How come you're also my ex-girlfriend?

"Anything else you'd like to try?"

Seeing that the atmosphere in the class was quite good, He Yin asked with a smile.

Suddenly, the lively whispers in the classroom fell into an eerie silence, as if a parent had suddenly pushed open the door while the child was watching a movie. Everyone was suddenly busy and no one said a word.

"..." This made He Yin feel a little awkward.

Just as I was about to brush it off lightly, I suddenly heard, "Teacher He, I can."

His nonchalant, even effortless, tone drew the attention of most of the students in the class.

Xie Fei and Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but look over. Zhang Zhiwen immediately said irritably, "Damn it, it's that show-off Lu Yujie again."

He Yin looked at the smiling boy with glasses, hesitated for a moment and then nodded, "Then let the class representative do it. He doesn't need to go up on stage, he can just read it from his seat."

Lu Yujie pushed up his glasses and stood up with a composed air.

He seemed to enjoy being the center of attention, as if this was his comfort zone, though it was a bit of a pity.

The girls at the front of the four groups didn't look up to pay attention to him. Well... Ye Shutong probably thought that English class was his domain, and it wasn't anything special. Hmm... He just wanted his classmates to understand that there was nothing difficult about it. Being good-looking and acting like a lovesick fool is so superficial.

If this counts as showing off, then the whole world is full of big stars.

He stood up happily. Although He Yin said that he only needed to read it aloud, he put down the test paper as soon as he thought of Xu Yan's recitation without notes.

He even glanced back at that spot, put on a confident smile, and then spoke.

"Dear Jack..."

Xu Yan was stunned. If you want to memorize it, then memorize it. What do you mean by glancing at me?

Did I touch a nerve, my friend?

Lu Yujie, who was initially full of confidence, performed quite normally, but for some reason, he suddenly heard someone in the classroom let out a contemptuous sneer.

He glanced over instinctively, only to suddenly see a girl wearing black-rimmed glasses staring at him. Although the lenses seemed to be reflecting light, her inexplicable smile... seemed to be one of contempt.

The smile vanished in an instant, and she lowered her head as if nothing had happened, making Lu Yujie think he was hallucinating.

It doesn't matter whether he's right or wrong; the key is that as soon as his attention shifts, he instantly forgets what he secretly memorized and gets stuck.

When someone gets stuck, they get anxious, and the more anxious they get, the more they stutter, sometimes even using phrases like "Ah... um... and then..."

Then some dissenting voices arose, and sweat dripped down Lu Yujie's forehead.

He had to look down at what he had just written on the exam paper.

This wouldn't have been a big deal, but it was a stark contrast to his previous confident demeanor, and the contrast was painful.

The fluent recitation instantly turned into a stuttering, stammering reading.

"Wait, what is he pretending for?"

"Huh? So this isn't the experimental class, is this Gotham?"

"...Alright, sit down, that's already pretty good." After Lu Yujie finished reading the last sentence with a forced smile, He Yin had no choice but to immediately make Lu Yujie sit down to suppress the increasingly obvious discussions in the class.

"...Thank you, teacher."

As Lu Yujie relaxed his grip on the ground slightly, he couldn't help but clench his fists.

Holy crap! Who the hell was laughing just now? Did I hear that right? Don't let me catch them!

As the snickers gradually subsided—

[Achievement unlocked: The difference in skill is immediately apparent.]

[Reward: 10 achievement points and 1000 yuan!]

Xu Yanhu's body trembled.

Such an achievement? Amazing!

Xu Yan, who had initially found Lu Yujie's earlier glance somewhat inexplicable, suddenly grinned.

Become the furnace for my ascension to godhood!

Going to such lengths to earn achievement points is practically sacrificing oneself to illuminate others.

Xu Yan only knew that Lu Yujie was the English class representative, but they weren't very familiar with each other. They had only greeted each other a few times in the past few days since Lu Yujie was promoted to the next grade, but they hadn't had any in-depth conversations.

Judging from his appearance, he wasn't the kind of person Xu Yan liked to socialize with. His aloofness was quite obvious, and he seemed indifferent to everyone. Unlike Qin Yifan, who was inherently arrogant, Xu Yan had no reason to fawn over someone just for the sake of socializing.

As for why Lu Yujie acted just now, Xu Yan was too lazy to think about it. Being too slow to understand is no good, and being too sensitive and thinking that everything is related to oneself is even worse.

The brief interlude during evening self-study passed quickly. Xu Yan finished her homework with an almost unbearable sense of ecstasy, feeling her lips were even turning a little purple.

Damn it, I'm supposed to be a system user, so why do I have to struggle through homework and tests every day? System, I command you to give me an auto-homework completion skill right now, or I'm disabling the system!

[This system deactivation operation cannot be undone. Are you sure?]

Xu Yan: ?

No, this function really exists? Shouldn't it be bound to the user, and remain so as long as the physical body doesn't die?

This system highly respects the host's wishes and will not force them.

It's okay now, bro, I was just kidding~

Continue doing your homework.

Even though doing a lot of homework isn't physically tiring, it causes a lot of mental stress. I'm starting to miss home. What should I do?

