A Straight Wife Fallen from the Sky - Chapter 26

“Then why didn’t she come out with you?” the girl with horns asked Mu Jiahui.

“She’s studying,” Mu Jiahui replied naturally.

She didn’t feel there was anything to hide about this matter.

It was just that the group of girls all had their eyes wide open in surprise.

“A hobby class? Like baking?” After looking at each other for a long while, someone finally picked up the conversation.

In truth, when talking about “studying,” everyone’s first reaction was the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao). But the idea of a succubus reviewing for the Gaokao at home… they didn’t dare guess it, and they didn’t dare think it. It was too outrageous; what kind of succubus would actually study hard?

Secondly, Mu Jiahui didn’t look like a teenage girl, so everyone assumed her partner wasn’t young either. She shouldn’t be at an age to take the Gaokao.

“No, she’s repeating her senior year for the Gaokao.” Seeing their reactions, Mu Jiahui knew that the impression of succubi being poor at academics was deeply rooted.

Even though this group of people had never met Sang Zhancheng, even without malice, they naturally assumed Sang Zhancheng wouldn’t study well simply because she was a succubus.

“Oh…” For a moment, everyone fell silent.

Seeing them hesitating to speak, Mu Jiahui felt glad that Sang Zhancheng hadn’t come out. The less of this kind of talk she heard, the less she would be poisoned by it.

Mu Jiahui never felt that a single characteristic should be projected onto an entire group of people. Even if Sang Zhancheng wasn’t good at studying, did she represent all succubi?

Stereotypes always caused a great deal of harm.

“I’m heading back first.” Mu Jiahui glanced at her phone; it was already past the time she had agreed upon with Sang Zhancheng.

She didn’t particularly want to keep running with this group of strangers, so she took her leave.

“Well then, I also wish your little succubus success in her studies, meow~” Tang Xinyue seemed to be the one with the strongest social skills in the group.

She didn’t show any surprise at the fact that a succubus had to study; she simply treated her like any of the millions of ordinary people and sent her blessings.

Mu Jiahui nodded, her tone unconsciously softening a bit.

“Yes, she will. Goodbye.”

The sound of the front door opening startled a dazed Sang Zhancheng.

She saw the textbook she was using as a pillow and realized what she had just done.

How could she fall straight asleep after making a promise to Mu Jiahui!

She had even drooled, and it got on the textbook!

What should she do? Mu Jiahui was already back, and she hadn’t even finished the unit they agreed on!

Sang Zhancheng grew panicked. Looking up, she saw her phone near the textbook.

The phone screen hadn’t turned off yet, remaining on the interface of an “indescribable” website, which reminded Sang Zhancheng of exactly what she had been looking at just now.

What on earth was she doing! How could she look at that kind of stuff while studying and then fall asleep!

Sang Zhancheng didn’t even know when she had started getting distracted.

She glanced at the textbook and found that the words on it still looked like bird language from another world, as foreign as if they had never entered her brain.

She had actually started playing before finishing even a single sentence!

“Sang Zhancheng? I’m back. How are you doing?” Mu Jiahui’s voice drew closer.

Sang Zhancheng went stiff all over, as if petrified. Her heart-shaped tail even turned a dull, grayish brown.

She had never dealt with this kind of situation and had no idea how to lie.

Hearing the click of the study door opening, Sang Zhancheng gave a start. She swiftly hid her phone under her skirt, then grabbed a pen and began scribbling randomly on the textbook, pretending to be reading intently.

Her tail betrayed her guilt; its strange color and constant twitching made it obvious she wasn’t focused.

Mu Jiahui saw Sang Zhancheng’s abnormality at a single glance.

She frowned. Ignoring the sweat covering her body, she stepped forward and pressed a hand onto Sang Zhancheng’s shoulder.

“Where’s the phone?”

“Wh-what phone?” Sang Zhancheng began to play dumb.

