Chapter 9: Chen Zirui Returns

  The next day, as soon as Mu You arrived at school, she noticed that her classmates in the classroom were a bit off, especially the girls, who all had flushed faces and were whispering to each other in small groups, as if they had encountered some joyful event.

  "What's going on with everyone, why are they so excited?" As she walked to her seat, Mu Yu put down her bag and asked Cheng Ling with a puzzled expression. However, she didn't get an answer for a long time. When she turned around, she found that Cheng Ling was also like most of the girls, with a red glow on her face and a hint of infatuation in her eyes.

  Yu You felt helpless and wanted to ask someone else, but when she looked around, she found that there were only a few normal people in the classroom today. Just as she was about to give up, her peripheral vision caught sight of Ling Ran sitting diagonally behind her.

  "Ling Ran, do you know what's going on in the class... what exactly is happening?" If it weren't for the fact that she had no other choice, Mu You would absolutely not go ask Ling Ran, but at this point, it seemed like Ling Ran was the only reliable one in the class, with everyone else being somewhat abnormal to varying degrees.

  He hadn't expected Mu You to ask him, so Ling Ran was slightly taken aback. He then calmly uttered two words: "I know." However, the lines on his face were somewhat stiff, revealing a hint of displeasure.

  Mu You didn't expect him to respond in this way, and was taken aback for a moment. In her heart, she silently scolded him, but still maintained a good temper and asked: "Then can you tell me what's going on?"

  It was clear that Ling Ran also saw the moment when Mu You's eyes widened, and the smile on his face became more genuine, and his mood improved a lot.

  Still just two light words, yet as melodious as the sound of a zither string, but it thoroughly enraged Mu You, because Ling Ran's response was... Okay...

  Muyou finally understood and realized that the person in front of her was probably teasing her, so she narrowed her eyes - this was a gesture she often made when she was angry.

  But she couldn't see it for herself. When she reacted like this, the smile at the corner of Ling Ran's mouth had already disappeared, replaced by a genuine smile in his eyes.

  "It's said that Chen Zirui has returned to school." Just as Mu You was about to give up asking any more questions and sit back down, Ling Ran's voice came from behind her, still with his usual calm tone, but it truly made her feel like she had been electrocuted, and her body stiffened in place.

  Nature, who had been paying attention to Mu You's reaction, also noticed her abnormality. The smile that had just gathered at the bottom of his eyes instantly disappeared, and he restored his usual calm expression.

  Chen Zirui, Chen Zirui, the one who made her both love and hate in her past life, is finally going to appear in her life this time along the trajectory of fate?

  In fact, in her previous life, she had known Chen Zirui since the first year of high school, for no other reason than that they were classmates, but the gap between them was like heaven and earth.

  Because after a year, she and most people were promoted to junior high school, while Chen Zirui skipped to junior high school and even participated in a national computer competition in junior high school. He was favored by a professor from MIT who came from overseas and followed the professor to study in the United States for nearly a year before returning, which was when she started junior high school.

  "Oh? Is Chen Zirui that famous? Everyone is exaggerating a bit, no matter how excellent a person is, he's still human, just someone who succeeded earlier than others." Mu You said calmly and sat back in her seat, not looking at Ling Ran's expression again.

  A smile reassembled at the bottom of his eyes, but he himself was completely unaware, sunlight scattered in from outside the window, illuminating the contours of his face and softening them a bit.

  It wasn't long before Zhu Yong arrived at the classroom with a smile on his face, followed by someone who made countless girls turn their heads, but even so, Mu You just glanced at him briefly and then shifted her gaze away.

  Chen Zirui wore a black sporty casual wear, the collar was slightly loose, and the sturdy chest hidden inside could be glimpsed. The lower body was the same color jeans, outlining his slender figure; the facial lines were slightly stiff, which was caused by not smiling for a long time, but still couldn't hide the handsome eyebrows, eyes seemed to be looking at everyone, but Mu You knew that there was only a faint indifference in his eyes; at this moment, he was lazily slinging his backpack behind him with one hand, his gaze wandered for a while before quickly focusing on someone.

  "I won't say much, I believe everyone knows who this classmate of mine is, right? He can be considered a legend in our school. He just returned from the US and decided to spend his student life like an ordinary student because he likes the reading environment here." Seeing the enthusiastic eyes of his classmates, Zhu Yong naturally understood their mindset and didn't say much more. He directly asked Chen Zirui to sit in his seat, but suddenly realized that due to Chen's hasty return, his desk and chair were not yet ready.

  "Which of you classmates is willing to help move a table for Chen Zirui?"

  As soon as Zhu Yong's voice fell, a large group of girls voluntarily raised their hands, which made Zhu Yong somewhat embarrassed, after all, letting a girl move tables and chairs for a boy was not very reasonable...

  Zhu Yong looked at Chen Zirui, thinking about whether to let him follow a girl to move himself, but found that he had no reaction to this matter at all, his eyes were just staring straight at one place.

  Helplessly sighing, Zhu Yong could only nod at two students and say, "Zhao Hong, Wang Ke, just the two of you come and help out!"

  "Yes!" Zhao Hong and Wang Ke responded loudly, trying to get Chen Zirui's attention, then they ran off quickly. However, they wouldn't know that until they moved the tables and chairs back, Chen Zirui hadn't looked at them even once.

  "Chen Zirui, which side do you want to sit on?" Zhu Yong asked in a low voice after the table and chairs were moved back. After all, this boy in front of her had already exceeded the scope of being a student, so she naturally couldn't treat him like an ordinary student.

  Until this time, Chen Zirui, who had been standing still like a sculpture, finally reacted.

  He casually tossed his backpack onto the desk and, with one hand grasping the door handle on either side, walked into the classroom with a relaxed expression. The only empty seat in that direction was next to Ling Ran...

  Seemingly unintentionally, Chen Zirui paused for a moment when he passed by Muyu's side. When he saw that the other person didn't react at all, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, but quickly returned to normal.

  After he sat down, Zhu Yong began to teach, but most of the students in the class couldn't help glancing over at him from time to time during the lesson, completely losing their focus on the class.

  Chen Zirui, however, seemed to be completely unaware, as if no one was around, and took out a few books from his backpack to flip through. Ling Yan also appeared to be unaffected, continuing to look at the book in his hand, but his tightly pursed lips revealed his displeasure.

  The most painful thing was Yu, the most appropriate description should be "sitting on pins and needles", because she could very sensitively feel the gaze of the person behind her every now and then, like a thorn in her back, making her quite annoyed. After one class, she couldn't hear anything at all.

  It wasn't easy to finally make it to the end of class, and Mu You felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. She packed up her books and was about to go out for some fresh air when a pair of hands grabbed her wrists even faster.

  "Mu Yu, I have something to say to you."