Chapter 90: Chapter 89: Li Zhi: Then I’ll Ask Right Now~

Lost in her shipping fantasies, Zhuo Peipei walked He Zhiyu to their classroom, the two discussing the future plot of *Defend and Steal* along the way.

He Zhiyu’s eyes widened and her face flushed as she listened to the words spilling from the lips of the student council president.

In the president’s telling, the real-life childhood sweethearts had already ventured into an ambiguous, forbidden territory where the moonlight couldn’t reach.

"This... isn’t this a bit much?"

Hearing He Zhiyu’s words, Zhuo Peipei instantly snapped out of her shipping frenzy.

After calming down, Zhuo Peipei nodded. "You should just write it according to your own ideas."

"You have free rein to create all the sweet moments between them!" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Zhuo Peipei’s gaze drifted toward the school supermarket.

Meanwhile, in the school supermarket.

Shen Yuan took a pint of Li Zhi’s favorite ice cream from the freezer, but he made sure to grab the small one.

"Your period isn’t over yet. You should just eat a little."

At his words, the beautiful girl’s expression immediately turned aggrieved.

Her long lashes trembled, the corners of her eyes drooping slightly and casting a small, sorrowful shadow on her eyelids.

The beautiful girl pressed her lips together without a word, but her index finger quietly hooked the hem of Shen Yuan’s school uniform, tugging it twice like a rain-drenched kitten.

"It’s fine."

Her voice was muffled as her fingertips tugged his uniform again. "I want the chocolate-flavored one."

Shen Yuan’s knuckles whitened as he gripped the ice cream wrapper, but he quickly steeled his heart. "No!"

"Weren’t you the one curled up in your seat like an ostrich in pain last week?"

Shen Yuan deliberately CRINKLED the wrapper loudly before turning to walk toward the checkout counter.

But he hadn’t taken two steps before his shirt was yanked back.

Shen Yuan turned his head to see the beautiful girl’s porcelain-like cheeks flushed a faint red, her pearly teeth biting her lower lip and leaving a crescent-shaped mark.

"Shen Yuan~"

Goosebumps instantly erupted on the back of Shen Yuan’s neck. The sound of his name uttered like that was more terrifying than any physical attack.

He lurched back half a step, accidentally bumping into a boy behind him.

"Hey, what the hell...? Lao Yuan?"

Zhou Shaojie looked at Shen Yuan in surprise. "What are you doing here... Oh, oh!"

The moment Ah Jie saw Li Zhi in front of Shen Yuan, he immediately understood what the childhood sweethearts were up to.

’Nope, nope. Gotta run, gotta run.’

’Damn, I’m screwed if I get caught in the crossfire.’

Ah Jie dashed to the checkout counter, giving Shen Yuan no chance to explain.

Just then, a tub of ice cream was shoved into Shen Yuan’s arms.

The lingering chill from her fingertips seeped through his uniform and onto his skin.

"Here, have this. Go pay now!"

"You did that on purpose!"

Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, holding the two tubs of ice cream, the tips of his ears so red they looked like they might start bleeding.

Li Zhi beamed at Shen Yuan, gave a little wave, and headed for the supermarket exit. "I’ll be waiting for you outside."

Shen Yuan watched Li Zhi’s retreating back, glanced at the ice cream in his hands, and gave himself a stern warning.

"This is the last time, Shen Yuan!"

Outside the supermarket.

Li Zhi tore open the ice cream wrapper, opened her mouth, and licked the black-and-white tip of the bar. A triumphant smile spread across her lips.

When Shen Yuan saw this, he couldn’t bring himself to smile at all.

"You’ll be the one suffering for it later."

"Oh, it’s fine, it’s fine. The worst of it is over anyway."

Li Zhi patted her chest. "The next time will be next month. I’m not worried in the slightest."

Shen Yuan gave a dry laugh. "Then don’t come begging me to bring you food the next time you’re in pain."

Hearing this, Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan.

The moment he saw the look in her eyes, Shen Yuan knew something was up.

Shen Yuan was scared now.

Li Zhi’s unpredictable antics in the cafeteria and then the supermarket had caught him completely off guard, but this time, he was prepared!

’Bring it on!’

"Then I’ll just ask you now~ Pretty please, Classmate Shen Yuan, will you bring me food next month? Please, oh please?"

"Fine!"

Shen Yuan agreed immediately.

’It’s just bringing her some food. Not a big deal.’

A brilliant smile bloomed on the beautiful girl’s face, and she turned to head back to the classroom.

The midday summer sun fractured into dappled spots of light beneath the shade of the trees.

The beautiful girl walked through the light and shadow.

Shen Yuan’s gaze swept over the stray wisps of hair on top of the girl’s head.

That lock of hair glowed an amber color in the afternoon sun, reminding him of last week when Li Zhi had been napping at her desk, and he had secretly poked at her long hair with a pen cap.

’I really want to pat her head.’

Li Zhi suddenly realized the person beside her was gone. She turned to see Shen Yuan still standing in place.

"What are you doing?"

Snapping back to his senses at her question, Shen Yuan replied, "I was just thinking, is this the Tyndall effect or the Darwin effect?"

Li Zhi rolled her eyes. "And I suppose it’s the Dairy Queen effect?"

Shen Yuan immediately pretended that was exactly it. "Yes! It’s the Dairy Queen effect!"

"If you ask me, you’re just thirsty for some milk."

"That’s right..."

Before Shen Yuan could finish his sentence, an ice cream stick was pressed against his Adam’s apple.

The tip of the stick radiated a chill, as if it were the point of a real sword.

"If you dare say those next two words, I’ll execute you on the spot!"

Young Master Li glared, her eyes full of menace.

Shen Yuan’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and he quickly nodded.

Young Master Li snorted coldly and withdrew the ice cream stick.

"I knew you wouldn’t dare!"

Shen Yuan opened his mouth to speak, but Young Master Li’s ice cream stick was instantly shoved in his face again.

The threat in her eyes was undisguised.

"Woman, I must have been blind to treat you to ice cream! Who could have known that you, a vicious woman, would try to assassinate me with it!"

Shen Yuan looked grief-stricken and indignant, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Seeing this, Li Zhi’s lips curved slightly upward into a teasing smile.

She nonchalantly twirled the ice cream stick in her hand, feinting twice in front of Shen Yuan before saying provocatively: