Liu Xu was stunned, almost frozen foolishly in place.

Then after a moment, he hugged his arms and leaned back, looking terrified: “You, you, you, you, you… you like men?!”

Lin Zhi Hua laughed coldly: “It’s a woman.”

Liu Xu looked as if he had breathed a sigh of relief, then put down his hands, still looking horrified: “Since it’s a woman, what are you troubled about?”

“She’s underage.” Lin Zhi Hua spat out three words.

“How, how, how… how old?”

“Not yet seventeen.”

“That’s not so bad. You scared me.” Liu Xu picked up his water glass and took a sip.

“I mean, you’re either completely silent or giving me heart attacks!”

Lin Zhi Hua frowned without speaking, his gaze lost in the water glass on the tea table.

Liu Xu shook his head: “It’s not that big a deal. Just wait two more years and she’ll be an adult.”

As if thinking of something, a teasing smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: “Tell me, big boss, how does it feel to have a crush?”

“I don’t understand what you’re saying!” Lin Zhi Hua gave him a cold look, picked up his water glass, and took two sips.

“Alright, I’ll stop teasing you.” Liu Xu became serious, after all, he was a psychology expert. “Zhi Hua, do you only not feel aversion to this one person?”

Liu Xu knew that jokes should have limits. Appropriate exaggeration and teasing could help a “client” relax, but too much was counterproductive.

Lin Zhi Hua was his friend, but also his “patient.”

He had refused treatment before, but now that he had finally come of his own accord, Liu Xu had to fulfill his professional duty.

Lin Zhi Hua knew about Liu Xu’s professional ethics and knew he wouldn’t gossip about this.

“Yes, when she saved me, we had physical contact, and I didn’t feel aversion.”

“What kind of contact?” Liu Xu frowned.

Lin Zhi Hua felt uncomfortable with any contact with women, so he avoided all females. How could there be someone who touched him and was different?

Two strangers…

So did this woman have a special constitution? Or was there another reason?

“Old man Lin tampered with my car. I had an accident that day and was half-conscious in the car. She risked her life to drag me out, and later the car burned.”

“A life-saving grace?” Liu Xu was slightly surprised.

“Yes, I wasn’t very clear-headed at the time, but I vaguely saw her appearance. Her voice was even clearer. I can still remember it distinctly. Later in the hospital, I realized I didn’t feel any discomfort when in contact with her.”

“This can be explained,” Liu Xu’s expression was serious. “Just as a hero saving a beauty can easily capture a woman’s heart, it’s a strong emotional fluctuation from extreme danger to being rescued, coupled with other factors, a hormonal surge.”

He paused: “It’s the same when a beauty saves a hero. I suspect that at that time, under strong external stimulation, your body’s self-preservation response made you not reject the person who saved you.”

“So?” Lin Zhi Hua frowned.

“So after contact with this person, you didn’t feel aversion. Your body’s sense of danger might even make you seek contact with this body that gives you security. At that moment, your body was pleased, so naturally, there wasn’t the usual aversion to women.”

Liu Xu glanced at Lin Zhi Hua, “In other words, this person’s contact first gave you a sense of security, and only then came your aversion to women. Under the former, the latter became ineffective.”

Lin Zhi Hua frowned, understanding Liu Xu’s meaning, but his mind was somewhat confused.

Liu Xu continued: “So that’s why you don’t reject her. If nothing unexpected happens, unless you encounter such a life-threatening situation again, you’ll still only be able to have contact with that one woman… oh, no, that girl.”

Lin Zhi Hua didn’t speak, but looked at him, gesturing for him to continue.

“What happened later? I don’t believe you wouldn’t thoroughly investigate this situation!” Liu Xu smiled.

Lin Zhi Hua nodded: “I had many more contacts with her afterward, including WeChat communication.”

“Oh?”

“It was fine at first, but later I began to think of her frequently, even… wanting to hide her away.” Lin Zhi Hua’s expression rarely changed, but now it showed discomfort.

Liu Xu was almost laughing wildly inside, but he knew that since Lin Zhi Hua had deigned to tell him these things today if he laughed even once, this man would never come back.

“Recently, due to certain matters, contact with her has been frequent. These past two days with no contact, I’ve felt physically uncomfortable, even slightly distracted at work. I want to talk to her, but don’t know what to say.”

Don’t underestimate this ‘slight’ distraction!

Lin Zhi Hua always worked with complete focus. Even being slightly distracted would have been impossible for him before!

“And… I even dream of her at night.”

Liu Xu nodded: “What else?”

“Is this an aftereffect of the accident when she saved me?” Lin Zhi Hua frowned, thinking of Liu Xu’s explanation for why he didn’t reject her.

“No.” Liu Xu shook his head firmly, then said, “Your condition has a two-word medical term…”

“What is it?”

“Longing.”

Lin Zhi Hua: “…”

Liu Xu smiled, stood up, and walked to his side, patting his shoulder: “You, who has never dated, might not understand. Being distracted and losing appetite over someone is the beginning of liking them!”

Lin Zhi Hua shifted slightly, instinctively saying: “Impossible.”

“How is it impossible? Love comes unexpectedly, but deeply!” Liu Xu shook his head, “The net of love is vast, but nothing escapes it.”

“She’s too young.”

“Then imagine her at legal age, falling into the arms of a young man her age…”

As soon as Liu Xu finished speaking, Lin Zhi Hua’s brows could trap flies, and his face looked extremely unpleasant.

