After seeing the emotion color, they all turned pink.

Miss Liu finally arrived late at 6:30, carrying her bag.

I understand, it's really too early today, and Miss Liu's house isn't very close to No. 4 Middle School, so the commute takes a long time.

"Sorry we're a little late, let's hurry..."

The capable woman with curly hair took out the question bank, then glanced around the empty classroom and counted the number of students.

Five people, the count is correct, but the people are wrong...

Gao Xuan and Lin Xixi came together.

Then we're still missing one...

"Where is Niu Jiayu?"

Miss Liu looked at Liu Xiaosu, the English class representative, who was sitting on the other side of the classroom, and asked with some doubt, "Doesn't he know we have to come early today?"

Liu Xiaosu shook her head.

Miss Liu frowned, her voice tinged with displeasure. "Is he a day student or a boarding student? Who knows?"

The already empty classroom fell silent instantly. Miss Liu's imposing presence was still too strong; even the sound of turning pages seemed particularly jarring.

After a moment of silence, Gao Xuan spoke softly.

"He...he seems to be a commuter student..."

"Didn't anyone tell him about commuting? Didn't Zhou Min tell you all to inform each other?"

Miss Liu glanced around, and everyone who met her gaze lowered their eyes, except for Xu Chuan.

Because he was also a day student and not a primary source of information, he was not included in this crackdown.

Miss Liu noticed Xu Chuan and remembered that this student was also a day student who came to check out the school every day with Li You. Since he was here, Zhou Min must have informed them to tell each other.

Why did he come, but Niu Jiayu didn't?

"Xu Chuan is a day student too, right? He's already here, who notified him? Who?"

Or perhaps she misunderstood the classmates present, and that they had informed the students properly, but Niu Jiayu was still half asleep and hadn't woken up?

"I……"

In the second row of the classroom, Lin Xixi took a breath, raised her voice slightly, and cautiously raised her arm halfway to respond to Miss Liu's words.

"what?"

Li Jiaxin's mouth dropped open. She was about to raise her hand, but Das didn't expect that Lin Xixi in the second row would raise her hand first.

She notified Xu Chuan? Wait, wasn't it me?

What does this mean? What's going on? Piggy's KFC is about to overload. Did I actually not message Xu Chuan last night? Was it all just a dream?

Li Jiaxin rubbed her temples and turned to look at her deskmate Xu Chuan, only to find that he hadn't raised any objections at all, and was still looking up at the podium as usual.

Xu Chuan had no objection; Princess Xixi couldn't possibly lie...

Could it really be a dream? Ber, am I really that disoriented and delirious?

No, no, I really need to read fewer novels and comics from now on. I should really quit for a few days...

"Did Zhou Min ask you to notify them? Did you tell Niu Jiayu to sleep in a little less this morning and come earlier?"

Miss Liu stood on the podium, pressing the documents in her hand while asking Lin Xixi questions one by one.

Under that gaze, Lin Xixi's entire face turned bright red.

Her small ears, visible through her loose, long, black hair, were flushed red. Although she tried her best to look directly at Miss Liu, her voice trembled slightly.

"I...I didn't..."

"Um?"

Miss Liu was surprised by this answer.

I originally thought that since Zhou Min had entrusted this matter to Lin Xixi, it must be Niu Jiayu's own problem, that he had received the notification but still overslept.

Miss Liu frowned in confusion.

"You told Xu Chuan, why didn't you tell Niu Jiayu? I really don't understand..."

The woman's questioning yet serious voice echoed in the empty classroom. Even Liu Xiaosu, sitting on the other side of the classroom, turned her head to look at Lin Xixi.

Gao Xuan also opened her mouth slightly, turned her head to look at her deskmate's face, and couldn't say a word.

"I forgot..."

"Forgot?"

"Um……"

Lin Xixi's voice was soft and sweet. Then she pursed her lips and lowered her head, making sure that all she could see were the questions on the neatly laid-out question bank materials on her desk.

Oh, how embarrassing...

But I really forgot...

After texting Xu Chuan last night, all I could think about was getting breakfast from the cafeteria the next day. I was so happy; I wouldn't have to eat the cafeteria breakfast anymore...

And then... I forgot to message Niu Jiayu.

