Chapter 10: An Yinuo Sees Through Chen Xi!

It's all Song Mo's fault!

If it weren't for Song Mo!

Now An Yinuo would still be caring for me as devotedly as before; Song Mo not only humiliated me in public, but now he's even trying to steal An Yinuo, the campus beauty.

Chen Xi's gaze turned cold.

Just wait, Song Mo!

I'll make you pay!

Chen Xi's expression shifted; he licked his dry, deliberately unhydrated lips, gathered his emotions, and slowly tears glistened in his eyes.

Feeling it was enough, he walked into the classroom.

In college, students usually don't need to report when late, to avoid disrupting the professor's lecture, so many teachers explicitly state that latecomers should enter from the back door.

Chen Xi sat down in the empty seat beside An Yinuo.

The sound beside her drew An Yinuo's attention; when she turned and saw Chen Xi, she was startled—especially upon noticing the tears welling in his eyes.

She suddenly felt a pang of guilt.

She couldn't help but want to distance herself from Song Mo.

Chen Xi's tactics were indeed clever; he said nothing, yet struck suddenly and seized control of the situation.

Chen Xi bit his lip, his gaze pitiful.

"Yinuo, why are you sitting next to Song Mo?"

"Didn't you tell me yourself that Song Mo is disgusting, self-centered, and you dislike him?"

Song Mo now noticed Chen Xi's presence.

【This asshole is back again? Hmph, just like in his past life—even when I ignore him, this thing still won't leave me alone.】

【This idiot must've seen An Yinuo sitting next to me and panicked, afraid I'll steal back the lapdog I trained, right?】

【Heh, this might be fun.】

Although An Yinuo had suspected, she was still shocked when she confirmed it through Song Mo's inner thoughts.

Song Mo really is a reincarnator!

So, his bad impression of me comes from his past life?

His prejudice against Chen Xi is the same!

An Yinuo recalled Song Mo's inner thoughts from yesterday—his body smashed to pulp by a car, tortured and abused in a basement—could her relationship with Chen Xi have been part of that?

That's why Song Mo hated her and Chen Xi so much!

For some reason, after hearing Song Mo's inner thoughts, An Yinuo no longer felt Chen Xi was the tragic, sensitive, innocent boy she'd believed him to be.

So when she saw his pale face and cracked lips again, and saw the helplessness and despair in his eyes—accusing her like swords—she no longer felt the pity she once did.

Chen Xi… is he faking it?

From Song Mo's inner thoughts, she realized Chen Xi was likely pretending—to win her sympathy and keep her helping him.

An Yinuo furrowed her brow slightly.

"Can't I sit next to Song Mo?"

At these words, Chen Xi's face turned instantly pale.

Just like a zombie—pale as a corpse!

His expression darkened; his lips twitched slightly. "Yinuo, you misunderstand—I'm not trying to control you. It's just that Song Mo isn't a good person."

Song Mo lifted his gaze from his advanced math textbook and smirked at Chen Xi. "Strange, Chen Xi—weren't you always terrified of me? How come you dare say I'm not a good person right to my face now?"

Chen Xi said nothing.

He only gazed at An Yinuo with pleading eyes, as if he truly cared for her.

Song Mo watched the two like a spectator at a play.

【Let me guess what An Yinuo will do next?】

【She can't possibly withstand that look—she'll immediately comfort him with 'Chen Xi, don't be sad, I'll switch seats after class,' then give a long explanation, and probably glare at me at the end… I'd bet a pack of spicy strips she'll react exactly like this!】

【Even if not exactly, it'll be close enough!】

Song Mo noticed An Yinuo wasn't glaring at him at the end—damn it, this girl was glaring at him right now!

Huh? Why does it feel like she heard me calling her names? Her glare's getting fiercer and fiercer—like a tigress.

An Yinuo wanted to kill Song Mo with her eyes, but to avoid revealing any clue, she forced herself to look away.

She lifted her eyes slightly and looked at Chen Xi.

She asked, puzzled:

"Chen Xi, what special relationship do we have?"

"I could sit beside you before; now I can sit beside Song Mo. We're just classmates."

"Song Mo's advanced math grades are excellent. Sitting next to him lets me ask him questions when I don't understand. What's wrong with that?"

Chen Xi's face darkened; now he felt utterly humiliated!

Panic flashed in his eyes, mixed with disbelief—what sorcery had Song Mo used to make An Yinuo change her attitude toward him so drastically?

Remember, just one day ago!

An Yinuo was a class monitor who cared for him endlessly!

She was practically a lapdog-in-training!

Chen Xi tried to salvage the situation.

"Yinuo, why do I feel like you've changed so much?"

"Did Song Mo say bad things about me? Don't let one person's words make you biased against me."

"Yinuo, you're the only friend I have at school."

Hearing this, An Yinuo's expression was visibly moved.

Chen Xi saw this, and the tears swirling in her eyes fell freely, her voice trembling with sobs.

"I have no family—you are my family. I've always thought of you as my own elder sister!"

An Yinuo was touched.

But…

She glanced at Song Mo—why hadn't she heard his thoughts this time?

【Can't these two pathetic male-sucking females just die somewhere and stop grossing me out? Damn it, can't I even read my book in peace?】

Finally, she heard Song Mo's thoughts.

An Yinuo's expression suddenly changed, her demeanor turning fierce.

She coldly told Chen Xi:

"It's class time. Can't you talk after class?"

After saying that, she acted as if it had nothing to do with her and began listening to the advanced math teacher explain the exercises on the blackboard.

Damn it!

The teacher already finished explaining the solutions in the first two books!

This one being explained now is completely incomprehensible!

An Yinuo hesitated, glancing at Song Mo, who was reading—should she ask him?

But remembering Song Mo's opinion of her—not just unfriendly, but utterly contemptuous!

She let out a sharp "Hmph!" toward Song Mo.

"I'm not asking him. There are two similar example problems in the book—I'll figure it out myself!"

Song Mo found it utterly baffling.

【Did she just 'hmpf' at me? Totally insane.】

An Yinuo clenched her teeth, her fist balled tightly, aching to smash it hard into Song Mo's thigh—let you keep insulting me in your head!

"Hmph!"

Chen Xi stole glances at An Yinuo from the corner of her eye, watching her series of small reactions to Song Mo, her expression dark and unreadable.

(End of Chapter)