Although it was just a rearrangement of groups and seating, it took a lot of time amidst the noisy commotion.
By the time everyone was settled, more than half the class had passed.
The homeroom teacher simply waved her hand, letting the mutual aid groups begin to function, figuring out the correct answers to those mistaken questions through discussion.
However, An Jing was in a daze at this moment, not having clearly heard what the homeroom teacher just said.
He only felt himself so close to Zhu Ying, could smell her faint fragrance, and couldn’t help but recall the soft touch when she crashed into his arms yesterday.
His heart felt tinglingly itchy, as if gently scratched by her hair.
Then, he saw a small hand gently cross the boundary between the desks.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
Pink and translucent fingernails, beautiful like gems, and fair, slightly chubby fingers looked exceptionally cute.
If these hands were to hold his own…
An Jing vigorously shook his head.
Ever since he tried it once, his mind was constantly filled with “yellow” thoughts (lewd thoughts).
The slightest related thing would make him unable to help but let his imagination run wild.
He warned himself in his heart to be pure, not to think about those strange things normally, especially when facing this seemingly pure and lovely school beauty.
“An Jing, An Jing?”
Zhu Ying’s voice was almost drowned out in the noisy classroom, but it still clearly reached An Jing’s mind.
“Ah… ah! What’s wrong?”
“How many questions did you get wrong on that test paper?”
“Uh… let me see… I think I only got three wrong. Yesterday’s test paper was quite simple, right?”
An Jing reluctantly pulled his gaze away from Zhu Ying’s hand and distractedly flipped open the test paper.
“I didn’t get many wrong either. Which ones did you get wrong?”
“Uh, let me see… maybe it was careless mistakes…”
Just as An Jing refocused on the test paper, he suddenly felt that faint scent getting closer to him.
He nervously shifted his eyes and found that Zhu Ying had actively leaned closer, and was very close to him…
“Oh~ you got all the reading comprehension right. Let me see the correct answers…”
“Okay, fine… you, you look. Which one, which one did you get wrong?”
An Jing stammered.
Too close, it was too close!
The weather was relatively warm recently, so Zhu Ying only wore her school uniform jacket and a short-sleeved shirt.
If An Jing just turned his head a bit more, shifting his gaze slightly—
Just a little!
He would be able to see something good!
But An Jing still controlled his impulse.
He felt he shouldn’t do such dirty things.
Zhu Ying was looking down, checking the answers, her hair almost brushing An Jing’s chin…
A bold idea suddenly popped into his mind, which was—
Could the school beauty like him?
If it were before, he would definitely scoff at this thought, telling himself not to overthink it, but now it was different.
But—should he really use his telepathy in a situation like this?
An Jing’s heart constantly wavered.
He felt that casually peeking into others’ minds was an unethical thing to do.
People with superpowers should be responsible, even if they don’t become heroes, they should be good people.
But he really wanted to know.
And this temptation was simply irresistible.
“Just this once! Absolutely no misuse!”
“Hmm? An Jing, did you say something just now?”
“Ah, ah… no…”
An Jing immediately closed his mouth, took a deep breath, grabbed the meteorite fragment, and then thought “telepathy” in his mind.
In an instant, everyone in the classroom’s inner thoughts flooded into his mind like a tide: [Take my son to KFC after work. He’s been nagging about the toy in the kids’ meal lately…]
[Damn it, this question is so hard…]
[Darn it, I still wanted to be deskmates with Wang Xinru!]
[This kid’s CF skills are so bad but he keeps bragging. I’ll crush him next time…]
[Ahhhhhhh, my Zhu Ying, my Zhu Ying, why did she get switched so quickly?! Ugh, I’m so envious of that kid An Jing…]
[That guy An Jing is surrounded by the three prettiest girls in the class… so awesome.]
[The homeroom teacher looks more and more like a fat pig…]
[English, get out of China!]
[Why do I have to learn English? I want to learn Japanese, I want to learn Japanese!]
[Oh my my my~ An Jing can’t handle Zhu Ying, pfft, so interesting, even funnier than his expression yesterday when she stole his chicken leg…]
[She’s sitting right in front of me… C-can I touch his back?… I feel like I can sense his body heat, I want to be held and do it… Ugh… I can’t take it anymore… When will my parents not be home?… At least let me do it by myself…]
An Jing struggled to focus on Zhu Ying, managing to filter out the other noise, and finally heard her inner thought clearly.
[Sit up to DO MATH? Eh…? Why is it this? Doesn’t the content tell students what posture is better for doing problems? Shouldn’t it be “better exam advice”? It’s “sit up to do math”… Am I overthinking the problem…?]
[Ask An Jing why he chose this one?]
“An Jing, this question…”
Just like a TV losing signal, An Jing seemed to hear a “snap,” and then all the inner thoughts completely vanished.
