Chapter 32

“He is just too perverted, demanding others to recite and transcribe the entire confession script in English.”

Lin ChuSui rested her slender right leg on the stand of the basket pillar, complaining about Xiao Yan’s “tyranny” -

“That’s right, in English!”

Lu Chi sat on the plastic floor, squinting at her in the sunlight: “ChuSui, why do I feel you are so happy?”

“Am I happy? No way.”

The boys unanimously nodded: “You are happy.”

Lin ChuSui awkwardly retracted her leg and concluded: “What I mean is, with his attitude, he is destined to be forever alone, he can never find a girlfriend.”

“That's not necessarily true. Even An Xian confessed to him.”

“But An Xian is a goddess, all the boys in school like her, right?”

Lin ChuSui looked at Lu Chi: “Do you guys like her a lot?”

Lu Chi smiled meaningfully: “Which boy has never dreamed of having a 36D girlfriend? An Xian is just so well-developed...”

Lin ChuSui subconsciously glanced at her own ironing board-flat chest.

Lu Chi put his arm around her shoulders: “Don’t look, you can only be our brother in this life and the next, life after life.”

Lin ChuSui said dejectedly: “So you guys all like that kind of girl?”

“Hahaha, just kidding, who doesn’t?”

Zhang Cheng Yu said expressionlessly: “Not me, I like the pure and sweet type, like your younger sister.”

Lu Chi: “Shut up, you nerd.”

Lin ChuSui worriedly asked: “So no one likes my type?”

The boys looked at each other, falling into an awkward silence.

Lu Chi patted her on the shoulder: “ChuSui, with your physique that can run a marathon in the rain during your period and act like nothing happened afterwards, ordinary men can’t handle you.”

“But the school genius also said he likes girls with good physique.”

“School genius makes dirty jokes, and you actually relate them to yourself?” Lu Chi said with a laugh: “So no one else matters, as long as the school genius likes you, right?”

“I didn't say that.”

Zhang Cheng Yu chimed in: “But the school genius does like you, he calls you goddess all the time.”

“He likes... Forget it.” Lin ChuSui resisted the urge to curse: “His 'goddess' is not literal, it’s mockery.”

Lu Chi patted her head with a gratified motherly look: “The child has grown up, finally come to her senses.”

......

Class B has P.E. class together with Class C.

During the routine jogging, Lin ChuSui noticed An Xian. She wore a tight short-sleeved T-shirt, her curves bounced vigorously when she ran. Almost all the boys from both classes just stared at her, their eyes wishing they could devour her alive.

An Xian also seemed very proud, jogging slowly ahead of the boys with her head held high, her cheeks flushed, not knowing if it’s shyness or tiredness.

Lin ChuSui and Lu Tian ran side by side, with Zhang Cheng Yu following behind them. He scornfully commented: “These thirsty guys, like they have never seen a woman before.”

Lin ChuSui said coldly: “Brother Octopus is quite the gentleman huh.”

Zhang Cheng Yu: “I'm like the school genius, staying above the mud without getting dirty. Look at him, running alone at the back, not following the group to ogle.”

Lin ChuSui looked back at Xiao Yan, the last one in the boys line: “He wants to, but his body doesn't allow it.”

She heard Xiao Yan said that when he was little, he was tricked into donating part of his liver. His health had been poor ever since he was small, and only got slightly better after growing up. He worked out to build muscles where he could.

However, intense anaerobic exercises still took too much of a toll on him.

Like during basic jogging, he would intentionally keep his heart rate within a safe range.

Lin ChuSui intentionally slowed down, intending to run with him, but An Xian beat her to it, matching Xiao Yan’s pace.

Since Xiao Yan was running so slowly, the other boys didn’t dare crowd around An Xian like flies. They could only watch Xiao Yan enviously.

“Xiao Yan, thank you for the tutoring the other day. I feel like I’ve found the way to learn English now.”

“I’m sure I can do well on the midterm exam.”

“If I do well, can I take you out for a meal?”

“Xiao Yan, why aren’t you talking?”

Xiao Yan stopped and said to her: “Because I’m running.”

“I see, you are a serious person. Whether it's studying or running, you need to focus and don't like distractions.”

Just then, Lin ChuSui’s leisurely voice floated over. She had already lapped them once―

“Wrong, he’s not talking because he’s serious, he just doesn’t want to get out of breath accidentally. Getting out of breath would make him burp, and burping would ruin the school genius’ tall, dark and handsome image.”

