Chapter 23

On Monday.

A group of classmates arrived early in the classroom, almost all of them rushing to complete their homework.

Li Shaozhou turned his head and looked at the empty table behind him, sighing regretfully, "Why is the class monitor not here yet."

The class monitor always “rescued” them whenever they don’t bring home their exercise book. It will be too late now to copy his homework.

Li Shaozhou turned to look around, "Which one of you did your physics homework?"

One of the male classmates raised his empty exercise book, “I want to know the answer for this one too."

Just as Qiao Lezhi walked to the back to throw some garbage, Li Shaozhou reached out and stopped her, "Qiao Lezhi, did you do your physics homework?"

Qiao Lezhi had a pause, tilted her head and asked: "Are you sure you want to copy my answers? "

"..." I really don’t dare!

He knew he couldn't rely on her answer sheet, so he switched his target to the next classmate he saw.

As soon as Jiang Mier entered the classroom, she heard Li Shaozhou asking for Qiao Lezhi’s answer sheet, and she’s also not an exception.

Li Shaozhou: "Jiang Mier, how about you?"

Jiang Mier put the book on the table, " Forget about the answers, even the questions are hard to understand. This physics is simply an abomination to mankind."

Li Shaozhou quiver, "Is it... so difficult?"

"Think it’s not? You can see how difficult physics is after studying Planck’s constant." Jiang Mier opened the physics exercise book, and there was still a mess of drafts in it.

(Planck’s constant: In the quantum of electromagnetism, Planck’s constant is the physical constant that relates the energy carried by a single photon to its corresponding frequency. Represented by h and measure using J.s in the SI system and eV.s in the MKS system. The value of Planck’s constant has got prime importance in quantum mechanics.

From: https://byjus.com/physics/value-of-plancks-constant/#what-is-plancks-constant)

Li Shaozhou can only scratch his head in despair.

He neither answered his physics exercise book, nor did research about it. Never mind those, he did not even know the questions, let alone how difficult they are.

The only thing he knows is he has to hurry and find someone to copy their physics homework.

Li Shaozhou anxiously wandered in the front row, trying to catch a new target.

Suddenly he saw a girl with a ponytail passing in front of him. He took a closer look and reached out to stop her, "Classmate, did you go to the wrong classroom?"

Yu Zhiyi who just entered the classroom:? ? ?

She suspiciously looked around. She felt relieved after confirming she didn’t enter the wrong classroom.

"Li Shaozhou, thank you for your concern."

"This voice is familiar."

Li Shaozhou incredulously looked at the little girl in front of him.

The girl's facial features are exquisite. She has a standard oval face; her cheeks are tinged with a faint pink colour. She has long eyelashes that compliment her big black round eyes, that were shining and twinkling as if they could talk.

This charming girl gave him a familiar feeling.

Li Shaozhou slapped his head, and suddenly realized, "Are you Yu Zhiyi?"

"Yes, good morning." She admitted her identity calmly and greeted him.

Li Shaozhou was stunned, "You look so beautiful!"

His loud voice drew the attention of all their classmates who were busy completing their homework.

Ever since she transferred, Yu Zhiyi has always worn a mask. Everyone was always looking for an opportunity, but they couldn’t get a glimpse of the new classmate’s face. When they chatted privately, they were also discussing her. Others say she might have a gorgeous face underneath her mask, while others argue that she might have an unsightly appearance.

Because she has a relationship with Shi Yi, everyone has a different expectation regarding her appearance.

Unexpectedly, this is what she looks like!

Some of the students still can’t believe what they heard, so they ask again: "You really are the transfer student?"

Yu Zhiyi clasped her fingers nervously, "Yes..."

People came around one after another, "Wow, you look so good, why did you wear a mask before?"

"She has a very good appearance, of course she would deliberately cover it up."

Is there any inevitable connection between looking good and wearing a mask?...

She did not deliberately cover her face. But after the surgery, her skin became very sensitive. She even stayed in her room for a few days without opening the window, afraid the wind might blow on her face.

Later, she recovered slowly, and halfway through the school semester, she was able to return to school. She was afraid that her fragile and sensitive skin would not be able to withstand the wind and the sun, so she put on a mask to protect her face.

That's it.

She thought she was just coming to the classroom as usual, but she didn't expect everyone to be so curious about her.

She didn't like to be stared at like this, but she couldn't drive everyone away.

Yu Zhiyi pressed her lips tightly, unconsciously stepped back, turned and walked out.

Before she could get to the front door, she ran into Shi Yi.

