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

Chapter 279: Chapter 169: This Is How the Bottom Line Is Breached

After the morning exercises, before they even got back to the classroom, Ah Jie was dragged away by Yang Ze and Chen Mingyu.

"Stay still! You fucking stay still!" Yang Ze had his arm around Ah Jie’s neck, half-dragging, half-yanking him along.

"Easy, easy! You’re gonna break my neck!" Ah Jie struggled, his face flushed red.

The two of them hauled Ah Jie to the railing outside the classroom, where Yang Ze pinned him against it.

"Ah Jie, what happened to sticking together through thick and thin?"

Chen Mingyu crossed his arms, a teasing look in his eyes. "So you’re making a show of one thing while secretly doing another, huh? You even know the exact day our dear Chairman Zhuo gets ’that time of the month’? Is this some kind of special treatment?"

Yang Ze jabbed Ah Jie with his elbow.

"Exactly! Confess for a lighter sentence, resist for a harsher one! Spit it out! You’ve been secretly watching her for a long time, haven’t you! You punk, have you had your eye on Zhuo Peipei for a while? Huh?!"

Ah Jie squirmed and struggled, his face filled with the desperate urgency of someone wrongly accused. "No! Can’t you two get your minds out of the gutter?!"

Ah Jie took a deep breath, intending to explain with righteous indignation, but his voice was unsteady from Yang Ze’s hold on him from behind.

"How many times do I have to say it! We were deskmates for all of second year! We’re deskmates in third year too, in the same class! Deskmates for over a year! Do you have any idea what being deskmates for over a year means?!"

Ah Jie struggled as he explained, "I... I’m not blind! And I’m not stupid! I just... just remembered it naturally! It’s nothing special at all!"

Just then, Shen Yuan leaned over and patted Ah Jie on the shoulder.

"I get it! This is just NOR! MAL! CON! CERN! for a classmate! It’s the basic attribute of a modern gentleman!"

The three of them exchanged a glance, all seeing the suppressed laughter in each other’s eyes.

"Ooooh~" Yang Ze drew out the sound, a wicked grin on his face. "’I just remembered it naturally’! Wow, what a great memory you have, Brother Jie!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

"Fuck off! You three morons!" Ah Jie was so angry he was hopping mad.

"Hm? You dare to resist?"

"Get him!"

With that command, Ah Jie was dragged to the back door of the classroom.

"Fuck! This is what I get for caring about a classmate! I am blameless! I was merely showing concern for a classmate!"

After the Aruba, Ah Jie lay whimpering on his desk. While his posture might not have been identical to Zhuo Peipei’s beside him, it was certainly strikingly similar.

But one was from weakness, the other from pain.

"You two look quite the couple."

Hearing Shen Yuan’s comment, Zhuo Peipei and Ah Jie snapped their heads around to look at him and said in unison, "Fuck off!"

Shen Yuan raised his hands, smiling and nodding. "Got it, got it."

"You don’t get shit!"

Seeing Ah Jie’s furious and exasperated look, Shen Yuan gave him a cheeky grin, then turned his attention to the test paper on his desk.

’I need to go over my mistakes. I don’t have time to play house with you guys.’

’Li Bao already told me not to get involved in your business.’

’It’s not really a big deal, anyway.’

’The whole incident was contained within their little friend group, and it hadn’t spread any further.’

’Besides, based on his observations, those two, Yang Ze and Chen Mingyu, were just looking for a laugh.’

’Whether or not something was actually going on between Ah Jie and Zhuo Peipei wasn’t what they really cared about.’

’They just wanted an excuse to treat Ah Jie to an Aruba session.’

’In fact, if Ah Jie actually showed any interest in Zhuo Peipei, Yang Ze and Chen Mingyu would definitely volunteer to be his wingmen and help him succeed.’

’Of course, if Ah Jie and Zhuo Peipei really did get together in the end...’

’Then they’d just have to Aruba him until he was ground smooth!’

The third period was Old Zhou’s math class. Shen Yuan quickly put the matter out of his mind and focused on the lecture.

The boost to his logical thinking from the System had already been fully absorbed by Shen Yuan. What he needed now was Old Zhou’s explanation of mathematical concepts.

’Of course, if the System was willing to give him another boost, Shen Yuan would gladly call Brother Tongzi his godfather.’

The morning passed quickly. Shen Yuan had planned to go to the cafeteria for lunch after class, but he was stopped by his Eldest Female Cousin.

"Let’s go, let’s go. Come with me and get something."

Hearing Yang Yishui’s words, Shen Yuan immediately understood what she meant.

Shen Yuan quickly turned to Li Zhi, who was beside him. "You’ll have to eat lunch by yourself. I’m going out with Sister Shui for a bit."

Although Li Zhi didn’t understand what Shen Yuan and Yang Yishui were up to, she didn’t stop them.

The beautiful girl nodded. "Go on."

Watching Li Zhi’s departing figure, Yang Yishui nudged Shen Yuan.

"Come on, stop staring. You’ll only be apart for a little bit. Don’t tell me you miss her already."

Hearing his Eldest Female Cousin’s words, Shen Yuan rolled his eyes at her. "What are you talking about? Come on, let’s go. Where are we heading?"

"Jewelry City. The items were delivered there."

Yang Yishui led Shen Yuan toward the parking lot at a brisk pace.

"That was fast!" The designs Shen Yuan had picked out had to be custom-made from scratch.

"What do you expect? With local resources and personal connections, of course it’s going to be efficient. But..."

Yang Yishui glanced back at him, a barely perceptible smile on her lips. "Lunch is on you."

"No problem!"

His Eldest Female Cousin drove Shen Yuan to Jewelry City.

She led him to a jewelry store with an elegant interior but an understated storefront.

The shop owner was clearly an acquaintance of Yang Yishui. Upon seeing her, he enthusiastically came up to greet them. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he took out two exquisite boxes.

Yang Yishui looked at Shen Yuan and lifted her chin slightly. "Take a look!"

Shen Yuan eagerly took the boxes.