How come you're also my ex-girlfriend?

"Jiajia, all done~"

Xiao Yujie found Lin Jia, who was smiling and chatting with a few boys, and said smugly.

Lin Jia immediately turned around and asked Xiao Yujie in a low voice, "What did you do?"

"I told Xu Yan you didn't have time for breakfast today, so I asked him to go buy you some."

Why did you tell him?!

Lin Jia gets furious whenever this is mentioned.

When she got home yesterday, everything was normal. She felt incredibly positive and was even able to get a beauty sleep early.

Two hours had passed, and dinner was almost digested, but Xu Yan still hadn't sent a friend request, nor had he come out to chat in the group.

She just couldn't understand it. Hadn't she already given him enough face? They said they could still be good friends, so why did he delete her and throw a tantrum? What was he pretending for?

I initially thought it was a minor incident, one of the most common little disturbances in my high school life, not even an accident. But for some reason, I couldn't help feeling angry.

How could a guy delete me like that? I have to get my revenge, make him send me a friend request, and then I can gracefully reject him!

So she started sending a lot of messages in the group. She thought that when Xu Yan saw her name appearing repeatedly, he would definitely not be able to hold back and would definitely think of all the past events.

He might drink a bottle of beer, smoke a cigarette, and then chat with family and friends in a seemingly normal way. But once he gets back to his room and is in bed, he can't help but open his phone, find himself in the class group chat, and send a friend request.

Lin Jia waited from 10 o'clock to 11 o'clock, 12 o'clock, and 1 o'clock in the morning while she was lost in her own thoughts.

He didn't speak in the group, 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? You were so vulnerable and sensitive when you deleted yourself, but you're so anxious about not having breakfast? To be fair, Xu Yan does have some redeeming qualities besides his looks; at least he's gentle. Although gentleness isn't exactly desirable in this era, it's just leftovers.

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

However, 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 feel like if someone did that for me... I think it's really 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 scandal that's causing such a stir in the class, binding 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 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... Hmm? Where did he go again?"

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 in a hurry.

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 next to him. He stared blankly at Xiao Yujie and asked, "Are we filming 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."

"And what about 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 to the door with a big smile, 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, saying, "I've discovered something."

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

Zhou Wentao whispered, "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 do I need to 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 what the special meaning of this reward was, a new mission was released.

[You, reliving your seventeen-year-old self, look back on the past twenty-odd years of your life and have 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?

……