The first mock exam lasted for two days.

Monday morning was Chinese, afternoon was Math. Tuesday morning was Science, afternoon was English.

From the end of the first day, the classroom had not been peaceful.

Comparing answers seemed to be a common hobby among students.

But perhaps because everyone is different, their reactions after comparing answers were also vastly different.

The first category was typified by Hu Zhongzhong.

He would run around pulling people to compare answers. After discovering he had gotten one question wrong, he would start to wail in agony, tears streaming down his face.

"Aww! I'm going to fail!"

When the paper was handed back, he got 130 points.

The second category was typified by Li Dachun.

When he discovered that he had chosen the same answer as a top student for one question, he would shout "Yes!" and dance around like a gorilla in excitement.

"Awesome! This one's in the bag!"

When the paper was handed back, he got 70 points.

Amidst the hustle and bustle, Lu Xing glanced back at Xia Yeshuang's seat.

It was still empty.

From Monday until now, she had been absent from school for a whole day and a half. Lu Xing had sent her a message to check on her, but she hadn't replied.

Wei Qingyu had been picking up the leftovers for breakfast for two consecutive days!

"Xing-xing, after finishing the Science exam, I can finally breathe. That electromagnetic field nearly killed me! Let's go get something good to eat?"

Li Dachun rubbed his hands together like a fly. When it came to food, his eyes radiated an astonishing light!

Lu Xing glanced at the clock on the wall.

Eleven in the morning.

No.

As a qualified professional simp, paying attention to the client's status is an essential quality.

"Next time. I'm going to the piano room."

After thinking it over, Lu Xing still felt that Xia Yeshuang would be there.

There was only one reason—

Xia Yeshuang would decorate that piano room. Every corner was filled with cute little details.

This meant that the piano room was a comfortable sanctuary for Xia Yeshuang.

It's like how a company boss can judge an employee's intention to resign based on the decorations at their workstation.

The more scattered and miscellaneous decorations there are at a workstation, the lower the probability of that employee resigning.

On the contrary.

When an employee's workstation is too cold and simple, one should pay attention to whether they already have the idea of packing up and running.

From this, Lu Xing deduced that Xia Yeshuang was highly likely to be in the piano room.

When Li Dachun heard the words "piano room," his face instantly started winking and nudging.

"Yo yo yo, going for another secret rendezvous?"

Lu Xing chuckled. "What kind of word is that? You really didn't waste your 80 points in Chinese."

"How can you make a personal attack like that?" Li Dachun clutched his small, wounded heart. "That piano room belongs to Xia Yeshuang. If you're not going there for a secret rendezvous, are you going to do math problems?"

Bingo!

Lu Xing snapped his fingers cheerfully. "It seems our Dachun's intuition is quite accurate. You've actually discovered the truth."

Li Dachun let out a chuckle.

"What studying? I think at most you two are exploring human anatomy in biology class."

He leaned close to Lu Xing's ear and whispered.

"Be careful, don't get anyone pregnant!"

Lu Xing: ...

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Piano Room

"I'm a genius!"

Upon seeing the little golden head lying on the piano, Lu Xing gave himself a big compliment in his heart!

He quietly pushed the door open and gently closed it.

Walking to the piano, Lu Xing saw the sleeping Xia Yeshuang from this angle for the first time.

Lu Xing leaned against the side of the piano. Xia Yeshuang's little golden head was at the height of his waist, looking very pettable.

Her eyes were tightly closed, her long eyelashes casting a shadow. 

Her small, pink mouth was slightly open, moist and shiny. A head of golden hair was scattered messily on the piano.

The wind blew through the gauze curtains. Xia Yeshuang was as beautiful as an oil painting, making one reluctant to disturb her.

Chirp, chirp, chirp.

The birds outside the window had no intention of showing any pity for the beautiful girl, perched on the branches and singing at the top of their lungs.

"Mmm..."

Xia Yeshuang frowned in her sleep, clearly annoyed by the noise.

