In the classroom of Yunbin City No.1 High School’s second-year Class 3, the two floor-standing air conditioners installed last year kept blasting cool air and humming with machine vibrations, but it was easily drowned out by the heated discussion erupting from the front podium.

Tang Leyan had just returned from the teachers’ office upstairs and immediately posted a seating chart on the front blackboard.

The crowd that had been sitting wherever they pleased based on closeness quickly surged toward the podium and in no time voices of either delight or wailing rang out.

In less than ten minutes, aside from a few habitual latecomers, the classroom seats were filled again according to the assigned positions.

Fang Tong watched Tang Leyan pass by her seat and secretly wink at her, then sit behind her with a calm face.

Feeling the balcony area already baked hot by sunlight, Fang Tong got her wish and landed in a slacking seat.

The situation from last term where the homeroom teacher would death-stare her through the door glass would never happen again!

Another piece of good news was that Tang Leyan wasn’t directly behind her, but separated by one desk.

However because of her height, she wasn’t assigned the classic anime-protagonist back-row seat and instead ended up toward the front.

But there were still three desks in front of her, so it was still a good slacking position.

But…

Turning to look behind, she saw Tang Leyan holding a piece of paper and thinking, and as expected Liu Qingzhu sat beside her expressionless, and she recalled the seating chart she’d just seen.

Right behind her was Xu Yanling, the one in their small circle who was habitually late, and sitting right next to her was Chu Xinxi, radiating a sun-like aura.

‘Wait, why were all five people in the circle assigned together?’

Thinking of Teacher Shang’s slightly stern face in class, Fang Tong suddenly felt like something had collapsed.

‘That backdoor Tang Leyan got was bigger than the front door. How on earth did she talk Shang Jing into agreeing to something this outrageous? Four famous great beauties in the whole school sitting this close, were they forming a party to fight a BOSS? The vibe felt off. Like ripping a page from a manga and pasting it into reality, glaringly out of place.’

She didn’t even need to look up to imagine everyone’s eyes.

Good thing she sat on the innermost side, with four human shields outside.

And…

Looking at Chu Xinxi on her right, holding a Chinese textbook and earnestly memorizing classical Chinese, Fang Tong let out a long breath in relief.

Shoulder-length hair with a slight natural wave, rosy fair skin, a small nose tip that wasn’t sharp, thick brows framing gentle almond eyes, the corners of her lips always lifted in a faint smile, her whole body giving off a holy aura.

A healer, no, a sun. The sun!

Yunbin City No.1 High School’s famous Sun God!

She smiled at everyone, always spoke softly, never lost her temper at any classmate. Even a few boys who pestered her endlessly were ultimately ‘redeemed’ by Chu Xinxi’s holy character.

Now they even voluntarily protected Chu Xinxi from harassment by boys from other classes.

Just sitting quietly there, a sacred air surrounded her, basically a human Buddha, a walking scripture.

And she was extremely considerate, often going to the infirmary to help teachers. Many students had received her care, and even the notoriously difficult dean would unconsciously lower his voice around Chu Xinxi.

In a sense a woman as terrifying as Tang Leyan, with sky-high attribute points!

And now this Sun God had become her new deskmate!

This was amazing because Chu Xinxi was famously easy to get along with. Even long-term interaction with her cost almost no battery.

Her gaze had no aggression either, the first look Fang Tong had ever met that didn’t make her uncomfortable.

But because Chu Xinxi was kind to everyone, Fang Tong didn’t really know how to get along with her, so even though they were in the same small circle, they didn’t talk that much.

Still, that was Chu Xinxi’s advantage, even if you weren’t close, you didn’t need to burn brain cells socializing.

Since it was the first day of the new term, new textbooks hadn’t been issued yet, so Chu Xinxi was still using last term’s textbook and even so she was diligently reciting from memory.

‘No.1 High School really was a gathering place of Yunbin’s overachievers~’

Looking at the draft paper on Chu Xinxi’s desk that was almost filled with rare characters, and her focused look while memorizing, why did Fang Tong suddenly feel a trace of guilt toward the novel in her backpack?

As if sensing Fang Tong’s awkward posture, Chu Xinxi turned and whispered.

“Classmate Fang, do you want to read a novel? It’s fine, I can cover for you.”

As she spoke, she even raised her fist and straightened up, blocking Fang Tong from the outside.

‘The sun!’

Seeing Chu Xinxi’s serious face, Fang Tong felt even more embarrassed to pull the book out.

Reading a borderline spicy little yellow book under this holy radiance, the guilt kept rising!

Wait, Chu Xinxi could even guess what she wanted to do, wasn’t that too understanding? Did she actually know her pretty well?

