"Clap."

The only response she received was a small nightlight that had been turned on.

Tsk, you don't even dare to turn on the lights. You're too cowardly. If you don't have the guts, then don't come and bully Xixi!

"A perverse sense of humor..."

"What did you say?"

"Xixi says you have a twisted sense of humor! You can't even do bad things openly...you little devil..."

"If I've already done bad things, why should I act openly and honestly?"

"..." Shen Yanxi fell silent, realizing that from now on, she could no longer speak to him as a friend, as this would only intensify his desire to harm her...

Sure enough, a guy who's stolen so many girls' hearts can't be a good person. And I even encouraged him to be brave...

Upon hearing this, Shen Yanxi's delicate body suddenly trembled.

Could it be that...

Did he misunderstand what I said before?

Let him be brave, be brave...

It's not about being brave for Xixi, you know!!

It wasn't brave of me to take advantage of Qingran while she was asleep!!!

Wouldn't that mean she got Lin Mo to do something sabotage to her...?

Xi Xi accidentally hurt Xi Xi!

Give me your foot.

"Hmph..." Shen Yanxi pitifully stretched out her fair and tender legs, and her delicate, exquisitely carved feet landed in his arms.

"Will it itch if I press here?"

"Humph..."

"Speak up, what are you humming about?"

"A little bit," Shen Yanxi said bitterly, adding a "humph" at the end of her sentence.

"What about here?"

"It's even itchier."

"Okay, this is the itchiest spot, right? Try feeling it."

"Yeah...the soles of the feet are definitely most vulnerable to being scratched..."

"I'll hold you roughly here in a bit, and then you can do the test as usual. Don't worry, you definitely won't be sleepy; it'll keep you alert."

Disgusting!

And it definitely won't make you sleepy, it'll even refresh you! It's utterly outrageous! And then there's Xixi doing her test paper—is it really necessary to imitate Qingran to this extent?

Shen Yanxi clenched her teeth, her expression forlorn.

In the end, it turned out that Xixi had only become a substitute for other girls...

"Could you be a little gentler..."

"Hmm? That's not up to you or me. It depends on how smart you are. If you're not smart enough, you'll have to press harder in some places, otherwise it won't be effective."

What is he saying...? The more I listen, the stranger it sounds...

"Write it."

Lin Mo picked up the study materials that Li Qingran had prepared for Shen Yanxi to prepare for her senior year of high school, which were already piled up on the sofa.

"Eh?"

Looking at Lin Mo, who was only focused on touching her feet and was still more than a meter away from her, Shen Yanxi had a million questions in her mind.

"Is it just about writing?"

"if not?"

"Why write it now...?"

"Are you going to wait until Li Qingran wakes up? You're really fearless, aren't you afraid she'll beat you up?"

"If it's just about studying, why would I beat up Xixi..."

"I can't reason with you, and it won't do you any harm anyway."

Lin Mo continued pressing, his eyes focused.

"Lin Mo...you, you're not going to do anything bad to me..."

"A free massage is considered a bad thing?"

Lin Mo glanced at her and smiled.

He could actually tell what Shen Yanxi was thinking, but he didn't expect the girl to misunderstand to this extent.

I just wanted to tease her.

But this kind of dangerous signal... well, it's best to play dumb. The more you try to confuse it, the more confused you'll become.

Having gained some experience from his previous interactions with girls, Lin Mo had a better grasp of the proper boundaries.

No matter what, he had promised Li Qingran that he wouldn't be philandering anymore.

According to the information he received, Li Qingran had no solution to Shen Yanxi's current predicament.

After all, when it comes to learning, if you fall behind by a year, how can you possibly catch up all at once?

This is Shen Yanxi's most fundamental contradiction: as long as she can quickly return to her senior year of high school and achieve good grades, even if her family comes knocking, the school will likely protect her.

Lin Mo's homeroom teacher is a very nice person. If Shen Yanxi can get good grades, he will have the confidence to ask the teacher for help.

Although Teacher Ni has been quite annoyed with him lately, as if he'd taken all the good stuff from her garden...

In short, the college entrance examination is a dividing line, a dividing line where Shen Yanxi truly bids farewell to the past and moves towards the future.

[Private Tutorial] This cheat is really ruthless; it's a genuinely powerful and insidious technique.

However, Lin Mo was planning to kill two birds with one stone.

"Have Qingran teach you how to do the problems again tomorrow."

