Chapter 21 Walkthrough: Day 21 Your Hands Are So Small

The mixed-race boy was wearing a simple windproof jacket over a black pullover, loose-fitting athletic pants, and panda-colored sneakers. It was actually a typical high school boy outfit, but because of his face and body proportions, he looked like a character straight out of a comic book.

Xiang Di was just as amazed by him as she was by Bai Jiangxin when she saw him at the opening ceremony of her first year of high school.

A mixed-race young man walked into the office, and Chen Jinghua asked him, "Where is your mother?"

The boy replied, "They just left."

"Then why didn't you come with your mother?" Chen Jinghua said. "You didn't bring your schoolbag today either. You don't have any books. How are you going to class?"

The boy smiled slightly and said, "I just wanted to get to know the classmates first, so I didn't come with my mom."

Xiang Di was brought back to reality by his Mandarin with the retroflex ending; it turned out this wasn't a comic book world, but reality.

After turning her gaze away, she noticed that a crowd had gathered at the office door to watch the commotion, including Liang Qianqian. They were probably all there for the mixed-race boy.

Xiang Di looked at the mixed-race boy again. His profile was so outstanding. His eyelashes were curled, his jaw was well-defined, and especially his nose, which was exquisite and three-dimensional. Whether a person's profile is good-looking or not basically depends on how good his nose is.

The renowned expert on reproductive organs, Xiang Di, looked at the boy with approval and admiration. "Hmm, his nose is very high; one can deduce that his penis must be quite large as well."

Moreover, he is really tall. Xiang Di has to look up to see his chin because he is so tall that she can't see the top of his head. When he stands next to Bai Jiangxin, it's hard to tell who is taller.

When it came time to compare heights, her gaze finally fell on Bai Jiangxin.

I can't tell, but he's more than a head taller than her anyway.

Although the height difference is cute, being shorter is still a bit frustrating. How come they can grow so tall, while she hasn't grown any taller since junior high?

“That’s perfect. You can get to know these two classmates first.” Chen Jinghua introduced them one by one. “This is Bai Jiangxin, and this is Xiang Di. They are in the same class as you.”

The mixed-race boy had actually noticed the two people standing in front of Chen Jinghua long ago. He was seeing the girl for the first time, but he had seen the boy before when he first came to the school, on the honor roll.

As soon as Chen Jinghua said they were classmates, the boys immediately greeted them warmly.

"Hello, my name is Zhou Linxiao. We'll be classmates from now on. Please take care of me."

The boy reached out his hand to Bai Jiangxin first, and Bai Jiangxin couldn't refuse, so he reached out and shook hands with him.

In those few seconds of contact, Bai Jiangxin heard him say something in his mind.

【Es muy guapo, pero no tantoo yo. 】

He could tell there was a hint of arrogance in his tone. Although he didn't understand what he meant, Bai Jiangxin subconsciously felt that this mixed-race man wasn't as cheerful and easy to get along with as he appeared on the surface.

Xiang Di was still trying to figure out which Chinese characters corresponded to the boy's name when he reached out his hand to her.

To match her height, the boy gentlemanly bent down and tilted his head to look at her: "Hello?"

Xiang Di quickly extended his hand: "Hello, hello."

The boy could tell from the handshake that she was much more enthusiastic than Bai Jiangxin. Unlike Bai Jiangxin, who barely touched her hand before quickly letting go, she was much warmer.

He felt the warmth of her soft palm at his fingertips. The girl had a small frame, and even when she bent her fingers, they couldn't cover his mere four fingers, let alone his palm, which was several times larger than hers.

Zhou Linxiao smiled and commented on her in a gentle tone, "Your hands are so small."

Xiang Di exclaimed "Ah!" and straightened up, asking Chen Jinghua curiously, "Teacher Chen, did you bring them to the office for a talk because they're dating? My mom told me that dating isn't allowed at our school, is that true?"

Chen Jinghua's eyes widened. He was still organizing his thoughts when this kid blurted it out!

