The divorce comeback system arrived right after I was born.

Throughout the entire day, Chen Zhi was in a state of detachment from his body.

He lay slumped over his desk, his cheek pressed against the cold surface, radiating an aura of utter despair.

On the podium, the English teacher is explaining relative clauses with great enthusiasm.

While the teacher turned around to write on the blackboard, Cheng Jun poked his back with the cap of his pen.

"Hey, Zhi-ge, want to log in? Those noobs from the next class are clamoring again, saying they need a pro to carry them."

Chen Zhi didn't move at all, his voice muffled inside his school uniform sleeve, sounding deep and muffled.

"I'm busy."

"No time? Aren't you free?"

Cheng Jun looked puzzled.

Chen Zhi shifted his position, burying his face even deeper, his voice muffled.

"My innocence may be in jeopardy."

Cheng Jun: "..."

Neuropathy.

The psychological trauma Chen Zhi is currently experiencing could probably cover the entire playground.

After two rounds of investigation this morning, it seems that neither Pei Ningxue nor Li Zhiyi are the same person from yesterday.

If it wasn't one of those two top beauties, then what about that soft, warm touch in the darkness last night, that scent of gardenias...?

Chen Zhi's mind was filled with images that made his sanity drop drastically.

For example, a burly man weighing 200 pounds, with a face full of scars and wearing cheap lipstick, grinned at him in the dark.

"vomit--"

Chen Zhigan gagged, feeling that he was no longer clean.

I can't live like this anymore.

This state of wanting to die but not being able to continue continued until the school bell rang.

School's out!

"I'm starving! I'm starving! Let's go grab some food!"

Chen Zhi slowly straightened up and casually swept the books on the table into his schoolbag.

Pei Ningxue, who was standing next to her, was also packing her things.

This young lady is acting strangely today. She hasn't said a word all day and is radiating an aura that says, "Don't mess with me."

She packed her things quickly, the zipper of her backpack rattling loudly, as if she was in a hurry to escape the scene.

Chen Zhi had no interest in flirting with this young lady, so he picked up his backpack and prepared to leave.

Just then.

The moment Pei Ningxue picked up her schoolbag, the side mesh pocket seemed to get caught on the corner of the table.

The schoolbag tilted suddenly.

A small, silvery-white tube slid out of the net bag.

With a "click".

It fell into the aisle between the two of them.

It was a hand cream packaged in an aluminum tube.

The two reacted almost simultaneously.

Pei Ningxue panicked and instinctively bent down to pick it up.

Although Chen Zhi was in a bad mood, he still bent down.

"I'll do it..."

The two heads inevitably collided in the narrow passageway.

"Thump!"

A muffled thud.

It sounds painful.

"hiss--"

Chen Zhi clutched his forehead, gasping in pain.

Is this young lady's head made of iron?

Pei Ningxue was also hit quite hard. She swayed and fell into a chair with a thud, covering her smooth forehead, tears instantly welling up in her eyes.

"What are you doing?!"

Her voice changed from pain to a distorted tone, carrying a tone of coquettishness and grievance that she didn't usually display.

"Miss, be reasonable. I was just trying to help you pick up your things."

Chen Zhi rubbed his forehead and complained irritably.

He lowered his head, his gaze falling on the culprit.

It was a very exquisite hand cream, with a silver-white tube and a string of cursive French characters printed on it.

The lid cracked open due to the impact of the fall.

A familiar fragrance wafted out through the crack.

It's very light.

It was very quiet and cold.

Chen Zhi's hand, which was about to pick up the hand cream, suddenly froze in mid-air.

This taste...

That kind of refreshing and pleasant fragrance.

Can't go wrong.

Gardenia.

The culprit who ambushed him in the dark last night, leaving him terrified all day.

The smell on my body is exactly the same as this!

It felt like a lightning bolt struck Chen Zhi's mind.

Chen Zhi paused for two seconds.

Was the citrus-scented shower gel on Pei Ningxue this morning meant to mask the smell?

Was her unusually cold demeanor today an attempt to hide her guilty conscience?

Hurrah.

So it turns out the person who gave me nightmares all day was you!

Chen Zhi's fingers trembled slightly.

He brought the hand cream closer, his nostrils twitching as he took a deep sniff.

Confirmed.

That's it!

At this moment, Pei Ningxue also came to her senses.

Seeing Chen Zhi's actions, her already flustered face turned deathly pale.

Ignoring the pain in her forehead, she lunged forward and reached out to grab the hand cream from the ground.

"Give it back to me!"

His voice was filled with obvious panic.

Chen Zhi was not about to let her succeed.

His reaction speed was honed through years of being single.

With a flick of his wrist, the hand cream landed steadily in his palm.

