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

When Shen Yu and his companions arrived, they heard Lin Xuechun make this request.

Using a mobile phone?

The group exchanged glances, a knowing look flashing in their eyes.

When these girls come to wait for Brother Zhou, the excuses they use are surprisingly consistent.

At first, he was refused when he asked for Zhou Ge's WeChat directly. Later, he changed his approach and borrowed Zhou Ge's phone to call his own phone to get his number, and then searched for Zhou Ge's WeChat.

Although the girl was quite pretty, it was no exception for Zhou Ge. After all, he had even rejected Ji Siyu, the school's most beautiful girl, who was the goddess of all the boys in the school.

However, if we must compare, this girl's features seem to be more delicate and lively than Ji Siyu's, making her look like a fairy who can captivate you at first glance.

It's a pity.

Of all people to mess with, why did you have to mess with Brother Zhou?

Soon, he would be so ashamed by someone's indifference that he would run away with his face flushed red.

Just as the three of them shook their heads in unison and silently mourned for Lin Xuechun, Xi Chenzhou suddenly bent down, reached into the black sports bag he had thrown on the ground, and groped around in a certain spot on the side.

When he bent over, his back arched, his jersey clung to his back, and distinct ridges stretched along his spine, revealing a series of ridges protruding one by one.

When he straightened up again, he had a cell phone in his hand, the latest Apple model, without a case.

He casually swiped the screen with his long, slender fingers, stretched his arm toward Lin Xuechun, spun the phone around on his fingertip, and turned the screen toward her. He lazily lifted his eyelids and looked at her rosy cheeks.

"Th-thank you." Lin Xuechun's eyes darted away for a moment, then she blushed as she accepted the gift.

The phone still retained the warmth of his fingers, and she held it carefully as she tapped the dial pad.

She paused midway through typing the number, her fingertips suddenly stopping, her brows furrowing slightly.

What's the team leader's phone number again?

It's all over, it's all over.

How can we contact each other if we don't even know each other's phone numbers?

Lin Xuechun bit her lip in distress, rubbed her temples with her fingers, and tried to recall, but her mind was blank.

Never mind, I'll just have to call my mom.

She dialed Zhou Meiling's number.

The call connected quickly. She turned to face Xi Chenzhou, holding the phone to her ear with one hand and unconsciously covering her mouth with the other, and quietly explained the situation.

Zhou Meiling was furious after hearing this. She muttered a string of curses at the team leader and then said, "You stay where you are. Mom will send someone to pick you up."

The call was temporarily disconnected.

Lin Xuechun turned around, and Xi Chenzhou tilted his head back and took a gulp of water. She handed the phone back and said softly, "Excuse me, here's your phone back. My mom will call me back later. Can I borrow your phone again then?"

"I'll leave it there." Xi Chenzhou's Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed, tightened the screwdriver on his water bottle, tossed it back into his bag, and then walked to the bench to sit down. He spread his long legs wide and pulled out a pack of tissues from somewhere, took one out, and slowly wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Thanks then." Lin Xuechun continued to hold his phone, sat down next to him, and waited for her mother to call back.

She sat very well, her back straight, her schoolbag slung back over her shoulder, her thick, curled eyelashes drooping slightly, her eyes fixed on her toes, her cheeks puffing out occasionally, waiting with a mixture of boredom and eagerness.

Shen Yu and the others who witnessed the whole thing were dumbfounded.

What's going on?

Zhou Ge, the kind of person who wipes other people's phones several times with disinfectant wipes after they've even been touched, actually lent his phone to this girl so casually?!

And he even let the girl keep using his phone?

Depend on.

I've never seen anything like this before!

Shen Yu's gossipy gaze darted back and forth between the two of them.

Xi Chenzhou's expression remained unchanged, his face indifferent as he slowly wiped his sweat with a tissue.

Shen Yu then looked at Lin Xuechun, noticing her attire, and asked curiously, "Excuse me, are you here from a school in another province for a study tour?"

"Yes." Lin Xuechun had just replied with one word when her phone suddenly vibrated. She glanced apologetically at Shen Yu, looked down to answer the call, and saw that the caller ID showed "Ms. Jiang".

Realizing belatedly that the call was for the phone's owner, she quickly handed over the vibrating phone, saying, "It's a call for you."

Xi Chenzhou glanced at the caller ID, took the phone, swiped to answer, and held it to his ear, his voice languid: "What is it?"

He got up while answering the phone, walked to the nearby trash can, threw in the tissue he had used to wipe his sweat, and then walked back.

He frowned slightly after hearing something said on the other end, then said "I understand" and hung up.

The phone vibrated again a few seconds later; it was an unknown number. He handed the phone to Lin Xuechun.

