"But you, kiddo, are especially genuine."
No, Yan, are you fucking out of words to compliment people?
What even is 'genuine'?
You don't think this will make me happy, do you?
Yan, you big dummy!
Seeing the girl next to Chen Yuan look puzzled, Yan said, "Back in school, I saw a short boy being pushed around by an older student. Just as I was about to scold them, Chen Yuan stepped in and pushed the other guy away, then even shielded our boys behind him."
"Really? That happened?" Xia Xinyu's eyes lit up when she heard this, looking at Chen Yuan, surprised at his kindness.
More importantly, during middle school, Chen Yuan's sense of justice did not discriminate by gender; he would help the boys too.
"…I don't remember that, teacher. You might have seen wrong." Chen Yuan's memory was fuzzy.
"How could I have seen wrong? The little boy's name was Fang Jie, right?"
"There indeed was a kid named Fang Jie in our class."