Seeing everyone looking over, Shi Yi realized that something was amiss, "What's wrong?"

"They... seem to be very curious about me." She didn't say that she was very uncomfortable with everyone's gaze.

Shi Yi understood the situation immediately, and said in a loud voice, "Everyone, hand over your assignment for each subject to the respective class representatives, and proceed to the assembly hall for the flag raising ceremony."

He spoke sonorously and powerfully, as if it was the teacher who was instructing them.

Who is Shi Yi? He is the class monitor; he has a prestigious reputation among the students. He can always convince everyone to listen to him, because if you don’t…...then the teacher will also convince you!

Upon hearing what he said, everyone rushed to complete and hand over their homework.

Seeing everyone was immersed in doing their homework, Yu Zhiyi was greatly relieved.

She subconsciously looked up at Shi Yi.

Shi Yi raised his hand, gently stroking the back of her head twice, "Don't be nervous, they don’t mean any harm."

"En……"

He escorted the little girl back to her seat, then Shi Yi slowly walked toward his desk.

Originally, he came to the school with Yu Zhiyi, but upon entering the school building he happened to run into their homeroom teacher. As the class monitor, he was called to the office to assist on something, and Yu Zhiyi entered the classroom alone.

They didn’t think it was a big deal, but it’s different for her.

Even though Yu Zhiyi survived the unwanted attention from everyone, the psychological impact was still there.

She can blend well in the crowd, but she couldn’t stand the curious eyes of the crowd while looking at her.

-

Slowly, everyone discovered that their class monitor had changed!

The class monitor who is always attentive in class and is always diligently taking notes, suddenly became lazy.

For example, a classmate who had not finished taking notes during class, but is still interested in learning wants to borrow his [Shi Yi] book.

"Class monitor, may I borrow your notes from the last subject."

"Didn’t write."

"You didn’t?"

The classmate didn't believe it, and confusingly opened his book. Only to find that the pages of his book were tidy as if it was brand new, without even a mark or scribble, let alone notes from their previous lesson.

The teachers also noticed that Shi Yi, a good student who they used to praise so much, started to slack off. Previously during the class, he wouldn’t remove his attention on the blackboard. Now during the class… aside from not taking notes, he also doesn’t actively answer questions during the lecture.

For this reason, his homeroom teacher called him at his office and decided to have a word with him. But which family's student is even capable of rendering the homeroom teacher speechless? This school tyrant even said he could still get first place even if did not take notes during class.

"Teacher, everyone has their own way of learning. I think the current way suits me well, which will make me feel relaxed and happy while still learning."

The school xué bà has said so, can they still force others to take notes and to actively participate during class?...

(Xueba: slang for top student; xué means “study” bà means “king”

From: https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php?define=xueba

https://chinatinge.tumblr.com/post/58469911208/%E5%AD%A6%E9%9C%B8-xueba-pinyin-xu%C3%A9-b%C3%A0-%E5%AD%A6-means-study-%E9%9C%B8)

Any dissenting voice will be defeated by his strength.

Qiao Lezhi crossed her legs and leaned back against her chair when discussing the changes in the class monitor. "The class monitor is normally like this. Do you really think he depends on class lessons and seriously writes notes? People who knew him usually praise him saying he could have learned the basic high school knowledge by self-studying."

"Is it really possible as you said? Then couldn't the class monitor just skip grade and directly take the college entrance examination?"

"No, the class monitor will not skip a grade."

"Why?"

Qiao Lezhi slightly raised her arm and pointed in the direction of Yu Zhiyi, "Unless she also skips a grade, the class monitor will definitely finish each grade one step at a time."

Shi Yi's abilities have been outstanding since childhood and there are many people rooting for him to skip a grade, but he himself doesn’t want to.

Everyone including her thought that Shi Yi simply didn’t want to skip a level, until she overheard Shi Yi’s words telling Yu Zhiyi, "I won’t skip a level unless you are with me. But you are so stupid that you can’t skip a level in this life."

It sounds like Yu Zhiyi is stupid, but how many stories are behind that sentence?

——

Canteen

As soon as the bell rang after class at noon, the students rushed into the cafeteria; as if time was their enemy, they quickly lined up for food.

There are two or three boys sitting by the window, and there are still vacant seats on the opposite side.

Two girls with pigtails walked across from them with their food tray, and asked shyly: "Can we sit here?"

Shi Yi pushed the pink and white lunch box in his hand, "Sorry, the seats are already taken."

The two blushing girls sat in the back-row.

"So handsome, especially the one on the far left."