That's why the topic of relationships between men and women is always a gossip that interests everyone, regardless of the era or age group. Several teachers in the office immediately looked over, and some students who were watching the commotion at the office door also perked up their ears.

Ye Minjia, standing at the door, patted Liang Qianqian on the shoulder and said smugly, "I told you they were having an affair. Even a foreigner could tell at a glance."

Just as Chen Jinghua was wondering how to respond, Xiang Di shouted, "No, no, we didn't!"

As if afraid of being misunderstood, her hand gestures accompanied her words in clarifying: "We came to find the teacher just to ask her to help us change seats."

Xiang Di was terrified. Heaven knows how hard she had worked to add Bai Jiangxin as a WeChat friend, and things had just started to look up. If someone misunderstood that she and Bai Jiangxin were dating, she would probably be blacklisted by him and banished to the cold palace forever.

To make her words more credible, Xiang Di looked up and asked Bai Jiangxin in an anxious tone, "Right?"

God, please, my husband, please don't take your anger out on our new classmate because of her loose tongue!

Xiang Dina's anxious attempt to clarify things in front of her new classmates seemed as if she was afraid they would misunderstand her innocence. Bai Jiangxin glanced at her, then looked away expressionlessly, letting out a short, indistinct "hmm."

Upon receiving Bai Jiangxin's reply, Xiang Di deliberately raised his voice, making a resounding announcement to everyone.

"I absolutely did not date Bai Jiangxin. If I had, I wouldn't have been able to get into university."

Xiang Di thought to herself, "This should be enough. Bai Jiangxin should be able to receive my pure sincerity."

Upon hearing this, Liang Qianqian, who was standing at the door, turned and patted Ye Minjia, whispering, "She's made such a vicious oath, what do you say?"

Ye Minjia shrugged: "We haven't talked about it anymore, we've already broken up."

Liang Qianqian: "..."

This person always has a million reasons to justify his reasoning; he's practically a reincarnation of Kogoro Mouri.

This curse was so vicious to a high school senior who had studied hard for over ten years; even the teachers dared not hear it.

Chen Jinghua said, "Alright, alright, it's not that serious. The college entrance exam is coming up soon, so don't say such unlucky things."

With a new classmate present, Chen Jinghua couldn't ask questions right now, so she could only arrange for the two of them to switch seats as quickly as possible.

"So you two have discussed it and decided to switch seats, right?"

Xiang Di nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, it's confirmed."

Chen Jinghua then looked at Bai Jiangxin, her tone both probing and cautionary: "Have you thought this through? We've changed your seats separately this time, so focus on studying from now on. We won't be changing them again until the next mock exam."

Bai Jiangxin frowned, not understanding why his homeroom teacher was telling him this.

Xiang Di also found it baffling. Shouldn't this kind of advice have been given to her? Giving it to Bai Jiangxin, who was ranked first in the grade, felt like a completely unnecessary thing to do.

Just pretend that Teacher Chen had presbyopia and couldn't see the person clearly, and that he must be talking to her, Xiang Di took over the conversation, her tone obedient and sincere: "Teacher, don't worry, I will definitely study hard."

Looking into the girl's bright and determined eyes, Chen Jinghua was speechless for a moment.

"...Alright then, I'll switch you two. Where would you like to switch to?"

"Teacher, you can just switch seats with the class monitor." Xiang Di had already thought of a solution for the teacher. "That way, I'll sit with Liang Qianqian, and Bai Jiangxin will sit with the class monitor."

Chen Jinghua said "oh," about to say something, but was interrupted again.

"This won't do, teacher."

Chen Jinghua clicked his tongue. Why were these students so eager to express themselves today, not letting him finish speaking at all?

Ye Minjia, who had been watching the commotion from the office doorway, rushed in. Chen Jinghua looked at him irritably and said, "What's wrong with you again?"

"I've only just gotten used to my new deskmate. If we change seats again, it will really affect my studies."

