Although Yu Shu called Yan Jin a scaredy-cat, seeing that Yan Jin was truly uncomfortable, before Yan Jin could even speak, he took the initiative to hold her hand and lead her to a quiet corner.

Yan Jin and Yu Shu’s every move drew much attention, and seeing Yu Shu holding Yan Jin’s hand and leaving, the scene went eerily quiet for a moment before whispers broke out.

“They held hands, I said they must be a couple!”

“The two of them standing together is just too perfect a match!”

“Too sweet, this is even sweeter than the romance in storybooks.”

The sharp-eared Yu Shu heard the classmates’ gossip and secretly curled up the corners of his lips where Yan Jin couldn’t see.

The students of Class B looked at each other.

“It’s almost mealtime now, didn’t we agree to have lunch together with A-Jin?”

“A-Jin just left with Young Master Yu, should we stop them?”

Zhou Nong Yun crossed her arms, “Better to tear down a temple than to ruin a marriage.”

“Be a bit more perceptive, my fellow classmates.” Tu Zi Xuan said faintly: “If you go and ruin things when the loving couple are talking about their feelings, you’ll never be able to find a husband in this lifetime.”

Class B students: “The friendship between gentlemen is as mild as water, the depth of camaraderie between classmates doesn’t need to be shown through group meals.”

It was both of their first day of class at the An Kingdom Academy, even the usually carefree Yan Jin knew to go take a look at Yu Shu during break. Yu Shu, who was much more attentive than Yan Jin, had been worried for Yan Jin since the very first class.

If it wasn’t for all the morning classes being full, and the male division and plum division being a bit far apart, Yu Shu would probably go check on Yan Jin’s class as soon as his class ended.

The issues Yu Shu worried about were far more than what Yan Jin worried about for him.

He was worried the An Kingdom teachers would be strict and might nitpick at Yan Jin; worried that Yan Jin wouldn’t be able to keep up on the first day of class and feel discouraged; worried that Yan Jin wouldn’t get along well with classmates, and so on.

After learning what Yu Shu was worried about, the rarely vocal system spoke up.

[Host Yan Jin is an adult already, she’s not that fragile.]

So what if she’s an adult, Xiao Xiao only grew taller but not more emotionally mature.

Yu Shu fretted: Although I know Xiao Xiao is a bit blunt when she speaks, she means no harm, but those classmates and teachers don’t know that, they might misunderstand her.

The system saw that Yu Shu couldn’t hear him and silently muted his mic.

Having accumulated a morning’s worth of worries, now that he finally saw Yan Jin, Yu Shu poured out all his concerns.

Yan Jin, who finally finished listening to all of Yu Shu’s worries, couldn’t help but complain to the system: When I first went to kindergarten, even my parents weren’t this anxiously worried. Before I even entered the kindergarten, they bought kebabs by the street and ate them, one each.

Although Yan Jin felt that Yu Shu was being a tiny bit long-winded, Yu Shu’s concern for her was overflowing. He had just become an adult, yet was already worrying so much for her sake.

Yan Jin’s heart warmed, and she answered Yu Shu’s questions one by one.

Yu Shu breathed a sigh of relief after getting Yan Jin’s response, then immediately realized that he had indeed asked a few too many questions just now, so he embarrassedly rubbed his nose, “Xiao Xiao, am I being very long-winded?”

Although the little person in Yan Jin’s heart was nodding frantically, on the surface she still calmly shook her head, “No.”

“Really?” Yu Shu didn’t believe it.

“Really.” Seeing that Yu Shu seemed to have the intention to continue this topic, Yan Jin quickly told Yu Shu about what happened before coming to watch his riding and archery class, taking the opportunity to interrupt the previous topic.

Yu Shu thought Yan Jin was upset, so he comforted her, “Xiao Xiao, in my heart, you will always be the most outstanding one.”

Who knew Yan Jin would appear pensive, “Actually, I’ve been wondering, when I had good grades before, was I also this annoying?”

Yu Shu asked: “Did you deliberately show off your good grades before?”

“No.” Yan Jin shook her head, “Because my excellence was well-known to all, there was no need to show off.”

Yu Shu: “…Then you may be overthinking, you’re not as deserving of a slap as Gu Ao Yu.”

“You’ve offended Gu Ao Yu, your days at the academy in the future may not be peaceful, but don’t worry Xiao Xiao.” Yu Shu gazed at Yan Jin with blazing eyes, “I’m very good at fighting, I will do my utmost to protect you and not let her bully you.”

Although Yan Jin felt quite moved in her heart, seeing Yu Shu’s harmless face pulled taut, like a kitten about to go into a fight, she found it a bit amusing, but she held it in with all her might.

Can’t laugh, if she laughed, she’d have to coax round round again.

Yan Jin suddenly thought of something, propped her chin, and imperceptibly changed the subject, “Speaking of doing one’s utmost, there is indeed one thing now that requires you to do your utmost to help.”

Yu Shu gave her a glance, “With our relationship, saying help is too distant, I’ll directly do it for you.”

“You can’t do this for me.” Yan Jin frowned slightly, sighing faintly, “Because I want to ask you to teach me to play an instrument.”

[It’s actually teaching to play an instrument, how disappointing.]

[The previous commenter must be a single dog, playing an instrument, playing an instrument, if not teaching hand in hand, how can one teach the other to play an instrument?]

“Play an instrument?” Yu Shu looked at Yan Jin in surprise, “Xiao Xiao, how come you suddenly want to learn to play an instrument?”

“The six arts of a gentleman are rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy and math.” Yan Jin sighed, “Not only do I need to learn to play an instrument, I need to learn to dance.”

Yu Shu had a realization, he clenched his right fist and lightly tapped his left palm, “I got it, you want me to give you extra lessons, so that in the aspect of ‘music’, you can also leave others in the dust like in your cultural classes, making the other students unable to catch up.”

“No.” Yan Jin’s brows furrowed deeper, “I want you to help pull me up to the level a normal beginner would have.”

“The level a normal beginner would have?” Yu Shu appeared pensive, “I know your learning ability is so good, Xiao Xiao, I didn’t expect it to be good to this degree. As soon as you start learning you need to lower your level, to reduce the other students’ sense of inferiority.”

Yan Jin: “…You misunderstood.”

“How could I possibly misunderstand?” Yu Shu smiled and tugged on Yan Jin’s ponytail, “Right now there’s only the two of us here, you don’t need to hide your true strength, I won’t be jealous of you.”

Goodness, how could round round blindly worship her like this???

Yu Shu’s face revealed his complete trust in Yan Jin without reservation, causing the latter to also let out a long sigh, “Round round, don’t blindly worship me, I also have things I’m not good at.”

“I know.” Yu Shu smiled, “You’re not good at social interaction.”

Yan Jin held her forehead, “Actually, I’m tone deaf and stiff. From childhood to adulthood, what I feared most was music class and going to karaoke.”

Yu Shu: “Eh?!”