I'm in Senior Year, and the System Says I'm Going on a Blind Date with My Childhood Sweetheart

After lunch, the group of friends walked toward their classroom, basking in the sunlight.

As they were crossing a main path, Ah Jie suddenly looked to the side. "Hey, looks like they updated the Academic Prodigy Board today. Wanna go check it out?"

The Academic Prodigy Board, full name: Jiyang Middle School’s Academic Prodigy Display Board, was also known as the Campus Honor Roll.

This list only displayed students based on the school’s monthly exams; those who participated in national-level competitions were generally not on it.

They were featured in a different place. After all, "academic prodigy" was no longer enough to describe them.

The Honor Roll showed the top ten students from each grade, along with a short quote from each.

Among their group, Li Zhi had been a permanent fixture on the list ever since she started at the school.

And she had never dropped out of the top five.

"Come on! Let’s go see?"

"Let’s see how they’re trying to act all cool this time."

Watching everyone head toward the Honor Roll, Shen Yuan grew curious as well.

"Wanna go take a look?"

Li Zhi shook her head. "If you want to go, go by yourself. I’m not going. I’d rather use the time to go back and read."

The instincts of a Painful Sacrifice were kicking in again.

Shen Yuan’s expression soured. "Are you really that pressed for a little bit of reading time?"

With that, Shen Yuan grabbed Li Zhi’s wrist.

"Come on, come on. Just come with me. I’m actually looking forward to seeing what you wrote up there."

"Hey! Let go!"

Li Zhi quickly swatted at Shen Yuan’s hand. "That hurts."

Hearing her say it hurt, Shen Yuan immediately let go and gave an awkward smile. "So, are you going or not?"

"Fine, fine, I’ll go, alright? I really don’t see what’s so interesting about that thing."

Shen Yuan chuckled and said to Li Zhi, "I just want to see how you decided to show off this time, don’t I?"

Li Zhi rolled her eyes, annoyed.

"Then you just wait. Wait until the next monthly exam. I’ll put your name up there."

"No, no, no, girl, I was just kidding. Don’t take it seriously."

Shen Yuan knew that Li Zhi was definitely the type to do something like that.

If his name suddenly appeared under the "inspirational quote" of a top-three student on the school’s Honor Roll, one could only imagine the frenzy the Kissing Association would be in the next day.

Of course, Shen Yuan was also very familiar with his childhood friend’s style.

If Li Zhi put his name on the board, it would definitely be a masterpiece of trolling.

And so, the pair of childhood friends walked toward the Campus Honor Roll, completely unaware that behind them, a two-person team from the Kissing Association’s investigative unit was already shipping them.

In Shen Yuan’s words, that’s just how the Kissing Association was.

They could find a reason to ship anything.

This is the Kissing Association!

The pairings others couldn’t ship, they shipped.

The CPs others gave up on, they also shipped.

The group soon arrived in front of the Honor Wall.

Quite a few students were gathered around the Campus Honor Wall at the moment, most of them wanting to see what quotes the academic prodigies had left.

Normally, the first-years’ quotes were pretty standard. Even if someone wanted to be witty or drop a meme, they would rein it in a bit.

After all, this was Jiyang Middle School, a place packed with powerhouses.

If you talked trash today only to get knocked off your high horse next time, wouldn’t that be hilarious?

It wasn’t like that hadn’t happened before.

Once, a top-ten student left a taunt, then disappeared from the list the following month, only for a new quote to pop up on the board.

—"How come the person below me changed?"

But the second and third-years were different.

Aside from a few of the shyer ones, almost everyone was just messing around.

For example: "I’m the worst student my homeroom teacher has ever had."

There was also the grade’s number one student who left the message: "My goal is to be number two."

Shen Yuan found Li Zhi on the Honor Roll almost instantly.

Even in a simple school photo, Young Master Li’s good looks were hard to hide.

Then, Shen Yuan saw Li Zhi’s quote on the board.

