Accidentally got too immersed, feel like I've caught corn disease.

Li Shiyan is very cute and kind-hearted, everyone likes her.

Xia Yanchun thinks that if Li Shiyan were in a relationship, she would definitely be a very adorable, sheep-like girlfriend.

Makes you want to pinch her cheeks.

Li Shiyan smiled sweetly, pulled an Alpenliebe candy from her pocket, tore it open, and offered it to Xia Yanchun's mouth.

Xia Yanchun arched her slender brows and smiled faintly, "You eat it yourself."

"Oh, okay."

......

Lunch break. Shen Nian was part of the group eating later today, having a meal with Chunbao (Xia Yanchun).

After all, his meal card was out of money. Shen Nian was too lazy to top it up, so he simply mooched off Chunbao's. Chunbao definitely wouldn't mind. If she did, he'd just turn and mooch off Li Shiyan instead.

When shopping, I carry your stuff for you, share snacks and Wangzai milk with you guys from time to time. What's wrong with mooching a meal?

Class Monitor, you wouldn't want your deskmate to have her meal card mooched off by me, right?

Xia Yanchun wasn't that stingy anyway. She treated him to a meal with two meat dishes and one vegetable dish—twelve yuan worth.

"Food bucket."

Watching Shen Nian specifically ask the cafeteria lady for extra rice, piling his plate high with food, Xia Yanchun softly teased him as she walked beside him.

"Not really. If I ate less, I'd end up like you, not gaining any meat."

"Tch." Xia Yanchun snorted and walked ahead. Before taking two steps, she suddenly realized something and silently looked down at herself.

You sly Shen Nian, implying things with your words.

Couldn't be bothered to retort. Xia Yanchun didn't care about that; it wasn't something she could control. She was perfectly satisfied with herself as she was and saw no need to get angry over Shen Nian's lewd perspective.

If only Shen Nian knew what she was thinking, he'd definitely call her a pervert.

Because he was genuinely just teasing about the lack of meat on Xia Yanchun. Whether touching or hugging, the feel was exceptionally good, unlike his own muscles which felt hard to the touch.

Xia Yanchun didn't have much appetite today and only ordered two vegetable dishes. Shen Nian took one glance and felt his own appetite vanish, thinking it looked utterly devoid of oil.

"Eating so little, you'll starve."

"That's why you're a food bucket."

"But I work out."

"I don't work out, so I eat less. What's the problem?" Xia Yanchun muttered.

"No problem, no problem."

Once they sat down to eat together, Shen Nian became much less talkative, wolfing down his food while listening to the girls chat, thinking girls ate as slowly as snails.

By the time they finished eating, it was almost 12:40.

The dormitory and the classroom weren't on the same path. Li Shiyan left with a group of girls. Xia Yanchun wanted to go straight back to the classroom but was dragged to the school store by Shen Nian again.

Shen Nian stood in front of the store's refrigerator, stroking his chin. "This emperor is undecided on which consort to favor today. Any suggestions, Eunuch Xia?"

"Who's a eunuch!" Xia Yanchun couldn't help rolling her eyes, saying irritably, "Drink less soda!"

"What should I drink then?"

"Nutri-Express."

"And here I thought you had some backbone."

"Free drink is a free drink."

Their back-and-forth banter left the store owner bewildered. Kids these days play such weird games?

Encountered some real characters. Seen young couples role-playing emperor and empress, but emperor and eunuch was a first.

Just after eating, their mouths still tasted of food. As soon as she left the store, Xia Yanchun couldn't help but take a sip of the Nutri-Express and let out a soft burp.

A milky-white trace of the drink remained at the corner of her mouth. She licked it with her tongue but before she could raise her hand to wipe it clean, Shen Nian's hand wiped it for her first, even taking the chance to give her cheek a light pinch.

"......" Xia Yanchun wanted to curse. Couldn't he be more careful at school!

"Bro, why is your mouth so soft?" Shen Nian rubbed his fingertips, feeling inexplicably emotional.

Xia Yanchun's heartbeat suddenly sped up. Afraid Shen Nian might say something outrageous like 'let me try kissing it to see', she quickly cut him off:

"Shut up! Talk nonsense and I'll bite you to death!"

"Shall we engage in a fair samurai duel?"

"Zero people care about you. Stop trying to get attention."

"When you can win a fight, you go all out. When you can't, you start running your mouth. You get to say everything."

"...Hmph!"

The classroom was empty. Shen Nian lingered by Xia Yanchun's side for a while, playing with her hair, pinching her little hand, then returned to his own seat. Using a book as cover, he secretly took out his phone.

《Comprehensive Guide to Challenging Function Problems, Full Explanation by Senior Teacher》

Shen Nian had always been passionate about studying.

