“I’ll scan you.”

Lin Zichen opened WeChat’s scan function.

The twin-tail girl excitedly opened her WeChat card and placed the QR code in front of him.

Watching from the side, Shen Qinghan pressed her lips together without saying anything, feeling a little down.

She knew Lin Zichen was helping her out of the awkward situation, which only made her feel even more useless.

She couldn’t even answer when asked about her entrance exam score.

Just a useless burden.

After adding the twin-tail girl, Lin Zichen looked at his deskmate and said, “He Yu, let’s add each other on WeChat too.”

His deskmate was a sturdy boy with a crew cut and sharp, energetic eyes.

He Yu pulled out his phone, opened his WeChat card and held up the QR code saying, “You scan me.”

After adding each other, Lin Zichen created a small WeChat group and added Shen Qinghan, He Yu and the twin-tail girl, Li Chuxin.

Then, smiling at the three of them, he said, “Judging from where we’re sitting, we’ll probably be in the same small group from now on. I just made a group chat and added everyone.”

He Yu smiled and said, “Nice, very proactive.”

Li Chuxin looked at the group and suggested, “Let’s give the group a name. How about Dawn Group? As in the breaking of dawn.”

‘Dawn Group?’

Lin Zichen thought it sounded odd.

But the others didn’t seem to think of the pun. They all said it was a good name.

He Yu simply didn’t care. To him, the name didn’t matter at all.

And Shen Qinghan, with little initiative in front of strangers, just nodded along.

“What about you, Zichen?”

Li Chuxin turned to him.

Lin Zichen found the name a bit silly, but since no one objected, he nodded and said, “I think it’s fine too.”

“Since we all agree, the group will be called Dawn Group.” Li Chuxin then renamed the chat to “Dawn.”

[You successfully created a four-person group, meeting the standard of completing a task through teamwork]

[Total completed tasks: 2/1000]

‘Seriously?’

Seeing the text appear in the void, Lin Zichen was a little surprised.

Apparently, this teamwork achievement wasn’t very difficult. It could be completed naturally without trying.

Even just forming a four-person group progressed the achievement.

Cleaning the blackboard together, sweeping together or taking out the trash together would definitely count too.

This was an easy achievement.

* * *

Over the next little while.

Besides Lin Zichen, who had already added everyone, the other three also exchanged WeChat contacts.

Then, under He Yu’s lead, they all started asking about each other’s backgrounds.

Through chatting, they learned that He Yu wasn’t from Shanhai City but from neighboring Nanguan City. His family had been running martial arts schools for generations, making him the young master of a martial arts family.

The reason he came to Shanhai City for high school was because his family planned to expand their business here. His parents were in charge of the project and moved to settle in the city and as their only son, he had no choice but to come along.

“He Yu, if your family has been running martial arts schools for generations, then your martial arts must be strong,” Li Chuxin guessed.

‘Ha, I’ve been waiting for that!’

He Yu felt delighted inside, though outwardly he remained calm saying, “It’s nothing much, just good enough not to embarrass my family. I happened to get lucky and placed eighth in last year’s Nanguan City Youth Martial Arts Competition.”

“Wow, top eight in the whole city! He Yu, that’s amazing!” Li Chuxin said with admiration.

“So strong…” Shen Qinghan echoed softly, though in her heart she still thought Lin Zichen was the strongest.

Lin Zichen also praised him, “Didn’t expect we’d have a martial arts master in our group. When we run into trouble in martial arts class, we’ll have to rely on you.”

“No problem, leave it to me!” He Yu thumped his chest and agreed readily.

With all three giving him so much praise, He Yu was overjoyed.

Especially with Shen Qinghan and Li Chuxin, two pretty girls, looking at him with admiration—it felt incredible.

After basking in it, he asked, “So what do your families do?”

Li Chuxin said, “My family runs clothing stores. We have several branches in the district.”

He Yu gave her face by praising back, “Impressive, a little rich lady. No wonder you’re dressed in brand names. I’m envious.”

Li Chuxin waved her hand with a smile, “Don’t tease me, He Yu. Your martial arts schools are a cross-city chain. I should be the one envious.”

Then she looked curiously at Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan, “Zichen, Qinghan, what about your families?”

Shen Qinghan said shyly, “My parents are both teachers. They teach academic subjects in high school.”

“Teachers are great, stable income and respected. You’re a scholarly kid!” He Yu said smoothly, returning the favor.

Li Chuxin looked enlightened, “No wonder you’re so good at academics, with both parents teaching.”

Then she turned to Lin Zichen, “And you, Zichen?”

Lin Zichen said calmly, “My parents are freelancers. They write web novels at home.”

“No way, they’re authors?” He Yu was surprised, then curious, “I love reading novels. What do they write? I’ll look them up.”

Lin Zichen smiled, “I’ll post the titles in the group, you can check them out yourselves.”

He then shared the titles in the chat.

As his childhood friend, Shen Qinghan had already read them.

She even acted as a fan, making multiple small accounts to leave loads of comments like “Update faster, I can’t sleep,” “So good, just one more chapter and I’ll explode,” and “The writing and story are amazing.”

He Yu and Li Chuxin eagerly checked the titles and searched online.

Soon after, He Yu praised as usual, “Nice, the titles and synopses are really appealing. I’ll read them tonight.”

Li Chuxin, however, was surprised, “Why are they all male-oriented novels? Doesn’t your mom write female-oriented ones?”

Lin Zichen smiled and explained, “She used to write for the female audience, but for certain reasons switched to male-oriented novels. That’s how she met my dad and later had me.”

“Wow, that’s such fate,” Li Chuxin said with envy, imagining that she too might one day meet her other half that way. The thought filled her with sweetness.