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Chapter 204 A Check-in?!
Initially, the quiet in the room was tinged with a faint awkwardness, and the invisible mist made the air seem more stagnant than elsewhere.

But as their attention settled on the problem at hand, the two of them gradually calmed down.

The pen tip touched the paper, making a soft, rhythmic scratching sound.

Li Zhi's straight back relaxed slightly, but her fingertips still unconsciously tightened their grip on the pen.

She took a deep breath, her gaze fixed on the first math problem, trying to banish the racing thoughts of "hotel," "alone," and "ambiguous" from her mind, replacing them with clear formulas and logical steps.

Shen Yuan, who was standing to the side, also breathed a sigh of relief.

The awkwardness of blurting out "1000 yuan" and "a lot of space to do homework" has finally disappeared.

He lowered his eyes, forcing himself to focus on the physics exam paper in front of him.

Those force analyses and electromagnetic induction, though they had once given him headaches, unexpectedly became a reliable anchor point at this moment, steadily pulling his wandering thoughts back to the present.

He frowned and began to carefully examine the question and draw diagrams.

Silence continued to flow in the room, but the previous unsettling feeling had quietly faded away.

Instead, there is a tranquil, focused peace.

The soft sounds of the air conditioner running, the rhythmic rustling of paper and pen, and the occasional rustling of pages turning created the most harmonious background noise at that moment.

The city lights outside the window quietly come on, but within this space, time seems to be slowed down, broken down and filled by the questions that need to be answered.

While doing the questions, Li Zhi encountered a problem. She held her pen and pondered for a moment, her brows furrowing involuntarily.

That instinct belonging to a top student quickly replaced the remaining shyness.

Immersed in the world of problem-solving, her eyes became sharp and focused, and the blush that had appeared due to fatigue and tension was gradually calmed down by calm thinking.

She was so engrossed in the calculations that the stiffness in her fingertips had vanished without a trace, leaving only the smooth flow of her writing.

Shen Yuan's condition was similar.

Once he truly immersed himself in solving the problem, his thoughts flowed as smoothly as the scratching of his pen.

He would occasionally scratch his head with his pen, but not out of embarrassment, but because of deep thought or sudden enlightenment during the problem-solving process.

The ambiguous atmosphere of tension and anticipation quietly dissipated in the face of focused attention.

At this moment, every symbol on the exam paper drew his attention more directly than the frequency of his heartbeat.

The room lights shone brightly on the table, seemingly illuminating their simple and peaceful state of mind.

At least it's the mindset of someone who is studying.

Shen Yuan had already completed more than half of his physics exam paper. He habitually bit his pen cap, his brows furrowing slightly as he looked at a particular difficult problem.

He stared at the problem about complex electric fields repeatedly, various formulas clashing in his mind, and tried several approaches but none of them felt quite right.

Yu Guangli saw Li Zhizheng with her head down, the tip of her pen smoothly gliding across the math test paper in front of her, making a steady and regular scratching sound.

That immersion and certainty made Shen Yuan hesitate for a moment.

However, after a moment, he cleared his throat lightly, breaking the tranquility of the focus on the paper and pen.

"cough……"

Shen Yuan's voice wasn't loud, carrying a hint of frustration from getting stuck on a problem, and a touch of caution as he tried to bother her.

Li Zhi, immersed in the world of formulas, paused slightly at the tip of his pen.

She looked up, somewhat bewildered, in Shen Yuan's direction, her eyes still gleaming with the sharp light she had been focused on the math problem, as if asking him something.

Seeing that he had "rescued" her from the sea of ​​questions, Shen Yuan quickly pointed to his own test paper with his finger and leaned slightly towards her.

"Li Bao... I'm stuck on this question."

He tried to make his tone sound normal, but it carried a hint of pleading, and he dragged out the last syllable a little longer than usual.

He picked up his physics exam paper and draft paper, stood up, and tiptoed around the coffee table to Li Zhi's writing desk.

Shen Yuan placed the test paper on her desk, his fingertip pointing precisely to the question that had been troubling him.

The confusion on Li Zhi's face faded, and her bright eyes quickly focused on the spot where Shen Yuan was pointing.

Her expression immediately shifted from slight annoyance at being disturbed to focused scrutiny as she faced the problem.

The habitual teaching posture naturally reveals itself.

The girl's brows furrowed slightly, just like Shen Yuan had done earlier.

