After changing seats, Shen Yuan and Li Zhi still walked home together as usual.

"Zhiyu, see you tomorrow!"

He Zhiyu waved goodbye to Li Zhi as well, and after packing her things, she got ready to head home.

Unlike Li Zhi, He Zhiyu lived a little far away, so her family usually picked her up from school.

He Zhiyu quickly found her father’s car on the street.

After getting home, He Zhiyu turned on her computer.

He Zhiyu had good grades and came from a well-off family, so her parents weren’t strict about her using the computer.

Once the computer was on, He Zhiyu logged into QQ. Her mouse flew across the screen as she clicked on Zhuo Peipei’s profile picture.

He Zhiyu: "Peipei, I finished the edits."

Zhuo Peipei’s reply was fast and discreet.

Jiyang Middle School Campus Confession Wall: "Talk on here. Don’t use your main account."

Kissing Association’s Zhi: "Got it. I’m sending you the file now." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Jiyang Middle School Campus Confession Wall: "OK, send it over, send it over!"

He Zhiyu opened a folder on her desktop and selected a document.

If Li Zhi were here, she would have instantly recognized the document’s name.

*Defend and Steal*.

The person submitting the story to Zhuo Peipei was none other than He Zhiyu!

Who would have thought the mole was right beside them all along?

He Zhiyu watched as Zhuo Peipei accepted the file, then there was silence.

As a professional member of the Kissing Association, Zhuo Peipei had to personally inspect the sugar content of every piece.

Did you think Peipei became the president of the Kissing Association just because of one story, *Love in the Era of Lecterns*?

No, it was her strict standards for sugar content!

He Zhiyu waited anxiously.

In a way, this was her first Sugar Text as "Kissing Association’s Zhi."

Her debut work!

Her grand premiere.

About ten minutes later, her QQ pinged.

Jiyang Middle School Campus Confession Wall: "OK, looks good. You fixed everything I mentioned. The sugar content is even higher now. Keep it up."

Kissing Association’s Zhi: "Mhm! Okay."

Jiyang Middle School Campus Confession Wall: "By the way, what’s the deal with those two? Are they actually dating?"

Kissing Association’s Zhi: "No, but I get the feeling that if one of them wanted to take things a step further, the other wouldn’t be opposed. I just don’t know how far they’d be willing to let it go."

Jiyang Middle School Campus Confession Wall: "Tch, whatever. We’ll just stick to our shipping."

He Zhiyu couldn’t agree more.

’The Kissing Association... are we really just shipping other people’s romances?’

’As if.’

Real-life love is fickle. One wrong move and it’s all over.

When you’re enjoying a sweet story, a little bit of angst is understandable.

But if the ending is bitter, the disappointment lingers for a long time.

But Sugar Text was different.

All that mattered was the sweetness.

The emotion was for the sugar, and the logic was for the sugar!

In the Kissing Association’s philosophy, sugar was the only currency for trading with the brain for dopamine.

Just give them sugar, and that’s all that matters.

A moment later, He Zhiyu typed again.

"Peipei, when are you going to post it?"

Jiyang Middle School Campus Confession Wall: "Tonight. Shen Yuan already moved seats, so I’m not worried about him coming after me."

Reading that, He Zhiyu couldn’t help but feel a pang of emotion.

’Being the president of the Kissing Association is a dangerous job.’

’But then again,’ He Zhiyu thought, ’Shen Yuan probably wouldn’t go after Zhuo Peipei.’

’After all, if he did, wouldn’t that be admitting that *Defend and Steal* is about him?’

And there was no way Shen Yuan and Li Zhi would ever admit to having feelings for each other.

After observing them for the past few days, He Zhiyu had a pretty good grasp of their dynamic.

They could care for each other, but only as "sisters."

For Li Zhi, it might even extend to a mother-son relationship.

Zhuo Peipei was fast.

Not long after He Zhiyu’s question, the Campus Confession Wall account published a new post.

「Meanwhile.」

In the Kissing Association’s QQ group for the honors class, Peipei, the group owner and president, popped up.

Kissing Association President: "The new story is up. Go read it, everyone. @everyone"

Instantly, the whole group lit up with activity.

"Sugar! I need my sugar!!"

"SOB, a new dose of sugar is finally out! The wait for this Chapter has been killing me."

"Time to ship!!"

Sitting at her computer, Zhuo Peipei pushed up her glasses.

As president of the Kissing Association, bringing spiritual sugar to others was what made her happiest.

It was a feeling that relaxed her more than anything else.

But soon, Zhuo Peipei’s QQ pinged again.

Shen Yuan: "Nice."

Zhuo Peipei didn’t reply. She pretended to be asleep.

...

But over on Shen Yuan’s end, he found he couldn’t sleep.

He and Li Zhi had already agreed to pretend they hadn’t seen a thing.

But in reality, when Shen Yuan saw the story *Defend and Steal*, he couldn’t help but see himself in it.

’Damn, the male lead’s interactions were a little too similar to his and Li Zhi’s.’

’Could he report the Kissing Association to the dean’s office for plagiarism?’

’Even so, he’d be the first one the dean would come down on.’

Lost in thought, Shen Yuan realized he had unconsciously finished reading *Defend and Steal*.

"Fuck, is that it?"

Staring at the abrupt end of the story, Shen Yuan felt a strange sense of irritation.

He kind of wanted to see what happened next.

The moment that thought popped into his head, Shen Yuan startled himself.

"Fuck! I’ve been doing too much homework lately. Time for a break."

Shen Yuan quickly went to sleep.

Just one wall away.

Li Zhi was cradling her phone, a serious expression on her face as she read the story on it.

Li Zhi was also reading He Zhiyu’s *Defend and Steal*.

’To be honest, this thing is actually pretty addicting.’

’If she didn’t already know she was the main character, Li Zhi might have actually considered this Sugar Text a masterpiece.’

’But once she imagined herself in the story, everything felt wrong.’

"How could I possibly do something so stupid!"

"Why are you blushing?! Punch him!"

"Ah Xi, I can’t read any more of this."

Li Zhi tossed her phone aside. After letting her brain quiet down for a moment, she couldn’t help but pick it up again.

"Just a little! Just a little more!"

...

「The next morning.」

Shen Yuan and Li Zhi ran into each other at the elevator by their front doors.

They looked at each other, then away, opening their mouths but not knowing what to say.

Deep down, they both knew the other had definitely read *Defend and Steal*.

Finally, Shen Yuan was the first to speak.

"Er, morning."

The corner of Li Zhi’s mouth twitched before she kicked Shen Yuan. "Speak properly!"

"Treat me to breakfast. I want five steamed buns and a savory tofu pudding."

"Are you a pig?" Li Zhi stared at Shen Yuan, astonished.

Shen Yuan chuckled. "I’m giving you a chance to earn good karma. You taking it or not?"

"Hold it. This is your mommy loving you. It has nothing to do with good karma."

’Now that’s more like it.’

’The female lead in that Sugar Text had no bite to her words at all.’