Returning to Parents' Seventeen
Chapter 49: Not Even Considering Whose Son He Is

Chapter 49: Chapter 49: Not Even Considering Whose Son He Is

Xu Chuning didn’t know what Shen Yubai was thinking. After she gave him water, she sat with You Shuzhen and watched TV together.

You Shuzhen was watching a romantic drama, and after a while, Xu Chuning found it a bit unbearable. She thought for a moment and then logged into QQ on her phone.

As soon as she logged in, she saw a message from Shen Sinian asking if she had returned to the small shop.

Xu Chuning: [I’m back.]

After thinking, Xu Chuning cautioned him: [Have a good time, don’t worry about me.]

Shen Sinian was probably busy playing and did not reply to her immediately.

Xu Chuning scrolled down and also saw a message from Gu Jiayi, asking the same question as Shen Sinian.

She replied briefly.

After sending her reply, her phone made a ding-dong sound. Xu Chuning looked down and saw a message from the person sitting diagonally across from her: [Bored?]

Xu Chuning’s fingers paused slightly, and she responded while lowering her gaze: [And you’re not?]

Shen Yubai was also watching TV with You Shuzhen.

Shen Yubai: [It’s okay.]

"?"

Xu Chuning was slightly surprised and was about to say something else when Shen Yubai suddenly spoke, "Xu Chuning."

Xu Chuning met You Shuzhen’s gaze, blinked slowly, and said, "What?"

Shen Yubai: "I need to go to the bookstore. Want to come?"

Before Xu Chuning could respond, You Shuzhen nodded, "Go ahead, there are no customers in the shop right now. Ningning, go browse the bookstore as well and buy a couple of books you like to take home."

Since You Shuzhen said so, Xu Chuning could only agree, "Is it nearby?"

Shen Yubai: "Yeah."

There are many bookstores near the school, but only one large-scale one.

Xu Chuning and Shen Yubai went to the biggest bookstore, and it was quite busy on the weekend. When they entered, they even ran into a classmate who lived nearby.

"Xu Chuning."

Hearing a somewhat familiar voice, Xu Chuning turned her head, "Cheng Mingyin."

Cheng Mingyin smiled and waved at her, "It’s me. Didn’t expect to run into you here. Are you here to borrow books or to buy?"

Cheng Mingyin was Xu Chuning’s classmate in the first grade of high school. When they split into arts and sciences in the second grade, they were put in different arts classes, and afterward, their contact reduced. In the first grade, they were desk mates, and Xu Chuning and she were somewhat close.

"Just looking around," replied Xu Chuning, surprised, "What are you doing here?"

She remembered that Cheng Mingyin didn’t live nearby.

Cheng Mingyin sighed and explained, "It’s my second year of high school now, and my parents think my grades are too poor, so they rented an apartment nearby for me. They said it’s closer to school and will give me more time to study."

Although Cheng Mingyin didn’t think it was necessary, her parents were busy with work and didn’t have time to pick her up and drop her off.

So, the best solution was to live near the school, which made commuting easier.

Xu Chuning understood, "You’re living alone?"

"Recently, yes," Cheng Mingyin’s mother stayed with her when she first moved here.

The two caught up for a while, and suddenly Cheng Mingyin remembered something and asked her, "Did you come here with Shen Yubai just now?"

Xu Chuning was taken aback, then slowly nodded, "Yeah, he was at our shop and said he wanted to come to the bookstore, so I came with him."

Cheng Mingyin exclaimed with a gleam of gossip in her eyes, "What’s going on between you two?"

Xu Chuning lowered her eyes, "Nothing special, just classmates."

"Shen Yubai would come to a bookstore with just any classmate?" Cheng Mingyin was surprised.

Xu Chuning: "...Why wouldn’t he?"

Cheng Mingyin gave her a sidelong glance, "Didn’t you know?"

"What?" Xu Chuning was puzzled.

Cheng Mingyin whispered and gossiped, "There was a girl in his class who wanted to do something with him once, I forget what it was. But do you know what Shen Yubai said?"

