I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

“You and Xiaoxi are siblings, and we are childhood sweethearts. Although this time it took much longer, the clothes are also much thicker, so all things considered, it's half.”

"Okay, then Mu Mu can be angry now."

"Oh."

Although she verbally agreed, Lin Mu didn't seem to know how to show her anger. After all, she rarely got angry, and besides, anger was an emotion that should have been there from the beginning. The premise of getting angrier the more you think about it is that this emotion was there from the beginning. However, Lin Mu was certain that from now on, many thoughts and emotions had indeed been churning in her mind, but she was not angry at all.

She couldn't even follow Chen Xi's example and hide in the room like she had back then, because the equipment room here was only so big, and the two of them were still locked up here.

Fortunately, Lin Mu's little head didn't get stuck on this for long. The homeroom teacher, who had noticed that the two hadn't returned to the classroom, had already found their way here and called the PE teacher, who had a spare key, to rescue them from the outside.

The first class was about to start, and given Chen Junqian and Lin Mu's reputation, Teacher Wang was sure to believe it was a purely accidental incident. So after offering a few words of comfort, she didn't blame them at all and simply let them go back to the classroom for class.

The good news is that after his thoughts were in turmoil for an entire class period, Lin Mu finally managed to regain his composure when get out of class ended. Only then did he realize just how embarrassing his unconscious actions had been compared to the initial unexpected situation.

Just like when he was a child, he heard that doing handstands in bed every night could help him grow taller, so he did it for many nights. Lin Mu had also done things to his secondary sexual characteristics many times because of a similar rumor about "use it or lose it". But that was always a bedtime routine when he was alone in his room late at night. But he actually did it in front of Chen Junqian during the day.

Just thinking about this made Lin Mu lose the courage to see him. She comforted herself by thinking that not meeting him was also a way of showing her anger, so she slumped onto the table and didn't move after class, showing no intention of chatting with Chen Junqian as before.

What did you two do this morning?

As the saying goes, ducks are the first to know when the river warms in spring. Zhong Yu, Chen Junqian's deskmate, was naturally the first to sense the change in the atmosphere between Chen Junqian and Lin Mu. After all, he was responsible for exchanging seats with others every night. So, after chatting with his friends for a bit after class, he sat back down and raised an eyebrow at his friend:

Did you make someone angry?

"That's it."

"That's really strange. Lin Mu isn't Xu Youwei, so how come you could still make her angry? Tell me about it so I can avoid this pitfall. After all, girls should have some common ground in their thoughts, right? I don't want to make my girlfriend angry in the future."

"They're still talking."

"Go away, don't say such unlucky things, okay? You're cursing me to break up with my girlfriend, huh? Then I'll have to curse you to never find a girlfriend in the future... Hmm, that sounds pretty difficult."

After chatting and joking with Zhong Yu for a while, Chen Junqian felt more relaxed. Actually, what he had been thinking about in the last class was not the matter of making Mu Mu angry. After all, he and Lin Mu had been together for so many years, and he could tell whether she was angry or not. What he was mainly thinking about was the information revealed behind the matter.

There is no doubt that as he achieves more and more success in romantic comedies, the world's will in the real world is clearly being elbowed to the point of insanity. After all, just the trajectory of that volleyball this morning was enough to make a bunch of physics laureates shout 'Physics no longer exists'.

Although the underlying logic of the romantic comedy worldview still serves the male protagonist, many things have already proven that the female protagonists also have the ability to change the world according to their wishes. However, just like the system's consistent tradition of judging people as stupid, or wish-granting machines like the Holy Grail or monkey paws, the final result will always lead to the romantic comedy outcome.

With this version update, the female lead position that gives him the most headaches will probably see a new powerful character, such as Gu Linguo, who knows the plot of this kind of model opera all too well, to the point that Chen Junqian even suspects that she is constantly nagging about it.

"Why are you suddenly spacing out? If it's inconvenient to say, then never mind."

"Well, there's really not much to say."

"You can tell, look, the person is lying there and still peeking at you."

After winking twice towards the front seat, Zhong Yu patted Chen Junqian on the shoulder again:

"Our junior high school years are almost over, and you two definitely won't be in the same class in high school anymore. Cherish it while you can, because for us students, not being in the same class is no different from a long-distance relationship."

He had barely finished speaking when he saw a figure outside the window, immediately leaned closer, lowered his voice, and teased with a laugh:

"Haha, look, look, my long-distance partner has come too."

Standing at the door of Class 5, Xu Youwei was unaware that she had been given the title of 'long-distance girlfriend'. She simply came to Chen Junqian's side to check on him from time to time.

