Lihua stared at her math test result with tears in her eyes. She thought she wouldn't have to face it, at least today. But it was a test with fewer students, so the evaluation didn't require much time.

  "Lihua! How much did you score?" Meng Ya came to her side.

  She peeked at her test result, and her brow twitched.

  "Don't cry, Lihua. It's only twenty-four marks less than mine…"

  "Which is eleven," she bumped her head on the desk. "I am screwed, Yaya."

  Meng Ya, who had barely passed by her thirty-five marks out of a hundred for the test, felt sympathetic. Lihua, on the other side, scored a bright eleven, which was as good as to say that she scored nothing.

  "Does that mark exist?" Fu Renshu, aka Hao Ziruo, craned his neck and asked.

  Meng Ya glared at him. "I passed!"

  "Barely," his mouth twitched.

  "Passing is what matters," she harrumphed.

  "No. Passing with GOOD MARKS is what matters."

  Huang Liangshi, aka, Wei ignored them and promptly went to Lihua'a side. He widened his eyes, seeing her cry. "Why are you crying?"

  Lihua looked at him, extremely aggrieved. She was embarrassed to show her test result. "Eleven……I failed…" she burst into tears.

  Wei looked at her test paper. His gaze darkened as he saw the marks in red ink.

  He impatiently looked at Fu Renshu as if threatening, 'How did they dare fail my woman?'

  Fu Renshu turned pale.

  Boss, I beg you. Don't do anything! Don't kill the teacher. The faculty isn't wrong here. It's with Song Lihua, whose intelligence is lacking! He lacked tears to cry.

  Lihua shed more tears. "I will never graduate…" she sniffled. "How much did you get?"

  She wanted consolation in case he had scored less too. It would be better if he failed to accompany her in her misery. Human nature.

  Lihua craned her neck, and her eyes popped out of her sockets.

  A hu-hundred? Full marks!?

  Similarly, Meng Ya peeked at Fu Renshu's paper too, who claimed to pass with GOOD MARKS. She choked hard.

  Hundred!? Seriously!?

  Lihua and Meng Ya stared at them like two idiots.

  Lihua asked, speechless. "How can anybody get full marks in Math? Is that humanly possible? Are you two even humans?"

  Wei blinked his eyes.

  The test was a piece of cake for the Godly intelligent Mafia King.

  Meng Ya heavily pursed her lips. "You! How dare you, an arrogant bunch of boys, mingle with us! You wanted to laugh at us? Make fun of us?"

  Fu Renshu grimaced.

  This woman's brain……just what does she think?

  "The test was easy."

  "And now you are insulting us!" She flared.

  Lihua cried. "Oh no…" she held her head in between her palms. "If I don't pass the retest, I will lose my credits! Why am I so dumb…?"

  Wei tilted his head, and his gaze glinted with an idea. "I can teach you Maths."

  Lihua rapidly blinked her eyes. "Y-you will?"

  Fu Renshu nodded in appreciation. He was just about to offer that when Wei said it himself.

  Wei nodded hard. "Don't worry. You will pass. I will make sure of it."

  Not only by teaching her but also having a 'good talk' with the professor about the consequences for failing his woman if he dared.

  Meng Ya brightened. "Can I join in too?"

  Fu Renshu's mouth twitched.

  Weren't you just dissing us?

  He smiled. "Too many students will ruin the concentration. How about I teach you?"

  She suspiciously stared at him.

  "Well, I passed anyway, so-"

  "So you doubly need lessons so that you won't get thirty-four next time."

  Her brow twitched hard. She hated to admit it, but it was true. She was lucky this time but might not be at the next test.

  Lihua brightened and got up. "Yes! I will take your classes! I will be happy too! Do anything, but make me pass," she sobbed. "I can't afford a failing grade anymore."

  Wei nodded.

  "So shall we head to the library?"

  Wei was about to say yes, but Fu Renshu quickly interrupted. "I think studying in college will be a distraction. It will always remind you that you failed."

  Lihua coughed.

  "How about……a home study session? You will be more comfortable at your house, right?" He egged her.

  Lihua paused.

  It seemed studying at home was indeed a better option.

  "……Yeah."

  Fu Renshu then looked at Meng Ya and slyly smiled. "Same for us."

  "Why should I let a man inside a beautiful maiden's house?"

  His brow twitched. "So that you DON'T end up with thirty-four marks."

  Meng Ya had an urge to kill him.

  This man……why does he remind me of that hooligan!? Their blunt remarks are so similar!

  Wei beamed.

  Alone time with Lihua…


  He looked at Fu Renshu with appreciation. This deserved another salary raise.

  Lihua quickly agreed, all for the sake of passing her retest. "Okay!"——

  Wei eagerly followed Lihua into her house as she unlocked the door. "Please come inside. I will bring some refreshments for you."

  He quickly shook his head. "I don't need it."

  He didn't want Lihua to work at all during her pregnancy.

  Wei looked around the house, and his gaze was filled with warmth. He remembered all those sweet times they had spent together when he was her neighbor.

  "Liangshi?" She waved her hand. "Where are you lost?"

  "You…" he said in a daze.

  "Ah?"

  Then he broke from it. "I-I mean your house. It's lovely. I didn't get to say it the last time."

  "Thanks! Do you want to freshen up?"

  Wei thought about it and nodded. Wearing a mask was uncomfortable. He wanted to remove it for a few minutes and relax.

  A few minutes later, Lihua brought a towel and kept it on the bed. "I have kept the towel here," she said, looking towards the shut bathroom door.

  But he didn't respond. She heard the sound of water running.

  Maybe he didn't hear it…


  She was about to leave when the tap was switched off, and the door opened. She slightly stumbled on her step, not enough to fall; nevertheless, Wei quickly held her waist and pulled her towards him…… Her head bumped into his chin, and as she raised her gaze, she stiffened to see their lips hardly inches apart.