Green Tea Beauty

     Bian Heng suppressed the idea of killing those three people as he entered the classroom and politely smiled with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes at the classmate sitting in front of Lin Shi Cha: "Hello Classmate, may I sit in your seat for a while?"

     The hedgehog-haired boy in the front row hastily got up and gave up his seat: "Yes, yes, yes." With a dry smile, he ran to the seat where his good buddies were for a seat instead.

     Generally speaking, no matter what boys are like in private, at the very least they won't gossip on the surface. However, this matter has made them unable to control themselves. There were many people who were discussing this quietly.

     Don’t even mention the girls.

     Shen Mo has already made his debut. The schedule for a rookie period was full to the brim, but even so, he still tries hard to return back to school every day to accompany Lin Shi Cha. Since Lin Shi Cha said she wanted to see his concert, Shen Mo will hold one for her, even if he dies of exhaustion.

     Due to his rising popularity, there were also many insiders who wanted to expose the fact that Shen Mo’s girlfriend was Lin Shi Cha. Right now it seems the four of them are dating Lin Shi Cha again. Unlike how it was concealed before, this time it was out of all four’s willingness.

     No matter how one looks at it, this was some explosive point.

     Yet, the strange thing is that this news just couldn’t be revealed. As soon as it was posted, it would be silently deleted.

     Later, some people gradually realized Shen Mo was protecting Lin Shi Cha and Shen Han Xing was Shen Mo’s backer. With her, there was nothing that can’t be done in the entertainment industry.

     Thus, Shui Lu Town can only digest these things internally.

     Whereas the students of Shui Lu No. 1 High expressed… … We were also shocked at first, but then in the end we became numb to it [Slight Smile].

     "What did you have for breakfast today?" Bian Heng collected his emotions and immediately changed his tone to ask Lin Shi Cha.

     Hedgehog-Hair Boy: ? ? ? You were so fierce toward me, why are you so gentle to Renjia? ?

     Lin Shi Cha obediently replied: "Grandma made some fragrant and thick millet porridge. Chi Xing also bought me two steamed buns. It was yummy." When she headed out in the morning, she saw Chi Xing squatting in front of her house. Afraid that the steamed stuffed buns would cool down, he kept it in his embrace the whole time. That’s why when he took it out to give it to her, it was still warm, as if it had just come out of the oven.

     Bian Heng nodded and said to Chi Xing: "Tomorrow I will pick up ChaCha, you can sleep a little longer."

     Chi Xing quickly replied: "No need, thank you Senior for your concern." His words were very polite.

     Bian Heng: "We agreed on a different person per day. You dare to go back on your words, are you asking for a beating?"

     Chi Xing fired back: "Can you even beat me?"

     When the people around heard this, they let out a muffled laughter. Bian Heng glared at Chi Xing, then suddenly turned his head: "ChaCha, look at him." His tone was quite aggrieved.

     Chi Xing’s eyes widened, "Are you an elementary kid?!" How childish, he actually tattle-tales.

     Bian Heng: "Yeah, do you have an objection?" He raised his chin provocatively.

     Huo Yi Nan coldly lifted his gaze up, "If you two want to argue, scram outside."

     The two of them closed their mouths.

     Chi Xing and Bian Heng wanted to argue about something, but when they saw Lin Shi Cha make a 'hush' gesture, the two of them immediately fell silent.

     It turned out that Shen Shen fell asleep lying on the table. There were dark circles under his eyes and his complexion didn’t look too good. His eyelashes dropped steadily, while his breathing was soft and regular.

     Lin Shi Cha stroked his hair lightly as she stared at his sleeping face with her arms propped up. No one knew what she was thinking.

     Bian Heng/Lao Xing: Jealous.

     Huo Yi Nan raised his eyes lightly and glanced over: What's the use of you guys, only knowing to quarrel childishly?

     Bian Heng/Chi Xing: Inserting a Knife [Pain]

     After holding back his breath for a while, Bian Heng leaned over and whispered his goodwill: "ChaCha, I'll do your English homework for you, language arts homework is also fine. Just hand me your homework book."

     Lin Shi Cha hesitated for a moment: "En?"