She had been complaining about this since the first year of junior high when they were assigned to classes. Although they were in Class 4 and Class 5 respectively, the junior high school at Ningzhong Middle School had four classes per floor. So, even though they were in adjacent classes, they had to climb a floor to find Chen Junqian, which made them stand out. After all, it would be natural for them to bump into each other and chat in the same corridor.

Fortunately, Lin Mu and Chen Junqian were in the same class, so Xu Youwei could still use the excuse of visiting her best friend to sneak over. As for Mu Mu chatting with Chen Junqian, she could only join in helplessly.

But today's situation seems a little different.

Seeing that Lin Mu wasn't sitting next to Chen Junqian's seat but was instead slumped over in her own seat, Xu Youwei was a little puzzled. She didn't suspect that Lin Mu was unwell, since if Lin Mu were really unwell, Chen Junqian would have already carried her to the infirmary to rest.

So you're just catching up on sleep because you're tired?

Well, there's no other way. Since the first person I'm chatting with is sleeping right now, I'll just have to 'reluctantly' go find the second person in my priority list...

Before Xu Youwei's wonderful idea could be put into practice, Lin Mu, who was lying on the table inside, spotted her at first glance, quickly got up, and ran over before Xu Youwei could move.

"Cough cough, I thought Mu Mu was catching up on sleep there."

Xu Youwei quickly stopped her steps, which were already preparing to head towards the back door. She cleared her throat as if to cover up her embarrassment, and chatted with the other person in the same manner as usual.

"I haven't seen you chatting with Qinqin."

"Because he and I are angry... in the middle of a cold war."

Completely unprepared for Lin Mu's answer, Xu Youwei almost choked, her fake cough turning into a real one. Leaning against the corridor railing, she stared at her best friend in astonishment.

"You two had a fight? Weren't you fine yesterday?"

Something happened this morning.

After all, they were best friends, so Lin Mu had no intention of hiding anything from her. She pulled Xu Youwei to a corner and they began to whisper to each other.

"Because of a series of unexpected events... Anyway, Qianqian's hand touched me here. Although I don't think there's anything wrong with this happening between childhood sweethearts due to an accident, girls should always act, um, be a little reserved because of this kind of thing?"

Faced with her friend's question, Yoyo, who was in her own bathtub wearing a swimsuit and then deliberately taking it off—having essentially offered herself up—stiffly turned her face away.

"Yes, right?"

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Chapter 83: There's nothing wrong with a fantasy world (4k6)

As it turns out, just like how younger sister characters always get the treatment of "no matter what happens in between, we have to sit at the same table for New Year's Eve dinner," childhood sweethearts receive almost the same treatment in this regard. So even though Lin Mu wanted to avoid Chen Junqian to show that she was still angry, when evening self-study started, facing Zhong Yu who had already familiarly walked to her side with his extracurricular books, she still slowly moved to sit down next to Chen Junqian.

Then, she quickly put on a serious look, not even turning her head towards Chen Junqian, and showed no intention of striking up a conversation or asking for advice.

However, Chen Junqian was very patient, and even took the time to observe his childhood sweetheart up close. From her soft ponytail hanging down her head to her slightly puffed cheeks, he couldn't tell whether she was struggling with the auxiliary lines of that geometric shape or with him.

As one of the female protagonists who were also rated A in the system's appearance adaptability rating, the reason why Lin Mu's overall rating remained the same as others, despite being far behind in terms of body shape, undoubtedly lies in her face. Although Xu Youwei can be considered a young lady from a wealthy family, Youyou has been through thick and thin since childhood, so she doesn't show any signs of being 'spoiled' in terms of appearance, which is completely different from Lin Mu.

At least for Chen Junqian, as he looked at it, he felt a strong urge to touch it and squeeze it. He also felt that compared to the touch in the morning, this should be closer to the soft, fluffy feel of a toy.

Although he knew that Lin Mu wasn't really angry, he had indeed come out on the better side this morning. Feeling guilty, Chen Junqian had brought Lin Mu a box of strawberry milk that she liked when he sat down. But Lin Mu just let out a soft "humph" and pushed the milk to the corner of the table without even glancing at him.

"This question is incorrect."

Chen Junqian held back for a long time, but finally couldn't help himself and gently tapped her table with his fingertips.

"The auxiliary lines are connected incorrectly. If you connect them like this, you won't be able to calculate it no matter how you try."

Lin Mu paused, her back stiffening. Since she wasn't the type of person like Xu Youwei who would unintentionally become arrogant, even her feigned indifference seemed particularly stiff. She just kept her neck stiff and pretended not to hear, continuing to mechanically draw horizontal lines on the almost ruined draft paper.

"Hey Mu Mu, if you're going to study, at least concentrate a little. If you keep scribbling, you're going to tear the paper."

Chen Junqian softened his tone again, lowered his voice, and added a hint of teasing amusement:

"Are you really ignoring me?"

