Transmigrated as the School Hunk's Arch-Nemesis [Book Transmigration] - Chapter 12

Until Jiang Baiyi finished his 1500-meter run, Shen Yixing still hadn’t responded to Ruan Ming.

 

It wasn’t that he simply didn’t want to pay attention to him, it was just that Ruan Ming’s words were difficult to reply to.

 

To put it another way, what did it have to do with Shen Yixing if he liked Jiang Baiyi?

 

Yet Ruan Ming didn’t seem to notice the awkwardness, and even with no one replying to him, he just kept talking.

 

“He’s done running.” Ruan Ming raised his hand to block the sun. He smiled lightly when he looked at Shen Yixing and said, “I want to pursue him.”

 

Shen Yixing’s eyelid twitched. He heard Ruan Ming whisper another sentence, “Classmate Shen Yixing, you are such a good person, you will definitely help me, right?”

 

“No.” Shen Yixing didn’t have a habit of playing matchmaker.

 

“Ah…” Ruan Ming feigned grievance, pursing his lips as he asked, “Why?”

 

The second group of boys was about to start running, and Shen Yixing didn’t have time to chat here with Ruan Ming. Zhao Ci was standing more than ten meters away, waving and shouting a few things, but because they were far apart, Shen Yixing didn’t hear him clearly.

 

“Sorry, I have to go first.”

 

“Shen Yixing.”

 

Ruan Ming called out to stop Shen Yixing. His expression looked like he wanted to say something else, but his lips parted and closed, and in the end, he just said softly, “Anyway, good luck with your run.”

 

After Shen Yixing left, Ruan Ming’s smile gradually vanished, and frost slowly covered his friendly face.

 

“I just don’t want to use you yet.”

 

Ruan Ming snorted through his nose, “Ungrateful brat.”

 

At the starting line of the track, over a dozen boys were crowded onto the same lane. Shen Yixing had been pushed from the innermost lane where he started to the very outside without even realizing it.

 

The physical education teacher checked their student numbers one by one, lifted his whistle, and stepped aside. A piercing whistle sounded, and the boys scrambled to rush toward the inner lane.

 

On the side of the track, Jiang Baiyi stood in the shade of a tree holding his school uniform jacket. His gaze searched through the crowd of running people for a moment before finally landing on the boy trailing at the very back.

 

Shen Yixing, that idiot, was indeed near the back.

 

Jiang Baiyi smiled, took out his phone, and secretly took a photo of Shen Yixing while he was running.

 

In the photo, Shen Yixing was striding with his long legs, his lips parted slightly, and beads of sweat had already left trails on his face.

 

Jiang Baiyi enlarged the photo, then shrunk it, used a doodle pen to draw a pig’s head on Shen Yixing’s face, and then saved it to his album.

 

“Yi-ge, what are you doing?”

 

A head poked over in front of him. Jiang Baiyi guiltily turned off the screen and gave Tang Yuan a grim look. The latter immediately shrank his neck.

 

Jiang Baiyi casually found a topic, “Did you buy the water?”

 

Tang Yuan nodded, “Bought it, bought it.”

 

People on the playground ran lap after lap. By the time the third lap was finished, there were very few people who could still maintain a steady pace.

 

Jiang Baiyi’s gaze went past Tang Yuan, and when he found that flash of blue again, Shen Yixing had already finished running.

 

Tang Yuan followed Jiang Baiyi’s gaze, and upon seeing Shen Yixing, his eyes widened instantly.

 

“Yi-ge, why are you paying so much attention to the broom star.”

 

“Am I?” Jiang Baiyi said nonchalantly. He glanced at Tang Yuan’s stomach and said, “Don’t I pay just as much attention to you? Look at you, there’s another roll of fat on your stomach.”

 

It was clearly a lie, he had lost two pounds recently. Tang Yuan was poked in a sore spot, felt extremely wronged, and clenched his little fists, planning to go to Zhao Ci to complain.

 

At the finish line of the track, Shen Yixing was hunched over, his hands braced on his thighs, regulating his breathing after the exercise.

 

A shadow fell over him, and a familiar voice sounded from above.

 

“I checked your results for you, you barely crossed the passing line.”

 

Shen Yixing was too tired to lift his head, panting as he said, “Do you have water?”

 

Jiang Baiyi was stunned. He subconsciously handed over the half-bottle of mineral water in his hand.

 

Shen Yixing took it, lifted his head against the bottle opening, and the cool water slid down his throat, washing away the heat from just moments ago.

 

Jiang Baiyi watched the Adam’s apple on Shen Yixing’s fair throat slide up and down, and he touched his own throat calmly.