I turned my head and saw my deskmate Liu Shusheng writing furiously, one book after another.

Xu Yan couldn't help but ask, "Brother Shu, don't you get tired of doing your homework?"

Liu Shusheng looked over strangely, "Of course I'll be tired... but there's nothing else to do if I don't do homework."

Xu Yan gestured with his chin, "Someone's playing on their phone here."

The atmosphere in the experimental class wasn't as serious as I'd imagined; it relied almost entirely on self-discipline. Of course, some people were working incredibly hard to gain even one or two more points, while others felt they'd done enough and took a break to play on their phones.

Liu Shusheng smiled and said, "I don't even know what I do on my phone... I basically just call my family and stuff. I'd better just focus on studying hard and I'll have plenty of opportunities to enjoy life later."

Xu Yan opened his mouth, wanting to say that the saying "studying can change one's destiny"... wasn't actually that reliable. But having such a thought was undoubtedly arrogant; for Liu Shusheng's circumstances, this was the most promising life.

So he nodded, patted the other person on the shoulder, and said, "That makes sense. Keep it up, Brother Shu."

"Hmm...aren't you going to write anymore?"

Liu Shusheng asked curiously.

Xu Yan lay sprawled on the table, looking as if he wanted to roll over and close his eyes. "This is my stop. On the road ahead... Brother Shu, you must walk carefully and not look back."

Liu Shusheng: ?

Evening self-study is about to end... it's not like my life is about to end.

The boy, who was lying on the table with his eyes almost closed, suddenly felt something moving in his hair and poking his head.

Who dares to stab your Brother Xu! Are you really going to fight all around your Brother Xu?

Xu Yan lazily looked up and saw Wen Xueyu's fair and rosy cheeks, her big eyes staring at him.

It's like discovering a magical and lazy Pokémon.

Pokémon? Let me see your Poké Ball!

"What's wrong, Olaf?"

Xu Yan's words startled Wen Xueyu, who wished she could cover the boy's mouth.

Her eyes darted away, her face flushed, "Why...why are you calling me that!"

She's secretly angry, but doesn't dare make a louder sound. So cute!

Xu Yan said with a smile, "Ma Jiamin calls you that every day, can't I?"

"She...she's a girl!"

"Oh? Girls can, but boys can't? You're discriminating against men."

Wen Xueyu: ?

The girl, her pretty face flushed red, gave a loud snort, "I'm ignoring you!"

He was about to turn away angrily.

Xu Yan smiled and propped himself up, saying softly, "Don't be angry, it was just a joke."

The girl ignored her.

Xu Yan poked the other person's shoulder.

"snort."

She twisted her shoulders.

Xu Yan poked it.

She twisted her body.

Hmm? Why is it like a switch? Will she get frozen shoulder if she keeps poking at it like this all night?

Xu Yan reached out again, but instead of poking the other person's shoulder, he reached over her slightly thin shoulder and placed something on her face.

"You... um?"

Originally, she wanted to angrily slap the other person's hand back, but then she discovered that Xu Yan was holding a Ferrero Rocher in his hand.

Like the underlying code, she reached out without thinking, and only realized what she had done when she had Ferrero Rocher in her hand.

I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"When...did you buy it?"

Xu Yan shrugged. "I bought this on my way to the convenience store after the last evening self-study session. Eating this will make you less angry, right?"

So you bought it specifically for yourself?

Thinking of this, Wen Xueyu couldn't help but feel her cheeks burning, and a sweet feeling slowly melted into her heart.

Suddenly remembering something, she looked at Xu Yan with embarrassment and annoyance, "So you planned to make me angry all along?"

Xu Yan: ?

You're being a bit too perceptive, Codburger. No boy will like you if you act like that!

"Of course not," Xu Yan quickly denied. "I just happened to see Ferrero Rocher and thought of you, so I bought it. I was just so engrossed in my homework that I forgot."

"Hmph, you're kidding me."

I was just kidding, you adorable little devil.

Well, that was a really cheesy thing to say, and Xu Yan couldn't bring himself to say it.

"Are you not angry anymore?"

Watching Wen Xueyu quietly eat the Ferrero Rocher, chewing it like a hamster.

Xu Yan smiled tenderly. If she could have a daughter like this in the future... no, that's a strange thought.

"I'll reluctantly forgive you this time... Have you finished your homework? If you want to copy again tomorrow, I won't let you."

I don't want that kind of thing!

"Actually, it's almost done, except for the math, which is really difficult to solve."

Wen Xueyu blinked, and the blush that had just subsided quietly crept back up.

"Then...would you like me to teach you?"

Xu Yan immediately sat up straight and made the same gesture as Zhang Wei: "Please."

"Hmph~ Listen carefully, I won't repeat myself."

"Okay, cod burger teacher."

Inhaling the faint fragrance emanating from the other person, and gazing at their fair and delicate face so close to his.

The brothers are enjoying themselves again.

[A sincere lesson taught by using a Ferrero Rocher to deceive an innocent young girl.]

[Achievement unlocked: Sugarcane Boy.]

[Reward: 10 achievement points and 1000 yuan.]

Xu Yan: ?

What is a "sugarcane boy"?

Oh, so it's trash.

……