"Isn't that Shi Yi from the first grade of senior high school? He is famous for being the top student in our school."

"Ahhhhh! He is handsome and has good academic performance, a male god-level figure."

"Put away your nymphomaniac appearance, we are now in our third year of high school."

"..."

The girl muffled her voice after her friend mentioned their grade level.

But this does not prevent them from appreciating.

Even if only the back can be seen, the rear view figure of that person is very well proportioned, so amazing.

At this time, two or three girls walked across from them. One of them came empty-handed, but sat directly in front of Shi Yi.

Just as they watched the excitement, they found that the atmosphere at the table in front was very harmonious.

The lunch boxes used by Shi Yi and the girl opposite him are obviously of the same style with different colours.

——

Li Shaozhou ate the meal and quickly finished his lunch.

Seeing the three female classmates opposite them eating slowly, he stretched out his hands to them, "Are there any tissues? Lend me some."

Yu Zhiyi was the first one who took out the tissue and handed it to everyone.

Qiao Lezhi quipped, "Always asking for a tissue, but never thought of giving one back."

Li Shaozhou wiped his mouth, "Sister is very kind-hearted, how could she be as stingy as you!"

As soon as the voice fell, he felt a sharp gaze from the side next to him.

"Who is your sister?" Shi Yi was glowering at him.

Li Shaozhou immediately raised his hand and surrendered, "Okay, I was wrong brother! I said the wrong thing, the student on the opposite side is called classmate Yu Zhiyi."

He was just kidding, but he couldn’t argue with Shi Yi. He still needs to copy the class monitor’s homework!

The three girls ate slowly. Shi Yi also waited patiently, not planning to leave.

Seeing this, Li Shaozhou also sat with peace of mind, and quietly played with his phone.

Someone in the group posted a link, and he clicked it to see. It’s the local city gaming arcade’s anniversary sale, buy one get one free game currency.

Li Shaozhou asked smoothly: "Brother Yi, do you have things to do this weekend?"

He asked as if it was a natural occurrence, after all Shi Yi always refused to go out with them on weekends.

Unexpectedly this time Shi Yi asked, "What things will I do?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shaozhou was excited, he quickly showed Shi Yi the display page of his mobile phone, "I have tried the video games from this arcade several times. It is very interesting."

"Arcade games..." He said softly, and after reading the introduction of the activity at a glance, he tapped his finger twice on the table.

His eyes fell on the girl who was eating seriously and stopped for a few seconds.

He pursed his lips, the corners of his mouth raised slightly. He opened his lips and said, "Yes, let’s try."

The local city gaming arcade is very lively on weekends. With people standing in front of almost every video game machines.

Some were there just to watch, but some were waiting for their turn.

Li Shaozhou rushed up first and bought a hundred token coins proudly.

Because of the ongoing anniversary event, the gaming staff gave him two hundred coins.

Jiang Mier gave him a thumbs up, "Typical tyrant, he bought so much as soon as he came."

Li Shaozhou smiled and shook his head, "Who?"

While talking, he grabbed some of his token coins and put them in Jiang Mier's basket, which was regarded as him taking care of her.

Shi Yi, who followed Yu Zhiyi's steps, stood in front of the cashier. He calmly took out one hundred yuan, and finally got twenty token coins.

Li Shaozhou looked at the pitiful tokens in his basket, and suggested: "Brother Yi, buy some more. How can these twenty be enough."

"Enough." He calmly handed the basket containing the gaming coins to the little girl beside him for safekeeping, took her hand, and went straight to the Coin Pusher[a].

Li Shaozhou and Jiang Mier looked at each other, and followed them suspiciously. They wanted to see what the two of them would do.

They saw Shi Yi walk to the Coin Pusher, and observed it for a while. He pinpointed the position, controlled the time to put the coins in; the Coin Pusher pushed the accumulated token coins a bit forward, but the coins haven’t fallen over the edge yet.

Shi Yi kept throwing the coins without a hurry. Suddenly they heard the sound of the gaming coins falling, and they grabbed a handful of it from the coin drawer.

Yu Zhiyi triumphantly put all the game coins into the small basket, "Look, we now have plenty of coins."

"..." Li Shaozhou felt that his IQ was insulted.

Jiang Mier is an athletic girl. Generally, she can play shooting and driving games that boys are interested in.

But Yu Zhiyi has always been a modest girl, and she loves speed games.

With the music coming out from the machine, her hands moved quickly to tap the screen. She played the game twice.

(I think the game she’s playing is Dance Dance Revolution (the hand version), or something similar to that game.

