The conversation should have ended there; the biology teacher had at least given himself an out.

However, Jiang Jianian, who was about to leave, stopped in his tracks. He looked at the biology teacher and said calmly, "I will marry her, and she will marry me, without a doubt."

Extremely bold, one could say incredibly daring.

Not only did he openly admit that he didn't want to be recommended for college entrance exams because of a girl, but now he's making decisions for that girl on his own initiative, even though the future is still uncertain.

The biology teacher felt that if he continued talking to Jiang Jianian, he would vomit blood first. "You brat! He hasn't even agreed yet and you're already thinking about marriage. Get out, get out, get out!"

"Wait a minute." Looking at Jiang Jianian, who was anything but cute, the biology teacher couldn't help but warn, "Whether you confess your feelings after graduation or what happens between you and that girl is none of my business, but not now. We're all taking exams now. After the exams, we'll have a break of about ten days before the final sprint of the second semester of senior year. Don't do anything to ruin that girl's life!"

"I know."

The biology teacher rubbed his temples, exasperated. "This kid is so unlovable! A girl he likes? He probably wouldn't tell even if we asked. But since we're waiting for college applications, it's probably this year's graduating class, this year's graduating class..."

Speaking of this year's graduating class, the biology teacher showed them their grade rankings from this month's exam.

"Everyone with a bit of competition experience has won awards, so who else is left... The top student in the grade this time is a girl, Ye Zhiwei." This isn't the one the Class A homeroom teacher mentions every day.

The teacher barely mentioned the grades. In private, the teacher of Class A seemed to talk most about how pretty Ye Zhiwei was in their class, how cute she was when she was daydreaming in class, and how it was so hard to scold her when she secretly put something in her mouth.

"So he's still the top student in the grade this year. I wonder what kind of taste this kid has. If he's interested in this one, they're quite a good match."

*

Jiang Jianian left the office.

Ye Zhiwei also happened to come out of the homeroom teacher's office. The homeroom teacher was afraid that she would not be able to stay calm, so she specially prepared several extra test papers for her and asked her to work on them whenever she had free time.

Ye Zhiwei: ...

Ye Zhiwei, who had unexpectedly won first place and was being given high hopes, returned to her seat with her test paper, only to find that Jiang Jianian had actually returned.

"Your biology teacher asked you about the guaranteed admission to university?"

"Um."

That's great, she wants to get a guaranteed admission to university too.

With a heavy heart, Ye Zhiwei flipped through the exam paper and suddenly took out a small box of chestnut cakes from the drawer.

Take one bite, take two bites, take three bites, and the more you eat, the sadder you become.

"Our homeroom teacher is afraid that the top student in the city's quality inspection won't be from our class. She's gone crazy and is putting pressure on us. Jiang Jianian, you don't have anything to do anyway, come back! With you here, our school will definitely be number one in the city's quality inspection." Ye Zhiwei looked at Jiang Jianian pitifully with teary eyes.

Jiang Jianian closed the book and looked straight at Ye Zhiwei. "Shouldn't you give a gift when you ask someone for a favor? What did you give me?"

Ye Zhiwei: ? ? ?

She asked casually, but she didn't expect Jiang Jianian to not only respond to her but also reply to her joke so seriously.

Under Jiang Jianian's almost observant gaze, Ye Zhiwei reluctantly pushed the chestnut cake in front of him, "Then please... have this?"

Jiang Jianian pressed down on the pastry box that was being pushed toward him and looked at Ye Zhiwei, saying, "Answer me a few questions."

"What's the problem?"