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Chapter 225 Rewards for Good Performance

The effects of focus are immediately apparent.

The subtle restlessness and distracting thoughts that often arise during study are filtered out as if by an invisible membrane.

His thoughts were clearer and smoother than ever before, like a mirror that had been washed with water, clearly reflecting the meaning of every formula and every word.

The winter sunlight outside the window moved silently, casting ever-changing spots of light on the desk.

The pen tip glides across the paper, making a soft, rhythmic rustling sound.

A complex math problem is broken down, and the solution steps flow smoothly in my mind, then translate into a neat calculation process on paper.

That focus, fueled by "abundant energy," was so pure and powerful.

It was like an invisible force field, enveloping him and isolating him from the rest of the world.

Shen Yuan was completely absorbed in it, even forgetting that he was "testing a skill" and the existence of time.

All he could see were the questions, the solutions, and the deductions...

Nao Nao curiously strolled over to the desk, tilting her little head to look at Shen Yuan, who was immersed in a sea of ​​questions, as if she felt that this human was particularly different today.

Even at midnight, he pulled a fallen pen from his pen holder and played with it happily, rolling it around at Shen Yuan's feet.

However, this subtle movement did not disturb Shen Yuan's state in the slightest.

His gaze was fixed on the book, his mind racing, as if only this small space on the desk remained around him, a pure ocean of knowledge.

Just as he was fully focused on solving a very challenging final problem, the screen of his phone, which was lying on the corner of his desk, silently lit up.

A new message pop-up window clearly appears:
Li Zhi: "I'm on the highway! Where's my boyfriend?"

After sending the message, Li Zhi held his phone in his palm, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the cold edge of the screen, his gaze passing through the car window at the winter scenery rushing past on both sides of the highway.

"I wonder what this guy is doing..."

After waiting for a while, the phone screen remained silent, without the expected instant reply.

Li Zhi gave a soft "humph".

She didn't pay much attention; perhaps Shen Yuan's phone wasn't with him, or perhaps he was being interrogated by Uncle Shen and Aunt Zhang.

This made her quickly put the small delay out of her mind.

The monotonous scenery outside the window changes constantly, and time slips away quietly as the wheels of a car keep turning.

Li Zhi leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes to rest, or chatted casually with his parents.

However, whenever the car bumps slightly or turns, she can't help but glance at her phone on her lap.

The message that was sent is still displayed alone at the top of the screen, without any notification of new replies.

The initial thought of "not seeing it" quietly fermented into a subtle doubt as we were about to leave the highway exit.

"Haven't you seen the message yet?"

Li Zhi frowned slightly, tapping the lock screen button on his phone again and again, turning the screen on and off.

The car smoothly exited the highway ramp, and the toll station was just ahead. Looking at the familiar rural-urban fringe scenery outside the car window, Li Zhi's initial doubts had turned into a slight unease and a vague sense of worry.

She decisively turned on the screen, her slender fingers flashing with a hint of annoyance, and quickly sent another message.

Li Zhi: "Idiot! Have you disappeared? I'm almost there!"

After sending the message, Li Zhi pursed his lips and stared intently at his phone, as if he were wrestling with that idiot who never showed up, waiting to see when he would finally reply.

But Li Zhi was wrong; Shen Yuan still didn't reply to her message.

"It's almost 10 o'clock, is this guy still getting scolded?" Li Zhi frowned.

A dozen minutes later, Shen Yuan's phone screen lit up again.

A new message pop-up appeared clearly: Li Zhi: "I've arrived. [Location address]"

Then, the screen went dark.

A few seconds later, it lit up again.

Li Zhi: "Where is he? You idiot, are you thinking about Se Se again? [Angry cat emoji.jpg]"

The phone screen stubbornly remained lit, waiting for a lucky break.

But Shen Yuan's mind was completely captivated by the geometric patterns and algebraic relationships before him.

He was on the verge of solving a crucial problem, devoting all his mental energy to constructing auxiliary lines, understanding the functional relationships, and seeking the dynamic equilibrium between the variables...

The faint light on the screen dimmed, and it fell into complete silence.

