Have to Put Up with a Little Discomfort

The live stream lasted for an hour and a half this time, covering exactly four problems.

He couldn't guarantee that everyone understood, but judging from the reactions in the comments, the teaching effect seemed pretty good. The number of viewers in the stream didn't drop either, hovering steadily around twenty thousand.

Shen Nian had never imagined that one day he would be giving a live lecture to over twenty thousand fans.

Exiting the live stream, Shen Nian clicked into the backend and glanced at his earnings for this hour and a half. Well, even though he streamed longer than usual, the revenue still capped at six thousand.

This was the retention after the initial traffic boom faded, which was already much better than the vast majority of streamers.

Shen Nian was still very satisfied.

...

July.

Today was the day to fill out college applications.

After lunch, Xia Yanchun ran over to Shen Nian's room to wait for him so they could fill out their applications together on the computer.

Although she had her dad's laptop at home, Xia Yanchun still preferred coming over to Shen Nian's place.

There was a sour smell in Shen Nian's room. The moment Xia Yanchun smelled it, she knew it was luosifen. This guy definitely went out to buy luosifen for lunch.

Damn it, he didn't even take me with him.

Shen Nian was still playing games, wearing headphones and completely ignoring everyone. Xia Yanchun was furious; she sat on the edge of the bed and slapped his hand.

"What?"

"I'm annoyed with you, and I don't want you to play your game so comfortably."

"Where did this little fairy come from? Don't force me to beat you up," Shen Nian pointed at her aggressively. "If you know what's good for you, come over and give your bro a massage, or else you'll be in trouble."

"If you want a massage, go sit in a massage chair."

"If it's not a massage from Chunbao, I refuse."

"Haha, that's pretty impressive."

Xia Yanchun curled her lips, sighed, and stood behind him. Her small hands landed on Shen Nian's shoulders, casually kneading them a few times before letting go and giving up.

Not knowing how long Shen Nian's quest would take, Xia Yanchun simply climbed onto his bed and played while hugging his pillow. She had always treated Shen Nian's house as her own.

As a result, not even five minutes later, Shen Nian took off his headphones and closed the game.

"Not playing anymore?"

"Done playing." Shen Nian shook his wrist. "Looks like we can fill out our applications now."

"What do you think I came to your house for?"

Shen Nian pinched his chin, deep in thought, and then suddenly had an epiphany the next second.

"You must have been lonely at home by yourself. Without my company, you felt isolated, lonely, and cold. Yare yare, since you missed me so much, I'll reluctantly keep you company."

"I'm going to give you two hard punches in a minute." Xia Yanchun raised her little fist.

Shen Nian didn't care at all. He went to the bathroom and came back to start filling out the application.

The two of them had long been snatched up by Nanjiang University. When filling out their applications, they only filled in their first choice, and the major was Artificial Intelligence.

Even if they hadn't been headhunted by Nanjiang University, with Shen Nian and Xia Yanchun's scores, no matter what school or major they put as their first choice, they would be accepted with one hundred percent certainty.

After applying for their majors, even though Xia Yanchun hadn't done anything and merely watched Shen Nian operate the computer, she let out a long breath.

"To think you actually stood by and watched for a few minutes, it really must have been hard on Chunbao."

"Hmph."

Xia Yanchun ignored him, burrowing into the bed to call Li Shiyan.

Shen Nian eavesdropped openly from the side.

Li Shiyan had also applied for the Artificial Intelligence major, which was great.

Himself, Chunbao, Li Shiyan, Ma Mingfan... other than Chen Dong, the friends who hung out together the most all applied to Nanjiang University.

Chen Dong's first choice was Jingcheng University. If he didn't make the cut for his first choice, then everyone would truly reunite at Nanjiang University.

The thought of that loli girl giving him a yearbook page to sign before graduation made him want to laugh.

Hanging up the phone, Xia Yanchun hummed, "Shiyan is doing Artificial Intelligence too."

"I heard. That's good. How about we talk to Director Huang and have her assigned to our class?"

"Is that okay? Won't it be a bit too much trouble..."

Xia Yanchun felt quite embarrassed. Although Director Huang had indeed said she could go to her with anything, she had already made so many requests. If she asked for more, people would probably complain about her in their hearts, right?

"What does it matter? They haven't even started organizing the classes yet."

"Then I'll ask..."

While Xia Yanchun was typing, Shen Nian pulled her into his arms. His lips lightly brushed against her ear, tickling Xia Yanchun so much that she shrank her neck.

Her smooth hair was tucked behind her ear by Shen Nian, revealing the girl's earlobe. Looking closely, one could even see the fine, soft peach fuzz on it.

