In the beginning, the female lead was gentle and kind, even saintly, tolerating and accommodating all kinds of difficulties without complaint.

But after spending these few days together, Daishi Yuan couldn't sense the expected gentleness and kindness from the female lead.

Shan Yaxin didn't seem to notice her change and approached to sit down, asking softly, "Xiaoyuan, it's the last day to fill out college applications. Have you decided on which school to choose?"

"I..." Daishi Yuan blinked subconsciously and quickly thought in her heart whether or not she should tell the truth.

Her hesitant look was like a student who couldn't answer the teacher's question in class, especially with her youthful face.

Seeing this, Shan Yaxin reassured her with a smile and said softly, "If you don't know which one to choose, let sister-in-law help you decide."

After saying this, she reached out to take the application form.

"No need!" Daishi Yuan suddenly moved her body, raised her voice and tightly held onto the application form, clutching it like a treasure.

This reaction was too extreme, and Daishi Yuan quickly realized something was wrong and tried to force a smile to ease the tension.

Shan YaXin lowered her eyes, a hint of coldness flashing in them. When she raised her head, her beautiful face was full of astonishment, and she asked in a daze after two seconds, "Do you think I'm too meddlesome, Xiaoyuan?"

"No..." Dai Shiyuan quickly replied, the smile on her face becoming more sincere.

The two held each other's gaze for a few seconds, and Dai Shiyuan saw a hint of hurt in those gentle eyes.

The heroine looked fragile and pitiful, but Dai Shiyuan couldn't afford to be soft-hearted.

For some reason, she instinctively didn't want the heroine to know about her volunteering.

Dai Shiyuan hugged the volunteering form tighter, not noticing something floating out of the book.

Instead, Shan Ya Xin immediately saw it, picked up the piece of paper on the ground, and when she saw the top three choices, a look of deep thought and puzzlement flashed in her eyes. However, she quickly concealed it and asked, "Xiaoyuan, why did you choose schools outside of the province?"

"Um..." Dai Shiyuan's mouth twitched. She wanted to grab the volunteering form but didn't dare to be too obvious. She could only quickly come up with a reason and said, "Because I want to see what it's like outside the province..."

"But our local schools are the best and the most suitable for you," Shan Ya Xin continued to ask, frowning slightly. It was obvious that she disagreed.

She was a teacher, and her expression was always somewhat serious.

Dai Shiyuan suddenly felt the embarrassment of not being able to answer when asked by a teacher in college. She stood there, thinking for a while, but still couldn't come up with a good rebuttal. All she could say was "because."

But she couldn't say anything after "because."

A smile tugged at the corner of Shan Ya Xin's mouth as she patiently waited, her slender fingers pinching the thin paper and occasionally shaking it.

This action made Dai Shiyuan even more nervous, and she had cold sweat on her forehead.

After several minutes of hesitation, she finally came up with a reason, smiling confidently and quickly answering, "Because I want to live independently."

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