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Chapter 3 - ‭Chapter 3: This love letter is from Chen Jingshen

‭ packed.‬

‭ Hearing the commotion, a few students around them had peeked towards‬

‭ them.‬

‭ Yu Fan didn't really care where he stood. As long as Zhuang Fangqin is‬

‭ willing, he can stand at the top of the class.‬

‭ If it were anyone else, he would have stood forward without lifting his head.‬‭ Yu Fan stares at him, "Which side of your eyes see me shorter than you?"‬

‭ Chen Jingshen converged his eyelids at the words, then lifted them back up,‬

‭ "Both sides."‬

‭ Taking another swipe, Yu Fan nodded, "Pick a time and I'll take a look at it‬

‭ for you-"‬

‭ "Look at what? Where are you looking?" Yu Fan's back was slapped not so‬

‭ gently, and a stern female voice came from behind, "What's better than the‬

‭ principal? Show me the podium!"‬

‭ At the sound of a familiar voice, Yu Fan skimmed his lips and copped a‬

‭ glance at the podium.‬

‭ Zhuang Fangqin was dressed in all black today, only her silk scarf had a hint‬

‭ of purple in it, her hair meticulously coiffed behind her head, a roster in her‬

‭ hand as she frowned at the man in front of her.‬

‭ Her eyes looked a little small because of her longtime glasses, slightly‬

‭ bucktoothed, and very stern looking.‬

‭ The moment Zhuang Fangqin appeared, Chen Jingshen could feel the person‬

‭ in front of him suddenly relax, the hostility that had just diffused dissipated,‬

‭ and he returned to his lazy demeanor.‬

‭ "These injuries on your face, explain them slowly in my office later." Zhuang‬

‭ Fangqin looked down and his face worsened when he saw the black pullover‬

‭ he was wearing, "Where's your school uniform?"‬

‭ "Forgot."‬

‭ "Why don't you forget about the start of school too?" Zhuang Fangqin said,‬

‭ "Look at yourself, the whole school is wearing uniforms, and you're the only‬

‭ one who's different! When the student council comes, they're going to‬

‭ deduct points from our classroom appearance again!"‬‭ The homeroom teacher of the next class next to him joked, "A leader is‬

‭ coming to inspect today, thanks to you, your homeroom teacher is going to‬

‭ be criticized in a meeting again on the first day of school."‬

‭ Yu Fan, who hadn't been paying much attention, curled his fingers at that,‬

‭ "So I'll take shelter for a while?"‬

‭ "Shut up," Zhuang Fangqin had a headache and lifted a finger, "Borrow a‬

‭ school jacket from a classmate."‬

‭ Yu Fan lifted his chin and looked for someone, "Wang Luan."‬

‭ "Don't yell, he himself is wearing a jacket," Zhuang Fangqin inexplicable,‬

‭ "you borrow around the classmate's not on the line?"‬

‭ A classmate?‬

‭ Yu Fan doesn't even look at the person next to him, "It's not good to borrow‬

‭ another classmate's jacket, is it?"‬

‭ "What other class?" Zhuang Fangqin said, "He's in your class."‬

‭ "?"‬

‭ "Newly transferred, transfer student, all of them will read in our class from‬

‭ now on." After Zhuang Fangqin finished speaking, he glanced solicitously at‬

‭ Chen Jingshen, "Chen, can you lend him your school uniform for a while? Of‬

‭ course, if you don't agree, forget it, don't force it."‬

‭ Yu Fan frowned, the expression of the person who borrowed something was‬

‭ even more disgusted than the one who was borrowed.‬

‭ Yu Fan : "I'm not borrowing ..."‬

‭ "Yes." Chen Jingshen glanced at him, "If he doesn't mind the jacket being‬

‭ too long."‬

‭ Yu Fan: "You take it off now."‬‭ Half a minute later, Yu Fan took the jacket and haphazardly slipped it over‬

‭ his body, glancing down to make sure when he was done.‬

‭ It's not long, it's just right, and it should be the same size as his varsity‬

‭ jacket.‬

‭ "Shorter," he looked up, "Dismissed and returned to you."‬

‭ Yu Fan pullover with a skull with a bit of skin off in the middle, black pants, a‬

‭ few band-aids on his face askew, and a neat varsity jacket donning him in an‬

‭ ungainly fashion.‬

‭ Chen Jingshen looked at the bruise showing on the edge of the band-aid and‬

‭ suddenly raised his hand.‬

‭ Yu Fan reflexively slapped him away, "What for?"‬

‭ Take off the jacket, Chen Jingshen inside is the school shirt uniform, buttons‬

