Stop Chasing the School Belle, My Shy Deskmate is Sweet and Soft - Chapter 66

“Xia Tian, please don’t make jokes like that in the future, okay? I take them seriously…”

Xia Tian’s heart softened with guilt, and he nodded.

“I got it. Alright, let’s go grab something to eat. It’s getting late.”

“W-wait, I need to go to the restroom.”

“You just went, didn’t you?”

“I… I need to go again.”

Xia Tian was puzzled. Hadn’t Ye Ningyu just gone to the restroom before they ran into Xia Shi? It hadn’t even been 20 minutes, and she needed to go again?

But seeing the slightly awkward look on Little Ye’s face, Xia Tian suddenly understood.

Ah…

So it’s that time of the month.

“Alright, go ahead. I’ll wait here for you. No rush.”

“Mhm…”

With her head lowered, Ye Ningyu hurriedly walked toward the restroom.

Once she was gone, Xia Tian pulled out his phone and quietly made a note of her cycle in his reminders.

After that, he wandered back over to the message wall and looked up at the sticky notes.

“She only said I couldn’t sneak a peek… but she never said I couldn’t check it openly, right?”

Looking at the note Ye Ningyu had written earlier, Xia Tian found himself pleasantly surprised.

He had assumed she would write the same thing she had written in her diary during their previous life:

“The moon is bright, but its brightness is useless, yet it still shines. I like you, even though it’s pointless, but I still like you.”

Because of that assumption, Xia Tian had written his response on his own note: “The moon is bright, and its brightness is useful.”

However, Ye Ningyu’s note this time was different.

“By your side, swayed by you.”

Xia Tian was taken aback at first.

Then, like a warm current flowing through his heart, the words spread a gentle feeling inside him.

“It seems like this past month since I was reborn has already brought significant changes to Little Ye. This feels like she’s expressing her true feelings more directly, rather than the pessimistic words I had expected.”

Staring at the note, Xia Tian’s lips curled into a soft smile.

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“Little Yuan, I heard there’s a message wall here. Let’s go write something and stick it on!”

“Sounds good, but I haven’t seen where it is yet.”

Chen Jiayi, Xu Yuan, Qiao Shaoxuan, and a few other students from Senior 3, Class 6, had grouped up to visit the Heartbreak Museum.

In fact, they had been waiting to get in for quite some time.

But the crowd outside had been so massive that they had waited in line for an entire hour before they finally made it inside.

When Qiao Shaoxuan heard Xu Yuan mention the message wall, he looked around and noticed that the museum curator was passing by.

Suddenly, an idea popped into his head.

“Little Yuan, you guys wait here. I see an acquaintance of mine—I’ll go ask him where the wall is.”

“An acquaintance?”

Everyone was curious.

They watched as Qiao Shaoxuan approached the curator and struck up a friendly conversation, laughing and chatting.

Realization dawned on them.

“Whoa, I didn’t know Qiao Shaoxuan actually knows the curator here!”

“I’d heard that Qiao Shaoxuan’s family has money, but I didn’t realize his connections were this big.”

“Maybe his family even invested in this Heartbreak Museum. That’s impressive.”

“Exactly! Ugh… we all work hard to reach Rome, but some people are just born there. Our end goal is just their starting line.”

As the classmates murmured in awe, all casting admiring glances at Qiao Shaoxuan, Xu Yuan felt a swelling sense of pride.

Even if Qiao Shaoxuan’s family was powerful and wealthy, he was pursuing her after all!

A small smile crept onto Xu Yuan’s face.

When Qiao Shaoxuan returned, she spoke to him more warmly than usual.

“Shaoxuan, how did it go?”

Qiao Shaoxuan was momentarily taken aback, feeling a bit overwhelmed by Xu Yuan’s sudden kindness.

Is it spring? Xu Yuan’s actually being gentle with me?

Noticing that all of Xu Yuan’s classmates were now looking at him with admiration, Qiao Shaoxuan quickly realized that they must have misunderstood something.

They probably thought he and the curator were close friends.

In reality, he had only spotted a distant relative and used the opportunity to ask the curator where the message wall was. He didn’t actually know the curator personally.

But seeing how everyone had jumped to their own conclusions, Qiao Shaoxuan decided there was no need to correct them.

Why not roll with it and enjoy the moment? It wasn’t often he got to show off.

Puffing up his chest slightly, he responded with a confident smile.

“Of course, I got it all sorted out. Actually, our families are quite close. When I see the curator, I even call him ‘Uncle.’”

“Come on, follow me. My uncle even said he’d treat me to a drink later, so don’t be surprised if one of the staff brings it over soon.”

Qiao Shaoxuan’s words prompted another round of awe-struck stares from his classmates.

Wanting to impress Xu Yuan further, Qiao Shaoxuan added, “Although we’re not in the same class, I’ll have my uncle send drinks for everyone here. After all, Yuan and I are close.”

The group erupted into cheers.

“Wow, Young Master Qiao, you’re so generous!”

“Xu Yuan, I’m super jealous. You’ve got such an amazing guy pursuing you!”

“Tsk tsk tsk, Class Monitor, you and Qiao Shaoxuan would be a perfect match—like a pair of beautiful swans!”

Xu Yuan blushed slightly, feeling a bit shy.

“Ah, stop it, you guys. I’m not really thinking about dating right now… but thanks, Shaoxuan.”

“You’re welcome.”

Qiao Shaoxuan’s ego was greatly satisfied.

Not only had he managed to impress everyone, but he had even earned Xu Yuan’s gratitude.

Turns out, Dad was right—leveraging the resources around you pays off!

As the group followed Qiao Shaoxuan’s lead, he began to contemplate how much money he’d have to slip to the curator to make sure everyone got their drinks.

He patted his pocket, feeling the bank card inside. It held his entire allowance for the next month.

But having already bragged, he had no choice but to follow through. Backing out now would just make him look like a fool.

With that in mind, Qiao Shaoxuan used the excuse of needing the restroom to slip away and find Tang Hao once again.

After arranging everything, he rejoined his group.

Soon enough, they reached the message wall.

But from a distance, they could already see a familiar figure standing nearby.

Xu Yuan reacted most strongly.

Her eyes sharpened, and her expression lit up with sudden excitement.

“It’s Xia Tian!”