You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 635 The Painful Memory

As Michelle got to the classroom door, Aron was there to greet her.

"Michelle, how about we play the game together later? I watched you play before and I was amazed at how skilled you were."

She was about to agree when Leon's words flashed through her mind. She shook her head. "Class is about to start. We can play the game during the break."

"The break is too short for the game." Preparing to start the game, Aron wiped the sweat from his hands. "So let's play now. It's not like you are going to listen to the teacher anyway."

"I'll listen," Michelle said. "So I can only play with you during the break. Well, I'm going to leave you here. I'll sit next to Lydia and Austin."

With brisk strides, she went to go sit in the middle of the third row, next to Lydia. Aron was so startled that his phone fell out of his hands and plummeted to the floor.

Lydia was no better than Aron. She leaned towards Austin Xu with her eyes wide open as if she had seen a ghost.

She was a champion athlete of the school as well as being well-versed in a lot, so she could soon compose herself. She snapped out of her stunned silence and faltered, "What's wrong with you?" Michelle turned to her with confusion filling her eyes. "Lydia, did something happen to me? Is there something on my face?"

"No, no." Lydia sat up straight again and flipped through her book to calm herself down.

It was almost surreal.

The girl that they once knew to be playing games in class was now actually sitting in the front.

"Oh, I thought there was something on my face." Michelle touched her face and glanced at the book in front of her. "Lydia, I don't have a book with me. Can you lend me yours? You and Austin can use his together."

Michelle leaned forward and looked at Austin, who was sitting next to Lydia. "Is that okay?"

Austin was handsome and was one of the most handsome students in their school. He was also the one that decided to compete with James for the title of school hunk.

In the end, he lost. He wasn't as good-looking as James, nor as charming.

He wasn't a person that smiled a lot either. He seemed cold from an outsider's perspective, but in reality he was quite soft-hearted. If anyone ever asked him for help, he would always try his best to assist them.

Not many people knew him personally, but he was a popular guy in his class. When he was selected as the class rep for the first time, he won all the votes. He had stayed on the position for three years. Austin was wearing a black T-shirt, revealing his fair skin. His eyes fell on the smiling face of Michelle for a few seconds. He didn't even move and his expression was still as cold as ever. "Okay."

He slid the book between Lydia and himself. She suddenly sat up straight and breathed lightly.

This was the only class of the afternoon and Michelle concentrated and listened attentively. She couldn't understand everything but she could make out majority of what was happening. In actuality, it was not as difficult as she thought.

She was pleasantly surprised.

After class, Michelle took out her phone and saw that Leon had accepted her red packets.

She smiled and texted back. "Leon, what do you want to eat for dinner? If I know how to cook it, I will do it for you."

About two minutes later, she received a reply.

He sent back a smiling emoji and replied, "What if you don't know?"

"Then I just won't do it."

"I'm just kidding. I have to deal with something right now though. You can go to the canteen with your friends."

"Just remember to have dinner, okay? You can turn on the light at night."

"Okay," he responded.

"Leon, do you like the food I cook for you?"

"Yes, I do. But you aren't my personal chef. You don't have to cook for me every day."

She instantly felt her spirits rise. "I'm glad that you like it. I don't cook for many people. I only cook for people who are important to me."

"I'm kind of busy now. Remember to have dinner."

Michelle smiled at the screen and told him, "Okay." Then she raised her head to look for Lydia. She looked at the stairway and saw Austin standing next to her. "Lydia, Austin." Michelle walked down to the two of them. She held Lydia's arm intimately, and asked with fluttering eyelashes, "Are you going to have dinner?" "Dinner? Now? What are you thinking? It's only four o'clock!" Lydia rolled her eyes and looked at Austin tenderly. "I'm going to the library with him." "Okay," Michelle said flatly.

Lydia complained, "Are you going to have dinner now? All you do is eat, but you don't even get fat."

Michelle giggled. "You don't get fat, either."

Lydia put her hand to her head and moaned, "I run every day though. It's so much work. I advise you to exercise more. Just watch out. One day Mr. Zhao may drink too much wine and challenge you to a pushup competition in class again."

Michelle lowered her head sulkily. "Stop it. That was so humiliating."

Lydia burst into laughter, "So you know."

Austin, who had been dead silent, smiled imperceptibly at Michelle's red face.

The only reason people knew that Mr. Zhao was more than fifty years old was because he told them. Nobody would have been able to tell since he was in such good shape. He dedicated years of his life to morning runs and exercise.

He suggested that his students should pay attention to physical exercise. He spoke about this every time they had a class meeting.

Michelle didn't like sports, so she hardly listened to what he had to say.

But she still behaved courteously nevertheless. She sat upright with a smile on her face. She nodded her head whenever Mr. Zhao spoke, so from his point of view, she was an attentive student. He was so happy with her that he'd even praised her a couple of times.

One day in the freshman year, he came into the classroom with a smile beaming from ear to ear.

This strange sight must have meant that something bad was going to happen. The whole class fell into a state of vigilance. Everyone held their breath and listened as he went on about bodybuilding. Gradually, some students started picking up on a strange sight. Their teacher's face was a little red, as if he was drunk.

He was quite a loveable character after drinking. He tried to keep a straight face but couldn't hold back his kind smile. It was a stark contrast from his usual expression. From then on, everyone learned that he might have looked stern but he was softhearted.

Beyond that, he did something extraordinary that day. He showed off his strength and did more than ten push-ups in a row.

If the students didn't step in to stop him from hurting himself, he could have done dozens effortlessly.

Michelle was so shocked that she raised her hands and clapped, which caused thunderous applause in the class.

This only further spurred on Mr. Zhao's happiness as he called out Michelle.

"Michelle, come up and do some push-ups to see if you can do more than me."

Michelle was stunned and almost lost her balance in the astonishment. She quickly hid her face behind her hands, pretending that she was not there.

A few fellow classmates pulled her up though. The damage was done and she had to regrettably get on the floor and take the challenge on.

She was confident that she could do at least one but after that, it all went downhill. She couldn't hold on any longer and flopped on the floor like a dead fish.

Mr. Zhao joked with a smile, "I asked you to exercise more, but you didn't listen to me. I'm an old man of more than fifty years. You should be able to keep up." Michelle lay prone on the floor and played dead like a dog. Lydia rushed down and helped her up. The tired girl sulkily complained, "I'm dead." They burst into laughter.

This memory was far too painful to look back on. With a red face, Michelle glared at Lydia and said, "I don't want to talk to you anymore. Goodbye! Humph! I'm not going to talk to you if you ever bring this up again." Afraid that they didn't heed her words, she repeated herself.

However after she warned them, she jokingly told Leon about it in a long voice message.

She smiled as she spoke.

After saying that, she asked, "Leon, is there any exercise that fits lazy people?"