Chapter 69

Chapter 69 – The Teenage Girl Obsessed with Candy

Li Shibing, the homeroom teacher of Mei Fang’s class, was a teacher who enjoyed creating elaborate activities. After one month of school, he divided the entire class into nine learning groups, each consisting of about eight students. He then had the group leaders and members name their groups to enhance a sense of collective honor.

Mei Fang’s group consisted of two boys and six girls, including the Chinese class representative Yue Xinyi and class president Lin Youxi. These two were quite influential in the class. Mei Fang didn’t mind naming the group, and his deskmate Wang Jiachang was also an introverted person who didn’t talk much, so the naming rights were firmly held by the girls.

They named Mei Fang’s group “Yue Xi.” As for the origin of the name, there was no need for excessive explanation:

“There are trees on the mountain, and branches on the trees; I love you, but you don’t know it.”

The official explanation given by the Yue Xi group was that they wanted to learn from Class President Lin Youxi, hence the name. Li Shibing did not oppose this reason and approved it on the spot.

Lin Youxi stood out among the girls for her height and naturally delicate and fair features, giving her a cool vibe. Her outstanding performance during the class president election won her many fans.

Usually, Lin Youxi maintained a serious and studious image, which made her very popular among the girls. Everyone in the class saw her as a big sister figure to look up to.

But all of this was just a superficial illusion!

Very few classmates in the class had seen the real Lin Youxi.

Except for a few key individuals, only the teenage girl obsessed with candy, Yue Xinyi, had glimpsed her true self!

Chinese class representative Yue Xinyi was a passionate online novel enthusiast.

More accurately, she was a fan of sweet, romantic stories about childhood friends.

She and Lin Youxi were elementary school classmates, but they rarely spoke more than a few words in a year.

However, at that time, she sat close to Lin Youxi, so she always knew that Lin Youxi had two good friends: a girl named Xia Yuan, and a boy whose identity was recently confirmed as Mei Fang.

Childhood friends since elementary school, and now they were even in the same class…

The conversation between Lin Youxi and Mei Fang when he ran for group leader, and the unprecedentedly sweet smile on Lin Youxi’s face after seeing the content of the note.

She witnessed it all!

She wasn’t a bystander without presence; she had always been paying attention!

But to avoid disrupting the atmosphere, she had been holding back her laughter silently.

Lin Youxi trusted Yue Xinyi and was willing to be her deskmate.

So she had already foreseen her happy future.

How long will I have to wait for this happiness over these three years? Haha!

Seeing Yue Xinyi, who usually appeared quiet and introverted, smiling foolishly at her seat, Lin Youxi felt very confused but didn’t ask directly.

Until one day during a break, after the class committee election, Yue Xinyi couldn’t resist asking Lin Youxi, who was doing homework, about it.

“By the way, Lin Youxi, you and Mei Fang knew each other since kindergarten, but you were in different classes in elementary school. Why did you continue to play together?”

“…”

Lin Youxi was puzzled, “Why do you ask?”

“Just out of curiosity.”

Yue Xinyi lied, “Actually, I had a childhood friend when I was little too, but he transferred schools later, and we lost contact.”

“Didn’t you try to keep him around?”

Seeing Lin Youxi’s interest, Yue Xinyi secretly rejoiced but shook her head with a sigh, “I was so young back then, how could I think of keeping him? We just followed our parents’ decisions.”

“Mm…”

Seeing Lin Youxi’s expression change slightly, Yue Xinyi continued, “From your reaction, did something similar happen between you two?”

“Sort of…”

Lin Youxi actually didn’t like sharing stories about her childhood friends, preferring to spend more time talking with Mei Fang and Xia Yuan instead.

But this memory was indeed a happy one for her, so she couldn’t help but share more.

“Mei Fang’s family was moving, and Yuan Yuan and I tried to persuade his family… In the end, they decided to stay.”

“Oh wow!”

Yue Xinyi exclaimed excitedly, “How old were you guys back then? To do something like that is amazing!”

“It was mainly Fang… Mei Fang came up with a better plan.”

“Hold on, what did you call Mei Fang just now?”

