in confusion, "Then should I tell her?"

Hearing this, Shen Yating's lips curled into a smile, "Okay."

………

Liu Chengxi came back from the bathroom and sat down in his seat.

"There was a particularly funny part just now, too bad you missed it," Qian Qian said.

"It's okay, it doesn't affect the plot," Liu Chengxi said.

After responding, Liu Chengxi looked at the screen.

Then, he held the phone in his pocket.

This was Shen Yating's idea, to put the phone on speakerphone in his pocket. The other party wouldn't speak, and he would be responsible for rejecting this Qian Qian in person...

But how should he reject her?

She hadn't even confessed to him.

Just like that, the movie continued to play.

Then, the two of them left the cinema and walked in the direction of home.

"The movie was pretty good, huh?" Qian Qian said.

"It was alright," Liu Chengxi said.

"Hehe." Qian Qian smiled, and then said with some amusement, "This is the first time I've watched a movie with a boy."

"I've watched it with boys a few times."

"...Ha, ha."

Qian Qian smiled stiffly, then asked curiously, "Have you watched a movie with a girl?"

"Yeah, several times, with the person you called just now," Liu Chengxi said.

At this moment, Shen Yating on the other end of the phone.

Was biting her lip, and already wanted to slap this green tea girl.

No, she should use the fist she had worked so hard to train to solve her.

But Liu Chengxi was really outrageous, to actually be able to say that he had watched it with boys a few times...

But it wasn't strange for him to say that.

"Then, brother, are you very good friends with that girl?"

"She's my girlfriend."

"...Girlfriend? How surprising, you never seemed to date before."

"Yeah, because she's different."

This conversation made Shen Yating feel very comfortable.

She was already like this, this girl should retreat in the face of difficulties, right?

"I probably wouldn't be able to date in high school, it's too early for me..."

No, this green tea girl was actually slandering us early lovebirds!

"Since you're not dating, and you're not studying, what are you doing?"

Haha, awesome!

Shen Yating felt comfortable.

"...I'm a bit stupid, I really don't have a talent for studying. Brother, you're so smart, can you teach me?"

I'll teach you a hammer!

I'll punch you to death, you Jiangnan flirt!

"Well... just have fun during the New Year, study hard at school."

Liu Chengxi's answer was indeed okay.

But when was he going to directly reject this stinky woman?

Shen Yating was getting a little impatient...

……

Liu Chengxi didn't know how to reject her.

Because she hadn't confessed to him at all.

If he rejected her, she would say that she didn't say she liked him, wouldn't that be very embarrassing?

He wasn't narcissistic to that extent.

Just like that, the two of them went home together.

After entering the door, that Aunt asked curiously, "How was it, was the movie good with your sister?"

"...It was good," Liu Chengxi said.

Other relatives also said, stirring things up, "Qian Qian is a great beauty, it's very impressive to take her to see a movie, right?"

Because they were from the same county, and Liu Chengxi was a well-known young talent, everyone had this idea of keeping the good things for themselves, so they naturally said it.

In this situation, Mom couldn't say much.

After all, she had previously婉转 refused with 'It's impossible for Liu Chengxi to have an early love in high school', so naturally she couldn't say the existence of Shen Yating.

But she didn't expect that this kind of refusal, for them, became: I understand you, you're keeping her for our own people?

It was hard to explain.

"Yeah," Liu Chengxi still responded politely.

"Brother has his own great beauty..."

Halfway through Qian Qian's words, she suddenly acted like she had said something wrong, and gave Liu Chengxi a guilty look of 'I'm sorry, brother, my tongue slipped'...

But in her heart, she had already planned it.

Chengxi's mother had said that he couldn't have an early love, this child was focused on studying.

And to be able to score seven hundred points, it meant that his mother must pay special attention to education.

As long as she revealed his girlfriend, his mother would definitely intervene.

How could someone who could score seven hundred points allow early love?

At this time, relatives would also help out in private, saying that Qian Qian was good, and still a relative from the same county, the good things shouldn't go to outsiders...

It was stable.

"Huh?" Sure enough, an aunt caught the key point and showed a curious expression.

Everyone turned their attention to him.

At this time, Liu Chengxi had to either deny or admit it.

But both choices were beneficial to her.

Faced with everyone's curious and concerned gaze, Liu Chengxi said, "I do have a girlfriend, her name is Shen Yating."

Qian Qian: "..."

Chengxi's mom lowered her head, blushing: "..."

At this moment, Shen Yating, who was holding her phone in both hands, had a pretty red face and pursed lips.

Completely, joyful.

Direct ball, super direct ball.

Moreover, it was announced to everyone.

"Oh? You're dating... will it affect your studies?"

"She studies better than me."

"Chengxi is a talented, tall, and handsome guy, indeed attractive to girls."

"I liked her first."

"Since you have a girlfriend, why didn't you say so?" This sentence seemed to be asking Chengxi's mom.

Then, Liu Chengxi helped answer, "My mom just found out too."

He not only defended me.

He also defended his mother.

More importantly, when he said these words, he wasn't afraid of the collapse of the 'other people's child' persona at all!

Turning around and lying on the bed, Shen Yating's feet were up again.

"You have a girlfriend? Can she say hello to us..."

Which old hag was causing trouble, so vicious!

While Shen Yating was thinking this, Liu Chengxi said quite calmly, "She's a little shy, and a little embarrassed. But in a few years, I'll bring her to wish you all a Happy New Year."

"..."

Yating, her cheeks were red.

Liu Chengxi's gentleness really enveloped her so that she didn't encounter any danger.

Our Chengxi is so great.

This is Chengxi, what Qian Qian?

Happy, happy.

At this moment, Shen Yating hung up the phone.

Since that was the case, she would no longer monitor him.

You did a great job, Xi Bao~

……

This matter was resolved.

And Mom apologized to herself too.

Liu Chengxi was finally able to have a happy video call with Shen Yating in his room.

"Yating, good evening."

Liu Chengxi looked at the girl in the video with a smile, his tone quite joyful.

"You performed very well today, I'll make you a big meal when you come back," Shen Yating said with a smile.

"..." Liu Chengxi was stunned for a moment, "Didn't I, perform very well?"

Why was he being punished?

"You're annoying, my cooking skills have improved a lot!"

"Just kidding," Liu Chengxi said with a teasing smile, nodding, "I'm looking forward to your reward."

"Did your cousin still green tea you in front of you?" Shen Yating asked.

"I don't know, anyway, I don't have to take her anymore."

"Do you think I was very fierce today?" Shen Yating, sitting on the bed, puffed out her cheeks and asked.

Liu Chengxi shook his head and replied, "No, very cute."

"Watch this and say that again."

Saying that, Shen Yating turned the camera around.

Then, Liu Chengxi saw the sandbag with the characters "Xi Xi" beaten to pieces.

After the camera turned back, Shen Yating showed a dark smile: "How about it, even fiercer, right?"

To this, Liu Chengxi also smiled.

Then, this cool, pretentious, handsome man, for the first time, made a *mua* and said gently, "Now, I love you even more."

(End of this chapter)