As expected, with Zhou Sheng around, learning efficiency increased exponentially.

At 1:30 in the afternoon, Lin Sitian finally finished her last English homework despite being sleepy. She stretched and yawned. The sun was a little too hot today, and her bedroom was blinded by the reflection from the glass opposite. Lin Sitian stood up and drew down the curtains in the room.

The curtains in the bedroom are blue linen. After they are lowered, the scorching sun suddenly disappears a lot, and passes through the curtains to fade into the fresh colors in Japanese movies, quiet, and a bit ambiguous and drowsy.

All in all, it's not the right light for studying.

But Zhou Sheng was totally focused on doing the exercises and didn't pay any attention at all. For him, as long as he could see the words on the homework book clearly, he would have no complaints even if he had to drill a hole in the wall to get a little light.

Zhou Sheng had finished his homework a long time ago and was now studying the sprint test paper he brought with him. Lin Sitian knew that he didn't like to be disturbed when he was solving problems, so after finishing her part, she lay down next to him and waited for him to finish so that she could explain the problems to her.

It was the best time for a nap. After using her brain cells for most of the day, Lin Sitian became more and more sleepy. Her eyelids trembled as she stared at Zhou Sheng's pen.

After Zhou Sheng finished writing the last number, he checked it again before looking up with satisfaction.

Lin Sitian lay on the table with her eyes squinting, as if she was half asleep.

"Are you sleepy?" Zhou Sheng asked, tilting his head.

"Hmm..." Lin Sitian hummed incomprehensibly. She hadn't fallen asleep yet, but her consciousness was not so clear. "I'm so tired."

Zhou Sheng propped up his chin and looked at her: "It's not even half a day yet."

"It's already the limit. My brain is overloaded." Lin Sitian forced her eyelids open, her head pressed against the table, her eyes fixed on Zhou Sheng, "Can you take a break?"

Normally Zhou Sheng would have thought this was a waste of time, but the atmosphere was just right at this moment. Lin Sitian begged for mercy with him in such a pitiful tone, and Zhou Sheng always felt like something had hit a part of his heart, making it go limp.

"Then you take a nap. I'll correct your paper first and call you later." Zhou Sheng's pen stopped on Lin Sitian's paper.

Lin Sitian finally gave up, turned back, moved the chair, and sat next to Zhou Sheng, "Forget it, I won't sleep anymore, come on."

She suddenly sat over to him, and Zhou Sheng's body visibly stiffened. The two of them were sitting too close to each other, and there was no one else around.

"Why are you so nervous?" Lin Sitian noticed his strangeness and raised the corners of her mouth. "We sit like this in school too."

It’s not that close at school, and this is her home.

Zhou Sheng pulled his consciousness back from his surroundings, tried hard to focus on the paper, and began to correct her wrong questions while explaining them to her.

Lin Sitian was quite well behaved at first. After sitting upright for ten minutes, she felt a little tired and her body gradually went limp.

"Then you see, the word is also spelled wrong, it's d, not o." Zhou Sheng said.

"Where?" Lin Sitian's angle to fill in the blank was blocked by Zhou Sheng's hand. She leaned over and just stuck to Zhou Sheng's shoulder. "No, I wrote d. You can see there is a line protruding on the right."

Zhou Sheng didn't notice it yet and continued to discuss with her: "I can't tell at all."

"Really, there is. Here." Lin Sitian pointed to the test paper and crossed her wrists with Zhou Sheng's. "Look, just a little bit."

The moment their skin touched, Zhou Sheng came to his senses and finally realized that the two people's postures were ambiguous.

She seemed to be resting her head on his shoulder, with her hand also on him.

Although I didn't really get close to him, the head on my shoulder could smell a pleasant scent.

"...Your handwriting is not standard and the teacher will not give you any points." He was a little distracted.

However, this time he did not dodge.

Lin Sitian quickly took the pen from Zhou Sheng's hand, drew a long vertical line on her own hand, then took her hand back and sneered at him: "Give it to me now."

