Chapter 11 (2/2)

“What are you looking at?” Fu Yangxi scoffed. His red hair was arrogant as he raised his eyebrows. He looked at her from the side with an expression full of distaste.

Seeing as how Mingxi was still staring at him in silence, Fu Yangxi felt a little uncomfortable. He put on his noise-cancelling headphones and mumbled, “Don’t let it get to your head. I wasn’t helping you. They were just too noisy.”

Mingxi couldn’t help but to smile. “Thank you.”

Her impression of Fu Yangxi finally became a little higher than -1000. She realized that although this guy had a sharp tongue, he wasn’t as hard to get along with as she had expected.

Fu Yangxi said in exasperation, “I already said that I wasn’t helping you.”

Mingxi shrugged and didn’t say anything in reply. Instead, she lowered her head and continued to fill in the application form.

Fu Yangxi looked at her from the corner of his eyes. She was quiet and her sclera was white, he didn’t know what she was thinking about. Considering how she went to a corner to look at herself just now, it meant that she still cared about her appearance. When she heard those words, she must’ve been holding in her tears—

Of course, there were no tears in the transfer student’s eyes, but for some reason Fu Yangxi felt that she must be biting her lips underneath her mask.

Fu Yangxi scratched his head. He didn’t know why but he felt slightly agitated.

A while later, Mingxi who was almost done with the application form heard Fu Yangxi ask out of the blue, “Do you think I’m handsome?”

Mingxi: ?

Is this idiot having another bout of narcissism?

Honestly speaking, there was nothing to criticize about the appearance of this young master. He had handsome eyes and a tall figure. He also had his own school hunk background music playing wherever he went. He was so good-looking that anyone who saw him would take another look.

Of course, no one in A High dared to stare at him because the moment they took another look he would go into a frenzy of rage.

“Yes,” Mingxi answered agreeably and honestly. She raised her head and looked at the tiny mole at the end of his eyes.

Fu Yangxi scoffed as he continued to look at her. “Alright then.”

Mingxi: ?

Fu Yangxi explained, “Because I’m handsome, I don’t care about the appearance of the girl—the friends I make and the followers I accept. After all, no matter how good-looking they are they can’t beat me.”

Fu Yangxi was complacent. “So rest assured. I don’t care if you’re pretty or ugly.”

Mingxi: “…”

Why thank you so much.

I suddenly feel comforted.

…

As everyone was talking about the School Beauty Contest all day, Mingxi who had planned to simply wash up and sleep that night casually opened up the forum. To her surprise, she was shortlisted for the contest.

Of course, she held the last position.

Nonetheless, what was astonishing was that she actually had 45 votes.

Mingxi: ???

A photo of her with a mask could be shortlisted as well?

Was the person who submitted her name blind or simply making fun of her?

As expected, a lot of students from other schools started to question who this person was as she was shortlisted despite using a photo with a mask.

Mingxi guessed that it was someone who hated her who did this, someone like E Xiaoxia. She didn’t have the energy to care about these things, and she was too lazy to do so as well.

On the other hand.

Ke Chengwen and a group of followers had to fight the urge to sleep as Fu Yangxi rushed them to change a few more accounts in order to vote.

They all complained that he was like Zhou the exploiter*.

ray’s note: refers to a short story about a man who refused to pay his workers after they were done working.

They initially thought that getting a ‘sister-in-law’ was a good thing, but what they didn’t expect was such torture.

Mingxi didn’t dwell on this matter. She was very busy as she not only had to prepare for the Hundred School Tournament, she also had to make sweets for Fu Yangxi everyday after school so that she could bring it for him the next day. Furthermore, she had to figure out various ways to get closer to Fu Yangxi.

Therefore, she didn’t know that by the time it was Friday, she actually had around 350 votes and had successfully entered the Top 20.

*

It was Friday. Shen Liyao had just finished playing basketball and returned to class when he heard his classmates discussing this. He furrowed his brows and took out his phone to take a look. As expected, he saw that Zhao Mingxi’s name had gone up to the Top 20.

Shen Liyao knew that Zhao Mingxi was beautiful. The moment he saw her two years ago, he couldn’t avert his eyes. However, her results were terrible and she was too thick-skinned. At the beginning, when Shen Liyao saw the results from her entrance exam, he felt that even speaking to her was a waste of time, hence he would always avoid her whenever he could.

But for the past two years, she must have worked so hard and put in so much effort that she managed to get her results all the way to the Top 5.

Actually, she isn’t that bad. When she works hard no one can beat her.

Shen Liyao lowered his gaze nonchalantly. He smoothly voted for the person in the 20th place.

Suddenly, he heard someone shout out his name. It sounded like Zhao Mingxi’s voice.

He stood still in the corridor and smiled. He quickly reverted to his cold gaze before turning back, but all he saw was a junior.

That girl quickly ran over to him to give him a bottle of water.

Shen Liyao’s expression changed instantly to one of annoyance.

Before that girl could reach him, he wordlessly walked upstairs.

For the whole of this week, aside from Tuesday when she got He Yang to return his notes, Zhao Mingxi did not appear in front of him at all.

Previously on every Wednesday, Zhao Mingxi would make up some excuse to escape class so that she could secretly come find him at the sports field during the Gold Medal Class’ physical education period. Even on Thursday when he would be at the broadcast room, Zhao Mingxi would definitely be there to wait for him.

There were also his basketball competitions every Friday. For the past two years Zhao Mingxi had never missed a single one of his basketball competitions—

This was the first time in two years that she did not appear in the crowd from the beginning till the end of the competition.

Additionally, despite the fact that the International Class and the Gold Medal Class was on the same floor, Shen Liyao had not once bumped into Zhao Mingxi.

For the past few days, Zhao Mingxi did not walk past the windows of the Gold Medal Class as well— It looked like she had purposely chosen the longer path this week. She would use the flight of stairs near the office to get down every time.

Shen Liyao finally noticed that she was avoiding him on purpose.

Why?

Shen Liyao appeared expressionless, but when he coldly walked into his class, he subconsciously looked toward the direction of the International Class and felt a strong sense of frustration.