How come you're also my ex-girlfriend?

He didn't speak in the group chat, nor did he send any friend requests; he did nothing.

There was only one little girl who silently shattered in the dead of night because of insomnia.

So it's entirely his fault that I can't eat breakfast!

On the other hand, although she was unhappy that Xiao Yujie had acted on her own initiative... she had already said it...

She bit her lip. "And then?"

Xiao Yujie chuckled, "As soon as he heard that, he rushed out like he desperately needed to pee, and even thanked me for reminding him. What do you think?"

Tsk.

Lin Jia couldn't help but raise the corners of her eyes.

What's going on? She was so vulnerable and sensitive when deleting herself, but she gets this upset just because she didn't eat breakfast? To be fair, Xu Yan does have some redeeming qualities besides her looks; at least she's gentle. Although gentleness isn't exactly desirable in this era, it's only what's leftover.

Just kidding, you won't get to eat the rest anyway.

But this 'contrast' still made Lin Jia secretly happy.

In front of her best friend, she didn't show her secret smugness. Instead, she said with feigned difficulty, "Don't do this kind of thing next time. Class is about to start, and you're wasting so much time... I'll feel guilty if I'm late because of you."

"Guilty? I think if someone did that for me... I find it very romantic, getting into trouble and taking risks for a girl you like..."

Lin Jia initially thought Xiao Yujie's words made some sense, but when she saw Xiao Yujie with her hands on her chest and her eyes looking upwards in a daze, with an expression like a young girl praying, she realized that Xiao Yujie's expression was quite different.

She felt something was off.

Is this some kind of role reversal? But there was no time to even ask a question, because Xu Yan had already brazenly entered through the front door of the classroom.

He walked straight toward Lin Jia without leaning to either side.

Lin Jia's heart jumped into her throat.

Could he have mutated after being traumatized yesterday? What's with this public breakfast delivery... is he trying to lock me up? This whole class-wide gossip is trying to tie me to him? How despicable!

If the teacher finds out and wants to expel one student for dating too early, what should be done—should the boy or the girl be saved?

She was incredibly nervous at that moment, and was even on the verge of making some emergency evasive maneuvers.

But this time Xu Yan didn't give her a chance to make the first move. He walked straight past Xiao Yujie and Lin Jia and returned to his seat.

Lin Jia: ?

Xiao Yujie: ? ? ?

The two were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other in bewilderment.

Xu Yan did nothing further; he simply sat at his desk preparing to hand in his summer homework.

Lin Jia couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you say he went to buy me breakfast?"

Xiao Yujie was also puzzled, "He clearly thanked me for reminding him just now... Could it be that he couldn't resist eating it on the way?"

Lin Jia: ...

That's definitely a gluttonous little thing!

"Should I go ask?"

Xiao Yujie asked again, but Lin Jia didn't want to make a fool of herself.

"Wait... um? Where did he go this time?"

Just as he was about to stop Xiao Yujie, he saw Xu Yan slam his hand on the table, as if he had suddenly remembered something, and then he rushed out of the classroom again.

Xiao Yujie suddenly realized, "He must have forgotten something on the way here and only remembered now. Don't worry, he's definitely worried about you."

Lin Jia was skeptical. How could Xu Yan forget something like this? When did his memory become so bad? But... she couldn't help but hope for an answer.

When you can't make a choice, just flip a coin. It's not that the coin will actually give you the right answer, but you'll only know what outcome you're expecting the moment you flip it.

She did hope that Xu Yan would still care about her, so that she could dump him more easily.

Neither side of the coin is Xu Yan; the coin itself that is tossed is.

However, Lin Jia still looked worried and said, "Let him not go, class starts in a few minutes..."

"He runs so fast... he shouldn't be late, right?"

Indeed, Xu Yan did not arrive late, but he kept the two girls, who seemed to be chatting and laughing the whole time, waiting for quite a while.

Xu Yan entered through the front door again, but he had nothing in his hands. He even waved his hands as he walked, as if to prove that he really hadn't brought anything with him.

This time, Lin Jia's expression was genuinely off. What on earth was he doing? Did he get a sense of accomplishment from toying with her feelings? It must be on purpose, absolutely on purpose!

Seeing that her best friend's expression was off, Xiao Yujie didn't just stand there dumbfounded. This time, she didn't give Xu Yan a chance to pass by and directly moved to the side to block Xu Yan.

Lowering her voice, she said, "Where have you been? Where's the stuff?!"