—Don’t be discouraged. You have Heaven, Earth, and Man on your side.

The corner of Shen Yuan’s mouth twitched. He subconsciously glanced at the beautiful girl beside him, and seeing her faint smile, he knew Young Master Li was very pleased with herself right now.

For a moment, Shen Yuan felt that the gap between his own antics and Young Master Li’s was just too vast.

Acting all weird in front of the whole class was nothing; you had to do it in front of the entire school!

The key was that hidden within this seemingly encouraging phrase was a taunt from Young Master Li.

’You have Heaven, Earth, and Man, but you’re missing the opportune moment!’

’My girl is as savage as ever, huh.’

’Love it, love it.’

For the record, Shen Yuan was not a masochist.

He was just used to clashing with Li Zhi; nothing she said, no matter how insulting, could surprise him anymore.

"You’ve already snuck a lot of glances at me today."

Li Zhi’s voice sounded by Shen Yuan’s ear.

"Didn’t I tell you before? I’m doing it so you’ll praise me."

Li Zhi chuckled dryly. "I can’t encourage such improper behavior."

"How is this improper behavior? This is mutual affection between classmates!"

Shen Yuan argued righteously, "A kind word warms three winter months, but a harsh one stings even in the summer cold. Li Zhi, you have to praise me."

Li Zhi’s mouth twitched.

"Fine, fine, okay, okay. Our little Shen Yuan is so amazing, improving by over ten points on this month’s exam! Mommy is so happy."

"Then Mommy should give me another hug."

Shen Yuan opened his arms, only to get a slap on the arm from Li Zhi.

"Get lost. Can’t even score a 650. Anyone like that has to be at least a little handicapped!"

The moment Li Zhi’s words fell, some of the students around the Honor Roll stopped smiling.

Although Jiyang Middle School was full of top students, even in the advanced classes, scoring over 650 only put you in the middle of the pack.

Most people were still struggling below the 650 mark.

Li Zhi’s words had struck a nerve with a whole group of people.

But you couldn’t exactly refute her.

After all, Young Master Li’s photo was hanging right there.

Third in the grade. What could you say?

If you had the guts, you could just outscore her.

If you couldn’t, then this was just the face of the strong looking down on the weak.

After returning to the classroom, the more Shen Yuan thought about it, the worse he felt.

’Thinking about how Li Zhi humiliated me in front of so many people, and how I just had to take it silently... This isn’t how it should be!’

Shen Yuan strode up to Li Zhi’s desk.

"What?"

Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan, confused.

Shen Yuan said in a grave voice, "Li Zhi, you said I can’t score a 650, and I accept that! But thirty years east of the river, thirty years south, thirty years west, and thirty years north—I, Shen Yuan, will score a 650 one day! You just wait and see!"

The corner of Li Zhi’s mouth twitched.

Li Zhi was already used to Shen Yuan’s dramatic fits.

Normally, she would have shot back with a retort right then and there.

However, Shen Yuan was having a fit about studying this time, and for this particular brand of drama, Li Zhi’s tolerance was quite high. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Looking at Shen Yuan’s determined gaze, Li Zhi nodded. "Alright, alright. I’ll be waiting with bated breath. I hope you’ll be able to prove me wrong."

"You will!"

Shen Yuan declared decisively, "On this month’s exam, I will definitely score over 635!"

Hearing this, Li Zhi gave Shen Yuan a rather surprised look.

To be honest, improving by 15 points in a month was completely doable if he really put in the effort.

After all, Shen Yuan had a lot of room for improvement. As long as his other scores remained stable, he just needed to raise his math score to 120.

"Fine. If you score over 635, I’ll really cook a meal for you myself!"

"Not enough."

Shen Yuan shook his head, his gaze fixed on Li Zhi.

Li Zhi grabbed her physics book and smacked him with it.

"Not enough my ass! You dare ask for two things for a 635? Are you trying to get yourself killed?"