The new semester began, and Jiang Luo, relying on the protagonist halo, successfully became the study committee member.
“Student Gu, please hand in your homework.”
Early in the morning, Li Miao was lying on his desk asleep when he heard Jiang Luo’s voice.
“Oh, you remembered my name so quickly?” another voice said with a laugh. “Call me Brother Gu, and I’ll hand it over.”
“You! You can’t do that!” Jiang Luo’s voice carried a hint of coquettish embarrassment.
“Just say it once. It’s not like you’ll lose a piece of flesh. Come on… Brother Gu~”
“I…” Jiang Luo sounded helpless.
Li Miao let out a scoff. This main bottom’s cerebral cortex was as smooth as a koala’s.
Did he really think being a class cadre in this kind of aristocratic academy was that easy?
The next second, a stern voice rang out, carrying a hint of threat. “Student Gu, please cooperate with the class cadre’s work.”
It was Shen Xingze.
The guy surnamed Gu clearly backed down. “Ah, it was just a joke. Fine, fine, I’ll hand it over. All right?”
Tsk. Did the guy surnamed Gu know he had become part of the little couple’s flirtation act?
Li Miao irritably covered his ears with his school uniform, too lazy to listen to the two of them flirting.
But in Shen Xingze’s eyes, the scene became this: Li Miao, heartbroken after hearing him speak up for someone else, lying on the desk and covering his ears in silent anguish.
Sigh. So he still hadn’t let go after all? When would Li Miao ever understand that the two of them had no chance?
Jiang Luo held Student Gu’s homework in his arms, his eyes curving. Just as he turned around to thank Shen Xingze for saving the day, he saw Shen Xingze staring blankly at the back of the classroom.
The smile on Jiang Luo’s face faded a little. Following Shen Xingze’s gaze, he saw only Li Miao, sleeping so deeply he seemed dead to the world.
Jiang Luo tightened his grip on the homework.
“Student Li, the teacher wants to see you.” He walked straight up to Li Miao, mustering his courage, but the instant Li Miao looked up, he guiltily averted his eyes.
“What is it?”
“It’s about how you never hand in your homework.” Jiang Luo kept a straight face.
He wasn’t wrong. This morning, when he came from the office, the teacher was still complaining in a sour mood about Li Miao not doing his homework.
If Li Miao went to the office now, he would be walking straight into trouble.
Li Miao looked at Jiang Luo for a while, then smiled. “Is that so?”
“Then come with me, class representative?” Li Miao rested one hand against his forehead, slightly raised his brows, looking both roguish and sharp.
Jiang Luo froze. He had been about to refuse, but for some reason he suddenly agreed decisively. “Fine, I’ll go with you!”
The two of them went to the office one after the other. As soon as they entered, Li Miao opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Jiang Luo cut in first. “Teacher, Li Miao didn’t hand in today’s homework either… so I came to ask you about it.”
With one sentence, he vaguely turned the teacher’s search for Li Miao into Li Miao going to find the teacher.
Li Miao could easily hear Jiang Luo’s little scheme, but he lowered his head and curved his lips into a smile. “Yes, teacher, I didn’t do my homework.”
Jiang Luo smirked inwardly. Idiot, he admitted it himself.
“Why don’t you… punish me a little?” Li Miao tilted his head.
The teacher, who was preparing lesson plans: …
“What kind of thing is that to say?” The teacher paused, set down his pen, and smiled as warmly as a spring breeze. “Every student has his own way of studying. Follow your own rhythm. Teacher believes in you!”
Jiang Luo: ??
“Teacher…?” Jiang Luo asked in disbelief.
“Have you collected all the homework? Put it here.” When the teacher looked at Jiang Luo, his gaze cooled a little, cutting him off. “Go back to class. Watch out for being late.”
After saying that, the teacher immediately lowered his head and continued writing his lesson plans, clearly in a see-you-out posture. Jiang Luo pressed his lips together and had no choice but to leave with Li Miao.
“See that? That’s what you wanted to see.” Back in class, Li Miao leaned against the wall, hands in his pockets.
“You!” Jiang Luo’s face flushed red all at once. “I was doing this out of kindness…”
“Do I need your kindness?” Li Miao tilted his head to look at him. “Before you came to A class, you heard about me, didn’t you? You knew my background, didn’t you? Do you think I need to write this homework?”
Jiang Luo was speechless for a moment. Li Miao leaned slightly forward, facing Jiang Luo, his eyes full of contempt.