Xu Yan looked up, but didn't even glance at Lin Jia sitting right next to him. He looked at Xiao Yujie with a blank expression and asked, "Are we acting in Infernal Affairs? What's that?"

Lin Jia: ...

Xiao Yujie gritted her teeth, "Didn't I tell you Jiajia didn't eat breakfast and asked you to go buy her something? Where is it?!"

Xu Yan suddenly realized, and spread his hands, "Oh, I needed to pee first, so I went to a small one."

"What happened just now!"

"My stomach suddenly started hurting again, so I went to get a large one. Which one do you want?"

"..."

I want yours!

Xiao Yujie's expression was exactly right; she was completely disgusted. Now that things had come to this, how could she not know that Xu Yan was just playing her for a fool?

Lin Jia's expression darkened further; her face flushed red and her fists clenched. Even though she had been trying to pretend she hadn't heard their conversation at all.

"Xu Yan, you...!" Lin Jia didn't know what to say, and silently suffered a great loss, but as her best friend and also the instigator, Xiao Yujie certainly couldn't remain silent.

Xu Yan, that penniless bastard, hasn't even treated Lin Jia to a meal more than a few times, despite being Lin Jia's best friend—she can't even be bothered to mention that. Now he's pulling such a low-level prank; he probably really can't tell the difference between a king and a queen!

But the anger that was on the tip of his tongue hadn't even had a chance to escape.

"Good morning, Teacher Li!" Xu Yan suddenly waved with a big smile toward the door, just as the class bell rang.

The tall, thin male teacher wearing glasses at the door was taken aback. When did he become so polite?

Why are you laughing so happily? Did you find some money? But since the student took the initiative to greet him, the teacher naturally had no reason not to respond.

Teacher Li smiled and said, "Good morning, Xu Yan."

Xiao Yujie, who witnessed this scene, felt even more uncomfortable than if she had swallowed a fly, while Lin Jia, who was standing next to her with her head down and her face still flushed, grabbed her wrist.

Xiao Yujie could only glare at Xu Yan before returning to her seat.

Xu Yan knew when to stop, and as for the two people's strange expressions... strange means it's right.

Anyway, he returned to his seat in a good mood, and a little while later, Zhou Wentao, who had just returned from socializing, finally sat down next to Xu Yan.

She didn't immediately quiet down after sitting down, but turned to Xu Yan and lowered her voice to say, "I've discovered something."

"What?" Xu Yan became alert. Could it be another 'good thing' like a preliminary test?

Zhou Wentao said in a low voice, "Lin Jia is pretty strong. When I passed by just now, I saw her break a pencil in half. Isn't that amazing?"

Xu Yan lay on the table, struggling to suppress the urge to burst into laughter, though his voice trembled slightly.

"It's incredibly popular."

The little incident quickly passed, and Li Wenzhang, the homeroom teacher, had already begun discussing the start of the new semester.

Xu Yan kept calling out in his mind, "Dude, I've finished the mission, where's the reward?"

【…】

A burst of static appeared in my mind.

What's going on? Is it stuck?

Your choice was not included in the calculation; your selection is being reassessed...

Xu Yan could only say that this system hadn't seen much of the world and was still a bit traditional.

[Mission complete!]

[The host will be rewarded with 3 days of highly efficient learning ability, with learning efficiency doubled!]

Xu Yan: ?

What does this mean? Why should I study so efficiently? To become a top student? This isn't forcing someone to do something they don't want to do... Well, you can't say that. It's just that my own desire to learn is low, and I can't use that to belittle those hardworking students.

Just as Xu Yan was still trying to figure out the special meaning of this reward, a new mission was released.

[Living in your youth again, looking back on the next twenty years of your life, you have so many regrets, one of which is not getting into the same university as 'her'. If you had shared a perfect university life with 'her', would the ending have been different?]

[Task: Achieve good results in the upcoming placement test and strive for a promotion opportunity.]

[Reward: 2000 yuan.]

hiss.

Xu Yan gasped.

Do you really think you can trick your buddy into going to a high-pressure prison for 2000 yuan? What if he falls in love with studying instead?

Wait a minute, who is this "she" who didn't get into the same good university as me?

……

Chapter 8 You got all the good things!

"The school will have a placement test in three days, which may be your only chance to move up a class last semester. The specific number of students moving up from the regular classes has not yet been determined, so all you need to do is prepare well in the next few days and get a good score."

"Alright, each group, hand in your summer homework and all the test papers for each subject that were handed out..."

The classroom erupted in noise again.

After submitting the assignment, we quickly returned to the normal pace of class.