The playground was filled with heat at noon, and waves of heat kept hitting people's faces. The chirping of cicadas came from the surrounding trees, and the edge of the stands was packed with people.

Whistles and the sound of shoes rubbing against each other came from the basketball court, and screams echoed from all around.

"Damn, Cheng An is so handsome! I hope he beats Zhou Chiye to a pulp!"

"I think Zhou Chiye is more handsome..."

"Don't you think he's terrifying? He seems like the kind of person who curses everything, from heaven and earth to his girlfriend, and even cats and dogs."

Ji Chaoxi was holding a bottle of water and desperately trying to squeeze inside when she accidentally bumped into a girl.

The girl immediately turned around angrily, and Ji Chaoxi immediately apologized guiltily, "I'm sorry."

The girl's anger vanished the moment she saw Ji Chaoxi. She paused for a moment, then said, "Ah, I wasn't glaring at you."

She frowned deeply and began to look around, wondering who had bumped into her.

If you're going to watch the game, come earlier! What's the point of squeezing in halfway through?!

She suspected everyone around her, and those who met her gaze waved their hands in fear.

Ji Chaoxi carefully tugged at her clothes: "Classmate, you should be looking for me."

The girl glanced at Ji Chaoxi, who looked very honest, and smiled: "Classmate, it really wasn't you, because that person bumped into me from behind."

Ji Chaoxi remained silent, but she had slipped in from behind.

The girl's gaze finally settled on the boy diagonally behind her; she didn't think she had seen him before when she arrived.

The boy gave her a puzzled look: "I've been here for ages, and I don't have a habit of sitting next to girls!"

The girl muttered under her breath, "If anyone dares to push me again, I'll make them pay!"

Ji Chaoxi, standing beside her, looked at her hesitantly, as if she wanted to say something.

As the whistle blew out on the playground, Zhou Chiye, holding the ball with one hand, casually wiped the sweat from his face and lazily stepped off the field.

His vest was soaked with sweat, his muscles rising and falling with his breath, and he exuded a heat, but his eyes remained cold.

"Brother Ye, that block you just made was amazing! Cheng An's face turned black." The boy excitedly followed Zhou Chiye.

Zhou Chiye didn't say anything, and the others didn't think anything of it either, continuing to review the last kill.

He leaned back on the bench in the rest area, breathing a little rapidly, his arms casually draped over his shoulders. Just as he was about to close his eyes for a moment, a bottle of water suddenly appeared in front of him.

Zhou Chiye frowned deeply, his gaze fixed on the hand holding the water bottle. Her fingertips were covered in an almost transparent pink, and her nails were neatly manicured.

His hands looked particularly rough...

Seeing that Zhou Chiye wouldn't take her hand, Ji Chaoxi called out dryly, "Brother Ye!"

It's that "wild man" nickname again.

The surroundings had fallen silent at some point, and all eyes were subtly fixed on this direction.

Zhou Chiye clicked his tongue impatiently, took the bottle of water, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp.

He sat on the chair with one leg propped up, frowning as he looked at Ji Chaoxi. The water bottle in his hand was deformed from his grip, making a cracking sound.

The people around them quietly moved away, afraid of incurring Zhou Chiye's wrath.

"Hey, don't do that! They were just trying to be nice and give you water. You don't have to throw a bottle at them!" A boy ran over in disbelief.

Zhou Chiye laughed angrily: "Get lost!"

The boy rolled away nimbly.

Ji Chaoxi met Zhou Chiye's gaze and nervously took a step back. It's okay, she'll squat down as soon as he throws it, and his water bottle definitely won't hit her.

"Bought it with your own money?" Zhou Chiye's tone was somewhat unfriendly.

Ji Chaoxi nodded hesitantly.

Zhou Chiye's face grew even more annoyed. He stood up abruptly, grabbed his things from his seat, and said, "Let's go."

Ji Chaoxi quickly followed him.

As they passed the girls in front, they all shrank back in fear.