‭ tied to the top. His back is straight and straight.‬

‭ Chen Jingshen's hand paused in mid-air, then naturally dropped to one side,‬

‭ "Collar."‬

‭ Yu Fan wanted to say it's none of your business, but when he thought about‬

‭ the fact that he was still wearing someone else's school uniform, he‬

‭ perfunctorily tidied it up a couple of times.‬

‭ Zhuang Fangqin looked and was satisfied: "Okay, you wear it well, don't get‬

‭ it dirty, and remember to return it to the person when you're done."‬

‭ After a moment, she sensed something was wrong.‬

‭ A moment later, it dawned on her and she poked the two with the corner of‬

‭ her book, "Wait, the line goes by height, you two switch places."‬

‭ Yu Fan: "..."‬

‭ Two seconds later, he woodenly gave up the struggle and gave up his throne‬

‭ as the last in the queue.‬‭ The "March of the Games" had finally stopped. After the whole school had‬

‭ hoisted the flag, the principal cleared his throat and began his passionate‬

‭ speech.‬

‭ Normally by this time, Yu Fan would be asleep on his feet, but he's bracing‬

‭ his eyelids now, staring blankly at the principal's hairline.‬

‭ The microphone at school was much louder than usual today and it was so‬

‭ loud he couldn't sleep.‬

‭ The principal came prepared this time, and spoke for half an hour. Yu Fan‬

‭ was getting impatient, and out of habit he put his hand in his jacket pocket -‬

‭ and bumped into an object.‬

‭ Very thin, smooth to the touch with a little edge.‬

‭ He was so sleepy that his head hurt and he jerked it out smoothly.‬

‭ Yu Fan gave a slight start when he saw what was in his hand.‬

‭ It was a pink envelope with no writing on it, but from the feel of it, a letter‬

‭ should be stuffed inside.‬

‭ There was a very small red heart sticker on the seal of the letter, which, like‬

‭ the ambiguous background color of the envelope, signaled its identity.‬

‭ Is this ... a love letter?‬

‭ When was this stuffed in?‬

‭ Yu Fan wrinkled his brow in thought for a moment, not remembering where‬

‭ the letter had come from.‬

‭ He was about to take a closer look when Yu Guang caught sight of the‬

‭ sleeves of his school uniform, which looked like it had been washed in bleach‬

‭ and didn't fit in with the people around him.‬

‭ Grass.‬‭ Yu Fan snapped back to his senses - he was now wearing Chen Jingshen's‬

‭ jacket.‬

‭ This love letter is from Chen Jingshen.‬

‭ Yu Fan reacted quickly and put the letter back into his pocket, then‬

‭ subconsciously glanced back.‬

‭ Chen Jingshen is looking at the podium, I don't know whether I listened to it‬

‭ or not, but he looks quite serious.‬

‭ The school photography department loves to photograph students like this,‬

‭ with the attitude of a nerd.‬

‭ How can a nerd like that fall in love early?‬

‭ Feeling his line of sight, Chen Jingshen's eyes dropped lightly, "What for?"‬

‭ It looked like the other party hadn't realized what he had just done.‬

‭ Yu Fan quickly turned his head back, "Nope."‬

‭ At the end of the ceremony, Yu Fan took off his jacket and shoved it into the‬

‭ arms of the man behind him, "Give it back."‬

‭ Chen Jingshen waited two seconds with his school uniform, "You're‬

‭ welcome."‬

‭ "..."‬

‭ Wang Luan in the queue turns around and sees the back of his best buddy‬

‭ leaving.‬

‭ He hurriedly chased after him, "Holy shit, why are you walking so fast?‬

‭ Didn't you say you weren't coming to raise the flag?"‬

‭ Wang Luan is always making small talk at flag-raising ceremonies and‬

‭ getting his class points deducted, so this morning Zhuang Fangqin met him‬

‭ and gave him a warning that one word of talk would result in one more‬‭ assignment. He was forced to hold his tongue for the entire flag-raising‬

‭ ceremony.‬

‭ Yu Fan : "Caught by Fat Tiger."‬

‭ "So unlucky?" Wang Luan glanced at the stairs of the teaching building,‬

‭ crowded and dense, "Shit, this crowded ... Why don't we go to the‬

‭ cafeteria first, I happen to have not eaten enough for breakfast."‬

‭ "Not going." Yu Fan didn't look back, "I'm sleepy, I'm going back to bed."‬

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‭ Zhuang Fangqin As soon as he entered the classroom, he saw the slumped‬

