After seeing the emotion color, they all turned pink.

"As expected of my son, Itachi!"

Xu Chuan gave Li You a thumbs up and continued, "With the help of her best friend Niu, Youzi returned safely from her expedition to the outer wall..."

"Idiot..." Li You's lips twitched as he walked to his seat.

This dictation exercise seems to have really squeezed every last drop out of Yuzu.

As soon as he sat down, he slumped against the wall in a daze, his mouth agape as he breathed heavily.

Like a military police regiment terrified by a giant.

"Um... I have to thank Gao Xuan and Princess Xixi a lot."

Michelle Reis, leaning against the wall with a lollipop in her mouth, continued, "Those two sitting in the second row dared to give the answers; they're so kind..."

It's true. If Lin Xixi hadn't intervened, Niu Jiayu wouldn't have uttered a single letter even if she had electrocuted him.

But since Princess Xixi has made her move, Niu has no choice but to compete fiercely and demonstrate his superior English by crushing Li You.

At the same time, this is also the only way for Li You to avoid being taken to Miss Liu's office to be punished by copying texts.

"Hey, hey, we weren't finished yet, keep going..."

After comforting Li You, Li Jiaxin moved closer to Xu Chuan, lowered her voice, and asked,

"How far have things progressed between you and that girl?"

"..."

Xu Chuan was speechless, looking at his deskmate's body covered in shimmering yellow trim.

With her paying so much attention to Xu Wanxing, Xu Chuan was starting to question her sexual orientation...

Fortunately, my superpower can only observe emotions, not read minds.

Otherwise, given Michelle Reis's sharp mind, if someone were to try to read her mind, they'd probably be driven insane by her...

"Sister, please stop this. I admit she was a shill I hired to show off. Just forget about it."

"Oh, I definitely won't tell anyone. We're the best of friends in the whole Class 8. My relationships with Li You and Shu'er are just for show, but my relationship with you is really serious..."

Michelle Reis seemed eager; she even stopped eating her lollipop and pulled it out of her mouth to ask, "How is she? How does she feel?"

Why are you asking this?

"I..." Li Jiaxin hesitated for a moment, "Let me analyze your relationship for you two..."

"Oh, she's a really nice person, with a great personality, very approachable..." Xu Chuan said truthfully.

"Uh...so it's just personality..." Li Jiaxin was quite disappointed.

The first period after the morning English reading session is Chinese class.

The Chinese teacher usually arrives very late, so the first break in Class 8 was relatively relaxed, with the classroom filled with playful antics and noise.

Gao Xuan is the class representative for Chinese language. She just returned from the Chinese teacher's office.

Lin Xixi helped her carry two stacks of Chinese textbooks, which were being distributed during the break between classes.

"I feel like... I've stumbled upon something incredible..."

Li You had calmed down. Looking at Gao Xuan, who was quickly distributing the large booklets to groups on the podium, he leaned closer to his deskmate Ren Shu'er and whispered something.

"I have a feeling... someone in our class might like Gou Chuan."

"?!"

Ren Shuer's pen, which was correcting math materials, suddenly stopped.

"Who is it?" Her voice was flat and indifferent, just as cold as ever, with little difference.

"Hiss..." Li You suddenly felt conflicted again.

It doesn't seem appropriate to let him say this directly...

It's a bit like a snitch.

But if he didn't say it... he felt suffocated.

It would be too much to keep this explosive gossip about Xu Chuan to myself without sharing it with my friends.

So, Yuzu came up with a solution.

"Take a guess?"

Ren Shuer did not put down her pen. She raised her head and scanned the classroom of Class 8, Grade 1.

Finally, my gaze settled on the girl on the podium.

On the podium, Gao Xuan was talking loudly and boisterously.

The girl was holding the corner of a large Chinese textbook, raising her arm as if to throw it, trying to scare the boys sitting in the front row on the other side of the classroom.

Lin Xixi, carrying two unnamed documents, stepped down from the podium, looking left and right to see who didn't have a large book on their desk.

The girl's neat high ponytail was tied with meticulous care, the ends swaying gently with her steps, revealing her fair and slender neck.

Her profile was pretty and delicate, especially her fair forehead and the slightly curved corners of her eyes.

Lin Xixi lowered her eyes and carefully scanned each desk, even stepping aside to let the boys who were playing around in the aisle pass by.

"It's Lin Xixi, isn't it?" Ren Shu'er said nonchalantly.

"?"

This time, it was Li You's turn to be dumbfounded.

"How could that be? Princess Xixi likes Xu Chuan? I'll eat three pounds of that stuff on live stream!"

He spoke a little hastily, and his voice was slightly loud.

Fortunately, the classroom was quite noisy.

Xu Chuan and Li Jiaxin in the front row were probably plotting something, completely unaware of the two people in the back row.

"Guess again, I'll give you a hint: that person gets along quite well with Princess Xixi..." Li You said again.

"..."

What's the difference between this hint and giving the answer directly...?

"Gao Xuan?" Ren Shu'er said coldly.

"Don't tell anyone, okay? Actually, I'm not entirely sure either... I'm just guessing..."

Finally able to share his secret, Li You felt great, but after he finished, he didn't forget to remind him not to reveal it.

However, he still trusted Ren Shu'er's character.