"It will affect my studies" is not only a convenient excuse for teachers and parents, but also for students themselves. If they don't want to be assigned to do something, as long as they say it will affect their studies, teachers and parents will not dare to do anything.

Ye Minjia didn't want to get involved in the mess between Bai Jiangxin and Xiang Di. If Bai Jiangxin really didn't do well on the exam, he wouldn't take the blame.

He quickly pulled Liang Qianqian, who was trying to run away, back to his side, and said solemnly, "Teacher, you can't force us to separate for their sake."

Chen Jinghua: "..."

What are they up to now?

Liang Qianqian, who was standing next to her, widened her eyes instantly. What was this idiot class monitor saying?

Ye Minjia was still holding onto her school uniform. She tried to break free, but someone glared at her and warned her not to move.

Under the tyranny of the class monitor, Liang Qianqian dared not move and could only stand there, puffing out her eyebrows and glaring, her face flushed with anger.

Xiang Di looked bewildered, not understanding the situation. She really hadn't expected Ye Minjia to refuse to change seats.

She looked at Bai Jiangxin, wanting to ask him what to do now. Bai Jiangxin frowned, wondering what illness Ye Minjia had suddenly relapsed into. He hadn't even complained about his noise yet, but Ye Minjia was already unwilling to be his deskmate again.

Since that's the case, he didn't bother looking for Ye Minjia anymore. Bai Jiangxin directly told Chen Jinghua that he could sit alone.

As for Xiang Di, she can sit with whomever she wants, and he can't be bothered with Ye Minjia at all. He'll let her do whatever she wants; he's going to isolate everyone in the class by himself.

Chen Jinghua reacted exactly the same way as Xiang Di: how could they let Bai Jiangxin sit in the VIP seat next to the podium?

However, their class had an odd number of students, and according to their seating arrangement of two students per group, someone would always be left out. Chen Jinghua was caught in a dilemma.

Being a homeroom teacher isn't easy these days, especially in high school. Students all have their own ideas, and after this chaotic back-and-forth, Chen Jinghua felt a headache coming on. Just then, the bell rang for the second period, saving him.

Chen Jinghua quickly sent the students back to the classroom.

"You all go back to class first, and I'll think about how to arrange things."

After all the students left, only Zhou Linxiao remained standing there. He didn't have a seat in Class 97 yet, so he was waiting for Chen Jinghua to arrange one for him.

Ye Minjia is the class monitor, and he doesn't want to change seats. Chen Jinghua can't force him to. As for Bai Jiangxin and Xiang Di, he'll think about who to arrange for them to sit next to. Anyway, there are plenty of people willing to sit next to them. As for this kid in front of him...

Chen Jinghua didn't really want to arrange a deskmate for Zhou Linxiao. Firstly, Zhou Linxiao wouldn't be taking the college entrance exam three months later; he was just a transfer student auditing classes to experience life, and his academic pressure was not on the same level as the other students. Chen was afraid that Zhou Linxiao would affect the other students.

As for the second reason, Chen Jinghua was still worried about affecting other students. At first, the principal only told Chen Jinghua that he was the grandson of his mentor, who had studied abroad in elementary school and then directly entered international schools from middle school to high school. Last year, he had already received an offer from a foreign university, but after traveling for a few months, he got tired of it and wanted to experience the senior year of high school under the traditional exam-oriented education model in China. His mentor found the principal and asked him to make arrangements.

The principal made the decision to put Chen Jinghua in the honors class, without telling Chen Jinghua beforehand that his mentor's grandson was actually mixed-race, and a very... eye-catching mixed-race at that.

When I first started high school, every time get out of class ended, a huge group of female students would come to look at Bai Jiangxin. Although as a teacher I could understand that students were choosing school beauties and hunks to balance out the boring school life, it was still a school after all, and it had a bad influence.

They're here to study, not to participate in a beauty pageant. Besides, Class 97 already has a very eye-catching Bai Jiangxin, and now Zhou Linxiao has joined them. Chen Jinghua is genuinely worried that he won't be able to manage them all.

