You're Not as Pleasant to Look at as I Am

The exams lasted two days. With the comprehensive science test finishing on Wednesday afternoon, the midterm exams were officially over.

What followed were the parent-teacher meeting and the first mock college entrance exam.

The mock exam had to be taken seriously, as it largely determined one's eventual college entrance exam score. Shen Nian had heard several teachers say that your final score would roughly be your first mock score plus thirty points.

If one teacher said it, it might not be true, but when so many teachers said the same thing, it was definitely a reference worth considering.

With the midterms over, the parent-teacher meeting was next.

The parent-teacher meeting was scheduled for this Saturday, making it convenient for parents to attend without affecting the students' Sunday off. This was one of the school's few humane practices, which could be considered as giving the students half a day off.

Just after the exams, the classroom atmosphere was lively. Even Xia Yanchun only casually reminded everyone to keep the noise down before largely letting it be. It wasn't until Su Kexi appeared in the corridor that the classroom gradually quieted down.

Su Kexi came to the class for a brief meeting, needing two boys and two girls to guide their classmates' parents to their seats at the school gate. The classroom immediately became noisy again.

"Teacher, I'll go!" Lin Xiyuan, being naturally lively, was always the most enthusiastic about such things.

"Teacher, me, me, me!" Seeing this, Huang Chen immediately raised his hand too.

"Lin Xiyuan, you can go. Huang Chen, I have a task for you. You'll take the class fund to buy two crates of water from the convenience store and place one bottle at each desk."

"Aw, teacher, don't..."

"It's decided."

Having someone who didn't study, slacked off completely, and usually talked the most, easily disrupting class discipline, greet parents just didn't seem appropriate.

It wasn't about looking down on Huang Chen. Su Kexi was just considering things comprehensively, lest any parent suddenly ask Huang Chen about his grades, and he could only scratch his head awkwardly and tell them he scored around three hundred.

That would be awkward for everyone.

As a teacher, she couldn't say much. Best wishes then, hoping Huang Chen would do well in the physical education exam for college admissions. With a hard push, he might even get into a minor second-tier university.

So, who was best for greeting guests? Definitely those with good grades, good attitudes, tall and handsome.

Su Kexi looked at Shen Nian, but the guy immediately shook his head.

She hadn't even asked yet...

Well, dark horses have their own things to do.

Fortunately, two other students raised their hands, so Su Kexi went ahead and chose them.

Shen Nian wasn't very interested in the so-called greeting duty. He glanced sideways at Xia Yanchun, who was seriously checking her exam answers. "Who's coming from your family?"

"My mom. She happened to get her shift changed."

"Great. Tell your mom you want to eat durian and ask her to buy two."

"It's you who wants to eat it, right..." Xia Yanchun's mouth twitched. "What about your parents? Who's coming?"

"I don't know. I need to call and ask. Should I ask my family to buy an Orleans roast chicken for you too?"

"No need! If I want to eat it, I'll buy it myself!"

As the class monitor, Xia Yanchun was called out by Su Kexi alone after the brief meeting to arrange work. When she returned, she had two bottles of Wangzai milk in her hands.

It seemed Yan Yuzhu was also in the office, probably having forced them on her. The Wangzai Archbishop was recruiting believers again.

Unfortunately, there were only two bottles. Xia Yanchun didn't want Shen Nian drinking soda every day, so she chose to give them to Li Shiyan.

"Wow!" Li Shiyan's eyes lit up.

"Take them and drink. Your Sister Chun got them from the teacher."

"Why do you two get Wangzai every time you go to the office?"

"It must be because the teacher likes the look of us," Shen Nian interjected, pointing at Li Shiyan. "If you went to the office, the teacher would probably scold you a couple of times."

"I didn't do anything wrong, why would the teacher scold me..." Li Shiyan instantly deflated, her petite frame seeming to shrink into her clothes.

"You're not as pleasing to the eye as I am," Shen Nian nodded.

He loved seeing the little loli look wronged, wanting to get angry but not daring to. Every time he saw it, he felt he could live five seconds longer because it was just too funny.

So cute.

Xia Yanchun was almost speechless. Picking on the same person all day, not afraid of wearing her out. Seeing her own little weirdo pouting and secretly sulking, she quickly pulled the weirdo out to the corridor for some air.

During the evening self-study after the exams, teachers would project the answer keys or write them on the blackboard for students to check their answers. After the commotion, some students began checking their answers.

Shen Nian checked the answers for the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions. Regardless of the subject, his accuracy rate was exceptionally high.

His English score alone wouldn't be lower than 135.

Hah, where have I ended up? Is this the world of an English academic ace?

Thinking about how the former English class representative who used to get such scores looked down on him made him want to laugh, cackling.

This score wasn't inflated. It had the system's help and his own hard work. He wasn't afraid of others questioning it, unlike his fishing expertise, which was entirely the fish biting the hook on their own. If anyone asked him any professional knowledge about fishing, he'd probably wilt.

