Chapter 515 - 227: Slaughtering the Single Dogs

Chapter 515: Chapter 227: Slaughtering the Single Dogs

He Zhiyu and Zhuo Peipei immediately held their breath, leaning their heads in closer.

A pleased and slightly smug smile graced Li Zhi’s lips as she unconsciously twirled a strand of hair hanging by her cheek.

"Shen Yuan... on New Year’s Eve..."

The beautiful girl deliberately drew out her words, savoring the sight of their eyes instantly going wide before she satisfyingly delivered the crucial information.

"He confessed to me."

The two girls’ eyes went wide in an instant.

"Huh? HUH?!"

He Zhiyu urgently whispered, "How did he do it? Quick, tell us!"

Seeing their excited expressions, Li Zhi’s smile deepened.

Her fingertips gently caressed the pearl hairpin Shen Yuan had given her, a sly glint in her eyes. "That’s a secret."

With that, Li Zhi made a hushing gesture, her lips curved into a smile. "Alright, alright, I’m going to study now."

Although their request for more gossip was decisively rejected, He Zhiyu and Zhuo Peipei didn’t show the slightest hint of annoyance. Instead, they broke into wide grins, their smiles even more radiant than before!

The two exchanged a look, instantly on the same page.

Content, they turned back around.

Although they’d been temporarily stopped from prying further, once they sat down, they couldn’t help but whisper to each other through the small gap between them, unable to completely stifle their low, excited laughter.

The classroom was peaceful, but just outside, Shen Yuan had been forced into a "desperate situation."

"You monster, you monster! Shen Yuan! Speak! How did you bewitch Sister Li?! Huh?!"

Ah Jie beat his chest and stomped his feet, pointing at Shen Yuan’s nose in utter heartbreak. "And she called you ’brother’?! She actually called you ’brother’?! Shen Yuan! What kind of love potion did you give Sister Li?!"

"How could our dear Young Master Li become like this! Pigtails were one thing, but feeding you strawberries?! And asking you how sweet she was?! HUH?!"

"Exactly! It’s outrageous!" Yang Ze nodded.

Chen Mingyu’s eyes were filled with deep sorrow. "Damn it! Give us back Class 15’s Painful Sacrifice!"

Unlike the other three’s condemnation, Sun Xiansheng, who was standing to the side, clearly had a different take.

Sun Xiansheng grabbed Shen Yuan’s hand. "Bro! Brother Yuan! Teach me! I want a girlfriend too! That was a lethal dose of sweetness! How in the world did you get Sister Li to call you ’brother’?!"

Seeing Sun Xiansheng’s "worship," and then looking at the "you’re dead if you don’t give us a good explanation today" expressions on the faces of Ah Jie, Yang Ze, and Chen Mingyu, Shen Yuan felt the pressure on his neck ease slightly.

He rubbed the sore spot where Ah Jie had been throttling him and took a deep breath of the cold hallway air.

Immense satisfaction mixed with a small hint of smugness.

Shen Yuan composed himself, his gaze sweeping over the faces before him—some angry, some grief-stricken, and one bursting with curiosity.

Then, under everyone’s watchful eyes, the corners of his mouth began to curve upward... extremely slowly... into an unmistakably clear arc.

The smile was so brilliant it practically radiated a punchable "I’m done pretending, the secret’s out" kind of vibe.

"Oh, that..." Shen Yuan’s voice wasn’t loud, but it was exceptionally clear, and the smug smile on his face was even more glaring.

"I just... happened to successfully confess to Li Zhi on New Year’s Eve, that’s all."

BOOM—!!!

A deathly silence.

Followed by—

"AWOOOOOOOO—!!!!!"

Ah Jie suddenly clutched his heart, letting out a pained howl.

"HOLY SHIT—!!"

"What?! A confession?!"

"And it was successful?!"

But that wasn’t the end of it.

Ah Jie’s howl was like a battle cry. A moment later, the jealousy in the boys’ hearts morphed into the burning resentment of a pack of single dogs.

Ah Jie was the first to snap, his eyes blazing with fury.

"Get him!"

"Aruba—!!"

To the tune of Ah Jie’s tragic yet resounding battle cry, and under the shocked gazes of students peeking out from other classroom doorways, Shen Yuan was hoisted high into the air and then introduced intimately to the back door.

A few minutes later, Shen Yuan was back in his seat, groaning and whimpering.

Li Zhi caught a glimpse of Shen Yuan’s pained grimace out of the corner of her eye. She quickly lowered her head, but her shoulders shook uncontrollably as her two cute pigtails swayed along with them.

"Pfft..." A soft little puff of air escaped from between her tightly pressed lips, impossible to hold back.

’Thinking about how he was howling while being menacingly dragged out by Ah Jie and the others, and now seeing his pitiful attempt to maintain some dignity upon his return...’

Li Zhi felt a wave of glee so strong she almost burst out laughing.

’Serves him right!’

Shen Yuan heard her stifled laugh and shook his head helplessly.

But he simply leaned closer to Li Zhi, his tone a mixture of smug and pitifully wronged.

"Li Bao! It’s all just the jealousy of single dogs!"

Li Zhi finally managed to suppress her smile and secretly gave his nearby arm a light pinch.

"Oh, shut up..."

The beautiful girl whispered with a hint of shy annoyance, conveniently pushing the still-unopened workbook from the corner of his desk toward him.

She rapped her knuckles twice on the cover, making a dull THUD THUD.

"Behave! Time to study!"

"Yes, ma’am!"

He answered in a flash, quickly opening the workbook and grabbing his pen, but his gaze couldn’t help but remain glued to the serious profile of the girl beside him.

The light from the overhead lamps spilled down, casting a small, soft shadow beneath her thick eyelashes.

The sight of her, lost in Concentration as she flipped through the practice exams, miraculously merged with the image of the coy girl who had just slyly asked, "How sweet am I?" For Shen Yuan, she was the sweetest answer key of all.

Shen Yuan took a deep breath and finally lowered his head as well. The tip of his pen touched the snow-white page, and the sound of scratching resumed, blending into the gradually quieting air of the evening study session.