He suddenly felt like he had to go to the restroom and unconsciously squeezed his legs together.
All the various scenes he had just fantasized about in his mind instantly returned to reality as if cold water had been thrown on them.
Zhu Ying wasn’t overthinking at all; she was just focusing on the question!
She wasn’t using body language to hint, nor did she have any special feelings.
What she was thinking in her mind was very simple.
An Jing wished he could slap his own dirty mind twice.
But he still couldn’t help but sigh in disappointment.
“This question? You chose D, right?”
“Huh, you didn’t look, how did you know?”
“Ah… well, I guessed. After all, these two answers are quite controversial!”
“Is that so…”
An Jing adopted his most proper posture, leaving a very gentlemanly distance.
“…So that’s it. The question is a bit misleading, but it’s actually very simple.”
“I understand, thank you.”
“No problem, no problem…”
“You…”
Zhu Ying looked at An Jing’s legs, crossed into an “X” shape, and asked with some confusion,
“What’s wrong? Are you not feeling well?”
“Ah… no, no, I just really need to pee…”
As soon as he finished speaking, the class dismissal bell rang.
Without waiting for the homeroom teacher to announce the end of class, he rushed out of the classroom like a shot.
Now he somewhat understood the side effect of this superpower. He definitely had to use it only when he was not far from a toilet from now on…
***
The faint yellow light of the setting sun enveloped the classroom, making it impossible to see the world outside.
There weren’t many students left in the classroom; the remaining few were responsible for today’s cleaning.
An Jing rested his chin on his hand, his thoughts seemingly sinking with the sunset.
“Sure enough, even if I get handsome, the school beauty might not like me?” he sighed softly, muttering to himself.
“An, An Jing…?”
Suddenly, he felt someone gently poke his back with a finger.
Turning around, it was Wang Xinru, her small face slightly flushed.
“Are we going, going home together today too?”
“Ah… oh…”
“Hey—!”
Fang Qiang, with a basketball tucked under his arm, stood at the classroom doorway, calling out to An Jing against the light.
“An Jing, hurry up, everyone else has gone to grab spots!”
“Cough.”
An Jing awkwardly rubbed his nose.
“That’s how it is. I’m scheduled to play basketball today.”
“Hey, you punk, don’t even think about going home with a girl! Forgetting your friends for a pretty face isn’t okay!”
“Damn it, what do you take me for?”
An Jing immediately retorted loudly, quickly stuffing the two unfinished test papers into his backpack, and stood up, grabbing the strap.
“Then… then, see you tomorrow,” Wang Xinru said softly.
“Mhm, okay, see you tomorrow,” An Jing said without looking back—truth be told, he didn’t know how to face her.
The main thing was, even now, he found it hard to believe that such a seemingly timid girl could be so… ravenous inside.
Zhu Ying, on the other hand, was the most consistent, inside and out…
***
“A-Qiang, pass!”
“Catch!”
“Good shot!”
An Jing, standing outside the three-point line, suddenly leaped up, very lightly shooting the basketball.
It spun “rumble-tumble” twice on the rim before smoothly falling in.
“It’s in!”
His teammates on the same side immediately cheered.
Although it wasn’t a competition, just a casual game, the boys still had a strong desire to win.
The court wasn’t just for Class Five students; students from other classes were there too.
When you play basketball for a long time, you make a lot of friends.
“An Jing’s three-pointer is still amazing.”
“Yeah, it’s really accurate.”
“Hmph hmph, that’s right. My three-pointer? Even Messi would give way for it.”
“Messi doesn’t play basketball, damn it!”
“That’s why it’s Messi!”
An Jing laughed heartily, taking it for granted.
After retrieving the basketball, the offense and defense around the backboard resumed.
However, perhaps due to getting a bit tired, everyone was running less enthusiastically than at the start.
Those who didn’t get the ball even started chatting among themselves.
“Hey, Fang Qiang, that old B, actually sits with the school beauty. I’m so damn envious.”
“Yeah, that kid has a blast every day.”
“Damn it, today—we switched seats!”
Fang Qiang suddenly leaped under the backboard, fiercely dunking the basketball into the net.
“Now it’s An Jing who sits with her.”
“You guys don’t know, the three prettiest girls in our class are all sitting next to him. Everyone else is dying of envy.”
“Holy crap, really? An Jing?”
“Really… but Zhou Chao, how can you say you’re envious? A guy like you who changes girlfriends every month or two, others envying you is nothing.”
“But you have pretty girls all around you!”
“Can only look, can’t touch. How is that better than your girlfriend? And your girlfriends are all quite good-looking too.”
“Exactly, this damn playboy.”
The firepower immediately shifted to Zhou Chao.
Although he vehemently refuted it, the smile on his face clearly showed he was enjoying this feeling of being “attacked.”
After all, this so-called “attack” was actually everyone’s “envy, jealousy, and hatred”!