Chapter 43: A Raise of the Eyebrow and a Glance

  "Kobayashi, mom saw you studying so late last night, so she wanted to let you sleep in a bit longer, that's why she didn't wake you up."

  Su Mu looked at Su Lin, who was still showing signs of lack of rest from staying up all night to study, and felt both delighted and heartbroken.

  "Oh no! Mom, you can't even wake me up by 8 o'clock?"

  Su Lin hastily finished washing up, shouldered her school bag and ran out of the courtyard. Unexpectedly, her mother, who usually urged her to get up at 5 or 6 o'clock to study, surprisingly allowed her to sleep in today.

  "Oh no! It's already 8 o'clock, I'm definitely going to be late today."

  Anyway, they were all late already, and Su Lin was actually not in a hurry. By the time he slowly arrived at school, it was almost 8:20, and even the teacher who caught latecomers at the school gate had withdrawn.

  In the classroom of Class 2, Grade 3, the first lesson was Lin Qingxue's English class. With only four or five days left before the college entrance examination, Lin Qingxue also felt a great deal of pressure and was thoroughly reviewing the entire high school English grammar knowledge with her classmates. However, while teaching, Lin Qingxue's eyes kept wandering around the only empty seat in the classroom.

  That's right, the empty seat is Su Lin's seat.

  "What's wrong with Su Lin? He's late again today! And it's my class for the first period, it's already 8:20, if he doesn't come soon, the class will be over!"

  Lin Qingxue's heart was a little unhappy! I don't know if it's because Su Lin is late again or because she can't see Su Lin.

  In this classroom, besides Lin Qingxue, there is another person who frequently focuses her gaze on Su Lin's inconspicuous seat, and that is Qin Yanran, the ice beauty school flower of Jian'an No. 1 Middle School.

  "Su Lin hasn't arrived yet today? Even if he's late, he'll usually arrive in the classroom by 8:10 at most. But now it's already 8:20 and he still hasn't come. Could something have happened to him?"

  Qin Yanran was somewhat distracted, from time to time turning around to glance at Su Lin's empty seat. This move made Su Lin's deskmate Li Hao feel unexpectedly honored, like a spring breeze.

  "Oh my god! Today, the school beauty actually looked at me so many times. Yes, she must be looking at me. Linzi isn't here, and if Qinyan wasn't looking at me, who else could it be? Could it be... that the school beauty has a crush on me too? No way, no way... the school beauty is already Linzi's girlfriend, how can I steal someone's love? A friend's wife is off-limits, oh dear... what should I do?! The school beauty looked at me with such eyes, does she really have feelings for me?"

  Li Hao was feeling pleased with himself, indulging in his fantasies, when Su Lin suddenly appeared at the door of Class 3-2.

  "Sulin, how did you manage to be late again today? And it's been so long!"

  As soon as Su Lin appeared, before he could even report, Lin Qingxue was the first to notice him. She put down her textbook, stood with her hands on her hips, and stared at him with a hint of accusation in her eyes, looking like she was about to interrogate him.

  "Sorry! Teacher Lin, I reviewed too late last night, so this morning I had a bit of trouble getting up!"

  Knowing he was in the wrong, Su Lin rubbed his head and said.

  "Learned too late?"

  This excuse, Su Lin had already used it many times before. Every time Su Lin was late, he would tell Lin Qingxue that he was studying too late. However, in the past, Lin Qingxue didn't believe Su Lin's words and thought he was just making excuses to fool her. But today, Su Lin's sudden improvement in grades was enough proof of his hard work every night.

  Of course, this time Su Lin really didn't lie. He was indeed up too late studying last night and couldn't get up today. You know, Su Lin spent the whole night mastering all the math, chemistry, and biology knowledge of his classmates for the past three years, how could he not be tired?

  "Alright, considering you've been studying hard, I'll forgive you. Hurry up and come to class! The college entrance exam is just around the corner, who knows how many more times you'll be able to attend my English classes in the future."

  Lin Qingxue unexpectedly didn't get angry this time, not even a spark of anger, her eyes gazing at Su Lin's changed slightly, but in her heart, she had a different meaning when saying these words, feeling as if she wouldn't have many chances to see Su Lin again.

  "Thank you, Teacher Lin."

  As soon as the teacher forgave him, Su Lin hastily returned to his seat with his backpack on and took out his English textbook.

  "Classmates, let's continue our lesson. Next, I'll summarize for everyone the rules of tense changes in English grammar..."

  After Su Lin's interruption, Lin Qingxue continued to teach in an orderly manner. However, as soon as Su Lin sat down, his deskmate Li Hao quickly pulled him aside and whispered mysteriously, "Linzi, I'm afraid we're going to do something that will wrong you this time. You must forgive me!"

  "Haozi, what's wrong with you? You're all nervous and distracted, having a spring dream?"

  Seeing Li Hao's appearance, Su Lin couldn't help but laugh.

