?<strong>Chapter 1401:</strong>


    Monday morning, the eighth graders were met with an unexpected sight—Lilyana and Cn walking into the ssroom together. Even at lunch, they were seen sitting at the same table.


    During the break, Lilyana’s friends wasted no time pulling her aside for a talk.


    “Lilyana, tell us the truth—what’s going on between you and Cn?”


    “Yeah, why are you suddenlying to school together? And eating together?”


    “Be honest with us, Lilyana.”


    Blinking at their eagerness, Lilyana frowned in confusion. “We’re just friends, really. Nothing more.”


    Her friends exchanged knowing looks, unconvinced. “How do you go from barely knowing each other to being this close over a single weekend?”


    “There’s definitely something going on between you two.”


    With their relentless stares fixed on her, Lilyana let out a small sigh. She briefly exined how her younger brother, Collier, had be friends with Cn and had introduced them.


    Hearing her exnation, the girls seemed to lose interest. They exchanged nces, shrugged, and prepared to return to their seats.


    “Wait a minute,” Lilyana called out.


    They turned back. “What is it? If you don’t need anything, we’ve got homework to finish.”


    Having failed to uncover any gossip, they were already eager to distract themselves with homework.


    Lilyana tilted her head slightly. “Did you alle over just to ask about this?”


    They nodded in unison. “Of course. And now that we know the truth, we’re heading back.” As they walked off, Lilyana sat at her desk, feeling that something was… off.


    “Lilyana.”


    A clear voice called her name, and she turned just as Cn approached, cing a bottle of yogurt on the corner of her desk.


    “Collier mentioned you like this. So I grabbed one for you while picking up some ink.”


    Seeing her favorite yogurt in front of her, Lilyana picked it up without a second thought. “Thank you.”


    “You’re wee.”


    Cn offered Lilyana a small smile before turning away and settling back into his seat.


    As she watched him go and then nced down at the yogurt in her hand, Lilyana reyed his words in her mind. There was no doubt about it—Cn was changing.


    That was a good thing. A really good thing. She sipped her yogurt, feeling quietly pleased with the progress her new friend was making. Time flew by, and before anyone realized it, the exam results had been posted.


    As ss leader, Lilyana was the first to receive the report cards.


    Her gaze swept over the scores, and she saw her own name sitting at the very top—right alongside Cn’s. Tied for first ce. Without hesitation, she strode over to Cn’s desk and smiled. “Congrattions. The results are out—you got first ce.”


    Cn barely nced at his score before shifting his gaze to hers. A soft chuckle escaped him as he said, “You’re better than me. If there’s something I don’t know, you always have the answer. I bet you only got this score because the test had its limits, not because you’ve hit yours.”


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