Shen Mu stood reflexively and looked at the female teacher in front of the podium, feeling somewhat uncertain.
According to the memories of the original owner, this teacher was an extremely, extremely, extremely terrifying woman. The nickname “Master Meijue” was not given without reason; she was known for being strict.
Why did Shen Mu have to experience the oppressive feeling of a teacher during his second life as a student?
“So, you treat me as a mute if I don’t speak, right? You keep making faces and sleeping on your desk. What’s the matter? Ah? This is a classroom, not a place for you to do whatever you want. I coughed several times to remind you, but you ignored me. You think you’re capable, huh? Ah? You have the audacity to not pay attention in class even when your grades are dropping. There must be a reason why you scored so poorly. If you won’t listen, get out! Stand outside and listen to the lesson. Just outside the door, stay there until class is over.”
As Master Mei Jue scolded Shen Mu more angrily, she pointed towards the door, daring to drive him out. Yes, that was right, Master Mei Jue’s name was Zhang Wenrou, supposedly given by her mother with the hope that she would be gentle and ladylike in the future.
Shen Mu: “…”
Fine, let himself sober up. After all, he just glanced at it, and this lesson was quite simple. As a former outstanding academic achiever, was the title of “academic overachiever” given for nothing? Was the scholarship obtained for nothing?
Shen Mu walked out and heard the low laughter from his classmates inside.
“Laugh all you want, what’s there to laugh about? Take a look at how many points you’ll get on the next exam, huh? All of you better listen attentively in class. Whoever daydreams will go out and stand with Shen Mu.” Master Mei Jue didn’t spare anyone and continued her onslaught.
Now it was Shen Mu’s turn to be happy. Haha, laugh all you want. Wait until the exam, I’ll stun you with my amazing performance and leave you all in awe.
Shen Mu happily arrived at the door and stood there obediently, listening to Zhang Wenrou’s lecture inside.
However, after standing for a while, Shen Mu became restless. He looked around and glanced at the classroom opposite, instantly freezing in place.
“Thump, thump, thump.” Shen Mu covered his chest as if he could hear his own heartbeat.
He looked at the boy sitting by the window in that classroom. How, how could he be so good-looking?
Deep peach blossom eyes, a well-defined nose, attractive thin lips, fair skin, slender fingers holding a pen, a cool and clean aura, soft short hair with the front strands falling on his forehead as he lowered his head to write something. He truly was a quietly beautiful and serene young man.
Shen Mu, at this age, experienced this kind of heartbeat for the first time. It felt as if pink hearts were beginning to fill the air around him!
Shen Mu had always been aware of his sexual orientation, but he had never met someone he wanted to be with. Unexpectedly, after transmigrating into the book, he encountered the person he had been longing for.
Perhaps Shen Mu’s gaze was too intense because the young man seemed to sense something and turned his head. It was then that Shen Mu noticed a black mole near the corner of his left eye, which added a touch of laziness to his cool demeanor.
The young man looked at him, narrowing his eyes slightly, with dark and mysterious eyes that gave no hint of what he was thinking. Shen Mu felt a bit embarrassed and turned his face away, unable to help but mutter, “Damn.”
That gaze was truly seductive.
Feeling that the young man was no longer looking at him, Shen Mu dared to turn his head back and continue staring at him like an infatuated fan.
He’s so good-looking, hehe. Shen Mu admitted that he was attracted by appearances. Who could blame him when this person matched his taste so well?
The young man didn’t turn his head again, and Shen Mu continued to watch him until the class ended, completely forgetting about studying. During this time, Shen Mu had already come up with various methods to pursue him. In the end, he thought it would be better to start with friendship and find out the young man’s sexual orientation first.
If the young man had the same orientation as him, Shen Mu would pursue him. If not… well, they could cross that bridge when they came to it.
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Chapter 4: Jin Yixiu
“Ding ling ling~” Just as Shen Mu’s thoughts were flying all over the place, the bell for the end of class rang.
“Today’s lesson ends here, students. Class dismissed,” came the gentle voice of Zhang Wenrou. That was what made her likable to the students, despite being strict in every aspect. She never dragged the class, at least not for this particular class.
Shen Mu was currently in Class E, the lowest-ranked among the three senior classes. The students’ academic performance inside could be easily imagined. However, for Class A, where Zhang Wenrou also taught—the class that boy from across the room belonged to—Zhang Wenrou would gladly pour all her knowledge into their minds. She would go to great lengths to extend the class duration.
“Shen Mu, pay attention in my class next time. If it happens again, you’ll have to prepare a self-reflection statement,” Zhang Wenrou warned, striding tall and leaving behind those words. She adjusted her glasses frame and walked away with determined steps.
Shen Mu turned to look at that boy, but he had already left his seat, so he returned to his own class. Coincidentally, he encountered the boy with the doll-like face who had called out to him before. The boy’s name was Fei Xinglan, the best friend of the original host. He was more outgoing in the presence of familiar faces but somewhat shy around strangers.
Fei Xinglan looked at Shen Mu and said, “Shen Mu, you’re quite brave. You actually dozed off during Miaojie Shi’s class. Consider yourself lucky today, as she seemed to be in a good mood. You only stood there for a while; otherwise, you’d be writing a thousand-word self-reflection. Oh, by the way, what did you want to ask me earlier?”
Shen Mu smiled and grabbed his arm, pointing at the previous location of that boy. He asked, “Do you know who the student with a mole at the corner of his eye in Class A is?”
Fei Xinglan looked at him disdainfully and said, “Now you’re interested? That’s Jin Yixiu! I told you about him before, but you didn’t listen. You were completely focused on Luo Yuan.”
“He transferred to our school recently and instantly became the talk of the school. He’s handsome, even better looking than Luo Yuan, and he’s the new school heartthrob. He’s also a good student, scoring first place on his first exam after transferring and maintaining that top position ever since. He’s practically a god of academics. However, he’s a bit aloof on a daily basis. Apart from the seatmate in Class A, Xi Yang, who shamelessly clings to him and became friends, he doesn’t interact much with others.”
“But overall, he seems like a pretty decent person. In my opinion, you’d be better off chasing Jin Yixiu instead of chasing Luo Yuan!” Fei Xinglan teased.
He genuinely believed that. He didn’t like Luo Yuan, who acted like a hypocritical gentleman but was insincere and pretentious. He was paired with Liang Fengcai, a girl who was both fake and arrogant, constantly entangled with him. However, no matter how he tried to persuade Shen Mu, who was fixated on Luo Yuan, he wouldn’t listen. He was truly foolish.
“Well, I think so too,” Shen Mu nodded in agreement. The original host had memories of that person, but he only knew the name and nothing more.
Fei Xinglan suspected he had misheard and exclaimed in disbelief, “What did you say?” He couldn’t believe that Shen Mu, who had been solely focused on Luo Yuan, would say something like that. He was actually agreeing with him!?
“I said I think you’re right. I also believe that Jin Yixiu is exceptional, far surpassing Luo Yuan by a thousandfold. Luo Yuan is simply not worthy of being compared to him. That’s why I’m now planning to pursue Jin Yixiu.”
…
Fei Xinglan looked at him in shock, or rather, he looked behind him in shock.
Behind him?
Shen Mu suddenly had a foreboding feeling and mechanically turned his head.
Jin Yixiu was staring at him with a meaningful expression, and in that moment of social death, Shen Mu still managed to think, Jin Yixiu is so tall, he must be at least 185cm+. And beside Jin Yixiu, a tall and muscular boy with tanned skin was watching the scene with great interest.
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