Chapter 62: Dragon Brother’s Head in the Clouds
Walking behind Dragon Brother, Hu Yu Ying’s curled fingertips tightened slightly. Her heart raced at the moment, and a shy glimmer sparkled at the corner of her eye—gentle yet delicate.
Just a minute ago, she had no idea what was happening. Watching Li Qing Xue chat and interact with Dragon Brother felt like her soul had flown the coop. By the time she snapped back to reality, her hand was already resting on Dragon Brother’s head!
Now, just thinking about her actions in the cafeteria made Hu Yu Ying’s palm tingle—it’s that indescribable physiological phenomenon!
Clenching her little hands, she took a deep breath, quickened her pace, and caught up with Dragon Brother, controlling her erratic breathing before sneaking a peek at him.
Seeing Dragon Brother’s expression unchanged, she couldn’t help but breathe a slight sigh of relief. Yet, her heart was still a little chaotic. Would her behavior seem too frivolous in Dragon Brother’s eyes?
Girls can’t just touch boys’ heads, just like boys can’t just tug girls’ hair.
Lost in her thoughts, she became a bit dazed.
Before long, Hu Yu Ying felt herself bump into something warm and slightly hard.
She froze for a moment and quickly came back to her senses.
“What were you thinking? Spaced out like that?” Dragon Brother chuckled.
He had noticed that Hu Yu Ying was somewhat absent-minded earlier, paying no attention to the streetlights in front of them.
Dragon Brother had even been eager to see if she would actually crash into something, and lo and behold, she really was about to!
If he hadn’t used his hand to shield her, she definitely would have ended up with a bump on her forehead.
“N-no, nothing.” Hu Yu Ying touched her forehead, appearing a bit stiff and slightly embarrassed. If it wasn’t for Dragon Brother’s timely intervention, her forehead would have been in pain.
But when she saw the smile on Dragon Brother’s face, she couldn’t help but smile back.
“You silly thing, you’ve got to look after yourself no matter when, my little scatterbrain.”
Hu Yu Ying stubbornly shook her head. During the time she spent next to Dragon Brother, her personality had been subtly changing, and she was now brave enough to joke with him: “I wasn’t spacing out! I was just testing if Dragon Brother could protect me right away!”
“Ooooh, someone’s learning how to retort! Not bad!” Dragon Brother was actually quite pleased.
This girl used to take everything said to her at face value, never bothering to rebut.
At least now, she could be a little stubborn and argue back. That was a good sign!
As for what happened in the cafeteria, Dragon Brother merely treated it as a small episode.
After all, Hu Yu Ying was his little sidekick! Helping out this big brother was a no-brainer, right?
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Three days of exam time passed in the blink of an eye.
The urgency of senior year pressed not only on the students but the teachers as well.
After supervising the exams, they rushed back to their offices to grade papers non-stop.
Almost right before school ended on the third day, the results of the monthly exams were out!
Dragon Brother brought Hu Yu Ying to the front as soon as the results were announced. Thanks to the intimidating aura he previously emitted, no one dared to contest for a spot.
“Whoa, double first place!”
Hu Yu Ying and Li Qing Xue’s names both stood out at number one. It was quite eye-catching!
This caught Dragon Brother slightly off guard, yet it somehow also felt expected.
In the original novel, Hu Yu Ying was always good at studying, but after transferring schools, Dragon Brother had been bullying her, which seriously hindered her study time.
Now that he had crossed over and was no longer bullying Hu Yu Ying but actually protecting her, it was no surprise she’d score high thanks to her solid foundation.
As for Li Qing Xue, Dragon Brother swore he had no idea she was the White Moonlight Female Supporting Character 2 prior to this.
After some mishaps, he managed to get her to understand that she should focus on her studies for the upcoming college entrance exams, and perhaps that’s why she could clear her mind and dedicate more time to studying.
Otherwise, going by the novel’s progression, the White Moonlight Female Supporting Character 2 would be in the middle of a regret phase, with her studies severely crumbling.
There was no way she would be tied for first place with Hu Yu Ying!
Unlike Dragon Brother, Hu Yu Ying had just arrived here without looking down from above but rather peering up from below.
There was no sign of Dragon Brother’s name anywhere in the last ten ranks.
Not in the bottom twenty either.
In the seven senior classes with nearly 420 students, it finally took her until position 389 to find Dragon Brother’s name, with a total score of 318.
Just as Dragon Brother was about to compliment Hu Yu Ying and remind her to keep up the great work for her dream university, before he could even open his mouth, Hu Yu Ying was already looking at him with joy in her eyes: “Dragon Brother, you scored 318! You’ve improved a full 30 places from last time!”
“What?!” Dragon Brother’s eyes went wide.
He admitted that when he heard from Hu Yu Ying that he improved by 30 places, he felt a bit giddy.
Unconsciously straightening his back, he even placed his hands behind him, chin held high as if his smile could stretch from ear to ear yet he still insisted on maintaining an air of calm as he said, “Not bad!”
For Dragon Brother, even this score in an exam felt like a badge of pride.
At least that’s what his peers thought.
There was Hu Yu Ying scoring first in the grade without flaunting it so much, yet here he was, standing tall like he was about to peer down on everyone with nostrils flaring!
How did he feel like such a hotshot when he was merely 30 places from the bottom?
Hu Yu Ying, the top scorer, didn’t show such airs at all!
Unaware of what others were thinking, Dragon Brother was genuinely delighted. This meant that during this time spent studying alongside Hu Yu Ying, he not only made progress but significant progress!
If he kept this up until the entrance exams, he might not need to rely on Old Man’s connections, begging and spending years’ worth of saved money just to get into a university.
He could make it in on his own.
Then he’d be heading down a completely different path than his previous life.
A path entirely unlike his former one! Just thinking about it had him all fired up!
Walking toward his seat with an air of triumph, he didn’t just head straight back but instead did a full lap around the classroom from the entrance side.
When he reached Wang Shuo, who was busy shoving books into the back of his pants, Dragon Brother shook his head and chuckled: “Stuffing them in now? You’re doomed!”
“Do you know how much I got this time? 318! Positions 389 overall, 31 from the bottom. I improved a full 30 places! Can you even imagine?”
Wang Shuo’s lips twitched. With Dragon Brother propping him up, at least he could go home and put on a show, knowing someone was worse off.
He would still take some hits, but it wouldn’t be too harsh.
Without Dragon Brother as the bottom mark to cushion him, he recalled how last time, during a simple quiz, he sat for three days afterward unable to feel comfortable.
And now this was the monthly test, not just any mock exam! Thinking of that made him sulk and shove two more books in his pants.
“Tsk tsk, stuff a few more books, because from now on, I’m no longer the bottom feeder!”
Hearing Dragon Brother’s taunts, Wang Shuo knew exactly what Dragon Brother was after—just showing off! So he said, “Alright, we get it, you’re awesome, stop talking.”
Dragon Brother desperately suppressed his grin, pretending to adjust his collar to distract from the laughter threatening to bubble up: “You know, when I say this, it’s not to flaunt my 318.”
“I just want to tell you that I’ve improved a full 30 places from the old me—nothing more!”
After that, he strolled off with his hands behind his back, back straight, grinning like he owned the world.
Then he reached the second-to-last and third-to-last students, shook his head in astonished disbelief, and blandly mentioned that he did not perform well, scoring just 318 overall, ranking 389, 31 from the bottom.
Just a mere improvement of 30 places, mind you.
And he stressed again that he wasn’t showing off…
