Jiang Luo was a little excited and walked straight toward Shen Xingze, sitting down beside him.
“What? How dare he sit next to Class Monitor Shen?”
“This special admittee has some nerve!”
“But his grades are amazing. I heard he’s number one among this year’s special admittees!”
“And he’s good-looking too! Sitting next to the class monitor, they look perfect together.”
“Hey!” Some bold person finally knocked on Jiang Luo’s desk. “What right do you have to sit here? Get to the back row!”
Jiang Luo’s face paled. He turned to look at Shen Xingze instinctively.
But Shen Xingze acted as if he hadn’t heard the exchange and just kept sorting through his textbooks.
Right. Brother Xingze didn’t know him yet at this point. He wasn’t the gentle Brother Xingze from after they got together.
Jiang Luo carefully poked Shen Xingze’s arm. “Brother Xingze, can I sit here?”
Dirty special admittees had no right to sit beside him, but this special admittee… Shen Xingze frowned. Timid. Soft. Not as good-looking as Li Miao, but… it wasn’t impossible.
“Everyone has the right to choose their own seat.” Shen Xingze’s tone was proper.
See! He knew it! Brother Xingze would speak up for him! Jiang Luo’s eyes curved with joy as if he’d just received an imperial decree. “Brother Xingze himself said I can sit here!”
With Shen Xingze’s words out, no one else could say anything. They had no choice but to slink away.
“Idiots.” Li Miao watched the whole thing and couldn’t help but comment.
A deadbeat top and a lovesick bottom. They really were a perfect match.
Locked together forever, hopefully.
“Did you hear? There’s this really incredible special admittee this year. No one knows why he didn’t take the placement exam, or the first place would never have gone to that Jiang Luo guy.”
“Ha, maybe that guy knew he couldn’t beat Jiang Luo and didn’t dare take the exam. Jiang Luo only missed the last big question in math; everything else was perfect! Right, Jiang Luo?”
Jiang Luo smiled shyly and a little sheepishly. He knew they were talking about Shen Yu.
In his previous life, he first learned about Shen Yu during the first semester finals. Shen Yu had come out of nowhere, beating him by a full 30 points to take first place.
Later, he heard from classmates that Shen Yu had run a fever during the class assignment exam, bombed it completely, and ended up in F class.
But this time, Shen Yu hadn’t taken the exam at all. He had already changed the future. And with so many years of memories to come back with, this time he was definitely going to be first!
As for Shen Yu, even if he was still alive, he could only rot in F class for the rest of his life, living in his shadow! In this life, he absolutely would not let Shen Yu disturb his and Brother Xingze’s life!
Jiang Luo’s lips were just curving into a smile when he saw a familiar figure walk into the class.
Sharp brows and eyes that couldn’t hide their gloom.
Shen Yu?!
How could he be in A class?
Jiang Luo’s lips went pale. Had he been assigned to A class, or… had he come specifically to find him?
Why wouldn’t this guy just disappear?
Could it be… that he was also Reincarnated?
Why? Why, even after coming back for a whole new life, would Shen Yu still not let him go?
The moment Shen Yu entered the class, he noticed a pair of eyes on him. He looked over and frowned.
Round face, round eyes. A terrified expression but with a hint of barely concealed excitement. Who the hell was this? A lunatic.
Shen Yu had seen that the seat next to Li Miao was empty, but he still headed straight for the spot farthest from him. Li Miao saw this, the corner of his mouth lifting in a leisurely expression as he raised a hand and waved.
Shen Yu didn’t want to respond, but Li Miao propped his chin on his hand and drew out his voice. “A-Yu…”
Shen Yu’s breath caught and he walked over quickly.
This guy! What was he shouting!
Li Miao smiled with satisfaction.
“What A-Yu?” Ji Zhou turned in confusion.
“Oh, nothing. I just suddenly remembered the stray dog I picked up a couple days ago. I named him A-Yu.” Li Miao looked up at Shen Yu standing beside him as he spoke.
Shen Yu’s gaze was heavy, but Li Miao wasn’t afraid at all. He looked back with a challenge in his eyes.
“Really?” Ji Zhou’s eyes lit up. “I’ll come by your place sometime to see him.”
“Don’t,” Li Miao said with a slight smile, looking away. “A stray dog. Never tamed. Returned to nature a couple days ago.”
“Ah… that’s too bad,” Ji Zhou tried to comfort him. “Dogs are spiritual creatures. You were so good to him. He’ll definitely come back someday.”
Li Miao laughed. “Really? I hope so… Shen Yu, do you think he’ll come back?”
He turned to look at Shen Yu, his head tilted slightly, eyes bright and mischievous.
Shen Yu took a deep breath and closed his eyes. “…Mn.”