Now, Ms. Liu will definitely think of me as the kind of class monitor who ostracizes classmates, but it really is my fault...

"This year, the question-setting authority for the preliminary rounds of the Bowen Cup in Yiyue City has been unified with No. 1 Middle School. It's no longer up to our No. 4 Middle School to decide. If I don't give you time to prepare in advance, all your efforts will be in vain..."

Seeing that Lin Xixi was not in a good mood, Miss Liu toned down her tone, but still didn't forget to give her a gentle reminder.

"There are only a few days left until Saturday. Zhou Min won't let me use your evening study sessions, so I have to get up early. Niu Jiayu didn't come this morning. Ask him to come to my office during morning reading later..."

"Okay, sure..."

Lin Xixi responded, her face flushed, and she nodded to Miss Liu on the podium with her lips pursed. The girl's gentle eyes sparkled, and were covered with a thin layer of mist.

Seeing her like this, Miss Liu, who was known for her ruthlessness, found it difficult to express any displeasure, and her tone softened.

"Turn to page 46 first, we'll start from here..."

"..."

"Liu Lao is too fierce..."

While Miss Liu was writing on the blackboard with her back turned, Li Jiaxin leaned close to Xu Chuan and whispered, "They clearly don't blame Princess Xixi at all, yet they only scold her..."

"That's right, that's right."

Xu Chuan chimed in, leaning closer and lowering his voice, "I know without even hearing a word that it's Niu Zi's fault!"

"puff--"

Michelle Reis's initial composure has vanished. "Niu Zi... Niu Zi... Hahahaha... Xu Chuan, you're going to make me laugh to death..."

Just as children react strongly to words like "poop" and "pee," Michelle Reis is generally less sensitive to words like "awesome."

I don't know why she, a grown woman, is so interested in these kinds of words.

"Michelle Reis!"

Miss Liu turned around, her face clouded with gloom.

Her anger, which had just subsided, was reignited. She tilted her head and said coldly,

"I've already spoken to Zhou Min's homeroom teacher three times. Do I need to say it a fourth time that you two need to be separated?"

"..."

Michelle Reis kept her mouth tightly shut, raised her hand as if to zip up a zipper, and sat back down in her seat.

Miss Liu continued talking about the question bank.

Xu Chuan was actually startled just now. He didn't expect that Liu's hearing was so good. No wonder she was a master of the Extinction level.

Fortunately, thanks to Michelle Reis, he wasn't affected.

Li Jiaxin, as the only student in Class 8 of Grade 1 who consistently scored 130 points in English, has an unparalleled exemption from Miss Liu's notice.

If it had been Yuzu who was just talking to Xu Chuan, hehe...

Unbelievable...

Just look at how stressed Lin Xixi was just now, that's how you know, she's Princess Xixi!

As Miss Liu was talking, around seven o'clock, students from Class 8 started arriving one after another.

The first thing they saw upon entering the classroom was Miss Liu at her peak, and everyone was terrified.

Wasn't this supposed to be Chinese reading time? Where's my gentle Ms. Sun? I hope she wasn't eaten by Miss Liu!

"Look! How can we possibly cover everything in just the morning? You all need to use your spare time to think about it!"

Miss Liu packed up her materials, finished her explanation, and prepared to check on the English morning reading session of the other Class 3 she was teaching.

Before leaving, she stopped in front of Gao Xuan and Lin Xixi's row of seats and reminded them not to forget to ask Niu Jiayu to come find her.

Lin Xixi kept her arms neatly resting on the desk during class, sat upright, and diligently took many notes on the question bank materials. The girl nodded earnestly to Miss Liu.

Only after Miss Liu hurriedly walked out of Class 8 did her shoulders relax.

Lin Xixi pursed her lips and half-lay on the desk, her delicate and petite profile resting on her arm.

Gao Xuan tilted her head and chatted with her about something.

After seeing Miss Liu leave, Michelle Reis breathed a sigh of relief and then leaned over to whisper to him.

"Actually, Xixi is quite unlucky. Last night, Sister Min told us not to forget to get to know each other and to inform each other. But Miss Liu thought Xixi was the one primarily responsible..."