‭ head in the last row.‬

‭ She tossed the roster onto the iron podium and said in the same volume‬

‭ that had been complained about several times by the teachers of the classes‬

‭ next door, "Those who are sleepy, go to the restroom at your own risk and‬

‭ wash your face, and hurry up, we've got a class meeting to do."‬

‭ Yu Fan sat up slowly, his temples jutting at the disturbance.‬

‭ He rubbed his face and wrinkled his nose as he got up.‬

‭ "Yu Fan, you're not allowed to go."‬

‭ Yu Fan stopped where he was and raised an eyebrow--why?‬

‭ "You'll come back after you've gone?" Zhuang Fangqin pointed to the‬

‭ blackboard newspaper, "Stand back if you're sleepy, you'll be awake in a‬

‭ while."‬

‭ Yu Fan thinks in place for a few seconds, then sits back down.‬

‭ He sat slouched, his head half hanging, looking uninspired.‬

‭ Zhuang Fangqin endured and bent down to insert his own flash drive into the‬

‭ computer, "Before we start the class meeting, let me say two things."‬‭ "First, there are two new students in the class, Chen Jingshen and Wu Cai,‬

‭ both of whom have transferred from the first class. I won't introduce them‬

‭ here, you can get to know each other in class. The two new students have‬

‭ excellent grades and good learning attitudes, so learn from them."‬

‭ "The second thing," Zhuang Fangqin clicked on an excel spreadsheet titled‬

‭ "Ranking of Senior Class 7's Final Grades in the Last Semester," "is the‬

‭ ranking of your final grades in the last semester. "‬

‭ The class wailed at once.‬

‭ Yu Fan wasn't much interested in rankings; he glanced cursorily at them and‬

‭ caught a glimpse of the name at the top of the list.‬

‭ "Chen Jingshen, Math 150, Language 110, English 148, Science ... Holy‬

‭ shit? A perfect score?" Wang Luan shocked, "Yu Fan, you can't even get this‬

‭ score by copying the answers!"‬

‭ Yu Fan : "You're fucking comparing me to yourself."‬

‭ "Base fuck up." The front table turned back, "The man is a terror of thieves‬

‭ and has no weaknesses other than language."‬

‭ Wang Luan nodded his head in understanding, "It seems that schoolboys‬

‭ don't like to memorize texts either."‬

‭ "Not really," the other thought, "I heard from a friend in first class that he's‬

‭ always off-topic in his writing."‬

‭ "..."‬

‭ "This time the first in the grade is in our class, which is fellow student Chen‬

‭ Jingshen."‬

‭ Saying these words, Zhuang Fangqin himself had a sense of unreality, "I‬

‭ roughly looked at the paper, except for the language composition which was‬

‭ off-topic and lost more points, the rest of the subjects were not much of a‬

‭ problem. Before the teacher of each subject speaks about the problem, you‬

‭ can first borrow his test paper to see."‬‭ The class couldn't help but look toward the fourth row of the third group‬

‭ when this was said.‬

‭ Chen Jingshen did not even raise his head, and with a pen in his hand, he‬

‭ was flipping through a certain book of questions, seemingly not half‬

‭ interested in what was on the projection screen.‬

‭ There's something to be said for pretending.‬

‭ Yu Fan withdrew his gaze.‬

‭ "The other students played a bit more mediocre, and the class average‬

‭ wasn't even as high as the last exam. I want you all to think about this,‬

‭ what kind of school can you go to with this score taken to the college‬

‭ entrance exam?"‬

‭ Someone on the stage muttered, "If the college entrance exam is as difficult‬

‭ as this paper, I'll just move bricks."‬

‭ "I can't even read the questions when other people get perfect scores."‬

‭ "There are still a small number of students ..." Zhuang Fangqin pulled the‬

‭ table to the bottom and hovered his mouse over the last place name.‬

‭ She looked at that number 9 underneath the math and held her tongue for a‬

‭ long time but still couldn't hold it back, "Yu Fan, are you planning on picking‬

‭ up trash after you graduate?"‬

‭ "Didn't think about it." Yu Fan thought for a moment, "But consider it."‬

‭ Zhuang Fangqin skillfully grabbed a piece of chalk and greeted him on the‬ head.

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