Volume 3 Chapter 39

Volume 3 + Chapter 39: The League of The Defeated

At that moment, on the rooftop of the teaching building, Xia Bingdie was silently weeping alone. Every time she closed her eyes, what appeared before her was the scene of Bai Yuxuan holding Ouyang Qianxue in her arms with a gentle smile. Why, why couldn’t the person in Senior Yuxuan’s arms be her? She had put in so much effort just to make her senior look at her one more time.

Just then, footsteps sounded from the rooftop entrance.

“Could it be…?” Xia Bingdie quickly looked toward the entrance, but the result disappointed her again, because the person coming to see her was not the one she had hoped for, but Duan Haichen.

(Ah, that’s right. Right now, Senior Yuxuan’s eyes are only on Ouyang Qianxue. How could he possibly let go of her to come here for me? I should have realized that long ago.)

“Hey, shorty…” Duan Haichen sat down next to Xia Bingdie.

“Who’s shorty!” Xia Bingdie said between sobs.

“Are you just giving up like this?” Duan Haichen sat down and looked at the distant setting sun.

“What else can I do? Senior Ouyang is flawless in appearance, talent, and even personality. I’m no match for her at all.”

“Hmph, giving up on the person you like over something like that, what a loser.” Hearing Xia Bingdie’s words, Duan Haichen snorted coldly.

“What are you so smug about? Aren’t you a loser too? The senior you adore is being held in Senior Yuxuan’s arms.”

“As long as I don’t give up, I haven’t lost. Until they officially start dating, I still have a chance!” Duan Haichen said with a resolute expression.

“Why can you go this far for Senior Ouyang?” Xia Bingdie looked at Duan Haichen in surprise.

“Because I like her. The fact that you can give up on Bai Yuxuan so easily shows that your feelings for him are nothing much. Compared to my feelings for Senior Ouyang, your feelings for Bai Yuxuan are like a child playing house.” With that, Duan Haichen prepared to stand up and return to the classroom. But just then…

“I cannot pretend I didn’t hear that!” Xia Bingdie also stood up.

“I have liked Senior Yuxuan for three full years. You’ve liked Ouyang Qianxue for only a few months. What right do you have to say that your feelings for your senior surpass my feelings for Senior Yuxuan?”

“Because you give up so easily.”

“When did I say I was giving up! I was just… just a bit discouraged earlier.” Seeing Xia Bingdie’s slightly flushed face, Duan Haichen smiled faintly.

“It seems you’re fine now.”

“Of course. I don’t need you to worry about me!”

“But there’s one thing I need to make clear to you in advance, you must not reveal the unusual relationship between Senior Ouyang and Bai Yuxuan. Otherwise, it will cause great trouble for Senior Ouyang.”

“Of course. I don’t want to incur Senior Yuxuan’s resentment. Besides, Senior Ouyang stood up to save me from danger last time, I could never do something so ungrateful!”

“Good. By the way, would you like to be my ally?”

“Your ally?”

“Yes. Although we had some conflicts before, we now share a common goal. We must not let those two end up together, and we must seize our own happiness!” With that, Duan Haichen extended his hand to Xia Bingdie.

“Hmph, just this once, we are cooperating.” Xia Bingdie smiled faintly and took Duan Haichen’s hand.

After dinner.

“You’re back.” As soon as Ouyang Qianxue entered the dormitory, Wang Qian greeted him.

“Yeah.” Ouyang Qianxue responded casually and sat down at his desk.

“Congratulations, Qianxue.” Wang Qian said to him while lying on the bed reading a manga.

“Congratulations for what?” Ouyang Qianxue was puzzled by her words.

“You surpassed Bai Yuxuan in this monthly exam and became the top of the grade!”

But upon hearing Wang Qian’s words, Ouyang Qianxue clenched his fists. Because whenever the monthly exam was mentioned, he remembered the feeling of being held in Bai Yuxuan’s arms as a body pillow that afternoon. Although Bai Yuxuan didn’t have the sweaty smell of other boys, in fact, she had a faint scent of jasmine, he had been held in a boy (girl)’s arms for four whole hours!

And that damn Bai Yuxuan, after waking up, had taken advantage of his unpreparedness and kissed him on the cheek! Just thinking about it made Qianxue want to burrow into the ground and never come out.

“Huh? Qianxue, you beat Bai Yuxuan in the exam, so why don’t you look happy at all?” Wang Qian put down her manga and asked with slight puzzlement.

“Ah, that. The only reason I could beat him was because he fell asleep during one of the exams, so this victory doesn’t feel real to me.” Ouyang Qianxue pouted.

At the time, he had thought it strange that Bai Yuxuan was dozing off during the Chinese exam. Now he understood the real reason. Compared to losing the bet to Bai Yuxuan, this fluke victory meant nothing in Qianxue’s eyes.

Meanwhile, at the Bai family’s main residence, after learning that Bai Yuxuan had fallen behind Ouyang Qianxue by several dozen points, her father flew into a rage, hurling all sorts of harsh and vicious words at her.

Although Bai Yuxuan hung her head and wore an expression of guilt as she listened to her father’s scolding, her mind was elsewhere. Her thoughts were entirely filled with Qianxue.

(Ah, how can Qianxue be so adorable? The feeling of holding her in my arms this afternoon was like holding a gentle little kitten. But she really doesn’t know how to take care of herself, making herself so thin. I’ll have to feed her well from now on. A little more plumpness would look even cuter and feel even better to hold.)

Bai Yuxuan had always been most concerned about and afraid of her father’s scoldings. But now, in her heart, Qianxue was everything. Her father’s words were as insignificant as the wind passing by her ears. Perhaps because Bai Yuxuan had taken the fall for him last time, her father felt he owed her something, so this time he merely scolded her and let her leave.

“Young Master.” As she walked out of the Bai family compound, Xiao Liu was already waiting with the car in front of her.

“Let’s go. We’ll talk at the apartment.” With that, they drove back to the apartment.

“Young Master, these are the things you requested.” After returning to the apartment, Xiao Liu placed a stack of documents wrapped in a file bag in front of Bai Yuxuan.

These seemingly inconspicuous documents recorded some unknown shady secrets of the Bai family, including those of her two uncles who had hired assassins to kill her. When she got to the last few pages, Xiao Liu couldn’t help but speak.

“Young Master! Those are…” Xiao Liu seemed hesitant.

“You’re wondering why I’m gathering evidence against my father, aren’t you?”

“Young Master, although he hasn’t treated you well, do you really need to make an enemy of him?”

“This is just preparation for the future. After all, if I want to be with Qianxue, he will definitely be an obstacle!”

“Young Master…”

“Enough, don’t say any more. If I recall correctly, the autumn sports meet is coming up soon, isn’t it? Hmph, this time I will make Qianxue fall into my arms completely and wholeheartedly.”

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