Chapter 21

The sports festival went on for two days and soon after that was the weekend.

When school resumed on Monday, the relaxed atmosphere was still yet to dissipate.

Yu Fan was captured as soon as he entered the classroom.

The class had placed third during this year's sports festival and they had received awards from various events. Zhuang Fangqin had come early in the morning just so that she could have them put up on the wall at the back of the classroom.

Zhuang Fangqin raised her head and instructed, "A little left…that's too left. It's crooked…..Can't you tell that it's not straight? Look at how straight Chen Jingshen's is."

Yu Fan stood on the chair holding the two corners of the award, feeling like an idiot, "Then why didn't you just get him to do them all?"

"These are awards everyone got using their own efforts so you should naturally put your own up yourself." Zhuang Fangqin said, "This award might be your only award during your three years of high school so you better put it up properly!"

"...."

After Yu Fan was done putting up the award for placing second in long jump, Zhuang Fangqin stuffed him with another award for placing first in the relay and made him also put it up.

Yu Fan adjusted it dozens of times before Zhuang Fangqin was satisfied.

Just as he was getting ready to come down, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Chen Jingshen's 3000m award next to the relay award.

Yu Fan who had been ordered around all this time couldn't help but look for trouble, "Why is second place put at the top next to first place?"

Zhuang Fangqin, "The other party doesn't even complain about being on the same report card as you."

"...."

"Alright, you can come down now."

When Yu Fan returned to his seat, Chen Jingshen was explaining a problem to a boy.

Yu Fan didn't recognise that boy. He only remembered that he had transferred to their class together with Chen Jingshen but he hadn't exchanged a single word with him until now.

Before Yu Fan could say anything when he reached them, Chen Jingshen had already moved to make room for him.

Wu Si, who had come to ask about a problem, secretly looked up and watched as the school tyrant skilfully threw his phone into his desk, skilfully spread his uniform open and then skilfully lay down to sleep.

He had always been in the elite class in middle school and high school and rarely saw classmates like this who would always sleep during class, talk back to teachers and even smoke in the bathrooms.

He was a little afraid of Yu Fan but he also found him intriguing.

"Do you understand?" Chen Jingshen who saw the other party's gaze when he raised his eyes lightly spoke up.

"Ah." Wu Si immediately returned to his senses, "Yes, yes, thank you Top Student!"

"There's actually another problem I can't solve but it's almost time for self-study…." Wu Si smiled and expressed sincerely, "It would be great if we were deskmates."

Chen Jingshen put the cap on his pen and looked at him expressionlessly.

For a moment, Wu Si felt that the words 'Are you done? If you're done, you can leave' were written on his face.

So he got up with his papers, "Thank you, Top Student. I'll be going back to my seat."

During maths class, Zhuang Fangqin stood at the podium and announced the midsemester exams next week.

The class wailed.

"So soon——-" "Again…" "What? Didn't school only just start? How is it already the midsemester exams?" Wang Lu'an's voice was the loudest.

She single handedly broke a piece of chalk in half and threw half of it at Wang Lu'an and the other half at the head lying on the desk in the back row.

She only continued when she saw Yu Fan sit up grumpily with his eyes still closed.

"What are you shouting for? This is nothing. When you're in third year, you will have exams at least twice a month." Zhuang Fangqin pointed to the wall, "But don't be discouraged, everyone. Think about it. You were able to go from last place to placing third for the sports festival. Couldn't you do the same for the midsemester exams?"

The class fell silent for a while.

Wang Lu'an, "Qin, sorry but I'll have to interrupt here. Yu Fan was able to come first and second during the sports festival but do you really expect the same from him in the exams?"

Zhuang Fangqin, "..." Yu Fan sat there with his eyes and mouth shut. He made no attempt to refute.

Zhang Xianjing supported her chin, "Teacher, the average score for our class last time wasn't last place either."

"Then what were we?" Wu Si couldn't help but ask.

"Third last."

Wu Si's vision darkened.

"Alright. In any case, that's what it is. Let me tell you this first. There will be a parent-teacher meeting after the exams. You guys can sort that out yourselves." Zhuang Fangqin said, "Also, about the seating…."

"Quite a few students appear to have an issue with the current seating plan and several parents have even expressed their concern with me so after this midsemester exam, I will refer to the changes in grades and make some minor adjustments."

"Lastly, if a certain classmate ——- Yu Fan, open your eyes….If a certain classmate continues to be self-destructive and not even attempt the multiple choice questions, I will have no choice but make him sit alone next to the podium."

She had named him but she also hadn't completely named him.

After class, Wang Lu'an immediately rushed over.

"Damn it, I am certain." He lowered his voice and glanced at the disciplinary committee member with resentment, "Among the people who went to get Fangqin to request for a change in seating, my deskmate was definitely one of them!"

Zhang Xianjing, "Can't be blamed for that. You're the one constantly sleeping in class."

"What's wrong with that? I'm not bothering him anyway. And besides, Yu Fan's also always sleeping in class. Do you see Top Student complaining?"

Wang Lu'an raised his chin and asked, "Isn't that right, Top Student?"

He didn't receive an answer.

Wang Lu'an turned around and saw that Chen Jingshen was working on problems with his eyes lowered.

With a pen in his hand, the corners of his lips were pursed indifferently and his sharp gaze made him appear cold and aloof when he is silent.

"How can that be the same? Yu Fan doesn't snore when he sleeps." Zhang Xianjing flicked her hair back, "Besides, do you actually want to sit next to that disciplinary committee member?"

"No way. My name appears on his discipline book more often than Yu Fan's. I would be more than happy to get away from him —— But he shouldn't go and find the teacher to request for a seat change. That makes me lose face."