Everything was kept out of the mind by that barrier called "focus".

The only sounds in the room were the scratching of the pen tip across the paper, the ticking of the clock, and the occasional soft rustling of the pen in the middle of the night.

Shen Yuan didn't even notice that a satisfied smile, a natural expression of overcoming a difficult problem, quietly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

On a new day, Shen Yuan, her new boyfriend, is working hard in an unprecedented state for a bright future where they might be able to "openly kiss each other again."

Completely unaware that his girlfriend had already sent him a bunch of messages!

The cell phone, lying quietly on the corner of the table, awaits its owner's retreat from the labyrinth of knowledge.

At this moment, Li Zhi had already gotten out of the car in front of his maternal grandfather's courtyard.

Xu Chan's maternal grandparents greeted her warmly, and she busied herself talking to the elderly couple. Meanwhile, Lao Li began unloading luggage from the trunk.

"Zhizhi, come inside quickly! It's cold outside!" Grandma said with a smile, taking her hand.

Li Zhi answered absentmindedly, one hand quietly slipping into the pocket of his down jacket, his fingertips touching the cold phone.

Upon arriving at her grandfather's house, Li Zhi took out her phone and couldn't resist turning on the screen again.

Messages kept appearing in the chat box, but Shen Yuan didn't reply to a single one!
The girl, who had been making excuses for Shen Yuan, had her remaining understanding completely ignited into a small flame.

The warmth in her grandfather's living room couldn't soothe her cheeks at that moment; it was a mixture of dissatisfaction at being ignored and annoyance at "Has this guy gotten too cocky?"

"Shen Yuan, the idiot..."

Li Zhi cursed under his breath, slamming his finger hard on the screen as if he were poking someone's smug face.

Li Zhi decided to ignore this "missing person" for the time being.

But if he dared to be even a little later...

snort!
Time slipped by quietly, and the hands of the clock on the wall slid past noon.

"Shen Yuan!!!"

Upon hearing his mother's voice, Shen Yuan, who was still focused, suddenly shuddered and snapped out of his concentration.

"time to eat!"

Zhang Yuyan's voice rang out again outside the door, accompanied by a soft knock.

Shen Yuan immediately responded instinctively, "Oh...coming!"

He then felt the soreness in his lower back from maintaining the posture for so long and the hunger in his stomach, as well as the side effects of focusing.

A bit of a headache.

Shen Yuan frowned slightly, and after resting for a while, the headache subsided a little.

Putting down his pen, Shen Yuan turned his stiff neck, making a slight clicking sound. He rubbed his dry eyes and looked with satisfaction at the densely written draft paper and exam paper in front of him.

The efficiency this morning was astonishing!
Shen Yuan stretched and picked up his phone, which he had forgotten about all morning, from the corner of the table.

The screen lit up, and the WeChat notifications from the same name, superimposed on the lock screen, chilled him to the bone like a bucket of ice water!
hum!
My mind went blank for a moment, and the satisfaction I felt while solving the problem vanished. A huge feeling of "I'm doomed" exploded like a pressure cooker exploding!

From "I'm on the highway!" to the questioning with an angry cat head, the entire morning had passed!
Each one seemed to be a silent accusation of his dereliction of duty!
Shen Yuan could clearly imagine Li Zhi's journey from waiting to doubt, then to worry, and finally to slight anger, culminating in him gritting his teeth and cursing "idiot."

"Oh no, oh no, oh no!" Shen Yuan muttered to himself, holding his phone as if it were a red-hot coal. "This is it, we're completely doomed..."

Shen Yuanfei quickly replied to Li Zhi's message.

Shen Yuan: "[Frantically kowtowing.gif]"

Shen Yuan: "I was doing my homework and didn't notice the message."

Shen Yuan: "I really didn't mean to ignore you, I swear! My mom called me for dinner and that's when I snapped out of it!"

Shen Yuan: "Li Bao, don't be angry!"

Shen Yuan: "[Exam paper image]"

Shen Yuan: "Look, look! I really didn't lie to you! I've been sitting here ever since you sent me your first message!"

