For many college students, the first class in the morning is one they skip.
But Liu Yan is not among them.
Liu Yan is a good student in every sense.
Although over these years Chen Tang had dragged him into doing some things that might be a bit demon child-like, that doesn’t change his fundamental nature.
Besides, he confessed to Bai Mengling last night—what will happen today?
No one can give a definite answer, but for Liu Yan himself, he personally thinks that a student’s duty is still to study.
As for whether to take the graduate entrance exam or pursue a doctorate later, he plans to decide when the time comes.
Chen Tang, drowsy, was dragged by Liu Yan into the classroom.
To be honest, for her, this was just sleeping somewhere else—in this novel’s world, she came only to change Liu Yan’s fate.
Why bother studying hard?
Of course, games can be played.
After all, playing games is fun.
So after she arrived, she lay down on the desk and started sleeping.
“Poke me when roll call happens.”
Having told Liu Yan that, Chen Tang continued her hibernation.
‘This person used to be a demon child, but she was still somewhat studious—how come as soon as she entered university, she doesn’t want to study anymore?
Ah, life doesn’t end after the college entrance exam!’
Liu Yan thought about such things.
Anyone who has been to college knows that usually one subject is paired into two consecutive class periods.
During the break, the Student Council people arrived.
Student Council class checks—most of the time, they’re just a boring formality, and the checks themselves are very superficial.
After all, the break is only fifteen minutes, and for large lectures in tiered classrooms, one room might hold four or five hundred people; fifteen minutes is nowhere near enough to check everyone.
In the end, it’s the class monitors who do the checking, and as long as the monitors report no problems, it’s fine.
So these checks are very perfunctory.
But—
Student Council President Bai Mengling appeared.
Xia You also appeared.
Many of the sleepy young men suddenly had their eyes light up.
Two beauties from the Student Council appear for a class check at the same time, and you’re still sleeping?
At this age, can you even sleep?
Liu Yan even saw a boy pull a comb out of his backpack, quickly fix his bangs, and then put on a look—45 degrees upward, with three-tenths melancholy, three-tenths sorrow, three-tenths anticipation, and the last one-tenth a lecherous expression.
Hard to comment.
“Hey hey! The Student Council is here for a class check!”
He poked Chen Tang, who was still sleeping.
Chen Tang groggily opened her eyes, processed what Liu Yan said, and then saw Bai Mengling and Xia You seemingly walking toward them.
She snapped awake instantly.
Then she fixed her hair and patted her face.
In just a few seconds, she transformed into a very dignified beauty—though that word doesn’t have much to do with Chen Tang herself.
But as soon as Liu Yan saw her expression, he knew she was up to something bad; she was going to create a hell scene for him!
‘Some treacherous subject wants to harm me!’
“Are you serious? Are you sure you want to pull this right now?”
Chen Tang revealed a gentle smile: “What are you talking about, Brother Yan? Didn’t you say the Student Council was coming for a class check? I only dragged myself up so I wouldn’t embarrass you in front of the President!”
‘Whoever you are! Get off this demon child!’
‘Damn it, relying on her current looks, she actually made me feel a hint of sweetness…
Am I going to commit a crime against my bro?’
‘Right, right, right! Oh, no, no, no, oh right…’
‘Is it right or not!’
While he was thinking, Bai Mengling led Xia You and others past Liu Yan and Chen Tang.
Bai Mengling patted Liu Yan’s shoulder: “Pay attention in class~”
Then her gaze met Chen Tang’s.
Chen Tang just showed a well-behaved, understanding smile, like a lady sitting next to him, as if she were a perfect statue.
‘…’
‘Wasn’t this person supposed to be a demon child?’
Bai Mengling initially wanted to say something, but in the end she didn’t, since class checks aren’t really the Student Council’s main task anyway.
She couldn’t stay here too long.
If they were to go on a date, it would be better to ask privately, right?
This seems like abusing public office for private gain.
She’s not that kind of person.
She’d message Liu Yan after going back to see if they could go out this weekend.
But logically, Liu Yan should be the one to invite her, shouldn’t he?
She gave Liu Yan a look, hoping he would take the initiative to invite her.
