They're already in university, and the primary school system is only just starting out?

After all, it was the big spender who had added a huge sum of 40 yuan who had spoken. Chen Lin thought about it and realized that he would eat whether he went back to the dormitory or here, so there didn't seem to be much difference.

To be honest, Chen Lin isn't the kind of person who desperately wants to interact with girls, yet gets extremely nervous when talking to them, like Xiao Chunan.

To use a popular BLBL phrase, he wasn't very repressed.

Since he started singing at a bar in the second semester of his freshman year, he has had at least twenty or thirty girls added to his WeChat contact list. He is quite adept at social interaction.

What's more, he now has the aura of being a "little Casanova".

In reality, the opposite sex will only treat him more kindly.

Having a meal with a few girls of similar age who are not strangers is not a problem.

Well, the atmosphere in the study room right now is indeed a bit awkward.

Without saying a word, Li Zihan pressed Chen Lin into the empty seat next to Shen Yan.

Then he quickly grabbed the other three boxed lunches, pulled Zhang and Sun along, and slipped away to a corner at the back of the study room.

"We'll eat over there, so we won't bother you, hehe."

Li Zihan turned around, winked at Chen Lin, and smiled, "That's all I can do for you."

Chen Lin: "..."

He always felt that the three heads were huddled together, shoveling food into their mouths while secretly glancing in his direction, and occasionally whispering excitedly in low voices.

Looking at Shen Yan next to him, she hadn't said a word since he sat down, silently opening her lunchbox and eating the food in small bites.

Chen Lin felt that her face seemed a little redder than yesterday, but he wasn't sure if it was just his imagination.

Forget it, why think so much?

Dry rice!

Chen Lin also started shoveling food into his lunchbox.

Two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, and the portions were very generous.

Perhaps because he was so hungry after sleeping all day, Chen Lin felt that Aunt Wang's cooking skills were simply exceptional today.

He devoured the food with gusto, enjoying it more and more each time, and in no time, he had eaten more than half of the full box of rice.

"call......"

Chen Lin let out a satisfied sigh, and when he looked up, he met Shen Yan's gaze.

She seemed surprised by how ravenously he was eating, her eyes filled with a hint of curiosity and amusement.

After he noticed, Shen Yan lowered her head and ate noticeably faster.

A few minutes later, Chen Lin finished the fight first and closed the empty lunchbox.

He glanced at Shen Yan beside him and noticed that she had almost finished eating. He then remembered the string of unread messages he had seen after waking up.

He cleared his throat, just about to ask her what she wanted from him.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yan suddenly stood up, walked quickly to Li Zihan and the others in the back row, and whispered a few words to them.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zihan's exaggerated giggles could be heard.

Under the watchful eyes of her three roommates, Shen Yan returned, looked at Chen Lin, and said in a soft but clear voice, "Um, Chen, shall we... go throw away our lunchboxes?"

After saying that, she reached out and took the three empty lunchboxes from Li Zihan and the others.

So, under the watchful eyes of three pairs of eyes in the back row of the study room, Chen Lin and Shen Yan each carried a small bag of trash and walked out of the study room.

The night breeze was cool, dispelling the daytime heat.

The two walked side by side on the quiet tree-lined path below the mathematics department building, the dim streetlights casting long shadows of them.

After throwing the lunchbox into the recycling bin downstairs, the atmosphere became somewhat silent.

Chen Lin spoke first: "What's up with the message you sent me today?"

"Hmm!" Shen Yan nodded heavily as if she had finally heard those words, and then began to speak one by one as if reporting a work report.

"First of all, thank you! Your proposal is fantastic. We spent a whole day revising the model and submitted it before the deadline. Our advisor read the final report and said we have a very good chance of winning first prize in the national competition!"

As she spoke, her excitement and admiration were almost overflowing.

"Oh, that's good." Chen Lin nodded, his reaction indifferent.

For him, this was just routine for the title of "little mathematician".

Shen Yan seemed used to his composure and continued, "Secondly, you deserve the most credit for this competition, but the registration list is already locked, so we can't add your name. Therefore, I put your name first in the 'Special Acknowledgements' section at the end of the report. Also, as is customary, the organizing committee may hold an awards ceremony in July, inviting some outstanding teams to share their achievements. I would like to invite you to attend as well."

"July?" Chen Lin thought for a moment. "I should be on vacation and going home by then. Let me know a week in advance, and if I'm free, I'll come back for a visit."

"Okay!" Shen Yan's eyes lit up even more after receiving an affirmative reply.

She took a deep breath and said one last thing.

"A professor in the mathematics department really admires me and wants me to join one of his research groups early. The research topic is a bit challenging for me, so I was thinking... could I continue to ask you some questions in the future?"

After she finished speaking, she looked at Chen Lin nervously, afraid that he would refuse.

Chen Lin raised an eyebrow. He had limited energy and didn't want to waste his time on this. He was just about to find an excuse to decline.

Shen Yan hurriedly added, "I... I can pay for consultations! How about 500 per hour, is that okay?"

The words "I'm very busy" that Chen Lin was about to utter took a turn in his throat and instantly transformed into three resolute words:

"no problem."

She's a real beauty, rich and beautiful!

Just kidding, five hundred an hour!

It would be against all reason not to make this money!