Internally, she was panicking wildly, completely unaware that she had been exposed from the very start.

“Still acting? I saw you hide the phone under yourself. Were you studying just now?” Unlike Sang Zhancheng, who couldn’t lie, Mu Jiahui was an expert at catching people playing on their phones.

From the students she tutored to subordinates slacking off, she relied on those high-definition lenses to catch them every single time without fail.

Sang Zhancheng swallowed hard, her tail stiffening.

“I was! I just… I was just checking the time!” She really had been studying—she might have studied exactly one sentence!

Mu Jiahui’s brow furrowed. Mu Jiahui’s eyes narrowed!

Even though it was summer, when she met Mu Jiahui’s gaze, Sang Zhancheng felt a chill run from her spine to the top of her head.

Her entire heart nearly went cold. The “Mu-brand Air Cooler” had top-tier cooling effects; an actual air conditioner seemed redundant.

“Let me see.” Emotionally, Mu Jiahui didn’t want to believe it, but her logic prevented her from criticizing Sang Zhancheng directly.

She snatched the textbook from Sang Zhancheng’s hands and saw the suspicious water stains on the page, as well as the sentence Sang Zhancheng had hurriedly underlined: “The sky of mathematics is the sky of the universe—vast, boundless, and infinitely wide; it is also the sky for every seeker of knowledge.”

Both of them fell into silence simultaneously.

Sang Zhancheng never imagined that her random scribble would land right on a “chicken soup for the soul” quote.

Should she call this child honest or just plain silly?

Mu Jiahui was also speechless.

Mu Jiahui had seen “expert-level” study-faking techniques that were hundreds of levels above Sang Zhancheng’s.

Those types would carefully underline every knowledge point, even write notes on the side, and fill in all the practice problems with a decent accuracy rate.

But the knowledge points were underlined based on experience, the annotations were just their random thoughts, and the practice problems were all copied from the answers. The moment an exam came, they were completely exposed. Teachers and parents would even think they were working hard and couldn’t understand why they got low marks.

Whereas Sang Zhancheng was clearly a first-timer at faking it. She was so clumsy that anyone could see her abnormality.

Mu Jiahui covered her head.

She shouldn’t have trusted that this little pudding would study on her own!

Another fifty minutes wasted. The thing she hated most in life was wasting time; she was in agony.

“Mu… Mumu, I didn’t mean it…” She had accidentally underlined the “chicken soup” sentence. She repented.

Mu Jiahui waved her hand. “Let me be quiet for a moment.”

Sang Zhancheng let out a whimper. “Don’t give up on me, woo…”

She wanted to study, but why couldn’t her brain control itself and just go off to play?

Mu Jiahui took a deep breath.

“I won’t. Don’t overthink. Give me the phone. Reflect for two minutes while I go take a shower.”

“Oh.” Sang Zhancheng felt relieved. She weakly felt for the phone under her and handed it over to Mu Jiahui.

Only then did she notice Mu Jiahui was wearing athletic shorts and a top, leaving her hot figure fully exposed.

Her abdomen rose and fell with her breathing, highlighting beautiful lines, and the glistening droplets of water clinging to her skin reflected the warm light, adding a hint of ambiguity.

The lines of her arms and legs were a blend of strength and grace, powerful yet subtle, containing the energy and explosiveness unique to women.

As for her chest and other places… Sang Zhancheng didn’t dare look.

She had just watched those short videos half an hour ago; if she kept staring at Mu Jiahui now, her brain would start turning strange.

However, her phone screen wasn’t locked.

That strange page was seen by Mu Jiahui.

Mu Jiahui hadn’t intended to snoop through Sang Zhancheng’s phone.

But she caught sight of it by accident, and her eyes found it hard to look away.

It was something she had never seen before.

Two naked women were entwined together. The posture was very strange, but even Mu Jiahui could see the ambiguity between the two.

Mu Jiahui’s face flushed bright red instantly.