18 – “Hmm, She’s Very Attractive”
Friday was Rong High’s biweekly “pig release day” for the senior third grade.
On this day, even the experimental class couldn’t contain their excitement.
Even the usual morning reading session was treated perfunctorily.
Everyone wished time would pass faster, hoping the next minute would be 5:30 PM when school let out.
“Is the teacher not here yet?”
As the second morning reading bell rang, the classroom’s back door was gently pushed open. Jiang Yuxing walked in carrying a red bean bun she’d packed from the cafeteria.
Meng Ling turned around at the sound. “Not yet… wow~”
The girl before her wore the school uniform’s white shirt and navy blue pleated skirt, the shirt hem softly tucked entirely into the skirt, outlining her slender waist.
Even in the plain, regulation school uniform, she exuded a beautiful and commanding aura when wearing it.
Perfectly demonstrating that a beauty would still look pretty even in a burlap sack.
Meng Ling stared with wide eyes.
Amidst the many envious glances around, she grinned and wrapped her arm around her best friend’s waist, secretly giving it a squeeze. “Little beauty, I bet you have a football team’s school bully boyfriend?”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
Jiang Yuxing tapped her nose. “This sister is only interested in aloof little study gods.”
“But why did you suddenly start obediently wearing our school uniform?” Meng Ling asked curiously. “This isn’t like your usual style.”
Jiang Yuxing’s gaze fixed on a certain straight, upright figure not far ahead, her lips suddenly curving into a smile.
She sat down at her seat. “Because I promised someone~”
Meng Ling: ?
Huh?
Promised who?
As soon as Jiang Yuxing entered the classroom, Jiang Yubai, who had been quietly and diligently previewing his lessons, slowly paused his motion of turning the page.
He lightly raised his eyes, seeing she had indeed changed back into her uniform. His earlobes, which had already cooled down, inexplicably flushed with warmth again.
“Jiang Yuxing really lives up to the title of ‘human fairy.’ She’s too captivating,” a male classmate beside him couldn’t help but remark, looking in her direction.
As soon as he finished speaking, a light, distant gaze suddenly fell upon him.
The male classmate was startled, thinking he’d disturbed the study god’s learning, and was about to quickly apologize when he saw Jiang Yubai had already shifted his gaze away, his thin lips moving slightly. “Hmm.”
“?”
What did his “hmm” mean?
Could it be he agreed with what he said!?
Over there, Jiang Yuxing bit into her red bean bun, picked up a small blackboard from the book box beside her, and with a marker, swiftly wrote something on it.
“Ahem, ahem.”
After writing, she pretended to cough while raising the small blackboard and giving it a shake.
The little study god never played with his phone in class, so she had specially bought a small blackboard from the school store.
She usually loved using this method to secretly communicate with him during class.
Hearing the familiar signal, Jiang Yubai slowly lifted his gaze from his book, looking in her direction again.
He saw her holding up the small blackboard, which read:
Little study god~ Was I obedient today? I’ve already washed your jacket. I’ll return it to you once it’s dry~
At the end, she’d drawn a little round-faced fox sticking out its tongue.
It was oddly cute.
Jiang Yubai couldn’t help but curve his lips into a smile.
Lin Xuexuan, who had been secretly watching, snorted sourly upon seeing this.
Some people had no real skills, only knowing how to use these childish little tricks to seduce boys.
How embarrassing.
There were no math classes all morning today.
The last period was even the rare SSR music class!Jiang Yuxing gleefully picked up the corgi plush pillow, placed it on the desk at a comfortable angle, buried her face in it, closed her eyes, and began her daily nap.
Hehehe, a wonderful morning starts with no math class!
Time to sleep!
Just as she closed her eyes, a booming voice exploded in her ears like thunder, “Jiang! Yu! Xing!”
The abruptly awakened Jiang: ?
Holy crap.
Why does this opening sound so familiar?
Jiang Yuxing groggily lifted her head and saw Ji Shuangxiang’s “friendly” smiling face magnified right in front of her.
