Volume 3 Chapter 20

Volume 3 + Chapter 20: Bai Yuxuan And Duan Haichen

Meanwhile, inside the drama club’s classroom, Ouyang Qianxue and the others were rehearsing the stage play intensively.

“Ah, Princess. Before I set forth to vanquish the vile Demon Lord, would you grant me an embrace to bestow upon me some courage?” Duan Haichen stepped forward and opened his arms wide.

“Brave Hero!” Ouyang Qianxue rushed forward and gave him a token, light hug.

In fact, this symbolic hug had been Duan Haichen’s own suggestion. Ouyang Qianxue hadn’t expected Duan Haichen to be even shyer than him. Before rehearsals even began, he had proactively requested that all intimate physical contact in the script be changed to symbolic gestures.

“Bang! Bang!” After the rehearsal, the door to the drama club was knocked upon.

“Excuse me, is this the drama club?” A man in a suit entered and asked.

“May I ask who you are…?”

“Ah, I’m from the Country F costume design company. The costumes you ordered have arrived.” The man stepped aside, and behind him, several suit-clad men entered carrying various costumes. The most eye-catching of all was the princess gown that two men carefully carried in.

“Whoa! I didn’t expect the student council to be so generous this time. They actually commissioned custom costumes from the most famous costume design company in the country and abroad. And this princess gown…” The drama club’s president, who had a deep knowledge of theatrical costumes, immediately recognized that this gown was extraordinary.

“This… this can’t be!” After studying the princess gown closely for a while, the drama club president was stunned.

“What’s wrong, President? Say something!” the surrounding students asked.

“This… this appears to be the exact same white gauze princess gown worn by the princess of Country Y!” As soon as the drama club president said this, everyone fell silent.

“Th-this princess gown is so expensive… do I have to wear it?” Ouyang Qianxue took a step back and asked weakly.

“What do you think?” Everyone’s eyes gleamed with anticipation.

“No way, I’m out of here!” Acting on his survival instincts, Ouyang Qianxue dashed quickly toward the door.

Are you kidding? After an entire semester of effort, he had finally, with great difficulty, gotten used to wearing that embarrassing girls’ school uniform every day. And now they wanted him to wear a princess gown that would raise the embarrassment factor to an unprecedented peak?

(Wearing that outfit would be worse than death. I, Ouyang Qianxue, would rather jump from this building today than put that thing on!)

Thinking this, Ouyang Qianxue sprinted toward the main entrance.

“Block the door, quickly!” The drama club president, quick as a flash, immediately ordered two boys to block the club classroom’s entrance.

“None of you are strong enough to stop me!” Ouyang Qianxue sidestepped and tripped one boy with a subtle movement, sending him to the floor. The other boy lunged at him, but Ouyang Qianxue dodged with ease.

“Heh heh, you really think you can catch me?” Ouyang Qianxue laughed as he ran toward the door.

“No running in the hallway.” Just then, a powerful hand seized Ouyang Qianxue’s wrist. Along with it came a familiar voice.

“Bai Yuxuan? What are you doing here?”

“I just happened to be passing by. Oh, and by the way, aren’t you supposed to be changing into your costume? You’d better hurry up.” Bai Yuxuan smirked at Ouyang Qianxue.

“How do you know I’m changing into a costume? Oh, I get it. So it was you! I knew there was no way the drama club could get such a high-class princess gown. You really schemed against me, didn’t you?”

“How can you say I schemed against you? I was just doing the drama club a little favor. This is all part of the student council’s duties. Still, I’m quite curious to see you in that princess gown.” Bai Yuxuan pinned Ouyang Qianxue’s wrist against the wall.

Just then…

“Bastard! What do you think you’re doing to Senior Ouyang?” Duan Haichen, having caught up from behind, saw Bai Yuxuan pinning Ouyang Qianxue against the wall. He flew into a rage and charged at her.

“I was merely advising her not to run recklessly in the hallway.”

“Who would believe a word you say!” Duan Haichen threw a punch at Bai Yuxuan’s head.

