Dedicated to studying, yet forced into a chaotic situation.

Chapter 35 makes it seem like he cares about her a lot.

This is Gu Chenyi's fourth day of staying at home.

He picked up a mirror from the table, slowly removed his mask, and looked at his face in the mirror again and again with sharp eyes.

His face was still the same face, with strong, well-defined features, and a handsome, chiseled look. He knew he was very popular with girls at school and was voted the school's most handsome guy.

However, a faint blush appeared on his handsome face, so faint that it could only be seen upon close inspection.

Even though the slap marks on his face had almost disappeared, Gu Chenyi felt his face hurt even more.

In his first year of high school, he organized a group that acted arrogantly and recklessly in school, calling himself the school bully. However, he ran into Chi Yan, and was beaten up for talking too loudly. He lost face and left the international class.

In the regular class, thanks to his outstanding appearance and family background that ordinary people could only look up to, he quickly became the center of attention and soon gained a group of followers who obeyed him without question.

Fortunately, Chi Yan didn't come to school much. He was still the school bully, and he enjoyed being the center of attention.

But now, I hear that Chi Yan went to school again today.

Gu Chenyi touched his cheek. One Chi Yan was already enough to make him angry, and now there's Shi Sui too!

He knew that the shrew had slapped him as revenge for not being able to win him over.

Then she immediately fell in love with someone else and started pursuing Chi Yan.

What a shameless shrew.

If it was just a temporary attack on him, and considering the threat from Chi Yan on one side, Gu Chenyi felt that as a man, he should be magnanimous and let it go. However, he recently heard some news.

Jiang Tianyao called him in tears, saying she had been cyberbullied.

The girl's aggrieved cries were like thorns piercing his heart, making him restless and losing his mind.

Yes, Tian Tian only exposed that shrew's true colors online, so what did she do wrong?

With an adopted daughter in the family, it's already quite generous of Tian Tian not to fight or compete. How dare this lowly adopted daughter incite public opinion online to bully the real daughter? Does she really think she's a daughter of the Jiang family?

It was just a pitiful dog that the Jiang family kept.

Gu Chenyi couldn't bear to see his beloved woman get hurt. His woman was meant to be pampered, not some lowly creature that could be bullied!

Taking out cotton swabs and ointment from the drawer, Gu Chenyi squeezed the ointment onto the cotton swabs and carefully applied the medicine while looking in the mirror.

The marks from a slap will fade quickly, but the hatred in one's heart will not dissipate so easily!

This time, we'll settle both old and new scores!

He doesn't hit women, nor does he want to confront Shi Sui directly; he has other plans.

I heard that the Jiang family no longer picks up and drops off that country bumpkin, so she's all alone after school.

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Shi Sui went to buy dessert for her deskmate as usual at noon, but encountered a small problem on her way back to the classroom.

In the corridor, she saw a boy carrying a thermos walking towards her. She deliberately went around to the left, but unexpectedly, the guy also went around to her and chased after her relentlessly.

It's so obvious that it was intentional; he was targeting her.

So when the boy pretended to accidentally spill boiling water from his thermos onto her, Shi Sui dodged ahead of time, but the hot water still 'accidentally' splashed onto her arm.

Fortunately, she was wearing a long-sleeved school uniform, so she wasn't burned, but she was a little uncomfortable because she was wet.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to," the boy apologized with a grin.

Shi Sui was very annoyed. If it weren't for protecting the dessert, she would definitely have snatched his thermos and poured all the hot water on his head.

However, it's not too late.

Shi Sui kindly picked up the thermos from the ground for him, glanced inside, and said warmly, "Hey classmate, there's no water in it. Shall I refill it for you?"

The matter was settled, and the boy should have refused, but seeing how enthusiastic the girl was, he inwardly mocked her for being a fool and then agreed.

"Then go and fill the water tank. I'll wait for you here," he commanded leisurely.

When Shi Sui passed by the classroom, she casually placed the cake on her deskmate's desk before going to get some water.

Back in the hallway, I immediately spotted the target playing on his phone, chatting animatedly with someone.

Without saying a word, Shi Sui threw the thermos cup at his face. Hot water splashed everywhere.

Then she pretended to be flustered and exclaimed, "Oh! I'm so sorry!"

Ma Zhengyuan wiped his hair with the back of his hand, frantically shaking the water off his phone, and said angrily, "You clearly did this on purpose!"

Shi Sui retorted, "I've already apologized and said I'm sorry, what more do you want?"

Speechless for a moment after being rebuked, Ma Zhengyuan roared, "I'm warning you, don't be so arrogant..."

