Stop Chasing the School Belle, My Shy Deskmate is Sweet and Soft - Chapter 5

Xu Yuan stared blankly at Xia Tian, her smile gradually freezing on her face.

“Everything in your dreams?”

Did he realize what he was saying?

Did… did he actually refuse me?

“Ahhh!”

“Xia Tian, you said you would buy it for me! Now you’re just trying to upset me on purpose!”

Xu Yuan stomped her foot in frustration, her face flushed red with anger.

Their commotion drew the attention of the other classmates.

Ye Ningyu, uncomfortable with being in the spotlight, quietly packed her things, put on her backpack, and squeezed through the crowd to leave.

Xia Tian frowned slightly.

“Yeah… isn’t it obvious?”

???

Xu Yuan felt like she was hearing things.

Xia Tian was actually talking to her like this? Was he out of his mind?

Wasn’t he afraid of losing her attention?

“You… Fine. If you think it’s too expensive, then forget it. Plenty of other people are willing to buy it for me.”

She couldn’t fathom why Xia Tian was acting this way. She figured he was still sulking over being rejected.

Not wanting to push him too far, she reined in her anger.

She handed her backpack to Xia Tian and lifted her chin proudly.

“I’m afraid of the dark. Walk me home tonight. You’ll be the first guy to ever walk me home.”

“Whoa!”

The onlookers gasped in unison.

No one could believe that Xu Yuan had actually asked Xia Tian to walk her home!

Especially the male classmates, who all shot envious, jealous, and frustrated looks at him. They were practically grinding their teeth in disbelief.

Why him?

We all have heads on our shoulders, so why does Xia Tian get to walk the school belle home?

Is it just because he’s been fawning over her the longest?

Ye Ningyu, who had just reached the classroom door, heard Xu Yuan’s words. She froze for a moment, then buried her face deeper into her collar, her expression melancholic as she quickened her pace to leave.

Meanwhile, Xu Yuan stood proudly in front of Xia Tian, thinking to herself: Hmph! I’m giving you this chance in front of the whole class. Can’t you just take it and give yourself an easy way out?

But…

Xia Tian didn’t take her backpack. Instead, he turned and rummaged through his desk for a moment.

He quickly pulled out a small flashlight and handed it to her.

“If you’re afraid of the dark, no problem. Just use this flashlight and you won’t be scared anymore!”

“Oh, by the way, I’m definitely not going to tell you that two days ago, someone died on the road to the left of the school gate, and there’s still a wreath there.”

“And I certainly won’t tell you that if you keep walking two more blocks, there’s a crazy old man who likes to follow girls walking alone at night…”

Xu Yuan’s face turned ghostly pale, and her entire body started trembling.

Her eyes filled with tears, and she began crying, her tears falling one after another.

“Don’t cry, class monitor. If people see this, they might get the wrong idea about our relationship,” Xia Tian said “urgently,” but he casually slung his bag over his shoulder and walked out of the classroom without any intention of taking responsibility.

The whole class was left stunned by his actions.

No one could believe it—this was the same Xia Tian who used to stand up for Xu Yuan whenever she was upset.

“Did… did Xia Tian really make the class monitor cry?”

“What the heck… Did Xia Tian get possessed? Or was it an accident?”

“This looks pretty intentional to me.”

“Class monitor, don’t cry! If Xia Tian won’t walk you home, we will!”

Hearing this, Xu Yuan cried even harder.

“You’re so scary! If you walk me home, I’ll be even more terrified… waaaaah!”

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Xia Tian rushed down the stairs of the school building, scanning the area. Students with backpacks were walking toward the school gates, but Ye Ningyu’s figure was nowhere to be seen.

“Damn, she wasted my time. I didn’t even notice when Ye Ningyu left!”

“If I miss tonight’s big opportunity because of this, Xu Yuan’s definitely getting a piece of my mind.”

Unable to find Ye Ningyu in the crowd, he hurried toward the bike shed.

On the way, he was stopped by Fang Yu, who grabbed him by the arm.

“Little Tian, where are you rushing off to? I just passed by your class and saw Xu Yuan crying. Fatty Liu said it was you who made her cry?”

Fang Yu looked at Xia Tian with shock all over his face.

When he first heard the news, he couldn’t believe that Xu Yuan being upset would have anything to do with Xia Tian.

After all, she was his beloved goddess, the one he worshipped every day!

“Hey, be careful with what you say. I didn’t make her cry. All I did was tell her a couple of scary stories. Did I hit her or curse her?”

Xia Tian frowned and immediately shot back at Fang Yu.

He hated being wrongfully accused!

“Oh, right, that makes sense. You’d never make Xu Yuan cry. You just told her some scary stories… wait a minute, what?! You really did make her cry!”

Fang Yu finally processed what Xia Tian had said, his eyes widening in disbelief.

“You really made Xu Yuan cry?”

“Back when Xu Yuan got scared by a bug in class, you brought over ten bottles of insecticide the next day and sprayed the whole classroom, swearing that you’d wipe out the insect population. And now, you made her cry on purpose?”

“Are you really moving on from her?”

Xia Tian chuckled, giving Fang Yu a couple of pats on the shoulder. “I told you, but you never believe me… Anyway, enough with the chatter. Did you see Ye Ningyu at the bike shed a moment ago?”

“Ye Ningyu? Your new crush is that quiet girl? The one who barely speaks?”

Fang Yu’s question earned him a swift kick from Xia Tian, who then twisted his ear.

“You’re the quiet one! Your whole family’s quiet!”

“Ouch, ouch, okay, I give! She just went to get her bike from the shed.”

“Next time, if you don’t know what to say, just don’t say anything. No one will mistake you for being mute.”

Xia Tian left Fang Yu behind and quickly ran to the bike shed.

Sure enough, from a distance, he spotted a petite figure.

He rushed to find his own bike.

Taking a deep breath, he timed it perfectly and gently bumped into the back of Ye Ningyu’s bike.

“Ah!”

Ye Ningyu let out a startled cry.

Frightened, she quickly got off her bike and looked behind her, flustered.

Only to see Xia Tian standing there with a grin, clearly having bumped into her on purpose.

“X-Xia Tian, why did you purposely hit my bike?”

Xia Tian raised his eyebrows, feigning innocence as he pointed to the sticky note on the back of her bike.

“You’ve got a note on the back—it says, ‘If you bump into me, you have to marry me.'”

Ye Ningyu glanced down, and upon seeing the note, her face turned bright red. She began to panic.

“T-That wasn’t me… Someone else stuck it there!”

“I know. It was me.”

Xia Tian smiled mischievously, looking straight at Ye Ningyu.