168: Only a fool would buy an Apple gift box.

Lin You leaned in cheekily toward Wang Xiaoyi's flushed cheeks, looking at his own reflection in her pupils, and found it somewhat amusing to see her tense and shy, yet not retreating in the slightest.

Beside them, Xu Sisi covered her mouth in shock.

"No way?! Lin You, are you Murong Yunhai? Are you going to kiss Xiao Yi in the classroom?!"

"Not bad. It seems you've been eating and sleeping well lately; your dark circles haven't gotten worse, and you've even put on some weight."

After saying this, Lin You reached out and gently pinched Wang Xiaoyi's little face.

Wang Xiaoyi's eyelashes fluttered, and resisting the urge to play the coward, she took out the apple gift box she had prepared from her desk drawer. "Wishing you peace... and a long life of one hundred and one years!"

Lin You was a bit curious. "Why one hundred and one years?"

Wang Xiaoyi looked at him as if it were obvious. "Because I want you to live longer than I do. I don't want to see you go before me..."

Seeming to feel that words like "die" or "pass away" were unlucky, Wang Xiaoyi didn't finish her sentence.

Wang Xiaoyi handed the apple gift box to Lin You, but seeing him seemingly stunned and motionless, she reached out her other hand and waved it in front of his eyes.

"Lin You, what... is wrong?"

Lin You snapped back to reality, looking at the vibrant Wang Xiaoyi in front of him, and suddenly felt a bit of sorrow.

In another timeline, Wang Xiaoyi passed away at 29, and the system had only triggered a task regarding Wang Xiaoyi once.

Lin You might never be able to obtain Wang Xiaoyi's memory fragments through tasks, nor would he be able to know how two 28-year-old youths, in the corner of a distant city, comforted and encouraged each other... supported each other as they moved forward, how they looked forward to the future together, planned their lives, and walked into the marriage hall together?

Lin You took a deep breath, trying hard to adjust his mood.

"It's nothing. I was just thinking, why waste money buying an apple gift box? It's so expensive, it's not worth it."

Wang Xiaoyi's lips curled up. "I'm not a fool. The gift box is made of nice hard paper I bought from a boutique, which I cut and crafted myself in the dormitory. The apples are regular-priced ones I bought at the supermarket!"

As expected of the person I plan to marry in the future! She's even better at managing life than I am!

Lin You couldn't help but laugh. "Ah, right, only a fool would go buy an apple gift box."

Xu Sisi, who was beside them, opened her mouth and pointed at herself. I'm still right here, and you're already insulting me!

Lin You sat down and chatted with Wang Xiaoyi for a while. Not long after, the Classmates in the classroom arrived one after another.

Although there were many girls in the class, there were only four that Lin You considered close: Xie Xingmeng, Wang Xiaoyi, and their respective deskmate best friends.

Among the Classmates in class, Lin You had only prepared apple gift boxes for these few. As for the boys... whoever dared to give him one, Lin You wouldn't even go to the restroom with him!

However, to Lin You's surprise, most of the girls in the class came over to give him apple gift boxes after entering the classroom.

Soon, Lin You's desk drawer was stuffed full. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't need to study Mathematics and Physics, Chemistry, Biology anymore, and he had cleared his textbooks and study materials home, his table would have long been taken over by apple gift boxes.

Almost every girl added a sentence after giving it to him: "Lin You, this is my sincere gesture, you can't give it to anyone else to eat, okay."

What could Lin You do? He could only smile broadly and answer, "Definitely, definitely."

Lin You was aware of his high popularity in the class and didn't think that just because someone gave him an apple, they were interested in him.

After Chen Yang entered the classroom, Lin You waved at him. When Chen Yang got closer, he said with a worried face, "Yangzi, I can't fit any more on my desk. Can you help me share some and put them in your desk drawer?"

Chen Yang had an expression like he had swallowed a fly; he had been shown off to early in the morning by Lin You.

Finally, 10 minutes before class started, Li Qingbo and two other boys from the class made a dazzling entrance, each holding a large cardboard box.

Li Qingbo carried the boxes to the podium, exhausted with a flushed face and neck, but still smiling happily.

"Class Monitor, come up and host this. These are the peace apples I prepared for the Classmates in class; everyone has a share. I already went to the administration building to give the teachers' portions."

