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Thinking about it now.
Chi Zhiyu blinked, this matter didn’t seem like a big deal.
But she glanced at the person beside her. If she asked, this person probably wouldn’t tell her.
Instead, he would mock her, saying things like she didn’t know how to drink water.
Chi Zhiyu decided not to invite humiliation. She looked at the open cup, still steaming, somewhat dangerous.
She turned her head, picked up the lid, and obediently placed it on the cup’s opening.
Seeing this, Xie Ye raised his eyebrows, “What are you doing?”
Chi Zhiyu blinked, sincerely said, “I think it’s better to let it cool slowly.”
Xie Ye: “Are you sick?”
“...” Chi Zhiyu looked at him, “It’s fine, I’m not thirsty.”
Xie Ye clicked his tongue, “Open it.”
Chi Zhiyu ignored him and tightened the lid instead, casually saying, “Not opening it. If the water spills out and burns you, I can’t handle your bad temper. And I’m not thirsty anyway.”
Xie Ye raised an eyebrow, “You’re not thirsty?”
Before she could react, she heard him as if realizing something, calmly and confidently “Oh”-ed without any hint of guilt, “You’re overthinking it.”
“? “
“It’s me who’s thirsty.”
“...”
________________________________________
After being lectured by Chen Fuqing.
During the subsequent physics class, Chi Zhiyu listened attentively. Whether she absorbed anything or not, no one knew.
But Chen Fuqing was quite satisfied seeing her focused state and unusually didn’t find fault with her.
Chi Zhiyu endured until the bell rang, then instantly collapsed, resting her head on the desk.
Su Le, who was stretching in front, turned around to ask Xie Ye a question when he saw her powerless state and laughed, “Little Sister Chi, did your soul get sucked out?”
“I’ve already lost it.” Chi Zhiyu mumbled with her head down.
Su Le chuckled, “That’s exaggerated. Mr. Fuqing’s class isn’t hard to understand.”
Chi Zhiyu waved her hand weakly, “We’re different, completely different.”
Su Le, seeing her like this, recalled asking, “Mr. Chen talked to you this morning, right? What did he say?”
“What else could he say?” Chi Zhiyu dropped her hand, “Just repeating those few sentences, asking me if I had any issues with him.”
Su Le was curious, “Did you answer yes?”
Chi Zhiyu lifted her head to glance at him, “Do I have a death wish?”
Su Le blinked, “Then what did Mr. Fuqing say?”
“He said something.” Chi Zhiyu rested her chin lazily, glancing at Xie Ye, “He told me to seek advice from good students in the class and my deskmate.”
Upon hearing this, Su Le turned to look at Xie Ye, clicking his tongue and speaking, “What’s wrong with you? Little Sister Chi is like this, can’t you help her review physics?”
Xie Ye continued writing his test paper without lifting his eyes, “What does it have to do with me?”
“...”
Seemingly not expecting this, Su Le was taken aback, “Do you have any self-awareness?”
No wonder it was still like this.
Chi Zhiyu wasn’t surprised, indifferent, “I don’t expect much from him anyway. Even if he teaches me, I won’t understand.”
“So it means he lacks patience.” Su Le looked at Xie Ye with frustration.
Xie Ye lifted his eyes to look at him, “What does it have to do with you?”
“I’m just,” Su Le calmly stated, “expressing a small opinion.”
“Opinion?”
Xie Ye leaned back lazily, his tone very arrogant, “Oh, I don’t refer to it.”
“...”
Su Le probably didn’t want to save him anymore, turning to Chi Zhiyu, “It’s fine, if he doesn’t teach you, I will.”
Su Le’s grades were good enough to teach her physics more than adequately.
Chi Zhiyu blinked, “You’ll teach me?”
Su Le nodded, thinking for a moment, “Wouldn’t you still complain about me?”
As his words fell, Xie Ye calmly looked at him.
Facing his indifferent gaze, Su Le raised an eyebrow, inexplicably urging him.
Xie Ye looked at him, showing no reaction, remaining silent for a few seconds, seemingly smiling faintly, raising his eyebrows slightly, listening to the person beside him speak.
“Complaining won’t happen, but,” Chi Zhiyu sincerely started, “I’m afraid you’ll be driven to death by me.”
“...” Su Le, “Huh? What?”
“To be honest with you.” Chi Zhiyu gestured toward Xie Ye, “This is your lesson learned.”
Xie Ye remained expressionless.
Su Le laughed, “Lesson learned? What happened?”
Chi Zhiyu shook her head, “Forget it, it’s all tears if I talk too much. Physics and I aren’t compatible.”
Su Le: “No, if you don’t say, how will I know what the difficulties are?”
“Just think of a question,” Chi Zhiyu gave an example, “You might have to teach me several times before I get it, and then you’ll get so angry that it’ll ultimately cause a tragedy.”
