Volume 3 Chapter 38

Volume 3 + Chapter 38: Fulfilling The Bet

“Celebrating too early? Heh heh, Bai Yuxuan, do you know how many points Duan Haichen scored?” At this moment, Qianxue was extremely proud. Although he tried hard to restrain himself, he still couldn’t help covering his mouth and snickering.

“845 points! Fifteen points higher than I expected! Didn’t see that coming, Bai Yuxuan? Today, you’ve fallen into my hands. You’d better go home and prepare your maid outfit and think about how to please me. Haha.”

An unprecedented sense of exhilaration surged through Qianxue’s heart. This was the first time he had ever defeated Bai Yuxuan. Although it was mainly thanks to his junior’s efforts, just thinking that he would have an opportunity to command Bai Yuxuan once and get his revenge filled him with great joy.

“…” Looking at Qianxue, who was chuckling foolishly beside her, Bai Yuxuan wore a sinister smile. Although Qianxue’s wide cat-like eyes and mischievous expression were utterly adorable, she wanted even more to see the look on his face when he learned the truth.

“Perfect. The scoreboard has been printed. Xia Bingdie, go post it in the hallway right now so your Senior Ouyang can have a good look!”

“Hmph, Bai Yuxuan, you really put up a front even in defeat. If you lose, you should just obediently…” But before Qianxue could finish, his words caught in his throat, and the smile on his face gradually froze. Because after Xia Bingdie unrolled the scoreboard, he saw that next to Duan Haichen’s score of 845, the rank column actually showed the number 2! He slowly looked up and saw Xia Bingdie ranked first with a total score of 867!

“Qianxue, what did you just say? I didn’t hear you clearly. Would you mind repeating it?” Bai Yuxuan bent down and brought her ear close to Qianxue’s face. But Qianxue had already fallen into a daze.

“Th-this… how is this possible?” Duan Haichen was also deeply shaken. Even though Ouyang Qianxue had prepared him thoroughly, he still lost to his opponent by 22 points!

“Let me explain.” Xia Bingdie said to Duan Haichen with a somewhat complicated expression.

“Actually, from the very beginning, your opponent in this competition wasn’t me, it was Senior Yuxuan!”

“What?” Hearing Xia Bingdie’s words, both Ouyang Qianxue and Duan Haichen were utterly confused.

“It’s not convenient to talk here. Let’s go to the student council office and talk slowly.” So the group followed Xia Bingdie into the student council office, where she told them the truth.

It turned out that during those several days, although Bai Yuxuan had let Xia Bingdie maintain her usual study routine, she herself had not been idle for a moment. She had spent a week compiling all the first monthly exam papers from the past ten years of Sakura High School’s first-year students, combined them with the habitual question-setting patterns of each subject teacher, and made predictions for all the exam subjects.

“So, my victory in this monthly exam had little to do with me. Two days before the exam, Senior Yuxuan gave me a set of mock questions she had written herself. Apart from Chinese, they were almost identical to the actual exam papers, and the answer explanations were very detailed.”

“What? You can actually do something like this?” Duan Haichen looked at Bai Yuxuan in disbelief.

Seeing Duan Haichen’s shocked expression, Bai Yuxuan felt extremely pleased. This was exactly the effect she wanted. She wanted Duan Haichen to know that the efforts she could make for Qianxue were no less than his. To maximize her chances of predicting the exam questions, Bai Yuxuan, who was already burdened with numerous responsibilities, had worked tirelessly, even forgetting to eat and sleep. She had gone three consecutive days without sleep, all to win this bet.

“Bai Yuxuan, that’s cheating!” Qianxue puffed up his cheeks like an angry bun and said to Bai Yuxuan.

“But when we made the bet, you never said I couldn’t help Xia Bingdie this way.”

“Ugh!” Qianxue bit down on his own sleeve tightly, showing an expression of extreme unwillingness.

Seeing Qianxue this adorable before her, Bai Yuxuan wanted nothing more than to pull him into her arms. But she had to hold back a little longer, since collecting her prize required following certain procedures.

Watching Bai Yuxuan and Qianxue, Xia Bingdie felt a sharp stab in her heart. Only when Bai Yuxuan, with dark circles under her eyes, handed her that set of self-made predicted questions did Xia Bingdie understand that in Senior Yuxuan’s heart, there had never been a place for anyone other than Ouyang Qianxue.

“Hey, President Ouyang, isn’t it time to fulfill the bet?” Bai Yuxuan’s words made Qianxue tremble. He blinked his round cat-like eyes, put on an obedient expression, and walked up to Bai Yuxuan.

“Well… Junior Duan and Junior Xia are still here. Can we talk about the bet in private?” Because Qianxue knew Bai Yuxuan would not let him off easily. Whatever request she made would most likely be something extremely embarrassing, or something like asking him to be her girlfriend, something he would rather die than agree to.

Looking at Qianxue, Bai Yuxuan smiled faintly. Just as Qianxue thought she would listen to his suggestion and let out a sigh of relief…

“No.” Bai Yuxuan said coldly.

“I want you to agree to one request right now!” Bai Yuxuan’s smile grew increasingly smug.

“Wh-what request?” Qianxue asked nervously.

“Come here!” Bai Yuxuan leaned back on the sofa in the student council office and said to Ouyang Qianxue.

Though somewhat reluctant, Ouyang Qianxue had made the bet in front of his juniors, so he had no choice but to silently walk over to Bai Yuxuan’s side.

“Sit!” Bai Yuxuan leaned back to make half a seat for him and said.

“Well…” Qianxue’s cheeks immediately flushed bright red. Sitting in front of someone in this posture was far too humiliating. But since he had lost, he had no choice but to slowly sit down in front of Bai Yuxuan as she requested.

“Ah, you feel so good to hold!” As soon as Qianxue sat down, Bai Yuxuan wrapped her arms tightly around him from behind.

“You!” Seeing what Bai Yuxuan was doing, Duan Haichen immediately stood up and started to rush toward her.

“I suggest you calm down. Who do you think is responsible for Qianxue being in my hands right now?” Bai Yuxuan’s cold voice stopped Duan Haichen in his tracks. She was right. In this bet, the real competition had been between him and Bai Yuxuan. Failing to get first place was mostly his own fault. Senior Ouyang had already done very well.

Seeing the dejected Duan Haichen, Bai Yuxuan smiled with satisfaction. The reason she hadn’t kicked Duan Haichen out was precisely so he could witness her intimate moment with Qianxue. She wanted this effect of breaking his heart completely. She wanted everyone who coveted Qianxue to know that Qianxue was hers, and no one else should even think about it.

“The punishment is to let me hold you like this until I wake up.” With that, Bai Yuxuan fell sound asleep holding Qianxue. After all, she had not closed her eyes for three days in order to prepare the predicted questions for Xia Bingdie.

Watching Bai Yuxuan hold Ouyang Qianxue with a satisfied smile, Xia Bingdie’s heart felt as if it were being pricked by needles. Even though she had won the competition, seeing the two of them so close made her feel a hundred times worse than losing. Unable to bear it any longer, she wiped her tears and rushed out of the student council office. Duan Haichen also glanced at the two and then turned away.

And so, this bet finally came to an end. The result: Bai Yuxuan achieved a complete victory, Qianxue served as a human body pillow for an entire afternoon, and the other two were left with shattered hearts.

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