"When are we going traveling?" he asked.

"Hmm... let's set off in a few days."

"My sister is going too, right?"

"Yeah, we agreed on it a long time ago. But Sister Shen Yue can only play for three days at most: Saturday and Sunday, plus taking one day off." Xia Yanchun's voice was soft and sweet.

She had planned the trip a long time ago. With no financial pressure, no study pressure, and so much free time, it would be a real pity not to go traveling.

The only downside was that Shiyan was starting to avoid suspicion. If Sister Shen Yue didn't go, Shiyan wouldn't tag along either. If possible, she really hoped everyone could go out together and have fun happily for ten days or half a month.

Occasionally, there would be the sound of cars rolling over the concrete ground. Listening to Shen Nian's breathing, Xia Yanchun finally finished discussing the class assignment matter with Director Huang.

The school valued the top scorers so much that they could actually satisfy so many requests at once. Xia Yanchun was even slightly surprised.

Being in the same class and waiving tuition fees were relatively basic, but Shen Nian's behavior of pulling people in, as well as her own request of living off-campus but being provided with a single dorm room, being met was just exaggerated.

The provincial top scorer... was truly even more highly sought after than she had imagined.

"Speaking of which, isn't our town going to give us some prize money?" Shen Nian quietly lifted a bit of Xia Yanchun's clothes and asked by her ear.

"My dad said they would, but it has to be after we finish filling out our applications, so it's easier for them to make the banners. Otherwise, if they put up a banner congratulating us on getting into Qinghua or Beijing University, and we applied to Nanjiang University, wouldn't that be awkward?"

"How much are they giving?"

"I don't know about that. But I guess, since our town produced two top scorers at once, the prize money probably won't be as much as if there was only one. If one top scorer gets five hundred thousand, then for two top scorers, it would be around three hundred thousand or three hundred and fifty thousand each..."

"It's all your fault. Why couldn't you score one point lower than me?"

"You should think about why you didn't score one point higher than me."

"Damn it, in the end, I still couldn't surpass you."

"Hmph, don't underestimate me. I've been super awesome since I was little, okay?" Xia Yanchun skillfully ignored Shen Nian's dirty jokes, raising her index finger and chattering away, looking incredibly smug.

Chef Xia defended her first place in the final major exam.

"Awesome, awesome, Chunbao is the most awesome in the world." Shen Nian grabbed her finger, then held her entire hand, slipping his fingers through the girl's, intertwining them, pressing his palm against the back of her hand and holding it tight.

A certain someone's palm was hot. Even through a layer of fabric, Xia Yanchun could feel the temperature of Shen Nian's palm, as if it was going to pierce through her skin and reach straight to her heart. It burned her with wave after wave of shyness, and she subconsciously pressed her legs together.

Her head felt dizzy.

Xia Yanchun narrowed her eyes. "Did you praise me just so you could do this? You guy..."

"Just kidding. Actually, I'd do it even if you didn't praise me." Shen Nian grinned, sensibly pulling his hand back and considerately smoothing out Xia Yanchun's clothes. "I was bullied so badly by you when we were kids, and even until recently you were still teasing me. I have to get my revenge somehow."

"Take this!" Xia Yanchun yanked a handful of leg hair from Shen Nian.

"Hiss, it doesn't hurt."

"You really have thick skin. I hope you get folliculitis tomorrow."

"Bro, seriously? That's so toxic," Shen Nian fake-cried.

Xia Yanchun pouted, got up from Shen Nian's embrace, slipped into her slippers, and secretly pulled the curtains open a bit to check the weather outside.

She originally wanted to have Shen Nian go fishing while she tagged along to pass the time, but with this sun, she'd get a shade darker just from the trip. Xia Yanchun wasn't about to let the skin tone she'd worked so hard to maintain suffer for nothing.

It seemed she'd just have to compromise and keep cooping up in the room with Shen Nian.

"Your birthday is coming up," Shen Nian mentioned, resting his chin on his hand as he watched her sit at the desk, idly messing around with her computer.

"Glad you know what's good for you. If you forgot my birthday, don't even think about being best friends with me anymore."

"How could I forget?"

"You forgot last year. You didn't even come to my birthday. Even though we weren't really hanging out together back then, you still shouldn't have just skipped my birthday. My mom thought we'd cut ties."

"Don't you know what happened last year...?" Shen Nian gave her a sideways glance. Bringing up the past, huh? Then he'd have to talk about how someone blew up cow dung and got it flying right into their mouth.

"I don't remember any of that."

Xia Yanchun felt guilty and tried to whistle, but she didn't know how. Her puckered lips quickly pressed back together, and she ended up just humming a couple of times.

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