"It is delicious, but I ate too fast just now and didn't taste it..."

Xia Xinyu's face was red as she echoed Chen Yuan's words.

But she didn't understand why he was still smiling after she said that.

And after realizing that "delicious" didn't refer to the Swiss roll, she quickly turned her face away, completely avoiding his gaze.

However, on the other side, her face, so ashamed that she couldn't show it to anyone, wouldn't recover anytime soon.

That kiss on the corner of her mouth, or rather the gentle lick, was only now beginning to sink in and be savored.

It was so sweet.

"So cute, our Xinyu."

At this moment, the boy pressed his advantage, praising her with a smile. The doting in his tone was a bit excessive, as if he were treating her like a child.

"Our Xinyu"...

How did it become "ours"?

Xia Xinyu was just arguing over these words to distract herself a little.

But obviously, it wasn't working.

She had just been...eaten by him.

And after eating, he even made an excessive evaluation.

How could she possibly calm down after something like that?

At least she didn't want to study after going home today.

"What's wrong? Why aren't you talking?"

As Chen Yuan asked, he gently crossed his hands in front of her from behind, and using their height difference, rested his chin on her head, pretending not to know the answer.

"I don't know what to say...but I'm pretty happy."

Xia Xinyu placed her hands on Chen Yuan's hands that were holding her. Her tone was full of ups and downs, but without any aggression. It was a mix of shyness and happiness, which eventually all turned into love, becoming increasingly gentle.

"Why happy?" Chen Yuan asked curiously again.

He had been quite frightened today. At the moment when he was caught...呸(pei), at the moment he was misunderstood, he really thought he was going to be broken up with. After all, pure love was Xinyu's and his, and it was also a matter of principle. This had been decided long ago; it was all part of their plan.

"I feel like occasionally being jealous...is also quite interesting."

Xia Xinyu said something strange that even she didn't understand.

She didn't know why she said that.

But at this moment, the feeling of being lost and found was so healing, slowly filling her up.

It would have been better without that "lost" part. After all, at the beginning, she was really scared and particularly angry.

Tears came out all at once.

She, who had always been considered strong, didn't know why she was so fragile.

She should have argued, even if Chen Yuan had really let her down.

She should have stubbornly grabbed his hand and questioned him, "I've given you so much sincerity, and I haven't done anything annoying, let alone anything to let you down."

In that small room, they relied on a little bit of living expenses, carefully calculating everything, relying on each other.

She would cry her eyes out over a single egg going bad, wasting four eggs. Then, he'd tell her that luck had always been by her side.

They had so many shared memories that were silly, pathetic, and happy to think about. Why could he give it up so easily and like another woman who he might have only met a few times and who had never even cooked for him?

Running away is never good.

If it was a misunderstanding, then clear it up.

If he really changed his mind, then he had to let him know how much he had let down someone who loved him.

"Maybe I'm too silly, always thinking about running away..."

Xia Xinyu closed her eyes, entrusted her body to him, leaned on him gently, and said seriously, "If you change your mind, dislike me, or think I'm weak, and secretly go like someone else, I won't run away next time. I'll hurt your heart badly."

"Then what would you do?"

Holding Xinyu, completely embracing her, Chen Yuan asked curiously.

"Women are very powerful. Don't underestimate me," Xia Xinyu said with great momentum.

"Actually, you haven't thought about it yet, have you?"

"No, guess what I'll do?"

"I can't guess. What will you do?"

"I'll cry in front of you," Xia Xinyu said seriously.

"..." After imagining that scene, Chen Yuan really felt a pang of heartache and didn't dare to think about it anymore.

He felt sorry for her just now when she was silently shedding little pearls. If Xinyu was crying her heart out, looking at him with disappointment in her eyes...

Obviously, that would be the harshest revenge.

"You misunderstood me today. How should I compensate you?"

As a reward for upholding his male virtue, although Xia Xinyu didn't say it, Chen Yuan felt like there should be one.