Back in room 406, it was bustling with activity.

Fatty Zhao, Monkey Li, and Wang Tao huddled together, engrossed in a heated discussion while looking at their phone screens.

"Holy crap, is this for real? This speed is enough for the Olympics!"

"It's definitely photoshopped! Or the video was sped up. I don't believe our school has someone that skilled!"

"Several sports club recruitment groups have exploded, everyone's asking who that Flash who was sprinting down the main road this evening is, saying if he's willing to come, he'll be groomed as a core member!"

As soon as Chen Lin heard it, he knew what they were talking about.

He walked calmly to his seat, turned on his computer, and acted as if it were none of his business.

Chen Lin had actually considered whether to use his "Little Athlete" ability to pursue a career in sports.

But he quickly dismissed it himself.

Of the three abilities the system has currently rewarded him with, the most powerful is "Little Mathematician," which works regardless of his original abilities and consumes his energy.

The other two abilities, "Little Casanova" and "Little Champion," are percentage-based enhancements of his original abilities.

In other words, it consumes its own model.

Chen Lin doesn't know much about the sports field. The NBA he's most familiar with is the occasional "Executive Vice President GOAT" joke he hears in videos by a few YouTubers, or the "Wild, Shocking Asia" comments.

However, Chen Lin will still watch the Olympics, which are held every four years.

Taking the 100-meter dash as an example, Chen Lin remembers that the top level for men is under 10 seconds. Even if he has the ability of a "mini-athlete," he can't run that time now.

To achieve that, you'd have to train every day, which is too slow.

Moreover, achieving good results in sports competitions will bring a huge amount of exposure.

Although he had faith in the country, he had little faith in human nature.

If one day you were suddenly kidnapped and taken to the beautiful country for dissection and research, then you're doomed.

Therefore, Chen Lin decided to keep his achievements hidden and continue training, and later find an opportunity to learn some practical fighting techniques.

Chen Lin felt that with his enhanced physical abilities, he still had a chance to reach Captain America's level.

It's enough to protect ourselves, at least domestically.

As he was thinking, he heard Li Houzi suddenly exclaim, "Holy crap! Guys, look! There's some big gossip on the campus forum!"

This shout instantly drew the attention of both Fatty Zhao and Wang Tao.

"What juicy gossip? Which of the most beautiful girls in the college broke up with her boyfriend again?"

"Let me see!"

The three heads came together again.

Li Houzi read the post title in an extremely exaggerated tone: "Breaking News! Math Department Goddess Shen Yan is suspected of being in a relationship! She was seen chatting intimately with a mysterious man downstairs after dinner!"

"What the hell?!" Fatty Zhao's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "Shen Yan? Isn't she immune to all males except for math?"

"A picture is worth a thousand words!" Li Houzi excitedly scrolled down the screen. "The poster said he saw it and even took a picture from afar!"

Chen Lin's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously leaned over as well.

The image on the screen was blurry due to the distance and dim lighting.

In the photo, a man and a woman are standing under a streetlamp; only their general outlines and the color of their clothes are clearly visible. The woman's figure and long hair do indeed resemble Shen Yan.

The man was wearing a simple white T-shirt and dark casual pants.

Chen Lin looked down at himself.

White T-shirt, dark casual pants.

Oh hoo.

Before he could even voice his opinion, he sensed that the atmosphere in the dormitory had suddenly become strange.

Three pairs of eyes, six gazes, all moved slowly, inch by inch, from the phone screen onto him.

From his white T-shirt to his dark casual pants, and then to his handsome face.

The air seemed to freeze.

Three seconds later.

"Holy crap..." Fatty Zhao pointed at Chen Lin, then at his phone screen, his mouth agape, unable to utter a second word for a long time.

He suddenly remembered last night, when Chen Lin lay on the bed, weakly saying that he and Shen Yan had spent the whole night working on mathematical modeling.

At the time, they all thought he was bragging!

Now it seems...

The clown is actually myself?!

"Lin, Brother Lin..." Li Houzi's voice trembled. "This...this man in the post...it can't be you, can it?"

Wang Tao lunged forward, grabbed Chen Lin's shoulders tightly, and shook him violently: "Tell me! What you said last night was all true?! You were really with Shen Yan last night?!"

Chen Lin felt dizzy from being shaken, and slapped his hand away in annoyance, sighing dramatically, "I like to tell the truth, but unfortunately you don't believe me."

"I'll fight you to the death!" Fatty Zhao roared in grief and anger, lunging forward. "I don't believe you for a second! Get back to the brothers!"

Chen Lin dodged it with a quick movement.

Li Houzi joined the fray, "Brother Lin, that's not fair! You got a girlfriend and didn't even tell the brothers! Are you going to treat us?!"

"You have to treat us! The barbecue on the fourth floor!"

"Press him down! Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely!"

The dormitory erupted in chaos. The three single guys, feeling abandoned, channeled their grief and anger into strength and surrounded Chen Lin.

Chen Lin was both amused and exasperated, and could only struggle while shouting, "There's really nothing between her and me! She's just a client! A client, you know?!"

"We understand! We all understand!"

"Hehehe, Brother Lin, you don't need to explain!"

"An explanation is just a cover-up! Today I'm going to make you bleed profusely!"

Room 406 was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.