Chapter 10 (1/2)

Ke Chengwen diffidently chose not to answer this question. Instead, he directly changed the topic. “Xi ge, why don’t you just get someone to move her table back?”

Fu Yangxi raised an eyebrow as a form of warning: “?”

Ke Chengwen was oblivious to the danger around him as he continued to plan, “Or you could beat around the bush. You can force the homeroom teacher to arrange for you guys to sit together. Then when she’s here, you can pretend as if you’re pissed because the homeroom teacher forced you guys to sit together. Wouldn’t that conveniently allow her to sit back here?  It could also save you from the possibility of getting cervical spondylosis because of how you have been continuously turning to look at her.”

When Fu Yangxi heard the last sentence, he almost picked up a book to hurl it at Ke Chengwen’s head. “She’s the one pursuing me, not the other way around! When did you see that I wanted her to move back here?”

Ke Chengwen retracted his head.

Fu Yangxi was about to explode in anger. “Why did you come up with such a messed up idea? Did I say that I wanted to be her desk mate? Didn’t you see that I was getting better sleep due to her minding her own business for the whole of this morning?”

“Yes.” Ke Chengwen quickly agreed with his words. “Like I said, why would Xi ge want her to be his desk mate?”

Fu Yangxi scoffed arrogantly.

Ke Chengwen continued to suck-up to him. “Sigh, I think that the transfer student doesn’t know how to appreciate favors. She actually wants to try playing hard to get with you.”

However, Fu Yangxi furrowed his brows. “How could you talk about her like that?”

Ke Chengwen: “…?”

Fu Yangxi said, “It’s only normal for her to be sad because I moved her table away so early in the morning. Don’t gauge the heart of a girl with your own mean measure. ‘Playing hard to get’ is such a bad term.”

Ke Chengwen: “—”

Fine. It was his fault.

It’s so difficult to survive as a male.

Two periods of afternoon class passed in the blink of an eye.

As there was an evening self-study session today, the teachers of various subjects gave a little more homework. Furthermore, as Mingxi was busy answering the messages on the discussion about replacing some students for exams, she couldn’t spend time on figuring out ways to approach Fu Yangxi.

She looked at her pot which had not grown at all today. It was still stuck at seven buds. She felt a little worried. “Fu Yangxi hates me. He’s unwilling to sit beside me. What other ideas do you have so that I can increase a lot of my luck in one shot?”

If she only relied on running errands for him or giving him sweets, only two or three buds would grow each time and that was far too slow.

She didn’t know how long she would need to keep this up.

The system said: “You have read novels before, right?”

Mingxi: “Yeah. I read a lot of them.”

The system asked: “When you read those novels, which parts would make your heartbeat speed up in happiness?”

Mingxi thought for a moment before saying, “That would naturally be when the main characters make physical contact with each other.”

“That’s it,” the system said. “Your actions of sending Fu Yangxi gifts and helping him run laps can only be perceived by the readers of the original novel as you turning from a side character to one of his followers. Although they might feel better about you, it’s not much— Will you remember the followers of a popular character? Therefore your luck won’t increase by a lot when you do these things.”

“However— If you can go beyond being a popular character’s follower and have more interactions with them, then the amount of luck you can obtain at one go would greatly increase.”

Mingxi understood it immediately. “If I physically touch the people on the list I will obtain more luck?”

System: “Yes.”

Mingxi felt unsettled. The mere act of wanting to sit beside Fu Yangxi had earned her nothing but glares full of unwillingness.

If she was to launch herself into his arms, she would be beaten to death by Fu Yangxi at the age of 17 instead of dying in this life at the age of 23 due to cancer.

The system encouraged her. “You should just give it a try, see how many buds will grow if you touch his skin. I don’t think he will hit you if you accidentally made contact with him.”

Mingxi started to think of ways to touch Fu Yangxi in a way that would seem purely accidental.

After all this talk, it seemed like she would still have to be Fu Yangxi’s deskmate.

Only when they are seated together can no one notice if she accidentally touched Fu Yangxi’s elbow and apologize.

*

Mingxi didn’t know if her will to live was so strong that even God had heard her.

In the middle of the second period, when the homeroom teacher saw that she was sitting alone in the last row, she actually called her up and asked her if she had adjusted well to the class.

Mingxi immediately seized the opportunity and shook her head. “I’m not used to it. That spot is too far from the board.”

Mingxi didn’t say much. Her eyes were black and her hair was soft and obedient-like.

She left a great impression on the homeroom teacher. She asked, “Then where do you want to change your seat to?”

Mingxi hesitated for a short while before saying. “I think the only remaining seat is the one beside Fu Yangxi.”

The moment the homeroom teacher heard the name of this overlord, she knit her eyebrows so strongly that it could probably wedge and kill a fly. “You want to sit with him? I think you would prefer to sit alone.”

Nonetheless, Mingxi was adamant. “Just let me sit there. Fu Yangxi’s English is very good and he can help me… Actually, he is quite a nice person.”

The last sentence was spoken against Mingxi’s will.

Anyway, no matter if the homeroom teacher agrees to her proposition or not, there was no harm in trying.

*

Outside the door, Ke Chengwen who had brought a bunch of people to listen in on their conversation was shocked. He quickly ran back to the International Class.

“Xi ge, the transfer student just told the teacher that she wants to sit beside you!”

A follower mimicked Mingxi’s tone and spoke softly to Fu Yangxi, “Just let me sit there. Fu Yangxi is quite a nice person.”

“Leave me alone.” This time, Fu Yangxi was completely awake. He grabbed hold of a book and threw it on the board with a loud ‘thud’. That boy quickly moved away. Meanwhile, the whole class was in an uproar.

Fu Yangxi scratched his head in annoyance. Although he was trying his best to appear angry and frustrated, the tips of his ears couldn’t help but to flush red.

What is up with the transfer student? Why is she so clingy? She can’t even hold it in for one day. Seeing as how she didn’t do anything this whole morning, I thought she had already given up. But in the end, she secretly went and made such a request to the homeroom teacher.

She is really so clingy!