Chapter 15
“Alright, stop being angry. It’s only two hundred yuan. I’ll treat you back another time.”
“Be good. So many people are watching, don’t throw a tantrum.”
Feeling that the situation still wasn’t heated enough, Qi Lin smiled and added more fuel to the fire.
From the tone of his voice, he didn’t sound like someone who had secretly taken someone else’s two hundred yuan and made a mistake.
Instead, it made Wang Cheng look like the one who was being unreasonable and making a fuss over nothing.
The way he irritated people was simply outrageous.
You could see that Wang Cheng was already rolling his eyes, almost fainting from anger.
Damn that Qi Lin!
Those two hundred yuan were money he had saved for an entire year by living frugally. He had been saving it just to give Lan Yuxi a surprise on her birthday—he wanted to buy her an MP3 player.
A hot-blooded teenage boy could never wait until they both got into university before confirming their relationship, holding hands, or kissing.
Lan Yuxi was blossoming like a flower—pure, beautiful, and beyond compare. Wang Cheng had long been unable to hold himself back.
He had planned to seize the moment when he finally broke through Lan Yuxi’s psychological defenses and make her his.
But now, his entire plan had been completely ruined by Qi Lin.
Those 200 yuan had been spent clean by that bastard Qi Lin.
“Just now I was too impulsive. Qi Lin, you’re right. We’re brothers—arguing over two hundred yuan isn’t worth it.”
“But if you need money in the future, just tell me beforehand. That way there won’t be any misunderstandings.”
As expected of the protagonist who would rise from nothing and become rich and successful in the previous life—when Wang Cheng was furious to the extreme, he instead calmed down.
At the moment, he was an excellent student at Huashi No.1 High School.
His deskmate was the most beautiful school belle in the entire school.
In the eyes of his classmates, he was a helpful, kind, and sunny campus heartthrob.
Compared to Qi Lin, he still had many advantages.
Taking a loss from Qi Lin right now didn’t mean anything.
There was still plenty of time in the future. Once he had carefully planned things out, he would slowly take his revenge from Qi Lin.
For now, the most important thing was to salvage his image.
Wang Cheng’s few words actually had a pretty good effect.
The surrounding classmates cast approving looks toward him, thinking to themselves that he truly deserved to be the vice class monitor—his heart was broad and tolerant.
After Wang Cheng sat down, Lan Yuxi whispered softly:
“I told you not to get too close to Qi Lin. Look what happened now. He spent your money, and you don’t even have a reason to blame him.”
“It’s only because you’re so broad-minded and willing to forgive someone like that. If it were anyone else, they would definitely cut ties with him.”
The beauty’s praise made Wang Cheng feel much better.
“My parents always teach me that a family that accumulates kindness will have blessings left over.”
“Qi Lin just transferred here, and everyone is rejecting him. What we should do is help new classmates, at least not discriminate against them.”
“Although Qi Lin has quite a few shortcomings, we can’t just give up on him, right?”
With this round of hypocritical and pretentious words, Wang Cheng once again gained favor in front of Lan Yuxi.
“Wang Cheng, you’re too kind. You’ll definitely suffer losses in the future.”
Lan Yuxi was extremely innocent. She looked at Wang Cheng with concern, worried that he might suffer after entering society.
Hearing the beauty’s concern made Wang Cheng secretly delighted.
“Look, quite a few people asked me to deliver love letters to you again today.”
At this moment, Wang Cheng suddenly took out a stack of love letters and handed them to Lan Yuxi.
Lan Yuxi’s pretty face flushed red, and she had no intention of accepting them.
“What are you doing? Didn’t I say it already? I won’t date during high school. Just return those love letters you receive.”
Wang Cheng had only been testing Lan Yuxi’s intentions.
Seeing her pure and adorable expression made him feel delighted.
“Why return them? At such a young age, they don’t study properly and only think about dating. Later I’ll hand these letters over to the disciplinary director.”
It had to be said—Wang Cheng was truly rotten to the core.
In front of his schoolmates, he appeared as a warm senior and a caring friend.
But behind the scenes, he could sell out everyone around him without hesitation.
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Next came the full-day grade-level examinations.
After the exams finished, there would be a weekend break starting tomorrow.
As the best high school in the Central China region, Huashi No.1 High School had a very unique teaching philosophy.
Unlike those schools with militarized management, the learning atmosphere here was relaxed.
There were no evening self-study sessions.
Even weekends were always given as two full days off, never taken away.
Strangely enough, even though students studied fewer hours than those in other schools, Huashi No.1 High School sent more students to top universities every year than any other school in the province—or even the entire country.
12:00 noon.
“Ring ring ring~”
As the dismissal bell rang, it signaled that the morning exams had ended.
“Phew~ I’m so tired. Looking at questions all morning made my eyes hurt.”
“I’m starving. I’m going home to eat.”
“Hey, do you think this exam was difficult?”
“Yeah, pretty hard. I think I messed it up this time.”
“Stop pretending. Last time you said you messed up and ended up getting full marks in math.”
The students stood up and walked out of the classroom while chatting and laughing.
Feeling the youthful atmosphere around him, Qi Lin felt a long-lost sense of relaxation.
In his previous life, he had only cared about indulging in the pleasures brought by material wealth.
He had never realized that these classmates were the real treasures in his life.
For example…
Qi Lin glanced at Lan Yuxi, who was lying on the desk with her pretty face slightly flushed.
It looked like this girl had just cheated on an exam for the first time and was feeling extremely nervous and guilty.
“Yuxi, the exam is already over. Why aren’t you going home yet? Are you feeling unwell?”
Wang Cheng asked with concern.
“I do feel a little uncomfortable. I want to rest for a while before leaving.”
Lan Yuxi nodded softly.
“You’re really not feeling well? Should I check for you?”
As soon as Wang Cheng heard this, he became nervous and tried to touch Lan Yuxi’s forehead.
But Lan Yuxi was still a pure and innocent girl.
How could she allow Wang Cheng to make such an intimate gesture?
Even if they had some sort of understanding between them, it still wasn’t acceptable.
She dodged him.
“You’re so annoying. Don’t you understand when a girl feels unwell? Just go home already.”
Lan Yuxi glared at Wang Cheng with a hint of anger.
But Wang Cheng believed he understood.
He guessed that Lan Yuxi had gotten her period.
“Then drink more hot water when you get home. I’ll leave first.”
After giving that useless bit of concern, Wang Cheng left the classroom under Lan Yuxi’s disdainful gaze.
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