No no, Teacher Shang had caught her reading extracurricular books in front of the class more than once or twice, plenty of classmates knew.

‘Hey, why does she care so much about me?’

Looking at Chu Xinxi’s ever-compassionate smile, it felt like her thoughts floated out of her head.

‘Not good!’

Coming back to herself, Fang Tong hurriedly shook her head.

“No, no, you keep studying. I just feel bored… why is Teacher Shang so late today?”

She glanced awkwardly at the wall clock on the back side of the classroom to change the topic.

Because she feared students couldn’t resist checking time, their beloved Teacher Shang had deliberately hung the clock in the back. That way, if a student kept looking, the teacher at the front could notice.

A truly oppressive yet genius idea.

“I think I know. It seems there’s a transfer student coming to our class. Teacher Shang is probably handling that.”

“A transfer student? Transferring into our class in second year?”

“Yeah. This morning I saw the dean and a few teachers moving books, so I went to help. I heard them talking about it.”

‘Yeah, that was very Chu Xinxi.’

But No.1 High School actually accepting an outsider transferring in at the start of second year, for some reason Fang Tong immediately thought of the one behind her.

‘Could it be another Tang Leyan? That damn backdoor! No.1 High was the city’s highest cutoff school. Normally who transfers halfway through high school, wouldn’t that make the entrance exam score a joke?’

Seeing Fang Tong’s indignation, Chu Xinxi pursed her lips and added, “I also saw the transfer student in the dean’s office… and they’re pretty handsome.”

‘Handsome?’

Hearing Chu Xinxi praise someone, Fang Tong jolted and stared.

‘Could the sun fall for a human? If the sun landed, wouldn’t it be the end of the world? What kind of looks earned a handsome from Chu Xinxi?’

For someone like her, her evaluations of people were usually all about the same.

It was friendly but also had a kind of ‘all beings are equal’ vibe, which was why anyone could talk to her without pressure, like praying in a church.

‘Now there was someone personally labeled handsome by the Sun God? Maybe Lucifer reincarnated.’

Noticing Fang Tong’s expression, Chu Xinxi blinked in confusion.

“What’s wrong, Classmate Fang, are you feeling unwell?”

“No, no, I just didn’t expect you to descend to the mortal world too.”

“Hm?”

Not understanding, and confirming Fang Tong wasn’t sick, Chu Xinxi didn’t pursue it and continued.

“Besides Classmate Tang, this is the first time I’ve seen such a good-looking girl.”

“A girl?”

Fang Tong admitted she’d been stereotypical. Who said handsome had to describe males?

At the same time, relief rose.

She almost thought the sun would start shining on one person only, and for a background extra who secretly enjoyed the sun’s warmth, Chu Xinxi was the last comfort in class.

“Oh, sorry, that’s on me, I didn’t explain clearly. The new transfer student is a girl. She gives off a really cool, dashing vibe.”

She apologized on her own, so warm!

“Scared me to death. I thought you, Chu Xinxi, were having your heart stirred.”

“Huh? So that’s what your expression meant!”

Chu Xinxi, usually always soft-spoken, raised her tone by two notches. Luckily the homeroom teacher was absent and morning study wasn’t quiet, so it didn’t draw attention.

Seeing Chu Xinxi’s ears slightly red, eyes darting with nowhere to put them, Fang Tong found it very novel.

‘So the Sun God’s weakness was romance topics.’

“It’s just… the first time I’ve heard you call someone handsome, sorry, I talked too much.”

Fang Tong pressed her palms together and apologized obediently, but the normally understanding Chu Xinxi didn’t say it was fine. She turned her head away and resumed memorizing.

How did she step on the Sun God’s landmine in under an hour of being deskmates?

Hitting the Sun God’s one landmine, it was like a minesweeper game where the whole screen had only one mine and she clicked it first try.

Such ‘great’ luck.

But in her first year she’d seen her reject boys confessing and she didn’t seem angry then.

‘Did she actually like someone now, so the reaction was stronger? Whatever, Chu Xinxi wouldn’t truly be mad.’

Looking at the class placard hanging by the door, Fang Tong couldn’t help sighing.

Even with ‘higher-dimensional beings’ like Tang Leyan and Chu Xinxi, they were still adding a transfer student who could subdue the Sun God on looks alone.

‘Was Class Three’s feng shui a bit off?’

It really felt like a BOSS room, one overpowered existence after another spawning in.

Whatever, what did it have to do with her?

After hesitating, Fang Tong still took out the novel she bought that morning, deliberately covering it with a Chinese textbook on the outside.

‘Perfect time to read a few pages while Chu Xinxi didn’t want to look at her. Let me see what this foul-mouthed senior is about (the book)!’