At this point, Li Jiaxin seemed to remember something and asked Xu Chuan, "By the way, I texted you last night, didn't I?"

"You sent it? Otherwise, why would I have brought you steamed dumplings?"

Xu Chuan paused for a moment, then turned to his deskmate and said quite seriously, "You should probably watch less TV in the future. Has your memory deteriorated to this extent...?"

"Ah... oily..."

But after hearing his first words, Michelle Reis breathed a long sigh of relief.

So I remembered correctly...

Ignoring Xu Chuan's second sentence, she returned to her seat, hunched over, took out her phone and half-stuffed it into the desk drawer, then activated the Begonia app.

"..."

Xu Chuan ignored her and glanced down at his question bank; his notes were quite good.

During his class with Miss Liu, he tried activating [Focus Blue]. He had to admit, while Miss Liu was fierce, the content of her lectures was quite substantial.

Using blue in her blog's preparation course for the Cup is not a bad choice.

After just half an hour of studying, Xu Chuan felt that he had gained a much deeper understanding of the questions in this question bank.

But now there's a problem. As Miss Liu said, simply using the little time before morning reading each day to prepare is far from enough; you need to set aside time to figure it out yourself.

However, without an English teacher's guidance, he consumes too much of his "Focus Blue" when he tries to tackle the more difficult grammar questions in the question bank on his own.

It's almost as efficient as the application of mathematics and physics.

English is hardly worthy of sitting at the same table as math, and using blue in grammar is extremely inefficient, offering very little improvement to the score...

Therefore, he needs an English expert to "protect" him when he uses the blue color during his free time.

This is the best way to make the most of the limited "Focus Blue" resources.

Thinking of this, Xu Chuan turned his head to look at his female classmate.

Li Jiaxin, the English Queen of Class 8, the "raw meat butcher," the translator of foreign erotic novels (for personal use), and the king of abstract pornography...

Ask her to protect him?

Don't make your sister Xin laugh. Her free time is extremely precious. Moreover, in order to avoid being fantasized about by Gui Nao, Xu Chuan will not provoke her until Jia Xin becomes a fan.

So... who's the second-best English speaker in Class 8?

Niu, make your grand entrance.

"..."

Let's wait until he's more intelligent before we talk about it.

Then... Liu Xiaosu?

No, I'm not familiar with her. It's better to go directly to Princess Xixi than to study with her.

What about Princess Xixi?

Stop kidding~ Princess Xixi's English is terrible~

Her English level is only slightly better than Xu Chuan's. Two noobs together can't possibly figure anything out; they're more suited for dating.

Damn it, my dignified Class 8 of Grade 1 at No. 4 Middle School has not a single boy who can help me break the cauldron.

and many more……

A moment of clarity suddenly flashed through Xu Chuan's mind.

No, it's not at No. 4 Middle School, but it is at No. 3 Middle School!

Isn't there a little star at home? This person is a true academic genius!

In his excitement, Xu Chuan wanted to message Xu Wanxing, but then he remembered that she wasn't in school and was probably still sleeping in, so he put his phone away and decided to take a picture of the problem and send it to her after she had finished sleeping...

Niu Jiayu arrived late through the front door of the classroom more than ten minutes after the morning reading session for Chinese had begun.

Teacher Sun's morning reading session for Chinese is like this:

Kindness is often taken advantage of. If the grade group doesn't patrol during the morning reading session, the tardiness rate and the rate of students going to the toilet during the morning reading session in Class 8 are as high as 30%.

But if it were Miss Liu, getting out of bed wouldn't be difficult, and she inexplicably wouldn't want to go to the toilet.

"Ms. Liu wants you to go to his office after your morning reading..." Lin Xixi relayed Ms. Liu's message as Niu Jiayu returned to her seat.

"what?"

Niu was startled at first and quickly looked towards the podium.

He breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the class he was late for was Teacher Sun's morning reading session, and then turned around halfway before saying with a puzzled look on his face.

"Why are you looking for her?"

"She'll give you some extra lessons on the computer-based exam questions this Saturday," Gao Xuan added quickly.

"Tutoring? No? Do we really need tutoring?"

Niu Jiayu frowned, looking puzzled. His gaze shifted between Gao Xuan and Lin Xixi before settling on Lin Xixi.