"I already told you Zhou Chiye insults everyone, and you still say he's handsome!"

"I don't think he's handsome anymore..."

The cicadas' chirping was incredibly annoying. Zhou Chiye walked ahead with his hands in his pockets, taking large strides.

Sensing the soft footsteps behind him, he clicked his tongue, kicked at the pebbles on the roadside, and slowed his pace.

"Brother Ye".

Ji Chaoxi glanced at him, followed in his footsteps, and handed him a tissue.

Zhou Chiye's gaze lingered on the tissue, and he scoffed, "Classmate, men don't use tissues to wipe their sweat."

He grabbed his clothes and roughly wiped his face with them, making his hair a bit frizzy.

"Growing men usually wipe their sweat with their clothes," he said coldly.

Ji Chaoxi glanced at his hair, then silently wiped her sweat with a tissue.

As soon as Ji Chaoxi saw Zhou Chiye enter the supermarket, she knew he was going to spend money on her again.

Zhou Chiye grabbed a bottle of water for himself, leaned against the wall to drink, and didn't even glance at her: "Go pick out whatever you want."

"Brother Ye, can I take anything?" Ji Chaoxi's eyes were filled with barely suppressed joy.

Then she can take the snacks she's been eyeing for so long and can't bear to part with!

Zhou Chiye stared at her silently.

Ji Chaoxi understood the meaning behind his look, and she immediately took the basket and went to pick out the ingredients.

Zhou Chiye was playing a game nearby when Ji Chaoxi returned. He looked up and glanced at the basket, which was half full.

He didn't say anything, stuffed his phone into his pocket, impatiently grabbed a shopping cart, found the items she had chosen, and filled the cart.

Be more open and honest with yourself.

Ji Chaoxi stood awkwardly beside him.

She just felt that taking too much would make her a laughingstock...

The cashier stared at the overflowing counter in silence for a moment, then understood when she saw Zhou Chiye standing next to her.

When Zhou Chiye finally came out of the supermarket, he was carrying several large bags. He didn't want to carry them, but when he saw that the bags were almost bigger than him, he realized that they were too big.

He walked with her, she was carrying such a big bag, and he had nothing in his hands. It was so ridiculous.

The two walked towards the classroom.

Zhou Chiye suddenly spoke up: "Do you want to come with me?"

Ji Chaoxi nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

Zhou Chiye knew that, but all those following him were men, there were no women here, and the men and women were different.

He frowned deeply, glanced at her, and said, "Okay."

Just as Ji Chaoxi was about to be happy, Zhou Chiye said, "But you're not allowed to stage accidents for insurance fraud anymore."

Ji Chaoxi was stunned for a moment, just about to ask him how he knew.

Zhou Chiye's tone was cold and hard: "If people find out about this, I'll lose face. Since you're with me, you're not allowed to do those things anymore."

Ji Chaoxi hesitated for a moment: "Brother Ye, but this way you can make money so quickly."

Zhou Chiye frowned even more deeply: "How much have you made from this?"

Ji Chaoxi was a little hesitant to speak, stammering and refusing to say anything.

Zhou Chiye said impatiently, "Speak."

"Twenty thousand yuan." Ji Chaoxi's voice grew softer and softer.

Zhou Chiye breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the number. Wasn't that his 20,000 yuan? It seemed that she was only trying to scam him now.

The expression on his face finally relaxed a bit.

"Alright, follow me, what's 20,000 yuan?"

Zhou Chiye took out his phone: "Open your WeChat."

Ji Chaoxi deftly pulled out her payment QR code.

Zhou Chiye stared at the QR code for a moment in silence, then scanned the money and added her on WeChat.

As he left, Zhou Chiye specifically warned, "Don't you dare try to stage another accident, you hear me? I don't want to have to go to the police station to bail you out."

Ji Chaoxi nodded silently: "I understand, Brother Ye."

Zhou Chiye gave her much more money than she would have received from a staged accident, and staged accidents are far more dangerous.

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