After his blunder in the handsome guy's comment section was exposed.

Accessing foreign literature requires using a VPN to log in to foreign websites.

Lin Xuechun bought a VPN installation package on Xianyu (a second-hand marketplace app), downloaded and installed it according to the seller's instructions, and fiddled with it for a while, but still couldn't connect to the external network.

Zhou Xinran and Xu Yang were reading domestic literature and didn't need a VPN; only Xi Chenzhou and she needed one.

She blinked her eyelashes and secretly glanced at the person opposite her.

Xi Chenzhou was staring at the computer screen, his dark eyes cold and focused, his sharp jaw slightly tightened, his thin lips pursed, and his expression carried a sense of oppression.

They look like the kind of people who shouldn't be disturbed.

Forget it, I'll just do some more research myself.

Lin Xuechun looked away and continued fiddling with the device.

After some troubleshooting, it was finally discovered that the software being installed was blocked in China, which was why it couldn't log in.

She sent a screenshot of the message to the seller on Xianyu (a second-hand marketplace platform), and the seller readily refunded her money.

But she no longer had the energy to search for another company and repeat the same steps.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he decided to ask Xi Chenzhou for help.

"Cough cough."

"Student Xi."

Xi Chenzhou slowly raised his eyes and looked at her. He didn't show the impatience she had expected from being disturbed. He just raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at her questioningly.

Lin Xuechun looked at him with her bright, clear eyes, her voice soft: "Um... do you have a VPN account? Could I borrow it to download a couple of papers? I can't log in to the VPN I bought online."

"Okay. Wait a moment." Xi Chenzhou shifted his gaze back to his computer, his fingers rapidly tapping on the keyboard.

A few minutes later, he stopped what he was doing, looked up at her, slightly raised his chin, and said in a calm voice, "I'm checking your WeChat."

Ok?

Lin Xuechun opened WeChat as instructed and saw that Xi Chenzhou had sent her several PDF documents.

"I've downloaded your section of the literature for you; you can read it directly."

Lin Xuechun was surprised by his thoughtfulness; he downloaded it for her without her having to search for it herself.

"Thank you." Her eyes crinkled at the corners, and her voice was soft and sweet.

"You're welcome."

Xi Chenzhou lowered his eyes and looked back at his screen. His expression remained unchanged, but the page of the document on the screen remained unturned.

Lin Xuechun opened the PDF and found that the literature he found was highly relevant to the part of the content she was responsible for.

Even she herself might not be able to find the exact result.

Or rather, it's impossible to determine whether the content of the literature is highly relevant in such a short time.

It takes at least five minutes to read the introduction of each article before you can make a judgment.

Five papers will take 30 minutes.

But it only took him a few minutes.

Their English level must be excellent.

Lin Xuechun glanced at the person opposite her with admiration, then sat up straight and began reading the literature.

While reading, I opened a small tab window next to it and wrote down the useful arguments.

She's actually quite good at English, scoring over 130 on the college entrance exam, but she still struggles a bit with documents that contain a lot of academic terminology and long, complex sentences.

As I looked at it, my brows unconsciously furrowed.

She would bite her lip one moment, puff out her cheeks the next, and the screen kept switching between the translation AI software and PDFs.

PDFs cannot be copied directly; you can only take screenshots.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem with the literature?" After reading the two papers, Xi Chenzhou looked up and saw her puffed-up face, looking very troubled.

Lin Xuechun looked at him, her lips pursed slightly, and the tip of her nose wrinkled: "Several sentences are quite difficult to understand, and it feels like the translation software isn't very accurate."

"Send it to me."

Lin Xuechun took a screenshot and sent it to Xi Chenzhou via WeChat.

Xi Chenzhou clicked to view.

While he was looking, Lin Xuechun tilted her head and gently turned her neck twice to loosen her stiff shoulders and neck.

A wave of drowsiness washed over her, and she parted her red lips slightly, her delicate white fingertips gently covering her lips as she yawned.

Xi Chenzhou had just finished reading her message and was about to speak to her when he looked up and saw the bright red color of her exposed flesh, and a fleeting glimpse of her pink tongue.

His Adam's apple bobbed as he suppressed the darkness in his eyes.

"Check WeChat."

"oh."

Lin Xuechun opened WeChat and saw the sentence he had translated, along with a grammar explanation.

"So that's how it's translated. I was wondering why the AI ​​translation didn't quite capture the meaning. Your English is amazing, Xi!"

She gazed at him with adoration, her almond-shaped eyes sparkling, and two small dimples appearing at the corners of her lips, making her look delicate and sweet.

"It's alright." Xi Chenzhou awkwardly touched his nose.

"You're really amazing, no need to be modest. Having lived abroad for so long, do you think you can get a perfect score on the TOEFL?"

"Hmm. More or less."

Wow! Excellent!

"Ahem, you can do it too."

Lin Xuechun shook her head: "I can't do it. I took the IELTS test during the summer vacation and I could only get a 6.5."

"Are you taking the IELTS exam because you plan to study abroad?"

"No, my mom made me take the test."

"Oh." Seems like she's still a good girl. Xi Chenzhou raised an eyebrow.

After chatting for a while, Lin Xuechun felt that he wasn't as difficult to get along with as she had imagined. Although he didn't talk much, he would answer any questions she asked.

She wasn't as reserved as she had been at the beginning, and was even a little curious about him.

"Xi Chenzhou, how many years did you spend abroad?"

"I finished elementary school there and continued my high school education there."

"Then...why didn't you go to university there?"

Many families in China go to great lengths to send their children to Ivy League schools in the United States, so why did he come back instead?

Realizing belatedly that the topic seemed to involve privacy, she quickly said, "I'm sorry, I was just asking casually. You don't have to answer if you don't want to."

"It's not that I don't want to answer," Xi Chenzhou explained. "My elderly relatives aren't in good health, and my parents' work focus has shifted, so I returned to China."

"Oh, I see. So you're settling down in China from now on?"

"Hmm. More or less." Life in China is much more convenient than abroad now, and there are more entertainment options available.

Lin Xuechun stopped in time, nodded, looked away, and lowered her eyes to look at her computer screen, preparing to continue doing her homework.

I clicked the mouse, but the screen didn't respond.

Pressing the keyboard has no effect.

Huh?

Has it crashed?

She slightly widened her eyes and quickly tapped the Enter key on the keyboard.

Still no response.

"What's wrong?" Xi Chenzhou noticed and looked up at her.