She took a sharp breath and stammered, “Teacher Ji… I mean, Teacher Ji, isn’t your class supposed to be absent this morning?”
Ji Shuangxiang chuckled cheerfully, “Silly child, haven’t you heard that the music teacher is unavailable, so the math teacher has to substitute?”
Jiang Yuxing: “…”
Damn!
When will this evil force ever disappear from the world!
Noticing his familiar “settling scores” expression, Jiang Yuxing licked her lips nervously, “Um, I already handed in my homework.”
“I know,” Ji Shuangxiang nodded, “It’s nothing, just calling out of habit.”
Jiang Yuxing: ?
“So to reward you for submitting your homework on time this time—”
As he spoke, Ji Shuangxiang smiled and placed a brand new test paper in front of her, “A pop quiz, fresh and not difficult, you deserve it.””
Jiang Yuxing: ?
Excuse me, do you have some misunderstanding about the word “reward”?
This is clearly a punishment!
“Do it well, I’ll collect it after class.”
Ji Shuangxiang made a throat-slitting gesture with a benevolent expression, “If you only answer the multiple-choice questions again this time, I’ll be keeping your phone for the entire semester.”
“!”
Damn!
That’s too brutal!
“Everyone has received the test papers, right?”
The heartless Teacher Ji turned around and clapped his hands, “Start writing now, I’ll collect them after school.”
The wonderful music class and nap time were gone.
Jiang Yuxing miserably gripped her pen, half-leaning on the desk, struggling to read the questions on the test paper.
What kind of nonsense is this?
You x’s and y’s, why can’t you just stay peacefully in the English textbook?
Why do you have to meddle with math!
Wuwuwu it’s so hard TvT!
Math is such a scumbag, can’t get rid of it no matter what TvT!
Jiang Yubai, who had already smoothly finished one side of his paper, glanced up.
He saw her slumped over the desk, biting her pen with a troubled expression, her neatly combed reddish-brown hair now tousled from scratching, like a Little Fox with its fur standing on end.
Jiang Yubai couldn’t help but chuckle softly.
As if sensing something, Jiang Yuxing suddenly lifted her head from the desk, her gaze accidentally meeting his.
Her eyes instantly lit up as if she had found her savior.
“Ahem, ahem.”
Jiang Yuxing quickly scanned her surroundings, and seeing that Ji Shuangxiang had stepped outside, she immediately started coughing softly while pulling out her small blackboard—
Little study god!!! Emergency rescue needed TvT!!!
Wuwuwu if my phone gets confiscated, I won’t be able to find you every night TvT!!!
I promise you, after this I’ll study hard! Turn over a new leaf TvT!!!
Just this once TvT!!!
She kept raising the small blackboard back and forth, worried he might not see it clearly, every character was written large with thickened strokes underneath.Jiang Yubai let out a helpless sigh.
He could never resist her unreasonable requests.
He picked up a draft paper, wrote the answers to several major questions on it, and asked Xiong Ge, who was closest to her, to pass it over.
Woo-hoo!
She knew the Little Study God wouldn’t leave her in the lurch!
As soon as Jiang Yuxing got the note, she immediately opened it. The handwriting was sharp and clean, with answers neatly organized.
At the bottom were four words: “Just this once.”
The corners of her lips curled up involuntarily.
Seizing the moment while Ji Shuangxiang was still outside, Jiang Yuxing grabbed her pen and hurriedly copied the answers onto her test paper.
“Ahem, ahem.” Suddenly, Meng Ling beside her coughed inexplicably.
Even Xiong Ge behind her coughed too.
Jiang Yuxing was already immersed in the joy of copying answers, completely unaware of the figure slowly approaching behind her.
Just as she was copying with intense concentration, a familiar voice suddenly rang out, “Having fun copying?”
Deep in her task, Jiang Yuxing nodded, “Not bad.”
Huh?
Why does this voice sound exactly like Teacher Ji?
The air seemed to freeze.
Jiang Yuxing blinked slowly before finally realizing what was happening.
She stiffly turned around and saw Ji Shuangxiang’s beaming face smiling at her with exaggerated kindness.
“…”
Well, well.