Chapter Thirty-Five: Return My Meal

  The warm sunlight spilled onto the windowsill, and Liu Yicai suddenly realized it was already daylight. He hastily packed up his things and rushed to school. Running wildly along the way, he arrived at the intersection and only then noticed a girl wearing a Beihai Middle School uniform standing beside him.

  Taking a closer look, isn't this long ponytail and blue hair clip Lin Yichen? Thinking to myself that I'm a bit hungry, I said to Lin Yichen, "Beauty, don't pretend you don't know me. Don't you still owe me a meal?"

  Lin Yichen was holding a vocabulary book at this time, thinking of reciting two words while waiting for the red light, and didn't notice the person next to her. Liu Yi suddenly spoke, startling her, and she quickly looked up at Liu Yi and said "You... how are you following me?"

  Liu Yi was stunned, how did a simple greeting become stalking? He hastily explained, "I said Lin is a beauty, this road isn't yours to own, right? How does me passing by here become stalking you? Then wouldn't all these people waiting for the red light be stalking you too?"

  "After finishing speaking, she shouted at the people around her: "Everyone come and judge for themselves! She said we were following her, what do you all think about this?"

  Lin Yichen hastily covered Liu Yi's mouth with her hand and said, "Oh no, don't shout, you didn't even follow me yet?"

  Liu Yi smiled slyly and said "Hehe, invite me to dinner and I won't shout anymore."

  Lin Yichen reluctantly nodded and agreed, "I'll treat you, just don't shout again!"

  Liu Yi smiled and said, "Well, there's a breakfast stall up ahead. I'll have a cup of soy milk, and two... no, four meat-filled buns."

  Lin Yichen couldn't help but retort, "You're a pig, eating so much!" thinking to herself that she usually felt stuffed after eating just one, yet he was devouring four by himself.

  Liu Yi stuck out his tongue and said "You're the pig, I'm so tired from studying all day, if I don't eat more, how can I have the energy to study?"

  Lin Yichen didn't know that Liu Yi was in the same class, and naturally didn't know that Liu Yi had been studying hard. In her impression, Liu Yi was just like Lü Xiao Ke, not a diligent learner, but unlike Lü Xiao Ke who was of the high-rich-handsome type, Liu Yi only had one advantage - he looked okay. So she said "Someone like you is actually studying hard? You also participated in the mock exam last time, right? What ranking did you get?"

  Liu Yi deliberately brushed it off and said "Hehe, a little mistake in the play."

  Lin Yichen saw this and thought he must have ranked last again, so she teased "Mistake, did you make a mistake to the last place again?"

  Liu Yi was taken aback and thought that Lin Yichen must still think she is in her previous state, so he said, "Three days without seeing each other, yet you look at me with a different gaze, beautiful lady, why are you slow to realize things?"

  Lin Yichen said with a smile, "Hmph, can't you see? The classical literature is quite good!"

  Liu Yi replied, "That's right, I scored 112 points in language this time!"

  This time Lin Yichen was stunned, thinking that Liu Yi's language score would be just passing at most, but unexpectedly scored over 110 points, and then said "How did you do on your other subjects?"

  Liu Yiwei said with a smile, "Well, if I hadn't performed abnormally, I would have at least made it into the top ten in class this time. Unfortunately, I only ranked 18th in the class."

  Lin Yichen was shocked, this Liu Yi is actually the worst student in terms of age, yet he managed to get 18th place in the class, that's over 300th place in the whole grade.

  Liu Yi saw Lin Yichen stunned there and said "What's wrong, beautiful girl, didn't you do better than me on the exam? Sorry about that?"

  Lin Yichen finally came back to her senses and argued, "How...how is that possible? I was ranked seventh in the class and 122nd in the grade."

  Liu Yi didn't know how well the school flower in front of him studied, but after listening to her, she seemed to be doing quite well. Generally speaking, students from Beihai Middle School who ranked among the top 200 in their grade could get into a key university.

  Liu Yi thought for a moment, then changed the subject and said "Oh dear, I'm so hungry, hurry up and buy me something to eat, or else I won't be able to stand...". As he spoke, he covered his stomach with his hand, pretending to be very hungry.

  Lin Yichen didn't know that Liu Yi was pretending, and she was afraid he would faint from hunger, so she quickly bought him breakfast.

  He picked up the meat pie and started wolfing it down. To be honest, he was really hungry, but not to the point of fainting from hunger.

  Watching Liu Yi devouring the pancake, Lin Yichen suddenly felt that Liu Yi was quite cute like this, and said "Eat slowly, aren't you afraid of choking? Are you a starving ghost reborn?"

  Liu Yi swallowed what was in his mouth and said with a smile, "Hehe, I'm just a starving ghost reborn, what's wrong? Do you have medicine that can cure it?"

  Lin Yichen left a sentence of sarcasm and ignored Liu Yi, walking towards school.

  Liu Yi also walked towards school while eating and drinking soy milk from time to time.

  Although Lin Yichen didn't want to bother with Liu Yi, the girl walked relatively slowly, and the distance between them remained within five steps. They almost arrived at school at the same time.

  At this time, Hu Jingjing was also sent to the school gate by the security guard. As soon as she got off the car, she saw Liu Yi and Lin Yichen entering the school gate one after another. She felt a little uncomfortable and thought that Liu Yi was her target, although she hadn't caught him yet, it was only a matter of time. Although Lin Yichen was the school flower, she couldn't steal someone else's love.

  Thinking of this, Hu Jingjing called out to Liu Yi to let him accompany her on the walk "Liu Yi, good morning!"

  Liu Yi Zheng stared at Lin Yi Chen's back, heard someone calling himself, hurriedly turned around, took a look, it was Hu Jing Jing, naturally smiled and replied "Good morning, Comrade Hu!"

  Hu Jing felt that Liu Yi's way of addressing her was a bit unfamiliar, so she said "Come on, with our relationship, you don't have to be so sarcastic. This title thing can be completely thrown away, just call me Jing Jing."

  Liu Yi was slightly stunned, then called out "Jing Jing, good morning!"

  Hehe, with a smile, she said "Hmmm, this is much better!"

  At this time, the guard had not yet left and also saw Liu Yi and Hu Jingjing chatting and laughing. He thought that this young lady was usually quite cold to other boys, but now she was so close to this kid, could it be that they were in love?

  As the college entrance examination is approaching, parents naturally have some taboos about their children's early love affairs, fearing that it will affect their academic performance. After all, the college entrance examination is like a place where carp turn into dragons, and those who fail here may fall and become mediocre for life; while those who succeed here may rise to fame and fortune.

  And Hu Xudong, Hu Jingjing's father, also attaches great importance to this sensitive issue. Sending guards to escort her is a manifestation of this. On the one hand, it can protect Hu Jingjing's personal safety, as verified by Zhu Di's incident last time. On the other hand, it can also monitor Hu Jingjing's daily life and avoid many things that may affect her college entrance exam.

  Since he saw this situation, the guard would definitely report back to the chief of staff truthfully. The mission of this soldier is to obey and ensure that the task entrusted to him is completed.

  Upon returning to the unit, the guard reported to Hu Xudong: "Leader, today when I sent the young lady to school, I saw a male student who seemed to have a very close relationship with her. I came specifically to tell you about it."

  Hu Xudong nodded thoughtfully and said, "Alright, I understand, you can go now."