153 The Beautiful Life of the Academy’s Disgrace 1 (2/2)

At the thought that the Easterner was breeding demons in the academy, the timid Shirley suddenly felt a burst of anger. How dare he! No wonder so many students were so afraid of him!

Seeing that Bai Xi had left with that golden monster, Shirley took a deep breath and went on her way again. This time, she would stop the guy’s mischief! She held her head up and set foot on the path again.

Walking through the dense woods, treading on the withered leaves, enduring the buzzing mosquitoes, she finally saw an eerie building before her. Just after the towering woods, the dilapidated little building stood in the gloom. It was covered in moss and fissures, and emanated a ghastly chill. The cracks on the walls seemed to be a menacing smile.

Shirley felt her legs go weak suddenly, and had the urge to escape again. But soon, she finally found her goal—the one who turned the academy into this state!

Before the small building, the shining sun illuminated the stone bricks on the ground. In the genial sunshine, there was a spacious and comfortable sofa, and a cup of freshly squeezed apple juice on the table beside it.

A hand stretched out from the couch and the fingers snapped. The rune Frost immediately covered the cup with a layer of white frost. Then the cool juice was sucked into the vicious mouth with a straw.

On the couch was a lazy youth in a gaudy short-sleeved shirt and a pair of shorts. He lay on the couch, two naked feet peeking out. On his face was a pair of sunglasses and his hair shone in the sun like silver. His expression was leisurely and comfortable, and he just looked really bored as he enjoyed the summer sun. But….he did not look evil!

”No, no, Shirley, you have to be alert, not to be blinded by his appearance...” Shirley thought. Shirley rubbed her face hard, took a deep breath, and then slowly, seriously, walked toward the Eastern youth step by step.

There were no attacks, traps, or nets that fell from the sky as she walked. The Eastern youth did not rush up and tie her up either and do the embarrassing things that books often omitted. But Shirley still did not let her guard down. She finally went to the juvenile, looked down at him and asked with a trembling voice, ”Excuse me... Are you Ye Qingxuan?”

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In a daze, Ye Qingxuan felt a shadow cover him. Slowly, he opened his eyes and saw a nervous girl staring at him. She seemed to be staring at something scary—it was that kind of weird look.

Wait, was this another evil trick from the elites? Wait, it's not a conspiracy of the aristocracy.

”Excuse me... Are you Ye Qingxuan?

Ye Qingxuan pulled down the sunglasses with a finger and raised his eyes, but he could not see anything other than her nervousness. After a long time, he realized that he could not keep wasting time and he nodded slowly. ”Yeah.”

Shirley's face instantly paled. It was him! It was really him, that Eastern demon! Under that ”aggressive” sight, her legs turned to jelly again. She almost fell onto her butt.

”No, Shirley, you can't lose! You are the family's pride! How could you fall here?” she thought. She took a deep breath and loudly challenged 'the criminal' in a trembling voice, ”...Please don't do this anymore!”

”...” Ye Qingxuan did not reply. There was a long silence. He looked at the little girl in confusion and began to wonder whether there was something wrong with her brain. But from Shirley’s perspective, he was angered by her fearless courage to challenge evil!

She was growing more and more afraid, but she still tried to look serious and solemn, and stared back. ”You can't lose, Shirley! Don’t surrender to the devil!” she thought to herself.

After a long awkward silence, Ye Qingxuan uttered in confusion, ”Eh?”

”I mean, the ...concertmaster thing.” Shirley finally opened her mouth and spouted the lines that she had prepared. ”'Cheating' is a provocation to the rules of the Academy and it is despicable behavior against the spirit of chivalry! Becoming the concertmaster in this way is meaningless. Bullying students and other things can only prove that your mind is not sound! Why fight and kill? Isn’t it better to get along with each other harmoniously?”

”…Oh.” After a long time, Ye Qingxuan slowly nodded and said softly, ”Can you stand to the left a little?”

”Huh?” Shirley was confused.

”You're blocking the sun.”