This top science student in Class 8 has a rather introverted and aloof personality. In the class, apart from the members of the four-person support group, he hardly talks to anyone else.

"How did you guess?" Ren Shu'er asked.

"This morning, she helped me with my dictation, and afterwards she asked me to secretly pass on a message to Xu Chuan..."

"What did you say?" Ren Shu'er interrupted.

"Uh... Xu Chuan is a complete idiot!" Li You said this as if venting his anger, and even raised his voice a little.

Xu Chuan heard this, but he didn't turn around.

While talking to Michelle Reis, he raised his arm, spread his hands behind his back, and gave the middle finger to Li You behind him.

"Just that one sentence. Don't you feel... it's like Gao Xuan trying to flirt with Gou Chuan...?"

Li You lowered his voice and continued to share with Ren Shu'er with a chuckle.

Ren Shuer was silent for a moment, then looked up at Gao Xuan, who was still playing around on the podium.

Li You followed his deskmate's gaze and continued,

"That's why I guessed she liked him. And also, during yesterday's flag-raising ceremony, when Xu Chuan gave Princess Xixi her school uniform..."

Just as Yuzu was about to continue presenting his arguments, Ren Shuer unexpectedly interrupted him.

Surprisingly, this aloof girl's voice contained a faint hint of amusement.

"Heh, what good is it if it's just her one-sided affection?"

"what?"

Li You hesitated for a moment, his tone somewhat confused. He turned to look at his deskmate. "That's right... but..."

Why does Ren Shuer's statement sound so unsettling?

If Gao Xuan likes it, it really doesn't matter.

But it's not really useful anyway...

Li You shared this conjecture simply for the sake of gossiping about Xu Chuan.

There's no need to speak so harshly about Gao Xuan...

After saying that, Ren Shu'er seemed to lose interest in the topic, picked up her pen, and continued working on her physics problems.

Perhaps this is the unique characteristic of science whizzes...

Li You turned around sullenly.

"Michelle Reis, Xu Chuan."

A sweet female voice rang out from beside the table.

Xu Chuan, who was exchanging witty remarks with Li Jiaxin, was startled and quickly turned his head away.

It was Lin Xixi, a pretty and lovely girl with a smile on her face, looking at the two people sitting at the same table.

She stood in the aisle, her slender, pale fingers spread wide, and after distributing the large stacks of books, she gently placed her free hands on Xu Chuan's desk.

Leaning slightly forward, her ponytail gently draped over her neck.

Because the classroom was a bit noisy, Lin Xixi raised her voice slightly.

"Sister Min said you two need to go to the office during the long break after your morning exercises. Don't forget."

"The two of us?" Michelle Reis looked surprised and pointed to herself with her index finger.

"Uh-huh."

"What... what happened between us?" Xu Chuan was also a little confused.

What happened to Sister Min?

Should I ask him to go to the office with Jiaxin?

Could it be that Sister Min actually believed the joke I made casually in the office last time, "Jiaxin helped me massage my shoulders and legs"?

Fourth Middle School isn't that sensitive about early romantic relationships, or is it just Sister Min who's sensitive?

After sitting together for a while, my deskmate suspected that we were dating?

Damn it, what kind of international joke is this? Our friendship is purely platonic!

Well, using the positive word "pure" to describe Michelle Reis is indeed a bit laughable...

"Hahaha……"

Lin Xixi laughed out loud, as if she could see through the tension between the two.

She pursed her lips, waved her hand, and continued with a smile, "It's nothing, it's not a bad thing. It's not just the two of you, I'm going too, and a few other classmates will be coming with me..."

"..."

"Was Princess Xixi playing a joke on us just now?"

The preparatory bell rang. Watching Lin Xixi walk away, Li Jiaxin was a little confused. Then she said to Xu Chuan.

"At first, she only said that Sister Min wanted to call us to her office, and then she just kept smiling and didn't say anything more for a long time. Was she trying to make us overthink and scare us?"

"It seems so..." Xu Chuan nodded silently.

"Hiss... I never expected the princess to joke with us like this. This is the first time."

Li Jiaxin stroked her chin and continued, "When we were in the dorm, she was always very polite to us..."

"But she's also quite cute..." Xu Chuan said.

"Oh? Pretty cute? Princess Xixi is absolutely adorable!"

Li Jiaxin also laughed out loud, then as if she had thought of something, she turned her head to look at Xu Chuan with a "hey hey" sound and asked eagerly.

"Compared to the girl who picked you up from school yesterday, who is cuter?"

"puff……"

Xu Chuan choked, almost losing his composure.

"What do you mean by 'picking me up from school'? The way you're talking makes it sound like she's my mom..."

"Wow! She must really be a mom!"

Xu Chuan discovered a pattern: whenever Xu Wanxing was mentioned, Li Jiaxin's mood would invariably turn yellow.

For example, right now, just by thinking about it and reminiscing, this young woman's clever mind is working again.

"Tell me, which one is cuter?"

Michelle Reis pressed further, "Is she a big-breasted, aloof beauty of motherly age? Or a gentle, playful, and adorable princess with a chubby figure?"

"what……"

Xu Chuan frowned slightly, genuinely conflicted. "They're both cute, aren't they..."

Besides, Little Star isn't aloof; she's just a little socially awkward.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Michelle Reis laughed loudly.

"You weren't wrong about Yuzu, you really are a dog!"