Proud senior schoolgirl was tender and sweet, we fell in love

Luo Yanran shook her head, "Nothing."

At that moment, she didn't expect Zhou Mianmian to actively add her on WeChat.

In fact, Luo Yanran never understood where Zhou Mianmian's hostility towards her came from?

Was it from the moment she realized her feelings for Xie Xiao?

But she had never actively approached Xie Xiao since she knew of his eyes only for Zhou Mianmian.

On the contrary, it was Zhou Mianmian who seemed to always intentionally or unintentionally show off Xie Xiao in front of her.

It's undeniable that Luo Yanran was truly hurt by this many times.

After sharing a bowl of noodles with Xie Xiao, the person in front of Luo Yanran didn't hesitate to extend his hand, "Teacher Xiao Luo, blow on it. It hurt when I was eating just now."

It was obviously fake, but his smile was still so brilliant.

Yet Luo Yanran still took his hand.

The hand of a boy is large, and very warm.

The redness on his knuckles was still there, and she pouted her lips and gently blew on it a few times.

Then she raised her eyes to look at him, "Does it still hurt?"

Xie Xiao hadn't expected her to be so compliant, his Adam's apple bobbed.

Such an obedient Teacher Xiao Luo was too much to resist, it made him want more.

His fingers moved slightly, and he hummed a soft "Mhm," "It still hurts."

Luo Yanran watched him quietly, then suddenly smiled, lowered her head again, and gently blew on his knuckle, the breeze was very light.

And this time even closer.

It looked more like, she was about to kiss the wound.

Xie Xiao even felt the faint touch of those tiny lips, causing his hand to involuntarily tremble slightly.

Then the touch didn't linger.

Luo Yanran pulled back the distance again.

Looking at his fingers, "Otherwise, let me put a band-aid on for you."

Saying this, she let go of his hand, really dug out a box of band-aids from her bag, pink ones at that.

Xie Xiao was taken aback, and said with some difficulty, "It's not really necessary."

Who knew that Luo Yanran just looked at him and said very seriously, "How is it not necessary, didn't you say it still hurts?"

Her eyes were brimming with irrepressible mischief and mirth.

Looking at Luo Yanran like this, the words of refusal Xie Xiao was about to say suddenly seemed stuck in his throat.

So he just watched helplessly as she applied a band-aid to his scraped knuckle.

Fortunately, she only put on one and then said very seriously, "Let's make a mark, Xie Xiao, you said we would take it slow. Do you still mean it?"

Luo Yanran didn't look at him but stared at the band-aid as she asked softly.

Xie Xiao was still immersed in the gentleness of her actions and was caught off guard by the abrupt change in topic, momentarily stunned.

But he nodded seriously, "Of course."

Luo Yanran looked up at him and smiled, "With only me?"

"Of course, only with you," Xie Xiao said earnestly, lifting the hand that she had just covered with a pink band-aid, "Didn't we just make a mark?"

Luo Yanran laughed.

Although the noodle shop was still noisy, their soft conversation didn't miss a beat and fell into each other's ears.

When the two walked out of the noodle shop side by side, Xie Xiao still couldn't help but glance at his hand with the band-aid 'stamp' on it.

Luo Yanran noticed and asked, "Not used to it? If you're not used to it, you can tear it off."

Xie Xiao shook his head, moved his hand behind his back, "No, that won't do, it's a stamp you gave me. I can't tear it off."

Realizing her earlier boldness, Luo Yanran felt somewhat embarrassed.

Maybe what she had just said was a little too daring.

But she didn't regret it.

Since Xie Xiao had taken the initiative to approach her, she was definitely not going to let go.

No matter whether it's Zhou Mianmian or whatever Mianmian, they could no longer use Xie Xiao to show off in front of her.

Luo Yanran was also someone with a strong sense of possession. She hadn't vied for him before, knowing his heart wasn't with her.

But now things were different.

Luo Yanran slightly curved up the corners of her mouth—Xie Xiao now belonged to her.

Xie Xiao had returned Luo Yanran to her class before going back himself.

It wasn't until he was on his way back that he saw Li Hua had sent him lots of posts, but he hadn't looked at them yet.

Just as he was about to look in, he hadn't even unlocked his phone when he heard Mr. Lin's voice, "Xie Xiao!"

His tone was a warning, "Playing with your phone so openly, you're quite something, aren't you?"

Xie Xiao reflexively stuffed his phone into his pocket and chuckled at Mr. Lin, "Mr. Lin, you're up early today, aren't you?"

"Early? What time do you think it is? Class is about to start! Hurry up and get inside!" He said, pointing at him in a warning manner.

Xie Xiao became obedient and quickly made his way through the back door.

As soon as he entered, Li Hua turned to say something, then saw Mr. Lin looking at them from outside the window.

He chickened out instantly.

He turned back around.

Tonight's evening self-study session turned into a pop quiz.

The reason was that the previous quiz's scores were too poor. Mr. Lin thought they weren't under enough pressure, so he continued with the quiz.

Xie Xiao didn't have time to look at his phone, and Li Hua didn't have time for gossip anymore.

It was only after evening self-study ended, and he saw Zhou Mianmian be the first one to leave with her backpack while Yan Shi still sat at his seat, that Xie Xiao realized something was off.

Especially when Yan Shi's desk mate asked, "Shi, not chasing after her?"

Yan Shi said in a harsh tone, "Buzz off."

Xie Xiao raised an eyebrow. What had happened that he didn't know about?

Had ultimate simp Yan Shi finally had an awakening?

It was at this moment that Li Hua finally dared to turn his head, "Bro Xie, did you see the posts I sent you?"

Xie Xiao gave him a look, "Do I look like I have time to read posts? What's up?"

Li Hua swore under his breath, "It's really juicy, you know. Zhou Mianmian was playing two ends against the middle and it blew up in her face. That guy from class eight, Li Le, even asked her to pay him back... but I think it's kind of embarrassing for a guy to ask for money back after failing to woo someone..."

His desk mate disagreed and snorted before joining the discussion, "You can't say that. It'd be fine if you just couldn't win her over, but it's obvious Zhou Mianmian was just stringing him along, treating him like a long-term meal ticket. Who'd want to be such a sucker?"

From their discussion, Xie Xiao roughly understood what had transpired that day.

He only knew that most people saw Yan Shi leaving with Zhou Mianmian.

But now it seemed like the two of them had had a falling out as well?

In the end, Li Hua concluded, "Bro Xie, did you figure out Zhou Mianmian's true nature and that's why you fought with her? You're awesome, man. The posts are all about feeling sorry for Yan Shi, saying he's too pitiful. If I were him, I'd be so angry I'd die!"

Xie Xiao watched Yan Shi leave with his bag, looking utterly irritated.

It seemed he was about to die of anger as well.

But what Xie Xiao hadn't expected was that Zhou Mianmian would crash and burn like that?

That didn't seem right. With Zhou Mianmian's tactics, shouldn't she have been able to handle it easily?

This was rather strange.

However, Xie Xiao had no intention of getting involved.

He was in a hurry to find Lin Yu; he packed up his things, "I'm off."

Li Hua hadn't expected him to be indifferent to the gossip and tried to keep him from leaving, "Bro Xie, won't you say a few more words?"

"Focus on studying, it's almost time for the college entrance exams!"

After saying that, Xie Xiao left.