Lin Youxi frowned, “Mei Fang, nothing special.”

“Didn’t you call him Fang? I heard you. Do you call him differently at home and at school? How cute!”

Lin Youxi gave Yue Xinyi a disdainful look, and Yue Xinyi immediately reined herself in.

“I’m sorry… This is your secret. I won’t pry further. I swear I won’t tell anyone else!”

Let’s stop here for today… I don’t want Lin Youxi to dislike me.

But that Xia Yuan from the neighboring class seems to be pretty close with Mei Fang too… From their interactions, she seems closer to Mei Fang than Lin Youxi does.

So, what is Mei Fang thinking?

Yue Xinyi stared blankly at Mei Fang’s empty seat at the front.

Mei Fang didn’t often talk to Lin Youxi in class because he could feel that Lin Youxi didn’t want their relationship to be too conspicuous.

Moreover, ever since they were young, Lin Youxi only seemed more playful when alone with him. Mei Fang didn’t want her to feel uncomfortable, so he would always go play with Zhang Ming after class—even if he was studying seriously.

“Study after class? Come on, let’s chat about your Bubble Card machine!”

“Hey, you did well on the midterm, leave me alone.”

Zhang Ming glared angrily at Mei Fang.

“You’re also ninth place in the class, no need to be so down.”

“Isn’t ninth place still pretty good?”

Zhang Ming looked indignant, “In elementary school, I never ranked below fifth!”

“Wow, you used to be such a top student.”

Mei Fang patted Zhang Ming’s shoulder, “Speaking of which, how’s being a group leader going?”

“Not bad… Just collecting homework, nothing else.”

“The blackboard for last week was done by your group, right? It looks great.”

Zhang Ming nodded, “We came on Saturday. You don’t know how long it took us.”

“But the results are impressive… How did you divide the work? Did you do everything?”

“Of course not, Lu Xueqing wrote the words, Li Danning set the lines, and I drew the patterns.”

“Nice! Didn’t know you had artistic talent!”

Zhang Ming rubbed his nose, embarrassed, “They thought my drawings were better, so I took care of them…”

Mei Fang smiled, “It’s great to see everyone working together. Shouldn’t you thank me for making you group leader?”

“Even if I weren’t group leader, I’d still do these things… No difference…”

“There definitely is a difference. If you weren’t group leader, you wouldn’t think of showing off your skills—”

Just as Mei Fang finished speaking, Lu Xueqing, a girl behind Zhang Ming, tugged at his clothes.

“Group leader, how do you solve this problem? Can you teach me?”

“Hmm, about this problem…”

Zhang Ming was about to explain to Lu Xueqing when his female deskmate, Li Danning, protested, “Big Group Leader Zhang! When I asked you before, you said you’d teach me later. Why are you teaching Lu Xueqing now?”

“I was busy earlier… Why don’t you listen along?”

“That’s what you meant by ‘later’? We’re deskmates!”

Surrounded by eager-to-learn girls, Mei Fang watched Zhang Ming with mixed feelings.

He didn’t expect Zhang Ming to be so popular with girls in junior high…

But why did he become someone who played games and didn’t interact much in high school?

Seems like I’ve become superfluous here. Mei Fang found himself with little room to speak and slowly walked back to his seat.

Just as he was about to sit down, Lin Youxi poked Mei Fang’s waist with her pen, startling him.

“Stop poking me there all the time.”

As Mei Fang complained, Lin Youxi started talking about her own affairs:

“Do you have time this weekend?”

“I usually stay at home. You can come anytime. Why ask?”

Great, new candy!

Yue Xinyi, sensing the sweetness, pursed her lips tightly and drew wavy lines on her scratch paper, listening quietly to the new story.

Lin Youxi continued, “Not at home, will you go shopping with me?”

“Shopping?”

“Yeah… I mentioned earlier that I wanted to save money for something. Remember?”

Lin Youxi brushed her hair back, “I’ve saved enough now.”

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The cover will be updated soon, featuring Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi in their middle school days. This doesn’t just refer to junior high, so don’t complain about them looking too mature.