Chen Jinghua sighed inwardly.

Zhou Linxiao asked with concern, "Teacher, what's wrong?"

"It's alright." Chen Jinghua shook her head and asked him, "If we're arranging a seat for you, would you like to sit alone or have a deskmate?"

It was best to sit alone, but he arranged for him to sit on the other side of the stage, alongside Wang Sichen, as his left and right protectors.

But Zhou Linxiao's answer disappointed him greatly.

He pursed his lips, his thick, curled eyelashes drooping over his eyelids, and said in a low voice, "Teacher, from elementary school to middle school, I've always had a single seat, and even my dormitory room was a single room. I've finally come to your school, and I really want a deskmate."

Chen Jinghua grunted, suddenly feeling a little guilty, and felt embarrassed to have arranged for him to sit alone.

He couldn't arrange for Zhou Linxiao to sit alone, and he also couldn't bear to arrange for Bai Jiangxin to sit alone.

"Would you like to be Bai Jiangxin's deskmate?" Chen Jinghua asked. "The boy who was just next to you has excellent English grades, so you two shouldn't have any problems communicating."

Zhou Linxiao replied, "You don't need to be particularly good at English. Anyway, my Mandarin is very good, and I can communicate with anyone without any problems. If you assign me someone whose English isn't very good, I can tutor them."

"Besides, I think Bai Jiangxin seems a bit aloof and not easy to get along with." Zhou Linxiao tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said with a smile, "That Xiang Di, I think she's really cute, she looks a lot like my sister's BJD doll. Teacher, can I be her deskmate?"

Chen Jinghua: "..."

B what J what D?

Mixed-race kids speak in such a sophisticated way; even this old-fashioned guy couldn't understand what he was saying.

However, Xiang Di did date Bai Jiangxin before and was able to dump him, so he should have the self-control to do that.

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After the second class, Xiang Di finally received a message from her older brother.

Xiang Sheng: [Reporting to Your Highness, your cream puffs are on their way at top speed.]

Xiang Sheng: [Your Majesty, could you please reimburse this humble subject for the travel expenses? It's estimated to be 30 yuan. Thank you, Your Majesty.]

Xiang Di gritted her teeth. This damn brother of hers, not only did he not come for half a day, but he also took five thousand yuan from her father and now she has to pay for the taxi fare of a few dozen yuan.

Just as she was thinking about how to retort, she suddenly heard her homeroom teacher's voice and quickly hid her phone in her desk.

Chen Jinghua stood on the podium: "Come on, during the break, I'd like to tell you all something. I'd like to introduce a new classmate. Come on, Zhou Linxiao, come in and introduce yourself."

The students kept in touch, announcing that a mixed-race student had joined their grade. The news spread quickly, and Zhou Linxiao, who had just attracted attention in the teachers' office, entered the classroom, unsurprisingly drawing a new wave of attention.

Outside the classroom, many students from other classes were also watching, silently envying the good fortune of everyone in Class 97.

"Holy crap..."

"Dude, are you really that handsome?"

"They really are transfer students? I thought they were just visiting our school."

"Goodness, this will make the girls in our class happy again."

"I'm not having it! Why didn't they send a mixed-race girl?"

Zhou Linxiao's appearance was so deceptive. After he finished his self-introduction clearly and turned to write his name on the blackboard in standard and neat handwriting, he said, "Zhou is the Zhou of Zhou Wu Zheng Wang. Lin and Xiao are from 'A guest in the forest plays the flute, and the bamboo turns into dragons and phoenixes entering the sky.' It is the Xiao with the bamboo radical, not the grass radical. I hope everyone will not get them confused."

The whole class silently apologized in their hearts for their stereotype that mixed-race people are generally bad at Chinese.

After introducing themselves and getting to know each other, Chen Jinghua then began arranging the seats.

He first patted Wang Sichen's desk next to the podium, and then said, "Wang Sichen, remember to thank Bai Jiangxin and Zhou Linxiao later."

Wang Sichen was completely bewildered, but he soon found out.