Dance Dance Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLv8wjyvqs4)

The rhythm of the music is getting faster and faster; Yu Zhiyi played two rounds of it, and her forehead is already sweating.

This kind of game that needs concentration and speed is quite exciting.

"It's a bit hot." She raised her hand and touched the sweat on her forehead.

Shi Yi drew a tissue from her backpack, seated her down, "Rest for a while."

Li Shaozhou and Jiang Mier found some common interests, and they had fun.

They haven't seen Shi Yi and Yu Zhiyi for a long time. Li Shaozhou decided to find them, and enthusiastically invited them over to play, “You two are not playing? Why are you sitting here, hurry get up and play with us."

Before Shi Yi could open his mouth to refuse, Yu Zhiyi had already answered, "Brother, go and play with them for a while. I'll wait for you here."

Shi Yi didn't move, "No need."

"You go, otherwise I will feel guilty." If he can’t play and have some fun with his friends because of her presence, she will think that she has trapped Shi Yi again.

He saw the sincere look in the little girl's eyes, touched her head, and said, "Stay here, okay."

"En, I'm not a kid." She won’t get lost in this gaming arcade.

Only this place has a rest area, so it is best for her to stay here and wait.

When Shi Yi and Li Shaozhou went to play some games, the token coins were all left in Yu Zhiyi's hand.

She rested for a while, and saw that there was an empty space in front of the game machine she was playing. She couldn't help but drop some coins and try to play.

This thing is addictive after playing it twice.

When the music was about to start, a boy stood on the game machine next to her.

Yu Zhiyi casually glanced at him before concentrating on her game.

The rhythm of the music will continue to accelerate as you level-up. The boy next to her also advances a level, and his speed is amazing.

In the end she lost the game, but the person next to her kept levelling-up.

"Wow..." she exclaimed in a low voice, staring intently at the man's flexible hands tapping on the screen. Watching the rhythm accelerate, she became nervous.

It feels like she was the one playing the game.

She doesn’t know which level it is, but the boy all of a sudden made a mistake. Game Over.

But this level amazed Yu Zhiyi.

Noticing her gaze the boy turned around, he looked at her and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Uh..." Unexpectedly, the other party would suddenly ask her this question. Yu Zhiyi was taken aback for a moment, but still decided to compliment him according to her thoughts: "Your hand speed is very fast, very powerful."

"Play a few more times, so can you."

"Haha..." She knew that she needed to practice more to achieve that speed.

Yu Zhiyi was shy by nature, and didn’t intend on continuing the conversation. But she didn’t expect the other party to invite her, "Do you want to keep playing?"

This player is really a master of this game, she was about to agree when she heard a familiar voice from behind.

"Yiyi."

"Brother." Yu Zhiyi turned her head, jumped off the platform and ran to Shi Yi. "Brother, why are you back so soon?"

"Worried about you."

"Then I will go with you." Even if she was asked to stand there and wait, she was willing.

"How can it be?" Shi Yi took the token coin basket in her hand, "Go, brother will take you to play something good."

"Okay." When they were about to leave, she remembered the hand-speed expert that she had forgotten because of Shi Yi’s arrival.

"Sorry, I won't play anymore, thank you." She replied briefly, holding Shi Yi's hand, and never looked back.

After walking a little further, Shi Yi asked, "Do you know that person just now?"

Yu Zhiyi shook her head and answered honestly: "I don't know him."

"But he plays the game so well, his hand speed is super fast!"

Shi Yi scratched the palm of her hand vigorously, "Yiyi is so amazing, she starts complimenting other boys in front of her brother."

She was ticklish, she wanted to take her hand back but it was pulled tightly by Shi Yi.

"Brother, you’re so hateful."

"Yiyi is so amazing, she starts to dislike her brother."

"Ahhhhh! I don't mean that much!"

It is clear that he deliberately pokes her weakness and tickles her, teasing her.

Why did she end up at a loss in the end?

When they were passing some video games, he would pull Yu Zhiyi and let her watch how he plays. Every time he wins, he would stand in front of her in a victory gesture, repeating a question: "Is brother good?"

"Awesome……"

"Yiyi is so amazing, she doesn’t think her brother is good."

"Ah... Brother is the best, super invincible!"

Yu Zhiyi is about to collapse.

She was now scared when she heard Shi Yi say "Yiyi is so amazing".

Why does it feel like Shi Yi, who is usually mature, suddenly becomes childish. He wants her to coax him?

In the end, Shi Yi was finally willing to let her go and stopped asking the question "Is brother great or not?"

