"Which one?" Shen Wenzhou asked in a flat voice.
"The physics one," Zhou Ruoyu hurriedly said, when in fact her intention wasn’t to borrow the workbook at all; she just wanted an excuse to speak to Shen Wenzhou.
She observed Shen Wenzhou’s expression carefully, wanting to see exactly what his attitude toward her was.
The next moment, she heard Shen Wenzhou say coldly, "I didn’t do it."
"You, you didn’t do it?" Zhou Ruoyu furrowed her brows, subconsciously repeating the words, her voice full of disbelief.
"Yeah, borrow it from someone else," Shen Wenzhou finished, then lowered his head again, not giving Zhou Ruoyu any more glances.
Zhou Ruoyu just stood there. She couldn’t believe at all that Shen Wenzhou hadn’t done the work; she was convinced that Shen Wenzhou simply didn’t want to lend it to her or, to be more direct, that Shen Wenzhou didn’t want anything to do with her.
At this thought, Zhou Ruoyu felt like her teeth were going to shatter!
She could not understand why her relationship with Shen Wenzhou, which had reached a very delicate stage before they were "caught" by the principal, no longer seemed special. At least, that was how Zhou Ruoyu had seen it before their discovery.
Just because they were caught by the principal, did Shen Wenzhou have to completely keep his distance from her?
Shouldn’t they have taken the opportunity to clear the air, to further their relationship?
Why was everything so different from what she had thought?
Zhou Ruoyu felt somewhat irritated deep down, this feeling of everything being out of control made her incredibly uncomfortable.
She stood there without leaving, and Shen Wenzhou sensed her presence. He just glanced at Zhou Ruoyu’s silhouette without a word and continued reading his book.
In fact, he really hadn’t done the work. The weekend had been completely taken up by Taozhi’s matters, and he hadn’t done any homework, not just physics.
Of course, it didn’t really affect him; he knew how to do those problems. Even though he always felt he wasn’t anything special, he would still complete all the assignments the teacher gave, and this week was just an exception.
But there was another reason, he really didn’t want to lend it to Zhou Ruoyu.
Ever since the day they were "caught" by the principal, he had taken the time to reflect, and it wasn’t surprising that the principal had misunderstood.
A boy and a girl hugging in a place with no one else around—who wouldn’t misunderstand?
Shen Wenzhou even carefully considered why he hadn’t pushed Zhou Ruoyu away immediately. Was it because he was stunned?
Or was it that he didn’t want to push her away?
Could it be that he liked Zhou Ruoyu?
No, Shen Wenzhou was certain, he didn’t like Zhou Ruoyu. He had never liked anyone before and didn’t know what liking someone was supposed to feel like.
But he was sure that what he felt for Zhou Ruoyu was definitely not liking her!
It was even a bit of unexplained irritation.
Shen Wenzhou didn’t understand why, but he chose to follow his instincts, to keep a certain distance from Zhou Ruoyu.
Zhou Ruoyu stood there, seeing that Shen Wenzhou had no intention of continuing the conversation with her, she felt her face flush with alternating hues of green and red, clenching her teeth as she turned and went back to her seat.
"What’s wrong?" Zhou Ruoyu’s deskmate asked. Actually, she wanted to ask what was wrong between Zhou Ruoyu and Shen Wenzhou, but she was too embarrassed to be so direct.
Zhou Ruoyu smiled at her deskmate and perfunctorily replied, "Nothing."
Seeing that she couldn’t pry any information, the deskmate pursed her lips and stopped talking to Zhou Ruoyu.