Seeing that he wasn't bothering her anymore and enjoying the peace and quiet, Xia Yanchun took out her small pillow. "Be careful not to get caught by a teacher and receive punishment. Your parents would definitely break their belts spanking you, and then you'll be crying."

"How dare you! Cursing your bro, huh!"

"Going to sleep."

"I'll stare at you creepily while you're asleep later."

"Okay."

Xia Yanchun obediently rested her head on her small hands. Drowsiness washed over her, and soon after lying down, she was breathing steadily, sound asleep.

Knowing she'd be stared at creepily and still able to fall asleep—Shen Nian didn't know what to say.

Fine, then I'll indulge in some long-absent creepy staring for ten minutes before studying.

Compared to《Challenging Function Problems》, I still like you more! ♪

...

The afternoon self-study period passed in a flash. During the last self-study session, Shen Nian called Chen Qiuyu over, bringing along the math weekly test papers to grade them on the spot.

Because the difficulty was low, scoring full marks on the 100-point weekly test was easy for him. Using his answers as the standard, Chen Qiuyu's weekly test score was eighty-three.

The moment he finished grading, a system panel popped up, much to Shen Nian's surprise.

[Side Quest: Save the Disheartened Adventurer (Completed)

Reward: 2000 Gold Coins]

Nice, nice, nice.

Shen Nian had thought this thing would only count midterm exam scores. He didn't expect weekly tests to count too. That's very comfortable.

"Some improvement, you've reached 'excellent' now. Keep it up." In high spirits, his tone praising Chen Qiuyu was even lighter.

"Hard work pays off." Chen Qiuyu smiled.

However, an eighty on the weekly test was far from enough. Shen Nian could score a hundred because the maximum was a hundred. She could score eighty because that's all she could score. The gap between her and Shen Nian was definitely not just a mere twenty points.

She wanted to score over a hundred on the midterm exam!

It seemed like a lot, but it was only ten points above passing. Still better than failing. The road must be taken step by step, just like Shen Nian's English...

Well... Shen Nian's English improved too fast, to the point it seemed almost inhuman. Can't compare. Better to just steadily walk her own path.

Next was explaining the wrong answers. Chen Qiuyu was quite happy at first, but later became very indifferent, like an emotionless lecture-listening robot.

"What's up? Isn't improving in math good?" Shen Nian was somewhat curious.

"It's good, but..."

Chen Qiuyu's eyes reflected Shen Nian. She pursed her lips, "My sorrow, only the wind knows..."

"What kind of Jia Hao (melancholic poet) talk is that? Speak human language," Shen Nian said with a forced smile. "Say that again and I'll punch you."

"Wah... At noon, I was hiding in the bathroom playing with my phone, and accidentally dropped one of my Bluetooth earbuds into the toilet..."

"...?"

Shen Nian originally felt nothing, but after hearing that, he unintentionally put himself in her shoes. When he came back to his senses, he felt like he had contracted corn syndrome (a meme implying feeling the pain deeply).

Too tragic.

No wonder she didn't seem very happy despite her improvement. So something this unfortunate happened. The level of sadness is no less than buying a roast duck leg without the crispy skin.

Chen Qiuyu was practically about to have a river of sadness flowing upstream.

"I forgive you. You're allowed to be a bit crazy today," Shen Nian felt compelled to comfort Chen Qiuyu.

Chen Qiuyu pouted her lips. Was she supposed to thank Shen Nian for that?

She lost a Bluetooth earbud at noon, but then made progress in math in the afternoon. Now with joy and sorrow mixed, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

...Yeah, better lean into the sadness. After all, that was a Bluetooth earbud!

After school, Shen Nian took some time to top up his meal card. Saturday afternoon and Monday morning were peak times for card top-ups, and he even had to queue for a while.

On his way back to the classroom, he ran into the bespectacled uncle who wanted to buy fish from him, right at the staircase landing.

Oh no!

Shen Nian wanted to turn and run. After all, he had stood the man up once. That bespectacled uncle was, after all, a school administrator. Getting caught might earn him a lecture or two.

But it had been so long. Shen Nian figured the other guy probably wouldn't remember.

Surely, you don't hold a grudge for a month over one missed meeting... Uncle, we've only met twice, don't hate me that much, okay?

Shen Nian made peace with it, lowered his head a bit, and planned to pretend he didn't recognize him.

Just as they passed each other, the slightly hoarse voice of a middle-aged man came from behind.

"Young man, you look familiar. What's your name?"

"..."

On the staircase, one going up, one going down, they turned to look at each other.

Got it. This is the campus, administrator × student, bootleg version of "Your Name."

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