Ye Qiu watched Xu Lei's full hips swaying in front of him, feeling that the buttocks under the black skirt were quite dazzling, especially the pair of straight long legs wrapped in black stockings, which made Ye Qiu feel even more restless in this hot weather.
Quickly averting his gaze, Ye Qiu refrained from looking at Xu Lei, but the clacking of high heels resounding in his ears made him very irritable.
Feeling the sun dazzling him painfully, Ye Qiu looked up at the sky, gazing at the blazing sun, and quickened his pace a bit, but then he bumped into a soft, fragrant object, causing him to stop.
He didn't need to look; Ye Qiu knew it was Xu Lei, and his face flushed again. He bowed his head, quickly stepping back: "I'm sorry, teacher!"
"Ye, Ye Qiu, are you okay?"
Xu Lei got a full-fledged bump from Ye Qiu, but she didn't mind and looked at Ye Qiu, who had his head lowered, still a bit worried as she asked, "Ye Qiu, are you really okay, or should we go to the medical room for a check-up?"
Although Ye Qiu said earlier that he was fine, Xu Lei still felt it was better to take Ye Qiu to the medical room for a check-up, after all, Ye Qiu had really fainted just now.
"No, no need, teacher."
Hearing Xu Lei's concerned words, Ye Qiu felt a bit moved, but he knew best about his condition. He felt full of strength and very spirited at the moment, so how could anything be wrong?
"Really okay?" Xu Lei scrutinized Ye Qiu with a doubtful look, seemingly not entirely sure.
Being stared at by Xu Lei made Ye Qiu a little nervous, his face turning even redder, but he quickly said: "Really, I'm fine, teacher. I could run five kilometers now without any problem. If you don't believe me, I'll go and run for you."
"No need!" Seeing Ye Qiu really turning to run, Xu Lei hurriedly stopped him: "As long as you're okay, come back to class with me."
After speaking, Xu Lei glanced at Ye Qiu, then turned and left.
Ye Qiu watched Xu Lei's back, knowing that she couldn't possibly believe that he could now run five kilometers under the scorching sun, but with his body strengthened by the system, running five kilometers was still very easy.
But he didn't have to be serious about it, and he couldn't tell anyone about the system anyway, so he shook his head and went back to the classroom with Xu Lei.
…
In Class 3-2, due to the incident earlier, Xu Lei said there would be an exam in the evening, so the students were all burying their heads in revision, fearing that they wouldn't do well enough to leave school late.
Even when Xu Lei opened the door and came back, they didn't notice, and seeing this made Xu Lei quite pleased. She then waved at Ye Qiu behind her: "Go back."
Ye Qiu nodded and walked towards his desk.
"System, how should I address you; I can't just call you System, right?"
Ye Qiu was walking towards his desk with his head down, speaking softly.
"You don't need to speak out loud, just think in your mind and I can hear you."
As Ye Qiu finished speaking, the system's unique voice sounded in his mind, leaving Ye Qiu slightly stunned, then a hint of joy appeared on his face.
He had been worried about how to explain if someone saw him talking to the system, but now it was fine.
"You can just call me: Fle."
"Fle?" Ye Qiu found it amusing to hear the system reveal its name; how could it have such a silly name.
But then he thought of a problem. This system actually had a name, so he was just about to speak when Fle's voice echoed in his mind: "I'm not high-tech, I'm actually a person!"
"A person?"
Ye Qiu paused in his steps, exclaiming in surprise, but after shouting, he regretted it, since all the classmates who were initially studying now looked up and cast unfriendly looks at him.
Just sitting down, Xu Lei, upon hearing Ye Qiu's shouts again, furrowed her brows: "Ye Qiu, what's wrong?"
"Ah? Nothing, nothing, I'm fine, teacher."
Ye Qiu scratched his head awkwardly towards Xu Lei.
Xu Lei looked at Ye Qiu, nodded: "If you're fine, then hurry back!"
Ye Qiu nodded his head in agreement, apologized with a nod to all the classmates, and then absent-mindedly walked to his seat.
However, Ye Qiu didn't notice that as he passed by a classmate named Wang Jie, a leg was suddenly extended in front of him. Ye Qiu, still flustered by the system's words earlier and not wanting to become a class enemy, intended to quickly return to his seat to properly question the system.
Therefore, he didn't see the foot appearing in front of him, and as a result, the distracted Ye Qiu was tripped, stumbled, and then, with an "ah," he flung himself towards a female classmate beside him.
"Ah..."
Luo Bing was seriously reviewing her lessons, and Ye Qiu's earlier shouts hadn't disturbed her. For a beautiful school beauty and top student like her, Ye Qiu had no attraction whatsoever.
Although they had been classmates for more than a year and their desks were also close, they rarely spoke, and Luo Bing only knew that this skinny classmate, dubbed as a 'second fool' by the classmates, was called Ye Qiu. She knew nothing else and had no interest in knowing.
