Confessing To The School Queen In Front Of The Whole School - Chapter 10

Tao Yun was stunned. She was silent for a moment.

“I know.”

Her voice was very light, a bit helpless, yet very clear-headed.

Her uncle didn’t believe her: “You really know?”

She offered a small smile: “Of course, I know.”

Only then did her uncle breathe a sigh of relief. He knew it. Tao Yun had always been a calm child, reliable since she was little.

When she and her mother were driven out of the house by her grandfather, six-year-old Tao Yun didn’t say a word. She ran to the police station in the middle of the night and stayed there for the entire night.

The next day, a few police officers came knocking.

The matter became huge, and in the end, her grandfather lost face and never again mentioned chasing them out.

Tao Yun didn’t speak much. Whatever she decided to do, whatever needed to be done, she never hesitated.

Her uncle advised repeatedly, “You’re about to participate in the Physics Olympiad. Of course, you need to focus on your studies. Blame me for talking too much and asking what I shouldn’t have.”

If he hadn’t asked that question, Tao Yun wouldn’t have brought the matter up, and he wouldn’t have overthought it.

Yes, how could one girl confess to another?

Perhaps the youngsters found it fun, and Tao Yun was just telling him a joke, her uncle tried hard to convince himself.

Tao Yun said, “I won’t be coming tomorrow.”

Uncle: “Good, focus on your studies.”

Tao Yun’s left hand was in her pocket, gripping her phone, then relaxing her grip. She thoughtfully looked at the glass wall.

Her reflection in the glass showed her with a cold expression, impossible to tell what she was thinking.

If Xia Meng had seen this side of her, would she still have come up to confess? Tao Yun let out a breath of stale air. Suddenly, she felt a burst of irritation, a fire rising in her throat, choking her words.

Xia Meng was truly very brave.

She could make such a decision.

She must really like me, Tao Yun thought.

How could I bear to disappoint her… She took out her phone and replied.

Tao Yun: You don’t need to come to the convenience store tomorrow. I’ll come find you.

Xia Meng was sprawled asleep on her desk.

Several workbooks were spread out on the desk, the handwriting messy, showing a great talent for medical studies.

Her phone vibrated once.

Then, it returned to silence.

“Workbooks! Workbooks!” Su Hui shouted, holding just a few pitiful books.

None of the students in Class Eight paid attention to him. Laughter and noise from the other students echoed in the classroom, making Su Hui feel even more defeated.

He approached Xia Meng’s desk dejectedly: “Brother, workbooks.”

He asked casually, no longer holding any hope.

A slender, delicate hand placed a workbook on top of the pile. Su Hui was incredulous.

Xia Meng propped up her neck with her other hand, taking a few deep, chilling breaths. The consequence of sleeping on the desk all night was that her neck started to protest.

It hurt, a sharp pain. She hissed, “Why are you looking at me?”

Su Hui: “You actually turned it in!”

Xia Meng was full of questions. Did she not turn it in that day?

Oh, she was ignored because her presence was too low before, she figured.

Heh.

Su Hui was still looking heartbroken: “I didn’t even manage to turn mine in!”

Xia Meng: “You’re the class monitor, right…”

Collecting homework so enthusiastically, but he hadn’t turned his own in. Xia Meng glanced at the few workbooks in Su Hui’s hand. They were the only surviving fruits of Class Eight, the last vestiges of conscience!

She suddenly asked, “What was the average score of Class Eight last time?”

Su Hui had been pondering this recently and immediately answered: “Forty-something, half of them passed.”

Xia Meng: “…”

At least she was one of those who passed. Even though she didn’t study much last night, she wouldn’t be too embarrassing in front of Tao Yun, right?

Wrong! It’s not even half of her score!

Xia Meng was profoundly shocked.

She instantly understood Su Hui’s idea. If they could pull Tao Yun over, she would indeed be a huge help to Class Eight!

After all, this was a class with an average score of only forty-something!