“You’re way out of your league.” Bai Yuxuan smiled faintly, caught Duan Haichen’s arm, and slammed him to the ground with a shoulder throw. She then planted one foot on his back and twisted his arm behind him.

“This is all the strength you’ve got? From what I can tell, you’re even weaker than your precious Senior Ouyang.” Since childhood, Duan Haichen had spent all his time either studying or practicing the piano. He had never done any sports training or martial arts. So although he looked tall and big, his actual strength was quite poor.

“Hmph!”

Bai Yuxuan had been bottling up her frustration for a long time. For a while now, she’d barely been able to exchange a word with Qianxue, and that feeling was agonizing. And yet this guy stuck to Qianxue like glue every single day!

Thinking this, Bai Yuxuan twisted harder, forcing Duan Haichen’s arm painfully behind his back.

With her right hand pinning Ouyang Qianxue and her left hand gripping Duan Haichen’s arm, Bai Yuxuan began twisting in opposite directions.

“Ah!” Duan Haichen couldn’t help but cry out in pain.

“Stop it right now!” Ouyang Qianxue freed his right hand, shaped it into a knife-hand strike, and chopped at Bai Yuxuan. Bai Yuxuan released Duan Haichen’s arm and dodged the strike.

“Duan Haichen, are you alright?” Ouyang Qianxue immediately checked on Duan Haichen’s arm.

“I’m fine, Senior Ouyang.” Duan Haichen rotated his wrist and shot Bai Yuxuan a fierce glare.

Bai Yuxuan merely smiled at the glowering Duan Haichen.

“What are you staring at me for? You can’t even protect the girl you like, and she has to come and save you. Tsk tsk. And this is the guy chosen to play the hero?”

Hearing this, Duan Haichen lowered his head in shame.

“Stop bullying my underclassman!” Ouyang Qianxue threw a straight punch at Bai Yuxuan’s abdomen, but Bai Yuxuan sidestepped easily.

“If I don’t bully him, should I bully you instead?” Taking advantage of Ouyang Qianxue’s missed strike, Bai Yuxuan hooked his neck with her arm and pulled him close.

“Stop!” Duan Haichen tried to step forward, but Bai Yuxuan raised her left foot and kicked toward his head, stopping just ten centimeters from his face.

“If you dare move even one centimeter closer, I won’t hesitate to kick you right in the face.” Duan Haichen froze.

“Bai Yuxuan, what are you doing?” Ouyang Qianxue glared at her angrily.

“Don’t get so worked up. Don’t forget you’re still injured. I was just joking around. After all, it’s been so long since we last talked.” Bai Yuxuan whispered into Ouyang Qianxue’s ear.

“That joke went too far!” Even after her explanation, Ouyang Qianxue was still dissatisfied.

“The only reason my joke went too far is because your underclassman clings to you every single day. You don’t even have time to talk to your friend! And you wouldn’t even let me have a single cookie!” Bai Yuxuan flashed a sly grin, then released Ouyang Qianxue.

“We’ll see each other again during the Cultural Festival over the next couple of days. Until then.” With that, Bai Yuxuan strode away, leaving behind Ouyang Qianxue and a somewhat dazed Duan Haichen.

“Duan Haichen…” Ouyang Qianxue watched the dejected Duan Haichen and was about to comfort him, but he was grabbed from behind again.

“Huh?”

“Got you this time!” The drama club president hugged him from behind.

“You are absolutely, positively wearing this princess gown today!” The president and several others carried Ouyang Qianxue back into the club room.

“Damn it!” After Ouyang Qianxue was gone, Duan Haichen punched the ground hard.

“I actually froze just now when Bai Yuxuan threatened me!” Remembering what had just happened, Duan Haichen felt like slapping himself twice.

“How could I be such a coward? I just stood there helplessly watching that bastard Bai Yuxuan bully Senior Ouyang!”

Back in the club classroom.

“Either you take your own clothes off, or we help you. Your choice. Either way, we’re not letting you escape this time.” A group of girls stood before Ouyang Qianxue, holding the princess gown, their eyes gleaming as they spoke.

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