Hu Yunfei had been on good terms with Li Qingbo lately and didn't feel like he was being bossed around. Amidst the cheers of "Brother Bo is awesome" in the classroom, he walked onto the stage and began arranging for group leaders to collect the apple gift boxes for distribution.

That's right, what Rich Brother bought weren't just apples, but pre-packaged apple gift boxes. All one could say was that Rich Brother certainly had the means.

grade 12 class 7 had been together for three years total. Except for the streaming of liberal arts and sciences in the second semester of grade 10, most of the class personnel hadn't changed. And for the first two years, Li Qingbo had never given anything to the whole class on any holiday.

But this year in grade 12, the class was very different. Whether it was the collective sense of honor from winning the basketball tournament, or the positive feedback and cohesion brought about by the overall improvement in class grades, it all made the entire grade 12 class 7 feel more like a collective.

Although Li Qingbo was a Rich Brother, he wasn't someone foolish with money. One could only say that he had truly felt the warmth of the collective in the class.

After the first period ended, Lin You carried seven apple gift boxes to the teachers' administration building and gave them personally to the six main subject teachers, and incidentally walked casually toward the desk of grade leader Liu Dalu.

Liu Dalu said, "Oh no, no, how can I accept students' things?" Lin You replied, "Director, these are peace apples. I wish your whole family peace and safety; you should accept them."

After the ritual of refusing three times and accepting three times, Liu Dalu accepted them happily.

Because he was strict, he usually had a bad reputation in the grade. It would be considered a conscience if students didn't curse him behind his back, let alone give him gifts on holidays.

Lin You, this was truly spending a little to accomplish a big thing!

The entire morning, the whole grade 12 teaching building seemed very restless. During breaks, there were students running between classes everywhere. Lin You didn't have any friendship with people from other classes, but that scoundrel Chen Yang had actually received an apple from a girl in the neighboring class 8.

Originally, this would be something to show off about, but with Lin You's table full of apples in front and Wang Lian's squinting gaze from behind, Chen Yang really couldn't show off. He spoke loudly with an innocent face, trying to make sure Wang Lian in the distance could hear clearly.

"Huh? I don't know. She and I were just junior high Classmates; maybe she prepared one for every junior high Classmate."

During the break after the third period, Qian Manzhi came looking for them. She first called Li Qingbo out, and after Li Qingbo returned with an exquisite apple gift box, he called Lin You out with a look of disdain.

Lin You hesitated for a while, but in the end, he took an apple he had prepared from his backpack.

Recently, Qian Manzhi and Lin You had very little interaction and rarely met at school. However, Qian Manzhi would occasionally send energetic voice messages on WeChat to share some interesting things. Recently, she didn't know who had guided her, but she would occasionally take pictures of difficult problems she couldn't solve and ask Lin You for help.

Since this rich little sister had done this much, there was no way Lin You wouldn't treat her as a friend.

Just after exchanging apples at the classroom door, Qian Manzhi glanced into the classroom of grade 12 class 7. "If the girls in your class see us exchanging apples, won't they be angry?"

So sly. I recall Sister Yin doesn't seem to teach your class 3, right?

"I don't know if the girls in our class will be angry, but Brother-in-law Li Qingbo definitely will be."

"Brother-in-law?"

Qian Manzhi covered her mouth and laughed. Lin You endured it for a long time, but in the end, he couldn't help but glance at that astonishing jiggle.

Is this reasonable? Can it be like this even wearing a down jacket?!

"Ahem, ever since Li Qingbo introduced you as his younger sister, he has become the spiritual Brother-in-law to all the boys in our class."

"Is that all?"

Lin You immediately straightened his expression, acting just like a moral role model.

"Of course, what else could it be?"

...

At noon, Lin You and Xie Xingmeng finished eating lunch together in the school cafeteria.

The two asked Old Zhang for the key to a small activity room in the administration building and went there to practice together.

Their tacit understanding had long been proven in Xie Xingmeng's future "memories," so there was actually no need for practice. Xie Xingmeng's playing was very strong, and Lin You's singing was not bad either.

After practicing twice, Xie Xingmeng felt relieved and stood up, saying, "There are no problems now. Let's go back to the classroom to study."

Lin You looked up and scanned the room; there were no cameras in this small activity room.

"With such a great world for two, you're leaving already?"