SW - 2

Hearing the word “first,” Lu Chi raised his eyes and glanced over.

The orange and white school uniform looked large on the girl opposite him, slightly open, unable to conceal her slender waist.

His gaze paused slightly.

Seeing him look over, Tang Yin mouthed meaningfully: Stutterer.

Lu Chi’s already slightly red face flushed even more. He took a small step back, as if someone was chasing him, and quickly left the office.

The sound of the door closing was soft in the office. Tang Yin sighed inwardly.

That look of his was truly unforgettable.

“...This time it was a misunderstanding. Tang Yin usually has excellent grades, cheating is impossible. Teacher Huang, please don’t take it to heart. Such a thing won’t happen again.”

The gentle Lin Ru then turned to Tang Yin, “Tang Yin, apologize to Teacher Huang.”

Huang Min was also a bit embarrassed. This was her first time here, and such a situation had occurred. “I also misjudged. No need to apologize, I understand. The exam is still going on, hurry back and take it.”

She was also in a fit of anger. She had just transferred from First High School, and the salary at the private high school was very high, so she couldn’t afford to have too much of a falling out. Seeing how gentle this homeroom teacher was with Tang Yin, she must be someone special.

The two teachers went back and forth, complimenting each other.

Tang Yin’s mind had already wandered off, thinking about things absentmindedly.

Huang Min saw her indifferent expression, secretly gritted her teeth, and pushed her out in the air. “Hurry back to the exam. It’s getting late. I’ll collect your paper later.”

When she returned to the classroom, there were only a dozen minutes left in the exam. The test paper was quickly brought back, and the last essay question was just a rewrite.

Tang Yin looked at the clean new test paper, her mind filled with Lu Chi’s shy and nervous face.

It was so damn much to her liking.

She felt the heart that had been quiet for over a decade stir a little.

If she hadn’t missed those subject selection exams in her junior year, she would have been in the experimental class with him this time. What a great opportunity, first come, first served.

Lu Chi was so good-looking, there must be many people who had their eyes on him.

Tang Yin was thinking beautifully, but the entire morning after the exam, she didn’t even see a shadow of him. She had no choice but to ask others to look for him.

Soon, Yu Chun reported as if presenting a treasure, “Luye next door told me that Lu Chi transferred from First High School. Including today, it’s been exactly a week, precisely during the time you were reflecting at home. And he happened to take the exam last time and got first place in the whole school.”

He lowered his voice, “Sister Yin, he’s in the First Examination Hall, but they say he runs off every time the exam ends, and he even hands in his paper early!”

She was in the Fourteenth Examination Hall, on the third floor. The First Examination Hall was on the first floor.

Damn it, that was far.

When Tang Yin got to the first floor, Lu Chi was long gone. The people in the other exam halls couldn’t even block him.

It was really unexpected that this little stutterer’s name was Chi (late), spoke slowly, but ran faster than anyone else.

“Sister Yin, are you really smitten with him?”

“Or are you smitten with you?”

“How could that be? I’m just curious. Love at first sight is quite rare, hahaha...”

The next afternoon, with only the comprehensive science exam left, many people relaxed.

Taking advantage of the time before the exam, Su Kexi came to find Tang Yin.

Class 14 was on the third floor. The teaching building was four-sided, with a common area in the middle. Across from the seniors were the juniors, and the other side of the freshmen was also freshmen. Behind was the science building.

The two girls leaned on the railing, watching the freshmen running around below.

“I’m definitely done for this time. I didn’t sleep until one o’clock last night. Today, looking at those numbers just makes me feel hypnotized,” Su Kexi chattered.

Having not seen the person she wanted to see all day, Tang Yin was in a bad mood and replied casually, completely uninterested in what Su Kexi was saying.

“What are you thinking about?” Su Kexi asked.

She had known Tang Yin since they were little. You could say she knew what Tang Yin meant even if she just farted, but today she couldn’t understand her.

“Oh, I forgot to ask you last night. I heard you got dragged into the office and accused of cheating. Which teacher was so blind? It’s hilarious!”

The teachers in the senior section of Jiashui Private High School basically all knew Tang Yin because the principal’s office had a photo of his own daughter. Although she didn’t know them.

This matter had long spread throughout the senior year. In their eyes, Tang Yin had good grades, and cheating was absolutely something she wouldn’t do.

“Why aren’t you laughing to death?”

“If I laughed to death, who would give you happiness in the future?”

“Happiness my foot.”

“You can also have a ‘Ghost’ romance. A young girl’s ghost husband sounds very appealing.”

Even though she said that, Su Kexi still noticed that something was wrong with her. “You look listless today? Not feeling well?”

Tang Yin leaned against her, half her face tilted, the flamboyant sunset-colored background reflecting colorful light, charming but not seductive, sweet but not cloying, setting off her bright beauty with a touch of calm insight.

Truly pleasing to the eye. Su Kexi clicked her tongue.

In the square common area downstairs, several freshmen were playing basketball. The sound of the ball hitting the ground echoed in the space, accompanied by some shouts, creating a lively atmosphere.

Tang Yin leaned on the railing, thinking casually: I really want to see Lu Chi’s blushing, alluring look again.

Faint voices came from downstairs.

“Hey, Lu Chi, why did you hand in your exam so early today?”

Tang Yin looked down. A boy who seemed to be from the next class ran over from behind, while in front of him, a slender young man holding a book in one hand was walking slowly.

“Finished, finished writing.”

Tang Yin heard him reply, his voice melodious, like the milk candy she was obsessed with as a child.

She couldn’t help but narrow her eyes and quietly lick her lips.

