Shocking! The school heartthrob who was adopted by a wealthy family is actually a heiress!

Chapter 223 is a reward

Lin Jiashu was waiting for her to introduce Shen Yanci, but Qin Zhao lowered her eyelids and said, "He's my brother's friend."

"So you're just my brother's friend." Lin Jiashu smiled and extended his hand. "Hello, I'm Zhaozhao's minister, Lin Jiashu."

Shen Yanci lifted his eyelids slightly: "Sorry, I don't have the habit of touching others without washing my hands after eating, and I don't like people who casually put their arms around girls' shoulders."

Lin Jiashu was embarrassed for a moment, then explained, "I don't usually interact with girls. It's only because I'm close to Zhaozhao that I did this."

Shen Yanci wiped his mouth slowly and deliberately: "It's really unlucky to be on good terms with you. People who don't know better might think it's harassment."

"..."

Qin Zhao glanced at him.

"I was just kidding." He chuckled, but the smile quickly faded, his eyes turning cold and fierce. "Whether our relationship is good or bad is not for you to decide."

Lin Jiashu looked at Qin Zhao, hoping she would say something.

Shen Yanci raised an eyebrow: "Why are you looking at her? She's so polite, would she tell me in front of you that you two don't get along?"

"..."

Qin Zhao called out to him, "Shen Yanci."

"Just kidding." He lifted his eyelids, glanced at him sideways, and showed no sign of apology. "I'm a bit rude, don't mind me."

"..."

After he finished speaking, he seemed to realize something and looked at Qin Zhao: "This minister shouldn't be that petty, right? He wouldn't make things difficult for you or make you treat him to a meal just because of a few words I said, would he?"

"..."

"How could that be?" Lin Jiashu's smile was somewhat forced. "You're Zhao Zhao's friend, aren't you?"

“If anyone should be treating, it should be me treating Zhao Zhao. I was originally planning to treat Zhao Zhao to dinner today too.” He looked at Qin Zhao, “Are you free tonight?”

Qin Zhao: "No need."

"I promised to treat you to dinner." Lin Jiashu glanced at Shen Yanci and didn't say anything more. "Then let's make it up another day."

"Don't go." Shen Yanci walked to Qin Zhao's seat and gestured for her to sit down. "On behalf of Qin Zhao's brother, I'd like to ask, how did you tell her you were going to treat her to dinner?"

Lin Jiashu looked at Qin Zhao and found that she was completely blocked by Shen Yanci. He said, "There was a small misunderstanding. Zhao Zhao helped me out of the predicament without holding it against me. I will treat her to a meal to apologize."

"What misunderstanding?"

His eyes were cold and sharp, carrying a faint sense of oppression.

Lin Jiashu's Adam's apple bobbed.

Shen Yanci: "Hmm?"

“On my birthday, I gave Zhao Zhao a bouquet of flowers. Others misunderstood it as a confession and teased me. Zhao Zhao accepted the flowers and didn’t embarrass me,” Lin Jiashu said. “So I treated her to dinner.”

Shen Yanci, with his dark eyes, scoffed, "Are the students here so stupid that they can't even tell when someone is confessing their feelings? You just send flowers and people start making a fuss about it?"

Lin Jiashu: "Maybe the atmosphere that day was just too good, and Zhaozhao was too beautiful. Everyone assumed that I was confessing my feelings."

Shen Yanci lowered his gaze: "So you don't have it?"

Lin Jiashu fell silent.

“If you have it, you’re bad,” Shen Yanci said lightly. “If you don’t, you’re just stupid.”

"Whether you have those thoughts or not, you've put her in the public eye, and people will talk about her no matter what." His eyes flashed coldly. "What right does someone as stupid and wicked as you have to eat with her?"

Lin Jiashu's expression wasn't good, but he forced a smile and said, "Fortunately, it didn't cause any problems. So, I'd like to treat Zhaozhao to a meal to apologize for my carelessness."

“Having dinner with her isn’t an apology,” Shen Yanci said, taking a step forward. “It’s a reward.”

"Are you worthy?"

Lin Jiashu initially thought he was just protecting his sister as an older brother, but for a moment he actually saw something like hostility and... possessiveness in his eyes.

Didn't Qin Zhao say he had a girlfriend?
Or perhaps he misread it.

He was a little taken aback.

Shen Yanci: "Try harassing her again."

"Let her brother bite you."

"..."

The cafeteria was noisy, and Qin Zhao couldn't quite hear what they were saying after sitting down. She could vaguely sense that Shen Yanci was trying to help her solve a problem. By the time Shen Yanci sat down, Lin Jiashu had already left.

Qin Zhao glanced at the person next to him, and Shen Yanci lifted his eyelids slightly: "Do you want me to find him for you?"

Qin Zhao lowered his eyelids and glanced at the nearly finished grilled fish: "Do you want more?"

His lips moved slightly, then closed and opened again: "I'm not eating anymore."

Qin Zhao picked up his schoolbag: "Let's go."

Shen Yanci washed his hands at the sink and took her schoolbag from her.

Qin Zhao looked at him: "Aren't you leaving?"

"I have a full afternoon of classes, so I don't eat in the cafeteria in the evening."

He nodded and asked, "Do you have a place here where we can study?"

"There should be an empty classroom." Qin Zhao remembered that there was one right across from her classroom.

Shen Yanci escorted her to the classroom: "I'll study here. Send me a message when you leave. If I have time, I'll hitch a ride back with you."

Qin Zhao responded with an "oh".

She took a short nap in the classroom at noon.

Two long lectures in a row left me feeling dizzy and disoriented.

She took advantage of the break between classes to go to the restroom and clear her head.

As I passed by, I saw Shen Yanci by the window.

He somehow produced a laptop and started typing away.

His coat was placed on a chair to the side, and he was only wearing a black sweater with the sleeves rolled up, revealing a section of his wrist with his ulna protruding.

Sunlight fell on the watch on my left wrist, reflecting a beam of light.

The fingers, with their distinct knuckles, danced rapidly across the keyboard, conveying a strange tension.

Qin Zhao lowered his eyelids and returned to the classroom.

The last class on Friday was a bit noisy and boring.

When the bell rang to signal the end of get out of class, everyone let out a sigh of relief.

Uncle Li had arrived, and Qin Zhao finished packing his schoolbag.

I went to the classroom where Shen Yanci was, but the seat was empty; there were only two students studying inside.

She took out her phone and sent him a WeChat message: "Have you left?"

All the students walked out of the teaching building, and Qin Zhao stood out at the door of that classroom.

She pursed her lips and walked out, saying, "I'm leaving."

After sending the message, she walked out and saw him at the stairwell exit of the teaching building.

He had a jacket draped over his arm. When he saw her stop, his Adam's apple bobbed, and his voice was slightly breathless: "Going home?"

Qin Zhao hummed in agreement.

It was early spring, and it was still a bit chilly outside.

He was wearing a sweater.

Qin Zhao's mouth moved slightly, but only slightly.

Uncle Li greeted Shen Yanci with a smile, "Looking for Zhaozhao to play?"

of course not.

Shen Yanci hummed in agreement.

Qin Zhao ignored his diplomatic rhetoric.

She watched the scenery outside the window recede into the distance, and as she turned her head, her peripheral vision caught his face again.

He fell asleep again sometime during the night.

I wrote for an hour and a half tonight, and my mind was filled with Zhao Zhao and Shen Yanci's kissing scene. I replayed it at least ten times. I even wanted to draw it. I haven't written the next chapter yet.
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