 

Shen Yixing frowned while drinking water, his cheeks flushed bright red. Crystal clear water droplets hung at the corners of his eyes, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and the water droplets shook off.

 

Jiang Baiyi was dazed watching him. After Shen Yixing finished the water, he asked, “Is it tasty?”

 

Shen Yixing: “…………?”

 

“What kind of look is that.”

 

Jiang Baiyi only regained his composure after Shen Yixing gave him a face full of disdain. He took the mineral water from Shen Yixing’s hand, trying to find a way to save face, “It says it’s a bit sweet on the bottle, I was just asking.”

 

Shen Yixing wiped the corner of his mouth and bypassed Jiang Baiyi to the shade of a tree by the track.

 

Jiang Baiyi followed behind, feeling slightly annoyed.

 

He drank the water, but didn’t even say thank you, he’s getting more and more impolite!

 

“Leaving without saying thank you?”

 

Jiang Baiyi sat down leaning against Shen Yixing. Their shoulders bumped, and Shen Yixing was almost knocked to the ground.

 

“Thank you.” Shen Yixing stared at the ground, his arms wrapped around his knees, feeling a bit absent-minded.

 

While running just now, Shen Yixing thought of something. The romantic storyline between Jiang Baiyi and Ruan Ming was supposed to develop only after the original body bullied Ruan Ming. Now, Shen Yixing had never bullied Ruan Ming, and Jiang Baiyi and Ruan Ming hadn’t had much contact, so logically, the romantic storyline shouldn’t develop so quickly.

 

If Ruan Ming liked Jiang Baiyi, then what kind of feelings did Jiang Baiyi have for Ruan Ming?

 

“What are you thinking about?” Jiang Baiyi rested his elbow on Shen Yixing’s shoulder, his fingers lightly landing in Shen Yixing’s hair, and then he deliberately ruffled it.

 

Seeing that Shen Yixing didn’t get angry, Jiang Baiyi retracted his hand in boredom and asked again, “Shen Yixing, what are you thinking about?”

 

“Have you ever…” Shen Yixing hesitated. He was quite curious about Jiang Baiyi’s opinion of Ruan Ming, but on second thought, what did the romantic business of the two protagonists have to do with him?

 

“Why are you mumbling, did you run into a ghost-catching master?”

 

“You’re the ghost.” Shen Yixing would never understand what was going on in this person’s head.

 

“If you’re not a ghost, what are you.” Jiang Baiyi turned Shen Yixing’s face to examine it, smiling as he said, “Don’t overthink it. As long as you don’t hurt anyone, Dad will definitely keep your secret for you.”

 

Jiang Baiyi’s deep gaze held a hint of pity. His three-dimensional features were reflected in Shen Yixing’s eyes. He opened his mouth, but didn’t say anything.

 

Intuition told Shen Yixing that Jiang Baiyi might have misunderstood something, and this misunderstanding was a bit big.

 

“Why would I want to hurt anyone.” Shen Yixing swatted Jiang Baiyi’s hand away and turned his face away, speechless.

 

Jiang Baiyi looked at Shen Yixing meaningfully and changed the subject, “You don’t have any other secrets?”

 

Shen Yixing’s heart skipped a beat, and he said calmly, “No.”

 

After saying that, Shen Yixing asked back, “How exactly did you know?”

 

“About that…”

 

Shen Yixing frowned. He didn’t get Jiang Baiyi’s next sentence.

 

The two were silent for a long time. Jiang Baiyi pulled up Shen Yixing’s sleeve. Even though he knew that the cut was already gone, he still couldn’t help but want to see.

 

“If you run into a ghost-catching master, tell me, I’ll protect you.”

 

Shen Yixing turned his head suddenly. He stared at Jiang Baiyi for a while and asked, “Are you joking?”

 

“I’m serious.”

 

Jiang Baiyi really had misunderstood something.

 

“Fine.” Shen Yixing didn’t plan to explain, and he didn’t know where to start explaining either. He couldn’t exactly tell Jiang Baiyi that he had been living in a book for over ten years, could he?

 

“Anyway.” Jiang Baiyi let go of Shen Yixing’s sleeve and said awkwardly, “You won’t disappear, will you?”

 

Shen Yixing was stunned for a moment. After realizing what Jiang Baiyi meant by his words, he said, “I don’t know.”

 

Shen Yixing had arrived here inexplicably, so he might just leave inexplicably too. Who could be sure about something like that?

 

The bell for the end of class rang from the speaker nearby. Jiang Baiyi stood up, grabbed the back of Shen Yixing’s collar, and said, “Who would pour tea and fetch water for me if you’re gone.”

 

“Hey, what are you doing.”