Zhang Xianjing rolled her eyes at him.

She then thought of something and suddenly nudged her deskmate, "Ke Ting, the teacher said just now that several parents have expressed their concern with the seating plans. Could it have been your mother? Your mother hasn't been very happy with me sitting next to you last semester wuwu."

(KKnotes: Wuwu: crying sound.) Ke Ting was stunned for a moment. She then returned to her usual wooden expression and replied in a low voice, "No, I told my mother we weren't sitting together this semester."

"That's good then."

Wang Lu'an, "....."

How is that a good thing??

Zhang Xianjing, who was satisfied, looked at the other person who had been silent this entire time, "Yu Fan, what do you plan to do?"

Yu Fan, who was leaning back in his chair, raised his eyes when he heard the question, "About what?"

"Didn't you hear what Fangqin said? If you don't do well in the exam this time, you'll be sitting up on the podium."

Clack. Yu Fan heard his deskmate gently place down their pen.

Yu Fan originally wanted to say that she was just bluffing. Zhuang Fangqin had said that she would move him up there several times already but he was still left sitting with his classmates the past year and a half.

Zhuang Fangqin didn't like to treat her students differently.

But as soon as those words reached his lips, he swallowed them back down.

Yu Fan raised his head and looked over at the podium.

Wang Lu'an, "What are you looking at?"

Yu Fan, "Checking to see which side of the podium is better."

"....."

The person next to him suddenly stood up, the chair and desk screeching as he did this. Yu Fan subconsciously looked over.

He was only able to catch sight of Chen Jingshen's cold profile. Chen Jingshen had gotten up and left the classroom without saying a single word.

It was quite amazing actually.

Chen Jingshen's expression just now was clearly the same as usual but Yu Fan could somehow tell that Chen Jingshen was in a bad mood.

"But if you sat at the front, you wouldn't be able to play on your phone anymore…..Yu Fan?" Wang Lu'an called out to him, "What are you looking at?"

Yu Fan turned his head back, "Nothing."

Chen Jingshen only returned when the bell rang.

His expression was even colder when he returned, and he even took out his physics textbook in front of the Chinese teacher.

Yu Fan who had just openly expressed that he didn't want to be sitting next to him raised a brow.

Who are you trying to show that face to?

The Chinese teacher explained classical Chinese texts on the podium. Her voice was gentle and slow, which was very sleep inducing.

Yu Fan's tense nerves from earlier soon relaxed.

He moved his chair back and laid back down again. Within a few minutes, drowsiness overwhelmed him.

....

Just as he was about to fall asleep, something suddenly bumped against his shoulder.

Yu Fan was a light sleeper. He almost reflexively raised his head from the crook of his arms. With the hair on his forehead standing up in all directions, he frowned and looked over—— Chen Jingshen was sitting in his seat with his back straight and arms bent.

One of them had slightly crossed over the line between the two desks.

He didn't seem to have noticed Yu Fan's gaze and was busy taking notes.

An accident?

With this person's long arms and legs, that wasn't impossible.

Yu Fan held it in and proceeded to lay back down.

Two minutes later, the sound of a water bottle falling onto the ground pulled Yu Fan back from outer space.

He raised his head, revealing one of his eyes and saw his deskmate bend over to pick up their water bottle.

"..." A few more minutes passed.

Yu Fan raised his head from his arms and glared angrily at Chen Jingshen.

Chen Jingshen was flipping through a book that was thicker than a brick, marking the key points on it without even looking up.

Yu Fan's sleepiness had already been driven all the way to Spain.

The only reason I'm not fucking beating you up is because of the Chinese teacher.

Yu Fan rubbed his face and grumpily sat up. He proceeded to take out his phone and eat the enemy's snakes while imagining them as Chen Jingshen.

Just as he ate an extremely long Chen Jingshen, he caught sight of the person next to him picking up the brick-like book and appearing to be wanting to stuff it back into his desk. As he did that, the brick 'accidentally' bumped into the Chinese textbook Yu Fan had used as a cover.

The second that textbook fell, it accurately hit his phone, knocking it out of Yu Fan's hands. With a clatter, the phone fell onto the ground.

Yu Fan, "....."

The sound it made wasn't small. Everyone in class looked back.

The Chinese teacher who was writing on the board slowly turned around.

Her brows were slightly furrowed and her expression was both angry and aggrieved.

"My good temper is not a reason for you two to take things this far." She said, "Student Yu and Student Chen at the back there, please bring your textbooks and go stand at the back.."

Yu Fan, "....."

Wang Lu'an wanted to tease his good friend as he passed by but he immediately shut his mouth when he saw the other party's stony face.

Seeing the two of them take their places, the Chinese teacher went back to writing on the blackboard.

With the textbook in his hand, Yu Fan closed his eyes and told himself that killing is illegal—— "The page is wrong." Those words travelled over, "The teacher is on page 47."

"Chen Jingshen," Yu Fan gritted his teeth, "Come with me to the bathroom after class."

Chen Jingshen, "If you turn to page 47, I'll go to the bathroom with you."

"...…."

Chen Jingshen said, "It's a little difficult for mathematics without a basic foundation but we are covering new text for Chinese so you may be able to understand."

Yu Fan didn't understand, "Chen Jingshen, what do you want?"

Chen Jingshen, "I want to continue sitting next to my crush."

"....."

The person next to him didn't speak.

Chen Jingshen turned his head to look at him and was met with Yu Fan's murderous eyes and bright red ears.

"What's wrong?" Chen Jingshen asked, "I didn't say 'like' this time."

"..." Yu Fan stared at the classical Chinese text in front of him, the textbook crinkling from his grip.

Fucking hell.

Even one day is too long for him.

Can the midsemester exam be moved to tomorrow?