Su Hui: “I thought about it last night.”

He put down the workbooks, sat in the seat in front of Xia Meng, and gritted his teeth.

“Class Eight, as your ‘maternal home,’ is a bit embarrassing. No wonder you haven’t been able to bring your ‘son-in-law’ back.”

Xia Meng: “…”

Why did Tao Yun have to be the son-in-law? Couldn’t she be the wife?

She was unconvinced.

System: Aren’t you straight?

Xia Meng: Yes, I’m straight! Is there a problem with that? No, there isn’t.

The System watched Xia Meng leap into the pit repeatedly, still unaware of the problem. Its reminders were ineffective, so it lapsed into silence.

Su Hui continued: “So, I mentioned it to Old Yang (their teacher). I recommended that you be the flag bearer for the sports meet next month!”

Wait, flag bearer?

Xia Meng’s hand trembled, her neck didn’t hurt anymore, and her eyes widened.

What was a flag bearer? It was that big dummy who walked in front of each class, holding the flag during the sports meet.

Every move would be under the teachers’ scrutiny and recorded by the camera.

You’re setting me up!

Xia Meng: “Why! I don’t want to!”

Su Hui looked at her like she was a child who didn’t understand, finding Xia Meng extremely disappointing: “Did you forget! We are Class Eight! Tao Yun is Class One! When we walk the field, we walk a full circle! We’ll be very close!”

Xia Meng: “So what! Does that matter? No, it doesn’t!”

Su Hui was exasperated: “Class One will definitely bring out their representative! Isn’t the representative of Class One Tao Yun! Then you can be the flag bearer with Tao Yun!”

Xia Meng: “Snap out of it! Tao Yun is participating in the Physics Olympiad next month!”

Where would she find the time to be a flag bearer!

Ultimately, Su Hui just wanted to see her go up and make a fool of herself!

Su Hui: “…Huh?”

He tilted his head, his expression innocent.

“Is that something I should know?”

Go away, Xia Meng wanted to cry.

Su Hui scratched his head, realizing that his good intentions had backfired. His self-proclaimed matchmaking was likely to cause trouble for both of them, but what bad intentions could Su Hui possibly have?

He just wanted to see his good buddy successfully pursue the campus belle and get out of singlehood as soon as possible.

Su Hui: “Well… I already said it.”

Xia Meng: “I suggest you go up in drag and walk a circle. The effect would definitely be better.”

Su Hui grabbed his workbooks and ran, not even sparing Xia Meng a glance at his back. To an outsider, it would look like someone was chasing him.

Xia Meng was indeed contemplating murder.

She clutched her neck. Is my time meant for this kind of thing? Absolutely not!

She struggled to pick up her phone, then thought about it.

Tao Yun was very tall.

Slender limbs, a very lean person, she looked beautiful even in the school uniform. If she could wear a custom-made formal dress and stand at the front of the line on the day of the sports meet.

The intimidation factor would be extraordinary.

Xia Meng wanted to see the beautiful jiejie.

Her cheeks flushed. She felt there was something wrong with her thoughts. Is this something she should be thinking about?

Orange Cat Is Not Heavy: The class monitor tricked me into being the flag bearer.

Orange Cat Is Not Heavy: I condemn him!

Tao Yun: Our class is talking about this too.

Orange Cat Is Not Heavy: Did they recommend you?

Tao Yun: Yes.

Of course, they did. It was proven that not only Xia Meng thought so, everyone did, and some people didn’t just think it, they said it out loud.

If it weren’t for Teacher Ji vetoing it, Tao Yun would have been the designated flag bearer for Class One.

Now, this important task was to be handed over to Chu Yun.

Tao Yun sat upright, but her thoughts were on Xia Meng.

Her being the flag bearer… was a bit cute.

She kind of wanted to join her.

Tao Yun’s eyelids fluttered. She felt her own greed. She had promised to take first place and truly couldn’t spare the time to prepare for the flag bearer role.

