There’re Always Paranoid Thoughts to Monopolize Me - Chapter 28.2

Gu Xinqing’s face fell, and her legs gave out as she crouched on the ground, “Ke Ke, aren’t the monthly test scores coming out today? I’m bad at both academic subjects and PE, my life is over.”

“Come on, they haven’t been released yet, right?” Qin Ke sat down beside her and comforted her softly, “Maybe all those questions you guessed on are correct?”

“…”

Gu Xinqing turned her head pitifully to look at Qin Ke, “Is that really possible?”

Qin Ke nodded.

“Mm, it is.”

As soon as she finished speaking, everything went dark—Gu Xinqing had pounced on her with a hug so forceful that Qin Ke almost choked.

“Wuwuwu, Ke Ke, you’re the best! I want to bask in your top student aura and first place aura—I hope I do a bit better this time, otherwise if I’m at the bottom for the first test of the school year, my parents will kill me, wuwuw…”

“Cough.”

A light cough suddenly interrupted Gu Xinqing’s emotional moment. She rubbed her nose and sat up straight, about to glare at the intruder unhappily, when she saw Huo Jun’s pale, handsome face.

—

The boy was wearing black sweatpants and a matching baseball cap. He was lowering the brim of his cap, looking down at them with an ambiguous smile.

Meeting Gu Xinqing’s confused gaze, Huo Jun pulled his hand out of his pocket and crooked his finger to the side.

Gu Xinqing was stunned and pointed at her own nose. “Me?”

“Mm.”

Huo Jun responded lazily.

“…”

Gu Xinqing’s eyes trembled slightly, and she instinctively gripped Qin Ke’s sleeve tightly, “Se-senior, do you need something?”

Huo Jun crooked his finger again.

Gu Xinqing was even more confused. “??”

Huo Jun: “…”

Huo Jun glanced at Qin Ke, and Qin Ke vaguely read a “where did you find such an idiot friend” meaning in his look.

Then, suppressing his impatience, he turned to look at Gu Xinqing, “I’m telling you to move further away, don’t stick so close to her.”

Gu Xinqing: “……”

Gu Xinqing sniffled, reluctantly and resentfully scooting her bottom to the side, and responded in a muffled voice. “…Oh.”

After responding, she gave Qin Ke a pitiful look, like a child who had been bullied and wanted to find their mother.

Qin Ke was at a loss.

She looked up at Huo Jun, her voice sounding particularly soft and pleasant in the afternoon sunlight.

“Don’t be mean to her, she didn’t do anything.”

“Didn’t do anything?”

Huo Jun’s lips curled into a smile, his eyes dark and gleaming with a wild, arrogant amusement. “I haven’t even gotten to hug you, what right does she have to?”

Qin Ke: “……” 

Gu Xinqing: “……”

Gu Xinqing felt a chill down her spine at his tone. She quickly wiped the pitiful expression off her face and, very knowingly, scooted several dozen centimeters further away from Qin Ke before stopping.

Only then was Huo Jun satisfied.

Qin Ke was even more at a loss, but couldn’t do anything about him. “Why did you suddenly come over?”

Huo Jun: “The monthly rankings are out, posted on the red board at the notice area.”

Qin Ke was startled.

She immediately felt a bit nervous and squeezed her fingertips—after all, this was her first test since her rebirth, and she didn’t know how she had done…

Noticing Qin Ke’s uneasiness, Huo Jun, who had originally intended to use this news to gain some “benefits” for himself, narrowed his eyes slightly. Two seconds later, he spoke directly.

“Don’t worry. You’re still first in your grade.”

“…”

Qin Ke was stunned.

It wasn’t entirely unexpected, but having it confirmed still left her a bit dazed.

Gu Xinqing beside her blinked and jumped up excitedly—

“That’s our Ke Ke for you!” Then she seemed to remember something and quickly turned to Huo Jun, “Brother Jun, did you see what Ke Ke’s individual math score was?!”

“Mm,” Huo Jun responded, “Full marks.”

“!?”

This time, Gu Xinqing finally couldn’t hold back and turned to pounce again—

“Wuwuwu, I must bask in the aura of a study god! Ke Ke, study god, please bless me to be in the top thirty of our class!”

“……”

Qin Ke didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

A few seconds later, Gu Xinqing suddenly straightened up, her eyes shining.

“I almost forgot—didn’t the math teacher say that if you got first place in math for the monthly test, he’d apply for a competition spot for second-year students for you?!”

“Mm, he did say that…”

Qin Ke hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

“Haha, that’s great!”

Gu Xinqing laughed excitedly and clenched her fist, waving it—

“This is the first time they’ve made an exception, didn’t you see how some students in our class were almost furious when they heard about it—some were even badmouthing you behind your back, hmph… Once your test results come out, it’ll really slap them in the face!”

Qin Ke smiled faintly.

“Don’t get angry over those petty people who only know how to criticize and envy behind others’ backs. They’re not worth it.”

Gu Xinqing nodded, then hesitated again.

“But, they’re all saying that if you get a spot this time, you might be taking it from a second-year senior…”

Qin Ke was startled at these words.

If she remembered correctly, in her previous life, wasn’t it Qin Yan who got the last competition spot for the second-year students?