And after hearing him say that, Xia Xinyu felt a little guilty. Slowly, she turned around, then hugged Chen Yuan, buried her head in his chest, and said with a hint of spoiled reliance mixed with embarrassment, "I'm sorry..."

"..." This coquettish tone completely flustered Chen Yuan.

Damn it, he forgave her.

Compensate his ass.

Wasn't he also at fault?

When she returned the flowers to him, couldn't he have taken two steps back to escape, and then done three ghost jumps to keep ten meters away from her, letting her throw them over?

All said and done, wasn't he being a little too excessive by coming home so late?

Sorry, sorry.

It was his fault.

"In the future, I'll trust you first." This was the promise Xia Xinyu gave to Chen Yuan, although she wasn't quite sure if she could still be so rational at that time.

If someone really pounced on him, and Chen Yuan not only didn't dodge but even hugged them, then this promise...definitely wouldn't count.

"Okay, thanks."

Chen Yuan gently touched Xia Xinyu's head, and then the two of them separated like that, preparing to go home.

At this moment, Xia Xinyu proactively extended her right hand.

Chen Yuan didn't think much of it, extended his left hand, and just held it, completely naturally.

Xinyu's little hand was fragrant and soft.

"That Swiss roll just now was pretty good. Should we go buy another one?" Chen Yuan said. "Didn't you not taste it because you were too angry?"

"Ah, but it's so expensive. That little bit costs twenty-something, almost thirty." Xia Xinyu felt that ordinary students shouldn't often eat such expensive desserts. Having one occasionally was okay.

"It's really delicious," Chen Yuan said.

"Really?" Xia Xinyu was a little curious because she hadn't been in the mood to taste anything at that time, only thinking about finishing it quickly to express her dissatisfaction with Chen Yuan.

"Yeah, delicious."

"Then...buy another one?" After Xia Xinyu finished speaking, she shook her head again. "No, two together would be fifty, which could buy a small cake."

"It's okay. I just got some gold coins from a senior学长 (xuezhang) today."

"You opened a box for him again?" Xia Xinyu asked, puzzled.

"Yeah, I opened his family's safe," Chen Yuan said.

"I don't quite understand...but why does everyone like you to open boxes for them?" It seemed like Xia Xinyu had heard more than once that Chen Yuan obtained some income through this.

"This..." After thinking about it, Chen Yuan said, "Maybe it's because I'm lucky."

"Indeed."

Xia Xinyu acknowledged Chen Yuan's luck and counted with a smile, "Before, when drawing lots, you touched the biggest prize twice. When drawing straws, you even let me draw the lucky straw. When we went to the temple to ask for a divination, we both drew the best fortune sticks, and also..."

"And also, my neighbor is actually Xia Xinyu."

"..." Xia Xinyu stopped and turned her head, looking at the boy who took that sentence for granted, gazing into his eyes, stunned for a moment before laughing, "I'm your neighbor, is that lucky?"

"More lucky than all the above things."

Chen Yuan didn't know what kind of words girls liked to hear. He was the worst at this kind of thing, so he often made people very red-faced.

However, he felt that when expressing emotions, he should say them directly and several times stronger than what he thought in his heart.

Xia Xinyu being his neighbor was his greatest luck.

Otherwise, none of this would have happened.

"Then why do I feel like I'm the lucky one?"

Xia Xinyu asked back with a smile.

"No, I'm still a little luckier," Chen Yuan continued. "You thought before that you wouldn't date before college, which means it didn't matter who the neighbor was. But I thought about it, and then I happened to meet you, wasn't that like someone giving me a pillow when I was sleepy?"

"Alright, are you still so concerned about what I said before?"

Xia Xinyu had only rejected Chen Yuan once, which was during the first confession when they first met. But she didn't expect that he would remember it all the time, so she touched his cheek with one hand, smiled lightly, and said, "Then now, haven't I overturned everything I said before?"

When Li Tong touched his face, Chen Yuan only felt some emotion, feeling sorry for the other person's eyes.

But now, it was a completely different feeling.

