Chapter 363 - 194: Taking Li Zhi Away for the Night
Chapter 363: Chapter 194: Taking Li Zhi Away for the Night
DING!
[Having spent time together recently, you’ve noticed that Li Zhi often seems troubled lately.]
[After some questioning, Li Zhi tells you the truth: she’s just a bit tired from work, and there are no major problems.]
[Seeing her troubled expression, you hesitate for a moment before reaching out to hug her. You tell her that after her work is done, you two should go on a trip for a few days.]
[Li Zhi doesn’t refuse, but she does mock you with a single sentence after the hug.]
["You used to not say a word, and now you dare to get all handsy."]
[Take Li Zhi on a short trip to a nearby city! Show her some different scenery. Reward: Li Zhi’s Memory Fragment x1]
[Mission Requirement: Leave your current city (Jiyang) and stay in another city for at least one night.]
Shen Yuan stared blankly at the mission before him.
’Damn, Brother Tongzi, you’re being this direct?’
’Spending the night somewhere else!’
’Brother Tongzi, is it the kind of overnight stay I’m thinking of?’
Shen Yuan gulped. ’Well, I’m kinda looking forward to that!’
’Like hell I am!’
Shen Yuan stole a glance at Li Zhi.
’Like hell that’ll work! There’s no fucking way, okay?!’
’Even if my dear Li Bao were willing to spend the night out, there’s no way she’d share a room with me.’
After looking at the system mission again, Shen Yuan felt a sense of relief.
’Whatever. It’s not like it said we had to share a room or anything.’
Just as Shen Yuan was lost in thought, Li Zhi’s voice reached his ears.
"What are you doing? Just standing there instead of eating?"
Shen Yuan snapped back to his senses. Seeing Li Zhi looking at him, he blurted out, "I was thinking, should we go on a trip during the long break after the joint exams? We’ve been pretty tired lately, so it’d be a good chance to relax."
The moment the words left his mouth, he froze.
The idea from the system mission, "show her some different scenery," had slipped out, prompted by her question.
Li Zhi raised an eyebrow, a half-smile playing on her lips as she glanced at him. "Oh my, look at you, starting to enjoy life?"
Shen Yuan chuckled, but then he saw Li Zhi’s gaze turn cold.
"Focus on the exam first! It’s on Thursday, so stop getting distracted by other things!"
"Okay!" Shen Yuan nodded repeatedly.
To Ah Jie and the others, he perfectly fit the image of a "henpecked husband."
Shen Yuan shot a glare at Ah Jie and his friends, seeing their teasing looks.
"What are you looking at!"
After the meal, Shen Yuan took Li Zhi to the supermarket to buy ice cream, as usual.
The beautiful girl hadn’t had ice cream in too long and was absolutely dying for some.
Although Li Zhi wanted to eat all kinds of flavors, she knew Shen Yuan wouldn’t let her buy too many, so in the end, she chose her absolute favorite.
When it came to ice cream, Li Zhi felt she could probably never get tired of it.
Even if she ever claimed to be tired of it, she would only be saying that to be difficult. It was the kind of thing she’d say when Shen Yuan was tempting her with ice cream while she was on her period and couldn’t have any.
...
Because the joint exam followed the format of the national college entrance exams, all the third-year high school students received a notice on Tuesday.
"After you come back from lunch, move all your books and things to Classroom 305 on the third floor of the lab building. Classes will be held there from now on. Get it done before the second period this afternoon!"
The fourth period on Tuesday morning was supposed to be gym class. But with the joint exams so close, any gym teacher worth their salt knew to "get sick."
’Gym class? Fat chance!’
Moving the books and everything actually went pretty quickly.
Shen Yuan shouldered his completely stuffed backpack, then deftly scooped a plastic book basket into his arms, his shoulders dipping slightly under the weight.
Li Zhi, beside him, looked much more at ease, carrying only a similarly bulging but smaller backpack.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to carry a book basket; Shen Yuan had flat-out refused to let her.
He’d said he would just make an extra trip for her later.
"Let’s go." Shen Yuan called out, turning his head. The two of them turned and walked toward the lab building together.
The afternoon sun filtered through the gaps in the leaves, casting dancing spots of light on the asphalt path.
Shen Yuan looked at the lab building not far ahead, a thought stirring in his mind. With a hint of barely concealed excitement, he whispered to Li Zhi, "When we get to the new classroom, we can sit together, right?"
The seats in the lab building were fixed, with eight to a row, which meant Class 15’s seating arrangement would be completely shuffled.
You could sit wherever you wanted, completely according to your own preference.
Li Zhi didn’t break her stride, merely glancing at him out of the corner of her eye and letting out a soft huff through her nose.
"Fine. That’ll make it easier for me to supervise your studying. If you dare to slack off or get distracted while reviewing for the joint exams, hmph, hmph!"
She didn’t finish her sentence, but the "threat" in her unspoken words was obvious.
Li Zhi lifted her chin, but the corner of her mouth seemed to curve upward into a tiny smile.
Hearing Li Zhi’s words, Shen Yuan felt the weight of the book basket in his arms lighten, and he let out a chuckle.
They tacitly adjusted their pace to walk side by side, their backpack straps swaying gently with the rhythm of their steps.
Shen Yuan finished moving both his and Li Zhi’s books in just three trips.
Inside the lab building, everyone quickly settled into their new seats.
In Shen Yuan’s row, he was the only boy.
Lined up in order were Shen Yuan, Li Zhi, He Zhiyu, and Zhuo Peipei.
Behind them sat Ah Jie, Yang Ze, Chen Mingyu, and also Sun Xiansheng.
Teacher Hou had been deeply hurt by Ah Shuai recently. Mentally and physically exhausted, he no longer wanted to act as their strategist.
Ah Jie had actually wanted to sit behind Shen Yuan, but Yang Ze and the others moved his books and put them right behind Zhuo Peipei instead.
Calling it "motivation."