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

Lin Xuechun had no choice but to stand there and wait for Guan Ying to come over.

"Senior." She nodded politely, wearing a mask.

Guan Ying: What a coincidence! I didn't expect you to be in the etiquette team too.

"By the way, I'm sorry about Gong Shaoyang. I thought you were dating him at the club that day, but I didn't expect him to be threatening you with your privacy. I only found out about it the next day from the group chat."

Lin Xuechun had finally managed to convince herself not to care so much about it, but when it was brought up again, that awkward feeling returned. She replied slowly, "It's okay."

Guan Ying rubbed her arms and looked at her: "Actually, when I saw you coming back from outside the school the next morning, I felt really guilty. If I had known earlier that you were being threatened, I definitely would have stopped Gong Shaoyang that night from taking you away. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone a word about what happened that night."

"Senior, you've misunderstood." Lin Xuechun adjusted her mask, her cheeks flushed slightly. "I didn't stay with Gong Shaoyang that night. I ran away from the club's restroom. It was too late to go back to school, so I stayed at a nearby hotel for the night. Nothing happened between us."

Guan Ying said "Oh," and seemed relieved: "Is that so? I thought you... Oh, thank goodness you're alright, otherwise I would have felt so guilty."

Lin Xuechun hummed in response, unsure of what to say next.

She was somewhat reluctant to discuss this topic.

Guan Ying smiled at her and said in a gossipy tone, "Actually, the person you were chatting with online wasn't A-Zhou, was it?"

"Huh?" Lin Xuechun was surprised; she really hadn't considered this possibility. "Why did you say that, senior?"

Guan Ying: "A-Zhou didn't have a Douyin account before. When school started, his cousin even asked him for his account, and he said he didn't use Douyin. Also, I searched the account you were chatting with, and the IP address was in the United States. A-Zhou has been staying in China since he returned home for summer vacation, so the IP address doesn't match. But luckily, no one in the group noticed that the IP address didn't match that day, so no one suspected that the account didn't belong to A-Zhou."

"Nowadays, it's actually quite easy to use some tricks to Photoshop a screenshot of a homepage."

Lin Xuechun was stunned after she finished speaking.

It is indeed possible that Xi Chenzhou stepped forward and admitted to using that account in order to protect her.

If that's really the case...

A hint of confusion mixed with embarrassment appeared in her eyes.

My cheeks started to feel slightly hot.

Just then, a cold sneer suddenly came from the side—

"If it's not my account, is it yours?"

Xi Chenzhou was standing at the classroom door at some point, a distinctly mocking smile playing on his lips.

He crossed his arms and leaned against the door frame, the cold white light shining on his face, making his handsome features appear even more defined and striking.

A gray-pink hat was loosely hooked on the index finger of one hand, swayed twice, and then walked in from the classroom door and stood next to Lin Xuechun.

A tall shadow loomed over her, and Lin Xuechun's heart skipped a beat. Her first instinct was to run.

However, she had only taken one step when a gray-pink baseball cap was placed on her head. Xi Chenzhou casually put the cap on her head, the cold smile on his lips softening. He reached out and smoothed the stray strands of hair from her shoulder, his voice low and resonant in her ear: "Why are you running, baby? Someone is questioning us; we need to clarify."

Before Lin Xuechun could react, Xi Chenzhou raised his arm, put his arm around her shoulder, and took out his phone from his hoodie pocket with his other hand. He swiped the screen with his thumb, opened his Douyin profile, and then shoved the screen in front of Guan Ying:

"Look carefully, this is me, the real deal."

The avatar and name of ksmk123 on the screen are clearly visible.

The IP address is now displayed as being within China.

"I did tell Pei Xinyao that I wouldn't use Douyin because I set my account to private and only open it to my girlfriend."

Xi Chenzhou put his phone away, looked at Guan Ying, his dark eyes revealing a nonchalant coldness, and raised an eyebrow slightly: "Do you understand, senior?"

Guan Ying's face froze instantly.

He paused for two seconds, then his lips twitched, forcing a smile: "Heh, I thought you were doing a good deed, but it turns out it really is your account."

Xi Chenzhou stared at her expressionlessly, not responding, leaving her speechless.

"Okay, you guys chat, I have to go now." Guan Ying said awkwardly, picked up her bag and quickly walked out of the classroom.

Once she left, only Lin Xuechun and Xi Chenzhou remained.

Lin Xuechun immediately shook off his hand on her shoulder and took a step back.

She had just wanted to confirm whether he was really ksmk, and since he was talking to Guan Ying, she felt okay. But now that it was just the two of them, that burning sensation, shame, and embarrassment returned to her.

She raised her hand to pull down the brim of her hat to cover her eyes, tugged at her mask, and turned to run away again.

Unfortunately, Xi Chenzhou had anticipated her prediction, and the moment she turned around, he precisely blocked her path.

She went left. He went right.

She went right. He went left.

Lin Xuechun couldn't escape, so she simply stopped running.

She kept her head down, her small face completely hidden by the brim of her hat and her mask. She didn't look at him or say anything; she just stood there quietly.

Her lips, hidden behind the mask, clenched shyly.

His fingers gripped the backpack straps tightly.

"Baby." Xi Chenzhou looked down at her and saw that the tips of her ears, peeking out from between her hair, were completely red. He spoke softly and took the initiative to explain to her, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have kept the account a secret from you."

"Actually, I've been wanting to tell you my true identity for a while, but I was afraid that you would ignore me after I did, so I kept putting it off."

"I was wrong, baby."

"You can get angry, yell at me, hit me, anything, just don't ignore me."

His voice trailed off, the nonchalant indifference he'd displayed when facing Guan Ying completely gone. His eyes were lowered as he said, "Baby, can you please talk to me?"

"Um?"

"Baby."

"Sweetie?"

When he shouted that, Lin Xuechun was so embarrassed that her toes tensed up.

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, she blurted out, "You...you shouldn't shout like that..."

Her voice was soft and shy.

"Okay, I won't call you that anymore, how about just calling you Baby?"

"Not even the baby." Saying anything would trigger shameful memories for her.

Xi Chenzhou's lips curled into a smile: "Then what should I call you? Little glutton?"

That nickname was even worse, and Lin Xuechun was so embarrassed that she kicked him, yelling, "Shut up!"

Xi Chenzhou wasn't angry at all about being stepped on; he was happier than anything that his darling was willing to talk to him. "So that's what you call a girlfriend?"

"Who said I'm your girlfriend...?" She was still angry!