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  In the midst of the silent crowd, I swallowed hard and didn't look at anyone else. My wandering eyes also had no place to rest.

  Suddenly, a loud bang on the table was heard, followed by the class teacher's furious roar: "Bai Yaoyao, you really have eaten the heart of a leopard, dare to say such things in public... these things that undermine school spirit and violate school rules, do you want to be expelled?!"

  I turned around, ignoring the trembling class teacher standing there, and calmly looked at the kind-hearted principal. The microphone in my hand miraculously wasn't forcibly shut off, it seemed that gossipmongers were everywhere, and my voice was thus very loudly transmitted throughout the entire venue.

  "Principal, I absolutely have no ulterior motives towards He Mochen, nor do I have any intention of ruining the school's reputation or promoting unhealthy ideas to my juniors by being in a relationship during this critical period. I truly and sincerely like He Mochen and want to work together with him to achieve academic excellence, bring glory to myself and our school. Is that wrong? If it weren't for He Mochen transferring to our class this semester, I wouldn't be standing here today wearing the badge of being one of the top three students in our grade. It's because of him that I've achieved this. Can you bear to see me lose my motivation and fall behind, becoming someone who has been abandoned by God?"

  The principal and other leaders twitched at the corners of their mouths.

  I cleared my throat, trying to create a choked-up effect: "Today was supposed to be about learning methods, but my only cheat code is He Mochen, so I can only confess honestly and take this opportunity to express my feelings." Feeling relieved, I turned around and looked at the boy with narrowed eyes on the left side of the stage below. "He Mochen, I'm being very serious now, just like a marriage proposal, no joking around. I'll ask you one question: are you willing to be my boyfriend?"

  The alumni under the stage who loved gossip were in an uproar, with the wailing of male students and the sobbing of female students clearly audible.

  The discolored class teacher was finally about to hold back and walk over, but was stopped by the principal waving his hand.

  It seems that the big bunch of grandiose words I just said still had some effect.

  Far away, He Mochen's mouth curled up with a faint smile.

  Seeing him make this expression, my heart suddenly speeds up, it turns out that when we were in the flower bed, he was really hinting at me.

  Next to him, a primary school brother handed over a microphone with great care. He Mochen took it after a long time and smiled lightly: "Sorry, I don't see where you like me."

  I smiled and replied to him: "I won't speak sweet nothings, I like you just because I like you, will you or won't you accept?"

  He paused for a moment, looked at me and said without hesitation: "But I don't like you."

  The scene fell silent again in an instant.

  I was stunned for a moment and didn't react: "What did you say?"

  His eyebrows and eyes became even more gentle, his low and pleasant voice sounded very tempting in the empty and quiet space: "I said, I don't like you."

  I emphasized seriously: "You believe me, I really didn't because you said you would compensate me for one..."

  "I won't make excuses, I just don't like it."

  He actually came back directly!

  All around was dead silence.

  I stood there for a long time, forcing myself to suppress the suffocating feeling in my heart. I pulled up the corners of my mouth and smiled: "Not bad, being rejected after being confessed to for the first time, and it's even in front of so many people. This feeling is really refreshing." The smile at the corner of my mouth suddenly expanded, and I said loudly, "Since that's the case, then it seems you really like Li Qiwei. Good, really good. Although I've never been in a relationship, I'm not willing to do something as despicable as stealing someone's love. You two can just go ahead and do what you need to do."

  After finishing, I stood still, looking around vaguely for a moment, before suddenly remembering that I should go down. So I made an effort to lift my somewhat stiff feet and move towards the other side of the stage.

  "Who says I like Li Chiwei?"

  My footsteps suddenly stopped.

  He Mo Tian didn't continue speaking, as if what he just said was just my auditory hallucination.

  But I knew it wasn't an auditory hallucination, because Li Chiwei's face suddenly turned pale, and the others looked like they had been struck by lightning.

  It's a consolation to have a soft loli accompanying me in this embarrassing situation.

  My shamelessness level skyrocketed, and I suddenly felt refreshed and energetic again. I turned around and rushed towards He Mochen's position.