The moment she turned her face towards him, she was surprised to find that they were so close.

So close that if she kissed him on the face right now, he probably wouldn't be able to react to what was happening. While she was thinking about this, Zhou Sheng also turned around.

Then it became an awkward situation where the tips of their noses were touching each other with only a finger's width in between.

breathe.

A simple movement was broken down and slowed down, and then I realized belatedly that the oxygen was thin.

Glasses became the last layer of protection to hide the emotions. Lin Sitian couldn't see the look in Zhou Sheng's pupils, but her heart was beating like a drum, and she just had an impulse.

"...Pay attention next time when you write." As expected, Zhou Sheng was the first to turn away. He hastily took back the pen and planned to continue marking the papers. He realized that he had held the pen tip upside down after writing one stroke.

"Pfft", she was laughing in my ear.

It was so close that even the laughter made my ears hot.

"This question is wrong too." Fortunately, Zhou Sheng was very efficient in "finding faults" and he quickly found the next target and changed the subject.

Before he could start to speak, the soft body against his came up to him, the arm pressed against his chest, "What's wrong?"

There was a clear thumping sound, whose heartbeat was it?

Then, with a rapid beating of thump, ...

But it's not just him.

If Zhou Sheng wasn't so nervous, he should be able to hear Lin Sitian's heartbeat.

Zhou Sheng was wearing a white cotton shirt today. At this moment, he felt a soft and greasy warmth from his shoulders to his chest. For the first time in his 17 years of life, he felt a little absent-minded in front of the test paper.

Just a little bit.

He seemed to have forgotten that he could have avoided or reminded Lin Sitian, and just let her lean on him so presumptuously. He explained the questions to her as usual. The only thing that betrayed him was the redness on his ears.

It was a lazy afternoon, with a soft light in the room. The greenness of the linen curtains set off the girl's jade-like warm cheeks. Accompanied by the boy's gentle voice explaining, the girl quietly glanced up at him beside her, her eyelashes drooping slightly, she was dazed, and finally fell into his arms sleepily.

Zhou Sheng froze completely.

"If you're still sleepy... just go to bed." This posture, this scene, even saying the word "bed" made Zhou Sheng feel guilty.

He has backed off.

"Hmm." Lin Sitian shook her head and rested her head on his shoulder. Her hair rubbed against Zhou Sheng's jawline, making her feel numb and itchy. "That's good... I'll just close my eyes for a while."

"But..." Zhou Sheng just said "but" and nothing else. He stopped writing and tilted his head slightly, looking at her.

But his heart was beating so uncomfortably—it was a little embarrassing to say this.

"Does your shoulder... hurt?" he asked.

"No." Lin Sitian adjusted to a more comfortable position, with her forehead touching Zhou Sheng's Adam's apple. Suddenly realizing something, she raised her head and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

The boy who wanted to complain about his chest tightness a minute ago immediately answered, "No." Realizing that his response seemed a little too willing, he added two more words: "It's OK."

Lin Sitian leaned back and closed her eyes, not letting Zhou Sheng see that the corners of her mouth were already curled up.

The room was a little quiet. Because Lin Sitian was pressing on Zhou Sheng's right shoulder, Zhou Sheng had to switch his pen-holding hand from the right to the left, which made a slight friction sound on the paper.

Lin Sitian, who was supposed to take a nap, noticed this scene half-heartedly and asked in surprise: "You can write with your left hand?"

"I used to be left-handed," Zhou Sheng said, "but it was inconvenient, so I changed it."

“What a pity.”

"What a pity?"

“People say left-handed people are very smart.”

As soon as Lin Sitian said this, Zhou Sheng glanced at her with an expression that said, "You're really not very smart."

A smart person won't become less smart because of using his left or right hand, right? Besides, Zhou Sheng can use both hands now.

"Come to think of it, you're not sleepy anymore?"

