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Chapter 163 Your hands are too slippery, I can't stand up straight.

The third period of evening self-study.

Shen Yuan put down his pen and glanced at the clock at the back of the classroom—only a few minutes remained before the end of get out of class.

As the second hand ticked forward on the clock face, Shen Yuan suddenly realized that it was Sunday and he would have to change seats after evening self-study.

With the seating arrangement changed, he and Li Zhi would be sitting at opposite ends of the classroom for the next week.

Even if Shen Yuan sat up straight, he might not be able to see Li Zhi even though there were seven rows of people between them.

The boy's figure in the glass window paused slightly, then he turned and finally fixed his gaze on the girl's face beside him.

The incandescent bulb swayed gently in the evening breeze, making Li Zhi's profile appear even softer.

As the beautiful girl lowered her eyes to solve the problem, her delicate collarbone, faintly visible through the neckline of her purplish-purple knitted sweater, gleamed with a pearly luster.

A few strands of her dark hair, which fell over her shoulders, were lifted by the wind that seeped in through the window. The ends of her hair brushed against her cheeks, which were bathed in moonlight, and finally settled gently in the folds of her white cotton wide-leg trousers.

The ripples spreading deep in the boy's eyes carried the unique fervor of an 18-year-old, reflecting the silhouette of the girl's back, taut like a bamboo shoot, with its reserved curve.

The faint scent of figs lingered in her breath, mixed with the ink she left on the paper while solving problems. Shen Yuan was so engrossed in the moment that she forgot the second hand was carrying away the last moments of evening self-study, leaving only her heart pounding in her chest.

Li Zhi's pen, which was resting on the paper, suddenly froze, as a gaze from the left burned his ear.

The girl turned her head and caught the boy's gaze before he could look away.

In the instant their eyes met, two trembling arcs of light shot out.

"What are you looking at?" Li Zhi asked softly.

A faint blush rose to Shen Yuan's face, his Adam's apple bobbed hastily across his taut neck, but his gaze remained stubbornly fixed on the clear and intense look unique to an 18-year-old.

"Look at you."

Upon hearing the answer, Li Zhi smiled faintly.

"What are you looking at me for?"

"looks good."

Shen Yuan replied with a smile, "After all, we'll be changing seats soon, so if we want to watch it like this again, we'll have to wait until the week after next."

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's answer, Li Zhi blinked.

As his left arm moved toward the table, it pressed a small crease into the draft paper, and his back, which was originally as taut as a bamboo shoot, bent slightly.

The girl relaxed and rested her chin on her upper arm. The stray hairs that had been covering half of her face were tucked behind her ear, and her eyes shone with light as her eyelashes trembled.

Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan and said softly, "Then you can see for yourself."

A gentle voice, along with the aroma of figs, reached Shen Yuan's ears, and the young man felt as if his heart had been struck, pounding wildly.

Their eyes met, and ripples spread silently.

The two held their breath, their eyes simultaneously drawn to each other's ears, which were flushed red.

After copying down the English words, Zhou Shaojie glanced at the clock at the back of the classroom. Just as he was about to turn back to Shen Yuan to tell him that class was almost over, he froze completely.

Zhou Shaojie pursed his lips tightly, and a pang of jealousy rose in the young man's heart.

Zhou Shaojie kicked Yang Ze in front of him.

Yang Ze turned around, about to ask what was going on, when he saw Zhou Shaojie pointing at Shen Yuan beside him.

Yang Ze turned his head and immediately fell into the same state as Zhou Shaojie.

A moment later, Yang Ze patted Chen Mingyu beside him.

After a while, Chen Mingyu patted He Zhiyu again.

Unlike the sour feeling that Zhou Shaojie and the other two felt, He Zhiyu only felt sugar.

The young author finally saw the scene he had described in his writing.

It turns out that you can really tell if someone loves you just by looking into their eyes.

Thinking of this, He Zhiyu quietly took out her phone from her schoolbag and then, with lightning speed, snapped a photo of her childhood sweetheart, whose eyes were only for each other.

Without any beauty filters or special photography techniques, He Zhiyu was still very satisfied with the final photos.

It's not that the composition is particularly good; it's simply because the two pairs of eyes only see each other.

As He Zhiyu took this photo, the school bell rang to signal the end of evening self-study.

The moment she heard the bell, Li Zhi saw a hint of helplessness in Shen Yuan's eyes.

This is a regret about the impending separation.

A smile suddenly appeared on Li Zhi's face.

"What? Can't bear to leave?"

Shen Yuan nodded: "The thought of not being able to sit with you for a week makes me lose my focus on studying."

Li Zhi rolled her eyes at Shen Yuan: "Then you can ask to move in front of me or behind me, that way we'll switch seats together."

"Then forget it, I'll choose to endure a week of separation."

It's impossible for us to sit at desks in front of or behind each other. What's so good about that? You'd just be looking at the back of my head and I'd be looking at the back of yours.

If you're sitting in the front, you can turn around and take a look, but if you're sitting in the back, you can only see the back of someone's head.

"Tch, what a loser."

Li Zhi's lips curled up slightly as she leaned in half an inch closer to Shen Yuan, her eyes gleaming with a mixture of cunning and tenderness.

"If you're reluctant to let me go, then behave well and don't make me angry. Otherwise..."

Li Zhi stood up, a smile playing on her lips: "I won't talk to you for the next week."

"Change seats, stop dawdling."

"Good good!"

Shen Yuan stood up and then began to change seats for Li Zhi.

"Jay, my seat is all yours."

Zhou Shaojie nodded and patted his chest: "Leave it to me."

Changing seats didn't take Shen Yuan long; five or six minutes later, he walked out of the classroom with two backpacks on his back.

Li Zhi walked beside him, a light smile on his face.

As soon as the two stepped out of the classroom, Tong Churou walked towards them.

Upon seeing Shen Yuan and Li Zhi, Tong Churou paused in her steps.

Tong Churou already knew Shen Yuan's monthly exam results. Compared to her own progress, Shen Yuan had now reached the pinnacle of what she could strive for.

But what shocked Tong Churou even more was Li Zhi.

The witch from the lower realm was dealt a severe blow by Li Zhi with her achievements not long after she first arrived in the upper realm, and the current blow is even more outrageous.

Li Zhi usually wears her school uniform and just ties her hair up casually. If you don't pay attention, you might not realize how good-looking she is, and you might even miss her in a crowd.

But it's different now.

Li Zhi's outfit completely shocked Tong Churou.

So, the gap between her and Li Zhi was really that big.

Actually, Tong Churou has tried this kind of outfit before, but to be honest, it's not as striking as black stockings.

No matter how powerful it is, there will eventually come a day when people get tired of it.

It's not like before; once you open the software, there are far too many female bodhisattvas.

Tong Churou has noticed that her charm in class has declined, and the boys who are good at studying are also showing some subtle resistance to her.

So... perhaps it's time for a style change?
Wait a minute, Shen Yuan has such a childhood sweetheart, how did I fall for him back then?

While Tong Churou was pondering, Li Zhi and Shen Yuan had already walked far away.

Walking home from school, the number of people is significantly greater than during the evening school hours.

Fortunately, it was already late; by 9:40 pm in late October, it was already dark.

The moon was covered by clouds at that moment, not a single ray of moonlight could be seen.

After leaving school, Shen Yuan and Li Zhi walked home without either of them speaking first.

The sound of pebbles clattering came from the side. Shen Yuan had found a small pebble somewhere and was kicking it as he walked around.

Upon seeing this scene, Li Zhi suddenly smiled, recalling the time when Shen Yuan hid the pebbles in the roadside flowerbed.

The beautiful girl let out a soft laugh, as clear and melodious as a silver bell, and she leaned lightly closer to Shen Yuan, closing the distance between them.

Shen Yuan felt a faint fig scent brush past his ear, stimulating his auditory nerves.

"Should we hide it in the flower bed later?"

The girl's voice carried a hint of mockery, which made Shen Yuan's heart skip a beat.

Of course he remembered what happened that night. On that night, after switching places, he successfully deceived Li Zhi with a small lie. Thinking of how angry she looked after he tricked her, Shen Yuan couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.

However, when faced with Li Zhi's question, Shen Yuan shook his head.

"Why hide it if you're not going to?"

Shen Yuan looked at Li Zhi: "I have something more important to hide now."