"But I don't know how to do it..." Shen Yanxi awkwardly felt the sensation from the soles of her feet while writing on the test paper, and at the same time, she began to doubt herself about the series of absurd thoughts she had just had...

The initial shyness was quickly overshadowed by her lingering fear and bewilderment.

How could that be? I unconsciously assumed Lin Mo would definitely do that to her...

Having known him for so long, and knowing full well that he wouldn't force any girl...

People tend to associate things with what their subconscious desires...

Could it be that subconsciously, she wanted Lin Mo to do this...? Why?

Is it similar to self-destruction...?

Maybe, perhaps...

On my own, I simply couldn't survive properly in the county town, nor could I balance my studies and life. My unwavering belief in love and justice was nothing more than a forced attempt to stay alive, a haphazardly constructed worldview existing only in my imagination...

Perhaps, after saying those things to him that afternoon, the old Shen Yanxi disappeared.

It was certainly cathartic to vent, but after saying all those truths that went against her ideals...

Only Xixi, without a soul, was left behind.

Oh dear, I accidentally started to completely deny myself.

It's better to grasp at the straw that's right in front of you and stop fantasizing.

Even knowing that they would be tamed into puppets that haunted him and them,

"Lin Mo... if, I mean if, Xi Xi might like you someday, could you help her...?"

"..."

The girl cast a serious glance at him, a stark contrast to her usual carefree and easygoing manner in social interactions.

It was a very sudden problem. Shen Yanxi wasn't in good condition, which was expected, but what was unexpected was that her condition was far too bad.

"Write yours first," Lin Mo refused to reply.

"Hey, it's not that I like you..." Shen Yanxi saw that her direct attack had been dodged, so she started to patch things up.

Although, although it's not that I like him, it's just a hypothetical situation, I still feel a lot of malice towards him right now!

Being ignored is definitely not a pleasant feeling...

What should we do? We can't let her live off us forever; the important thing is for her to take care of herself...

"If you're having trouble sleeping, don't sleep on the floor later." Lin Mo changed the subject. "Go sleep with Qingran. She's a deep sleeper, you won't be able to tell."

Shen Yanxi was taken aback, her heart already filled with a sense of unease and anxiety.

"how about you?"

"I'll sleep in the spot where you just slept."

"No, Xixi wants to ask... how did you know?"

"You can tell."

What a cunning answer.

"..."

This is the umpteenth time I've shown her the tenderness of a scumbag... It's so annoying.

"Alright, we've been chatting for so long, but you haven't accomplished a single thing of business."

"Tch...Does studying while getting a massage really improve your grades?"

How could that be? She's not Superman, she doesn't actually have superpowers or anything. Trying to brainwash Qingran is one thing, but trying to brainwash her too...

This arrogant guy stole a girl's heart, but he can forget about stealing Xixi's heart too. Even though Xixi is feeling terrible and conflicted right now, wondering what to do about the future...

"Hmm, you got two questions right at once. Looks like you have a good talent."

"Huh? This..."

Shen Yanxi's thought process was interrupted. Looking at the answers written on the test paper... how did she manage to write them so fluently...?

Her gaze wavered for a moment, then refocused on him, her surprise and astonishment evident in her eyes.

"Remember how you felt just now."

"Wait... this doesn't make sense..."

It seemed that from the moment Lin Mo started massaging me, my mind suddenly became much more agile, and I began to think about all sorts of things, things I wouldn't have considered deeply before...

Even now, my hearing and vision are clear, and even the fatigue from lack of sleep has completely disappeared.

what happened...

"Lin Mo, what exactly...?"

"Shh, don't talk, keep writing, find that feeling, tell me where it's most appropriate, and I'll put some effort into it."

Touching someone's feet can make you stronger?! No wonder he and Li Qingran were discussing this...

"Does this mean I can keep up with the pace?!"

"Keep your voice down." Lin Mo flicked her cute little toe, and the girl was startled, covering her mouth to stifle any sound of embarrassment or annoyance.

"Remember what I said, don't tell Qingran about this. Tomorrow, act like nothing happened and let her teach you."

"Okay! Xixi's lips are sealed tight!" Shen Yanxi made a zipping gesture near her lips.

Hehe, Lady Xixi is going to be resurrected! I don't know why, but she's going to be resurrected!

No wonder Qingran said today that Lin Mo should come; he turned out to be really reliable!

Good, good. This way, all those anxieties I'm having will be easily resolved...

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