The man’s deep voice was as pleasant and melodious as a cello playing under the moonlight.

He was clearly using an interrogative sentence, yet his words conveyed certainty.

Shi Nuan was completely stunned, as if a corner she had always carefully guarded in her heart was suddenly illuminated, leaving her at a loss.

For once, she showed a slightly shy demeanor of a young girl, her fair cheeks tinged with a hint of red, yet she pretended to be fierce and said, "No, no way."

"Hmm, you aren’t." The smile in Chu Zhan’s eyes grew a bit deeper.

Shi Nuan inexplicably felt teased and said angrily,

"Don’t overthink it. I only see you as a coach, and you just defended me. If I’m not worried about you, wouldn’t I be heartless?"

A sense of loss surged in Chu Zhan’s heart, even he couldn’t explain it. He straightened slightly, revealing a carefree smile, "Why the tension? I was just asking casually."

Swoosh.

Shi Nuan quietly wiped the cold sweat from behind her neck and giggled foolishly, then the atmosphere between them inexplicably became awkward.

Chu Zhan sighed inwardly, "Let’s go, I’ll take you home."

"No, no need, I can go back on my own."

Shi Nuan hurriedly waved her hand. She wasn’t a child and didn’t have the habit of being escorted home.

Chu Zhan’s expression was unyielding, "Alright, I’m a gentleman, but I don’t have the habit of leaving a girl alone."

Shi Nuan widened her eyes, "Wow, I’m shocked. Coach Chu, you actually consider me a girl? Didn’t you always think I was a boy?"

Chu Zhan, "..."

Where did this conversation killer come from!

He slightly raised his hand, touched his nose, "Sorry about before. I was joking with you. You’re always a girl, and as a man, I shouldn’t have kept teasing you."

Shi Nuan was stunned, her heart inexplicably warmed. She was used to being treated like a boy and hadn’t been treated with such respect like Chu Zhan did. She couldn’t help but show a big smile, teasingly, "Didn’t expect Coach Chu to be so considerate, surely you’ve escorted quite a few girls home before?"

The two were already walking side by side, and upon hearing this, Chu Zhan turned his head to look at her, his gaze very serious, "Only you."

"Ah?"

Chu Zhan smirked, "Do you think all girls deserve for me to escort them? Nuannuan, you’ve got lucky this time, you know?"

Oops!

The feeling of a racing heartbeat came again.

Shi Nuan quickly turned away, muttering a word of arrogance, yet her lips curled up imperceptibly.

Chu Zhan said in a low voice, "Of course, thank you for relaxing with me."

Shi Nuan very honestly said, "But I didn’t do anything!"

Who says that.

Being with you makes me very happy.

At the moment Shi Nuan’s words fell, this sentence naturally emerged from Chu Zhan’s once cold heart.

But he quietly held back, letting no one know.

The two walked in silence for a while, and Shi Nuan opened up to lighten the mood, "Coach Chu, do you have anything you’re afraid of?"

Chu Zhan paused, didn’t answer, and asked back, "Do you have anything?"

Shi Nuan didn’t mind Chu Zhan’s lack of response, nodded, "Let me tell you secretly, I’m afraid of water!"

Chu Zhan raised his eyebrows, laughed at her, "Oh? I didn’t see that coming, you being so carefree yet afraid of water?"