Almost instinctively, as soon as the cool beauty finished speaking, Lu Yibing stepped aside to clear the path.
Bang!
A heavy force slammed against the door. With an indifferent expression, Xie Yun raised his leg and kicked the door open!
He was never one for patient waiting.
This was a last resort Xie Yun had chosen after waiting for a long time without anyone coming; otherwise, he would have stifled in the heat.
Fortunately, Xie Yun had unintentionally read some Danmei novels and remembered how the gongs would seduce the shous by loosening their ties, winking, and staring intently at them, and so on.
As for the successful seduction that followed in those stories, he hadn’t read it and wasn’t interested.
As long as he could stun the other person, it was enough. It allowed him to take advantage of the distraction to kick the door open so Lu Yibing wouldn’t hug him again.
It seemed the effect was quite good.
The silver-white solid wood door vibrated from the impact, swinging wide and trembling. In front of him, several boys and girls stood frozen on the spot, their bodies shaking.
They appeared to be quite frightened.
“Classmate…”
The boy at the head of the group was the first to snap out of it. He stammered out a low-voiced sentence: “How did you two get locked in here? Are you okay?”
Two sets of gazes met. Xie Yun remained silent, noticing a red cloth tied around the boy’s arm.
Printed on it in gold foil were three words: Student Union.
In fact, everyone present had one.
A few chills from the wind brushed past Xie Yun’s clothes, drying his sweat and sending a shiver straight down his spine. The sudden transition between heat and cold was truly miserable.
To make matters worse, the air conditioning was on outside the room.
After gathering his thoughts, Xie Yun offered them a polite smile. “Student Lu and I came here to get our uniforms. The wind must have accidentally blown the door shut.”
The wind was indeed quite strong today.
After he finished speaking, he kept his eyes on them, smiling without another word.
Beads of sweat suddenly broke out on the boy’s temples under the intense gaze. He scratched his head, sounding a bit guilty. “Maybe… haha. It’s fine as long as you’re okay, classmate.”
The atmosphere sank into a subtle, awkward silence. Xie Yun smiled again. “In that case, we’ll be heading off.”
His flushing knuckles made a rustling sound as they gripped the plastic bag. Although he mentioned Lu Yibing, he took the lead and walked out alone.
His broad shoulders kept a small distance from the group as Xie Yun borrowed the path to pass through.
A faint scent of cedarwood drifted between them. The students froze again, looking up at his profile.
The smile had vanished from his face. His aloof expression made him look like a “flower on a high peak”—cold, stern, and elegant.
His long eyelashes cast a small shadow on his porcelain skin. His straight nose and thin lips were like the God of Beauty, Muse, depicted by painters in Greek mythology; every stroke was a definition of beauty.
He was too eye-catching.
One couldn’t help but stare.
“By the way.”
Xie Yun had almost reached the exit when he turned back as if remembering something, his smile carrying a hint of apology. “I accidentally broke that door with my kick. Please report it and charge it to my family’s account.”
The group held their breath.
『Felod Forum』
[OP: What’s it like to lock an illegitimate son and a Beta beauty in the same room…]
[2L: ?]
[3L: ?]
[4L: ?]
[5L: What happened? Why are people just posting question marks?]
[6L: …OP, explain yourself first. Who was locked with whom? What were you trying to do…]
[OP Reply to 6L: I was just following orders! I’m really sorry, really sorry. Seeing his pathetic face after he came out, I feel like my conscience is truly suffering. [Spitting blood/]]
[8L: You only regret it after seeing how pitiable he is? Late-to-the-party chivalry? Interesting.]
[9L: I want to see what kind of beauty makes people feel so much pity.]
[10L: So what was their condition when they came out? With such a beautiful person, I don’t believe LYB wouldn’t…]
[11L: . LYB is an Omega.]
[12L: So what if he’s an Omega? It’s only human nature to react when meeting such a beauty.]
[13L: Human nature.]
[14L: Human nature.]
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[Reply to 10L: I was with the OP. Aside from their faces being a bit red, there didn’t seem to be any other change. (Because I saw no marks on XY, his gland area and pink lips were clean…) (Shifting gaze)]
[19L: But he kicked the door open with his bare foot! His strength is incredible. Truly a powerful beauty… I love him even more now. [Obsessed/]]
[20L: Can this LYB pull it off or not? If not, I will.]
[Reply to 20L: Would XY even look at you? Stop daydreaming and shut up, okay?]
The group put away their phones. The boy at the head of the group thought to himself: What on earth is Cui Yiyang trying to do, giving me such a difficult task?
…Hopefully, I wasn’t found out.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Xie Yun and Lu Yibing had walked back to the teaching building.
The rain was gradually dying down. Xie Yun retracted his transparent umbrella, shaking off a small puddle of water that dampened the white marble tiles.
“By the way, do you have an umbrella in your classroom?”
He had left class too quickly and only now looked at Lu Yibing, remembering to ask this question. Since their home was close to the school, they were day students and usually went home together every day.
Looking at the gloomy sky, it definitely looked like it was going to rain again. Xie Yun really didn’t want to share an umbrella with him again—even if the butler would be waiting outside the school gates to pick them up.
Lu Yibing lowered his eyelashes, looking at Xie Yun’s eyes which were slightly moistened by the rain. “I don’t think so.”
Xie Yun stared back into those ink-black pupils. “……”
Seriously.
Whatever he feared most seemed to happen.
