Upon entering the classroom, many boys cast resentful glances at me. However, because it was class time, they behaved relatively well. Otherwise, I was afraid they would go crazy and pounce on me again. But why do they emit even stronger black energy? Could it be that my eyes are playing tricks on me?

"Jie..." Zhiye's face was abnormally red. I looked at her with confusion and asked, "Zhiye, what's wrong? Your face is so red..."

"Huh? Really?" Zhiye nervously touched her cheek.

"Are you sick? Did you have a fever? Should we go to the infirmary? It's probably because you were just standing on the rooftop in the cold wind..." I was concerned because I had been shivering on the rooftop, wearing a jacket and a skirt that couldn't be considered warm at all. Although I had pantyhose protecting my thighs, this fragile shield couldn't withstand the cold wind's attacks.

It was because of these reasons that I asked with concern, "No... Jie, I'm not sick, and I don't have a fever. You don't need to worry."

"If that's the case, why is your face so red?" Zhiye's blush seemed to be getting stronger instead of fading away.

"Because... you held my hand, for the first time, so..." Zhiye stuttered, and when I looked, I realized that I had been holding Zhiye's hand without realizing it.

Memories slowly surfaced in my mind. Zhiye was absent-mindedly going down the stairs when she accidentally stepped on nothing and was about to fall. In that moment of crisis, I grabbed her hand.

"Watch your step... falling down would be very painful," I kindly reminded her.

Zhiye nodded.

"We need to hurry..." Since the bell had already rung, I wanted to quickly return to the classroom without considering our current situation.

So that's what happened... "I'm sorry..." I let go of her hand.

"Why are you apologizing, Jie?" Zhiye looked at me confused.

"I recklessly held your hand... I hope you don't mind."

"I... don't."

"What did you say?" I didn't hear clearly and asked.

"It's nothing..."

Zhiye replied like that and lowered her head.

"Hey... what are those two doing standing at the classroom door? If you want to date, do it after class! It's class time now, do you understand?" The bald male math teacher angrily spoke.

"Zhiye, let's quickly return to our seats," I said.

"Okay..." Zhiye agreed, and we returned to our respective seats, I took out my math textbook and sat down.

"These students nowadays are getting more and more unruly. They even dare to date during class!" The bald teacher complained while writing formulas on the blackboard with chalk.

"Today, we will be studying quadratic functions... Hey, that girl over there, where is your textbook?" The bald teacher looked at Zhiye.

"I'm sorry, teacher. I just transferred to this school today, so I haven't received my textbook yet," Zhiye stood up and replied.

"Is there nobody willing to share their textbook with her?" The bald teacher's words seemed to have ignited someone's impatience.

"Hey... that boy over there..." His gaze seemed to be directed at me.

"Me?" I pointed at myself and asked.

"Yes? Who else would I be referring to?" I felt a bit annoyed by this person's attitude.

"Stand up! You have no manners at all," my anger started to rise, but I had to hold it back.

"Really... you were just dating her, right? So... you can't even share a book with her, just give it to someone else..." I felt like my teeth were about to show.

"And you didn't even stand up when the teacher called you. You don't have the demeanor of a student at all..."

Just as I was about to retort, Zhiye spoke up first, "Teacher, please don't scold Jie like this."

"What? Are you going to speak up for him?"

"No matter what happens, I stand by Jie's side, so please take back what you just said."

"Hey... just because you're a girl doesn't mean I won't scold you."

"Please take back what you just said."

Zhiye repeated once again,

"Do you...are you talking to the teacher?"

"Please take back what you just said,"

Zhiye exuded a suffocating aura,

"...Come on, sit down, as if I never said anything...quick, open your textbooks, you bunch of stunned idiots."

The bald guy toned down a bit, and I sat down with Zhiye,

Zhiye immediately switched to a smiling mode and said to me, "Jie...I don't have a math book, can I study with you?"

"Oh...okay..."

We pushed our desks together, and I placed the math book in the middle.