It felt like being liked.

"Okay, then let's each take a step back. Your luck is that you met me."

After thinking for a moment, Xia Xinyu said cheerfully, "And my luck is you."

"....Huh?"

Chen Yuan didn't know what the difference was between the two, because in terms of meaning, they were too difficult to distinguish.

But he seemed to think that he had been confessed to fiercely here.

At this moment, Xia Xinyu also revealed to Chen Yuan why he was lucky: "It might be a little embarrassing to say this, but it's really like this. Before I met you, I felt that life should be like that, not very meaningful, occasionally a little meaningful. But you taught me that people's emotions can be so rich, that you'll miss someone so much when you don't see them, and that you don't want to separate so much when you do meet them."

Chen Yuan was a very interesting person.

Even if he hadn't met her, he would still be surrounded by friends, experiencing some particularly interesting things.

Warm and kind, he would also have someone he liked, and even if it wasn't her, he would still be sweetly and lovingly together with that person, either cooking, or watching movies, or releasing Kongming lanterns by the river...

She was just one of his favorite people that he met in his life.

And he was the only person she liked in her short and uninteresting life.

"I used to think that young love was too terrible."

Seeing that she had made Chen Yuan a little quiet, Xia Xinyu turned her head, took his hand, continued to walk forward, and said jokingly with a smile, "But now, I think young love is too good."

Praise young love.

"Don't belittle yourself." Looking at Xia Xinyu, Chen Yuan encouraged her, "I'm not as emotionally rich as you say. Before I met you, I was also very boring."

How could he be as amazing as she said?

If doing stupid things with stupid friends, going home to watch *Cang Yuan Tu* instead of reading, and playing old jokes with friends at the same table every day, deliberately not studying properly and pretending to be a bum counted as meaningful, then the gold content of this interesting life would be too low.

Besides, without Xinyu, he wouldn't play like this with Chaozi either.

Drawing lots?

He'd just snatch the cute bear from the lottery staff's hands!

Helping Zhou Fu enter a dream?

He'd just snatch Zhou Fu away in a dream!

Playing basketball with a progress bar?

He'd use the progress bar to beat Xu Chen Lai Lai!

Xinyu's existence had more or less helped him maintain his not-so-firm moral values.

"Okay, maybe I'm a little prone to self-doubt," Xia Xinyu said, gesturing the universe between her fingers.

"Too prone to self-doubt." Chen Yuan shook his head, disagreeing very much. "Sometimes you're always saying who's pretty, do you know what people say about you behind your back?"

"What do they say about me?"

"Fairy."

"Alright, it sounds a bit awkward." Xia Xinyu quickly stopped him, giggling and saying, "My confidence needs to be cultivated slowly. This kind of thing doesn't happen overnight. You also know that I'm not that kind of narcissistic person."

"It's not good to be too un-narcissistic," Chen Yuan continued to educate her.

"Actually..." When this topic was brought up, Xia Xinyu moved a little closer to Chen Yuan, and then showed off a little, "Actually, I know I look okay. Because every time there's an event in class that needs to be photographed, interviewed, or performed, they always look for me."

"Then you're not proud of that?"

"After all, it's just in class, not in the grade, not in the whole school. And, let alone adding your school." Xia Xinyu said frankly, as she saw it, "Actually, I know that I might be a little prettier than Zhou Fu. But Tang Siwen and Cheng Haiying, I really think that from a boy's perspective, they're more refined."

Hearing this, Chen Yuan finally understood what she was really thinking.

Slightly greater than Zhou Fu, less than or equal to Tang Siwen and Cheng Haiying.

"I don't know, I have face blindness."

Chen Yuan wouldn't talk about topics that could easily turn into deadly questions.

"Anyway, you're afraid I'll be angry, so you won't tell the truth." Xia Xinyu shrugged, still thinking so.

Forget it.

The fact that she could admit she was pretty was already difficult and could be considered an improvement.

It could only be said that Xinyu had a great personality, possessed an appreciative attitude towards recognized beauties, and wouldn't consider herself the GOAT.