She turned her head and glanced at Shen Yuan, gesturing for him to come closer to listen: "Which step don't you understand?"

The girl's tone carried a habitual questioning quality.

But there was no impatience in their tone, clearly defining their common goal at that moment.

Defeating the enemy on this physics exam paper.

She temporarily pushed the math test paper aside.

Shen Yuan took the opportunity to lean on the writing desk, pointed to the messy calculations and symbols on his draft paper, and whispered, "Look, it's here. You know, in my understanding, electrons follow magical circuits."

Shen Yuan began to describe his thought process, which had stalled.

The atmosphere of learning and discussion instantly replaced the previous quiet focus, yet it remained purely within the realm of homework.

Li Zhi picked up his pen and tapped on Shen Yuan's draft paper: "Still a spell circuit, you idiot, look here..."

Her voice was clear and calm, and her pen nib deftly cut to the crux of the problem on the paper, piercing through the mental maze that Shen Yuan had gotten himself into with just a few words.

As she tapped her fingers on the paper, Shen Yuan's furrowed brows furrowed in confusion.

Looking at Shen Yuan's appearance, Li Zhi couldn't help but want to curse.

Do you know why Faraday was born before you?

"Why?" Shen Yuan asked subconsciously.

"Seeing you would make me so angry."

Shen Yuan gave an awkward smile, and before he could speak, Li Zhi emphatically tapped the test paper with his pen.

"Look here! Why are you looking at me? My electric field doesn't resonate with yours right now."

"Oh."

Shen Yuan shrank back timidly, then focused his attention on Li Zhi's writing.

As Li Zhi explained, Shen Yuan would sometimes furrow his brows and sometimes gasp for breath.

As for Li Zhi, all that's left is probably pressure.

"The furrows in your brow are more precise than the electronic tracks you draw."

"Are you inhaling so much cold air to freeze your brain?"

Shen Yuan shrank back and listened attentively to the lesson.

A moment later, Shen Yuan took a deep breath, his eyes widened suddenly, and his pupils lit up with a look of sudden realization.

"oh--!!!"

Shen Yuan slapped his forehead, letting out a short, sharp cry that was both annoyed and joyful.

"I understand, I understand!"

After saying that, Shen Yuan quickly lowered his head, grabbed a pen, and began to write quickly on the draft paper, his movements becoming much lighter.

Seeing Shen Yuan's exaggerated expression after his "enlightenment," Li Zhi's lips twitched almost imperceptibly.

She habitually rolled her eyes, a small but noticeable roll, the disdain in her gaze almost reflexively appearing.

Li Zhi tapped the draft paper that Shen Yuanzheng was writing on with the tip of his pen, and said in a cool tone: "Go back, go back, don't get in my way here."

"Hey! Hey!"

Shen Yuan picked up his test paper and draft paper and quickly returned to the sofa.

As soon as Shen Yuan left, Li Zhi raised his hand and pulled his math test paper back in front of him. He composed himself and his pen began to move smoothly across the paper again.

Shen Yuan quickly buried himself in solving his problem, which had finally come to a head.

The room returned to a peaceful and focused atmosphere, filled with the soft sounds of writing and the gentle operation of the air conditioner.

This time, however, the lamp in the corner seemed warmer and brighter.

Time passed silently in my focused concentration, and at this moment, the night view of West Lake outside the window seemed even more profound.

Beside Shen Yuan and Li Zhi, there was a physics test paper filled with writing and a math test paper, respectively.

At this moment, Li Zhi had already completed more than half of a physics exam paper, while Shen Yuan had only completed about a quarter of a math exam paper.

The speed of the two was obvious.

Li Zhi glanced at Shen Yuan, noticing that Shen Yuan was clearly several steps behind in progress, and a mocking smile appeared on the corner of the girl's mouth.

"Shen Yuan, are you just dawdling?"

Shen Yuan didn't look up, only grunted, "I call this being serious, I guarantee the accuracy rate!"

"I can also guarantee the accuracy rate."

After being rebuked by Li Zhi, Shen Yuan rolled her eyes at her in annoyance.

"Yes Yes Yes."

Shen Yuan's voice carried a hint of helplessness, but the atmosphere in the room seemed even more peaceful in the night, as if the fatigue of the day and the previous awkwardness had been dispelled by this focused attention.

