Shi Xi shook her head. "Mom, you're overthinking it. We're just ordinary friends."

Shi's mother still didn't believe it, but she didn't dare to ask any more questions, for fear of upsetting Xiaoxi.

For a long time afterward, Shi's mother treated Han Yan like a wolf.

Han.Lang.Yan: ...

**

The next morning, the sun shone brightly.

Han Yan arrived early today. When he saw Shi Xi, he stood up and said, "Master, please sit down. I bought a lot of snacks for you to eat after class."

Her table was covered with colorful snack bags.

Shi Xi usually gets hungry quickly and usually eats some snacks after class.

Shi Xi did not refuse: "Thank you."

"Hey, Master? What happened between you two yesterday?" Brother Qin asked jokingly.

"None of your business," Han Yan said arrogantly.

He would never tell Qin Xue that Shi Xi is a very good fighter.

He was secretly delighted; he was the first to know.

Shi Xi smiled and pushed the snacks on the table toward Qin Xue.

"Brother Qin, what do you like to eat? Please take it."

Qin Xue wouldn't stand on ceremony with her.

"I want this, this, this, and this."

"I'll take these for now, and get more after I finish eating."

"Okay, you can take it after you finish eating."

Shi Xi tidied up the snacks and put them in the desk drawer.

The students in Class 29 watched this scene in silence.

They thought it was so fantastical, and that Brother Yan was trying to please Shi Xi.

"Brother Yan is the young master of the Han family, he certainly wouldn't lower himself to curry favor with others. Could it be that Brother Yan likes Shi Xi?"

"Just who is Shi Xi? Why is our Brother Yan trying to please her?"

"Waaaah—I'm so envious of Shi Xi. If Brother Yan gave me something, I would jump for joy."

"You vixen, first she was with Zhou Jin, and now she's having an ambiguous relationship with Brother Yan."

"Exactly, she looks so pitiful, but in reality—who knows what shady things she does in secret."

...

"What are you all saying? She is my master. From now on, treat her as you would treat me. If I find out you are talking badly about her, hmph..." Han Yan stood up and said sternly.

"Brother Yan, we will definitely respect and protect Shi Xi from now on."

"Yes, yes, just treat her the same way you treat you."

...

Shi Xi spent the day amidst the envious and jealous gazes of her classmates.

The photos of Shi Xi walking home with Han Yan after school were leaked. The person wanted to post them online to attack Shi Xi, but the photos on her phone were deleted by two menacing-looking men.

"If you don't want to die, don't cause any more trouble for Miss Shi."

She felt as if she were being stared at by death itself, and quickly said, "I won't dare, I won't dare."

The two bodyguards stopped bothering her and continued to follow Miss Shi.

Shi Xi knew nothing about any of this, nor did she need to know.

Because Di Chenxiao will protect her.

**

Shi Family

She should read for a while.

I'm not hungry yet, I'll eat later.

The new skin on her hands has finally healed, matching the original skin tone without any scars.

Skin without scars looks better.

As Shi Xicai returned to his room from the study, his phone rang with a text message notification.

Di Chenxiao: [Xixi, are you free now? Let's go eat.]

See? Even God won't let her read books.

Shi Xi: [Okay, you choose the location?]

Di Chenxiao: [You choose.]

Di Chenxiao: [I'm at your doorstep, come out.]

The Emperor really does always say things that are sure to shock people.

That's fast.

Shi Xi: [I'll go right away.]

Twenty minutes later,

A man in a suit and a woman in a yellow dress stood on the bustling, noisy food street.