“Hiding behind your phone, speaking quite boldly, aren’t you?”
‘Oh no, I might have gone too far and actually made her angry…’
Hearing that Bai Qiaoyu’s tone didn’t sound right, Qi instinctively panicked, feeling a slight pang of regret.
But since the words were already out there, she couldn’t exactly take them back, could she?
She steadied her nerves, and her voice softened once more.
“I wasn’t being bold, CEO Sister~ You know me. I’m a very conservative girl. If you keep talking like that, I’ll get embarrassed…”
“Then be a good girl and wait for me at the school gate.”
“But…”
“If I don’t see you there by then, I’ll come straight into the school to find you myself.”
Without giving Qi a chance to refuse, Bai Qiaoyu hung up the phone immediately after saying her last word.
“What an unreasonable person.”
Looking at the phone screen, the black-haired girl pouted in dissatisfaction.
What was she supposed to do?
She couldn’t always follow the other person’s rhythm.
If someone could just ask her out whenever they wanted, trouble would eventually arise.
But if she didn’t listen and Bai Qiaoyu really came into the school and caught her, that would be real trouble.
At that point, never mind going out to play; she wouldn’t even know where she’d be taken.
She was truly reluctant and her heart was in a constant struggle, but eventually, she shook her head and held down the power button to turn off the phone.
To the Library!
This was Qi’s first time at the school’s Library.
She had heard before that it was the main activity area for the Learning Committee members.
Combined with the financial power this school had shown so far, she had imagined it would be huge.
But now that she had actually arrived, she realized it was indeed huge—much bigger than she had imagined!
Just looking at the exterior, she would have thought it was some kind of large department store.
The overall structure of the Library was circular.
Moreover, the interior didn’t give off the impression of layers upon layers of bookshelves cluttering the line of sight as she had expected.
Instead, at first glance, it provided a very open field of vision.
There weren’t many walls dividing the areas; rather, several pillars supported the massive architectural structure.
The internal bookshelves were built against the walls, but that didn’t mean there were few books.
It was just that there were relatively few on the first floor.
The entire Library had three floors, connected by spiral staircases leading to the top floor.
The center of the staircases was an empty atrium, allowing one to look from the first floor all the way up to the glass skylight on the top.
‘Is this really a library? It’s too big.’
Actually, strictly speaking, this entire building should be called the Culture Hall.
It was just that the core and most representative area was the Library, and one had to pass through it to reach other sections.
Therefore, everyone preferred to simply call it the Library, just as the representative building of the Arts Center was the Grand Theater.
She stood near the entrance in front of a large iron sign, looking at the types of books represented in each area.
It was strange; while other buildings had electronic devices installed for efficient navigation, places like the Library rarely had them.
Instead, they used the simplest signposts for guidance.
Aside from using a Campus Card to register with the librarian when borrowing a book, electronic devices were rarely used for anything else.
Perhaps it was to maintain the purest atmosphere for reading physical books.
According to the signs, in a corner of the eastern area on the third floor, there was a pile of study notes left by other students for others to browse through for free.
This happened to be exactly what Qi needed right now.
Following the directions on the signposts, she walked up the stairs step by step.
It took her about 10 minutes to reach her destination.
The Library was truly massive, but because of her legs, she couldn’t walk fast at all while wearing White Silk Stockings.
Qi was worried that if Bai Qiaoyu saw her in this state, she wouldn’t even be able to run.
She had to hide well.
Qi found a notebook with a sophomore tag among the pile of notes.
After flipping through it for a few moments, she closed it helplessly and turned to look at the freshman notes instead.
She remembered a joke: a boy named Xiaoming, who had always been playful, suddenly had an epiphany one day and wanted to study hard.
So, he asked his Homeroom Teacher where he should start.
The Homeroom Teacher looked at his grades and said with some hesitation, “With your grades, I’m afraid you have to start from Grade 2.”
“Is that sophomore year in high school?”
“Second grade of elementary school.”
Of course, she definitely hadn’t reached that level.
She still had her junior high foundation; starting from the freshman level would be fine.
‘Can I really finish all this and get a passing grade within one month?’
The black-haired girl felt very gloomy.
But regardless of whether she could do it or not, every journey had to start with a first step.
Even if she couldn’t do it by next month, at most, she would just have to take another punishment.
Although she felt this was an entirely undeserved disaster, who could complain when Luo Qing was a God?
Those with absolutely powerful capital were the ones who set the rules.
Qi had no way to resist; she could only obey.
After finding a detailed and easy-to-understand set of notes and the corresponding textbook from another shelf, Qi sat down at a table near the outer railing.
This spot was carefully chosen; it was in a corner of the entire Library, yet offered a clear view of the entrance.
This way, if Bai Qiaoyu managed to find the Library, she would see her immediately and hide.
Although the Library had a back door, one still had to climb the stairs to get up here, right?
Even though there were other ways to go upstairs in different areas, Bai Qiaoyu wasn’t a student here.
She would definitely take the most obvious route.
There was no way she could be that unlucky…
Qi spread the books and notes out on the table and began to read seriously, though her eyes would occasionally glance down below.
She was constantly worried about being caught by Bai Qiaoyu, so it was actually hard to calm her mind.
Her learning efficiency wasn’t high at all, which Qi had expected.
Therefore, she had brought her Campus Card with her this time, intending to hide here until 10:00 PM and then borrow the notes and textbooks to take back to the Dormitory.
There were still several hours until 10:00 PM.
She didn’t believe Bai Qiaoyu would keep searching forever.
If Bai Qiaoyu really could search until 10:00 PM, then she would have to admire her persistence!
The black-haired girl used her Campus Card as a bookmark, tucking it into the textbook while matching the knowledge points from the notes to the content in the book.
It felt like the original owner of these notes intended for them to be read by others from the start.
They had broken down the knowledge points in a very popular and easy-to-understand way.
Many of the annotations were particularly interesting, making it a very high-quality set of notes.
Qi became somewhat lost in her reading.
After about 30 minutes, when her eyes were slightly tired, she stretched to relax and looked down.
At that moment, the Library’s automatic glass doors opened, and a figure walked inside.
It was Bai Qiaoyu! She really had found this place!
Qi peeked out slightly to watch her.
After glancing around down below, Bai Qiaoyu looked up and made eye contact with her!
This gave Qi a sudden jolt of fright, nearly making her fall off her chair.
From such a distance, how did that woman spot her at a glance!
Seeing that Bai Qiaoyu had already started walking toward the stairs, the black-haired girl felt an urgent panic.
Ignoring the notes, she turned around, wanting to run.
But after taking only two steps, she couldn’t help but lean against the wall, only just managing to support her weak legs to keep from falling.
Though she felt extremely frustrated, Qi had no choice but to switch to a slow, small-paced walk to make her escape.