  "From now on, I'll chase you in front of everyone." I blinked my shining eyes at him, still holding the receiver, and so my shameless words firmly echoed in this space.

  He had already returned the microphone to his junior and looked at me calmly: "Don't you feel embarrassed doing this kind of thing now?"

  Does he still remember what I said before?

  I calmly continued speaking into the microphone: "How embarrassing, but I've already been rejected by you once, and if I get rejected a few more times, I'll get used to it. Besides, you don't like Li Chiwei anyway."

  He glanced at me expressionlessly and walked towards the backstage.

  Then the meeting continued and the top three of other classes also went on to give speeches, then...

  As soon as the meeting was over, I was taken to the principal's office by the head teacher.

  Fortunately, my grandfather still protected me. Although his furious appearance was a bit scary to me and the principal, as well as the school leaders who were watching, the subtle hints in his words still conveyed a few points: This girl is indeed making remarkable progress, perhaps it's really the power of love or something? So why not just let her be for now, and see how things turn out at the end of the semester. It's not too late to make a decision then, who knows, maybe she'll even get first place in the whole city...

  In the end, not only did the principal look radiant, but even the usually strict vice-principal couldn't help but crack a smile. I, on the other hand, was sweating bullets - my uncle would be wasted as a pyramid scheme leader!

  But this time I really played too much, so even if the head teacher is eloquent, I can avoid dropping out of school, punishment is hard to escape.

  And when I faced my best friend's fiery anger, like a volcano eruption, after receiving the cruel punishment of "handwriting a 50,000-word self-criticism and submitting it to the principal", I suddenly felt like a small boat in a stormy sea, as if I could capsize at any moment.

  "Not bad, Bai Yaoyao, in less than an hour, you've got the guts to confess to me in front of the whole school! Did you eat a snake's gall or a tiger's gall?!" Ah Qian sneered at me with a cold face.

  I didn't dare look her straight in the eye: "I was just provoked by law."

  "What's with the 'who provoked you' question? In that short period of time, I didn't know anyone had provoked you. If it was Hei Mutian who provoked you, then why did he still refuse you in the end?" Even Lian Tai Shan, who could remain calm even if a mountain collapsed, rarely showed anger, but now his face was flushed with rage.

  I forced myself to lower my head: "Who made Li Chiwei suddenly pop out and confess for no reason."

  "But how could you just act on your own without discussing it with us? Are you so reckless for the sake of Hei Mian Tian?" Little Yu scolded.

  I weakly said: "It wasn't an emergency at that time."

  Mumu stared at me, staring and staring, but suddenly her eyes turned red: "In front of so many school leaders, you did such an out-of-bounds thing, didn't you ever think about what would happen if you were expelled?!"

  I hastily waved my hand to explain: "Didn't the school just change its personnel recently? The school leaders are now busy making the school achieve results to prove themselves, and I'm a top student in terms of grades, they won't easily let me go to another school."

  "Hmph, you've thought of everything, but don't you know what they say? It's not the big risks that scare me, it's the small chance of something going wrong."

  The cold glint in Ah Qiang's phoenix eyes made me tremble again and again: "I was wrong, don't be angry anymore, okay......"

  Haiying stared at me unblinkingly: "Are you really concerned about He Mottian?"

  "I bit my lip: 'I've already gone to such an extent, can I still pretend?'"

  "You said you didn't like him." Ah Qian's eyebrows furrowed.

  "I don't know, but the more he ignored me, the more I wanted to get his attention. Seeing him with other girls made my heart ache, and when Li Chiwei was about to confess to him, my brain even lost its thinking ability. And tonight, after saying that I liked him, I suddenly felt that it was actually what I truly thought.

  I recalled the feeling at that time,"My heart suddenly became clearer and more comfortable than clearing away dark clouds to see the moon, like a refreshing drink. So later when he said he didn't like Li Chiwei either, I instantly lost control and rushed towards him..."

  They fell silent.

  I made an effort to warm up the atmosphere: "It's okay, if he can accept it, that's best. If he doesn't accept it, I'll just stick to him, anyway, he's still a free agent now, and at worst, we can have a fair competition. And what I said about him being able to help me with my studies isn't nonsense, I really saw that he has the motivation to learn, killing two birds with one stone." I grinned, "Come on, come on, this is my first time chasing someone, can't you guys just give me some encouragement? You're all looking so gloomy, it's really hurting my self-esteem..."

