Proud senior schoolgirl was tender and sweet, we fell in love

But the more he looked at it, the more inappropriate it seemed.

It was a bit childish, and it showed too little respect for his teacher Luo Yan.

Suddenly, he thought of the bag that Zhou Mianmian had given him, which he said contained all the things he had given her.

Xie Xiao got up from the bed and, as he walked, deleted the sentence he had just typed.

A confession at least needed some preparation; he couldn't confess so impulsively.

Although his intuition told him that even an impulsive confession wouldn't be rejected by Luo Yanran,

it would still be unfair to her.

When Xie Xiao made his confession to Zhou Mianmian, he had put quite a lot of thought into it; Teacher Luo Yan deserved even better.

Xie Xiao walked to the table and opened the bag he had been ignoring until now.

There were quite a lot of things inside.

Bookmarks, small accessories, and some notes.

There were quite a few odds and ends scattered inside.

Xie Xiao just laughed.

The things Zhou Mianmian had returned to him were all cheap items from their early days.

Back then, Xie Xiao was pretty clueless about what girls liked; he sent greeting cards, trinkets from roadside shops, and the like.

Later, Zhou Mianmian hinted she wanted some luxury items, which were still within a price range he could accept.

Xie Xiao gradually began to buy according to her wishes.

However, there were none of those expensive luxury goods in this bag.

Including her brand-new model of mobile phone she was using now.

Xie Xiao was somewhat speechless; so this whole returning things to him today must have been a ploy, but Zhou Mianmian probably hadn't expected he would really take them.

Xie Xiao poured out those items, feeling indescribable inside.

Zhou Mianmian was indeed quite manipulative, but she had also kept the notes he had first sent her.

He didn't know if she did the same for everyone.

If Xie Xiao still liked her, seeing those things would probably soften his heart somewhat.

And they had influenced his mood just now.

Looking at them now, Xie Xiao only wanted to curse himself as an idiot.

Great, lately, he'd gotten used to cursing himself.

He felt his vocabulary for swearing was still too limited; what if Lin Yu could curse him with a variety of expressions for three minutes without repeating himself?

So, Xie Xiao sent a message to Lin Yu, "Curse me out."

Lin Yu: "??? Are you sick? I'm busy!"

Xie Xiao laughed directly, feeling Lin Yu's irritability through the screen.

He casually put the items back into the bag and then threw it into the trash can.

He finally packed up all the trash in the house and threw it away.

He made as little noise as possible, not wanting to wake his sleeping parents.

After all that, he felt relieved.

He lay down on his bed and slept dreamlessly through the night.

The next day, Xie Xiao went to school early. As he went upstairs, he also asked Lin Yu to deliver breakfast, pointing out he wanted it from his place, and he even sent a red envelope for it.

Lin Yu didn't reply, probably busy at the moment.

Just after Xie Xiao put away his phone, he saw Luo Yanran coming out of the back door of their classroom.

Xie Xiao's eyes brightened and he strode over, "Ranran!"

Luo Yanran hadn't expected Xie Xiao to come so early today and was a bit embarrassed to be caught off-guard.

But she quickly adjusted her expression and looked at Xie Xiao, "Good morning. I was just heading back to the classroom."

Xie Xiao glanced at his seat and saw a box and a bag laid on top.

He reached out and grabbed Luo Yanran's wrist, "Is this for me?"

Luo Yanran quickly glanced around and said in a low voice, "Let go of me, what are you doing pulling and tugging in school?"

Xie Xiao had also realized there was a surveillance camera in the hallway, so he let go of Luo Yanran's hand, "Sorry, did you bring the porcelain doll? I can come over to get it from you."

Luo Yanran didn't look at him, "I'm on my way anyway. I'm heading back now."

As she spoke, she prepared to walk past him, but then she seemed to remember something and hesitated.

She then turned her head to look at him, "Bend down."

Xie Xiao didn't understand at first but still followed her request and bent down.

Then he felt a soft little hand gently placed on top of his head and rubbed it, "Alright, don't be in a bad mood anymore."

After doing this, she quickly withdrew her hand, "I'm leaving."

This time, she didn't pause her steps or wait for a reply from Xie Xiao, and hurried off.

Truly hurried off, as her face had already begun to heat up.

Luo Yanran felt that if she stayed any longer, she would definitely blush and Xie Xiao would see it all too clearly.

Because she left in such a rush, she even bumped into someone as she was going downstairs.

She quickly said, "Sorry."

Then looking up, she saw Zhou Mianmian.

Zhou Mianmian clearly hadn't expected to see Luo Yanran there either. Initially, her expression wasn't great, but now she forced a smile, "Luo senior, what are you doing here?"

As she spoke, she mentioned nonchalantly, "Ah, Xie Xiao still hasn't come. He went to buy breakfast for me."

Her face showed a slightly shy expression.

If it hadn't been for Luo Yanran having just touched Xie Xiao's head, and being very sure that he had come empty-handed,

she might have actually believed Zhou Mianmian's words.

At that moment, however, she merely gave Zhou Mianmian a somewhat inexplicable look and then said, "I brought something for someone, I'm sorry for bumping into you just now. You're not hurt, are you?"

Looking at Luo Yanran's unchanged expression and the somewhat inexplicable way she looked at her,

Zhou Mianmian suddenly felt insecure inside.

She was the first to look away, "It's nothing."

"That's good then, I'll be going first." Luo Yanran nodded and took a few steps before suddenly stopping, "You don't have to wait for Xie Xiao, he's in the classroom, and he came empty-handed, so he probably didn't buy breakfast."

Leaving these words behind, she didn't care about Zhou Mianmian's embarrassed expression and pale face and directly walked downstairs.

She simply couldn't stand the way Zhou Mianmian talked about Xie Xiao as if he was her private property. If he truly was private property, he should be hers right now.

What did Zhou Mianmian have to do with it?

Zhou Mianmian, left standing there, had an ugly look on her face.

The feeling of being caught in a lie and getting publicly shamed was embarrassing.

Especially since it was Luo Yanran.

Every sentence she had said with little emotion seemed like a slap on her face.

And that mention of bringing something for a friend...

Was that friend Xie Xiao?

The moment this thought surfaced, Zhou Mianmian turned and quickly went up the stairs.

Even though just last night she found out Xie Xiao might be sick and she thought about pulling back,

Xie Xiao definitely couldn't be with Luo Yanran.

She wouldn't allow it!

Zhou Mianmian reached the classroom back door and saw Xie Xiao sitting at his seat, smiling as he opened a box.

Next to him was a breakfast.

She went pale watching him take out a porcelain doll dressed in their school uniform, with long curly hair, very beautiful.

It looked as pretty as Luo Yanran.

Her eyes turned a bit red.

Finally, she walked towards Xie Xiao, "Xie Xiao..."