She squeezed into the space between them, smiling: “Right, school genius?”

Xiao Yan shot her a "you know too much to still be alive" contemptuous look.

Lin ChuSui sauntered beside him and said, “Let me make you happy, your goddess is just that nice.”

“Also, running so slowly is really not manly, it greatly compromises your appeal.”

“Of course your goddess doesn't mind, but other girls might. You know, girls like athletic types... Burp~~~”

Lin ChuSui quickly covered her mouth.

What the heck!

Xiao Yan finally stopped and turned to look at her.

"Just now I... Burp~~~"

Lin ChuSui's eyes widened as her stomach churned and she started hiccuping uncontrollably.

The corners of Xiao Yan's narrow eyes finally curled up slightly as he looked at Lin ChuSui: “You...”

“Don't laugh! Burp~~~ Ahhhh!”

Lin ChuSui covered her mouth with one hand and Xiao Yan's with the other.

Xiao Yan pried her hand away, tone lifting in amusement: “Goddess... hiccups too?”

“The goddess doesn't hiccup, the goddess just... Burp~~” Lin ChuSui's face turned red as she huffed back to the classroom angrily.

The hiccups went on and on, from one class to the next, coinciding with Mr. Qin's chemistry class.

He was explaining knowledge points to the students with potassium permanganate solution, and everyone was especially quiet since it was their head teacher's class. Even the boys in the back row stretched their necks and listened attentively.

Yet Lin ChuSui's abrupt hiccups kept punctuating the silence rhythmically.

Mr. Qin was interrupted several times and finally couldn't take it anymore. He yelled: "Lin ChuSui, if you make another weird noise, I'll make you swallow this whole bottle of potassium permanganate! Since your mouth... can swallow anything."

Lin ChuSui said very innocently: "I don't want to burp~~~ can't control it... Sorry... Burp~~~"

The classmates had been holding in their laughter, and now burst out at the head teacher's scolding.

Mr. Qin knew it wasn't Lin ChuSui's fault for hiccuping, but she had indeed disrupted class discipline.

"Go out until your hiccups stop, then you can come back in."

"Oh, okay, burp~"

Lin ChuSui walked out of the classroom, and Mr. Qin added: "Not one bit like a girl should be."

She had been scolded for two years already, her ears were calloused. She didn't care about Mr. Qin's casual remark, but Xiao Yan stood up after hearing it and walked out with his thermos.

Mr. Qin quickly called him: "Xiao Yan, I only asked Lin ChuSui to leave, not you..."

Xiao Yan explained: "Mr. Qin, I'm requesting to take care of my deskmate."

"Take care of her?" Mr. Qin didn't understand at first: "Why do you need to take care of her?"

His fingertips with distinct joints unscrewed the lid of the thermos: "Because she is a girl."

......

Lin ChuSui collapsed against the wall, bumping her head against the wall listlessly, and complained:

"Xiao Yan, you are heartless! Hiccup~"

"Hurting me over and over again, why on earth do you do this! Hiccup~"

"Did I owe you money in my previous life? Hiccup~" ......

Seeing her face flushed red from hiccups, Xiao Yan walked over and lightly patted her back: "Keep quiet."

Lin ChuSui sobbed: "How did I offend you?"

Xiao Yan turned around and poured some warm water from the kettle, saying: "Being nice to you is the same as wanting you dead?"

"You being so high-profile in treating me well has an impact no less than a top celebrity publicly announcing their relationship. You're not being nice to me, you're just trying to get me killed."

"I don't think it's that serious."

"Mr. Qin finally became suspicious of our relationship. Hiccup~ With your stunt, it doesn't matter that you have good grades. He will make things difficult for me. Hiccup~"

Xiao Yan grasped the key point and casually said: "So it's not my problem. However many mistakes there are, it's your fault for having poor grades. How can you blame me?"

Lin ChuSui looked at him with blinking eyes, then gave him a thumbs up: "I hereby address you, the king of sophistry. Hiccup~"

Xiao Yan patted her back and handed over the cup of warm water: "Keep quiet."

Lin ChuSui took a sip, then realized something was wrong. She looked down at the silver-gray thermos in front of her and said in a daze: "Scholar Xiao, is this your cup?"

Xiao Yan looked at the cup and nodded: "It seems so."

"May I ask why you let me drink from your cup?"

A momentary blankness flashed across Xiao Yan's pitch-black eyes:

"That's really a...good question."