“......”

Oh, so she was tutoring a top student.

Xu Xinchen carefully examined his test paper, explaining each question to him in detail. After explaining a few questions, she noticed something was wrong. Although Ji Bei was sitting right next to her, staring intently at the test paper, his mind seemed to be elsewhere. He responded slowly, and sometimes she had to call him several times before he would react.

Xu Xinchen was a little annoyed. She tapped the table with her pen to bring him back to reality. "What are you thinking about?"

Ji Bei looked at her. She had her hair in braids today and looked even younger than yesterday, like an 18 or 19-year-old girl. Her white dress accentuated her slender waist, her long neck extended to reveal her delicate collarbone, and her face was fair and radiant. This reminded Ji Bei of the jasmine flowers outside their school wall.

Pure and flawless, exuding an alluring fragrance.

Ji Bei snapped out of his thoughts, noticing the slight dissatisfaction rising in her eyes, and scratched his head guiltily, "It's nothing."

Xu Xinchen put down her pen, frowned, and pointed to the questions on the test paper that she had just explained. "Rewrite these questions."

Ji Bei sighed, pulled over the test paper, and quickly scribbled on it.

Xu Xinchen noticed that he wrote very quickly, glancing at the paper before confidently writing down the answers.

She was a little puzzled, so she took the test paper that Ji Bei had finished and looked at it. When she compared it with the answers, the surprise on her face gradually increased. The answers on both sides overlapped, and there wasn't a single mistake.

Ji Bei lowered his gaze, glanced at her expression, and his lips twitched slightly.

He was feeling proud, waiting for the woman's amazement and praise, when suddenly he heard her say, "I'm not coming tomorrow."

He froze, glancing nervously at her. Seeing the resolute expression on her face, panic rose within him, and he cried out anxiously, "No! What did I do wrong?"

Xu Xinchen glanced at his expression and smiled slightly, "It's nothing, it's not your fault. Your level is so high that you don't need me to teach you."

"No, that's because you taught me well. I didn't know how to do it before... I only learned it after you explained these few problems."

Ji Bei anxiously tried to explain, tugging at her sleeve, his eyes even pleading.

Xu Xinchen was skeptical. She lowered her gaze, paused for a long time, and then picked up her pen again to continue explaining the problem to him.

Ji Bei breathed a sigh of relief, and the joy in his heart gradually sprouted and took root.

Ji Bei learned very quickly and grasped things immediately, which made Xu Xinchen wonder if he really didn't understand or was just pretending. Perhaps he mistook her for someone his age, and soon his true nature was revealed in front of her.

For example, sometimes Ji Bei would get impatient sitting at the table explaining problems, so he would simply lie on the bed, yawning as he worked, and once he even accidentally fell asleep.

Occasionally, he would reveal a youthful side, such as having a radio on the table, which he would immediately turn off when Sister Zhao opened the door.

His relationship with her became increasingly casual; he went from calling her "sister" at the beginning to calling her by her first name now. He even casually changed his clothes in front of her.

Sometimes he acts like a mischievous boy who hasn't grown up yet, playfully pulling her braids, only letting go with a laugh when she changes her expression.

Xu Xinchen noticed the change, but she didn't pay much attention to it. In her eyes, Ji Bei was still a child, and life went on like this.

As the days passed, she lived her life in a conventional and unremarkable manner.

Under the night light, her long eyelashes curled up as she rested her chin on her hand, looking at the boy's cool silhouette under the light beside her. Her eyes casually swept over the questions, and she quickly wrote down the answers on the paper.

She couldn't help but think that a boy like Ji Bei must be very popular with girls at school. He's handsome, academically excellent, and aside from being a bit childish, he's practically flawless.

Thinking this, she blurted out, "Do you have a girlfriend at school?"

The moment she said it, she startled herself. When she looked up, she saw Ji Bei stop writing and lock his deep eyes on her.

"I was just talking nonsense..."

"No, those girls aren't my type..." Ji Bei withdrew his gaze, picked up his pen again, and gave the answer directly without further investigation.

She added to herself, "None of them are as pretty as you."

"And you?" Ji Bei lowered his head and asked casually, the light casting shadows on his eyelashes.

"I...I didn't either," Xu Xinchen immediately denied, but a man's figure vaguely flashed in her mind. She wondered where he was now.

She sighed, looked out the window, and became melancholy.

Ji Bei glanced at her without changing his expression. "So what about the future? What type are you looking for?"

...She hadn't really thought about what type he would be, but she had a vague idea in her mind, so she just blurted it out, "Handsome, fair-skinned, high nose bridge, not too bad-tempered, and about 185 cm tall."

I estimated that person's height to be around 185 cm; when he stands up, he can sometimes touch the door frame.

Her gaze drifted unintentionally and met Ji Bei's clear, bright eyes.

His eyes sparkled, revealing an unusual gleam; his gaze was deep and dark, as if he could poke a hole in her face.

Xu Xinchen was startled by his gaze. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Ji Bei withdrew his gaze and focused on doing his homework on the table. He was clearly in a better mood and even hummed a song.

Xu Xinchen was confused.

In the past few days, she had clearly felt that Ji Bei's gaze was a little strange. Sometimes it was very intense, even making her feel shy. But subconsciously, she always felt that Ji Bei was a child and did not think too deeply about it.

It was another evening, and the two of them were reading under the lamp as usual.

But this time, Ji Bei didn't cooperate with her as usual. He wrote two words, then slammed down his pen, frowned, and said irritably, "I'm not writing anymore!"

Xu Xinchen didn't try to persuade him; she just sat quietly beside him.

Ji Bei watched her for a while without making a sound, then started whimpering.

"I'm going to take a shower first!" He got up, took a change of clothes from the closet, and went out.

Xu Xinchen was bored and his gaze swept over the rows of books on the bookshelf. There were all kinds of books, including astronomy, geography, history, philosophy, and basketball. He didn't expect Ji Bei to read such a wide variety of books.

Her fingers traced the bookshelf, her fingertips stopping on a black book with a completely blank cover. She took it down.

As soon as she opened the book, two pages of colorful pictures appeared in front of her. The huge visual impact hit her, leaving Xu Xinchen completely stunned.

Her cheeks flushed, and she stood there holding the book for a long time before she came to her senses. Her hand slipped, and the 18+ comic book fell to the ground. The cover fell to the other side, revealing all sorts of alluring and blush-inducing poses inside.

At the same time, the door opened with a snap, and Ji Bei's handsome face appeared before her.

Ji Bei walked in wearing a bath towel. After taking a few steps, he picked up the comic book at his feet, his expression unchanged, but his eyebrows were slightly raised as he looked at her.

"I didn't look. I accidentally bumped into the table and it fell out..." Xu Xinchen blushed, avoiding his gaze, and hurriedly explained incoherently.