I rejected your confession, but you took my best friend home?

Chapter 11 I really wish she could hear what you were saying.

Yin Mengran slept much more soundly this time than last night, perhaps because practice makes perfect.

Or perhaps, I've come to terms with it and become more accepting of it.

Having withstood such devastating blows, it seemed nothing could defeat her anymore...

When Yin Mengran opened her eyes, she found that it was already daytime, just like yesterday.

She was alone in bed when she heard the sound of cooking coming from the kitchen.

She particularly admired, even idolized, Zhou Heng for this. As a fellow high school student, she estimated that most people couldn't control themselves like Zhou Heng.

I get up whenever I feel like it, and then I make breakfast every day and exercise...

Now they've started learning independently, and there's a lot of room for improvement.

Aside from weaknesses in emotional and communication skills, everything else is basically flawless...

This must be why his parents feel comfortable letting him live alone; there's nothing to worry about at all.

Yin Mengran sat up, tied her hair up, and then began to fold the blankets.

When she came out of the bedroom, Zhou Heng had already prepared lunch.

However, she noticed that today's was slightly different from yesterday's...

There seem to be two lunchboxes on the table...

Hearing Yin Mengran leave the bedroom, Zhou Heng glanced up at her, then continued fiddling with the lunchbox.

He closed both lunchboxes, then pushed the smaller one in front of Yin Mengran.

"This is..."

Yin Mengran looked at the lunchbox in front of her and blinked in surprise.

"I prepared this for you, it's something I did on the spur of the moment, it saves me some money on food. If you don't want it, I won't prepare it for you tomorrow."

"No! I do!"

Yin Mengran quickly covered her lunchbox with her hands, as if afraid Zhou Heng would snatch it back.

"Oh, right, there's also fruit and yogurt."

Zhou Heng casually tossed a small food container over; inside were cut fruit and a bag of yogurt.

"Wow--"

Yin Mengran's eyes lit up when she saw the lunchbox, fruit, and yogurt in front of her.

This felt as if it had taken her directly back to her childhood, to first grade.

Back then, my mother would also prepare snacks, fruits, and so on for me...

And now, that feeling that can never be regained has actually been found in a male classmate...

The satisfied joy in Yin Mengran's eyes when she looked at Zhou Heng was particularly evident.

Seeing Yin Mengran's reaction, Zhou Heng became even more certain of his thoughts.

He suspected yesterday that Yin Mengran might still be a child at heart... completely different from how she was at school?

So I specially prepared these for her today, and judging from the results, the conclusion is that...

Yin Mengran is no different from a child.

Yin Mengran clicked her tongue, looked at Zhou Heng, and said, "I really don't understand why Tongtong won't agree to be with you. It would definitely be great if she were with you."

Zhou Heng snorted and muttered dismissively, "I really wish she could hear what you have to say."

He just muttered it casually, but Yin Mengran took it seriously. She stared at Zhou Heng for a few seconds and asked:

"Do you want me to help you? After school today, I could try to set you two up? I think you two might just need a mediator..."

"No need. I've already said I won't have anything to do with her anymore. If you talk nonsense, you'll end up like her."

"Uh... never mind..."

Yin Mengran quickly shut her mouth. Seeing that Zhou Heng was serious, she dared not say anything more about it.

After washing up, eating breakfast, and packing their things, the two went out together to prepare for school.

Yin Mengran was a little nervous. She hadn't been to school for a long time and felt a bit uneasy.

When I go to school, my classmates will definitely surround me and ask me why I didn't come, what happened.

I really didn't want to say these things out loud.

Once outside, Zhou Heng threw away the cardboard box filled with his sad memories without hesitation, not even glancing at it one last time.

They seem to completely disregard it, treating it like useless kitchen waste.

Yin Mengran straightened her clothes and looked at Zhou Heng, asking:

"Do you feel that I've changed in any way since I was at school a couple of weeks ago?"

Yin Mengran wanted to remain the same as before and didn't want her classmates to notice any changes in her.

She applied cold compresses for a long time yesterday to reduce the swelling in her eyes, otherwise they would still look swollen today.

Nevertheless, she was still afraid that Tong Yining and the others would find out.

After asking around, the question eventually leads to the question: Where do I live now...?

If I say I live alone, what if they come over at night? I can't exactly give Zhou Heng any "surprises," can I?

Zhou Heng glanced at Yin Mengran, scrutinizing her from head to toe, and remained silent for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Yin Mengran asked, puzzled.

"Actually, I don't have much of an impression of what you looked like when you were in school, and I can't see any difference."

"..."

"Ok."

Yin Mengran turned her head away helplessly, regretting that she had asked Zhou Heng that question.

However, she didn't dare to speak ill of Zhou Heng, since she didn't have a deep impression of him from her school days...

The two of them were the only two people in the class who rarely interacted; they might not exchange more than a few words throughout an entire semester.

The two kept a certain distance on the way, making it impossible to tell that they were going to school together.

Upon arriving at the school gate, Yin Mengran took a deep breath to calm herself down.

She had even already mentally planned how to face her classmates when they ran into each other later.

"Hey! Class monitor?!"

Just then, she heard a voice, turned around, and saw several classmates behind her.

Yin Mengran extended her hand and said softly, "Ah...long time no see..."

"It really is the class monitor! She's come to school?!"

"We missed you so much! Why did you suddenly stop coming? We were all so worried!"

Several people quickly stepped forward and surrounded Yin Mengran, completely ignoring Zhou Heng who was standing to the side.

Zhou Heng didn't care and walked straight ahead.

"Ah ha ha..."

Yin Mengran was dealing with her classmates, who were all talking at once, and she didn't know what to do.

But seeing how enthusiastic her classmates were towards her, she wasn't so worried anymore.

Just then, Yin Mengran saw Zhou Heng walking ahead, with a girl leaning close beside him.

"promise."

Zhou Heng caught the chewing gum Tang Zhi threw to him with one hand, put it in his mouth, and asked softly:

"How about it?"

"Yes, I got it. It's a high-quality one."

"Okay, trade it to me later, and I'll treat you to an online session another day."

The two walked very close, which Yin Mengran noticed. Even she and Zhou Heng didn't get that close; they maintained a distance.

The conversation flowed naturally; it was the first time she'd ever seen Zhou Heng speak so fluently, sentence by sentence...

Yin Mengran seemed oblivious to what the people around her were saying, her eyes fixed on the two people in front of her.

"Is that... Zhou Heng's deskmate, Tang Zhi?"