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Just as she'd guessed. Shen Luoluo looked at Chen Jiashu and asked, "Does he skip class and get into fights a lot?"

"Exactly!" Chen Jiashu nodded. "He's always skipping class to fight people. He's knocked out someone's teeth and even broken an arm! He nearly ended up in juvenile detention!"

As he spoke, Chen Jiashu watched Shen Luoluo's reaction. She was scared now, right? If she was, why wasn't she changing seats?

Shen Luoluo asked, "Does he also sleep through class, ignore the lessons, and even leave early?"

"Yes, yes." Chen Jiashu nodded furiously. "That's exactly it. Nine times out of ten, when he comes to class, he just sleeps..."

Wait. He was trying to talk her out of sitting there. Why were her eyes sparkling?

"That settles it!" Shen Luoluo clapped her hands, her eyes shining.

If he skips class and leaves early, he might only show up for a few lessons a week. And if he sleeps instead of listening, he won't make noise or bother me. How is that a School Bully? He's clearly a quiet, unobtrusive sweetheart!

An amazing deskmate like that is so much easier to be around than noisy Shen Anya.

Chen Jiashu: ???

Wh-what? Did I hear that right? A sweetheart?

Just then, the homeroom teacher came in and told Shen Luoluo to collect her textbooks. The moment she left, Chen Jiashu burst out laughing.

"Sweetheart!" Chen Jiashu laughed so hard his stomach hurt. "Shi Yue, did you hear that? The new girl actually called Qi Yang a sweetheart!"

"Hahaha, a sweetheart..."

Qin Shiyue had covered half her face and was frantically trying to warn him with her eyes, but Chen Jiashu didn't notice. He was still clutching his stomach and laughing.

"Is it that funny?" a cold voice asked from behind him.

Chen Jiashu instantly stopped laughing and changed his tune. "No, it isn't. Sorry, I was wrong. I won't do it again."

Having grown up with Qi Yang, Chen Jiashu wasn't actually afraid of him. He said he wouldn't do it again, but inwardly: I absolutely will.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Qi Yang's reddened ears. His eyes widened as if he'd discovered a new continent, and he blurted out, "Qi Yang, your ears are red!"

Where? Where?

Qin Shiyue turned at the sound of his voice, her pupils widening. Oh, they really were red.

Qi Yang had had enough. He stretched out a long leg and kicked Chen Jiashu. "Shut up!" Then he put his head back down on the desk and went back to sleep.

But his ears, still in full view, grew even redder.

Chen Jiashu and Qin Shiyue exchanged a look and smiled without a word. He was embarrassed!

How could he not be, after someone called him a sweetheart?

When Shen Luoluo returned with her textbooks, her deskmate was still displaying all the fine qualities of an ideal deskmate: he was asleep.

Qi Yang hadn't gotten angry or told her to leave, so Chen Jiashu and Qin Shiyue took it as a given that he'd agreed to let Shen Luoluo sit beside him.

They both gave her a thumbs-up. Shen Luoluo didn't read much into it; she thought they were just impressed by her courage.

Maybe it was because she was sitting beside a School Bully, but no one came to bother her. With Sheng Mingzhou stuck in the bathroom all day, her first day after transferring passed peacefully.

After a quiet day together, Shen Luoluo was even more pleased with her new deskmate and class.

When the final bell rang, Shen Luoluo packed her things and headed out with everyone else. But at the corner of the corridor, Sheng Mingzhou blocked her way again.

Shen Luoluo was speechless. Was this guy a cockroach? A whole day of diarrhea hadn't worn him out, and he still had the energy to ambush her?

She had no idea how much nonsense Shen Anya had fed him to make him so certain she'd joined the Rocket Class because of him.

"Shen Luoluo, I'm warning you..."

"Warning her about what?" The words had barely left his mouth when Qi Yang, Chen Jiashu, and Qin Shiyue came around the corner.

With his schoolbag slung over one shoulder and his hands in his pockets, Qi Yang quietly stepped between Shen Luoluo and Sheng Mingzhou, shielding her behind him.

"What are you warning my deskmate about?" His voice was cold.

Chen Jiashu gave a derisive laugh. "Sheng Mingzhou, what's your problem? Are you even a man? You couldn't win an argument, so you waited until after school to corner a girl and bully her? Is that all you're capable of?"

Sheng Mingzhou stiffened his neck. "This is between Shen Luoluo and me. Stay out of it."

"What do you mean, it's between you and Luoluo? Luoluo said she doesn't even know you, yet you keep stopping her and blocking her way." Qin Shiyue sucked in a breath. "Don't tell me you actually like

her—

have a secret crush on

Luoluo. Is that why you keep chasing after her, just to get a word with her?"

"That's nonsense! I..."

Another gurgle sounded. Sheng Mingzhou's expression changed drastically. Before he could say another word, he clenched his backside and ran.

Chen Jiashu wasn't about to let him off. He raised his voice and shouted, "Sheng Mingzhou, hold it in! Don't crap your pants!"

Students along the road kept turning to look, and Sheng Mingzhou ran even faster.

"Thank you," Shen Luoluo said sincerely.

"Don't mention it." Chen Jiashu smiled. "New girl, meeting like this must be fate. Let's introduce ourselves properly. I'm Chen Jiashu."

Qin Shiyue said, "I don't need to. Luoluo and I already know each other."

"Qi Yang."

Shen Luoluo's eyes widened. Oh wow, the ultimate villain!

Chen Jiashu's knees nearly buckled. Come on, new girl! You called him a sweetheart just now. How did he become the ultimate villain?

The Shen Family's car was already waiting at the school gate.

Inside, Shen Anya kept checking her phone, then glancing out the window, her face anxious. Why hasn't Sheng Mingzhou replied? Did he take care of it or not?

When she spotted several familiar figures outside the window, she clenched her fists in anger.

"Shen Luoluo, who said you could join the Rocket Class? Was that Qi Yang beside you just now?"

Shen Luoluo had barely gotten into the car when Shen Anya started interrogating her. With no one else around, she didn't even bother pretending.

Shen Luoluo hadn't expected a class placement to upset Shen Anya this much. Seeing how furious she was, Shen Luoluo didn't mind adding fuel to the fire.

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