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

The words had barely left his mouth when Shen Yuan felt a heavy blow to his leg.

"Get lost, you pervert!"

Backed into a corner by Shen Yuan, Li Zhi’s survival instincts kicked in, and she sent him stumbling back with a swift kick.

Seizing the moment while Shen Yuan was in pain, she shot up from her chair and tried to escape his room.

But her plan only made it to step one.

Li Zhi had just kicked Shen Yuan, but before she could even stand up, his fingers clamped around her misbehaving ankle like a steel trap.

"Think you can get away?" His deep, hoarse voice was laced with lingering pain.

Seeing the dangerous smile on Shen Yuan’s face, Li Zhi suddenly tilted her head back, her swan-like neck on display. The red at the corners of her eyes betrayed her fear before her voice could. "Y-You started it..."

Before she could finish, Li Zhi saw that Shen Yuan was about to start tickling the sole of her foot again.

"I-I was wrong."

A weak voice escaped her throat as she started to play pitiful.

"Li Zhi."

Shen Yuan lifted his chin slightly, his gaze locking onto her evasive eyes. "Call me something nice."

Li Zhi pursed her lips. "Classmate... Classmate Shen Yuan."

Shen Yuan shook his head and asked, "You call that ’nice’?"

As he spoke, his fingertip lightly brushed against the sole of her foot. The sensation made Li Zhi’s long legs instinctively try to pull away.

"Here’s a hint: it’s what you used to call me all the time when we were little."

At his words, Li Zhi’s eyes widened. "You!"

"Hm?!"

As his finger once again wandered toward the sole of her foot, Li Zhi surrendered.

She parted her lips and said softly, "Bro... Brother... Brother Shen Yuan."

The moment the name left her lips, a brilliant smile broke out across Shen Yuan’s face.

"That’s more like it."

Shen Yuan let go of Li Zhi’s ankle and turned to stretch his back.

"Awesome!"

The next moment, Shen Yuan felt a sudden impact on his butt.

Li Zhi had kicked the completely defenseless Shen Yuan right onto the bed.

"You damn pervert! Is this all you’ve got?!"

Shen Yuan turned to look at the blushing Li Zhi and said with a perfectly straight face, "No, this isn’t about what I’ve ’got.’ This is my kink."

Li Zhi couldn’t take it anymore and snapped, "Why don’t you just go die!"

Shen Yuan sat up. "Then you’d better call me that a few more times before I die. Otherwise, I won’t be able to rest in peace."

"In your dreams!"

Li Zhi glared at Shen Yuan. "I’m going home!"

With that, Li Zhi stood up and prepared to walk out of the room.

Shen Yuan quickly got up and walked Li Zhi to her door.

Watching Li Zhi reach her door, Shen Yuan asked, "Coming back tonight?"

"No!"

Li Zhi said angrily, "I’m not coming today, and I’m not coming tomorrow! Hmph!"

"What about the night after tomorrow?"

"No! I’m not coming no matter what you say!"

Li Zhi stomped to her front door and said to Shen Yuan, "I don’t want to talk to you for the next few days!"

"Call me that one more time."

"Get lost!"

Li Zhi slammed the door shut.

Shen Yuan looked at the closed door, rubbed his nose, and said with a laugh, "Looks like I might have gone a little overboard."

After returning to her room, Li Zhi’s gaze immediately locked onto the large stuffed dog lying beside her bed.

"Go die, you idiot Shen Yuan!"

Li Zhi kicked the stuffed dog viciously a few times, venting her anger.

After a few kicks, she got a little tired and flopped onto her bed.

The moment she thought about what had just happened, Li Zhi started writhing on her bed.

"AHHH!!!"

"Why! Why!"

"Why did I have to call him that!"

Agitated, Li Zhi wriggled around, tangling her bedsheets into a mess.

Just thinking about the moment she had opened her mouth and called him "Brother Shen Yuan" sent an irrepressible wave of shame washing over her.

Then she remembered the way Shen Yuan had grabbed her ankle.

"I’m gonna die!"

Li Zhi buried her head in her summer blanket, her face flushed red with shame and anger.

"Ugh—why did I have to call him that!"

"It’s so annoying! And that idiot Shen Yuan looked so happy!"

After stewing for a while, Li Zhi poked her head out from under the blanket. Her usually lively eyes stared blankly at the ceiling, her mind filled with the image of Shen Yuan’s leering face.

’Does he really like it that much?’

Li Zhi blinked, then sat up in bed.

Facing Shen Yuan’s bedroom just a wall away, her little nose wrinkled.

’Idiot Shen Yuan, I’ve found your weakness too! From now on, I’ll use this to control you!’

Li Zhi looked at the wall smugly, but then a thought occurred to her.

’It seems I can’t quite bring myself to say it.’

Li Zhi’s brow furrowed slightly as she tried to convince herself.

’This is to get control over that idiot Shen Yuan! I can’t lose to him!’

She sat on her bed and opened her mouth.

"Shen... Shen Yuan..."

Before the words were even out, Li Zhi buried herself back under the summer blanket.

’Practicing how to call someone’s name alone in my room... ’

’This is too humiliating!’

’Why am I doing something so embarrassing!’

’Li Zhi! You’re such a huge idiot!’

’It’s all that idiot Shen Yuan’s fault! I’m just going to ignore him!’

For the next day, just as Li Zhi had declared, she didn’t want to see Shen Yuan at all, nor did she want to talk to him in the slightest.

Shen Yuan had nothing to say about this. After all, what he’d done on the afternoon of the 30th had indeed been a bit much.

But as far as the experience went, Shen Yuan felt pretty damn good.

It wasn’t because he had touched Li Zhi’s foot, though. Li Zhi’s feet weren’t his kink.

It was because of Li Zhi’s "Brother Shen Yuan."

In truth, at the beginning, Shen Yuan hadn’t actually expected to hear those words from Li Zhi’s mouth.

After all, Li Zhi hadn’t called him that since the third grade.

So when he heard Li Zhi actually say it, Shen Yuan couldn’t have been more ecstatic.