 

Shen Yixing was forced to keep up with Jiang Baiyi’s pace, and a deep voice sounded slowly above his head, “Going to eat dinner.”

 

“Xing-er!”

 

“Yi-ge!”

 

In the distance, Zhao Ci and Tang Yuan were standing under the referee’s stand holding things, waving enthusiastically toward this side.

 

“Zhao Ci is looking for me.” Shen Yixing pulled back his collar and walked away from Jiang Baiyi in a few steps.

 

“Tang Yuan is calling me too.” Jiang Baiyi pulled his little brother back, insisting on walking together with him.

 

The students on the playground left one wave after another. Not long after, only a scattered few people remained.

 

Before the end of class, the physical education teacher asked Zhao Ci and Tang Yuan to count the number of people who failed this test, and after counting, to send the form to his office.

 

In the hallway outside the office, Jiang Baiyi and Shen Yixing leaned against the railing. The sunset’s afterglow spilled down as if dyeing a layer of red blush on the two of them.

 

“Those two are really slow.” Jiang Baiyi was bored waiting and took out a cigarette to bite on his lip.

 

When he was about to light it, he saw Shen Yixing move to the side, so he immediately put away the lighter.

 

“Jiang Baiyi.”

 

A voice came from behind. Jiang Baiyi turned around and saw Ruan Ming. He frowned and immediately showed an impatient expression.

 

“Why is it you again.”

 

Shen Yixing, standing to the side, looked over at the sound. The smile on Ruan Ming’s face couldn’t quite hold. He took a step forward, approached Jiang Baiyi, and his voice remained soft, “Can we eat together tonight?”

 

Jiang Baiyi looked back at Shen Yixing and replied coldly, “No.”

 

Ruan Ming pursed his lips, the expression of disappointment written all over his face.

 

“Then I have something I want to tell you.”

 

Jiang Baiyi said, “Go ahead.”

 

Ruan Ming was stunned, “Here?!”

 

This might be a confession, Shen Yixing pretended to be a transparent person and walked a little further away.

 

“Forget it if you don’t want to say it.”

 

“I…” Ruan Ming stared at Shen Yixing’s retreating back for a while, gritted his teeth, and said softly, “I like you, Jiang Baiyi.”

 

Although Ruan Ming’s voice was very soft, Shen Yixing still heard it. He picked at the railing, unable to help but lament that the romantic storyline of the two protagonists was developing too rapidly.

 

Jiang Baiyi, who had just been confessed to, remained expressionless. This was not the first time he had been confessed to, he had had boys and girls doing it since he was a child, but this was the first time he had encountered such a cheesy confession.

 

Jiang Baiyi smiled and said calmly, “I don’t like you.”

 

Mist gradually covered Ruan Ming’s eyes. He was silent for a good while, and said with a crying tone, “Why?”

 

Jiang Baiyi couldn’t stand people shedding tears in front of him, let alone a boy.

 

He looked away and said, “I don’t like you, that’s just how it is, there’s no such thing as ‘why’.” After saying that, he added, “And I’m not interested in people who cry at the drop of a hat.”

 

Ruan Ming raised his eyes in surprise, muttering in his mouth, “How is this possible…”

 

Jiang Baiyi curled his lips in annoyance. Even if Ruan Ming was crying his heart out right now, he wouldn’t have any pity for him.

 

Ruan Ming cried for a while with his voice suppressed. When Jiang Baiyi looked at Shen Yixing, he also gave a fierce glare at that blue back.

 

Just then, Tang Yuan and Zhao Ci came out of the office excitedly. Seeing Ruan Ming crying to Jiang Baiyi in the hallway, and Shen Yixing walking far away, the two of them immediately filled in a big drama in their minds.

 

After wiping away his tears, Ruan Ming took a few steps back, regained his composure, and said, “Sorry, I’ve caused you trouble.”

 

After speaking, Ruan Ming set off running in the opposite direction. Before Jiang Baiyi could come back to his senses, the person was already gone.

 

Tang Yuan and Zhao Ci looked at each other and asked awkwardly, “What just happened?”

 

Jiang Baiyi glanced sideways at the two of them and walked straight toward Shen Yixing.

 

“Shen Yixing, why are you walking so far?”

 

A hand was placed on his shoulder, and Shen Yixing slowly turned around.

 

The afterglow was scorching, the light hitting Jiang Baiyi’s face. Shen Yixing was suddenly a bit unable to see his appearance clearly, he could only see the corners of Jiang Baiyi’s mouth slightly raised, and his lazy voice pouring into his ears.

 

“Shen Yixing, are you feeling uncomfortable because you heard someone confessing to me?”