After getting into a relationship, Chen Yuan entered an extremely strange routine.

Originally, he was studying hard because he didn't want to be broken up by Lao Mo (nickname for the head teacher), but it turned out that studying well became his normal state.

Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?

Fortunately, his good buddies in the class became his anchor, working together to drag Chen Yuan, who was lost in the sea of learning, into the abyss of depravity.

And what they said made perfect sense.

*Yu mai guihua tong zai jiu, zhong bu si, shao nian you.* (To buy osmanthus and share wine together, it's ultimately not the same as youthful wanderings.)

Playing games at thirty is not the same feeling as playing games at seventeen, is it?

Then someone might ask, playing games at nineteen after graduating from high school should feel about the same as playing at seventeen, right?

No, I just want to play League of Legends!

Although he no longer had the initial drive to improve or be optimized, he had already developed the habit of doing his own homework and keeping his little mouth shut during class. Plus, he had formed a study group with Zhou Fu, so Chen Yuan's grades were still steadily improving.

The last monthly exam before the end of the semester saw him get 8th in the class with a score of 572, which could be considered entering the class's T2 echelon.

Zhou Fu was still hovering around third or fourth place, about the same as Chao Zi.

And as time went on, the weather gradually turned cold...

Although Xia Hai (city name) is not like the north, the winters in the south are relatively warm, but it can still drop to a few degrees below zero when it's coldest.

So the school allowed students not to wear winter uniforms during the winter, and instead wear their own clothes.

High school students of this age all love beauty. So many people wore their own private clothes.

Chen Yuan didn't really mind either way, as the uniform was actually more comfortable. But he only had one set of winter uniform, and ever since he washed it in the washing machine, the weather had been bad and it hadn't dried for a long time, so he had to wear a light green hooded long winter coat.

But he still felt a little cold...

He should have taken out his down jacket.

But that thing had been packed by Madam Yang Junlian into the winter clothes storage bag, and it would be a lot of trouble to get it out...

If only I could shake my mom over here.

Because it was hard to get up in the winter, Chen Yuan was a little late today. He didn't take the bus with Zhou Fu and got on alone. By the time he got off, there were only ten minutes left before class.

But if he didn't have to copy homework, he should make it in time.

Just as Chen Yuan was thinking this, a girl hurrying past him stepped on a slightly icy and slippery patch of ground, and fell backwards.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan directly grabbed her arm with one hand, forcibly stopping her from falling.

But due to inertia, she still fell on her butt.

Fortunately, the girl was relatively light, so he lifted her up in one go.

"...Th-thank you." The girl blushed with embarrassment, so she lowered her head and quickly thanked him.

"No problem."

Chen Yuan said lightly and then let go of her.

"Goodbye." The girl was about to be late, so she greeted him and left directly.

"Oh." Chen Yuan responded and then watched her leave.

However, he suddenly noticed that the girl's walking posture was a little strange.

One foot was high, and the other was low.

Quite, unstable.

Like she had twisted her ankle, a slight limp.

"Did you fall badly?" So, Chen Yuan kindly asked.

"..." The girl's body tensed up when she was asked this. Then, she slowly turned her head and explained, "No, I..."

Halfway through, she noticed Chen Yuan for the first time.

She looked up at him.

This boy was very tall, about 1.85 meters, wearing a coat that wasn't bulky at all, but a little thin, with his hands in his pockets. His figure was quite upright, and his features were also very delicate, but his hair was a bit long, and his bangs had passed his eyebrows...

"Huh?"

Chen Yuan wouldn't have been late originally, but this girl, still not talking, was holding him up here, so it was hard to say.

"I..." The girl's cheeks flushed slightly, and she explained embarrassedly, "No, I didn't fall too hard. My foot has always been a little bad... it's always been like this."

"Oh." Hearing this, Chen Yuan said directly, "Then you have to get to school, you'll be late if you're any slower."