Shen Yuan: "You see, Sangeng and Naonao can testify that they kept me company all morning, and I ignored them..."

The photo was sent successfully. Shen Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had just finished a tense exam, but his heart was still in suspense.

Fingers nervously rubbed the phone's edge, eyes fixed on the top of the screen, waiting for the "typing..." message to appear, or a reply that signified a "suspended death sentence."

The phone vibrated, breaking Li Zhi's idly scrolling through his grandfather's TV.

She almost immediately swiped the screen, and what she saw was a series of messages from Shen Yuan with animated kowtowing emojis and photos of his exam papers.

Li Zhi pursed her lips, the lingering anger on her cheeks not completely dissipated, but when she saw the photo of the exam paper filled with dense writing, a corner of her heart quietly softened.

"Hmph...idiot."

Li Zhi hovered his fingertip over the screen, muttering something under his breath, but the corners of his mouth involuntarily curved upwards slightly.

The photo is quite clear, showing large sections of calculation drafts and a mix of old and new notes, which are indeed the result of a morning's hard work.

She could even picture Shen Yuan burying himself in a sea of ​​practice questions, completely forgetting about his phone messages.

The focused energy he displayed for the "665" goal, though it annoyed her a bit as she waited, was also strangely pleasing to her.

Li Zhi tapped his fingertips on the screen, sending out an unquestionable command.

Li Zhi: "[Smirking cat emoji.jpg]"

Li Zhi: "Idiot! Only now do you know to come back?"

Li Zhi: "You think I'd believe you just because you filmed a random corner? You're trying to take shortcuts, aren't you?"

Li Zhi: "Take a clear picture of both sides of the exam paper! I! Need! To! Check!"

After posting this, Li Zhi paused, then quickly added another line with her fingertips.

Li Zhi: "Within half a minute! I need to see a clear, complete, and unobstructed exam paper! From the first question to the last!"

Li Zhi held his phone to his chest, looking out at the quiet winter scenery of the countryside. The last bit of annoyance on his face was completely replaced by a soft smile that mixed with pride and anticipation.

Check the work.

Yes! That's a girlfriend's duty!
Before Li Zhi could wait long, a message from Shen Yuan appeared on her phone.

Those were photos of several exam papers.

Shen Yuan added a final message, roughly saying that Ms. Zhang Yuyan was urging him to have dinner.

Upon seeing this news, Li Zhi couldn't help but smile slightly.

But Shen Yuan couldn't laugh anymore.

When Shen Yuan walked out of the room, he saw Ms. Zhang Yuyan standing at the door, smiling at him.

"What's wrong? What are you dawdling about? Have you finished reporting to Zhizhi?"

Shen Yuan: "..."

Shen Yuan felt a chill run down his spine under his mother's smiling gaze and quickly tried to hide his guilt: "Huh? What report? I was just doing my homework."

As he spoke, he pushed Zhang Yuyan toward the restaurant, forcibly changing the subject: "Oh my! Mom! Time to eat! I'm starving!"

At the dinner table, Old Shen held his bowl and smiled without saying a word, but Zhang Yuyan wouldn't let her son off the hook: "Come on! I just saw you grinning at your phone, your mouth was practically stretched to your ears."

"Oh dear!! It's really nothing! One shouldn't talk while eating or sleeping!"

Shen Yuanyi spoke righteously and sternly, yet his roots were so red they seemed to drip blood.

He quickly finished his rice, put down his bowl, and rushed to the study: "Mom!! I'm going to do my homework! I still have several test papers to do!"

Back at his desk, Shen Yuan didn't immediately start working on the problems.

He turned on his phone screen and paused for a moment, his fingertip hovering over Li Zhi's chat window.

The chat box contained annotations sent by Li Zhi.

I got some questions wrong.

Shen Yuan smiled as he looked at Li Zhi's annotations.

"Li Bao, Li Bao, just you wait."

For the entire afternoon, Shen Yuan buried himself in the exam paper, and his communication with Li Zhi was limited to annotations.

