I'm in high school, is my dating system working correctly?

The next second, Cheng Bailu immediately looked away and started discussing the questions with the girl in the back seat.

"...That should give us the answer."

He answered the question fluently.

The girl blinked.

Lady Cheng Bailu, don't you know exactly how to write this?

Turning around, Cheng Bailu calmed down and focused on doing the problem.

Behind them, the voices of Lu Yu and Zhou Qianyun could be heard faintly.

"This question can be solved by elimination. B, C, and D are all incorrect in terms of part of speech. Only A is the correct answer, which is the most basic one."

Zhou Qianyun pointed to a question and patiently explained it to Lu Yu.

"Oh, so only A is an adjective, right?"

"It's an adverb, modifying a verb."

"...That's really true."

Lu Yu looked as if he had just realized something.

Whether he has truly grasped the meaning is hard to say.

He learns English like he's drunk on fake alcohol; he doesn't know why he got the questions right or wrong, and when he's unsure, he just chooses C.

After Zhou Qianyun finished explaining, he seemed to understand, yet he also seemed not to understand.

Maybe I understand now.

After the girl next to him finished explaining, she let Lu Yu do the questions first.

I picked up my pen, read a few lines, and then my head started to ache.

As his brain activated its self-protection mechanism and began to drift off into his own thoughts, Lu Yu realized that this was the honors class. His gaze drifted forward to Cheng Bailu's back.

So this is how she sits.

They're quite... well-behaved.

Suddenly, Cheng Bailu turned around and took something out of her bag, and their gazes met and lingered once again.

"Um......"

Lu Yu immediately glanced elsewhere, waited a few seconds, and when he turned back, Cheng Bailu had already turned her back.

"Focus."

Zhou Qianyun tapped the table lightly with her pen.

Lu Yu responded and continued reading the questions.

The instant he lowered his head, Cheng Bailu slightly turned her head and secretly glanced in his direction.

Then they noticed that Zhou Qianyun seemed to be looking in their direction.

He immediately sat up straight and became serious.

Let's turn our attention back to the homework.

Cheng Bailu then realized that she, who could usually do most math problems in her head, had filled two pages of scratch paper for just one math problem.

Time flows quietly.

I must say, the learning atmosphere in the top classes is really good.

When Lu Yu was in Class 7, few students stayed in the classroom during extracurricular activities. Even if they did, they would secretly play on their phones or chat. Some freshmen even played Yu-Gi-Oh! Not only did few people do their homework, but if you did, you might be disturbed or teased for secretly doing it.

Unlike here, where everyone is mostly studying and discussing issues in hushed tones.

Hey, I'm not saying everyone in Class 7 is a slacker.

To be honest, Class 7 is considered an average class, with several students in the No. 2 exam room who are guaranteed a spot in a top 211 university.

However, they all liked to stay up late at home to study, pretending that they hadn't put in any effort at all, in order to lull their opponents into a false sense of security.

After all, exams are relative; if you regress, it means I've progressed.

As the melody of "Walking in the Secret Garden" began, extracurricular activity time came to an end.

Zhou Qianyun was engrossed in explaining the problem to Lu Yu and showed no sign of stopping.

Miss Zhou, are you going to extend the class time too?

As Lu Yu listened to the explanation, he glanced in Cheng Bailu's direction.

The girl remained seated, showing no intention of getting up to pack up and go home.

A dozen minutes later, Zhou Qianyun finished explaining the question and breathed a sigh of relief.

That's all for today. We'll continue the day after tomorrow.

continue or not?

There were only a few people left in the classroom. Lu Yu closed his pen and prepared to pack up his things and go back to the classroom.

Ahead, Cheng Bailu slowly closed her already completed homework and put her pen back into her pencil case.

"My mom's coming to pick me up later and take you home?"

Zhou Qianyun said casually.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Bailu froze.

"No need, that's a detour, I'll just take the bus."

Lu Yu stood up and picked up his homework and pencil case.

"Hmph, fine, I won't sit then."

Zhou Qianyun snorted dismissively and watched Lu Yu leave.

She calmly packed her schoolbag, and then, when she saw another girl carrying a bag walk to the door, she called out to her.