Chen Yuan's reaction was very calm, without the slightest bit of deliberate avoidance.

Generally speaking, the other person might be a little embarrassed, then cautious, afraid of revealing their "difference."

But he didn't have any of that attitude at all...

Chen Yuan also knew that people like this cared more about how others saw them. So, no matter how much respect and politeness you showed, it would seem deliberate.

The best way was to look at the other person and talk normally.

Even if the other person's features were a little different from ordinary people.

"Oh, right."

The girl nodded after hearing this, and then quickened her pace. But when she sped up, her foot slipped again, and she almost fell.

Chen Yuan: "..."

I seriously suspect that your foot became like this from you falling yourself.

There was nothing she could do, so in order not to embarrass herself, the girl had to maintain her balance and walk a little bit faster.

Chen Yuan was also walking like this.

The two of them walked along, one in front of the other.

But Chen Yuan was a little anxious.

So, he planned to walk a little faster.

"...Are, are you in which grade?"

Just as the two of them were side by side on the same line, the girl suddenly spoke, slowing Chen Yuan down.

"Hi-high school sophomore." Chen Yuan replied.

"Oh... a senior." The girl was a little stiff, but quite proactively said, "I'm a freshman."

"Go-good."

What the hell am I saying?

Because of the need to get to school on time, Chen Yuan's mind was a little distracted, and he couldn't have a normal conversation.

Fortunately, they soon arrived at the school's teaching building.

The two of them separated at the stairs for the freshman and sophomore buildings.

But as she walked away, Chen Yuan noticed that there was a patch of dirt on her back, and it was a little wet, so he reminded her, "There's water on your back."

"...Oh, thank you, senior." The girl was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly began to pat it, embarrassed.

But she couldn't see from that angle, so she couldn't reach it...

She looked a little anxious.

And because she was embarrassed, she was getting redder and redder.

Then, Chen Yuan leaned down slightly and helped her pat off the stain.

I'll wipe my hands with a tissue later.

"Okay."

"Thank you so much, senior..."

The girl lowered her head, her face red, and thanked Chen Yuan. She completely forgot that she was the class representative for Chinese class and had to collect homework.

"It's nothing, I'm leaving."

Chen Yuan nodded slightly in greeting and then left.

However, as he turned around, he suddenly saw He Si Jiao going up the stairs.

And, as he noticed her, she also glanced at him.

The eyes of the two met.

Then, the other person turned away a little unnaturally and quickly went to the classroom...

I didn't do anything, why did my heart tighten?

Chen Yuan didn't know what this feeling was.

But vaguely, he was a little flustered.

What am I panicking about?

I didn't do anything!

After mentally suggesting this to himself, Chen Yuan went to the classroom.

But the moment he entered the classroom, He Si Jiao also looked up and looked at him.

The two of them made eye contact again.

Immediately after, they simultaneously looked away.

She's looking at me!

Zhou Yu, your girlfriend is giving me a weird look!

For no reason, Chen Yuan felt a little scared and sat down in his seat.

At this moment, the bell for morning self-study also rang.

Chen Yuan handed in his homework while taking out his books.

"Why are you so late today?" Zhou Fu asked.

Why am I so late today?!

As Chen Yuan prepared to answer, He Si Jiao was also listening intently from behind.

Why was he late?

There must be something going on!

"...I woke up a little late, and when I got off the bus, there were only a few minutes left." Chen Yuan explained.

Damn it, he's feeling guilty!

This little bitch is feeling guilty!

He Si Jiao was very angry.

I think I'm sensing anger...

Chen Yuan was also a little nervous.

He turned his head and looked at Zhou Fu.

She was also wearing her own clothes today, a navy blue long cotton coat, a bit preppy style, with very delicate round buttons, quite pretty. She also had a plaid scarf, giving off a very cute vibe...

And if you look closely, she has completely gotten rid of the school uniform.

Under the cotton coat were black form-fitting leggings that outlined her legs...

