Bai Jiangxin seemed not to have noticed her. Xiang Di was brewing how to open her mouth.

Bai Jiangxin’s phone had a privacy screen protector on it. Xiang Di thought he was using his phone to look up study materials—otherwise, how could he be staring so intently, not moving at all.

She didn’t dare make a sound to disturb him, while Bai Jiangxin was already getting a bit impatient.

She had been standing in front of him for dozens of seconds already, what exactly did she want to do?

Being stared at like that, even playing with his phone felt uncomfortable. A few-second-long silly short video, his finger hadn’t moved at all, and in his earphones the brainless canned laughter had already replayed many times, enough to annoy him.

Xiang Di encouraged herself in her heart.

Xiang Di, don’t chicken out! Go! It’s just delivering a puff—what are you even afraid of! It’s not like you’re being asked to confess to him!

“Um…”

The cautious voice finally sounded. The corner of Bai Jiangxin’s lips lifted very slightly.

There was also movement at the classroom door. By sheer coincidence, Ye Minjia and Zhou Linxiao had come back.

Bai Jiangxin frowned faintly.

Ye Minjia was sharp-eyed and quick on his feet. Seeing Xiang Di standing in front of Bai Jiangxin’s desk, he immediately turned around, about to go back out again—but he forgot there was still Zhou Linxiao beside him, who didn’t know about their relationship.

Zhou Linxiao walked straight over. He didn’t say anything first, but lifted his nose and sniffed, like a chestnut-colored big dog with an acute sense of smell.

“What is that, so fragrant?”

Xiang Di was surprised by his sense of smell and said honestly, “…It’s cheese puffs.”

Hearing that it was cheese puffs, Bai Jiangxin’s expression paused slightly.

He glanced at the paper bag packaging in her hand. It was very familiar—no mistake, it was the packaging from the bakery at the entrance of her residential complex.

Bai Jiangxin roughly guessed what she had come to find him for.

So she still remembered what she herself had said.

Bai Jiangxin lightly raised his brows, waiting calmly for her to take the initiative to present the puff to him.

“Does the school sell cheese puffs too?” Zhou Linxiao asked. “How come I’ve never seen them? Where are they?”

“They’re not sold at school. They’re sold near my place.”

Zhou Linxiao gave an oh, his tone unable to hide his disappointment.

It really was like a dog letting out a soft whine. Xiang Di felt a bit sorry for him. She pitied handsome people and cherished beauty—she really couldn’t stand seeing a handsome guy disappointed.

Her brother had bought so many, and from the beginning it was meant for her to share them with classmates. Bai Jiangxin definitely couldn’t finish them all by himself. If he couldn’t finish them, they’d go to waste. Then why not, as her brother said, share some out?

Luckily she hadn’t given them to Bai Jiangxin yet, so she asked Zhou Linxiao, “Do you want one? I bought a lot.”

The olive-colored eyes immediately curved into a bright arc, and Zhou Linxiao said in a delighted tone, “Thank you.”

After all, she still had to give some to Bai Jiangxin later, so she had to pay attention to hygiene—she couldn’t take them directly with her hands. Fortunately, when Xiang Sheng bought them, he hadn’t forgotten to ask the bakery owner for disposable gloves. Xiang Di carefully put on the gloves and took one for Zhou Linxiao to try.

Ye Minjia, that big glutton, the moment he saw Xiang Di handing out tasty food again, didn’t leave either. He leaned over too, wanting to mooch one to eat.

Xiang Di said generously, “Class monitor, do you want one?”

Ye Minjia chuckled. “Yeah.”

The two boys put the cheese puffs into their mouths at the same time. The moment they bit through the outer shell, the cream carrying the aroma of cheese instantly filled their entire mouths.

They looked at each other, and almost in unison said, “It’s good.”

Seeing that they liked it, Xiang Di was happy too. She suddenly felt fortunate that her brother had bought so many, and also a little guilty that at the beginning she had only thought of buying some for Bai Jiangxin, forgetting to share with the friends in her class.