  Finally, after much persuasion, I managed to coax back my BFFs one by one, especially Ah Qian and Hai Yan who had prejudices against He Mochen. Although they didn't immediately agree with my fearless move, at least they no longer opposed it.

  So the next day I started a vigorous pursuit of him.

  Thanks to the class teacher's help, when we changed seats again, He Mòtiān sat behind me, which gave me a sense of superiority - after that night's commotion, more and more girls openly showed their affection for He Mòtiān, and our class was no exception, but the people around his seat were all boys, and Lǐ Chíwēi was even moved to the first table.

  But after all, it was my first time doing this kind of thing, so at first I didn't even know where to start.

  During class, it's impossible for me to exchange flirtatious glances with him, and he never responds when I pass him notes. Borrowing a pen is also too unromantic. After class, I did want to bond with him, but the frequency of his trips to the bathroom made me suspect that he might have kidney problems at such a young age. However, after I subtly mentioned it, his trips to the bathroom suddenly decreased dramatically.

  Moreover, I don't know if he deliberately wants to test me. Since we became deskmates, his attitude towards me has become even colder than before. His gaze always carries a hint of chilliness when looking at me.

  I am firming up my own heart while waiting for the opportunity.

  At last, I found the crucial breakthrough point.

  No one would believe that He Mochen, such a calm and quiet big boy, is extremely fond of sweets. He can go for several days or even weeks without eating savory food, but he can also eat candies continuously for a whole day and night.

  If I hadn't run into He Mottian on the street when he was going to the clinic for a dental appointment, I wouldn't have dug up this down-to-earth side of him.

  Toothache is a matter of life and death, you can tell from He Mochen's expression.

  Perhaps it was the toothache that kept him awake at night, his complexion looked even paler than usual, with a faint bluish tint under his eyes, and his left cheek was slightly swollen, but he didn't cover it like others would. His eyes were a bit dazed and weak, yet on that expressionless face of his, I suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for him, just like one would feel for an ordinary child with a toothache.

  It's really... adorable!

  Then I immediately went to a nearby bookstore and picked up a few picture books on making desserts, guessing that the time was about right, and pretended to pass by that clinic again.

  "Huh? What's going on? How did you end up here?"

  He just pulled out his tooth.

  He raised his head and glanced at me with a blank expression after I shouted, then turned right and continued walking.

  I know he has a cotton ball in his mouth and can't speak conveniently for the time being, but his eyes lit up, he should be going home, I can take advantage of this opportunity to win over his parents' favor at home.

  "Are you a big fan of sweets?" I quickened my pace to catch up, grinning from ear to ear. "Me too! Look, I even bought a dessert-making book to study when I get back."

  He remains unmoved.

  I continued to ask myself: "Actually, making desserts is not that hard, and if you put less ice sugar, it's not that bad for your teeth. Just brush your teeth carefully afterwards, and they won't hurt. By the way, what kind of dessert do you like? I'll make some for you..."

  All the way until he got on the bus, he didn't look at me straight in the eye once, but I wasn't discouraged. Seeing that he had found a single seat, I leaned against his chair and, not minding the strange looks from other passengers on the bus, opened up my picture book and began to read out loud the recipes for desserts while also chatting with him casually.

  I didn't expect that I was still standing firmly, but the driver suddenly slammed on the brakes, and under the huge inertia, my body leaned forward in an instant. Before I could even exclaim, a hand tightly wrapped around my waist, and the scorching sensation seemed to penetrate from the sweater all the way to my abdomen.

  "Hey young man, how can you let your girlfriend stand for so long? Don't you have any gentlemanly manners?"

  "She's a lovely young girl, so gentle and kind to you, how can you treat her like this!"

  "Hurry up and give your seat to your girlfriend, or she might dump you!"

  I stared at those passengers who criticized He Mochen in surprise, and then I looked at He Mochen with a pleased expression: "Did you hear that? You should treat your girlfriend better!"

  He Mochen silently stared at me, his dark eyes calm and unruffled.

