I'm in Senior Year, and the System Says I'm Going on a Blind Date with My Childhood Sweetheart

Chapter 259: Chapter 162: Your Hand Is Too Smooth, I Can’t Stand Steady (Part 2)

Switching seats didn’t take Shen Yuan very long. Five or six minutes later, he walked out of the classroom carrying two backpacks.

Li Zhi walked beside him, a light smile on her face.

Just as the two of them stepped out of the classroom, Tong Churou came walking toward them.

Tong Churou stopped in her tracks when she saw Shen Yuan and Li Zhi.

Tong Churou already knew Shen Yuan’s monthly test scores. Compared to her own progress, Shen Yuan had now reached a level that was the pinnacle of what she could ever hope to achieve.

But it was Li Zhi who truly shocked Tong Churou.

The Lower Realm Witch had been crushed by Li Zhi’s scores not long after arriving in the Upper Realm, but this new blow was even more devastating.

Normally, Li Zhi just wore her school uniform with her hair tied back casually. If you weren’t paying close attention, you might not notice how beautiful she was; you could easily overlook her in a crowd.

But things were different now.

Li Zhi’s outfit completely stunned Tong Churou.

’So the gap between me and Li Zhi is this huge.’

It wasn’t that Tong Churou hadn’t tried similar styles, but frankly, they didn’t have the same lethal impact as her black stockings.

But no matter how deadly the look, people were bound to get tired of it eventually.

Things weren’t like they used to be. You could open any app these days and find countless female Bodhisattvas.

Tong Churou had already noticed her charm in class was fading. Even the smart boys seemed to be subtly keeping their distance from her.

’So... maybe it’s time for a change in style?’

’Ah, wait. Shen Yuan has a childhood sweetheart like her... How did I ever manage to captivate him in the first place?’

While Tong Churou was lost in thought, Li Zhi and Shen Yuan were already far away.

Walking home from school, the streets were noticeably more crowded than they were on the way there earlier in the evening.

Luckily, it was already late. At 9:40 PM in late October, the sky was pitch-black.

The moon was hidden behind the clouds, not a sliver of its light showing through.

After leaving the school grounds, Shen Yuan and Li Zhi walked home without either of them being the first to speak.

The sound of a pebble skittering along the pavement came from beside them. Shen Yuan had found a small stone somewhere and was kicking it along as he walked.

Seeing this, Li Zhi’s lips curled into a smile. She couldn’t help but remember the time Shen Yuan had hidden a pebble in a roadside flowerbed.

A soft laugh, as clear and pleasant as a silver bell, escaped her throat. She leaned gracefully toward Shen Yuan, closing the distance between them.

Shen Yuan felt a faint scent of fig wash over him, brushing past his ear and tickling his senses.

"Are you going to hide it in a flowerbed later?"

Her voice was laced with a teasing tone, making Shen Yuan’s heart skip a beat.

Of course he remembered that night. It was after they had switched seats, just like tonight, that he had successfully tricked Li Zhi with a small lie. A sliver of pride welled up in Shen Yuan as he recalled how angry she had looked after falling for his trick.

However, faced with Li Zhi’s question now, Shen Yuan just shook his head.

"I’m not hiding it. What’s the point?"

Shen Yuan looked at Li Zhi. "I have something more important to hide now."

Hearing this, a wry smile touched Li Zhi’s lips.

"Oh?" With her hands behind her back, she leaned even closer to Shen Yuan, a curious look on her face. "What are you going to hide?"

As she spoke, Li Zhi leaned forward slightly.

The neckline of the top she wore underneath was a little loose, and the movement revealed a small patch of fair skin.

Shen Yuan’s gaze inadvertently swept over it, and he quickly looked away as if he’d been burned.

But the stunning sight flashed through his mind like lightning, and under the streetlight, the tips of his ears instantly burned a deep, agate red.

"I’m... hiding this."

Shen Yuan quickly reached out and tugged her collar back into place.

His throat tightened, and his stumbling words were carried to Li Zhi’s ear on the night breeze. "Your collar was crooked. I’m just fixing it for you."

The moment Shen Yuan’s fingers left the fabric of her collar, Li Zhi suddenly realized the panicked trajectory his gaze had taken.

Her back instantly went ramrod straight, and she raised a hand to clutch her collar tightly.

The light from the streetlamp behind them hid her blushing cheeks in shadow, but the crimson flush burning on her ear tips crept down past her delicate jawline.

"You!"

The single word, squeezed from her throat, was filled with embarrassed anger. Li Zhi suddenly reached out and grabbed Shen Yuan’s collar.

In the shifting light, a misty sheen covered Li Zhi’s moonlit eyes. The grip of her fingers held a feigned ferocity. "You creep! Pervert! Selaan! You idiot, Shen Yuan!"

Her reprimand shattered the moment it left her lips, half of it turning to powdered sugar and the other half a trembling note that made the young man’s Adam’s apple bob.

Li Zhi met Shen Yuan’s gaze and took half a step back, about to pull away, but he grabbed her wrist.

Feeling the strength in his grip, Li Zhi knew he wasn’t going to let go.

She shot him a glare, but the tension in her neck finally gave way.

"Let go! Believe me, if you don’t let go right now, a picture of this is going to end up in the Kissing Association’s QQ group!"

Although Li Zhi kept her voice low, the warning was unmistakable.

However, Shen Yuan was completely unfazed by her threat, a smile playing on his lips.

"So what? Let them take all the pictures they want."

"I already told Ah Jie and the guys that we held hands today," Shen Yuan said nonchalantly. "And I don’t believe for a second that they won’t tell Zhuo Peipei and He Zhiyu."