     Chi Xing immediately followed up: "I can help you do—" Halfway through the sentence, he realized he didn't have any subjects that he was good at at all. Even at his best, he only scored 70 to 80 points in each language arts test, which was his strongest subject while the full score was 150. He swallowed the rest of his words: "I'll write your name, just don’t use your hands.  Look how pretty your hands are."

     He still wanted to take advantage of it to touch Lin Shi Cha's little hand, but Huo Yi Nan knocked his hand back with a pen.

     He rubbed his sore hand, "I'm serious."

     Huo Yi Nan: "Practice your handwriting first and then say something about writing her name. Don’t you notice how dog sh*t your handwriting is?" He said the most contemptuous words in the flattest tone.

     "???" Chi Xing had question marks on his head. He wanted to punch a specific someone.

     "I'll teach you." Lin Shi Cha took the initiative to propose.

     Chi Xing immediately calmed down, "Oh, good!" He glanced at Huo Yi Nan triumphantly, then took a notebook and pulled the chair over to lean as close to Lin Shi Cha as possible.

     Lin Shi Cha's handwriting was beautiful, delicate and gentle. Every single stroke can reveal the personality of its master, but Chi Xing's handwriting was rough and arrogant. He didn't care about these. Normally, he doesn't even hand in his homework. As the class representative, who collects homework, stood in front of him, he raised his head with a stinky expression.

     Before his lie was even uttered, Lin Shi Cha said: "He hasn’t done it. Can you go collect the others first? I'll have him make it up later and bring it into the office himself."

     The class representative expressed his gratitude to Lin Shi Cha before running away.

     Chi Xing: "... … Brother Huo, help me write one too—" He lowered his posture to curry favor.

     Huo Yi Nan didn't even raise his head, "Write it yourself."

     "What questions do you not know?" Lin Shi Cha asked.

     "I don't know any of them." Chi Xing replied without any burden.

     "Then I'll teach you one by one, come here." Lin Shi Cha waved.

     Huo Yi Nan: … He wants to smack his own mouth.

     The two of them were side-by-side. Chi Xing could smell the faint fragrance of flowers on Lin Shi Cha's body. It was like there but not there, not intentional but couldn’t be ignored. Her hair had grown a bit longer. When writing, her hair would slip down and the end of her hair would brush the tip of Chi Xing's nose, tickling him and making him want to sneeze.

     Bian Heng warned: "Focus on learning, don't get physical."

     Chi Xing turned around: "Am I that kind of person?"

     Lin Shi Cha fluttered her eyes and said unconsciously: "But last time you were on the bus, didn't you—" Chi Xing covered her mouth before she finished speaking.

     "Wait, don't..." Chi Xing's scalp tingled as he didn't dare to look back.

     Huo Yi Nan: "What happened on the bus?"

     Chi Xing: "No-nothing." It’s just that I wanted to kiss her but failed. That happened ages ago, why did she have to bring it up ah?

     Chi Xing slowly turned his head and saw that both Huo Yi Nan and Bian Heng had set down what they were doing to watch him. Bian Heng even squeezed his fists and made sounds, cracking his knuckles.

     Chi Xing: "... … I was wrong."

     The next second, Chi Xing jumped up and ran with a ‘wa’: "I already said I was wrong, help me, help. Hey, hey, let me tell you two, Lao Zi not fighting back doesn't mean I can't win against you guys. Back in the days, I dominated the entire town… … Ow, ow, ow!!!"

     Later, Chi Xing confessed it all. That is, a forced kiss was attempted.

     Shen Mo was finally woken up. He sat up blankly, watching the three people fighting in the classroom.

     The class bell also rang at the right time. It was time for the last class.

     Bian Heng was then thrown out.

     Shen Mo felt weak all over, even his head was pounding. He secretly told Lin Shi Cha coquettishly : "ChaCha, I have a headache."

     Lin Shi Cha comforted him.

     After school in the evening, the four people surrounded Lin Shi Cha, wanting to escort her home. Bian Heng held Shen Mo in disdain: "You have nothing to do ah, don't come back to school if you are that busy."