"Cheng Bailu".

The top-ranked girl in the grade froze, turned her head somewhat awkwardly, and met Zhou Qianyun's gaze.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, see you tomorrow."

"...Okay, goodbye."

Only after Cheng Bailu left did Zhou Qianyun turn her gaze away. After waiting for a while, her mother, Liu Ping, sent her a message. She got up, walked out of the classroom, and closed the door.

Leaning against the corridor railing, I looked down.

A tall boy and a petite girl with a ponytail walked side by side toward the school gate.

The setting sun bathed their school uniforms in a golden glow, making them gleam.

Zhou Qianyun stood in the shadows of the corridor, her expression inscrutable.

*

"...That's right. Zhou Qianyun said she'll tutor me in English during extracurricular activities before the exam, and she'll probably come to your class on Wednesday too."

On the bus, sitting in the back window seat, Lu Yu briefly explained the whole story of the day.

No wonder.

Cheng Bailu sat next to him, her fingers unconsciously kneading her cuffs. After a moment of silence, she spoke again.

"Well, actually I can teach you English too."

"No need to trouble you..."

It's mainly because your learning methods are so amazing that I can't learn them.

Lu Yu then remembered Cheng Bailu's three thousand words memorization method.

"Um......"

Cheng Bailu nodded.

Zhou Qianyun is already tutoring him. Her English grades are about the same as his, both are quite good, so it should be enough.

But I don't know why.

When Cheng Bailu saw Lu Yu and Zhou Qianyun sitting together and talking quietly about the topic, she felt a slight soreness in her chest.

Clearly, he wasn't anyone to her.

"So, you left so late today because you were waiting for me?"

The boy's words made Cheng Bailu suddenly forget all about Zhou Qianyun.

"...I have a lot of homework today."

The girl stammered.

"Oh, that's alright. I thought you were waiting for me on purpose. I felt really bad. It's all Zhou Qianyun's fault for going overtime like a teacher."

Lu Yu chuckled softly.

She fell silent, then Cheng Bailu pinched the beads on her wrist and tilted her head slightly.

Actually, I was waiting for you, waiting for us to take the bus home together.

said it.

not only that.

I actually searched for Lu Yu in the cafeteria for a long time at noon, but when I didn't see him, I got my own food and ate it in a corner. The food wasn't very good today.

During extracurricular activities, I want to walk over to Lu Yu confidently and ask, "Why are you here? Shall we do our homework together?"

When the school bell rang, she thought of getting up and asking Lu Yu to go home together, instead of just sitting there eavesdropping on their conversation.

But she didn't say anything more.

This wasn't Lu Yu's problem; it was her own cowardice, as if she had suddenly developed a weakness.

"...I'm sorry, I'll be more careful next time and remind Zhou Qianyun to let me go when it's time."

Lu Yu met Cheng Bailu's gaze and felt a sudden, inexplicable sense of guilt.

"No need, you guys can just go through the questions as usual, I'll just read my book and wait."

For some reason, Cheng Bailu didn't want Lu Yu to tell Zhou Qianyun about this.

It's like a kind of intuition.

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on the time."

Lu Yu nodded.

He didn't actually fully understand Cheng Bailu's thoughts. It was like English; he seemed to understand it, but he also seemed not to. He could answer the questions correctly not because he understood the meaning of the questions, but because the answer was exactly right.

However, there was one thing he did figure out.

This seemingly bright and top-ranked student waited for him in the classroom for over ten minutes today. If he hadn't pressed her for details, she probably would never have told him.

Clumsy.

"What's wrong?"

Cheng Bailu noticed that Lu Yu was looking at her and touched her face in confusion.

Are you free during extracurricular activities tomorrow?

Therefore, Lu Yu tried to answer Cheng Bailu's question.

"If there is such a place, could you please find someone to teach me?"

Upon hearing this, the girl's bright eyes flickered slightly, she lowered her eyelashes, and when she looked up again, her eyes were radiant with joy.

It's like suddenly having armor that allows you to face everything again.

"OK."

She marked Lu Yu's answer with a checkmark.

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