Shen Yuan lowered his head, glancing at the test paper slapped against his chest. He then looked up at the beautiful girl before him, at the fierce but utterly harmless bluff painted across her flushed cheeks.
The torrent of emotion he had been desperately suppressing in his chest, far from being extinguished by Li Zhi's minor threat, was instead like a flame doused in oil, flaring up even more intensely.
Shen Yuan said nothing. He simply stared into Li Zhi's bright eyes and suddenly broke into a smile of do-or-die determination.
Under Li Zhi's slightly confused gaze, Shen Yuan slowly placed the science test paper—still fragrant with ink and carrying the lingering warmth of her fingertips—on the adjacent desk.
His movements were gentle, as if it weren't an important exam, but a page from a calendar that could be temporarily set aside.