“What kind of description is that?” Su Le found it amusing.
Chi Zhiyu: “To give you a vivid sense.”
“Alright, that’s quite a vivid sense.”
Su Le seemed to find this challenge interesting, leaning back, “Then I’ll try and see what this tragedy looks like. Xie Ye, what do you think about this precedent? Any advice?”
Hearing this, Chi Zhiyu blinked. Hmm? Why ask Xie Ye about this? He’s not some spokesperson.
Thinking this, she turned her head to look at him.
“Oh.”
Xie Ye stretched his long legs forward, lightly twirled the black pen between his fingers, raised his eyes to look at him, and said in a neutral tone, “Go ahead and try.”
“...”
“Not trying anymore.” Su Le coughed and turned to Chi Zhiyu, “Little Sister Chi, I was just joking about this. Don’t take it seriously. Let Xie Ye continue being the precedent for the aftermath.”
Chi Zhiyu hadn’t paid much attention initially, but now hearing Su Le’s words, she inexplicably felt something off about the atmosphere between these two. His response felt like he had been threatened.
She looked at him suspiciously and responded, “Hmm, alright.”
Su Le nodded, then glanced at the time, exaggeratedly exclaiming, “Oh, I forgot to get water.”
As he spoke, he picked up his water bottle, stood up, and asked Chi Zhiyu if she wanted any.
Chi Zhiyu shook her head, “No thanks, I haven’t finished mine yet.”
“Alright, then I’m going.”
Su Le quickly walked toward the back door, his steps fast as if escaping rapidly.
Chi Zhiyu stared for a few seconds, then turned to look aside.
Xie Ye sat on his seat; apart from replying to Su Le earlier, he hadn’t made a sound, as if he hadn’t participated in the conversation at all.
Seeing him like this, Chi Zhiyu narrowed her eyes and said, “You, have a problem.”
Xie Ye: “?”
“Your attitude has a problem.” Chi Zhiyu pointed out.
That simple and compliant “Go ahead and try” from earlier was too straightforward.
According to his personality, he should have retorted a few sarcastic remarks.
Making Su Le filled with anger and speechless would have been more fitting.
Xie Ye lazily lifted his eyelids, not responding.
Chi Zhiyu blinked, “What? Did you do something to feel guilty about towards Su Le?”
“......”
“Or did Su Le do something to you? Are you silently seething because of brotherhood?” Chi Zhiyu guessed sarcastically.
“......”
After saying this, there was a pause for a few seconds before Xie Ye finally reacted.
He stared at her, his lips slightly tugging as if sneering.
He didn’t say anything.
However, Chi Zhiyu understood.
Because in his dark eyes, she clearly saw two words plus a period.
—Idiot.
“......”
......
In the evening after school, when Chi Zhiyu opened the door, she saw Bai Li sitting properly in the living room.
Upon hearing the door open, Bai Li raised her eyes and smiled faintly, “Ayu, you’re back.”
She had waited for her for quite a while.
Deliberately.
Hearing this.
Chi Zhiyu’s brow imperceptibly furrowed slightly. She acknowledged it casually, closed the door, and changed her shoes to enter the house.
Aunt Wang came over to take her backpack and jacket.
Chi Zhiyu looked at her, silently asking if anything happened to Bai Li today.
Aunt Wang gently shook her head, but Bai Li in the living room didn’t give her time to respond and called again, “Ayu, come here.”
Chi Zhiyu paused, “Alright, I’ll be right there.”
She took the warm water Aunt Wang handed her and walked to the sofa in the living room.
“Sit here.” Bai Li patted her right side.
Chi Zhiyu didn’t resist, quietly sitting beside her, suddenly noticing a score report on the coffee table, pausing for a moment.
Bai Li didn’t waste words, picked up the form, and got straight to the point, “I received your homeroom teacher’s midterm results. Look, why are your physics scores so poor?”
Chi Zhiyu didn’t expect this question and felt a strange relief upon hearing it, explaining, “My physics foundation has always been a bit weak. I’ve been trying to change my approach and relearn it recently.”
“Mom isn’t worried about your cultural scores, but your physics is a major factor that others can easily surpass you and snatch the top spot in your major, you know?”
“Mm, I know.”
Bai Li flipped through the score report and ordered, “I’ll hire an extracurricular physics tutor for you tomorrow. Spend two extra hours after school to study this subject.”
Chi Zhiyu blinked, “What about evening dance training...?”
Bai Li looked at her, “Of course, that will continue as usual. There are only two months left until the art exam; professional training cannot stop.”
“......”
Chi Zhiyu felt a headache coming on, trying to calmly analyze for her, “The school’s physics teacher is also professional. You don’t need to hire another tutor for me. Moreover, I return from the dance studio very late at night, and after finishing homework, there’s no time left. This might not be effective.”
Bai Li didn’t speak, seemingly pondering her words.
