Wife, please behave yourself.

Chapter 134 I'll take you home
As the school bell rang to signal the end of evening self-study, the teachers stayed for four or five minutes longer before leaving.

Class 2 of Grade 9 became noisy, with almost everyone leaving the classroom except for the students on duty each day.

As the class monitor, Liu Songyan arranged the cleaning work and returned to his seat only after seeing the students on duty start cleaning the classroom.

After greeting him, Chi Jinhe went home first.

Now, apart from him and Shen Ruzhi sitting behind him, only a few students on duty cleaning the classroom remain.

In less than ten minutes, the student on duty finished his task.

After saying goodbye to Liu Changcun, they all left.

After making his promise to his father, Liu Songyan, who used to be taciturn and didn't like to communicate with others, disappeared.

Under Shen Ruzhi's guidance, he has now become a qualified class monitor.

After looking away from the classroom door and seeing that the students on duty had left, Liu Songyan took out his pocket and placed the movie tickets in front of Shen Ruzhi.

Even after evening self-study had ended, Shen Ruzhi was still studying diligently.

It wasn't until the movie tickets appeared that she stopped, put down the pen she was holding, and looked up at Liu Songyan standing in front of her.

Her gaze lingered on his face for a moment before she asked with some confusion.

Why are you giving me movie tickets?

“Take it home and give it to your mother.”

After saying this, Liu Songyan looked down at the girl in front of him.

He waited until no one was in the classroom before taking out the movie tickets he had booked in advance, and even the movie was a horror film that he had carefully selected.

"Didn't you promise me that once the exam results came out, if I did better than you, you wouldn't interfere in our parents' affairs anymore?"

"But the exam hasn't even started yet."

"You regretted it?"

"Why would you change your mind? Didn't you already decide when we went to see the movie last week?"

Looking at Shen Ruzhi's changing expression, Liu Songyan said without paying much attention.

He then quickly tidied up his desk and continued speaking.

Even if the exam results come out next week, it won't affect our date this weekend.

"..."

"Remember to give the movie tickets to your mom, just say the same thing I taught you last week."

Looking at Shen Ruzhi, who seemed to be spouting nonsense, Liu Songyan appeared to want to say something, but ultimately remained silent.

Turn around and leave.

After placing the key to the lock on the podium, he looked at Shen Ruzhi, who was sitting in her seat and looking at him.

"Remember to lock the door, you diligent vice class monitor."

After leaving behind those words, Liu Songyan's figure completely disappeared from Shen Ruzhi's sight.

Looking at the classroom door of Class 2, Grade 9, and in the direction Liu Songyan left.

Shen Ruzhi slowly lowered her head as she looked at the movie ticket in her hand.

"Plop!" It felt like snot was flowing from my nose.

A bright red stain landed on the draft paper spread out in front of him, turning the originally white paper into a striking red.

Shen Ruzhi blinked wearily, and it took her a while to realize what was happening.

He hurriedly reached into his desk, took out a tissue, wiped himself with it, and then rolled it up and stuffed it back in.

Shen Ruzhi has been studying very hard lately.

It was almost to the point of neglecting to eat and sleep.

Out of concern, her mother has been thoughtfully preparing warm milk and boiled eggs for her to supplement her nutrition whenever she comes home these days.

Perhaps it's because I ate too many eggs, or perhaps it's because I haven't had enough sleep lately.

Shen Ruzhi is a little upset.

Looking at the draft paper in front of her, Shen Ruzhi's gaze fell on the conspicuous red marks.

I realized that I had been working too hard on my studies these past few days, and it wasn't until I started getting a nosebleed that I realized I needed to balance work and rest.

She had originally planned to study for another half hour and get home before 9:30.

It seems my body is starting to give out.

Thinking of this, Shen Ruzhi began to put away the draft notebook in her hand, put it and the exercise book into her schoolbag, and then got up to leave.

He went up to the podium and took the key that Liu Songyan had just left behind.

First, they locked the doors of Class 2, Grade 9, and then headed towards the stairwell.

Shen Ruzhi's steps were somewhat unsteady.

She didn't know why her legs felt a little weak, and she always felt like she couldn't find her center of gravity when walking.

Hold onto the handrail when going downstairs.

Because of the time spent in the classroom, apart from some boarding students going to take a shower on the playground, there were almost no other students to be seen in the teaching building at this moment.

Shaking her head slightly, Shen Ruzhi forced herself to cheer up.

Upon arriving on the first floor, I was just about to turn and head towards the school gate.

Suddenly, a voice came from beside me.

"Are you going home so early today?"

Her previously tired eyes suddenly widened, and Shen Ruzhi, who was clearly in low spirits, was startled by the sudden question.

She instinctively backed away until her back was pressed against the wall. With nowhere left to retreat, her heart began to heave faster, and she looked in astonishment toward the direction from which the sound came.

"..."

Liu Songyan remained silent, looking at Shen Ruzhi in front of him.

When they saw the tissue stuffed in the other person's nose, their previously calm gaze changed slightly.

He frowned slightly and looked at Shen Ruzhi, who had already come to her senses.

"You have a nosebleed?"

"Um……"

Seeing that it was Liu Songyan speaking to her, Shen Ruzhi, who had just been startled, finally calmed down.

He stepped away from the wall and walked up to Liu Songyan with a puzzled look in his eyes.

Seeing that the other person was staring at her face, she quickly raised her hand and removed the tissue from her nose, which was stuffed with tissue because of a nosebleed.

He was holding it in his hand, unaware of Liu Changcun's gaze following him.

"She was probably a little feverish, but she's fine now." To confirm, Shen Ruzhi closed her mouth and increased the frequency of her breathing through her nose.

It seems that he wanted to use this method to prove that he was not seriously injured.

However, Liu Songyan, who was standing in front of her, was looking at her with a very strange gaze.

This allowed Shen Ruzhi, who was still breathing heavily through her nose, to gradually calm down.

The boy's gaze was too intense.

This makes it impossible for Shen Ruzhi to look him in the eye now.

"Are you that eager to win?"

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Ruzhi, with her face lowered, finally heard the question from the young man in front of her.

When she looked up at him, she saw the worry on Liu Songyan's face.

This seemed to be the first time Shen Ruzhi had ever seen such an expression on the other person's face; as if surprised, she forgot to reply for a moment.

After regaining his composure, he replied somewhat nervously.

"I just feel that as children, we shouldn't interfere in our parents' affairs..."

"..."

Hesitantly uttering the excuse she had given countless times, Shen Ruzhi finally spoke firmly after seeing Liu Songyan's serious expression.

"I want to win."

"Even if you want to win, there's no need to push yourself so hard."

"We have no choice but to give it our all."

Shaking her head, Shen Ruzhi said with a disappointed look.

"I've never been a very smart person, even when it comes to studying... If I don't work harder, I definitely won't be able to beat you in this monthly exam."

Looking at Liu Songyan standing in front of her, Shen Ruzhi smiled helplessly.

"In your eyes, I must be an idiot. As the saying goes, 'The early bird catches the worm.' If I'm dumber than you and I don't study harder, how can I possibly surpass you in this monthly exam..."

Unlike their initial awkwardness, as the two, who were of similar age, talked, Shen Ruzhi now knew Liu Songyan's true skill level.

Although her overall ranking in the final exams last semester was still a few places higher than Liu Songyan's.

But no one knew better than Shen Ruzhi just how intelligent this boy named Liu Songyan was.

In the second semester of their second year of junior high school, the two became deskmates as the end of the semester approached.

At that time, Shen Ruzhi had been silently observing the other party. When she discovered that Liu Songyan could still get grades no less than hers even though he only knew how to sleep in class all day, Shen Ruzhi realized the gap between the two of them.

During the summer vacation, after finishing her summer homework, she began to preview the knowledge for the third year of junior high school.

The question seemed difficult to her, but Liu Songyan could solve it with ease.

Furthermore, after the start of the new semester, she successfully became the class monitor of Class 2, Grade 9, based on a diagnostic test paper given by her homeroom teacher and math teacher.

Shen Ruzhi knew she wasn't as smart as Liu Songyan, so she could only work even harder to prepare for the upcoming monthly exam next week.

She didn't want Liu Songyan to continue trying to matchmake their parents.

She gave it her all for this.

She has been studying hard these past few days, you could even say she's forcing herself to study.

I took notes on the key points of the teacher's lectures and studied the knowledge points I was not good at at home, all in order to achieve excellent results in this monthly exam.

Shen Ruzhi was unsure of the results of next week's exam.

But she believes that as long as she does her best, she will definitely reap great rewards.

The girl's resolute gaze met the boy's eyes.

Liu Songyan remained silent, but this time he did not mock the other party as he usually did.

Perhaps it was from this moment that he began to take Shen Ruzhi seriously again.

The two looked at each other, gazing into the night.

The silence was broken when Liu Songyan spoke up.

"It's too late, let me take you home."

"..."

The unexpected words that came from Liu Songyan's mouth left Shen Ruzhi stunned for a moment.

As if she hadn't quite caught on, she blinked frequently, and after a moment she asked with a hint of surprise.

Are you going to take me home?

"Don't you want to? Then I'll just go back."

"no……"

Shen Ruzhi replied hastily and continued speaking.

“My home is farther from the school than yours. If you walk me home… you’ll have to take a longer route to get home.”

"I came by bike."

"what?"

Shen Ruzhi blinked, and after a few seconds she asked again.

"Riding a bike?"

"My dad bought a bicycle for my sister, but she seems to have lost interest in riding it after the initial novelty wore off. I've been using it for the past two days."

Turning around, Liu Songyan walked towards the bicycle shed.

Seeing this, Shen Ruzhi, who had just come to her senses, hurriedly came forward.

So... are you going to ride your bike and take me home?

"If you don't want to, I can just ride my bike home."

"Okay~"

With her hands behind her back, her previously unsteady steps now felt lighter.

Shen Ruzhi quickened her pace and caught up with Liu Songyan, who had left earlier.

Walking side by side with them.

He turned his head to look at the other person.

As night fell, the two figures drew closer, illuminated by the lamplight...

The shadow behind me stretched longer and longer.

(End of this chapter)