Chapter 15 (2/2)

Shen Liyao was in disbelief. His knuckles were tightening underneath the table.

His complexion was pale as he watched her leave.

Mingxi packed her bags and found a spot in the library’s self-study room which was furthest away from Shen Liyao.

She was aware that Shen Liyao was acting rather odd just now. After all, this was the first time in the past two years that he voluntarily came to find her.

From Mingxi’s perspective, with Shen Liyao’s pride, he was probably just unused to the fact that someone who was always chasing after him had suddenly stopped doing so.

Maybe he was unaccustomed, or maybe a young man’s pride had been struck.

Nonetheless, things will just return to its cold and quiet state in a few days’ time.

After all, he didn’t like her, so a while later he would be overjoyed by the fact that he got rid of this annoying pest.

*

Ke Chengwen was famished, so he went ahead and had dinner outside before coming back with the luggage.

The moment he reached outside of the glass panel, he saw the transfer student and the Gold Medal Class’ Shen Liyao sitting across each other.

Judging by Shen Liyao’s cold gaze, they seem to be quarreling— Nonetheless, it was obvious that they were quite familiar with each other. They acted the same as how he heard, as if they had a lavish dating history.

F*ck.

What am I supposed to do? Should I get the transfer student to come out so that I can prevent Xi ge from meeting Shen Liyao?

Ke Chengwen could hear his heartbeat pounding in his ears. Just as he was about to enter and figure something out, someone suddenly tapped on his shoulder.

“Why are you still here?”

Ke Chengwen was going to stop breathing altogether.

He turned his head and saw Fu Yangxi standing behind him, wearing a sports jacket with his hair tousled by the wind.

His body was as if it was doused in chilly air which came from the night winds. He was also carrying a huge box of takeout with him.

Clearly, he had just arrived here from home. There was a hint of cold and indifferent obscurity in his expression. It was a stark contrast from his usual look of arrogance and aggression.

But it didn’t take long for that remaining expression to disappear from his face.

“Xi ge, what happened to your hand?” Ke Chengwen noticed that there were cuts on the back of Fu Yangxi’s hand which was holding the takeout. It wasn’t serious, but there were still some trails of blood oozing out from it.

Fu Yangxi was unbothered. He raised his hand and rubbed it. “I got cut by shards of glass.”

Ke Chengwen hesitated. He didn’t know if he should ask further.

“You’re too slow.” Fu Yangxi changed the topic. He furrowed his brows and took a step to enter the room.

Ke Chengwen hurriedly pulled him back. “Xi ge, don’t eat your takeout inside. Finish it first before you enter!”

“Are you crazy? It’s freezing cold out here.”

Fu Yangxi had a growing suspicion that he was hiding something from him. After giving him a glare, he entered the self-study room without any hesitation.

…

Ke Chengwen’s heart was about to stop beating. Nonetheless, he could only bite the bullet and follow him in while pulling the luggage.

In the end, Fu Yangxi made many turns and ended up at a completely different spot from where he saw Shen Liyao and Zhao Mingxi were sitting earlier.

Ke Chengwen’s mind went blank. He immediately looked toward the earlier spot. Surprisingly, there was only Shen Liyao sitting there with a gloomy expression. There were no hints of Mingxi ever being there.

It seemed like while he was stalling Fu Yangxi, the transfer student changed a spot.

It was only at this moment that Ke Chengwen let out a sigh of relief.

He picked up the pace. As he was trying to make up for his earlier impudence, he rushed ahead of Fu Yangxi to where the transfer student was. Then, with cold sweat dripping down his head, he placed the luggage and two duvets on the chair beside her.

“Transfer student, Xi ge and I won these as a prize today when we went to play games at the cybercafé! They look like things that only girls can use. So since it’s worthless to us, we decided to give them to you.”

Actually, Mingxi had already spotted them while they were standing at the entrance, though it was mainly because of Fu Yangxi’s red hair which was far too haughty and dazzling. His height was another factor as it made him look like a crane in a flock of chicken.

She looked at Fu Yangxi. “Is this for me?”

“Uh-huh.” Fu Yangxi tried his best to not reveal his delight.

He walked over and pulled out a chair which was one seat away from Mingxi. Then, he leaned on it lazily and crossed his legs.

He started to play with a pen’s lid which was on Mingxi’s table. He continuously opened and closed it while carrying a sense of coolness which basically expressed ‘although I gave you something it doesn’t mean that you can covet me’.

Seeing as how Mingxi was still looking at him, he gave her a glance. “Transfer student, don’t dwell on it. I’m just helping you as a fellow classmate.”

“…”

Am I coveting your awful results or your lack of intelligence?

Mingxi took a glimpse at the duvets and everything else beside her. As if I would believe you.

Who would win such things as prizes?

She was 80% certain that these were all specially bought by Fu Yangxi— As for the reason, she wasn’t sure. However, she thought it might be because of the sweets she had been giving him for the past few days. As Fu Yangxi felt that it was disrespectful to just take from her, he decided to give something in return.

Regardless, Mingxi felt a surge of warmth spreading in her heart, especially after her unpleasant encounters with Zhao Zhanhuai and Shen Liyao.

“Thank you.” Her eyes curled into crescent moons.

Fu Yangxi looked into Mingxi’s eyes. She wore a thin layer of clothing and she had long eyelashes. When she smiled, the light which  reflected in her eyes scattered into small flakes.