But now, as Luo Bing watched Ye Qiu flying towards her, a look of panic erupted on her exquisite face, and she let out a scream.
Then, in a fluster, she prepared to stand up to avoid Ye Qiu, for she definitely didn't want her body to be touched by a stranger.
But just as she was about to get up, she saw the edge of the desk, causing her to hesitate. She knew that if she moved away, Ye Qiu might hit the edge of the desk and possibly get hurt.
Luo Bing hesitated for a moment.
But these thoughts in Luo Bing's mind happened in a flash. As she hesitated, Ye Qiu suddenly fell onto her.
Luo Bing only felt a strong force hitting her, and then Ye Qiu pinned her down. Just as Luo Bing thought she might fall onto the desk or floor and get injured, suddenly a pair of strong hands wrapped around her slender waist.
Luo Bing was startled, her face instantly turned red. But at this moment, she couldn't think too much about it. After her waist was wrapped by those hands, Luo Bing felt like she spun in mid-air before falling to the ground.
Frightened, Luo Bing closed her eyes. But after hearing a thud and realizing nothing felt wrong with her body, she was stunned inside.
Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes filled with Spiritual Qi.
"You..."
When she opened her eyes and saw Ye Qiu lying beneath her, Luo Bing was taken aback. Seeing Ye Qiu looking at her with wide eyes made her blush even more, like a tempting peach.
At that critical moment, Ye Qiu used his own strength to redirect Luo Bing as they fell, preventing her from getting hurt. At this moment, he was very grateful to the system and appreciated the benefits it brought him.
If it were in the past, he would never have been able to perform such a difficult move that required great Physical Ability and Strength.
"Can you let go of me?"
While Ye Qiu was thinking about the benefits the system brought him, Luo Bing's gentle voice sounded in his ear.
Looking at the girl, known as the Red Flag High School's top student and campus goddess, lying on him with a shy and captivating demeanor,
feeling the softness against his chest because of the thin summer clothes, Ye Qiu was momentarily stunned, and his face also gradually turned red...
Luo Bing initially felt a bit annoyed when Ye Qiu didn't let go after she spoke, but seeing his blushing face after they locked eyes for a moment, she was a bit surprised.
This boy blushed?
Looking at the increasingly red Ye Qiu, suddenly Luo Bing felt that this boy seemed different from others, very special...
"Luo Bing, are you okay?"
"Luo Bing, did you fall?"
"Luo Bing, get up quickly..."
The urgent calls from classmates interrupted Luo Bing and Ye Qiu's thoughts. The two of them exchanged a glance and smiled awkwardly...
...
"Ye Qiu, what's wrong with you? Why don't you watch where you're going?"
"Yeah, it's a good thing Luo Bing's alright. What if something happened? Could you take responsibility for it?"
Ye Qiu stood under the podium, head down, silent, listening to the boys in the class who usually admired Luo Bing, now all spitting at him.
Looking at those boys, their eyes seemed to burn with anger as if Ye Qiu had stolen their girlfriend.
The one who hated Ye Qiu the most among them was the instigator of this incident, Wang Jie.
Wang Jie always found Ye Qiu annoying, thinking that this guy who transferred temporarily was usually silent and never spoke unless during class when he would suddenly pop up with a remark.
He had been startled several times, and the nickname "dunce" was his doing.
He wanted to make Ye Qiu look foolish earlier, but who would have thought it would actually benefit Ye Qiu.
Luo Bing, the top student and campus goddess, was someone Wang Jie had fantasized about. Yet now, Ye Qiu benefitted from the situation, and Wang Jie himself had inadvertently contributed to it.
"Oh, come on, don't blame Ye Qiu. I'm fine, aren't I?"
Luo Bing, seeing Ye Qiu being besieged by classmates, felt a bit sorry. Remembering the scene where Ye Qiu saved her in the nick of time made her wonder why she hadn't noticed before how brave this supposedly fragile boy was.
Hearing Luo Bing speak up for Ye Qiu, those boys who were already filled with jealousy felt even more enraged.
Just as they were about to speak out against Ye Qiu, Xu Lei suddenly slammed a desk and shouted, "What are you all doing? Planning to gang up or play gangsters? This is a classroom, and Ye Qiu is your classmate. What do you want to do? Think Ye Qiu is easy to bully?"
Upon hearing Xu Lei speak, Ye Qiu gave Xu Lei a grateful glance, and those boys kept silent, glancing angrily at Ye Qiu before returning to their seats.
Seeing the students return to their places, Xu Lei said to Ye Qiu, "You should go back too, and be more careful next time."
Ye Qiu nodded and walked toward his desk, pausing when he passed by Wang Jie.
Wang Jie, seeing Ye Qiu pause beside him, gave a disdainful look, muttering "dunce," then ignored Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu clenched his fists but eventually relaxed them. Then, seeing Luo Bing smiling at him, a smile appeared on his face as he walked toward his desk...