Xu Chuning: "What did he say?"

She didn’t know.

Actually, she didn’t know much about Shen Yubai before.

Cheng Mingyin: "He said he doesn’t hang out alone with girls."

Xu Chuning: "..."

She paused, incredulously asking, "Did he really say that?"

"Yeah," Cheng Mingyin muttered, "He seems very pure and noble."

Hearing this description, Xu Chuning couldn’t help but laugh and cry, "Pure and noble?"

She glanced at Cheng Mingyin, "If the Chinese teacher heard you describe a boy like this, she would probably have a breakdown."

"Oh," Cheng Mingyin was also a bit embarrassed, "I couldn’t find the right adjective for a moment, and besides, the focus now isn’t how I describe him, but rather... Shen Yubai really rarely goes out alone with girls."

Xu Chuning listened and after a moment of silence, she said, "Not really."

Cheng Mingyin widened her eyes, "How come not?"

She looked curiously at Xu Chuning and asked, "Have you ever seen him go out alone with a girl before?"

Xu Chuning didn’t speak.

"Really?" Cheng Mingyin was surprised, "Who? Someone from our school?"

Xu Chuning: "...Yes."

"It can’t be Xu Zhiyan, right?" Cheng Mingyin guessed. Everyone at school says that the Shen and Xu Families are very close, doing business together. Shen Yubai and Xu Zhiyan have been in the same school since kindergarten, always in the same class, and it is still the same now.

If there was any girl Shen Yubai was close to, other than Xu Zhiyan, it couldn’t be anyone else.

Xu Chuning nodded slightly.

Cheng Mingyin exclaimed, "When was this?"

Xu Chuning: "I forgot."

Cheng Mingyin wanted to say something else looking at her expression, but Shen Yubai was approaching from the other end. She quickly shut her mouth and tilted her chin towards Xu Chuning, lowering her voice, "Shen Yubai is coming."

"..."

Xu Chuning turned her head and looked at the person holding two books, "Have you made your choice?"

Shen Yubai hmm-ed, "Didn’t find anything to buy?"

Xu Chuning: "...I’ll take a look."

Shen Yubai: "Let’s go."

"?"

Xu Chuning paused, "You’re going together?"

Shen Yubai raised an eyebrow, "Any problem?"

Xu Chuning choked a bit, "No."

The two of them walked toward the bookshelf. This bookstore near the school not only sells books but also rents them.

Xu Chuning wanted to find some math workbooks. Her mathematics was relatively weaker compared to other subjects. Although she didn’t like her current math teacher, she knew well that she needed to master all subjects to have a better chance in the college entrance exams.

However, what Xu Chuning didn’t expect was that Shen Yubai vetoed the math workbook she picked up casually,

"This one is mediocre."

Xu Chuning switched to another one.

Shen Yubai commented again, "This one doesn’t have any particularly tricky problems, not very useful."

"..."

After a few repeats, Xu Chuning was speechless, "How about you pick for me?"

Shen Yubai scanned around, saying indifferently, "There’s nothing useful for you here."

Xu Chuning’s math was comparatively weak, but comparing with other students, she was still decent. The workbooks available here were too basic; practicing them wouldn’t make much of a difference.

"Next week," Shen Yubai whispered, "I’ll get you some national exam practice books from Beicheng."

Xu Chuning was stunned, "National exams?"

Shen Yubai: "Hmm."

He lowered his eyes, "Apart from math workbooks, do you want to look at anything else?"

Xu Chuning thought for a moment, "Should we buy some workbooks for Shen Sinian?"

Shen Yubai: "No need."

Xu Chuning: "Why?"

Remembering what Shen Sinian had told him before, Shen Yubai paused and then said, "His academic performance shouldn’t be bad."

Xu Chuning: "You’re that confident?"

Watching Shen Sinian either sleep or read novels in class, she was genuinely a bit worried.

Hearing her skepticism, Shen Yubai gave her a haughty look, "Of course, don’t you see whose son he is?"

Xu Chuning: "..."

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