"Hmm? Captain, has your hair gotten longer?"
In the cafeteria, Xu Xiaoyan looked Jiang Mingyuan up and down. When she had arrived this semester, his hair had already been long enough to tie into a little ponytail, but it certainly hadn't reached his shoulders.
"Ah. H-has it? Maybe you're remembering wrong." Sitting at the dining table, Jiang Mingyuan laughed it off. He hadn't expected Xu Xiaoyan to notice.
In the end, Jiang Mingyuan's long hair had been cut off, though a little more had been left than before.
"Did I really remember wrong?" Xu Xiaoyan was a little puzzled as she set her tray on the table. "Captain, stand up for a moment."
Jiang Mingyuan couldn't figure out what Xu Xiaoyan wanted. He worried that acting too strangely would make her notice something. To avoid exposing himself, he decided to cooperate.
Jiang Mingyuan stood up. To his surprise, Xu Xiaoyan stepped straight forward, faced him, and held out a hand to compare the tops of their heads.
"Huh? Captain, I remember you being taller than me. Why do you seem a little shorter now?"
Jiang Mingyuan instantly broke into a cold sweat. Last semester, he had always been with the other boys. He had been the shortest to begin with, so no one had noticed that he had gotten a little shorter still.
Jiang Mingyuan put his hands behind his back, his fingers frantically fluttering. Tang Wulin was sitting behind him. The gesture seemed to say, Wulin, hurry up and help me!
Tang Wulin put down his chopsticks, picked up his empty tray, and stood. Pulling his chair aside, he walked naturally over to Jiang Mingyuan, shifted his feet slightly, and discreetly shielded him behind his body.
"Oh, Xiaoyan, Brother Yuan has always been really bothered by his height. That's