Volume 2 Chapter 28

Volume 2 + Chapter 28: Winning The Campus Belle’s Heart [Part 1]

“Hey, classmate, excuse me. Could you tell me the name of that female student who just passed by?” Having identified his target, Lin Tianyu immediately sprang into action, stopping a student at the entrance to inquire.

However, upon hearing his question, the student looked at him as if he were an idiot.

“Are you kidding me? Who doesn’t know Ouyang Qianxue, the famous campus belle of Sakura Academy?”

“What, so she’s the campus belle! No wonder she possesses such great charm. Or rather, is she the campus belle precisely because she has such great charm, instead of the active idol Ning Caiwei? Interesting, truly interesting. I can’t wait to have you, Ouyang Qianxue.”

And so, Lin Tianyu began his campaign to win over Ouyang Qianxue.

For someone like Lin Tianyu, who possessed extreme self-confidence, his favorite method for picking up girls was the art of the subtle, almost invisible approach. First, he pinpointed the time when Class 4 and Class 6 jointly had P.E. class every Thursday. He then rounded up a few classmates who liked playing basketball to form a team during the free activity period of the P.E. class.

Having been on the school team at his previous school, Lin Tianyu’s basketball skills were exceptional. He instantly became the dominant force on the court, with various shots, dribbles past defenders, dunks, and blocks, leaving the other students utterly helpless.

His outstanding performance immediately caught the attention of the surrounding female students. They gathered around the basketball court to cheer Lin Tianyu on. Hearing the girls’ screams and shouts, Lin Tianyu grew smug.

(Even the most aloof girl will have noticed me by now.) So, Lin Tianyu turned a beaming smile towards Ouyang Qianxue. However, the result far exceeded his expectations. Upon seeing his smile, Ouyang Qianxue actually wore a very angry expression, then stamped her foot and walked away.

“What… is going on? Could it be that she already likes me and gets jealous seeing other girls cheering for me?” Yet, with his vast experience with girls, he immediately dismissed this idea, as that expression clearly didn’t look like anger born from jealousy.

In reality, from Qianxue’s perspective, she was actually quite envious of Lin Tianyu, who was sweating and dashing about on the court. However, due to the task assigned to her by Wang Shiman, sports like basketball were inevitably out of her reach. Watching Lin Tianyu on the court, basking in the cheers and screams of the girls, and then thinking of herself, who could only receive love letters from boys, the stark contrast filled Ouyang Qianxue with intense jealousy towards Lin Tianyu.

And right at that moment, Lin Tianyu on the court actually smiled directly at her. Seeing his smile, the already jealous Ouyang Qianxue immediately flew into a rage.

“Is this guy showing off to me?!” Furious, she stamped her foot and walked off the field.

“Although I don’t know the reason, it seems the first operation failed,” Lin Tianyu said, wiping his sweat by the water fountain after coming off the court.

“But that’s fine too. It would be too boring if she were that easy to win over. Since she doesn’t like the athletic version of me, I’ll switch tactics.”

So the next day, Lin Tianyu took a few reference books to the library. He had learned that due to the approaching monthly exams, Ouyang Qianxue, along with Ning Caiwei and Wang Qian, came to the library almost daily to study. He seized this opportunity.

Sure enough, in a corner of the library, he spotted the three of them discussing problems.

“If the athletic route is blocked, I’ll take the scholarly route.” So he walked over to the trio.

“Are you guys having trouble with any problems?” Lin Tianyu inquired. He had absolute confidence in his academic ability. While he wasn’t a monster like Bai Yuxuan, he had, after all, come from the nation’s top elite school. Although Sakura Academy was also prestigious, it focused more on students’ all-round development. In terms of pure academics, his previous school was clearly superior.

“We are having trouble, but with Qianxue here, these difficult problems are nothing,” Ning Caiwei said proudly.

“Is that so? So Ouyang Qianxue is teaching the other two?” Lin Tianyu muttered softly upon hearing Ning Caiwei’s words. But he didn’t give up. Instead, he found a seat nearby, sat down, and started working on problems while observing Ouyang Qianxue’s situation. He believed that after tutoring her two friends, Ouyang Qianxue would surely do her own practice problems to consolidate her knowledge. If she encountered a difficult problem then, it would be his time to shine.

Sure enough, after finishing with the other two, Ouyang Qianxue also pulled out a workbook and began solving problems. However, until she finally closed the workbook, Lin Tianyu didn’t see even a trace of a troubled expression on Ouyang Qianxue’s face.

“Could it be that she knows how to do them all? No, that’s impossible. Although Sakura’s workbooks are slightly easier than those from my old school, they’re still at a disaster-level difficulty. Ah, she must be saving up the difficult problems to ask a teacher later.”

So Lin Tianyu intercepted Ouyang Qianxue as she was about to leave.

“Do you need something, classmate?”

“You’re Classmate Ouyang, right? It’s not good to let questions pile up. I just finished my workbook and am a bit bored. Why not let me help answer your questions?”

“Ah, no need. Because I didn’t encounter any problems. As for you… you made mistakes on this problem and that one over there.” After being pointed out by Ouyang Qianxue, Lin Tianyu realized there were indeed omissions in the calculation steps of two problems in his workbook.

“If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving.” Having said that, Ouyang Qianxue left the library. Ning Caiwei, following behind her, shot Lin Tianyu a look of contemptuous amusement.

Lin Tianyu felt extremely awkward at that moment, but he wasn’t discouraged. After all, he had been too busy watching Ouyang Qianxue earlier and hadn’t been concentrating on the problems, so making mistakes was inevitable. However, the monthly exams were in three days. Surely if his grades could surpass Ouyang Qianxue’s, she would be very unwilling to accept it, right?

That would definitely make Ouyang Qianxue see him in a new light. Thinking this, Lin Tianyu began to study seriously.

Two days after the monthly exams ended, the mischievous teachers managed to grade and post the results before the weekend. The entire first-year hallway was filled with sighs and laments. Because this exam, being close to the term end and covering a large scope, was far more difficult than the previous monthly exams. Many students received nightmare-inducing scores.

Upon seeing his own results, Lin Tianyu smiled smugly. He had achieved an excellent score, ranking 20th in his year.

“Sigh~” At that moment, Ouyang Qianxue happened to pass by the results board. After a glance, she let out a deep sigh.

“What’s wrong? Didn’t do well? Don’t worry, if you have any difficulties with your studies, Classmate Ouyang, you can come to me anytime,” Lin Tianyu said, flashing what he believed to be a bright, sunny smile at Ouyang Qianxue.

However, before Ouyang Qianxue could answer, Ning Caiwei, standing beside her, snorted with laughter.

“Are you joking? Have you even looked at the top of the list?”

“Isn’t the top spot Young Master Bai…?” Yet, when Lin Tianyu’s peripheral vision scanned the second place, he was dumbfounded. Because written there was precisely Ouyang Qianxue’s name, and her total score was only one point lower than Bai Yuxuan’s.

“Get it now? The reason she sighed was because she couldn’t surpass Bai Yuxuan,” Ning Caiwei said.

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