Let it be.

This kind of confidence was all built up through praise.

A sense of superiority was also generated because of real privilege. He had a long time to slowly make Xinyu realize—she really was the best person.

Just like that, the two of them arrived at that very exquisite dessert shop.

Then, in front of that Swiss roll, Chen Yuan pointed to the employee and said, "Yeah, this one."

The other party took out the Swiss roll, put it in a transparent small box, and also took out a small fork.

"Is there anything else you want to eat?" Chen Yuan asked Xia Xinyu.

"No, nothing else." Xia Xinyu shook her head, very easily satisfied.

Of course, this was also based on her frugal and simple character.

Honestly, Chen Yuan really wanted to tell her that he had scammed a sum of money today, which was enough for two years of living expenses. But the process and nature of it were really a bit too tortuous and dangerous.

So, he should hide it for now.

Of course, this money wouldn't be spent randomly.

Everything needed capital. He would use it after he really thought of something to do.

After all, after graduation, he couldn't keep living this kind of poor life with Xia Xinyu.

He wanted to buy a house, buy a car, give Xia Xinyu a lot of gold jewelry, and save up milk powder money for little Xinyu.

What about little Chen Yuan?

Little Chen Yuan was fine too.

Gender equality.

Alright, now gender equality means not discriminating against men, right?

Just like that, after the two bought the dessert, they walked back towards home.

When passing by a long chair under a street lamp, Chen Yuan suggested, "Why don't we eat it here?"

"Okay."

Then, the two sat on the long chair.

Chen Yuan opened the box, took the fork, gently dug out a piece, and then delivered it to Xia Xinyu's mouth.

She was a little embarrassed, but there were no outsiders here. After all, it was already very late, and it was the old district. So, she 'ah' opened her mouth and ate it.

After carefully tasting it, her eyes lit up, and she nodded in agreement, "It's really delicious."

It was a pity that she had swallowed it directly earlier.

That was too wasteful.

"Right? Have another bite."

Chen Yuan dug out another piece and fed it to Xia Xinyu's mouth.

"You eat too." Xia Xinyu shook her head.

"No, no, you eat first. I tasted it just now." Chen Yuan discovered the joy of feeding and continued to do so.

"Mmm..." Xia Xinyu opened her mouth and ate this little piece.

Then, she took the spoon and fed him.

Just like that, the two shared this sweet, soft, smooth, and long-lasting Swiss roll, leaving only the last bit.

Because it was Xia Xinyu's turn, she opened her mouth.

Honestly, Chen Yuan didn't really like eating sweets, but Xia Xinyu really liked them. So, he directly picked up a piece, which was about a quarter of the roll, and put it into her mouth.

He made sure that Xinyu got a good amount of the nutrients she was lacking.

"You eat more..."

After feeding her, before Chen Yuan could finish speaking, Xia Xinyu suddenly grabbed his arm, leaned forward, and sent the cake from her mouth directly into his mouth...

The two people's lips touched completely.

Chen Yuan also went from being a little surprised to willingly accepting, using his mouth to share half of it.

Just like that, Xia Xinyu generously shared the dessert with him.

The two also smiled, looked at each other, and carefully tasted it.

Soon, it was all eaten.

Just as Chen Yuan wanted to say something, his hands were held by Xia Xinyu, intertwined finger to finger, and she looked at him seriously.

"Is there something on my mouth..." Chen Yuan, "is there?"

Actually, it was very clean. There was nothing.

"Yeah."

"I see..." Chen Yuan pursed his lips, intending to deal with it himself.

"I'll help you."

Xia Xinyu tilted her head slightly, leaned forward, held his upper lip in her mouth, closed her eyes, gently bit down, and smiled especially happily while kissing him...

Tomorrow, I have to do a pregnancy test with Teacher Yuan to prepare for being pregnant with little Xuebing, so I can't stay up late today, otherwise it will affect the results, so there will only be this one update, and then I will recommend a good book:

(End of this chapter)