10 Sweethearts 10 (1/2)

In contrast to Peach's sorrow, Shen Mochen was thrilled to be finally rid of his little follower.

Nonetheless, his happiness only lasted a few days. After that, he became unhappy again.

Why was that?

The reason being that the girls in his elementary school class were more annoying than Peach.

At least Peach was obedient in front of him. Whenever he was doing something, Peach would either watch him intently, or play on her own. In comparison, the girls in his class were overly enthusiastic in asking him tons of questions from the textbook.

”Shen Mochen, do you know what is the sum of ninety-nine and ninety-nine?”

”Shen Mochen, what's the answer when you subtract thirty from five?”

”Shen Mochen, can you teach me how to pronounce this word?”

The girls would continually bother him with such unchallenging questions that to him were child's play. All their questioning did was to irritate him further.

At school this particular afternoon, he was ambling along the road when all of a sudden, he noticed a familiar silhouette in front of him. It was someone in a floral dress carrying a pink backpack. Without hesitation, he rushed forward to check. It was none other than Peach.

”Why are you walking alone along the road?” Shen Mochen frowned and reached out for her backpack, which was as light as a feather. Kindergarteners did not have any books to bring to school, so her backpack was probably only filled with her jacket and an empty water bottle.

Peach looked up in surprise. When she saw that it was Shen Mochen, she beamed from ear to ear. Immediately, she held onto his arm and gushed, ”My parents are away on a business trip again. Godfather had to attend a competition in the province, so he could not fetch me. They planned for me to stay over in kindergarten, but since I know the way home, I decided to sneak home.”