60 Good Student, Bad Studen (2/2)

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Five minutes ago the classroom was silent.

Ye Qingxuan flipped through the thick textbook, reading quietly.

”What are you looking at? You’re so studious.” In the silence, he felt someone stand beside him and knock on his table. ”Your attitude is pretty good, but can you even read all the words? Do you need me to teach you?”

Ye Qingxuan furrowed his brows and closed the book.

Without him realizing, that red-haired youth and his friends had kicked out the people in the row and stood before his table.

Edmund looked down at the white-haired youth, his eyes taunting. But Ye Qingxuan did not reply and simply looked back at him.

Taken aback, Edmund could not help but glance over at his original seat. Banner was expressionless, so his own features twisted, suddenly becoming menacing.

”I heard you entered the examination center after someone broke your leg.” He bent over to look at Ye Qingxuan and asked quietly, ”Let me guess, you stole someone’s dog food, right?”

Crash!

Bai Xi threw the fruit in her hand at the chair and stood up, glaring at him. ”Hey, watch your mouth. Did you eat breakfast in the bathroom?” The little girl cracked her knuckles. ”Say one more word and watch out for your teeth.”

”What, you wanna fight?” Edmund glanced at her, shaking his head and laughing coldly. ”The Royal Academy of Music isn’t for people like you. There are rules here, you know?”

Saying that, he squeezed the fat on his cheeks, face full of disdain. ”If you touch me, the school board will take you back to the sewer downtown.”

Bai Xi did not reply. She chewed on her lips and stayed silent.

The little girl was already angry, and her eyes turned dangerous. Usually in situations like this, she would not say anything else, and would take out her small knife. But this time she was disappointed because Ye Qingxuan still did not have any reaction.

He was silent the entire time, looking down at the pamphlet he took out from his backpack. His eyes were focused and serious as if he could not hear anything.

Beside him Charles chewed on his last two oranges with curiosity, looking back and forth in confusion. In the end, his eyes landed on Edmund. The strange gaze pissed Edmund off. ”And you, what are you looking at? Get out before I make you regret it!”

Charles froze and seemed to hesitate. But he threw away the orange peel and escaped with his head down. Seeing how he caved in without a word, Edmund and his friends laughed loudly.

Bai Xi’s expression became even more disappointed. She shot at his backside, ”I thought wrongly of you.”

”Yeah, why are you with these two failures? It’s such a waste for your pretty face…” Edmund squinted as he studied her face and reached out.

Bai Xi glared at his hand, and her cold eyes made him freeze before retracting his hand.

”I heard that she and the sissy haven’t even paid the tuition yet. I really don’t know how they got in.” Someone beside Edmund laughed. ”If I was the academy, I’d definitely kick these rednecks out…”

Hearing these words, Edmund became even braver. ”You can’t even pay the tuition? Do you want me to lend you money?” He took out a bulging money pouch and swung it in front of Bai Xi. Looking at her face, he could not help but swallow his drool. His eyes burning, he whispered, ”Come find me tonight and I’ll help you have fun…Then you can have as much money as you want.”

Ye Qingxuan remained silent. He flipped through the pamphlet furiously, but his eyes never left the pages.

Edmund suddenly felt a pang in his heart, as if he had used all his strength to punch but hit nothing, as if his opponent had not even budged. From afar, he could feel Banner’s eyes grow cold. Even more fiercely, he slammed his palm onto Ye Qingxuan’s table.

”Hey, failure, are you pretending to be a mute? Can’t talk?”

”He’s reading,” someone mocked. ”The lower class is like this. They can’t do anything other than read. They probably can’t talk either.”

”What is he doing?” Someone else reached over and lifted the pamphlet in Ye Qingxuan’s hands. Seeing the emblazoned words, he could not help but snort.

”Student guidelines?”

Ye Qingxuan finally closed the book and let out a long breath.

Seeing him pretend, Edmund wanted to laugh. He patted Ye Qingxuan’s face. ”What? Is there some amazing story in the student guidelines? You were so into it.”

”No, I was just trying to confirm something strange,” Ye Qingxuan replied quietly as he reached behind Edmund.

In that silent moment, someone put a heavy thing in his hand.