If she had only bought one portion, she definitely wouldn’t have been willing to share it with them—she would have kept all of it for Bai Jiangxin.

Sigh. Valuing romance over friends. Condemn herself for three seconds. Considering how decent her deadbeat brother was this time, she wouldn’t send him any sibling H fic.

The two boys’ quiet exclamations woke Liang Qianqian, who had been taking a lunch nap. Before she could figure out what was going on, a burst of puff fragrance had already captured her sense of smell.

Xiang Di: “Qianqian, do you want a puff?”

Liang Qianqian’s eyes lit up. “I do!”

After sharing one with Qianqian, Xiang Di looked toward Bai Jiangxin again. Right now was exactly a good time to strike up a conversation. She could take advantage of sharing puffs with others to casually hand one to him. But when she saw his indifferent profile, she hesitated again.

Better to share with the others first, then leave all the remaining ones for Bai Jiangxin alone. That way, he could quietly eat by himself, and no one would come to bother him.

Several girls in the class who were close with her were also woken by the commotion at this time. Xiang Di counted the remaining number of puffs, making sure there were plenty left for Bai Jiangxin, then handed one to each of them.

Ye Minjia felt that eating just one wasn’t enough, and shamelessly ran over to ask for another.

“……”

Bai Jiangxin looked expressionlessly at the scene of people divvying up puffs in front of him.

Weren’t the puffs brought for him?

Had he been overthinking it?

Forget it, wait a bit—others first, self later. Bai Jiangxin coldly withdrew his gaze.

After getting another puff from Xiang Di, Ye Minjia hadn’t expected it to be this good. This time he was reluctant to swallow it in one bite, instead holding it at his mouth and savoring it slowly.

Ye Minjia truly admired Bai Jiangxin. No matter what kind of liveliness there was, he could endure not joining in. Sitting down in Wang Sichen’s seat, Ye Minjia asked him, “You’re not going to ask Xiang Di for a puff to try?”

Bai Jiangxin: “No need.”

It had been bought for him in the first place. He didn’t need to ask, she would naturally bring it over for him to eat.

Seeing his look of disinterest in the puffs, Ye Minjia’s urge to be annoying rose again. He deliberately held the puff he had bitten halfway and extended it in front of him. As expected, Bai Jiangxin immediately frowned and leaned his head back in disgust.

“Don’t put something you’ve eaten in front of me.”

Ye Minjia knew he would be disgusted. He put the remaining half of the puff into his mouth and, with cream filling his cheeks, said, “I’m telling you, at times like this, don’t put on airs. Go ask Xiang Di for one. If you ask her, she’ll definitely give you one. And I’m really not lying to you—it’s pretty good. The cream inside isn’t greasy at all, sweet and salty, sweet and salty.”

Bai Jiangxin tugged at the corner of his lips and said flatly, “I don’t need you to tell me what it tastes like. I’ve already tried it.”

Ye Minjia: “You’ve tried it? When?”

Bai Jiangxin neither confirmed nor denied, lifting his brows slightly.

“Anyway, earlier than you.”

Ye Minjia: “……”

It was hard to hear any joy, anger, sorrow, or delight in his tone, but—was this guy showing off?

Well, that made sense. After all, they had dated before. It wouldn’t be strange for Bai Jiangxin to have eaten puffs. No wonder he was so calm now.

Good kid. Secretly dating was one thing, but eating alone and not even sharing with him?

And here he had been worried before that the breakup would affect his grades, even thinking of setting them up to get back together. Now that he thought about it, it was all a waste of concern.

Ye Minjia clicked his tongue. “What are you being smug about.”

Just a dumped ex-boyfriend.

Just then, the math teacher came over from the office. He hadn’t expected Class 97’s lunch break to be this lively today. But he wasn’t the homeroom teacher, so he had no obligation to maintain lunch break discipline.