  "Hey, don't get angry! Just during the time you were late and didn't show up, campus belle Qin Yanran kept turning her head to look at me, more than 20 times, I counted them! It seems that Qin Yanran might have really fallen for me. But I know that in fact, you're the one who likes Qin Yanran. Look at this situation, isn't it forcing us brothers to split up?"

  Li Hao said with a serious expression.

  "Really?"

  Su Lin looked suspicious.

  "No, no, no... Don't believe me? Look for yourself, here it comes again. Qin Yanran is looking over."

  Li Hao suddenly became excited, Su Lin turned his head and took a look, only to find that Qin Yanran was indeed turning her head and looking over here.

  Today's Qin Yanran still has her long hair parted in the middle, wearing simple and elegant clothes, giving people a goddess-like image that is out of this world. It doesn't evoke any profane thoughts, but rather makes one want to become her most devoted follower, voluntarily guarding their own goddess.

  Their eyes met, and Qin Yan looked at Su Lin, who was also looking at him. The two people suddenly ignored everyone else in the classroom, as if their gazes had intersected and started transmitting information at a speed of 1G per second.

  "What's going on?! Qin Yanran was just looking at me, why is she staring at you now?!"

  Li Hao suddenly realized that Qin Yanran had been looking back all along, not really at him, but at Su Lin's position. Yes, Su Lin's empty position was more attractive than himself, which made Li Hao feel a little depressed in his heart.

  "Alright, alright. Linzi, I'll be magnanimous and not compete with you for her. From now on, Qin Yanran is yours. You must treat her well."

  Lowering his head, withdrawing his own disappointment, Li Hao patted Su Lin's back and smiled, saying.

  "Well, I really have to thank you then! Haozi, you're truly a good brother of mine."

  Su Lin didn't say anything, looking at Qin Yanran, she felt calm in her heart.

  Yes, Qin Yanran has this kind of magic power, making herself completely relaxed and quiet, then following her gaze, a soft clear spring will flow into the heart, emitting a thread of tender emotions, and it seems that there are many seeds of love, just planted in the depths of the two people's souls, at this moment being watered by each other's eyes, beginning to sprout vitality, take root... take root... sprout... sprout...

  "Why is Qin Yanran looking at me like that? Could it be that her 'considering' yesterday was real and not just putting on a show for me?"

  At this moment, Su Linming felt a kind of awkward feeling from Qin Yanyan, but then he began to think wildly and doubted whether he had an illusion.

  A woman's thoughts and a young girl's feelings are just so hard to guess.

  In the classroom, Su Lin and Qin Yanran were exchanging flirtatious glances, perhaps other classmates didn't notice anything. But how could Lin Qingxue, who was standing high above while teaching, not see it?

  Teacher Lin is angry, yes, Teacher Lin is very angry, the consequences are severe. Actually not listening carefully in my class, and even daring to flirt like this, what a mess.

  Especially, the one who was exchanging flirtatious glances with Qin Yanran was still Su Lin. Lin Qingxue didn't know why, but seeing Su Lin's gaze at Qin Yanran, a surge of jealousy rose up.

  "Now, let's talk about several variations of the past perfect tense. Yanran, your English is the best in class, you come and explain it to everyone!"

  Lin Qingxue suddenly asked Qin Yanran, leaving Qin Yanran somewhat caught off guard. She hastily collected her thoughts, stood up, and didn't dare to look at Lin Qingxue's gaze. With her head lowered, she reviewed the question Lin Qingxue had just asked before slowly giving the correct answer.

  "Very good. Yanran said it completely correctly. Next, let's ask Sulan, the student who made the most progress in this exam, to talk about several variations of the present perfect tense."

  Lin Qingxue suddenly turned around and shot towards Su Lin. Su Lin was taken aback, not expecting Lin Qingxue to ask him a question out of the blue. Although he had studied a lot last night, it was all math, biology, and chemistry. As for English grammar, he was still completely clueless!

  "The present perfect tense in English..."

  Su Lin stood up and spoke slowly, but her eyes suddenly glanced at the lesson plan in Lin Qingxue's hand, which recorded almost all English grammar.

  "Alright, time stands still."

  In her heart, she silently muttered to herself and paused time. Everyone and everything in the classroom was frozen in place as Su Lin quickly ran to Lin Qingxue's side, leaned over, took a glance at the lesson plan in Lin Qingxue's hand, and indeed found the rules for the present perfect tense written on it, which she memorized instantly.

  "Instant memory, never forget what I've read, it's really very useful!"

  Su Lin's heart was filled with self-satisfaction, but now being so close to Lin Qingxue, he hadn't noticed when he first poked his head out that the distance between his current posture and Lin Qingxue's chest was only a few centimeters.

  "The smell on Teacher Lin's body..."

  She took a deep sniff, Su Lin smelled the familiar scent on Lin Qingxue's body, and remembered that day at Lin Qingxue's home, she had even worn Lin Qingxue's pajamas, and her heart couldn't help but recall the romantic scene from that day.

  "Teacher Lin's soft chest..."

  She swallowed her saliva, now is the time to pause, Su Lin thought, based on the principle of not wasting, just touch it a bit! Anyway, no one will find out.