【I can understand, after all, your hands are full of groceries...】

【But couldn't you be a little more discreet when you're feeding each other!】

【I did protect my junior colleague today, but I failed to protect my fragile heart, waaa!】

The lottery staff girl suddenly felt that this damned class wasn't worth attending.

But then she suddenly realized that the damage she'd suffered these past few days was all caused by the same couple.

Damn them!

I hope that senior colleague bear slays these two in the middle of the night!

The cheese stick was sweet.

It seemed even sweeter because it was almost expired...

Chen Yuan sucked on it with satisfaction.

"Shall I carry the shrimp?" Xia Xinyu offered proactively.

"No need." Xia Xinyu was so small, not even as heavy as the frozen shrimp. The chauvinistic Chen Yuan naturally wouldn't let her carry anything.

In our Shandong province, it's normal for girls to be carried around by men.

Although Chen Yuan wasn't from Shandong, his height of 183cm still made him a low-level giant compared to Xia Xinyu.

So when she had to stand on tiptoe to hand him a cheese stick, he thought that if the two of them...

Playing the 'lift you up high' game would definitely be convenient.

Just slip both hands under Xia Xinyu's armpits and easily lift her up.

But Xia Xinyu's height wasn't actually that short, around 163cm, but for some reason, she always gave off a dainty feeling, the kind you could hold in your hands and hide away.

What's wrong with me, my daydreams are a bit messed up today...

"My luck is really good today, this is the first non-tissue prize I've ever won." Xia Xinyu, eating her cheese stick, was in a very happy mood.

And the cheese stick accounted for a particularly small proportion of this joy.

But today's cheese stick was exceptionally delicious.

In short, everything looked cute, sunny, and like a spring breeze.

"Actually, if you drew ten times in a row, the probability of winning a non-tissue prize is also forty percent." After calculating in his mind, Chen Yuan said.

"That's a bit unromantic." Xia Xinyu looked at Chen Yuan and grumbled softly, "Couldn't it be the lucky charm from yesterday that helped me?"

"What's a lucky charm?"

"...It just means luck." Xia Xinyu turned her head and started crunching on her cheese stick, as if avoiding something.

【If he finds out that I kept that piece of paper, and I carry it with me at all times, I'll be laughed at, right...】

Ah, that piece of paper is still with you?

He had deliberately left a mark on the 'lucky' paper when he was letting Xia Xinyu guess, and used his mind-reading ability to guide her to choose 'lucky' in order to make her happy.

In essence, this luck was fake.

Chen Yuan really wanted Xia Xinyu to be lucky.

But she treated 'lucky' as a charm, as if it could constantly bless her with 'luck'...

Zhou Tian, do I need to bless her?

What is she thinking?

Chen Yuan hadn't heard any thoughts about this matter.

Perhaps she had thought it through before she said that sentence, which is why she was so calm today.

Xia Xinyu still holds back even her thoughts...

Then, let me probe a little.

"Oh, right, is that crumpled piece of paper from yesterday's drawing still around?" Chen Yuan asked casually, trying to sound natural.

This question made Xia Xinyu slightly nervous, clutching the seams of her pants: "Why are you asking that?"

"Just asking, it's nothing." Chen Yuan said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter if you threw it away, I just thought it was fun, we can use it for drawing lots next time."

"I didn't lose it... How could I lose it?" As if she had said something she shouldn't have, Xia Xinyu suddenly became anxious.

In simple terms, it's – you don't trust me, you suspect me.

"Oh, oh... I see."

"I really didn't lose it! I think that piece of paper is very meaningful, you... Why do you think I would lose it?" Xia Xinyu continued to ask earnestly, her eyes following Chen Yuan's eyes.

"I know you didn't lose it, I believe you... I just think it's just a piece of paper, it doesn't matter whether you keep it or not..."

"I really didn't lose it!"

Before Chen Yuan could finish speaking, Xia Xinyu suddenly took out a simple, dark red sachet from her pocket, held it in front of Chen Yuan, with a serious expression.

Although she had already revealed in her thoughts that she carries it with her, Chen Yuan was still shocked to actually see it.

Perhaps it was because he had watched too much Douyin. In this era where even spending hundreds of yuan can't get a girl to give you a good look, his waste paper, which didn't cost him a penny, was regarded as a treasure by Xia Xinyu...

He suddenly felt very sorry for her.

"You put 'lucky' inside?"