Just as Li Zhi proudly raised his chin, a crisp cell phone ringtone suddenly broke the silence.

Li Zhi's phone screen lit up, and a familiar profile picture appeared before her eyes.

It was Xu Chan's video call!

Li Zhi instantly felt as if her heart had been gripped by an icy hand. All the focus and pride she had felt while doing the problem vanished, replaced by a surge of intense panic. She abruptly looked up, and almost simultaneously, her gaze frantically shot towards Shen Yuan on the sofa.

His eyes were filled with panic and a plea for help, as if he were thinking, "What if I'm found out? I'm doomed!"

Shen Yuan, sitting in the sofa area, reacted almost simultaneously with Li Zhi.

The familiar ringtone sounded, especially when she caught a glimpse of Li Zhi's suddenly deathly pale face and the terrified look in her eyes.

—He recognized that look all too well; it was a signal that "something terrible has happened!"
"my mother!"

Li Zhi pointed to his phone in a panic.

"Depend on!"

Shen Yuan almost reflexively cursed under his breath, his face changing instantly. His previous ease and helplessness vanished, leaving only a disheveled panic.

Checking up on me?!
Shen Yuan's body tensed up instantly, almost instinctively trying to jump up from the sofa, but he was frozen in place as if bound by an invisible rope.

The pen that had been used for calculations slipped from his stiff hand with a "clatter" and rolled onto the carpet.

The situation on Li Zhi's side was even more chaotic with war.

The ringtone sounded like a death knell to her at that moment, making her heart tremble!
She could clearly feel her blood seemingly freeze instantly, and even her breath caught in her throat.

"How to do how to do?!"

Li Zhi's voice changed, becoming urgent and breathy as if she were about to cry. Instinctively, she wanted to stuff her phone into her pocket or throw it away, as if it were a hot potato.

She looked at Shen Yuan in a panic, her eyes filled with a desperate cry for help.

I can't ignore this call; if I don't, things will get really serious.

But if we accept the offer, what should we do now?
What I promised before leaving home seems like utter nonsense in this situation!

Even though I am doing my homework, will my mother really believe that I am doing homework with Shen Yuan?

At this moment, Shen Yuan was also clearly aware of this situation.

Shen Yuan forced himself to break free from that moment of petrification, his mind racing as his adrenaline surged.

The next second, Shen Yuan blurted out, "You answer the phone, I'll hide! Just say this is your room! Don't take pictures of me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yuanfei quickly packed up his schoolbag and test papers.

Li Zhi understood almost instantly.

Li Zhi felt as if her heart was about to leap out of her chest, and her fingers were icy cold and trembling.

The feeling of doing something naughty in front of parents is just... indescribable...

Li Zhi took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

The girl quickly composed herself and then pressed the green answer button.

Xu Chan's smiling face immediately appeared on the screen, but her eyes swept across the screen like searchlights, as if trying to penetrate the small camera to see every corner of the room.

"Hello, Mom?"

Her voice was deliberately raised a pitch, carrying a forced ease, but due to nervousness, the last syllable inevitably carried a slight tremor and dryness.

"Zhizhi," Xu Chan's voice sounded quite gentle, "What are you doing? Why did it take you so long to answer the phone? I've been on the phone for quite a while."

"Huh? Oh! No, nothing!" Li Zhi's pupils suddenly contracted, and he quickly answered, his speech so fast it was almost unnatural, as if he were answering a question prematurely.

"I...I was in the bathroom just now. I had just gotten up when you called."

Lying made the girl feel her cheeks burning, and she could only try her best to make her look innocent.

"Going to the toilet..." Xu Chan drawled, glancing at the background behind her, clearly not easily believing this explanation.

However, Xu Chan quickly steered the conversation elsewhere.

"Oh, how was your day?"

Upon hearing how the fun went, Li Zhi immediately had a say.

The girl in the video immediately rolled her eyes: "Mom, you have no idea, Shen Yuan's arrangements are absolutely brain-dead. Walking and cycling all day long, I'm exhausted!"

Hearing her daughter's complaint, Xu Chan chuckled softly.

"Okay, okay, so what are you doing now?"

Li Zhi immediately picked up the test paper on the table: "Doing homework."

As the exam paper blocked Xu Chan's view, Li Zhi's gaze immediately turned to Shen Yuan beside him.