"Ah." Lin Sitian quickly closed her eyes again.

Zhou Sheng couldn't help laughing.

Lin Sitian closed her eyes and said, "Set an alarm for me, and I'll take a nap for seven minutes."

"Is it so precise?" Zhou Sheng asked.

"Five minutes is too short, ten minutes is too long, I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable." After all, he couldn't move.

"I... am fine." Zhou Sheng said calmly. He touched his pocket and suddenly realized that his cell phone was in his schoolbag.

The schoolbag is on the other side of the desk, if I take the phone...

"My cell phone is on the table." Lin Sitian seemed to have opened her third eye to remind him.

Zhou Sheng understood, took Lin Sitian's phone and slid it open.

Lin Sitian was in a very delicate state. She was obviously very sleepy, but her nerves were very excited. She was capturing Zhou Sheng's every move anytime and anywhere. Even with her eyes closed, she could guess what Zhou Sheng was doing in her imagination.

For example, right now, he should be holding her phone...

Why hasn't he put it down yet?

"Lin Sitian."

Lin Sitian's brain gave her feedback signals that "something bad is happening".

"You were still reading a novel this morning?"

Lin Sitian's eyes suddenly opened.

Well, she didn't want to sleep anymore. Lin Sitian moved quickly and snatched the phone from Zhou Sheng as soon as she opened her eyes.

But Zhou Sheng had seen it clearly just now and had no intention of snatching it from her.

Lin Sitian sat up straight immediately, "That was last time, the webpage automatically opened the last closed page!"

"The last time you read was Chapter 8, and this is already Chapter 45." Zhou Sheng pointed out to her coldly, "Besides, this is the page you see when you open your phone."

“Wuwuwu——” Lin Sitian used the same old trick and started to cry fakely, “Why is there a man like you who doesn’t give girls any dignity…”

Zhou Sheng actually felt a little guilty about her accusation.

Zhou Sheng used to feel nothing when girls cried. At most he would just feel annoyed, especially when he was studying.

But when Lin Sitian cries, she’s just… so cute.

Even if he knew it was fake crying, he wouldn't find it annoying. Instead, seeing her squeeze out two tears with aggrieved look, wrinkled nose and red eyes, he would want to hold her in his arms...

Stop.

That moment wasn't him.

That line was the protagonist's imagination. He said that watching this kind of thing would have an impact on people, and it was abnormal if he just glanced at it quickly.

"Last time you said we can't watch it in the classroom, so this time I can't even watch it at home?" Lin Sitian asked back angrily. She was obviously the one in the wrong, but she became tough.

Zhou Sheng sighed: "I mean, the midterm exam is coming soon, and... you knew I was coming today, isn't it disgusting that I'm still reading this so early in the morning?"

"No," Lin Sitian suddenly stopped crying, "Why should I feel uncomfortable?"

“……”Aren’t you a little embarrassed?

"You're not ugly."

Zhou Sheng's eyes froze: "What does it have to do with whether I'm ugly or not?"

She read a novel... and said he wasn't ugly... The logical connection inside made Zhou Sheng take a deep breath.

That's not what he meant, is it?

Lin Sitian also realized that she seemed to be exposed, and turned away and muttered: "Besides, you said it so righteously, are you completely uninterested?"

Lin Sitian became more and more assertive as he spoke, and he even stood right in front of him.

Zhou Sheng's face instantly turned red, and he quickly retreated to avoid her: "What's wrong with you, Lin Sitian?"

"You're crazy if you haven't thought about it!" Lin Sitian snorted coldly.

"We are still students--" Zhou Sheng just felt ashamed and raised his wrist to press his hot face.

This was the first time she saw Zhou Sheng so angry and embarrassed. She had never imagined that Zhou Sheng, who only cared about his academic performance and the correctness of his answers, would be so nervous about things other than that. But even though the atmosphere was tense just now, she felt that -

Zhou Sheng is so cute.