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi's face revealed a half-smile.

"Oh?" The pretty girl put her hands behind her back, leaned closer to Shen Yuan, and looked at him curiously. "What are you hiding?"

As he said this, Li Zhi leaned forward slightly.

The neckline of the inner short-sleeved shirt was a bit loose, revealing a small patch of fair skin when she moved.

Shen Yuan's gaze swept over it unintentionally, and he immediately looked away as if he had been burned.

However, that moment of amazement flashed through his mind like lightning, instantly turning the tips of his ears a ruby color under the streetlights.

"I'm hiding this." Shen Yuan quickly reached out and placed his hand on Li Zhi's neck, pulling the collar back.

The boy's throat tightened, and his stammering words, carried by the night wind, reached Li Zhi's ear: "Your collar is crooked, let me straighten it for you."

Just as Shen Yuan loosened his grip on the collar folds, Li Zhi suddenly realized the trajectory of that hurried glance.

The girl's back suddenly straightened, and she raised her hand to tightly grip her collar.

The light from the streetlights behind her hid the girl's blushing cheeks in the shadows, and the blush on her ear tips spread across her delicate jawline.

"you!"

The syllables squeezed out of his throat were filled with shame and anger. Li Zhi suddenly reached out and grabbed Shen Yuan's collar.

In the flickering light and shadow, Li Zhi's moonlit eyes were veiled with mist, and the force in his fingertips carried a feigned ferocity: "You bastard! Pervert! Seran! You idiot Shen Yuan!"

The rebuke shattered into half a sugar frosting upon landing, the remaining tremor making the boy's Adam's apple bob.

Li Zhi looked into Shen Yuan's eyes and suddenly took a half step back as if to retreat, but Shen Yuan grabbed her wrist.

Li Zhi felt the force coming from Shen Yuan's hand and knew that this guy was not going to let go.

The girl raised her eyes and glared, but her taut neckline eventually gave way.

"Let go! Believe me or not, if you don't let go, this photo will appear in the QQ group of the 'Choice Learning Association'!"

Although Li Zhi deliberately lowered his voice, the warning in it was very obvious.

However, Shen Yuan was completely unfazed by Li Zhi's threat, a smile playing on his lips.

"What's the big deal? Just let them take pictures."

Shen Yuan said nonchalantly, "Anyway, I already told A-Jie and the others today that I held your hand. I don't believe A-Jie and the others won't tell Zhuo Peipei and He Zhiyu."

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi's eyes widened in surprise; she clearly hadn't expected Shen Yuan to reveal this matter.

"You! Why are you saying this?" Li Zhi's voice trembled slightly.

Shen Yuan shrugged: "Wasn't it someone else who agreed? Since they all agreed, what's there for me to be ashamed of?"

His tone carried a hint of mockery. Li Zhi's expression darkened further.

The beautiful girl stared at Shen Yuan, momentarily at a loss for words.

After all, she had tacitly approved of Yang Ze and the others taking Shen Yuan out for interrogation.

Just then, Shen Yuan suddenly took a deep breath and slowly said, "And do you know what Yang Ze said?"

Li Zhi's attention was drawn to Shen Yuan's words: "What did you say?"

Shen Yuan was silent for a moment before slowly saying, "He said that what comes in from behind isn't necessarily a knife."

Li Zhi took a deep breath.

Well, that's a pretty scary threat.

"But that's no reason for you to keep holding my hand."

"I'd like to shake your hand."

Shen Yuan's voice drifted gently into Li Zhi's ears on the evening breeze.

This sudden remark made the girl's eyes widen instantly.

She looked around in a panic, and groups of students were walking past them on the side of the road.

"What...what's wrong with you in front of everyone?!" Li Zhi's voice trembled as she spoke, trying to pull her hand away from Shen Yuan's.

However, Shen Yuan's large hand tightly locked her wrist, giving her no chance to escape.

"If you keep doing this..."

Li Zhi stared at Shen Yuan, but before he could finish speaking, he suddenly caught sight of the sparks reflected in the boy's eyes.

The flickering light, following the intertwined lines of their palms, seared her pulse like flames, causing her to swallow the rest of her words as if she had been burned.

Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan, took a deep breath, and said softly, "How about we shake hands again when we get back to the neighborhood?"