     "I'm not busy!" Shen Mo denied it loudly. He stood next to Lin Shi Cha, "Being with ChaCha is the most important thing, nothing can compare to it."

     Chi Xing muttered: "You and your sweet mouth. What’s it made out of, sugar?"

     Bian Heng followed: "He was probably a sugar demon in his previous life."

     Huo Yi Nan said succinctly: "The description is very fitting."

     Shen Mo pointed out, wronged: "They’re bullying me, QAQ."

     Lin Shi Cha laughed happily, leaning against the bus stop sign and watching the four people making a fuss.

     Not long after, they arrived home. Grandma Lin wanted to keep them for dinner, so the four of them didn't refuse. They gleefully changed their shoes and entered the house.

     A message came from Huo Yi Nan's cell phone. When he opened it, it was Gu Yin.

     —That person is still okay?

     Huo Yi Nan sat on the sofa. He rubbed his fingers against his lips and calmly typed a reply.

     Gu Yin was currently eating hot pot with a few friends when the text message was responded to.

     —My family’s little darling is fine, no need to worry.

     Gu Yin almost dropped her phone, "This girl is toxic ah!" What a smoldering ember? How is it that he appears icy-cold on the surface, but see how passionate his texts are? He’s even calling her his darling?

     This won’t do!

     Gu Yin decided to go find Huo Yi Nan and Lin Shi Cha after finishing eating her hot pot.

     The person next to her asked: "What's the matter? If you touch your phone again, I’ll throw it in the pot ah. This is a gathering, stop staring at your phone. Let me see which handsome boys in your contacts are seducing you."

     "Bah!" Gu Yin gave her an eye roll, "Who else can it be if not Huo Yi Nan? Just let him smolder himself to death."

     The girl snickered as she leaned over and whispered: "Hey, you and Huo Yi Nan grew up on the same street, so you guys could be considered childhood sweethearts. How come you guys never saw eye-to-eye?"

     Gu Yin was angry, "What eye-to-tye, just eat!"

     It was true that Gu Yin and Huo Yi Nan grew up as childhood sweethearts, but their relationship wasn’t that close. Sometimes Huo Yi Nan was very reliable and would give her some dependable advice. Towards him, Gu Yin felt more sibling friendship, nothing more.

     Huo Yi Nan was even more so.

     Seeing him fall in love with Lin Shi Cha now also caused her quite the headache.

     But this is his private matter. Gu Yin can't control it or probe much about it.

     The two chatted and finished eating the hot pot. Bidding farewell to her friend, Gu Yin went to find Lin Shi Cha. On the way, she still ended up buying something. After all, it would be too awkward to go empty-handed.

     So she just bought some fruit over.

     It was an old lady who came to open the door. Seeing Gu Yin, she was surprised at first, but then she was happy: "Aiya, it's ChaCha's friend!"

     Gu Yin was completely flattered. She said awkwardly: "Ah... ah, yes, I came to see her and brought some fruit."

     Grandma Lin was so happy. She chatted with Gu Yin about Lin Shi Cha as she invited her in.

     When they entered, everyone had finished their meals and were all sitting in the living room watching a variety show. The variety show that Shen Mo participated in was being broadcast. The him on screen was quite different from his real person. Lin Shi Cha watched it with great interest.

     When Lin Shi Cha saw Gu Yin, her entire person glowed: "Yinyin!!!" She went over, "Yinyin, did you come to see me?"

     The four people: I’ve never seen ChaCha being this warm to anyone.

     Death stares.

     Gu Yin: "... …" The four of them were all here and even peacefully getting along. What kind of miracle is this?

     "Ah... … I came to see you, are you okay? You scared everyone that day." Gu Yin said. Looking at Lin Shi Cha, she felt that she seemed to be fine, but she heard rumors saying, the four people took care of Lin Shi Cha like she was a glass doll, afraid that she would feel the slightest uncomfortable.





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Notes:
Renjia (人家): can mean 1. the person referring to themselves in 3rd person, trying to act 
                                          coy/cute
                                        2. talking about another person usually not in a good way
                                        3. talking about another person in a cuteish way
QAQ: an emoticon, it’s a sad face with a gaping mouth and teary eyes