“I saw on my phone that it wasn’t supposed to rain for the next few days,” the other party added.
Xie Yun, who had checked the weather forecast this morning and knew there would be heavy rain but left his umbrella in the classroom: “……”
Fine. He believed him.
After all that tossing and turning, the two had already skipped a class. The dismissal bell rang. On Saturdays, the elite class only had two lessons excluding evening self-study. Fortunately, they had skipped a public lecture, and the old professor hadn’t called roll.
They slipped back into the classroom.
The classical European-style room was already deserted, leaving only the residual warmth of the air conditioning. The long arched windows on the side showed a crowd of people pouring out of the academy.
As Lu Yibing went to pack his bag, a moderate knock sounded at the door.
“You guys are still here?”
It was Yu Yu’s voice.
Xie Yun, who had just reached his seat, looked toward the source of the sound and smiled. “Yes, Teacher. Do you need something?”
Her wine-red skirt swayed lightly in the breeze. Yu Yu gave a small smile. “Student Xie, I remembered I actually have something to tell you. Come to my office for a moment.”
He nodded, then said to Lu Yibing, “If you’re in a hurry, why don’t you head back first?”
Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes.
Xie Yun’s gaze shifted past Lu Yibing, secretly glancing at the overcast sky where it hadn’t started raining yet. He was practically giving the guy a meaningful look.
The atmosphere was quiet for a second, but then those dark pupils suddenly curved. Lu Yibing smiled, his voice leaning toward a deeper tone. “What’s there to be in a hurry for? I’ll wait for you, Brother.”
Xie Yun: “.”
With the teacher waiting outside, he couldn’t say anything more, so he acknowledged her and walked out. Lu Yibing watched his hurried back and suddenly laughed.
The rain-soaked locust leaves shivered in the wind, and a moist breeze swept into the corridor. Xie Yun silently moved to the side of the terrace, letting Yu Yu walk on the inside.
The damp wind wet Xie Yun’s shoulder, and Yu Yu pulled out a tissue and handed it to him.
“Thank you, Teacher,” he said, taking it.
As they walked down the stairs, Yu Yu maintained her smile. “You know Professor Yan Zhishu, right? He taught at your school abroad. He’s the head teacher of this class and specifically emphasized to me that you were coming.”
“But I’ve been so busy lately that I didn’t even notice you’d been here for a day already,” she continued.
Xie Yun smiled in response.
Yu Yu pushed open the office door as she spoke, continuing, “I heard you did well on the entrance exam, especially in Chemistry. I have a spot for a Math-Physics-Chemistry competition. Do you want to go?”
As they entered, the cool air from the air conditioner immediately dispersed the muggy dampness from their bodies. The “ins-style” office was stark white, clashing with the classical European style outside.
She pulled out a chair to sit down and signaled for Xie Yun to do the same. Teacher Yu Yu’s desk was very neatly organized; the folders and test papers stacked in the corner were pleasing to the eye. There was even a faint scent of gardenia in the air.
“Your transfer records mention you participated in competitions in your first year of high school. I don’t need to explain the process again, do I?”
Prestigious schools in the state of Philen held a joint Math-Physics-Chemistry competition every semester. Each academy had to send three students to compete. If they took first place, they would receive twenty credit points, and the guiding teacher would receive a 100,000 bonus.
On the surface, it sounded like a friendly match, but in reality, it was a prime opportunity for talent scouting. The top three students would undoubtedly be courted by major prestigious universities; for the first-place winner, a guaranteed admission to a top-tier university was no problem.
However, a competition was a competition for a reason—the difficulty was immense. Therefore, many children from wealthy families would use their connections with teachers to secure a spot and then privately find professors for extra tutoring. Such behavior was all too common.
The original host had also gone through this, but he had failed to make the list. This teacher actually has so much confidence in me.
He had studied for two whole nights just to barely catch up with the progress of this elite academy. Xie Yun never liked fighting a battle he wasn’t prepared for, and moreover, as far as he knew, there were only two months left before the competition began.
He had no confidence. He really wanted to refuse.
Xie Yun was just pondering how to phrase it.
You can’t refuse, Host! This is a spot your family used their connections for, specifically asking Teacher Yu Yu to keep for you.
The System’s appearance interrupted his dream.
You see. He still had to follow the old path.
Xie Yun accepted his fate, forcing a slight smile from the corners of his lips. Just as he was about to speak, Yu Yu seemed to notice his expression wasn’t right and smiled, saying first, “Of course, the final choice is yours. If you’re not interested, I won’t force you.”
…He wished he could. But his right to choose was in the System’s hands. Xie Yun felt his life was quite bitter.
“No, Teacher. I really want to go. I’m especially grateful to you for saving this spot for me.” He was thinking about how to act so that he appeared truly eager to go.
Hearing this, Yu Yu’s smile grew even more radiant. “That’s good then.”
As she spoke, she pulled a brand-new sheet of paper from a clean and tidy folder and handed it to him. “This is the registration form. Fill it out. I’ll come to your house tomorrow morning to give you a lesson. Is that okay with you?”
“That’s fine, Teacher,” Xie Yun responded.
Yu Yu: “Good. Then hurry home after you fill it out. I see your brother is still waiting for you.”
Xie Yun responded with another “okay.”
System, can I ask what the relationship is between this teacher and the Xie family? It felt unusual for him to take one of only three spots.
The System scratched its head: Her? She’s your maternal aunt whom you haven’t seen in years.