Honestly, it was very against the rules.

But because the cotton coat was quite long and also very warm, it didn't count as "showing off," right?

At this moment, Lao Mo also walked in, looking at the class with its varied and stylishly dressed girls, and felt a little headache.

As soon as they're not allowed to wear the uniform, they start showing off.

These girls are really too much.

"Although you can wear your own coats, you still have to pay attention..."

Lao Mo was halfway through when Tang Siwen, who was also late, stood at the door and said calmly, "Report."

Everyone looked at her in unison.

The girl with long, straight, black hair was wearing a beautiful pink down jacket, and her lower body was still a half skirt...

She instantly won the title of class flower of Class 18.

But her entire outfit was full of violations.

So, what did they have to pay attention to?

Everyone looked at Lao Mo again.

"Also pay attention to... staying warm." Lao Mo looked at Chen Yuan and said, "Chen Yuan, you're wearing too little, change into something thicker tomorrow."

"...Thank you for your concern, teacher." Chen Yuan nodded.

Wait, why are you dragging me into this?

"Go sit down." After speaking to Tang Siwen, Lao Mo was really a little angry, so he said to everyone, "You don't have to wear the school uniform, but you have to wear the school pants."

"Hiss..."

Hearing this, Zhou Fu felt a little guilty and whispered to Chen Yuan, "I'm not wearing the school pants."

Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment, then put his hand on her leg and felt it: "Isn't this it?"

"I'm talking about the school pants." Zhou Fu was numb.

Also, Lao Mo is still up there, why are you already touching me!

That bitch Jiao Jiao (nickname for He Si Jiao) is still watching me.

Chen Yuan was more concerned about He Si Jiao.

Would she think I was flirting with that little girl on the road?

Then, would she secretly tell Zhou Fu?

Then I'd be done for.

So, I have to beg He Si Jiao not to tell her.

But, what if she uses this to threaten me, then *netori* (Japanese term for NTR) me...

No way!

Chen Yuan was really a little scared.

He's seen a lot of movies and knows what it's like to be coerced.

No!

I have to save myself.

Thinking this, Chen Yuan planned to confess to Zhou Fu after class.

"He seems to be wearing a little too little." But before he could speak, Zhou Fu spoke first. Then, she divided the scarf around her neck in half and gave it to Chen Yuan.

She personally wrapped it around him.

Such intimacy in school was sure to get a lot of "oohs and aahs."

But everyone seemed to be used to the couple's affection, and there wasn't much enthusiastic teasing.

"Seeing the Iron Chains Linked, I want to shout 'Kill!'" Zhou Yu joked.

But Chen Yuan ignored him and said to Zhou Fu, "This morning..."

"!" He Si Jiao's ears perked up behind him, and she was very excited.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Fu tilted her head, looking puzzled.

"I..." Chen Yuan couldn't stand He Si Jiao anymore, and he didn't want her to get a hold of him and control him for the rest of his life, so he confessed, "This morning, a girl next to me fell down, and as her head was about to hit the ground, I grabbed her... so I was a little late."

"...Oh, that's what happened."

Zhou Fu wasn't too surprised, but her tone wasn't particularly relaxed, and she was a little hesitant.

Hearing this, He Si Jiao slammed the table and stood up: "But then you—"

"Shut up, shrew." Chen Yuan also quickly interrupted and continued, "Later, when I got to school, I saw that she had something dirty on her, and I reminded her to pat it off. But, she couldn't reach it, so I helped her pat it off..."

"Yes, if I hadn't seen it, he definitely wouldn't have said anything!" He Si Jiao pointed at Chen Yuan, looked at Zhou Fu, and said seriously.

"I didn't do anything wrong... why would I be afraid to say it?" Chen Yuan confronted He Si Jiao, not being afraid at all...

He was still a little scared.