The pretty girl quickly gestured to Shen Yuan, who understood immediately and hurriedly slipped to the entrance with his schoolbag.

Just then, Xu Chan's voice suddenly rang out on the phone.

"Zhizhi, how's the hotel room?"

Shen Yuan, who was about to sneak out, stopped in his tracks.

"Okay...okay!"

After agreeing, Li Zhi forced himself to remain calm and immediately moved the phone camera away from his face.

Then I adjusted the camera to point it at the mirror in front of me.

"Mom, look, West Lake is right across the street. We can see it without even going out..."

Li Zhi stopped speaking abruptly at this point.

She saw the room's projection in the mirror...

However, to Li Zhi's relief, Shen Yuan had already disappeared.

The figure who had been frozen in shock by the door half a second ago at the deadly question, "Take a look at the hotel," had vanished without a trace.

Only the crack in the door, which seemed to freeze for a few seconds, closed completely with a very slight "click" that was almost swallowed by the carpet.

The girl's heart was pounding.

However, the rear camera cannot capture the girl's current appearance at this moment.

Otherwise, Xu Chan would definitely have noticed Li Zhi's unusual behavior.

The corridor outside the door.

Shen Yuan leaned against the cold door panel, looking as if he had just been pulled out of the water. His T-shirt was soaked with sweat and clung tightly to his skin.

He covered his mouth tightly with one hand and pressed the other hand hard against his chest, as if this could stop his wildly pounding heart from surging out of his chest.

He gasped for breath silently, each inhalation greedily drawing in the slightly stuffy air of the corridor.

Each exhale was accompanied by a slight tremor, a result of her escape.

Those few seconds just now were more exhausting than running for my life.

Oh no, I was just running for my life.

If Lao Li finds out that he's doing his homework in Li Zhi's room, oh no, Li Zhi is doing his homework in his room...

Forget it, he's going to die no matter what.

However, after escaping, Shen Yuan subconsciously pressed his ear against the door, and he could vaguely hear Li Zhi trying to explain in a relaxed and natural tone.

Once he was sure that he had completely disappeared from Li Zhi's camera's field of view and that Li Zhi had successfully begun showing the room, Shen Yuan's nerves, which had been stretched to the limit, suddenly relaxed.

The suffocating pressure vanished instantly, replaced by a near-exhaustion, yet mixed with immense relief at having survived.

Shen Yuan slowly lowered his hand from his mouth.

A long, almost exaggerated exhale escaped from deep within his throat, dissipating into the quiet, long corridor of the hotel.

His hand, which had been pressing hard against his chest, fell limply to the door frame, his fingertips still slightly numb from the excessive force.

"Fuck..."

A hoarse, almost inaudible breath escaped from Shen Yuan's throat, carrying a heavy sense of lingering fear and relief.

Inside the room, Li Zhi's introduction continued.

"Mom, look, the room is nice! It's very clean!"

Li Zhi tried to raise his voice to hide his guilty conscience.

However, the slight tremor of my arm caused a barely perceptible shaking of the screen, but this minor issue was not a problem.

The camera finally pans across the softly lit main light, the tidy desk, and the spotless carpet, before settling on the night view of West Lake outside the window.

On the other side of the screen, Xu Chan seemed to look at it carefully for a while, and then the look that had made Li Zhi anxious softened, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Hmm...it looks pretty good,"

Xu Chan's voice carried a clear hint of relaxation: "Clean and bright, with a nice view. It's quite nice; we chose a pretty good place to stay."

Li Zhixin's tense nerves relaxed a little, and she quickly pressed her advantage, saying, "Yes, yes, that's for sure. A good environment helps me study in peace! Mom, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up now. I've only finished half of the test!"

"Wait a minute, Zhizhi!"

Xu Chan suddenly called out to her, the lightness in her tone fading, replaced by her usual admonishing tone: "I almost forgot the important thing. You and Shen Yuan are out there alone, so please be careful, understand?"

Li Zhi's heart, which had just been at ease, instantly jumped into her throat again, and her fingertips unconsciously gripped the edge of the table: "I know, do you even need to say it?"

As soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, she saw Xu Chan looking at her intently.

Li Zhi's heart skipped a beat, but then a wave of intense shyness washed over her.

"mom--!!"

Shen Yuan, standing outside the door, was taken aback.

Ok?
Did Smolder unleash his ultimate move?

(End of this chapter)