"Have you noticed that Lu Ziyin has been wandering around the hallways outside during breaks lately?" Xie Sichen asked suddenly as he sat down in his chair.

Tang Zhizhou, completely oblivious, exclaimed, "Really? I didn't notice!"

Xie Sichen: "..." Never mind what I said!

Xie Sichen remained silent, but Tang Zhizhou became interested.

"What did you find out? Tell me!" Xie Sichen didn't say anything, but Tang Zhizhou couldn't help but ask, "Brother Chen, tell me!"

"He's looking for someone!" Xie Sichen said irritably, annoyed by Tang Zhizhou.

"Looking for someone?" Tang Zhizhou asked, puzzled. "Who are you looking for? Male or female? Which class? Do I know them?"

Xie Sichen looked at Tang Zhizhou with a helpless expression.

"Tang Zhizhou, is your head just for decoration?"

"Xie Sichen, why are you swearing at me!"

I understood what Tang Zhizhou meant.

Xie Sichen sighed, stood up, and walked towards the basketball court.

He doesn't want to pay any attention to that idiot Tang Zhizhou right now!

Originally, the two afternoon classes were physical education classes, and Ding Kemeng was supposed to go to class with them. However, she was unexpectedly kept behind to work on the blackboard newspaper, even though it wasn't her job to do it!

Holding colored chalk and standing on a stool, Ding Kemeng struggled to draw on the blackboard all by herself. She was good at writing on the blackboard, but she had no talent for drawing.

Looking at the ugly little figures and flowers on the blackboard, Ding Kemeng felt like crying for a moment, so ugly that she wanted to cry.

She had done her best to create the blackboard bulletin, and Ding Kemeng tidied up the chalk and put the stool back in its place. It was getting late, and she should clean up and go home.

Lu Ziyin was a model student for a week, never late or leaving early, never skipping class or being absent. He thought he would eventually run into the girl he had seen that day, but his luck was terrible. He didn't even see her back once in the whole week! He didn't even see her during PE class, when he had the best chance of meeting her!

Lu Ziyin was exasperated and too lazy to climb over the wall to play games anymore, so she simply went back to the classroom and took a nap.

When I woke up, PE class had already ended.

Lu Ziyin checked the time; it was already past school dismissal time. Tang Zhizhou and the others hadn't come looking for him, probably thinking he'd skipped class again.

Never mind, I'm going home!

After changing out of her sportswear into her school uniform, Lu Ziyin closed the classroom door and slowly walked downstairs.

"Huang Yuxin, what's wrong with me? Why don't you like me?"

"Please don't do this, we're classmates..."

"I know we're classmates. Tell me first, what's wrong with me that you want to reject me? I've been so good to you, and you accepted my kindness. Why are you rejecting me when I confess my feelings to you? At least give me a reason!"

"I...we should prioritize our studies..."

"Prioritizing studies? Ha, you can come up with such an old-fashioned excuse. I don't care. You've accepted everything I've given you, and I've provided you with good food and drink for so long. No matter what, you have to give me an explanation today! Either you become my girlfriend, or you pay me back!"

Ding Kemeng walked down the stairs with her schoolbag on her back, and the conversation she heard became clearer and clearer.

The girl's voice was soft, and it sounded like she was about to cry. Ding Kemeng was a little worried, so she quickened her pace to go and see.

But then another set of footsteps came from ahead. The sound was loud, and the owner of the footsteps seemed a little impatient.

Taking advantage of her size, Ding Kemeng quietly moved closer to take a closer look.

Lu Ziyin slowly walked out of the stairwell, carrying her empty schoolbag in one hand.

"Make way, you're blocking my way."

The boy and girl turned their heads at the same time to look at Lu Ziyin.

Lu Ziyin was tall and always had a cold expression. Now, she was speaking in a low voice, and she didn't look like someone to be trifled with.

The boy was momentarily frightened and instinctively took a step back. When he realized what he had done, his face turned red, but he didn't dare move forward. He could only stiffen his neck and retort, "Who are you? I'm talking to my girlfriend, what's it to you!"

"You're blocking my way!" Lu Ziyin cracked her knuckles, somewhat annoyed.

Does this person not understand human language?

"How can you be so unreasonable? What did it do to you when I was talking to my girlfriend? How can you talk to people like that? Don't you have any manners!" The boy thought Lu Ziyin was trying to pick a fight and wanted to say something more, but Lu Ziyin had already lost her patience.

Reaching out, Lu Ziyin forcefully pushed the boy aside and said coldly, "Get out of the way, you idiot!"

The boy stumbled after being pushed, and turned around, ready to unleash a string of curses, but then the girl behind him spoke up.

"Lu Ziyin, wait a minute!"

Ding Kemeng was stunned from a distance. She thought Lu Ziyin would hit someone, but he didn't. However, the girl didn't seize this opportunity and ran away.

Why did he call out to Lu Ziyin at this moment?

Ding Kemeng couldn't understand.

Lu Ziyin clearly didn't want to pay attention to the girl and continued walking forward without stopping.

The girl was surprised that when she called out to Lu Ziyin, Lu Ziyin didn't even turn her head. She suddenly felt a little ashamed, but she couldn't care less about that in the current situation.

"Lu Ziyin, I like you!"

Ding Kemeng, who was hiding not far away, was stunned. So this girl rejected that boy because she liked Lu Ziyin? But wasn't Lu Ziyin the school bully? He was so fierce. How could a girl dare to like him?

This girl is so brave!

"What...did you say?" Lu Ziyin turned around, somewhat doubting that she had misheard.

Seeing Lu Ziyin turn her head, the girl was happy and quickly said, "Lu Ziyin, I'm Huang Yuxin from Class 5 of the first year of high school. I've liked you for a long time. Can you be my boyfriend?"

"No!" Lu Ziyin said "no" as soon as the girl finished speaking.

"Why?" Huang Yuxin asked, puzzled.

Lu Ziyin turned around completely, looked at Huang Yuxin with a very serious and sincere expression, and said, "Because I like learning, learning makes me happy, while love makes people fall!"

This reason...

"Pfft... Haha... Hahaha..." Sorry, she just couldn't hold back anymore.

Ding Kemeng couldn't help but laugh when she saw Lu Ziyin's serious expression.

Hearing the laughter, Huang Yuxin's already flushed face turned even redder, but now it was a redness of anger.

"What are you laughing at? Have you no shame? Don't you know it's very impolite to eavesdrop on other people's conversations!" Huang Yuxin roared at Ding Kemeng.

Ding Kemeng, realizing her behavior was indeed rude after being yelled at by Huang Yuxin, carefully stepped forward, bowed slightly, and whispered, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation." Actually, her behavior of watching the commotion could be considered intentional eavesdropping, but she couldn't very well tell the people involved that she did it on purpose—that would be too awkward…