“You clearly know I can’t write homework at all and don’t study properly, yet you insist on adding your two cents… What are you trying to achieve? Putting me down just to show how responsible you are?” Li Miao tilted his head, his tone soft and innocent.
“I… I didn’t…”
“Or are you just trying to pick a fight with me?” Li Miao straightened up and lightly raised his eyebrows.
Jiang Luo unconsciously took half a step back and shook his head.
Jiang Luo looked around helplessly, but no one wanted to step forward and speak for him.
For the sake of a special admittee, offend a lunatic like Li Miao? Not worth it.
Shen Xingze also did not step forward, but not because he was afraid of Li Miao.
Rather, in his view, Li Miao making things hard for Jiang Luo now was because of him. If he stepped forward to break up the fight now, wouldn’t that be doing Li Miao a favor?
Right then, Shen Yu came in through the back door.
“Student Shen! Homework!” Jiang Luo, as if grabbing a lifesaving straw, looked at Shen Yu pleadingly, trying to change the subject.
Shen Yu swept a glance over the frozen atmosphere, paused on Li Miao’s arrogant and overbearing expression, then sat down in his seat. “Didn’t do it.”
Li Miao couldn’t help laughing.
Jiang Luo: …
Compared with Li Miao, Shen Yu’s mouth was no less vicious; Jiang Luo had just experienced that firsthand. He didn’t dare say anything else and could only slink away.
After Jiang Luo left, Li Miao smiled and put his hand on Shen Yu’s shoulder. “As expected of my…”
Shen Yu shot Li Miao a wary look. The smile in Li Miao’s eyes was wicked, and only at the very last moment did he change his words. “…deskmate.”
The citrus fragrance at the tip of Shen Yu’s nose made the inexplicable irritation in his heart lessen a bit.
After being embarrassed in succession by Li Miao and Shen Yu, Jiang Luo’s eyes were a little red by the time he returned to his seat.
In Jiang Luo’s previous life, after he got together with Shen Xingze, he had lived in luxury. As the husband of the Shen family head, he was always the one others fawned over; he had long since forgotten what it felt like to be looked down on by others.
A wet wipe was handed over. Jiang Luo looked up; it was Shen Xingze.
Shen Xingze’s gaze was on the book in front of him, a wet wipe pinched between his fingers.
Jiang Luo’s nose stung, and he almost could not hold back his tears.
At least he still had Brother Xingze.
If he remembered correctly… Jiang Luo lowered his eyes. Tonight, there was just the right chance for Brother Xingze to see Li Miao’s true colors!
“My dad said if I improve by a hundred places by the end of this semester, he’ll buy me a car…”
During the break, Li Miao and Ji Zhou were on the corridor, feeling the breeze.
The class bell rang. Ji Zhou cut off what he was saying and walked back to the classroom with Li Miao.
“What’s the difference between that and saying nothing?” As the teacher walked into the classroom, Ji Zhou turned his head and angrily finished his sentence.
Li Miao smiled, took his textbook out of the desk compartment, opened it, and paused.
A sheet of paper was tucked between the pages.
『Meet on the top floor of Teaching Building 1 after school tonight』
The handwriting was crooked and uneven, obviously written with the left hand.
Interesting.
Li Miao curved the corner of his mouth and quietly put the paper away.
He knew this plot.
Jiang Luo got too close to Shen Xingze, which made Li Miao jealous, so he called Jiang Luo to the rooftop and gave him a beating. In the end, Shen Xingze still came to play the hero and save the beauty, and the two of them ended up even closer.
This time, he had no intention of doing that at all. Instead, Jiang Luo actively called him to the rooftop. What was he trying to do?
『Host,』 the system voice, long absent, finally rang out. 『A mission has arrived! You need to bring Shen Yu to the top floor of the teaching building too!』
Then Shen Yu would step in and save the beauty, and hey, wouldn’t Shen Yu and Jiang Luo get to know each other all over again? The story would return to the main plot.
The system was secretly pleased with itself. What a clever little genius it was.
『Oh? And the reward?』
System: 『…How much do you want?』
『One hundred million.』 Li Miao made a lion’s opening bid.
『Impossible!!!』 the system shrieked.
Li Miao couldn’t help rubbing his ears, seriously considering whether the system’s screaming in his head would make him deaf.
System: 『Three million.』
Li Miao: 『Ten million.』
System: 『Five million.』
『Are you sure?』 Li Miao raised an eyebrow. 『Ten million means ten million’s worth of work, five million means five million’s worth of work, you know.』