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

[They gazed into each other’s eyes, the milk candies they had just fed each other still in their mouths.]

Shen Yuan was dumbfounded. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

’Isn’t this plot moving a little too fast? A candy-feeding scene this soon after the start?’

’This is a bit much, isn’t it?’

He stared at the intimate words on his phone screen, his Adam’s apple bobbing unnaturally.

His memory uncontrollably flashed back to that sweltering afternoon, filled with the drone of cicadas—

"How clumsy."

’Feeding each other candy is so outdated now.’

’How could I, the great Emperor Shen Yuan, have my brain turned to mush by a single piece of milk candy?’

’This kind of Sugar Text is so amateurish it’s not even worth mentioning.’

’It’s not sweet at all.’

Shen Yuan shook his head, then his gaze fell on Li Zhi’s face on the video call.

There wasn’t the slightest change in the beautiful girl’s expression, not even a flicker in her eyes.

Her eyes scanned the words of *Defend and Steal* with cold indifference, like a ruthless assassin.

’If He Zhiyu saw this scene, her spirit would probably be crushed.’

Li Zhi’s thoughts were actually quite similar to Shen Yuan’s.

’Not sweet at all.’

’What part of it was sweet?’

’Was it sweeter than the Shen Yuan who waited for someone with a brick on a midsummer night, or sweeter than the Shen Yuan who carved a heart into the stone slabs?’

’What is this nonsense she’s writing?’

But thinking of this, Li Zhi suddenly felt a bit of sympathy for He Zhiyu.

’Her best friend was diligently shipping her and her childhood sweetheart, but she rarely got to enjoy any real fluff.’

’How tragic.’

Thinking of this, Li Zhi suddenly had a realization.

’No, that’s not right. There was no fluff at all.’

’The Shen Yuan of today isn’t sweet at all. The only sweet one was the Shen Yuan from their childhood!’

’And maybe it was just the sweet childhood memories that had nothing to do with Shen Yuan at all!’

’The Shen Yuan of today is just a moron!’

As Li Zhi thought this, her gaze fell on Shen Yuan’s face in the video window.

Seeing Shen Yuan’s face already halfway out of the video chat frame, Li Zhi couldn’t help but frown and scold, "You moron, your face is about to fall out of the frame!"

"Huh?"

Shen Yuan seemed startled. He quickly pulled his head back, staring at the chat window in confusion and muttering, "Was I leaning out?"

"What do you think?"

Li Zhi replied irritably, her gaze so icy it felt like it could pierce the screen.

"Speak. Were you doing that on purpose? Did you move your head out of frame specifically because you were secretly enjoying the fluff and were afraid I’d see?"

The more Li Zhi thought about it, the more she was convinced. Her voice unconsciously rose an octave as she pointed at Shen Yuan’s nose and demanded in a low voice, "Spit it out! Where’s the candy!"

"Candy my ass!"

Shen Yuan rolled his eyes dramatically and said irritably, "This stuff He Zhiyu writes is totally outdated, like old software that’s no longer supported. Think about it, what would someone from the next version feel looking at something from the previous one?"

"Hmm..."

Li Zhi thought for a moment, then chuckled. "Well, maybe nostalgic. Maybe *someone* is reminiscing about the taste of milk candy right now."

Hearing Li Zhi’s words, Shen Yuan rolled his eyes again. "I still have some unfinished milk candy in my desk. You want it?"

Li Zhi quickly shook her head, smiling. "No way. It’s probably moldy by now."

"Is there crude oil in my desk or something? How could it grow mold in just a few days?"

In response to Shen Yuan’s lame joke, Li Zhi just gave him a roll of her eyes.

"Let’s keep reading. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can rest."

As Li Zhi spoke, she even let out a yawn.

It was clear the beautiful girl was truly sleepy now.

Although she hadn’t woken up as early as she would on a school day, she hadn’t taken a nap, so she was getting tired earlier than usual.

The two continued reading the new update before them.

Shen Yuan had to admit, after the "settling" period Zhuo Peipei had mentioned, He Zhiyu’s writing had indeed improved.

’If it weren’t for all the things that had happened between me and Li Zhi recently, I might have actually been swayed by the sweetness in He Zhiyu’s writing.’

’The moment that thought popped into his head, Shen Yuan was startled by it.’

’No, no way. What am I thinking!’

’How could I, the great Emperor Shen Yuan, possibly be swayed by this little Sugar Text from He Zhiyu!’

’This is absolutely ridiculous!’

’But to be fair, the writing really is pretty good.’

’I’m getting immersed...’

’Immersed, my ass!’

They quickly finished reading the 20,000-character update.

Shen Yuan took a deep breath and looked at Li Zhi’s face on the other side of the video call.

The beautiful girl still had a cold expression, completely unmoved by the Sugar Text.

Shen Yuan spoke, his voice a little low, "It seems we’ve reached a conclusion."

Li Zhi nodded. "He Zhiyu’s writing isn’t sweet at all."

"’Great minds think alike!’"

Shen Yuan immediately followed up with a sharp critique: "Setting aside the fact that it’s outdated, the feeling He Zhiyu was trying to create was just too weak. Especially the eye contact—it completely lacked that sense of romantic tension."

Li Zhi listened quietly, not offering her own opinion.

’What could she say?’

’Was she supposed to admit that the way the two of them exchanged glances was actually quite good?’

Shen Yuan didn’t stop there. He continued, "But after talking about the bad parts, we have to mention the good parts!"

...

「In the classroom.」

Shen Yuan sat at his desk, facing He Zhiyu, and began his explanation.

"Nowadays, the Kissing Association’s approach to writing Sugar Texts is too focused on flowery language, often resulting in a style that’s flashy but lacks substance. It’s like a vase that’s gorgeous on the outside but empty on the inside. It might look beautiful, but it lacks any real depth."

"Moreover, writing like that gives people a sense of..."