Tao Yun: If you don’t want to do it, you can talk to the homeroom teacher.

Tao Yun: You need to work hard for the midterms.

Studying was a powerful excuse to refuse everything. If Xia Meng went to Old Yang and told him, I can get first place in the class on the midterms! Forget refusing to be the flag bearer, Old Yang would agree even if she wanted to jump on the podium and disco dance.

But Xia Meng didn’t have the capability to be first.

Nor did she have the capability to march up to Old Yang and say fiercely, I’m not doing it!

Xia Meng sighed, pulling her thoughts out of her daydreaming.

Beautiful jiejie, slender waist, nice derriere, fair skin, long legs, all her wonderful fantasies ultimately stopped at—You need to work hard for the midterms.

Her head hurt whenever those words were mentioned.

Xia Meng desperately wanted to hug her head and cry. Why could her brother become the student council president by just studying casually, while she worked hard all night?

It was like fishing with a net, catching nothing.

If we don’t talk about studying, we’re still good friends.

The news of Xia Meng becoming the flag bearer leaked out.

No need to guess, it was Su Hui’s doing.

In the school forum, Xia Meng’s popularity had not subsided. With Su Hui’s intentional maintenance, this post quickly received many replies.

“Xia Meng is actually quite cute.”

“Yeah, I saw her at the school gate today, her eyelashes are so long—”

“Class monitor, are you calling her ‘brother’ but secretly trying to make her the class beauty?”

Su Hui: “Absolutely!”

He replied very candidly.

“Then why do you keep calling her ‘brother’?”

Su Hui replied: “You wouldn’t understand.”

Class Eight was a bit unruly. During class, the class monitor took the lead in the crime, playing on his phone under the desk, replying to forum posts enthusiastically. Soon, he had replied to all the accumulated posts.

He quietly looked towards Xia Meng.

These people don’t understand. My ‘brother’ has a certain resilience, she can endure a lot.

As for how Su Hui found this out, he didn’t reply.

He liked all the posts praising Xia Meng’s cuteness and downvoted all the posts criticizing Xia Meng for daydreaming and disturbing the atmosphere.

He left a smug comment.

“If we’re going to ship her with the campus belle, we can’t fall too far behind. Class Eight can afford to give her the title of Class Beauty.”

This comment was upvoted.

While Xia Meng was absorbed in studying, vowing not to let Tao Yun discover her weak foundation, someone in Class One scrolled past this message.

That person was laughing so hard his desk shook, drawing the attention of those around him.

Chu Yun, sitting in the front, was most affected. She turned back good-naturedly: “Don’t play on your phone at school.”

The person didn’t take it seriously: “Work and rest balance, you know. Look at this message.”

He handed the phone to Chu Yun. Chu Yun also looked down at it.

Chu Yun: “…”

“This is hilarious. This CP shipping is pretty sincere.”

Chu Yun: “Is watching these kinds of posts your entertainment?”

The person didn’t notice the change in Chu Yun’s tone.

“Yeah, looking at them once in a while is pretty relaxing. This girl is really bold, but what they said is true. If you look closely, she’s actually quite cute, a bit like a Shiba Inu, adorably silly.”

This was another CP shipper.

He looked at Tao Yun by the window. Being in the same class, they often got a close-up blast of Tao Yun’s stunning beauty.

But then he thought of the photo he had just seen: “Campus Belle and Class Beauty, it could work, huh.”

His tone was extremely idiotic.

Chu Yun: This is truly a big idiot.

She followed the post content and learned the news that Xia Meng was going to be the flag bearer. Then she thought about how she had just been selected as the flag bearer, representing Class One.

Feeling irritated, Chu Yun tapped on the desk: “If you look again, I’ll report you to the teacher.”

“Hey, don’t.”

He quickly put away his phone, but a moment later, he let out another idiotic laugh about the CP shipping.