Chi Zhiyu thought for a moment and added, “Lately, I’ve been having Xie Ye help me with my homework.”
Hearing this, Bai Li momentarily forgot about Xie Ye and looked up, “He teaches you?”
Chi Zhiyu naturally nodded, “He’s number one in our entire school, and he scored full marks in physics. He probably understands my learning situation better than the tutor you’d hire, so there shouldn’t be any problems.”
Bai Li knew that Chi Zhiyu and Xie Ye had a good relationship, but since they were in different classes before, she hadn’t paid much attention.
Now they weren’t just in the same class but also desk mates.
Perhaps guessing her thoughts, Chi Zhiyu calmly voiced, “Apart from studying, because I often go to the dance studio, I don’t interact much with him. Rest assured, we’re just friends.”
Bai Li, hearing her straightforward words, was momentarily stunned. Coming to her senses, she gazed at her and softly called, “Ayu, I don’t care about others.”
“But you are my daughter. I need you to become the best dancer, get into the best university, and stand in the most dazzling and enchanting position. Therefore,” Bai Li’s tone was very gentle, “I hope you can make the necessary efforts and decisions for this goal, understand?”
Chi Zhiyu held the cup of water in her hands, her fingertips unconsciously tightening, forcing a smile, “I understand. I’ll make you and...”
Her voice paused, then continued, “Dad proud.”
Receiving this assurance, Bai Li was somewhat satisfied and compromised, “Alright, Mom won’t force you. If you want to study with Xie Ye, I won’t object, but by the end of the term, I need to see your physics scores improve. Can you do that?”
Bai Li set the condition.
Chi Zhiyu couldn’t be happier with this and nodded, “Alright, I’ll work hard to achieve that.”
________________________________________
A negotiation that barely ended in victory for Chi Zhiyu concluded with dinner.
Chi Zhiyu now had a legitimate reason to visit Xie Ye’s house frequently.
She went upstairs, picked up her physics homework, and directly sent a message to Xie Ye, [I have something to discuss with you, I’m coming over.]
Without waiting for his reply, Chi Zhiyu quickly ran over to Xie’s house.
Since Jian Yazhi didn’t treat her as an outsider, she directly told her the secret to their home entrance.
But Chi Zhiyu still rang the doorbell first. Jian Yazhi opened the door and, seeing her, hurriedly let her in, softly asking, “Have you eaten yet?”
Chi Zhiyu nodded, “Yes, yes, I’ve eaten.”
Jian Yazhi poured her a glass of water and smiled, asking, “So you’re here to find Xie Ye?”
“Mm, I’m here to have him teach me homework,” Chi Zhiyu drank some water.
“He can teach you?” Jian Yazhi smiled again.
Chi Zhiyu tilted her head slightly, “Probably.”
Finding her reaction cute, Jian Yazhi took her water glass and chuckled, “Go upstairs and check. He might be playing games upstairs.”
Hearing this, Chi Zhiyu frowned slightly.
Playing games again.
She nodded to Jian Yazhi, turned around, and walked to the staircase going up.
Xie Ye’s room was outward-facing, directly opposite hers.
When they were kids, she used to run around freely, but later knowing the difference between boys and girls, she rarely went upstairs to find him, usually sending a message first.
Chi Zhiyu walked to the door, raised her hand, and knocked.
While waiting, she glanced at the time.
Six o’clock.
Still early.
Chi Zhiyu waited for a while, no one came to open the door.
She knocked again, waited a few seconds, still no response.
Chi Zhiyu thought he might be immersed in the game with headphones on, not hearing the knock.
She clicked her tongue, reached for the doorknob, pressed it down, and found the door unlocked.
Chi Zhiyu pushed the door open and stepped inside.
The room layout was spacious, the bed placed in the center, the bedside table on the left, and near the balcony was a desk with a computer on it, the screen lit up.
Chi Zhiyu scanned the room, not seeing Xie Ye’s figure.
She was slightly puzzled, took out her phone, and prepared to type a message asking where he was.
The door behind her wasn’t closed.
Xie Ye returned from the study and saw someone standing at his door.
He raised an eyebrow, slowly approaching her.
His steps were light and silent.
Xie Ye came close to her from behind, seeing her looking down, seemingly unaware of his presence.
He bent his body slightly, leaning closer to look at her.
Chi Zhiyu had just finished typing, clicked send.
The message transferred after a second.
The next moment, she heard a sudden ding from behind her.
Chi Zhiyu was startled, instinctively turned around, and her vision blurred.
Before she could see anything clearly, she felt her lips touching something.
Xie Ye stood hunched over in place.
In an instant.
She felt warmth on her chin.
Soft and warm sensation.
The person in front breathed lightly, suddenly brushing against his cheek, bringing the fragrance of jasmine, sweeping over his face.
It was her lips.
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