Chapter 366: The Pathetic Chick
Once Jiang Kekai had vented her frustration and let go, Xia Yu could finally breathe easily. She looked at Jiang Kekai with both complaint and confusion, saying, “Little Ning Sister, what’s wrong with you?”
Jiang Kekai, who felt better after venting, suddenly got upset again when Xia Yu asked that question. She got up, grabbed her phone, opened an image, and handed it to Xia Yu, saying, “Explain this.”
Xia Yu: “? ? ?”
When she took the picture, wasn’t this exactly the scene of her sharing snacks with Gao Xiaotian? She couldn’t see anything wrong with it.
Just as Xia Yu was about to analyze who might have been taking pictures of her, Jiang Kekai snatched back her phone and said, “Explain this!”
Xia Yu replied, “What is there to explain? We’re desk partners. Can’t we share some snacks?” She felt like she was being unjustly accused.
Jiang Kekai’s response was: “No.”
Jiang Kekai put down her phone and rode back onto Xia Yu’s stomach while looking at Little Cute and using her index finger to lift Xia Yu’s chin, threatening with a smirk, “Don’t do this again! Also, don’t get too close to strangers. Even if he’s your desk partner, it’s not okay.”
Little Ning Sister sure is being unreasonable, Xia Yu thought she was so wronged. Doesn’t she deserve to have other friends too? But seeing that Little Ning Sister looks terrifying and uncertain about what’s next, Xia Yu had no choice but to give in.
Weak and submissive reply: “I…. I understand.”
“Remember what you just said; I don’t want to catch you doing it again.”
With that, Jiang Kekai finally got off Xia Yu. Xia Yu quickly grabbed the blanket nearby and wrapped herself up like a worm—she needed more security.
Especially… with the way Little Ning Sister is standing next to her like that.
Naturally, such a blanket-hogging Xia Yu got lectured by Jiang Kekai once again, and then they finally started their nap time.
Since they were tired from playing earlier, they fell asleep very quickly, not wasting any time.
In the afternoon, after waking up to go to class, Xia Yu was genuinely scared by Jiang Kekai and instantly remembered what Little Ning Sister had said when seeing Gao Xiaotian. But… was it really that heartless?
So Xia Yu pretended she knew nothing and tried as hard as possible to avoid getting too close to Gao Xiaotian, just in case that little brat took another sneaky picture, which would surely cool things down for her.
Xia Yu was being overly cautious, and high focus on herself made it hard for Gao Xiaotian to ignore her.
So Gao Xiaotian didn’t beat around the bush, propping his head up with one hand and leaning his elbow on the table with the other: “What’s up, buddy? Is there something on my face? Or maybe I’m just too handsome for you to handle? Don’t be too obsessed with me!”
Xia Yu: “…. Nothing.”
At that moment, the teacher came in.
It was math class, the first lesson of the semester. Usually, Xia Yu wouldn’t understand and just do her own thing, but today… things were different.
Seeing formulas she had already studied on the blackboard made Xia Yu feel elated. It was so good to understand something!
“Hey, what are you smiling about? Did you sleep your brains out? You were sneaking glances at me the whole time, and now you’re grinning at the board.”
Gao Xiaotian didn’t hold back his volume, so everyone and even the math teacher heard him. They all focused their attention on Gao Xiaotian and Xia Yu.
Unintentionally becoming the center of attention—not so fun anymore. Why does Gao Xiaotian keep bothering her all the time? If she gets hit, she’ll just consider it bad luck.
Fortunately, the math teacher had been warned by He Gongxing to only give verbal warnings to the twins and Jiang Hanhang and not punish them.
The math teacher is not stupid. He soon realized Xia Yu, Xia Ling, and Jiang Hanhang were people he couldn’t touch, meaning neither could he.
“Cough, pay attention and don’t talk.”
That one sentence brought everyone’s attention back to the blackboard. And Gao Xiaotian had to put on a show too.
After a minute, Gao Xiaotian became more talkative, leaning closer to Xia Yu and trying to continue their conversation: “Why are you being so serious? Chill out, why are you pretending?”
“I’m not pretending.”
Faced with this chatty desk partner, Xia Yu was truly helpless. Couldn’t he just shut up for a second? Plus, she didn’t like being harsh.
Sure enough, seeing Xia Yu engaging, he pushed further: “I know who you used to be. Stop struggling, chicken brain. Learning’s not for you.”
Xia Yu said, “I can actually understand.”
“Really?” Gao Xiaotian glanced at the formulas on the board and then back at Xia Yu, still skeptical but not entirely convinced.
“Believe whatever you want.”
Xia Yu rolled her eyes and then picked up her pen to take notes, because she really didn’t want to go back to being clueless.
This class is so boring. Xia Yu wanted to be a studious beauty, but now no one was talking to her.
This made Gao Xiaotian lay his head on the desk again. He didn’t want to study anyway, and now even gaming felt less exciting.
“The homework exercises are posted. Do them; there are eight questions. In ten minutes, I’ll call eight of you to write your solutions on the board.” The math teacher assigned the task.
Unlike before, Xia Yu wasn’t at a loss this time. She started writing fluently, it was so simple. She had learned the sixth-grade curriculum in Demon City, plus private tutoring, so it’s not like she wouldn’t get it.
Seeing the math teacher walk towards her, Gao Xiaotian panicked. He rushed to grab scrap paper and pretended to work seriously.
Seeing beside him, Xia Yu was so focused. Could this guy really have learned? Gao Xiaotian was curious and moved closer, noticing Xia Yu had improved significantly in handwriting since last semester.
As the teacher approached, Gao Xiaotian started copying—writing anything beats not writing at all.
Of course, Xia Yu noticed Gao Xiaotian’s little tricks, but she didn’t stop him. After all, helping each other is what desk partners do, or else the math teacher’s scare tactics might cause him more distress.
To Gao Xiaotian’s dismay, the math teacher checked the desks in front of them and left without even looking at Xia Yu and him. He wasn’t ignorant of them.
Right, in the math teacher’s mind, Xia Yu was still that clueless chick.