“Not bad, you’re so fast. As expected of a top student! Speaking of which, why did you transfer from First High School with such good grades? Aren’t the teachers there better?” the boy asked again.

Tang Yin propped up her ear, eavesdropping.

Su Kexi beside her happened to see someone bump into the wall outside the restroom and burst into laughter.

Distracted by her, Tang Yin didn’t hear Lu Chi’s reply, feeling a little disappointed.

Su Kexi turned her head and suddenly noticed something was wrong. She scanned back and forth. Tang Yin’s bewitched look today... Could it be because of the boy downstairs?

“...I have something to say, but I don’t know if I should.”

“Shut up.”

“No, I’m going to say it.”

Tang Yin looked at her subtly.

Su Kexi felt that look was like caring for a mentally challenged child.

“Don’t be funny.” Su Kexi finally couldn’t help but say, “Look, he’s wearing glasses. Who buttons their shirt all the way up to the top button these days? He looks like... the kind who doesn’t hear anything outside the window, a bookworm. Don’t you know what a bookworm is? He only has books in his eyes. You have no chance.”

Just like the second-ranked student in their class, he studied hard all day, immersed in the ocean of books. However, his studies did improve.

Tang Yin didn’t speak, her eyes as bright as stars.

Su Kexi pondered for a moment, sizing up the slender boy downstairs, and changed her approach: “Looking at him, he definitely can’t play basketball well.”

When Tang Yin entered the school in her freshman year, her outstanding appearance made her famous. A senior in the same year was not afraid of death and pursued Tang Yin, but Tang Yin blocked him with one sentence.

What was that sentence again...

He couldn’t even beat her at basketball, what face did he have to hang around in front of her?

Regarding basketball, which boys loved to play, the senior was naturally very confident. How could a girl beat him? But later, when they went to the playground, he didn’t win a single game. This also made the people in the school lose their minds.

Tang Yin’s older brother was a key player on the provincial basketball team. She had learned from behind him since she was little, and basically no one in the school could beat her.

Saying this should dispel her thoughts, right?

Tang Yin shook her head slightly.

She liked him even if he couldn’t play basketball. Who told him to suit her taste so well? Everything else became irrelevant.

Tang Yin looked at her, the colors of the sunset reflecting in her eyes, mottled and bright.

Then she suddenly turned her head and shouted downstairs, “Lu Chi!”

Her voice wasn’t too loud or too soft, but it was just right for him to hear.

Hearing the sound, Lu Chi looked up, squinting at the smiling girl on the third floor. It was that girl. The scene from this morning flashed before his eyes again: fair skin, slender waist.

And that mouthed word in the office.

Lu Chi frowned, opened his mouth, organized his words for a long time, then remembered that she hadn’t asked anything.

Seeing him look over, Tang Yin’s eyes curved into crescents. Anyone could tell she was in a great mood. “Lu Chi, can you play basketball?”

Who in the entire high school didn’t know Tang Yin? And everyone knew about that incident back then. Hearing this sentence, they all clapped and cheered. Asking him if he could play basketball definitely meant she had taken a fancy to this kid.

It was noisy and clamorous.

Tang Yin frowned. “All of you, shut up.”

As soon as she spoke, the cheering crowd in the common area quieted down instantly, but everyone still stared at Lu Chi.

Anyone who could catch Tang Yin’s eye must have something special about them.

Everyone around him was staring at him.

Lu Chi lowered his head and took a deep breath. Since coming to this high school, this was the first time he had received so much attention, and he felt a little nervous. The boy beside him was still urging him.

The space became increasingly quiet.

Tang Yin thought she wouldn’t get an answer, but unexpectedly, she heard Lu Chi’s voice the next moment: “No.”

Short and clear.

Lu Chi let out a long breath, his brows and eyes gradually relaxed.

The boy next to him was exasperated and was about to slap him on the back. A wad of paper suddenly fell from above, hitting the boy’s shoulder and startling him.

He looked up, and even from a distance, he could see Tang Yin’s cold face.

Sister Yin valued this Lu Chi so much...

The boy immediately withdrew his hand, lowering his voice: “Lu Chi, you idiot, just say you can first. You’re really losing face for her.”

Lu Chi’s lips formed a thin line, his face a little pale, his fingers clutching the book tightly. He walked straight into the teaching building.

Even though he had left, Tang Yin’s sharp gaze swept around the crowd below who were watching the excitement, and she said slowly, “It’s okay even if he can’t.”

Her clear voice echoed between the teaching buildings.

The hearts of the onlookers almost trembled. This sentence was clearly directed at them.

After warning them, Tang Yin leaned on the railing, squinting.

Lu Chi’s appearance just now was really adorable.

Su Kexi waved her hand. “Boss, the guy’s already gone. Look at your lingering expression, so perverted.”

Just then, the class bell rang. Teachers were already going upstairs with test papers, and the students who had been playing around also returned to their classrooms.

“I’m going back to take the exam first. You need to calm down too.”

“Don’t bother.”

Tang Yin waved goodbye to her and walked slowly towards the classroom.

Her mind was full of that moment of eye contact just now, like a jar had been placed in her heart. Suddenly, it was filled with honey. And she was soaking in it, sweet, greasy, and numbingly pleasant.

Lu Chi was really... it seemed like every part of him恰如其分地 hit her sweet spot.

Like a red dress fluttering in the wind in front of a woman who loves red dresses, the hem always tugged at her heart, endlessly alluring.

His appearance was delicate and abstinent, but he himself was shy and thin-skinned, like a balloon. Seeing him made her want to poke him.

As if he was born for her... Tang Yin suddenly had this thought and was moved by it.

The first time she saw him, she felt he belonged to her.