Lin Xuechun glanced at the number and saw it was her mother's. She quickly answered, "Hello, Mom."

Zhou Meiling's voice came through: "Chun Chun, go to the main gate of Peking University now. Your Aunt Jiang's son happens to be there and will come to pick you up. His name is Xi Chenzhou. Check the name when you meet him."

"Also, you don't need to go back to that study tour. Your school teachers are too irresponsible. Mom will coordinate with your teachers afterwards. You don't need to worry about it. Just go with your Aunt Jiang and have a few days of fun in northern Beijing. Since you've already gone, make the most of it."

Lin Xuechun knew this Aunt Jiang.

The other party was my mother's classmate. Before she was born, my mother would make plans to travel with her. However, this Aunt Jiang became very busy and they never made plans again.

My mother occasionally chats with Aunt Jiang on WeChat.

Aunt Jiang has a very outstanding son, whom her mother often praises to the skies. However, Lin Xuechun didn't pay much attention to him and even forgot his name.

Now, when my mother mentions it again, I'm reminded of this name—Xi Chenzhou.

"Okay, Mom."

She hung up the phone, returned it, and then solemnly thanked the owner before preparing to go to the main gate to meet up with her classmate Xi Chenzhou, whom she had never met before.

When Shen Yu saw her about to leave, and then looked at Zhou Ge next to her without any reaction, he realized that the girl was obviously there for tourism and that they might never cross paths again after she left. This was the only girl Zhou Ge had ever lent his phone to, and she was really pretty. He didn't believe that Zhou Ge wasn't moved. If he wasn't moved, he wouldn't have lent his phone to her.

Shen Yu felt he should play a role as a wingman, so he stepped forward and called out to Lin Xuechun, "Excuse me, can we add each other on WeChat?"

Lin Xuechun was taken aback for a moment, then said apologetically, "My watch is out of battery."

Shen Yu: "Then what about the phone number? Leave your phone number."

"Um..." Lin Xuechun smiled helplessly, "I probably wouldn't be able to answer if you called. Unknown numbers can only be called if my mom approves it on her phone."

"Huh? What kind of watch is that?" This was the first time Shen Yu had heard a parent be so strict.

Lin Xuechun raised her wrist to show him, a pink phone watch on her fair and slender wrist: "This is a little genius's phone watch. My mom will keep track of it in real time."

What a fucking genius.

Shen Yu couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Hey classmate, how old are you? Still using a Little Genius phone watch."

His younger cousins, who were in elementary school, wore this kind of thing.

Lin Xuechun bit her lip awkwardly, blushing as she said, "Second year of high school."

Shen Yu gave him a look that said, "What a coincidence!" and asked, "We're in the same grade! Which school are you from? How many days are you here for your study tour?"

"Sorry, someone is waiting for me, I have to go now." Lin Xuechun didn't chat much, nodded to him, tugged at the strap of her backpack hanging by her side, and turned to leave quickly.

"Bye-bye, classmate." Shen Yu waved behind her, regretfully looked away, then turned back to Xi Chenzhou and clicked his tongue, "The girl's leaving, why didn't you take the initiative?"

"Take the initiative for what?" Xi Chenzhou raised an eyebrow, glanced at him, and lowered his head to start packing his bag.

Shen Yu: "You're not playing ball anymore?"

"Um. Something came up."

Xi Chenzhou stood up, lowered his head slightly, wrapped the bag strap over his head and slung it diagonally across his side, then raised his head and gestured with his chin toward the group, "Let's go."

Xi Chenzhou, carrying a bag, walked out of the stadium.

With his long legs and quick steps, he soon caught up with the slender figure in front of him.

As he approached, he slowed his pace to be parallel to hers. Lin Xuechun sensed someone beside her, turned her head, and her eyes lit up when she saw him. "It's you, classmate."

Xi Chenzhou hummed in agreement, his gaze falling on her fair face, and said calmly, "Did you find them?"

He vaguely heard her on the phone and knew that she seemed to have gotten separated from someone.

Lin Xuechun nodded, her fingers gripping the strap of her backpack, and smiled at him, "Thank you for lending me your phone earlier."

She wasn't good at finding topics to talk about, and this one sentence kept coming to mind.

Xi Chenzhou adjusted the strap of his bag on his shoulder, his Adam's apple bobbed, as if he wanted to ask something, but in the end he didn't speak, only saying, "You're welcome."

The atmosphere quieted down.

Neither of them spoke again.

Xi Chenzhou kept his distance from her. After walking for a while, the two glanced at each other out of the corner of their eyes and their gazes met for no apparent reason.

Lin Xuechun blushed and hurriedly looked away. Xi Chenzhou's Adam's apple bobbed, and he turned his gaze back to the front.