  I leaned in close to him: "Can't bear to take your hands off, huh? Then just give in to me!" Seeing that he still didn't react, I let out a hum and said loudly, "Even if your girlfriend isn't tired, your son is! You'd better get up!"

  As soon as I said this, the enthusiastic passengers were even more indignant.

  "How can you treat a girl who's pregnant with your child like this? Are you even her boyfriend?"

  "Come here and sit down, little girl! Oh dear, you're pregnant and still standing like that?"

  "Is this belly just starting to show? Has she just gotten pregnant?"

  Heimian Tian's face suddenly fell, he stood up abruptly, his tall figure towering over the surrounding passengers, who took a few steps back in fright. Then I was dragged by him to the back of the bus, where there was another double seat. After sitting down, I gave a grateful look to those enthusiastic passengers who were still criticizing Heimian Tian for being inconsiderate.

  "You don't seem to care about your reputation at all." The tone was still low and husky, but slightly indistinct.

  "That's right, anyway, she's a candidate for your girlfriend." I don't know why, but after confirming my feelings towards He Mochen, I seem to have become more and more open with him. It seems that Haiying was right, I'm a severe case of psychological regression.

  "You just want to be my girlfriend like this?"

  Realizing the significance of his words, I immediately moved my face in front of him and nodded vigorously.

  "Even if I still don't like you?" Peach blossoms swirled in her eyes with an unfathomable light.

  I was taken aback, if I were with him when he didn't like me, it seemed a bit unequal for both of us.

  But... I looked carefully at the familiar eyebrows and eyes in front of me, and after a while, Zheng nodded and said: "Isn't affection something that needs to be cultivated slowly?"

  He pulled at the corner of his mouth, seeming to smile but not quite: "Want to go back with me now and meet Mom and Dad?"

  That's too shameless, I reflexively shook my head.

  "Why don't you get off the bus yet?"

  "...Actually I wanted to go with you to see Mom and Dad."

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  But even if I wanted to open up a path of light within He Mochen, he bluntly refused my request with the reason "my parents don't like strangers". Fortunately, he took me to the bottom floor of his building and said that in the future, if I want to find him, I can come directly, the only requirement is not to go upstairs.

  It's a slightly rundown neighborhood, because the area is not large, so the plant coverage rate is relatively high, and there is no elevator. The exterior walls of the building have even faded in color, showing a dull and mottled appearance, which can be seen as having a long history.

  After sizing me up, he withdrew his gaze and found He Mochen's eyes fixed tightly on my face, with a sharp scrutiny.

  I was taken aback and rubbed my face with a very embarrassed expression: "Is there something on my face?"

  He looked at me straight and said slowly: "Don't you think the environment here is very poor? This is where I live."

  "It's really bad." I nodded, the corners of my mouth twitching upwards as I snuck a glance at him. "But I think that no matter where it is, wherever you are is the best place."

  He was stunned.

  The warm sunshine on a winter day shone on his body and face, his handsome features softened for a moment like a piece of warm jade that fits in the hand, even the slightly swollen cheeks couldn't affect his innate beauty.

  His expression amused me, I narrowed my eyes and smiled, taking advantage of his unpreparedness to tiptoe up and lightly peck on his pale lips, then like a cat that had successfully stolen food, quickly ran towards the entrance of the residential area.

  Sitting on the bus back home, I thought of the thorough change in my relationship with He Mochen not long ago, and my heart was filled with joy and sweetness, feeling a sense of satisfaction that I had never felt before.

  Although I still said "He Mochen, be my boyfriend" in a very domineering tone, his soft "en" already made me so happy that I couldn't help myself.

  The person I like has finally acknowledged our relationship.

  Looking out of the window at the fleeting scenery, I hold my knees and raise my lips.

  He Mochen, you are my shining person.

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  Yao Yao's memories with He Mochen have come to an end here, will some of you feel like something is missing? Hmm, because the biggest plot twist hasn't appeared yet~

  Xiao Qiao is going to make a comeback tonight! Is anyone excited? Anyone? Anyone!!!!!

  Ugh... Drinking coffee until I feel like vomiting... Go roll over and sleep...