But generally, no angler would ask him how he caught them.

Anglers would only question if there were fish in these waters, if the bait wasn't good, or if the fishing spot wasn't prepared well.

"Finished checking your answers?" Ma Mingfan turned his head to glance at Shen Nian, reaching out his hand. "I accidentally fell asleep while checking the math answers earlier. Let me see your math paper."

"Here. Don't spread it around."

"Got it... Holy crap, you got all the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blanks right?"

"Standard procedure. Ever since I quit playing Naruto, I feel my future is bright. Want to give it a try?" Shen Nian said with a silly grin.

Ma Mingfan looked at Shen Nian's checked answer sheet, which had no correction marks at all, and was scared speechless.

Damn it, I'm deleting Naruto when I get home and focusing on studying.

Hah, how could I have such a thought? Don't underestimate my Will of Fire!

Ma Mingfan thought for half a second, almost expecting Wandering Obito to charge out of his phone and chop him into mincemeat.

School was over.

Under the streetlights, shadows flickered, with people walking in twos and threes.

Some brave soul whooped, causing two shadows that had secretly merged to instantly separate again.

Shen Nian stroked his chin. For young couples at school, on non-weekend days, this was all they could do—hold hands and take a stroll under the cover of night.

He disdained such things.

After all, he held hands during the daytime at noon. Being an off-campus student, he could hold hands once outside the school gate, unafraid of anyone barking or leaders launching surprise inspections.

The weather was a bit cold. Shen Nian took Xia Yanchun's small hand out of her pocket and stuffed it into his own large coat pocket. "Keeping you warm."

"Hmph."

Even though her hand was being rubbed and kneaded inside Shen Nian's pocket, Xia Yanchun didn't really feel like acknowledging him. She just made a sound of acknowledgment and let him be.

After all, it was only a dozen meters from the school gate to where they parked.

If he's this addicted, just let him touch it.

At the bike shed, Shen Nian, like a scumbag, took her hand out of his pocket and casually tossed it aside, denying any connection after lifting his hand, and noisily pushed the electric scooter out.

"Guess what rank I'll get in this exam. Guess right and there's a prize." Shen Nian took out two helmets, placing one directly on Xia Yanchun's head, and said with a smile.

"Definitely not first. You were around tenth last monthly exam. This time, at most fifth or sixth."

"I'm not sure either. Don't accidentally let me surpass you. My hard work isn't just for show, you know."

Xia Yanchun didn't think much of it; showing off was something anyone could do.

Once in the car, Xia Yanchun habitually rested her hand on Shen Nian's shoulder.

But as soon as the vehicle started moving, the wind made her hand cold. Coincidentally, Shen Nian had both his hands exposed outside. Xia Yanchun humphed and sneakily slipped both her little hands into the pockets of Shen Nian's jacket.

A boy's pockets were really big; it felt like they could hold a lot of hands. And the pockets were especially warm, whether due to the design of the jacket or the unique body heat radiating from Shen Nian himself.

In short, to make a long story short, it was so, so warm.

Shen Nian straightened his back a little, and one of his hands also went into the pocket.

"Hey, don't drive with one hand!" A sudden warmth crept up her cheeks. Xia Yanchun frowned slightly and muttered softly, "It's dangerous!"

"It's fine." Shen Nian exhaled a puff of warm air. The cold snap hadn't lifted yet, and his breath formed a mist in front of him, dissipating into the air the next moment.

His hand, also from driving in the wind, was icy cold, giving Xia Yanchun a chill.

"You'll be dead if we crash."

"It's a straight road, how could we crash? My hands are cold, warm them up for me."

"Yeah, right." Xia Yanchun pulled her hands back, tucking them into her sleeves, not daring to let him touch them anymore.

It wouldn't matter if Shen Nian crashed, but if she got hurt it would be terrible. A pretty girl falling was no good at all; it was easy to get scars.

The security guard at the residential complex was still smoking. Seeing two kids riding back on a vehicle, he couldn't bear to put out his cigarette. He just retracted his hand holding the cigarette into the guard booth, put on a smiley face, waited for them to pass, and then continued smoking.

After parking the vehicle, Shen Nian couldn't help but blow into his palms, rubbing them together vigorously. "Damn, this freaking wind is so frickin' cold."

"Three curses in one sentence, what are you trying to do?"

"Ahem." Shen Nian suddenly grinned, squinting his eyes.

Xia Yanchun immediately realized—this guy was definitely up to no good!

Just as she figured it out, the back of Shen Nian's icy cold hand was already pressed against her face, and he deliberately pushed in, making her mouth pucker out like a pig's.

Shen Nian's hand was freezing; he did it on purpose.

"Shen Nian!"

"Hehe." Shen Nian made a run for it.

Then, at the elevator entrance, he was caught up by Xia Yanchun, who gave him a solid kick right in the butt crack.

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(One more chapter to be posted later)

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