"Move your desk to the back. You don't need to sit in the VIP room anymore. You'll sit next to Bai Jiangxin. I'm warning you, if you dare to chatter and disturb Bai Jiangxin's studies, I'll call your parents to school right now, you hear me?"

Finally, she didn't have to sit in the VIP room anymore, but Wang Sichen wasn't as happy as she had imagined.

Help! How much passion and courage does a person need to dare to sit next to Bai Jiangxin, an iceberg that even 100,000 tons of TNT couldn't break?

If he were to accidentally offend Bai Jiangxin, it would be obvious to anyone that the teacher would side with him, and he would be scolded to death by the teacher.

Wang Sichen chuckled awkwardly, "Teacher, how about I sit in the VIP section instead?"

Chen Jinghua completely ignored him and said to Zhou Linxiao, "Go to the fifth floor and get a set of desks and chairs. Do you know where to get them?"

Zhou Linxiao shook his head.

"Ye Minjia, could you go with Zhou Linxiao to the fifth floor to get that?" Chen Jinghua instructed methodically. "When you get there, just move the desk and chair next to Xiang Di."

Even though Bai Jiangxin remained expressionless and completely indifferent when she heard that she had been assigned to sit next to Wang Sichen, she finally frowned and looked up after hearing the arrangement.

Zhou Linxiao: "Okay, teacher."

Xiang Di heard his name called, but didn't even react.

What is the teacher saying?

Ye Minjia also heard her name called, and was equally bewildered by the current situation.

What's the teacher up to now? He just made Bai Jiangxin and Xiang Di deskmates, and now he's going to break them up again?

"Ye Minjia, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and go with them to get the desks and chairs. Class is about to start."

Without time to think, Ye Minjia quickly got up and led the new classmate to get desks and chairs.

With everything arranged, Chen Jinghua told everyone to take good care of the new students before leaving again.

The students only snapped out of their daze after the homeroom teacher left.

So, did a handsome mixed-race guy really join their class?

What incredible luck! The school heartthrob is in their class, and the mixed-race heartthrob is also in their class. Class 97 can really swagger around in the whole grade now.

I already have a feeling that within a day, the school's confession wall will be flooded with submissions again, and their WeChat accounts will also be flooded with messages, probably all from friends in other classes asking them about handsome guys.

If I had to choose the happiest person in Class 97, it would probably be Xiang Di.

Liang Qianqian slapped Xiang Di hard on the back.

"You brat, eating so well!!!"

Xiang Di felt like her spine was about to break from being slapped, and she looked pained. Then many girls called her name, saying that she was so lucky.

Are seats available?

"How much do you want? Name your price."

"Xiang Di, Xiang Di, when he comes back, remember to get his WeChat and ask him to join our class group."

Xiang Di rubbed her back and winced in pain, but couldn't help but giggle. She also felt quite happy.

Although she was certain that her feelings for Bai Jiangxin were completely devoted and wouldn't easily change just because Zhou Linxiao came along, well...

How can a person always just eat one bowl of rice? They need some side dishes to go with the rice. A person can go without side dishes, but they absolutely cannot go without rice.

Bai Jiangxin is her staple food, her rice, an indispensable part of her life, but she needs to eat staple food and also order side dishes!

If Bai Jiangxin's seat were closer to her at this moment, that would be even better; she would have food and vegetables, and life would be wonderful.

Xiang Di wanted to dance on the spot.

Suddenly, someone asked her in a sinister tone, "So happy?"

"I'm happy."

She answered without hesitation, then turned to Bai Jiangxin and smiled, "You've always wanted to change seats, and now you've finally done it. I know you're happy too."

It's okay if we're not deskmates; as long as her husband is happy, she's happy!

Bai Jiangxin couldn't catch his breath.

Yes, he should be happy, happy that he's free, happy that someone has finally taken his place.

This lecherous groundhog, this shallow-minded beauty-obsessed little pervert who can't resist handsome men, does she even have the concept of being faithful?