Confessing To The School Queen In Front Of The Whole School - Chapter 2

Four hours of survival time were banked, and Xia Meng breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Ruoruo clicked her tongue twice: “Having someone like you is quite something.”

That’s right, it’s quite something.

You have the nerve to get the System to issue a mission for you too!

Xia Meng was still angry about Lin Ruoruo and Tao Yun being in cahoots, otherwise, as a well-behaved junior, she would definitely remember to buy a bottle of water for Lin Ruoruo.

But now, Xia Meng buried her head in her food.

Shut up.

Tao Yun looked at Xia Meng: “How much was it? I’ll transfer it to you.”

Xia Meng waved her hand: “No need, no need.”

Lin Ruoruo: “It’s a great chance to add her on WeChat, are you sure you don’t need it?”

Xia Meng: “…”

Perhaps she should have brought a bottle of water for Lin Ruoruo, just to shut her up.

Xia Meng was stiff all over. She watched as Tao Yun added her as a friend and then sent a red envelope.

The System said. You shouldn’t accept this red envelope.

Why not accept it? Xia Meng clicked on the red envelope and found that Tao Yun had transferred her a few extra dollars. She looked at Tao Yun’s profile picture, a real photo, as serious as a passport photo.

The System sighed. I told you not to accept it.

It’d be so awkward to take this money.

It would both reject Xia Meng’s kind gesture and give her a runner’s fee.

Xia Meng, who accepted the red envelope, would surely be embarrassed, the System thought.

To its surprise, Xia Meng actually felt relieved, and she happily replied to Tao Yun: Thank you, Boss!

Ding dong, Tao Yun took a moment to look at WeChat.

Reply: You’re welcome.

Lin Ruoruo clicked her tongue twice again: “You two are already chatting on WeChat? If you ask me, this kid is quite cute, why don’t you just agree?”

She said the latter part while looking at Tao Yun.

Tao Yun showed no reaction.

Xia Meng shot up to her feet with a whoosh.

Can’t agree!

Then, meeting their strange looks, she slowly sat down. Can’t agree, if I agree, my dignity will be completely lost!

Xia Meng felt a sense of crisis. What should I do, what should I do…

A lightbulb flashed. She thought of next month’s Physics Competition. Given Tao Yun’s grades, the teacher would definitely want her to participate! Xia Meng felt this was a good excuse!

“No need to agree!”

She said woodenly: “Studies come first. Tao Yun… should be participating in the Physics Competition next month, right? Since you’re participating, you have to get first place…”

Xia Meng was clumsy with words.

But she still managed to convey what she wanted to express.

“So don’t agree, don’t worry about me. Getting first place is important!”

Right, right, students shouldn’t date early!

Tao Yun can’t go astray!

Tao Yun had finished her meal. She put down her chopsticks.

“Mhm.”

Tao Yun answered, then added: “I will get first place.”

“Yes, yes, yes! Keep that mindset! Truly worthy of being the representative of No. 1 High School! The pride of No. 1 High School!”

Xia Meng started blowing insane praise, as long as she didn’t mention her own business!

Tao Yun is so understanding.

“Huh?” Lin Ruoruo frowned and asked, “Didn’t you say it would waste time and turn down the teacher?”

Ah?

Xia Meng was full of question marks.

Tao Yun calmly replied: “How can getting first place be a waste of time?”

She said it very easily.

Just like, Let’s eat at Shaxian today.

Tao Yun had the confidence to do so. No. 1 High School was originally the city’s key high school, and as an outstanding student, Tao Yun had a very high probability of getting first place in the Physics Competition, at least making the top three.

Thinking of this, Xia Meng felt a little admiration. As a poor student, the Physics Competition was always something she had nothing to do with.

She couldn’t help but look forward to it: “I’ll go cheer you on then!”

Tao Yun: “Mhm.”

The System couldn’t resist pouring cold water on her.

Host, your current survival time is not enough to last until next month.

Xia Meng: “…”

It seems that’s true.

The System’s mission issuing was random; sometimes it issued several in one go, and sometimes a whole day passed without a single mission.

In the most anxious time, Xia Meng only had half an hour of survival time, and the System couldn’t refresh a mission. Just as her life was about to enter the final countdown, a lucky one appeared.

Except for the missions related to Tao Yun, other missions only rewarded one hour of survival time.

It would be a bit difficult to go cheer on Tao Yun next month.

Xia Meng was melancholy. People say a young girl’s feelings are like poetry, but for her, it had forcefully turned into a will.

I already promised…

Xia Meng was helpless and could only take things one step at a time.

She actually had a vague idea.

Will staying by Tao Yun’s side trigger more missions?

Xia Meng quickly dismissed this dangerous thought.

First time was a confession, second time was bringing water, is the third time going to be marriage?!

What if the System makes her have a child after marriage?!

She frowned seriously, still foolishly biting her chopsticks, her eyes unusually determined.

No, absolutely not!

System.

You really don’t need to think that much.

Tao Yun looked at the clearly spacing-out Xia Meng, her eyes half-closed, concealing all her thoughts. After a moment, she reached out and took the innocent chopsticks away.

Fortunately, the chopsticks were metal, so she hadn’t bitten them into the shape of a dental impression.

Tao Yun showed a look of slight regret.

Xia Meng still maintained her original posture. In her mind, she replayed the image of Tao Yun’s outstretched hand.

The fingers were slender and long.

The joints were distinct.

An exceptionally beautiful pair of hands.