"Alright, serving the client well is an essential quality for us professional simps."

Lu Xing scanned the piano room and finally took a broom from the corner.

He rolled up his sleeves, stood outside the window, and tried to sweep away the noisy birds on the branches with the broom.

The birds didn't want to pay him any mind and chirped even more cheerfully!

"Damn you, stinky birds!"

Lu Xing muttered with some dissatisfaction.

Both the birds outside the window and the bird on his body often left him at a loss. 

(TL : Wait what?)

After fiddling for a long time, the birds weren't driven away, but a few leaves had fallen on Lu Xing's hair.

"What are you doing?"

A somewhat hoarse voice suddenly sounded in the piano room.

Lu Xing's brain immediately tensed up. He quickly hid the broom in his hand behind his back, turned around, and grinned at Xia Yeshuang.

"Nothing, I, I was cleaning. I'm sweeping the floor, sweeping, sweeping."

Xia Yeshuang had just woken up, her eyes filled with a dazed, watery look.

Sweeping the floor?

But she had clearly seen Lu Xing reaching for something by the windowsill just now!

Xia Yeshuang was already in a low mood from being woken up. Now, being deceived by Lu Xing like this, her face instantly turned cold.

"I give you money, not for you to lie to me."

Lu Xing said awkwardly: "I didn't..."

"Speak! What were you doing just now!" Xia Yeshuang's tone became even colder.

Lu Xing was helpless. He closed his eyes with a look of someone facing death.

"I saw the birds on the tree outside disturbing your sleep. I wanted to use the broom to drive them away, but they were too agile and I failed!"

Xia Yeshuang was stunned, unable to imagine this was the reason.

"When I asked you, why didn't you say so?"

Lu Xing lowered his head, rarely showing the shyness of a boy his age.

"I couldn't drive the birds away. It's too embarrassing. It's a bit shameful to say that."

Losing a fight with a bird, that's really a bit embarrassing!

Even though Lu Xing always tried his best to be steady and rational, he still felt a little ashamed when encountering this kind of unmanageable emergency.

Xia Yeshuang was stunned at first. An indescribable feeling welled up in her heart.

So there really are people this silly.

In order to let her sleep a little longer, he took a broom to fight with birds, and was too embarrassed to say it because he lost?

Xia Yeshuang scanned Lu Xing's expression for a long time, and finally let out a cheerful laugh.

Xia Yeshuang's laughter made Lu Xing's ears turn a little red.

"Your happiness is disturbing me, hey!"

Xia Yeshuang laughed even more happily.

"Is it any of your business if I laugh? I'll laugh if I want to!"

Lu Xing was helpless.

Whatever, let the client laugh if she wants to. It's better than crying.

"You just woke up, your throat might be sore. I'll pour you a glass of water."

Lu Xing had just brought the water to Xia Yeshuang when he found that she didn't even lift her arm, just left it on the piano!

The two of them locked eyes.

It's over! She's not going to make me feed her water, is she?

It's over! My arm is numb from sleeping, I can't lift it!

Adhering to the principle of "customer first", Lu Xing carefully held the disposable cup against Xia Yeshuang's moist and crystal-clear lips.

"Drink slowly."

Xia Yeshuang was defiant. She snorted and said arrogantly, "I just like to drink fast!"

Half a minute later–

Sigh.

Not only was a large patch of her chest wet, revealing the white lace underneath, but there was even a little water collected in the hollow of her collarbone!

Lu Xing asked sincerely.

"Do you really like to drink water like that?"

Xia Yeshuang bit her lower lip, her face suddenly exploding with red, but she still had to nod with difficulty.

"Yes!"

"It's refreshing to drink water like this!"

Lu Xing: o_O

Saving face at the expense of suffering!

The two of them looked at each other. One of them couldn't hold it in and suddenly burst out laughing.

Outside the window, the wind blew through the leaves, and the birds chirped.

...

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