"Excuse me, is this the way to the main gate of Kyoto University?"

Lin Xuechun took a few steps, looked around at her surroundings, and wasn't sure if she was on the right track.

Mom said she was going to wait for Aunt Jiang's son at the main gate of Peking University.

Xi Chenzhou glanced at the road: "Yes, this way. Is the person you're looking for at the main entrance?"

"Yes. We agreed to meet at the main gate." Lin Xuechun nodded, and seeing that he had been walking the same way as her, she couldn't help but ask, "Are you going to the main gate too?"

"Okay. I'm going to pick someone up."

"That's perfect, I'll follow you and I won't get lost."

"Um."

The two arrived at the main entrance at the same time.

Lin Xuechun found a shady spot to wait, and seeing Xi Chenzhou still standing in the sun, she mustered up her courage and invited, "Why don't you stand here too? It's too sunny."

Xi Chenzhou glanced at her, walked over, and stood side by side with her under the same shade of a tree.

Lin Xuechun shielded her forehead with her hand, squinted at the blazing sun in the sky, and sighed softly, "I didn't expect summers in the north to be this hot."

Xi Chenzhou glanced at her name tag and asked, "Are you from Nanjing Normal University Affiliated High School?"

Lin Xuechun put her hand down: "Mmm. What about you? Are you a college student or a high school student?"

She had just heard from his friend that he was a sophomore in high school, but he looked a head taller than his friend, so she wasn't sure.

Xi Chenzhou: "High school."

Lin Xuechun casually asked, "Which school?"

Xi Chenzhou: "The High School Affiliated to Peking University".

Lin Xuechun's eyes lit up: "Wow, amazing!"

Xi Chenzhou raised an eyebrow slightly: "How impressive?"

Lin Xuechun: "The High School Affiliated to Peking University, I heard that getting into your school is like having one foot already in Peking University. Even the worst student in the grade is guaranteed a place in a 985 university."

Xi Chenzhou twitched his lips and chuckled, "That's an exaggeration."

Lin Xuechun exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Isn't that right? I've seen that's what people say online."

"It's about 50/50; not everyone can get into a 985 university."

"How many of your students get into Peking University each year?"

"Forty or fifty, I guess."

"That's not exactly a rumor online. Forty or fifty students from one school getting into Peking University is quite impressive."

"Not bad. You want to apply to Peking University?" Xi Chenzhou's eyebrows twitched, and he glanced at her sideways.

Lin Xuechun's eyes sparkled as she nodded, "Of course! This summer vacation I came here with my school to visit my dream school."

"Impressive." Xi Chenzhou parted his thin lips and lazily uttered two words.

Lin Xuechun's almond-shaped eyes widened slightly as she looked at him: "I haven't even passed the exam yet, how come you're already so amazing?"

Xi Chenzhou: "Anyone with a dream is remarkable."

"Pfft." Lin Xuechun couldn't help but laugh out loud. She didn't expect that this seemingly arrogant person would have such a dry sense of humor.

Xi Chenzhou's lips twitched slightly as his phone suddenly vibrated. He swiped to answer it, "Haven't received it yet. Haven't seen her. Are you sure you told her to wait at the main gate?"

Jiang Lan was very certain: "I'm sure. Look around. The girl is wearing the Nanjing Normal University uniform, a white top and red pants, with her hair in a ponytail, and a pink phone watch on her wrist."

As soon as Jiang Lan finished speaking, Xi Chenzhou glanced at the girl beside him. Every item matched up. He chuckled and said, "Got it, don't worry," before hanging up the phone.

Lin Xuechun watched him hang up the phone and asked curiously, "Did the person you were supposed to pick up arrive?"

Xi Chenzhou smiled slightly and looked at her, "We've arrived."

Lin Xuechun glanced to the side in confusion, but no one was coming. Then, suddenly realizing something, she looked at him again: "Really? You... what's your name?"

"Xi Chenzhou".

"Huh?" Lin Xuechun blinked a beat late, then realized, "So you're Aunt Jiang's son!"

"It's me. So you're Aunt Zhou's daughter, Lin Xuechun?" Xi Chenzhou raised an eyebrow, his dark eyes fixed on her surprised face.

"Hello, nice to meet you. Please take care of me." Lin Xuechun's eyes crinkled with surprise and delight. She really hadn't expected it to be such a coincidence that the guy she had borrowed the phone from was the one who was supposed to pick her up.

She looked at him, a sweet smile on her lips, and extended her hand.

Xi Chenzhou looked at the smiling little face in front of him, then looked down at the slender white hand stretched out in the air. The fingertips were as pink and translucent as flower petals, as beautiful as a work of art.

He raised his hand and gently grasped it.