“Brian Ford!!” The geography teacher was actually a very good-tempered woman, but even she couldn’t suppress her murderous aura in the face of this sudden incident. It wasn’t because Brian Ford had disrupted the peaceful classroom atmosphere, but because his shout had startled her so much that she dropped both of the “plates” she was holding, making her lose face in front of the students.

Brian Ford stood at his seat, looking innocently at the furious geography teacher with a just-woken-up expression. “Ah! No! I wasn’t sleeping!”

He still didn’t seem to understand what was going on.

Next to him, David Clark let out a gentle sigh, while the other students were already laughing so hard they could barely stand up straight.

A minute later, Brian Ford was standing in the hallway outside the classroom. Although the afternoon sun at two o’clock was scorching, Brian Ford didn’t care at all. He just continued his nap, going on a date with Olivia Smith in his dreams.

As he closed his eyes, he didn’t notice a dazzling streak of light suddenly flashing across the sky in front of him. It was very brief, and then it disappeared.

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The hallway outside the classroom was quiet; except for Brian Ford, there was no one else. He stretched lazily. Wasn’t class over yet?

At that moment, he heard a voice behind him: “Ex… excuse me, do you… like basketball?”

It was a girl’s voice, as beautiful as the sound of nature. When Brian Ford turned around, he found that the owner of the voice was also a beauty—the very “school belle” Olivia Smith who had kept him too excited to sleep during his nap!

God! Allah! Buddha Shakyamuni! The Supreme Lord Laozi! Brian Ford thanked every deity he knew in his heart. For the “school belle” to take the initiative to talk to him—what kind of good karma had he accumulated in his past life for such a wonderful thing to happen?

Seeing Brian Ford in a daze, Olivia Smith thought he hadn’t heard clearly, so she repeated her question: “Do you like basketball?”

That smile, that posture, just like Haruko Akagi…

Although Brian Ford had never touched a basketball except in PE class, when he saw that radiant, charming smile, he still nodded against his true feelings and said, “Y-yes! I like basketball! I like it a lot!”

To win the favor of a beauty, never mind basketball—even if asked, “Do you like walking through fire and blades?” he would nod and say “I like it.” People in love are always blind…

At this moment, the Olivia Smith in front of him was his own Haruko Akagi, Minami Asakura, Haruka Koga… For these angels, he was willing to do anything.

Basketball? If you haven’t eaten pork, haven’t you at least seen a pig run? If a beauty likes it, I’ll learn!

Olivia Smith smiled. She looked up at the 1.83-meter-tall Brian Ford and said, “Great! Since you’re so tall, dunking must be no problem for you!”

Du—dunking?! Flying through the air and putting the ball in the hoop?

“Y-yes! Dunking… is no problem at all!” Brian Ford nodded through gritted teeth.

Olivia Smith smiled even more happily. “Then let’s go to the basketball court after school!”

Was this a date invitation? Since the day he was born, Brian Ford had never had the good fortune of a beauty inviting him out! Brian Ford clenched his fists in excitement. “Okay! After school, we’ll go to the basketball court!”

“It’s a deal, then. Don’t stand me up, okay?” Olivia Smith reached out her hand, wanting to pinky swear with Brian Ford.

He never expected he’d get to have “skin-to-skin contact” with a beauty. In his heart, Brian Ford drooled as he reached out and grabbed the beauty’s slender hand. This sensation was amazing… so real, so wonderful, as if he was really holding Olivia Smith’s hand… Really? Holding? Olivia Smith’s hand?

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“Brian Ford! What are you doing?!” A familiar, but definitely not heavenly, voice suddenly rang in Brian Ford’s ear, startling him.

The shock woke him straight from his dream. Only then did Brian Ford realize he was still standing in the hallway, but it was anything but quiet—he was surrounded by classmates watching the commotion, and his hand was still holding a girl’s hand. Even though the girl had her head down and her long hair covered her face, Brian Ford recognized her at a glance—it was the girl from his dream, Olivia Smith!

Huh? What was going on? Brian Ford looked at everything in front of him as if he hadn’t fully woken up.

Emily Carter was waving her arms and shouting loudly right in front of him, while the classmates nearby were laughing even harder. Why was Olivia Smith’s hand in his?

“Brian Ford?! Let go, now!” Emily Carter forcefully separated their hands, looking extremely angry.

The laughter around them grew even louder, and Olivia Smith lowered her head even more in embarrassment.

Brian Ford stood to the side, at a loss, while Emily Carter apologized to Olivia Smith on his behalf: “Sorry! He must have fallen asleep and started dreaming in the hallway. He definitely didn’t do it on purpose, sorry… sorry…” As she spoke, she pressed the still-confused Brian Ford to bow and apologize to Olivia Smith.

It wasn’t that Emily Carter liked to make a fuss, but this time Brian Ford had really embarrassed himself. After geography class, she had planned to come out and check on Brian Ford, but as soon as she stepped out, she saw Brian Ford standing there with his eyes closed, holding a girl’s hand, looking like a total fool. When she saw the girl’s face, she realized just how serious the situation was.