Xia Meng was suspicious and uncertain. Ten thousand groundhogs screamed in unison inside her, their cries practically about to pierce her skull. She suppressed the urge to slam the table and continuously called out.

System, System!

Host! I’m here! The System replied quickly.

Does she have a crush on me?!

…Host, would you like me to read you the three major illusions of life?

Xia Meng: That’s true.

Without her eating utensil, Xia Meng was too embarrassed to ask Tao Yun for it back. She primly put down her hands and stared intently at Lin Ruoruo.

Lin Ruoruo immediately felt that the food in her bowl was less appetizing.

The way Tao Yun looked at Xia Meng made her feel a taste of dog food in her mouth.

She scratched her head, puzzled. If Tao Yun really had a thing for Xia Meng, why didn’t she agree? She couldn’t figure it out and remembered she still had things to do for the Student Council, so she simply packed up and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, she turned back and asked, “Kid, what class are you in?”

Xia Meng’s spine felt awkward for her.

Her voice was faint: “…Class Eight.”

High School Year 1, Class Eight.

The bottom-of-the-barrel class at No. 1 High School, the class for bad students who were considered a lost cause. Negative news about Class Eight could occasionally be seen on the school forum. It could be said that those who entered Class Eight were basically students who had been given up on.

Oh, damn it.

Why am I in Class Eight?

Facing the two Student Council members, Xia Meng felt like burying her head in her bowl.

Tao Yun was in Class One, the elite class.

The distance between her and Class Eight was an entire building.

Tao Yun frowned but said nothing.

Lin Ruoruo also got up: “Let’s go.”

“Haha, let’s go…”

Lin Ruoruo gave a dry laugh.

“Don’t worry, kid, I’ll help you talk to the teacher.”

Lin Ruoruo left these words and departed with Tao Yun.

“Sigh…” Xia Meng trudged back to her classroom, utterly listless.

And at this moment, Class Eight.

“They’re back! They’re back!”

A boy peeking from the window sill called out to the other students, triggering an excited commotion. Once in Class Eight, they were definitely not concerned with studies. What everyone wanted was gossip.

Someone exclaimed: “Xia Meng is quite something this time.”

She directly raided the base.

Her target wasn’t just Class One; it was Tao Yun! The school beauty! The teachers’ favorite! The campus celebrity of No. 1 High School!

She has real guts.

Su Hui squeezed to the window: “How come I never noticed Xia Meng was so brave before?”

A girl sitting by the window rolled her eyes at the boys, pulled out her makeup mirror to check her makeup, feeling a little sour for some reason.

They had been classmates for so long, yet she went and confessed to the school beauty.

In the end, it’s because they were too ugly.

“Hmph, what’s so great about it?” the girl said sourly.

Xia Meng had always been inconspicuous in Class Eight.

She never caused trouble, and she listened attentively in class, at most zoning out a little. In short, she was out of step with the atmosphere of Class Eight. Over time, the people in Class Eight didn’t like to hang out with her.

And she herself never took the initiative to get close to anyone. Life went on like this for a semester.

When Class Eight had formed its own little circles, Xia Meng was still that somewhat mild-mannered girl.

No one expected her to suddenly make a splash.

Su Hui saw Xia Meng coming up the stairs and left the window. His phone screen was still unlocked, showing the school forum: “I heard Tao Yun even ate with Xia Meng.”

“Does that mean she agreed?”

“Wow, do you think the school beauty will move into Class Eight?”

“You wish!”

In the corridor, Xia Meng noticed something was wrong.

Usually, when she walked to this spot, she could hear the people in Class Eight making a ruckus. Today, it was unusually quiet, giving her a sense that something bad was about to happen. Her steps slowed down, and finally, her legs started to tremble.

System, help me see what’s going on.

The System obediently complied.

After a moment, it replied, They are all welcoming you.

Welcoming me?

Xia Meng felt that either the System’s brain was rusty or hers was. She had always been a transparent person in Class Eight, so how could they be welcoming her?

Xia Meng was certain her brain couldn’t be rusty.

Therefore, the System must be due for inspection.

The moment she pushed the door open, Xia Meng felt a sting on her face.

The one who needed inspection was herself.

The students of Class Eight were all looking at her with a strange, expectant gaze, as if she were the long-lost mother who had finally returned to feed her children.

The “old mother” was frail, leaning on the door frame, ready to collapse at any moment.

She heard her deskmate speak: “Girl, you’re so fierce.”

So fierce…

Fierce…

Ah…

How could she forget that the whole school knew about her confession to Tao Yun, and that “whole school” naturally included Class Eight!

Thinking of the entire afternoon of classes ahead, Xia Meng turned to run.

But her legs were weak, boohoohoo, damn it.

Su Hui ran up to Xia Meng: “Don’t be afraid! All the brothers and sisters in Class Eight support you!”

“From now on! You’re the good brother/sister of Class Eight!”

“Brother/Sister! Well done!”

Su Hui, who kept calling her “brother/sister,” was the most boisterous person in the class, and now his face was full of admiration. It made Xia Meng mistakenly believe she had actually become a hero.

There was no ridicule, no teasing, only everyone’s respect.

Simply because she had confessed to Tao Yun.

But, this was just a mission!

She only did this mission to survive!

Just when Xia Meng was in a dilemma, the Dean of Students sent someone to rescue her: “Are you Xia Meng? The Dean of Students asked me to bring you over.”

Xia Meng: “…”

Survival is truly not easy.

Su Hui composed himself and clapped Xia Meng hard on the shoulder: “Don’t be afraid, the brothers and sisters have your back. Go bravely!”