Watching Li Sitong's departing figure, Yu Weiwei complained with a look of disdain.
"Hmph, choosing a guy over your friend."
Li Sitong seemed to hear Yu Weiwei's complaint; she stopped in her tracks and ran back to Yu Weiwei's side.
She said with a beaming smile in Yu Weiwei's ear, "My Beloved Concubine, are you jealous of your Emperor?"
"Don't worry, even though I have a Boyfriend, your Emperor will spread the favor equally."
After saying that, Li Sitong ran back to Ye Chen's side.
Because she was afraid Yu Weiwei would hit her.
Sure enough, Yu Weiwei had already picked up a book from the table, wanting to hit Li Sitong.
Unfortunately, Li Sitong ran too fast.
"Hmph, she actually called me 'Beloved Concubine.' She really thinks she's an Empress. That hateful little Si Tong, it's enough that she makes me eat dog food, but she even pretends to be an Empress to bully me."
Ye Chen smiled as he watched Yu Weiwei's irritable state. "How did you bully the child again? Look how angry Weiwei is."
Li Sitong gave a sweet smile. "It's fine. A best friend is meant to be bullied."
Xia Yingluo smiled from the side. "Si Tong, I really envy you for having such a good best friend."
Li Sitong laughed. "Don't you have a best friend too? It's me."
As she spoke, Li Sitong glanced at Ye Chen. "If you dare to bully my best friend, I won't let you off."
Ye Chen: "..."
After eating, Li Sitong was called away by Yu Weiwei to go shopping.
Xia Yingluo was working on a math test paper.
This test paper was specially prepared for her by Ye Chen, targeting Xia Yingluo's weak points.
Xia Yingluo was currently stuck on a problem.
"Ahhh, so hard."
Seeing Xia Yingluo's anxious look, Ye Chen smiled and said, "Let me see which problem it is."
Ye Chen leaned his head in, almost pressing it right against Xia Yingluo's.
Looking from the side, anyone who didn't know better would think the two were kissing.
Xu Liang was looking at his exercises, but as soon as he looked up, he got a mouthful of dog food.
Holy crap, Brother Ye is getting more and more unscrupulous.
He actually dares to do this kind of thing in class?
If it were anyone else caught being so intimate, their parents would have been called long ago.
But dating was a privilege for Ye Chen.
Dating so blatantly, and with two school flowers at that, while the teacher did nothing—this was the privilege of a Top Student.
"Xu Liang, do you think Ye Chen is dating Xia Yingluo or Li Sitong? It feels like he's very close to both of them," Xu Liang's deskmate asked gossipingly.
"I don't know," Xu Liang shook his head.
"Ah, you don't know either?"
Xu Liang shook his head again.
Watching the intimate way Ye Chen and Xia Yingluo were acting: "Big Brother Ye, it's one thing to date two school flowers by yourself, but you should at least be a bit more discreet. This is just too unscrupulous."
"For this problem, it's correct if you substitute using this equation."
"Try it and see if you can solve it."
Ye Chen actually noticed some of the gossip from others.
But Ye Chen didn't care.
Having a second chance at life, Ye Chen felt that everything should just follow his own whims.
Do what he liked; as for what others said, let them be.
Ye Chen continued explaining the problem to Xia Yingluo.
In his previous life, Xia Yingluo didn't get into Huaqing University; instead, she went to another 985 University.
Since Xia Yingluo's dream was Huaqing University, Ye Chen would naturally help her fulfill it in this life.
Xia Yingluo nodded happily as she listened to Ye Chen's explanation.
"Ye Chen, after hearing you explain it, I understand everything."
Then, Xia Yingluo quickly solved the problem on her scratch paper.
Within a few minutes, the problem that had given her a headache was solved.
"Ha, I can do it now."
Solving the problem made Xia Yingluo incredibly happy.
She looked at Ye Chen with eyes full of admiration.
"Ye Chen, you're really amazing. Listening to your explanations really feels like a sudden moment of enlightenment."
After the explanation, Xia Yingluo completely understood such a difficult problem.
"By the way, Ye Chen, help me look at this problem too."
Xia Yingluo pointed to another problem.
Actually, it wasn't that Xia Yingluo couldn't solve it, but she just really liked the feeling of Ye Chen explaining things to her.
Especially when Ye Chen leaned close to her; she particularly liked that unique scent of his.
"Okay."
Ye Chen looked at the problem, and the corners of his mouth curled up.
The difficulty of this problem couldn't possibly stump Xia Yingluo; Ye Chen instantly understood the girl's intentions.
Nevertheless, he still took the pen and began explaining on the scratch paper with great solemnity.
After finishing the explanation, Ye Chen said, "By the way, Yingluo, the National Higher Education Entrance Examination is coming up soon. The environment at the Orphanage isn't great, after all. Why don't you come to my house?"
"Ah, is that okay?" Xia Yingluo was stunned for a moment.
Ye Chen smiled. "Why wouldn't it be? After all, the National Higher Education Entrance Examination is the most important thing right now."
Xia Yingluo thought about it and nodded.
After all, there were many children at the Orphanage and it was very noisy; Xia Yingluo also wanted to find a quieter study environment.
And Mother Ye was also very good to her.
Every time she went to Ye Chen's place, Xia Yingluo would find a sense of home.
"But will your mother agree?"
Ye Chen laughed. "Of course she'll agree. I already discussed it with them yesterday. My mom has probably already tidied up the room for you."
Xia Yingluo's eyes reddened. "Ye Chen, thank you so much. You're too good to me."
Ye Chen smiled. "Silly girl, why are you crying? I said that as long as I'm around, I won't let you suffer even a bit of grievance."
...In the evening, at the Ye family home.
"Yingluo, eat more."
At the Ye family dinner table.
Mother Ye kept putting food into Xia Yingluo's bowl, while she didn't pay any attention to her own son even once.
Ye Chen was already used to it.
"Yingluo, now that you're here, just treat this as your own home. Don't be formal at all, okay?"
Mother Ye chatted incessantly, fearing that Xia Yingluo wouldn't be comfortable.
After all, this was the first time Ye Chen had brought a girl home to stay the night... When Ye Chen suggested having Xia Yingluo come to the Ye house, Mother Ye was even happier than Ye Chen.
Before Ye Chen could even ask Xia Yingluo, she had already diligently tidied up the room next door.
Although the Ye family's house was old, it was a three-bedroom apartment.
Next to Ye Chen's room was a small study. Usually, no one stayed there, and it had a desk. If guests ever came, the sofa inside could be unfolded into a bed.
Xia Yingluo would be staying in that small room.
While eating, Ye Chen suddenly thought of something.
His bed and the sofa next door were actually only separated by a single wall.
Did this count as the two of them already sharing a bed?
...After dinner, Mother Ye excitedly led Xia Yingluo to the room.
"Come, Auntie heard you were coming and bought you new quilts and sheets. With the National Higher Education Entrance Examination coming up, you not only need to eat well but also sleep comfortably."
"Thank you, Auntie," Xia Yingluo said gratefully.
"Just treat this as your own home, what's there to thank? Auntie already considers you part of the family. Alright, Ye Chen, help Yingluo pack her things. I'll head out first."
Actually, Xia Yingluo didn't have much luggage; most of it was books, along with a few pieces of clothing.
Ye Chen opened a small bag, which happened to be the one holding Xia Yingluo's clothes.
Inside, there were even a few pairs of pink little undies!