"Old Liu, do you have any more water?"

Break time.

Shen Ye plopped down on the ground, leaning back and bracing himself with his hands on the scorching cement floor.

The sun hung directly overhead, intensely hot, so bright that it was impossible to open one's eyes.

Liu Gaoyuan shook the plastic bottle in his hand; only the bottom remained, and the liquid inside was gurgling and bubbling back and forth.

"Just one bite left, do you want it?"

"Yes!" Shen Ye reached out and snatched the bottle, unscrewed the cap, and tilted his head back to gulp it down.

The water slid down my throat, cool and refreshing, and I finally caught my breath.

He returned the empty bottle to Liu Gaoyuan, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and cursed himself inwardly: "I should have bought more. It's not even noon yet, and I've already finished both bottles of water."

It's all because of this awful weather; the sun is at its most scorching in August and September.

Even sun-drying soy sauce isn't done this badly.

Under the shade of the trees on the other side, the girls sat in small groups.

Mu Jinghuan obediently sat next to her older sister.

Her gaze kept drifting towards the boy. From a distance of more than ten meters, she saw Shen Ye tilting his head back to gulp down water, beads of sweat rolling down his Adam's apple.

"Sister, brother seems to be in a lot of pain." She tugged at Mu Jingyan's sleeve.

Mu Jingyan hugged her legs with both hands, rested her chin on her knees, and glanced over there: "Who told him to drink half of his water before even starting training?"

"Now we have no choice but to put up with it."

She glanced at her watch; there was still an hour before the party ended.

Mu Jingyan glanced at her younger sister, who was holding a water glass, and seemed to have seen through her thoughts.

"You want to bring him water?"

"Hmm..." The little robot nodded.

"no."

"Why?"

Mu Jingyan, with a stern face, lightly flicked her sister's forehead: "How could you let someone else use the cup you drank from? Especially a man's cup."

"But my brother isn't just anyone." Mu Jinghuan covered her head, looking aggrieved.

"..."

Mu Jingyan didn't know what to say.

Seeing her younger sister constantly glancing at Shen Ye, she sighed.

"Here you go. I was originally planning to keep it in case we ran out of water, but since you want to deliver it, go ahead."

Mu Jingyan pulled an unopened bottle of mineral water from the side pocket of her backpack and tossed it over casually.

"Thank you, sister!" Mu Jinghuan caught the water bottle and hugged it to her arms, overjoyed.

She pushed herself up, dusted off her pants, took a deep breath, and then...

He sat down again.

She has social anxiety.

They had to cross the entire rest area to deliver water to Shen Ye, under the watchful eyes of the entire class—no, several surrounding classes.

Just thinking about Mu Jinghuan makes her whole body go numb.

While Mu Jinghuan was still hesitating for a few minutes, someone else had already taken action on the other side.

Suddenly, a girl with braided pigtails stood up from the group of girls.

She held a bottle of mineral water, her steps were slow, but her direction was very clear—she walked straight toward Shen Ye.

Several girls nearby started making suggestive noises; some covered their mouths and laughed, while others winked at her.

The girl with braided hair had red ears, but she didn't stop walking.

"Hey, Shen Ye." Liu Gaoyuan nudged him.

"What?" Shen Ye was fanning himself with his hat, without looking up.

"The water delivery guy is here." He gestured with his chin.

Shen Ye looked in the direction he indicated and indeed saw a girl walking this way.

He frowned: "Don't talk nonsense, I don't know them."

"So what if I don't recognize you? With your modeling skills..." Liu Gaoyuan looked him up and down. "If I were a woman, I would bring you water too."

"Ugh—get away from me." Shen Ye moved his butt to the side with a look of disgust.

Liu Gaoyuan's prediction came true.

"Shen, I happen to have an extra bottle of water. Would you like it?" The girl with the braided hair asked shyly.

Liu Gaoyuan gave Shen Ye a look that said, "I told you so," and then got elbowed by Shen Ye again.

Should we accept it or not?

Shen Ye looked at the bottle of water with some hesitation.

The other person is clearly interested in him, but he's afraid that accepting the offer might lead to misunderstandings.

But he couldn't accept it... He was so thirsty his throat was parched.

That's not right.

A flash of inspiration struck Shen Ye.

My acceptance does not equate to my agreement.

Just explain it clearly later.

"Student Shen?" Seeing that Shen Ye did not answer for a long time, the girl became more nervous and unconsciously leaned forward.

"Oh, thank you, classmate." Shen Ye snapped out of his daze and reached out to take it.

The next moment—

"Snapped!"

With a sharp crack, his outstretched hand was slapped squarely from the side, the back of his hand stinging with pain. He missed catching the water bottle, which remained suspended in mid-air.

Shen Ye and the girl with the braided hair were both startled and turned to look at the newcomer.

"Little slave, I don't recall giving you permission to accept things from other people, did I?" A cold voice came from the side.

Shen Ye was shocked.

"Chu Cihan? What are you doing here?"

"How did I end up here?!" Chu Cihan said fiercely.

She glared at the female classmate who brought the water, startling her so much that she took a half-step back.

Damn it, if we had been any later our base would have been raided.

"What are you doing? They just delivered some water, they didn't do anything to you, did they?" Shen Ye stood up.

"Does this young lady need a reason to do anything?" Chu Ci coldly snorted.

"You're being so unreasonable." Shen Ye rubbed his reddened hand, feeling extremely frustrated.

With Chu Cihan's meddling, there was no water left to drink.

"So what if I'm being unreasonable?" Chu Cihan ignored Shen Ye's protest and turned to stare at the girl with the braided hair.

"Don't bring him water, understand?"

"I know, I know..." Chu Cihan's powerful aura made the girl want to refute but dare not say it out loud, so she could only agree in a resentful manner.

"Hmm." Chu Cihan nodded, then glared at Shen Ye and left without looking back.

After turning a corner and making sure Shen Ye was out of sight, she took a bottle of drink out of her pocket.

"You stinky Shen Ye, you actually spoke up for others!" Chu Cihan's fingers gradually tightened, and the plastic bottle creaked.

She casually threw the unopened drink into the trash can and stormed back to her classroom.

......

Having witnessed the whole thing, Mu Jingyan withdrew her gaze and asked her younger sister calmly, "Do you still want to go now?"

The little robot hesitated for a moment, then gritted its teeth and said, "Yes."

Shen Ye was now on the verge of tears.

What's wrong with Chu Cihan? Nobody dares to bring him water anymore.

I'm so thirsty.

"Ugh—"

A series of low gasps suddenly rose from the surroundings.

Shen Ye turned his head and looked over, his gaze passing through several rows of boys sitting on the ground, and landing on the small figure walking towards him.

Under the gaze of the entire class, and even several neighboring classes, Mu Jinghuan slowly moved towards this side.

Her steps were a little stiff, as if she were walking on cotton, and her hand holding the bottle of mineral water trembled slightly.

"Brother, here's some water."

The little robot's smile looks a bit stiff.

But in Shen Ye's eyes, she was simply an angel.

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