“See, you don’t like that.”

Liu Xu walked behind him, “Big boss, this is the only person you can have contact with and the only girl who makes you jealous. Either she has boundless charm, or… heaven has matched you two perfectly.”

Lin Zhi Hua looked up at him: “I didn’t realize you were such an expert in matters of the heart?”

“Of course! My girlfriends could form a band.”

“…You have no shame.”

Liu Xu laughed: “What’s there to be ashamed of? Do you think everyone is like you, in your late twenties without ever having had a girlfriend, thinking you’re sick when you like a girl?”

“What’s the use of having so many girlfriends? It’s troublesome.” Lin Zhi Hua glanced at him.

“How can you call it troublesome? Letting every beautiful girl experience the joy of hormones is our duty as men.” Liu Xu started being improper.

Lin Zhi Hua said nothing, his expression quite disdainful.

“Fine, I’m leaving.” Lin Zhi Hua stood up, intending to walk out.

Liu Xu looked shocked: “Hey, don’t you want to talk more?”

“I don’t have a problem, do I?”

“Don’t you want your body to completely return to normal? So you can date multiple times in the future?”

Lin Zhi Hua straightened his cuffs, looking at him disdainfully: “No need, one is enough.”

He walked to the door, and Liu Xu stepped forward, hurriedly asking: “Can you at least let me know who this girl is?”

“Don’t get any ideas.” He paused, “She’s still young.”

With that, Lin Zhi Hua quickly left the room.

Liu Xu looked speechless. This old house catching fire was truly unstoppable.

He seemed to think of something and suddenly smiled: “If that Lin couple knew there was a girl who could make the big boss normal, they probably wouldn’t care about age at all.”

Liu Xu shook his head. He always kept confidentiality, so this would not come from his mouth.

As for how long Lin Zhi Hua would hide it, that was no longer his concern.

“Things are going to get interesting.”

——

Since the fallout with Cheng Ming Jiao, who no longer came to disturb her every now and then, Xue Jiao’s life had become simple and peaceful.

Li Si Tong knew she had wronged her and didn’t dare say much. After Xue Jiao finished eating, she would return to her room, and Li Si Tong wouldn’t come to say anything.

Life suddenly became tranquil, and all her energy was focused on studying.

Though Xue Jiao wasn’t stupid, she wasn’t extraordinarily smart either. In her previous life, her college entrance exam scores were just average, so in this life, she couldn’t simply coast along.

Therefore, she had to give it her all to achieve the results she wanted.

“Let me tell you, this monthly test will be the midterm exam. Everyone, get your spirits up. Last time we were so far behind Class 2, this time, I want you all to catch up! Understand?!” Yin Fang shouted.

Being so far behind Class 2 last time, she, as the homeroom teacher, had been criticized for a month. All the subject teachers were frequently observed during classes, with Class 1 under supervision.

This was the most embarrassing time in all the classes Yin Fang had ever taught.

For this past month, she had been particularly strict with her students, monitoring them during class breaks and meal times, not allowing any horseplay.

“Understood!” The students replied in unison.

Yin Fang’s stern face swept across everyone. “I’m telling you, those whose rankings drop this time will not have an easy time in the coming month. Of course, those whose grades improve will be rewarded.”

She looked at the students with lowered heads and roared: “Lift your heads and look at me!”

All the students “swoosh, swoosh, swoosh” raised their heads to look at her. Xue Jiao’s gaze, like everyone else’s, was fixed on her.

“Today is Monday, the exam is on Thursday. Stay alert these few days, and be careful when answering questions during the exam. Whoever makes elementary mistakes, I’ll make sure you have your fill of them! Also, next Monday is the parents’ meeting. The school will send text messages to parents’ phones this week. I don’t care about other classes, but the parents of all students in our class must come!”

She paused: “You’re already in the second year of high school. If your parents still don’t care about your grades, fine, then the teacher doesn’t need to care about you either.”

“Do well in this exam. When your parents come, I’ll have a good talk with them about your performance! Alright, now let’s start the lesson.”

Yin Fang’s words frightened everyone into trepidation, and they all began to pay attention in class.

As soon as class was over, Yi Tian Yu lay on the desk with a look of despair.

Beside him, Xue Jiao was still doing exercises. He glanced over and saw it was content from later in the curriculum.

“Dummy, the midterm exam is coming…”

While continuing to work on problems, Xue Jiao asked: “Hmm… what’s wrong?”

Since Yi Tian Yu had helped her before, although she hadn’t said anything, her attitude had changed somewhat. At the very least, Yi Tian Yu hadn’t noticed that Xue Jiao had become much more patient with him.

“There’s going to be a parents’ meeting, ahhh!” He banged his head on the desk. “My dad will kill me!”

“Isn’t your dad pretty good-natured?” Xue Jiao was puzzled.

“Good nothing! He wasn’t good at studying himself, so he’s desperate for me to be the top student! Sigh, hey, dummy, aren’t you afraid of the parents’ meeting? That mother of yours doesn’t seem very nice either.” Yi Tian Yu turned his head to look at her.

Xue Jiao’s pen paused slightly, then she said firmly: “I’m not afraid.”

Not afraid, because this time…

She wouldn’t be holding back!

Author’s note: Xue Jiao: It’s time to show my true ability!!