Pei Ningxue missed her target and, due to inertia, almost fell into Chen Zhi's arms.

Chen Zhi took the opportunity to reach out his other hand and grab her slender wrist.

"Why are you running?"

"Let me go!"

Pei Ningxue struggled desperately.

But her strength was no match for Chen Zhi's.

Chen Zhi held that fair, jade-like hand firmly in his palm, and no matter how hard he tried, it wouldn't budge.

Chen Zhi ignored her struggles.

He grabbed Pei Ningxue's hand and brought it close to his nose.

"Chen Zhi! You're a pervert!"

Pei Ningxue was so ashamed and indignant that her face turned as red as if it were about to bleed.

In public.

Although most of the students in the class had left, there were still a few students on duty sweeping the floor!

This guy actually grabbed her hand and smelled it?

How is this any different from being a hooligan?

Chen Zhi ignored her insults.

He carefully smelled the inside of her wrist.

This is a place where people rarely wash their hands, making it the easiest place for odors to linger.

really.

Aside from the faint citrus scent of the shower gel.

There was also a faint scent of gardenia.

It smells exactly like hand cream.

Case solved.

Chen Zhi looked up, a look of sudden realization on his face.

"Oh, it was you..."

He dragged out the last syllable, his tone full of mockery.

Pei Ningxue's heart skipped a beat.

She stopped struggling, her eyes darting away, unable to look Chen Zhi in the eye.

"Wh...what is me?"

She tried to remain calm, but her trembling voice betrayed her inner turmoil.

"I don't understand what you're talking about."

"Give me back my hand cream, I want to go home."

She tried to pull her hand away, but Chen Zhi's hand gripped her wrist tightly.

Chen Zhi did not rush to expose her.

He fiddled with the slightly deformed hand cream in his hand, sighed, and a heartbroken expression appeared on his face.

"Pei Ningxue, oh Pei Ningxue."

"I've always considered you a brother."

"I didn't expect this..."

Chen Zhi shook his head, looking like he had met the wrong person.

"I never imagined you actually had such inappropriate thoughts about me."

"It's one thing for them to covet my good looks; we're all adults, I can understand." (Stacked armor)

"But you shouldn't have laid a hand on me, you shouldn't have."

Pei Ningxue was so angry at his shameless remarks that she laughed.

"Chen Zhi, can you please stop being so narcissistic?"

She gritted her teeth, her beautiful eyes fixed on Chen Zhi.

"Who has designs on you?"

"With your character, I wouldn't take you even if you paid me!"

"I still consider you a brother... Who wants to be brothers with you!"

Pei Ningxue was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, her fur standing on end.

Chen Zhi felt a great sense of wicked pleasure as he watched her furious expression.

Are you in a hurry?

Pei, your mental fortitude is lacking.

I still need to practice.

Chen Zhi's smile deepened.

He suddenly leaned closer to Pei Ningxue, lowered his voice, and said in a volume that only the two of them could hear:

"Since you're not interested in me..."

"What happened during the power outage last night...?"

"Didn't you secretly...?"

He hadn't finished speaking.

Pei Ningxue abruptly interrupted him, as if a switch had been flipped.

"Who kissed you!"

"Shameless!"

These words almost came out of his mouth.

The sound was crisp and clear, echoing in the empty classroom.

The students on duty who were sweeping stopped in unison.

Several shocked gazes were simultaneously cast over.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Pei Ningxue regretted it the moment she uttered those words.

Looking at the triumphant smile on Chen Zhi's face, her mind went blank.

It’s over.

They fell for the trap.

Chen Zhi's smile was as bright as a flower.

He released Pei Ningxue's hand, opened his palms, and looked at her with an innocent expression.

"Pei, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."

"I was just asking, didn't you secretly step on my foot last night?"

"I never said anyone kissed me."

Chen Zhi blinked, his face full of innocence.

How did you know... someone kissed me?

"Could it be...?"

Chen Zhi pointed to his own cheek, then to Pei Ningxue, making an extremely exaggerated expression of surprise.

"You've admitted it without being asked?"

Pei Ningxue felt all the blood rush to her head.

Looking at Chen Zhi's smug smile, she wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

I've been tricked by this bastard!

"You...you bastard!"

Pei Ningxue held back for a long time, only managing to utter this one harmless curse.

She snatched the hand cream from Chen Zhi's hand.

They no longer cared about their image.

He turned and ran.

The figure's back conveyed a sense of panic and disarray as it fled in disarray.

Her backpack straps weren't even properly zipped up, and they swayed behind her as she ran.

Chen Zhi stood there, watching Pei Ningxue's figure disappear through the back door.

"They run pretty fast."