Seeing that Shi Yi returned to normal, Yu Zhiyi heaved a sigh of relief.

It seems that you can't praise others in front of Shi Yi in the future. Otherwise it will arouse his desire to win!

——

Because sometimes the high-level bug Yi was present, Li Shaozhou was playing with Jiang Mier and didn't even want to go out.

But in the afternoon, he was too hungry, so he paused the game time and they found a nearby place to eat.

Li Shaozhou chatted with Jiang Mier enthusiastically, "Did you see my technique just now? I am awesome, right?"

Jiang Mier was not convinced, "Tsk, you just got lucky. After eating shall we compare?

"Compare! Who is afraid of whom!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhiyi approached Shi Yi and asked in a low voice, "So you guys like to be exaggerated?"

Shi Yi propped his chin with one hand, facing her, his peach blossom eyes were full of charming smiles, "Do you want to try praising others and see?"

Yu Zhiyi closed her mouth tightly and dared not speak any more.

Such a brother is terrible...

The food is served on the table, they were familiar with each other so there’s no need to be polite.

Li Shaozhou ate the fastest and was the first to finish.

He picked up his mobile phone and played for a while. When he saw Shi Yi was also putting down his bowl and chopsticks, he looked at Yu Zhiyi’s half-eaten bowl, and knew he had to wait.

Li Shaozhou was not in a hurry, and raised his phone, "Brother Yi, play a game?"

"En." He did not touch his phone for a while. Now that he was provoked, he was willing to accompany him.

The two enter the game and team up for PK. (Player Killing)

During the game, they found out the other teammates they were fighting were of average level. They kept killing the enemy, and Li Shaozhou bravely rushed forward.

Shi Yi used to play this game, even though he hasn’t played for a while the familiar feeling comes back as soon as he plays it.

He cooperated with Li Shaozhou tacitly and scored a lot of points.

The higher the level Li Shaozhou got, the more excited he became. The battle became more and more tense and exciting. Just when he was about to rush up, he realized that Shi Yi hadn't followed.

He urged without lifting his head: "Brother Yi keep up."

"Wait a moment." Shi Yi unhurriedly replied.

Li Shaozhou looked up only to find that Shi Yi's cell phone was on the table, and he... was tying Yu Zhiyi's hair?

Is this really normal?

Shi Yi picked up the phone again and rushed into the enemy area side by side with Li Shaozhou.

The excitement from playing came back, Li Shaozhou forgot the grievance he felt when Shi Yi abandoned him.

"The other side's rookie, die for this Lord!" Li Shaozhou smoothly attacked.

They chased the enemy and placed several attacks, unfortunately the other side still had some HP left. Just when they were about to land the final blow, Shi Yi’s game character suddenly stopped in place again!

Li Shaozhou looked in front, his teammate was holding a bowl in one hand and a soup spoon in the other, serving the little girl next to him...

After that, he said: "Drink soup."

He really takes care of people in every possible way.

Li Shaozhou: "!!!"

So those teammates who AFK before are doing this kind of thing?

Fortunately, Shi Yi didn’t get distracted again, and they won the game.

Li Shaozhou couldn't help saying: "Brother Yi, can you concentrate on playing games?"

Shi Yi asked back: "Am I not paying enough attention?"

"This... Tie hair and serve soup, she can do it herself!"

"If she can do it herself, why can’t I?"

Li Shaozhou:? ? ?

He is now full of question marks.

Is there a problem with this logic? ? !

"Are you taking care of your younger sister? Jiang Shaowen doesn't even do this with his girlfriend." Jiang Shaowen was their classmate who has a puppy love.

Li Shaozhou said casually, but he didn't expect Shi Yi to reply again: "It's really not."

"What's not?"

Jiang Mier and Yu Zhiyi both raised their heads, waiting for his answer.

The author has something to say: Shi Yi:

Yiyi is so amazing~

Do you want to try praising others and see?

Our brother Yi ate so many vinegar today...

(30 red envelopes in this chapter) The one with more words is drawn first

Speaking of something I can’t understand, I was given negative scores for the first time after I wrote the novel. The reason was that "the summary did not indicate the abuse point", saying that I did not indicate that her parents were not good to Yiyi and deceived the reader. .

I? ? Ask yourself if the setting of the parents being divorced is not from reality, right?

Besides, didn’t I write the love story of two childhood sweethearts? Should I write a book and specify in the summary: The heroine's parents are treating her well, and the heroine's friends are treating her well?

Really...very innocent. From the beginning to the end of the summary, I only said that Shi Yi prefers Yiyi. How can I lie...