The beautiful girl's voice carried a hint of pleading.

Shen Yuan said with a serious expression, "No cheating allowed."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Zhi's wide-leg pants bumped into Shen Yuan's trouser leg, and then the girl's calf lightly bumped against Shen Yuan's calf.

"You're ruining the mood!"

Li Zhi tilted his head back, revealing a slightly menacing look, like a panting kitten.

"Do I look like the kind of person who would cheat?!"

Shen Yuan nodded: "Sometimes I'm quite good at it."

"you!"

Just as Li Zhi was about to lash out, he saw Shen Yuan release his grip.

"But I'll probably fall for it every time."

"Yue~ Next time you tell me a cheesy pickup line, please let me know so I can prepare myself mentally."

Although the girl's words were full of disdain, her eyes were full of smiles.

The light spots cast by the streetlights gradually thinned out on the cement road. As Li Zhi watched the residential area getting closer and closer, her fingertips unconsciously clenched the corner of her knitted sweater.

The evening breeze ruffled the folds of her wide-leg trousers, and Li Zhi subconsciously glanced at Shen Yuan beside her.

The girl began to pray, hoping that Shen Yuan would forget about the incident.

Shen Yuan glanced at Li Zhi's hand and a smile appeared on his face.

As the automatic door opened, Li Zhi's eyelashes trembled in surprise.

Seeing Shen Yuan walk through the gate first, Li Zhi paused for a moment.

"You can still walk out of the underground parking garage, but if you dare to go back on your word..."

Shen Yuan gave a kind smile.

"Hmph! Who's trying to run away! I was just thinking about something!"

Li Zhifei quickly swiped his card, walked through the gate, and arrived in front of Shen Yuan.

The dappled shadows of the trees and the warm yellow lights at the entrance of the residential area intertwine to form a galaxy.

The pretty girl stood in front of the boy, chin held high, and said haughtily, "I'm not going to run away!"

Li Zhi's loose hair swayed gently on the shoulders of her knitted sweater.

Shen Yuan stretched out his hand in front of her, a playful expression on his face.

"Snapped!"

Li Zhi slapped Shen Yuan's hand away: "You scoundrel! Who gave you the right to extend an invitation?"

After saying that, under Shen Yuan's gaze, Li Zhi placed his hand in front of him.

"shake hands!"

The blush on the tips of the girl's ears instantly shone under the night light, revealing a rich, peachy hue, while her drooping eyelashes cast dappled light on her eyelids.
But his gaze never left the one fixed on him.

Shen Yuan smiled and gently placed his hand on hers.

"As ordered."

As the warmth of the palms slowly touching penetrates the capillaries, the noise of the night is instantly drowned out by the beating of the heart.

The boy gently stroked the girl's slightly cool knuckles with his thumb, sensing the tension in Li Zhi's heart. Shen Yuan's wrist quietly pressed down, causing the girl's arm to fall downwards.

During this process, the girl's slender finger bones naturally slipped between his outstretched fingers.

The veins and blood vessels between his fingers intertwined closely, like two intertwined vines entwined in the twilight.

The ground lamps cast two figures into the dappled shadows of the plane trees, and the silhouettes of the boy and girl, their fingers intertwined, swayed on the walkway in front of the apartment building.

As she walked, Li Zhi suddenly felt Shen Yuan's thumb roll across her web of thumb, sending a jolt of electricity up her spine, startling her so much that she tightened her grip even more.

"Pain Pain!"

Shen Yuan spoke repeatedly.

Li Zhi scolded, "You scoundrel! I told you to shake hands, not to touch!"

"I didn't touch it!"

"Pah! Can't I feel it myself whether you touched me or not?"

Shen Yuan stubbornly argued, "That's because your hands were too slippery, and my fingers couldn't stay on."

Hearing Shen Yuan's sophistry, Li Zhi snorted coldly: "I think it's someone's heart that's too bitter!"

"Well, I didn't stand properly," Shen Yuan said softly.

"Then you'd better stand still for a bit!"

Shen Yuan nodded repeatedly.

After glaring at Shen Yuan, Li Zhi stopped tightening her grip and let Shen Yuan lead her along the community path again.

A moment later, Li Zhi's voice rang out in the empty community garden.