Shi Sui interrupted him: "What's wrong? Are you going to tell the teacher?"

Seeing that a group of students had gathered around to watch the commotion, Ma Zhengyuan felt ashamed. He lowered his voice and said fiercely, "You can forget about working at Xinghua!"

"I don't hang out at Xinghua." Shi Sui gave him a disdainful look. "I came to Xinghua to study."

Talking to idiots is a waste of time, Shi Sui rolled her eyes and quickly walked back to the classroom.

Even if she was slow to notice, Shi Sui could sense that she had been targeted recently.

There are always people who don't care who will throw water at her, someone will accidentally knock over a plate of food in the cafeteria and fall on her, someone will suddenly try to bump into her while she is walking, or someone will stick out a foot to trip her.

It's a very childish way of teasing people.

Chi Yan was flipping through a book when he saw Shi Sui return. He casually asked, "Why were you in such a hurry to leave just now?"

He was holding a broken water glass in his hand. Whose was it?

"It's nothing." Shi Sui thought that idiot was not worth mentioning, so she didn't say anything and took out a math test paper from the drawer.

Xu Chaomu made a copy of her first-year high school math exam paper.

Chi Yan was still watching her. The girl started writing her test paper as usual, but her brows were slightly furrowed, as if she was troubled.

He felt there was something fishy going on, after all, the broken water cup was black, and it was obvious that it belonged to a boy.

Shi Sui wrote two multiple-choice questions and felt her deskmate was still looking at her. She couldn't help but turn around and tell him, "Deskmate, you're so handsome. I can't concentrate on writing the questions because you keep looking at me like that."

Sincere, yet tinged with a hint of grievance.

Chi Yan obediently withdrew his gaze, raising an eyebrow smugly. This was the sixteenth time his deskmate had complimented him on his looks that day.

Shi Sui thought that what happened at noon was just a boring little episode, until the second period in the afternoon. When she returned from the homeroom teacher's office, she saw her deskmate and the student in front of her staring at her as soon as she entered the classroom.

strange.

Chi Yan wasn't asleep; instead, he sat sullenly with his arms crossed, his hair a little messy, and his noise-canceling headphones askew.

Yan Ze's eyes gleamed with gossip as he told her, "A man just slipped a letter into your drawer. Quick, read what it says."

Shi Sui was puzzled for a second. Someone wrote a letter? Why would anyone still use such an outdated way of communicating? Don't they know how to use a mobile phone?

Then I opened the drawer and sure enough, I saw a white envelope. I opened it.

Yan Ze's eyes were glued to the letter, but unfortunately he could only see the back and couldn't make out what was written on it. He urged, "Quick, quick, what does it say?"

Chi Yan couldn't help but look over as well, pretending to be nonchalant.

Shi Sui frowned as she looked at the crooked and ugly characters above.

Then he stuffed the letter back in and said casually, "It's nothing."

How could there be nothing? Chi Yan had received many letters from fans, so she naturally understood that her deskmate was hiding something.

He wanted to know, but he didn't dare to ask.

Asking the question makes it seem like you care about her a lot.

But if I don't ask, I'll really feel restless and won't be able to sleep in class.

He glanced at Yan Ze, raised an eyebrow, and gestured for him to ask quickly.

Just as the gossipy Yan Ze was about to ask a question, he received a raised eyebrow signal from his boss, and was speechless for a moment.

What does that mean? What does that mean? He dared not speculate any further and could only remain silent to be on the safe side.

The air fell silent, with only the sound of Shi Sui tidying up the books in the drawer audible.

After tidying up the drawer, Shi Sui looked up, her eyes crinkling with undisguised joy, and said to Chi Yan, "Classmate, I just went to the teacher's office and asked. She said I don't need to move out. We'll be assigned to different classes next month."

"So, we'll still be deskmates for the rest of this month. I promise I won't bother you, okay?"

Even though he had asked for the deskmate himself, Chi Yan pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Whatever."

Is it really necessary to be this happy? It's just that we'll continue to be deskmates. It's not like we've actually won him over. If we did, how happy would we be?

Chi Yan felt a little hot in his ears and covered them with his hands, pretending to fan himself as if it were hot.

Upon seeing this, Shi Sui immediately understood. She picked up the thin booklet and diligently fanned him, asking, "How is it? Are you feeling much cooler now?"

As you get closer, the girl's aura becomes incredibly irresistible, subtle yet alluring, with a warm breath brushing against your ear.

Chi Yan's mind went blank; he knew he was doomed, and his ears turned even redder.