"Yeah." Xia Xinyu nodded shyly, then put it back into her pocket, "It's because of its blessing that I won the cheese stick today."

No, it's because of my guidance.

No, it's because of the statistical model of mathematics.

No,

"Then it really has miraculous effects."

Chen Yuan wouldn't say anything too sentimental. His thinking had always been very rational. Ever since he had superpowers, the certainty in his life had become greater than the accidental, further strengthening his materialism.

But what harm is there in being a little idealistic by chance?

"Of course..." Xia Xinyu originally didn't want Chen Yuan to see something that was embarrassing and a little shameful.

After all, it was made by her own hands, not very pretty, and the thing hidden inside was just a wrinkled piece of paper...

【But when Chen Yuan isn't around, I can only rely on this piece of paper to put my mind at ease...】

………

If you want me to go back, why don't you say so?

Isn't telling it straight your ninja way, Xia Xinyu?

What, Xia Xinyu doesn't have this ninja way, I made it up myself?

She does, she does!

After dinner, it was already past eight o'clock. Because Xia Xinyu had to watch a lecture online today, she returned to her room. Chen Yuan, in his own room, was a little listless and couldn't study.

He was struggling with one thing.

Xia Xinyu was going home to attend a funeral. As her newly acquainted neighbor, should he go?

According to their current situation... It was actually quite necessary to go, after all, he had stopped her from committing suicide.

But there was a math competition on Sunday, which happened to conflict.

Moreover, if he went without being invited...

He could easily be killed offline by her aunt, the senior teacher who sneered at non-top-tier universities.

So worrying, so worrying.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuan was really annoyed, so conflicted that he couldn't even study his beloved math Olympiad. He sighed and helplessly opened an episode of *Cang Yuan Tu*.

But just as he opened it, there was a knock on his door.

Chen Yuan got up and opened the door.

Then, he saw Xia Xinyu, with a few beads of sweat on her cheeks, holding a pile of books, looking embarrassed, hesitant to speak. After struggling for a long time, she finally whispered, "The electricity bill is overdue... The electricity has been cut off."

"Then quickly top it up, I'll borrow some from Zhou Yu." Chen Yuan immediately took out his phone.

"Wait, wait a moment." Xia Xinyu put her hand on Chen Yuan's hand and said with some embarrassment, "Although it's a bit difficult to last until the end of the month, I at least want to hold out until I go home."

Wait, what's the point of holding out?

【Once I start borrowing money, I'll always think of borrowing money from others whenever I have difficulties...】

【Only by getting used to enduring can I stay in Xia Hai City.】

Don't be like this, my precious, Mommy feels sorry for you...

"Then come in, it's too wasteful for me to blow the air conditioner and use the lights alone." Chen Yuan offered proactively.

"Okay, good." Xia Xinyu nodded and followed Chen Yuan into the room.

"You go to the desk, I'm more used to using the small folding table." Quickly turning off *Cang Yuan Tu*, Chen Yuan opened his book and pretended to continue studying.

"I'll stay here too, we can also discuss our studies with each other."

Xia Xinyu also put her books on the small folding table and sat opposite Chen Yuan to watch the lecture.

The two of them studied in this 'raising our eyebrows to each other' fashion.

Suddenly, someone's mind wandered.

【The fan couldn't be used when the power went out just now, and I forced myself to stay there for a while, I don't have a sweaty smell on me, do I...】

Hearing this, Chen Yuan didn't know what was going on in his head and suddenly sniffed twice.

And this detail was caught by Xia Xinyu, who was already very concerned, her face suddenly flushed embarrassingly. She clenched her pen, bit her lip, and secretly sniffed herself...

No smell... But I was sweating just now, there might be a bit of a smell... There must be a smell, otherwise why would Chen Yuan sniff twice?

No, I purely smelled it because you said it.

I didn't smell any sweaty smell at all before.

Isn't it just the normal Xia Xinyu fragrance?

You're overthinking it!

Squeak——

Suddenly, the table made a rubbing sound.

Chen Yuan slowly raised his head and saw Xia Xinyu scratching the edge of the table with both hands like a cat, her eyes darting around, her blush almost spreading to her slender collarbone.

After she noticed that he had noticed, she finally tried to act natural.

But her expression had betrayed her completely when she opened her mouth.

"The power went out over there, the water heater can't be used, I'm afraid of catching a cold if I use cold water..." Saying this, Xia Xinyu couldn't bear to open her eyes anymore and said with difficulty, "Sorry, can I take a shower at your place?"