As evening quietly approached, the sky outside the window turned from dusky yellow to dark, and the light in the study gradually blurred.

Shen Yuan remained focused on the exam paper in front of him.

On his phone, Li Zhi's messages kept popping up one after another.

"Shen Yuan, is it time for dinner?"

"It's completely dark, did you turn on the lights? Don't hurt your eyes!"

"Hey! Have you finished the exam yet? Let me see your progress!"

However, despite Li Zhi sending a bunch of messages, Shen Yuan's replies remained the same as the ones from noon.

The news seemed to have vanished without a trace. Although Li Zhi felt resentful, he remembered what happened at noon and Shen Yuan's fighting spirit, so he had to suppress his complaints and let out a soft hum.

"This idiot..."

Although Li Zhi forced himself to focus on his conversation with his grandparents, his fingers kept involuntarily swiping the screen, hoping for a reply.

Several hours passed by with the scratching of the pen tip.

At 9 p.m. sharp, the alarm clock on my phone went off.

The crisp ringing of the bell instantly pulled Shen Yuan out of his sea of ​​homework.

"It's 9 o'clock already? So fast?"

Shen Yuan stared at his alarm clock, momentarily stunned.

But soon, once the focus on the skill ended, that familiar feeling washed over him again.

Feeling the pain in his brain, Shen Yuan took a deep breath, then grabbed his phone. On the screen were several unread messages from Li Zhi.

Shen Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly unlocked the app to reply. But just as Shen Yuan was about to type, he saw Li Zhi's last two messages.

Li Zhi: "After you finish the test, send me a video call. My parents and I are staying at a hotel."

Li Zhi: "Shen Yuan, you idiot, why are you still doing test papers? I'm so bored."

Seeing Li Zhi's message, he could almost picture her biting her lip and tapping the screen. Without the slightest hesitation, he forcefully pressed the video call button.

The waiting tone had barely faded when the screen suddenly lit up with a warm light.

Li Zhi's beautiful face filled the screen, and soon the phone rang with the beautiful girl's complaints.

"Oh, my boyfriend finally remembered to check his phone!"

Shen Yuan touched his nose: "I just finished the test paper."

"Hmph! Exam papers, exam papers! All you ever think about are exam papers! You confessed your feelings yesterday, and now you're ignoring me, huh?"

On the screen, Li Zhi puffed out her cheeks, deliberately put on a stern face, and poked Shen Yuan's direction with her finger through the screen.

"All day long! He only paid attention to me briefly during meals. I thought I was still at school!"

Hearing Li Zhi's words, Shen Yuan chuckled and said, "I'm just trying to do better on the final exam. If I finish the test paper sooner, I can start studying earlier."

Seeing Shen Yuan's nervous expression, Li Zhi, who had been trying hard to keep a straight face, finally couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

The girl's eyes sparkled, a deep smile and a hint of mischief in them: "Alright, alright, I was just kidding! Just teasing you."

The gloom on her face vanished, replaced by genuine tenderness and approval: "How could I be angry that you're studying so hard? You idiot!"

Shen Yuan was taken aback by her sudden reversal: "Really? You're not angry anymore?"

"Don't be angry! Focus on your studies!" Li Zhi glared at him, but couldn't hide the smile in her eyes.

"Hey, hey, I'm not studying anymore, I'm taking a break today."

Shen Yuan put his phone away and then showed Li Zhi his achievements for the day.

"Six exam papers, all completed! Li Bao, isn't your boyfriend amazing!"

Shen Yuan proudly displayed his achievement of completing six test papers that day.

As Li Zhi listened to his achievements, a faint smile appeared on her face, but she suddenly rolled her eyes at him: "Hmph, don't be too smug! I'm keeping track of everything. Dare to leave me hanging for a day?"

On the other end of the video call, the pretty girl spoke with a slightly threatening tone, yet couldn't hide a hint of sweetness.

"I'll be back tomorrow afternoon! You better stay home and do your homework. I'm going to check it, and I might randomly select any of the problems!"

"If I find out you did this haphazardly, hmph! You're finished!"

Shen Yuan held up the densely written test paper in his hand and waved it, his tone somewhat serious: "Come on, did it really take this long if I just did a sloppy job? I did it all seriously!"

After saying that, Shen Yuan paused, his smile deepening, and deliberately lowered his voice to ask, "Look, if you find me doing my homework diligently tomorrow, shouldn't you give me a reward?"

Li Zhi was taken aback by his sudden bluntness, and the tips of her ears instantly turned red.

She naturally knew what Shen Yuan meant by the reward.

The pretty girl looked at Shen Yuan, gave a light snort, and said, "We'll talk about that when I get back!"

During their video call, Li Zhi pretended to be serious and gave Shen Yuan a few more instructions on the review arrangements, which Shen Yuan accepted with a smile.

Li Zhi also told Shen Yuan about her maternal grandfather's side of the story, but Li Zhi spent most of the time complaining about her maternal grandfather's cousins.

During their conversation, Li Zhi's voice gradually softened, and she covered her mouth with a small yawn, her eyelids becoming slightly heavy.

Shen Yuan immediately noticed and gently urged, "Go to sleep. We're going to Grandpa's for lunch tomorrow."

Li Zhi nodded: "Okay, I'll be back after lunch. You should get some rest too."

"Okay, goodnight, baby."

"Good night."

After the screen went dark, Shen Yuan carefully gathered the scattered test papers on his desk.

……

The next afternoon, the house was unusually quiet.

Shen Yuan sat at his desk, but he couldn't concentrate like he had yesterday. He glanced out the window every now and then, his fingers tapping unconsciously on the table, like a child waiting for a gift.

The afternoon sun slanted into the room at three o'clock, warm but with a hint of anxiety.

Nao Nao and San Geng curled up and dozed off to the side, seemingly also affected by Shen Yuan's emotions, and were less boisterous than usual.

There was a message from Li Zhi in the chat box on Shen Yuan's phone screen.

"Just got off the highway, about 15 minutes to get home."

Upon seeing the message, Shen Yuan's lips unconsciously curled up, and his heart leaped with joy.

Thinking of Li Zhi's smile in the video last night, Shen Yuan felt a surge of anticipation.

As soon as Li Zhi got off the highway, it meant that their separation was about to end and their reunion was just around the corner.

Shen Yuan got up and paced around, planning how to greet his girlfriend, already thinking about where to have dinner to celebrate.

However, Shen Yuan quickly abandoned the idea.

Old Li would most likely not agree.

On New Year's Day, all I could think about was luring someone else's daughter away, or maybe it was just for dinner.

Will Lao Li agree?
Are you focused on dinner? To put it bluntly, who's having dinner?
He could already imagine how Lao Li would view him.

Thinking of this, Shen Yuan trembled.

Just as he was lost in thought, his phone rang again.

It's news from Li Zhi.

Li Zhi: "Boyfriend! I'm home! Wait for me to come and check your homework!"

Shen Yuan was immediately awakened when he saw Li Zhi's message.

He immediately raised his hand to smooth his slightly messy hair and straightened his somewhat wrinkled sweater to make sure he looked clean and neat.

After doing all this, Shen Yuan turned up the air conditioner temperature a little to raise the room temperature.

This was definitely not to make Li Zhi take off his down jacket in order to create a warm environment.

You have to take off your down jacket to go into an air-conditioned room in winter!
Shen Yuan was just thinking that if Li Bao wore the same clothes as before, she could stay warmer.

Not long after, Shen Yuan received a message from Li Zhi asking him to open the door.

Shen Yuan immediately walked out of the room, and under his mother's watchful gaze, he went to the door and opened it.

As soon as he opened the door, Shen Yuan saw the beautiful girl wrapped in a milky white down jacket.

Li Zhi was carrying a schoolbag, so it seemed that her excuse was probably to do her homework.

The moment their eyes met, a smile suddenly appeared in her eyes, but when she saw Zhang Yuyan peeking out from behind Shen Yuan, she immediately straightened her back and adopted a reserved demeanor.