Fu Yangxi hastily averted his gaze. He grumbled, “I already told you that I got them as a prize. You don’t have to thank me.”

“But I didn’t say that you didn’t win them.” Mingxi said helplessly.

Seeing as how Fu Yangxi had turned away, she took the opportunity to sniff him. Once again, the smell of dried pine wafted through the air. Mingxi couldn’t help herself. The moment she inhaled, the fatigue she had from spending so much time on her homework disappeared almost immediately.

Mingxi’s actions were subtle, but Fu Yangxi was using a gaze which he thought was cool and handsome to take a glimpse at her from the corner of his eyes.

Before Fu Yangxi came, he warned himself to not lose his self-control. However, he still failed as his ears flushed red in an instant.

F*ck. He had already sat one seat away from her on purpose, yet she was still sniffing him!

Fu Yangxi was about to say something when Mingxi cut him off. She was afraid that he was going to say something shocking again. She raised her head to speak to Ke Chengwen, “What did you guys get?”

“Oh.” Ke Chengwen was completely distracted by Shen Liyao who was looking at them from afar. When he came back to his senses, he didn’t think much and immediately pulled open the zipper of the luggage.

“Wait, only open it when you get back—!” Fu Yangxi couldn’t finish his sentence.

Two pairs of silk underwear fell out.

Ke Chengwen completely forgot that the promoter had stuffed these in there too.

The few people who were sitting around them all turned to look at them.

Mingxi’s mind went blank. For a moment there, she wasn’t sure what it was. “You got this as a prize too?”

Fu Yangxi was the first to react. He hesitated for one second before changing his expression and rushed over like an arrow. He quickly picked up the underwear and threw them to Ke Chengwen. “What is this? Why are they in the luggage? Did you put them in there?”

Ke Chengwen appeared helpless. “Xi ge, you—”

Fu Yangxi moved his eyeballs to the right, signaling him to quickly remove these underwear from his sight.

Although Ke Chengwen felt hurt by this, he still hurriedly shoved the underwear into his bag and closed the luggage with a loud thud. “Those were won by me. The rest are all Xi ge’s winnings.”

There was an indescribable expression on Mingxi’s face. She felt like she had a deeper understanding of Fu Yangxi once more. “You bought all these?”

Fu Yangxi mentally cursed. His face flushed red due to anger. “Did you think that I wanted to buy— No, win. I couldn’t have chosen what I wanted to win.”

Mingxi changed the topic. “Have you eaten dinner? In order to buy— No, win. In order to win these, you guys can’t have skipped dinner, right?”

Ke Chengwen and Fu Yangxi both said conflicting answers at the same time:

“I’ve had my dinner, but Xi ge hasn’t yet.”

“I already ate.”

The moment they finished speaking, Fu Yangxi’s stomach growled.

“…”

Fu Yangxi’s face turned impassive. He stood up, stuffed his hands into his pockets and turned to the people around them with a cool look. “Whose stomach was growling?”

Ke Chengwen: “…”

Mingxi: “…”

Mingxi felt that his actions were awkward and funny, but most of all it made her feel a sense of warmth; something she hadn’t felt in a long time— She had a feeling that Fu Yangxi knew that she had left home and stayed in school, or else he wouldn’t have given her duvets. It was true that she needed these as the days were getting colder. However, it might be because he’s never bought these before, hence he got this whole bunch of things for her.

Perhaps Fu Yangxi wasn’t as distasteful as she thought he was.

Mingxi tried her best not to laugh. She turned and continued to do her work. “Forget it. Stop what you’re doing and eat.”

Only then did Fu Yangxi sit down once more. He opened the takeaway in an uncomfortable manner. Then, he took a glance at Zhao Mingxi. Seeing as how she was focused on her work and no longer looking as depressed as she was before, he smiled and opened the lid.

When Ke Chengwen was done arranging the items in the luggage, he pulled out a chair and sat down. “What did you get?”

Fu Yangxi answered, “Shiitake bullfrog.”

The moment he said that, he frowned. “There’s coriander in it.”

Fu Yangxi immediately lost his appetite. However, he gave in to his immense hunger. He peeled apart the wooden chopsticks and started to pick out the coriander leaves to be put aside on the lid.

Suddenly, Mingxi’s eyes gleamed.

Like a small kitten, Mingxi leaned over. “Young Master Fu, I’ll help you pick them!”

Just imagine the amount of tiny buds that will grow from doing such detailed work!

“Whatever.” Fu Yangxi scoffed.

The moment he agreed, Mingxi immediately sat closer to him and took away the box.

Fu Yangxi lowered his head and secretly peeked at Mingxi’s shining eyes. He tried his best to pretend that he wasn’t the least affected by it, but the imaginary tail behind him still twisted up to the skies. Even his complexion was turning a little red.

She wanted to do such detailed work for him! How much does she actually like him?!

Fu Yangxi threw an ecstatic look at the lone dog Ke Chengwen who was seated right beside him.

But all he saw was a distracted Ke Chengwen looking in another direction.

Fu Yangxi followed his gaze— Then, he made eye contact with the cold eyes of Shen Liyao who was seated around eight to nine rows away from them.

It’s that guy again.

Fu Yangxi furrowed his brows. He subconsciously took a glimpse at Zhao Mingxi.

He noticed… that the person whom that guy was staring at was his Little Mask.