"Princess Xixi must have memorized New Concept English when she was in elementary school, right? I feel like those weren't too difficult, hmm?"

"Ms. Liu already went over some questions with us before morning reading this morning. Since you weren't here, she asked you to go to her office so she could go over them with you again when she has time."

Lin Xixi didn't respond to Niu's nagging, but patiently explained it to him again.

"What?"

Niu Jiayu's eyes widened, he shrugged, and looked utterly confused. "Wait, before morning reading today? Nobody told me yesterday..."

After he finished speaking, Lin Xixi lowered her eyes and silently looked at the Chinese textbook she was holding, pursing her lips without saying a word, seemingly feeling somewhat guilty.

Gao Xuan suddenly became impatient, glared at Niu Jiayu, and said unhappily, "Oh, I told you to go, so why don't you just go? It's not like I'm not going to tell you anymore. Who told you to be a day student!"

"?"

Niu Jiayu was stunned by the rebuttal.

No, nobody told me to arrive early. I still have to go to Miss Liu's Killer Domain after class. I think I'm the victim here.

Why are you still criticizing me?

Besides, what does it have to do with whether I commute to school or not?

Oh right! Xu Chuan is also a day student, right? Is he going to suffer with me later?

"Xu Chuan didn't come either, right? I'll go with him after class."

Niu Jiayu looked back and saw Xu Chuan holding a book in one hand, tilting his head back and reciting Chinese, looking quite relaxed.

"Xu Chuan is here, but you're not. Go by yourself." Gao Xuan was even more annoyed at the mention of that name.

"what?"

Niu was confused again. "Wait, we're both day students, so why did someone in Xuchuan get a notification, but I didn't? Is this right?"

"Xu Chuan...how did he know he had to come early this morning? Isn't he a day student too? Who told him? Li Jiaxin?"

"Why do you care about him?"

Gao Xuan frowned and spoke urgently, seemingly unwilling to talk to Niu Jiayu anymore, but she still secretly glanced at Princess Xixi next to her.

In her field of vision, Princess Xixi was still looking down at the large book she was holding, her lips pursed, but she wasn't reading it at all. She had clearly overheard their conversation.

Her hair, already naturally dried and neatly tied up, was smooth and elegant, revealing Princess Xixi's entire adorable profile.

Her forehead was smooth and shiny, without a single stray hair, but her earlobes had a warm pinkish hue.

"what?"

Niu Jiayu was even more confused. At the same time, he noticed that Gao Xuan had been observing Princess Xixi's expression after she finished speaking.

No...no way...

"Xixi...you told Xu Chuan, but not me?"

Niu Jiayu didn't shy away from the question at all and asked it directly.

Gao Xuan never expected him to ask so directly and so innocently. Her eyes widened, her mouth slightly open, and she was speechless for a moment.

Lin Xixi's ears turned even redder, and her originally pale pink lips became pursed white.

She was still looking down at the large book of documents, seemingly wanting to pretend she hadn't heard, but feeling extremely shy and embarrassed...

What is he saying? Although that's the truth, it's not actually like that. Why does it feel so... off when he says it like that?

What's more, given that Xiaoxuan might like Xu Chuan, how am I supposed to get along with them in the future...?

Even so, Lin Xixi took a light breath, raised her head, and looked at Niu Jiayu.

Although the girl's small, cute face was already flushed and her eyes were sparkling, she still tried her best to keep her tone calm as she explained.

"I really didn't mean to exclude you. After sending the message, I genuinely forgot about it. I'm sorry..."

"..."

Ugh, cough cough cough...

Niu Jiayu shook her head, turned around dejectedly, picked up a random document from the desk, and stared at it blankly.

"Niu, remember to read Chinese during morning reading time!"

As Ms. Sun stepped down from the podium, she noticed Niu Jiayu in the first row holding an English document and reciting it haphazardly. She smiled and reminded her.

Niu Jiayu seemed not to hear, still holding the document in her hand, only turning her head to look at Teacher Sun.

The classroom was filled with the sounds of morning reading, but Teacher Sun, who was leaning closer with her ear tucked in, still heard Niu Jiayu's pained voice.

"Teacher, I've been tricked!"

"?"