"Aunt Zhang, I've come to ask Shen Yuan to help me with my homework." Li Zhi's voice was clear, but the tips of her ears were flushed.

Zhang Yuyan nodded with a smile: "Come in quickly, it's cold outside."

Hearing this, Li Zhi glared at Shen Yuan and said softly, "Get out of the way, you idiot!"

"Oh, oh!"

Shen Yuangang stepped aside, and Li Zhi walked into the room. Then she saw Zhang Yuyan's meaningful gaze.

The beautiful girl quickly lowered her head and rushed straight to Shen Yuan's bedroom.

Shen Yuan glanced at his mother and shook his head in annoyance.

Zhang Yuyan watched Shen Yuan return to his room, unable to suppress her smile.

Back in the room, Shen Yuan looked at the girl in front of him and couldn't wait to pull her into his arms.

Li Zhixian stiffened for a moment, then relaxed and chuckled as she poked his shoulder with her fingertip: "You're already this clingy after just one day apart?"

"A day apart feels like three autumns." Shen Yuan pulled his arms closer and gently stroked Li Zhi's long hair.

Hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi also reached out and hugged Shen Yuan.

After embracing for a moment, Li Zhi suddenly looked up: "Where's the exam paper? I need to check it."

"Now?" Shen Yuan still held Li Zhi tightly, refusing to let go. "Can we recharge a little longer?"

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Yuan buried his head even deeper into Li Zhi's long hair.

A warm breath brushed past the girl's ear: "Doesn't a girlfriend's duty include replenishing her boyfriend's energy?"

Upon hearing Shen Yuan's coquettish words, Li Zhi hummed in his ear.

"Then I'll let you hug me a little longer~"

Shen Yuan smiled and hugged Li Zhi even tighter.

However, Li Zhi soon filed a protest.

"It's so hot, you idiot! I'm dying of heat!"

Shen Yuan quickly broke free of his embrace and then watched as Li Zhi took off his down jacket.

Unfortunately, Li Zhi didn't wear that outfit today.

After taking off her thick down jacket, Li Zhi was only wearing a casual high-necked loose sweater and a pair of ordinary thick fleece pants, the most common winter outfit for keeping warm.

This simple and unadorned outfit completely concealed her slender figure, creating a stark contrast to the carefully crafted look she presented during the New Year's Eve celebration the previous night.

Shen Yuan's gaze fell on her ordinary clothes, and the light in his eyes that had been shining with expectation dimmed slightly, a hint of disappointment slipping through his fingers.

Li Zhi keenly noticed the change in his expression, and a slight smile played on her lips as she tilted her head and looked at him, asking, "What's wrong, boyfriend? Are you disappointed to see me dressed like this?"

Before Shen Yuan could even gather his thoughts, she quickly dropped her teasing expression, stepped forward, and extended her hand to him as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

The girl's voice carried a hint of command, yet also contained a smile: "Alright, now your girlfriend wants to check your homework. Here, let's see how my boyfriend did?"

Upon hearing Li Zhi's words, Shen Yuan's eyes lit up with surprise.

Let's see how they perform!

Although Li Bao is heading in the direction of a "bad woman" with no turning back, Shen Yuan wants to say that he likes her.

He enjoys this feeling of being driven to make progress.

Without saying a word, Shen Yuan grabbed Li Zhi's wrist and headed towards the study.

"Huh? What are you doing?" Li Zhi was caught off guard when he pulled her along, and the warmth from his fingertips made her heart skip a beat.

"Isn't it all about performance?" Shen Yuan turned around, his smile bright yet tinged with urgency, his steps never faltering.

"Come on, let me take you to the study."

Shen Yuan arrived at the study door, stepped aside to let Li Zhi in, but blocked the doorway himself and did not immediately follow. Instead, he leaned slightly forward and stared intently into her eyes.

"Girlfriend? What do you want to eat later? Ice cream? Or something else?"

This sudden act of thoughtfulness and inquiry, with its undisguised flattery, made Li Zhi's ears burn.

She turned her face away, pretending to look at the test papers spread out on the desk, but her fingertip secretly tapped his arm: "...Don't give me that. Let me check them first!"