"..." Zhou Fu understood, looked at the two of them arguing, and then asked a little unhappily in a low voice, "Helping her up is fine... but why did you walk with her?"

"Yeah, don't you know how ambiguous that action is?" He Si Jiao also stood on Zhou Fu's side, and her eyes couldn't tolerate any sand.

"I was just walking at a normal speed, but that girl, her foot... her foot wasn't very good, and she sped up a little, and then we were in sync, and I couldn't just start running, right?" Chen Yuan argued.

"Foot, her foot wasn't good?" Zhou Fu became more and more confused.

"Is her foot really not good?" He Si Jiao wasn't too sure.

"It really is."

At this moment, Li Youyou, who had already reconciled with everyone, said in a low voice, "There's a freshman girl who walks with a bit of a limp..."

After Li Youyou finished speaking, everyone believed it.

Chen Yuan also sighed: "I didn't think too much about it at the time, but mainly I saw it, so I said something. I didn't expect her to be so dumb, she couldn't reach it herself... I just thought He Si Jiao was going to make things up."

"You, you shouldn't even care about other people!" He Si Jiao retorted.

"I definitely wouldn't care about ordinary people, but the other person really had a little bit of an inconvenience..."

"Although what you're saying is right, but..." Finding that she was gradually losing ground, He Si Jiao asked back, "When you saw me, why did you avoid my gaze?"

"I was just afraid you'd make things up."

"Then did I say anything? Didn't you say it yourself?"

"I, wasn't I afraid you'd coerce me?"

"Hey, don't make things so dramatic." Zhou Yu, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, hurriedly raised his finger and interjected.

"Did I coerce you? Do you have a persecution complex?"

"What if you suddenly think about coercing me one day?"

"I told you not to use the word coerce!"

The two of them, plus Zhou Yu, began to argue.

At this moment, the break between classes also ended.

Staring at that guy, Chen Yuan felt hostility towards He Si Jiao. He Si Jiao also bit her lip, responding with her gaze, and the two of them didn't give in at all.

But after turning back, looking at Zhou Fu, whose expression had been a little strange, Chen Yuan felt that her mood was a little low.

"Fu?" Chen Yuan asked softly.

Zhou Fu pursed her lips, then shook her head.

Just as he wanted to continue asking, Sherry Liu had already arrived, and class was about to start.

So, he had to start listening to the lecture.

Was I wrong?

Maybe I really was a little.

Although the other person had a bit of a disability and needed to be taken care of, there was no need for what happened later.

But, I didn't think that much.

No, why be so cautious, I didn't do anything morally wrong...

As Chen Yuan was internally debating, his arm was suddenly poked.

When he looked over, he realized that Zhou Fu had handed him a note—

I can understand, I don't think you did anything wrong.

Okay, she's communicating with me.

Chen Yuan also picked up a pen, but just as he was about to write, Zhou Fu pressed down on his hand, shutting him up.

She's not letting me talk...

Fine.

Chen Yuan watched as she continued to leave messages on the paper.

And from the words, he heard her voice.

I understand all the logic,

But,

Do, I, have, a, liiiittle bit of jealousy?

Chen Yuan slowly raised his head and saw Zhou Fu's cute face, throwing a small tantrum.

Without a doubt, Chen Yuan wanted to kiss her to death.

I love you, love you, love you, love you...

Of course, Chen Yuan's love wasn't blind.

The moment Sherry Liu turned around, he put the paper in his palm, then stuffed it into his pocket.

This time, he definitely wouldn't be ganked.

And Sherry Liu, as expected, didn't see it and continued to explain the problem.

Just as Chen Yuan was proud of his agility, a soft, warm little hand entered his pocket.

She was warming his hand...

Similarly, as Chen Yuan was moved, Zhou Fu used her fingernails to slightly and forcefully leave a pair of crescent moons on the back of his hand.

"Hmph."

Looking at Chen Yuan, Zhou Fu pouted slightly.

Just like that, she was a little jealous.