“I hope so…” The smile in Li Miao’s eyes was impossible to hide. “Honestly, I think so too. He can’t do without me.”
How did Shen Yu seem to know Li Miao? Ever since Shen Yu had entered the class, Jiang Luo’s gaze had followed him, watching him and Li Miao talking like old friends.
For the first time since being Reincarnated, Jiang Luo felt panic in his heart.
Shouldn’t they have nothing to do with each other? How were they together now? Somehow, something seemed to be slipping out of his control, and it made his heart race.
“Hello? Hello?”
It was Shen Xingze’s voice. Jiang Luo snapped back to reality and turned his head. “Huh?”
Watching so intently that you don’t notice anything else, huh? Shen Xingze hid a flicker of displeasure in his eyes. “What’s your name?”
“Jiang Luo.” Jiang Luo gave a sweet smile, his dimples deepening.
When it came to appearance alone, Jiang Luo’s features were nowhere near as striking as Li Miao’s. He wasn’t what you’d call outstanding, but he made up for it with harmony… a kind of cute, easy-on-the-eyes quality, especially when he looked at someone with admiration.
It stirred up a desire to conquer and protect.
Shen Xingze’s expression softened. He extended his hand. “Hello. Shen Xingze.”
Jiang Luo reached out too, and their hands met in midair.
Hello, Brother Xingze. See you again!
Their hands touched and parted in an instant. Shen Xingze felt the lingering warmth in his palm and curled his fingers slightly.
Such a soft hand.
After the first class, Jiang Luo went to get water but ran into Shen Yu in the break room.
Jiang Luo filled his thermos, turned around with a smile, and saw Shen Yu leaning against the break room doorway, holding a shimmering golden cup.
Shen Yu was tall, with deep, sharp features. Objectively speaking, he was in no way inferior to Shen Xingze.
They were handsome in different ways. Shen Xingze was reserved and serious, but Shen Yu carried a dangerous edge that scared him.
Jiang Luo pressed his lips together. He wanted to ignore him and leave, but after a couple of steps, he mustered his courage and turned back.
“You… did you come to A class because of me?”
Shen Yu was filling Li Miao’s cup with water, unable to hide the irritation in his expression. He paused at the question, finished filling the cup, screwed the lid on, and only then turned around unhurriedly.
He glanced around. No one else was there.
“Talking to me?” Shen Yu pointed at himself.
Jiang Luo nodded.
Shen Yu let out a short laugh. “Why would you think that?”
Jiang Luo hadn’t expected that even though he hadn’t chosen to save Shen Yu in this life, Shen Yu had still fallen for him.
When had it started?
If it were possible, he wished Shen Yu could move on too and start a new life.
This time around, please don’t waste the rest of your life on him.
“Because if that’s not it, then how did you get into A class when you clearly didn’t take the exam?” Jiang Luo was full of confidence.
Talking about the one thing he shouldn’t have.
Shen Yu was so angry he laughed. Why was his luck so bad these past couple of days? First he had to deal with that lunatic Li Miao, and now some other idiot?
“Did you get a physical this year?” Shen Yu asked.
Jiang Luo froze, dazed, and shook his head blankly. “No…”
“Then I suggest you go get one,” Shen Yu said, striding out on his long legs. “A psychiatric evaluation. Get checked thoroughly. If they don’t find anything, try the brain department.”
“Thanks, but I don’t need…” He didn’t need a physical. In his last life, he’d always been healthy… Wait. Was Shen Yu insulting him?
“You! You… !” Jiang Luo’s face flushed red with anger.
“Your water.” Shen Yu returned to the class with a chill radiating from him and set the cup on Li Miao’s desk.
Li Miao yawned, the rims of his eyes slightly red, and watched Jiang Luo come in behind Shen Yu.
Both of them looked like they’d just lost a family member.
“You two know each other?” Li Miao unscrewed the cup.
“We don’t,” Shen Yu denied firmly, then turned to look at Li Miao. “Why do you ask?”
“Just curious.” Li Miao followed Shen Yu’s gaze back, took a sip from the cup, and frowned.
Shen Yu felt a bad feeling coming. Sure enough, the next second, Li Miao raised an eyebrow. “Too cold.”
Shen Yu ground his teeth, snatched the cup from Li Miao’s hand, and stalked out without a word.
Delicate.
Li Miao looked at his now-empty hand and couldn’t help but let out a small laugh.
Starting to suspect already, huh? As expected of the villain.
Li Miao put away his smile. He had been a bit careless and tipped off his hand.
After observing these past few days, even though this world was supposed to be a novel world, many details not mentioned in the book actually made sense on their own.
So he couldn’t resist testing the connection between Jiang Luo and Shen Yu.
From the look of it… the two of them really didn’t know each other before.
But would someone like Shen Yu really fall in love at first sight with a person just because they saved his life?