The slightly upturned corners of her mouth betrayed the sweet feeling of being cherished.

She bent down to examine it closely, her fingertips tracing Shen Yuan's densely packed problem-solving steps. The logic was clear, and the draft was neat.

A hint of surprise flashed across her eyes. She subconsciously pursed her lips, wanting to find fault, but couldn't find any trace of perfunctory attitude.

“…The auxiliary lines for this problem are drawn incorrectly,” she deliberately pointed to the geometry diagram, glancing out of the corner of her eye at Shen Yuan’s instantly tense shoulder line, “but the solution approach is reasonable.”

Seeing his eyes lower in disappointment after the first part of his sentence, Li Zhi couldn't help but gently nudge his arm: "I was just kidding. Are you taking this so seriously because you want me to praise you?"

Shen Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was about to take her hand when Li Zhi took a half step back, her ears turning red as she crossed her arms: "Don't be so smug!"

"So, Li Bao, how did I do?"

Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan, remained silent for a moment, and finally nodded with a soft hum, saying, "You did a good job, I'm very satisfied!"

Shen Yuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately leaned closer to ask, "So... is there any reward?"

Hearing Shen Yuan's words, Li Zhi's ears turned red. When she caught a glimpse of Shen Yuan's burning gaze, she lowered her head and bit her lip.

"Thrall...Thrall! You always want a reward!"

Shen Yuan chuckled: "I need to recharge too! I finished all my New Year's Day homework yesterday, and I did three more test papers today. Li Bao, aren't you going to give me a reward to comfort my tired soul?"

Looking at Shen Yuan's sorrowful appearance, Li Zhi couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

The pretty girl looked at Shen Yuan and stammered, "Okay...okay, but you have to promise me you won't touch me!"

Shen Yuan nodded repeatedly.

The room was filled with a sweet yet slightly tense atmosphere.

Li Zhi's cheeks flushed slightly, her long eyelashes drooping, not daring to look directly into Shen Yuan's burning gaze, and instead focusing her eyes on the floor.

She first shuffled back slightly, her heel touching the edge of her slipper, and her small feet slid out with a little hesitation. Her slender ankles and soft arches were tightly wrapped in a thin layer of black stockings, and her toes curled quietly on the floor through the stockings.

Shen Yuan's breath caught in his throat, his gaze involuntarily fixed on those exquisite silk-clad feet.

Then, something even more arousing happened.

Li Zhi pursed his lips, his fingertips trembling noticeably, and gently grasped the hem of his loose trousers, slowly pulling it up little by little...

The smooth pant legs were slowly pulled up, revealing slender calves encased in black pantyhose inch by inch under the bright light.

The smooth fabric of the stockings perfectly conforms to the lines of the skin, outlining the graceful curves of the calves, starting from the delicate ankles and extending upwards, full of indescribable beauty and delicacy.

Beneath the hazy black veil, the soft curves of her calves were faintly visible, exuding a forbidden allure.

Li Zhi's cheeks burned as if they were on fire, and even her small earlobes turned into red agate.

She awkwardly covered half of her face with her other hand, her watery eyes glancing shyly at Shen Yuan before quickly lowering them again.

The contrast between the proactive attitude of reward and the girl's youthful shyness creates a heart-pounding effect.

The visual shock of the "underwear" left Shen Yuan's mind blank.

She really is great at it.

How could she possibly come up with something like this as a reward?
Shen Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed so clearly that Li Zhi's ear tips instantly turned bright red, and her hand trembled as she pulled at her pantyhose, the black stockings rubbing against her skin with a rustling sound.

"That's enough, isn't it!" she stammered, turning her face away, her fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her clothes.

How could Shen Yuan possibly get enough of looking at it?
"I……"

Before Shen Yuan could finish speaking, he saw Li Zhi glaring at him.

"Don't even think about it! You...you're nothing compared to what you've achieved!"

Seeing Li Zhi's flustered reaction, Shen Yuan couldn't help but laugh: "It's not like you haven't touched it before."

"Get out of here, Thran!"

(End of this chapter)