The math teacher went straight to Bai Jiangxin. “Bai Jiangxin, come here for a moment. I just got a set of mock exam papers, and the answers seem to have some issues. Come to the office and help me take a look.”

Teachers were generally happy to discuss problems with students who had good grades. Bai Jiangxin was already used to being called by teachers. He stood up directly. “Coming.”

Ye Minjia immediately patted Bai Jiangxin. “Maybe it’s the math paper we’ll be taking next week. Remember to leak a few questions back to tell me.”

At the same time, he was calculating in his heart.

【I’m definitely getting full marks in math this time!!!】

Bai Jiangxin treated Ye Minjia’s little schemes as if he hadn’t heard them. Before leaving the classroom, he glanced at Xiang Di, who was being surrounded by the girls.

She’d better not forget to leave two for him.

After Bai Jiangxin left with the teacher, Ye Minjia’s seat was now occupied by Xiang Di, so he couldn’t go back for the time being. He simply continued sitting in Wang Sichen’s seat, savoring the taste of the puff.

Wang Sichen never took lunch naps. As soon as lunch break came, he would go out to fool around. Who knew where he got so much energy.

Speak of the devil, and the devil arrives—Wang Sichen came back.

Although spring had arrived and the heating had been turned off, the weather outside was still quite cool. Yet this sun-loving boy who wasn’t afraid of the cold was wearing only a sleeveless basketball jersey, drenched in sweat, hugging a basketball as he came back.

Seeing that his seat was occupied by the class monitor, Wang Sichen didn’t mind. He made a self-styled cool shooting motion and tossed the basketball toward the back of the classroom. Seeing that a large desk cluster nearby was surrounded by people, he immediately went over to join the fun.

Stretching his neck to look inside, it turned out that Xiang Di had brought something good to eat to school.

Unlike other boys who were thin-skinned and embarrassed to ask girls for food, Wang Sichen was familiar with everyone and shameless. Even though he wasn’t close with Xiang Di, he felt perfectly comfortable asking her for something to eat.

He had just played basketball all noon and urgently needed to replenish his energy. Wang Sichen leaned over to Xiang Di’s side and said with a grin, “I want to eat one too.”

A girl nearby sensed a sudden waft of sweat odor, turned her head, and immediately cried out in disgust.

“Wang Sichen, you’re covered in sweat. That’s so gross.”

She hated boys who were full of stinky sweat the most. The other girls immediately moved away.

Before Xiang Di could react, a hand that had just touched a basketball—and was still slick with sweat—reached straight into the fragrant paper bag.

She might not have as severe a cleanliness obsession as Bai Jiangxin, but… she really couldn’t stand this either.

All of a sudden, she understood Bai Jiangxin’s cleanliness obsession. Xiang Di frowned and looked at the boy resentfully. “Hey, did you wash your hands after playing basketball?”

Wang Sichen froze. “Forgot.”

Liang Qianqian blew up immediately. “Wang Sichen, do you have any manners? You didn’t even wash your hands and you just grabbed someone else’s food to eat?”

Wang Sichen really hadn’t paid attention to these things. If a guy had said this to him, he definitely would have just laughed it off shamelessly. But suddenly being called out by a girl—even with thick skin, he couldn’t help feeling embarrassed.

Xiang Di: “I’m speechless.”

Liang Qianqian said irritably, “The guys in our class are all so careless—oh, except Bai Jiangxin.”

Ye Minjia spoke up. “Hey, individual behavior—don’t sweep the whole group, okay?”

“Then what am I supposed to do? I already took one…” With everyone criticizing him, Wang Sichen looked at Xiang Di, trying to make amends. “Where did you buy these puffs? Give me this whole bag—later I’ll go buy you another one.”

Xiang Di said flatly, “You can’t buy them. This puff is only sold near my place.”

A girl’s cold face when she was angry was quite different from her usual look. Wang Sichen felt a bit uneasy and said, “Then how much was it? I’ll pay you back.”