Can't You Just Listen?

[Complete. For publication updates, see @Qi Yao Is Asleep]

[Next book: Confession in the Frame]

1.

Jiang Changwan first met Shen Yanzhou during the summer before her second year of high school.

After driving away the more than ten tutors Ms. Meng had hired for her, she thought she was invincible and could spend the summer in peace.

Until she met Shen Yanzhou.

He was young, dressed neatly in a plain white shirt, and blessed with a handsome face, but he was utterly impervious to all her tricks.

Pretending to be stupid, pretending to be deaf, pretending to be crazy... None of the crooked tricks Jiang Changwan had learned from novels worked on him.

She said she was sick. Shen Yanzhou raised an eyelid and coolly told her to drink more hot water.

She said she couldn't hear. Without changing expression, Shen Yanzhou pulled her phone out from under the book she was using to prop it up, closed the CEO romance novel she was reading, and suggested she try some ear exercises.

Jiang Changwan went all in and said she was born with something wrong with her brain and couldn't learn. Shen Yanzhou glanced at her wordlessly, tugged at the corner of his mouth, and finally said nothing.

Just when she thought victory was within reach, he showed up right on time the next day, carrying a big bag of walnuts and politely handing it to Ms. Meng.

Everything he said implied that Jiang Changwan should eat more walnuts to nourish her brain, and Ms. Meng even praised his good manners!

"..."

Defeated, Jiang Changwan studied until she looked like she was at death's door. Every night, she burrowed under the covers and searched on her phone:

"What do I do if my tutor won't respond to either kindness or force?"

2.

When school started in September, she was allowed to use her phone only once a week, but that line in her search history stubbornly remained, turning into:

"What do I do if my deskmate is so cold and heartless?"

#HowToGetRidOfMyDeskmateQuickly #IsBeingStoneFacedAndSharpTonguedAnIllness #HowDoICureMyselfForThinkingMyDeskmateIsKindOfHandsome #WhatDoIDoIfIFallForMyArchrivalHelp!

[A light, sweet high school romance.]

A quirky, energetic girl x a sharp-tongued top student who's soft on the inside

Next book: Confession in the Frame / Campus romance

As the most prominent celebrity at No. 1 High School, Zhou Jihuai's "iconic photos" often appeared in the school magazine, the school newsletter, and even on the school's official social media account.

Sometimes he was on the podium, leaning on the microphone stand and smiling over his shoulder.

Sometimes he was on the basketball court, caught in the moment he jumped and made a three-pointer.

Or sometimes, he was captured in profile through the half-open glass window of a classroom.

It was hard to say whether he created the "iconic photos" or the "iconic photos" made him who he was.

Either way, more and more girls blushed after seeing him, his desk drawer filled up with love letters, and he became ever more skilled at turning them down.

Finally, at one sports meet, he crossed half the field in full view of everyone, leaned down, and faced the camera.

But his gaze passed through the precision instrument and layers of swirling patterns, settling on the girl behind the lens. He sighed, smiled helplessly, and said softly,

"Classmate?"

Meng Yuning stood there stunned and hit her face with the camera.

Every shot I take of you is a confession filled with love.

An energetic sweetheart x a carefree cool guy

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