Lin Mu finally turned her head, her pupils misty, revealing a stubbornness that said, "I'm angry but I won't say it." She pursed her lips tightly, trying to make a serious and dignified expression, but because her round and full oval face was so non-threatening, this expression not only did not make Chen Junqian feel threatened, but also made him feel that she was just like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on but still wanted to maintain its dignity.

Believe it or not, the little guy in his house really does have the same name as the child in front of him.

"Chen Junqian, please keep quiet."

Lin Mu deliberately adopted the tone of a good student, lowering his voice to a very low level, and if you listened carefully, you could still sense a hint of affected affectation.

"I'm thinking, please don't disturb me."

"But I've been thinking for ten minutes and haven't even started writing yet. That's not very efficient."

Chen Junqian casually took her draft paper and smoothly made two strokes on it, his movements as natural as if he had rehearsed them a thousand times:

"Look, draw a perpendicular line from point A to plane BCE, and this point is exactly at the midpoint of DE..."

Lin Mu wanted to snatch the paper back, but his eyes were involuntarily drawn to Chen Junqian's pen tip.

It has to be said that this is also one of the reasons why Lin Mu 'dislikes' Chen Junqian. After all, this boy not only has a face that makes it impossible for people to get really angry, but he is also smart. When he explains problems, his voice is magnetic and gentle, which can make her messy logic become clear in an instant. Anyway, she has always felt that her improved grades over the past six months are partly due to him.

So why did Weiwei suddenly stop wanting to attend the study session with the three of them?

Although Wen Yun's grades were definitely among the best, being good at studying doesn't mean being able to explain problems. As for explaining problems and teaching others, Lin Mu, who had attended many tutoring classes since childhood, felt that even if he discarded the filter of childhood sweetheart... cough, he really couldn't discard that.

After all, compared to a middle-aged, balding, overweight male teacher, a good-looking and pleasant-speaking boy of the same age is definitely more attractive. Anyway, she has already experienced the slander that "if it's not Chen Junqian teaching her, then it's a terrible student teaching her, at best an above-average level." Now that things have come to this, she might as well enjoy it for now.

"That's it... Do you understand?"

After Chen Junqian finished speaking, he put down the pen he was twirling and turned to look at her.

Lin Mu opened his mouth, wanting to say naturally as before, "I understand, thank you, Qianqian," but in the end, he muttered something under his breath:

"I understand... but I'm still angry."

Chen Junqian couldn't help but chuckle. He suddenly found it quite amusing to watch Lin Mu pretend to be angry occasionally, since the other party even had to report to him personally when saying "I'm still angry," as if afraid that he would discover that he wasn't actually angry at all.

"How can Mu Mu calm down?"

As he said this, he very attentively took back the milk that Lin Mu had pushed to the corner of the table, and even inserted the straw, then held it to the other person's lips:

"I miss it so much. I suddenly remembered that a few years ago, Mumu would secretly slip me a bottle of milk every day when she went to school. I looked forward to it every day back then."

Sure enough, childhood sweethearts, especially for a girl like Lin Mu, always have childhood memories as the most effective weapon. Chen Junqian only used one sentence to evoke most of Lin Mu's memories and emotions from that time, causing her to subconsciously bite her straw and her voice to soften:

"Qianqian actually remembers that."

"I've always remembered it."

"I wish everyone would never grow up."

"Ok?"

"That way, neither of us will have to worry about anything messy because of what happened today. Since we're both just kids, no one will care if we sleep together..."

After saying this, Lin Mu pursed his lips again, completely forgetting what he had said about being reserved to Xu Youwei just a dozen hours ago, and openly expressed his forgiveness:

"But it's okay, I'm not angry anymore, let's make up... Hmm, this is probably the first time I've said this to Qianqian, it feels quite novel."

"Yes, shall we pinky swear?"

"...I'm not really a child anymore, and there are so many people around."

"Alright, let's give Mumu some candy. Eating something sweet helps oxygenate the brain. Then, I'll help you organize your thoughts for the last two big questions, okay?"

Lin Mu looked at the crystal-clear candy that suddenly appeared in Chen Junqian's palm, and then at his smiling eyes that always seemed to say "I was wrong, but I'll do it again next time." She suddenly had the illusion that she probably wouldn't be able to be ruthless to this person in her life, because even though she was thinking of holding on a little longer, her hand had already reached out against her will.

When her fingertips touched Chen Junqian's palm, she trembled slightly before quickly grabbing the candy and stuffing it into her mouth.

The sweet, milky aroma spread throughout her mouth, and Lin Mu felt that the barrier she had been forcing herself to maintain her composure was gradually disappearing, just like the milk candy melting between her lips and teeth.

"Then Qianqian, explain in more detail. If you still can't understand, I still won't forgive you."

Lin Mu opened the workbook again and began to speak.