Liu Yan was puzzled.
‘What does that look mean?’
‘Sis, I just met you, right?
What do you expect me to understand from your eyes?
Just give me a simpler look.
What’s with that look that seems to want me to invite you on a date?’
‘And it does seem like I should invite her on a date.’
‘But a young lady like her is probably busy on weekends, right?’
‘Ah, I’ll just invite her anyway.
Whether she comes or not is one thing, but whether I invite her is another.’
The Student Council class check ended quickly, but one of the Student Council members, the woman named Xia You, did not leave.
She sat down right there.
Chen Tang was on Liu Yan’s left, by the window.
And now Xia You directly sat on Liu Yan’s right side—as for why no one was sitting there…
After all, Chen Tang was a demon child.
Some people had been messed with by her.
So everyone still held a sense of awe for this school-beauty-level person, and didn’t want to sit next to the two of them.
No joke, Liu Yan could sit there fine, but if anyone else sat there, they’d suffer greatly.
So there were still seats next to Liu Yan.
Xia You sat down right there.
Chen Tang’s eyes revealed a desire for gossip.
She knew Xia You wouldn’t be able to hold back.
This was a very conflicted woman.
On one hand, she thought she was excellent—pretty, good grades, good social standing, and now a member of the Student Council.
By all accounts, a successful person.
Or in more otaku terms, a “normie.”
But on the other hand, she was troubled by her own family background.
May I ask, what kind of family would send their daughter to arranged blind dates in her freshman year of college?
In short, for Xia You, the common nickname “Commoner School Beauty” was actually an insult to her, as if constantly emphasizing to her the fact that “your family conditions aren’t good enough.”
She only hated that she couldn’t graduate from college quickly, find a great job, earn tens of thousands a month, achieve class mobility, and instantly shake off the title of Commoner School Beauty.
Then something even more hateful happened.
It was she who had dumped Liu Yan.
But this Liu Yan actually dared to turn around and confess to Bai Mengling—that heiress!
And even more twisted, Bai Mengling agreed!
How could she agree!
But in front of such a heiress, Xia You simply didn’t have the courage to ask why she agreed to Liu Yan’s confession.
She was afraid that Bai Mengling would look at her coldly and say, “None of your business.”
Then she would truly feel humiliated.
The thing was, Bai Mengling—she was no less attractive than Xia You, supposedly ranked first in her year academically, and she was the Student Council President, while Xia You was her subordinate.
More importantly, she was the eldest daughter of the Bai Family.
Simply put, when facing Bai Mengling, Xia You couldn’t find any angle to “win.”
So if she wanted to win, to let the Win Science divine ability continue to work, what should she do?
Xia You found an angle.
That is, Bai Mengling’s boyfriend was a guy she had already discarded.
Her own partner would be far more outstanding than Bai Mengling’s.
Although the eldest Miss Bai had good taste in other areas, in this aspect, she was still too inferior.
From this angle, winning could balance her heart a little.
So today she sat down.
Liu Yan watched her sit down: “What are you doing here? You don’t have class, do you?”
‘See, although this guy was dumped by me, he still remembers my schedule clearly.’
‘The person the eldest Miss Bai has taken a liking to?
Just someone I discarded.
If I crook my finger, he’ll come back.’
‘This shows from the side that my charm is higher than yours, Miss Bai.’
Xia You’s face lit up with delight.
At that moment, a perfect Win Science loop completed in her mind.
“What, can’t I come if I don’t have class? I just love listening to this teacher’s lecture. You got a problem? Not allowed to audit?” Xia You crossed her legs, her posture relaxed and elegant.
The jeans she wore today accentuated her leg lines well.
Chen Tang saw that many people were already preparing to watch the drama.
It’s worth mentioning that although in college everyone goes to different classrooms for classes, the basic concept of “class” still exists.
They had classmates.
Everyone was clearly already eating popcorn.
Chen Tang was watching to see how Liu Yan would handle this.
If Liu Yan couldn’t win, then it would be her turn to step in.
So even though she was on Liu Yan’s left right now, she had no intention of speaking, acting like a wallflower.
The other party had come up with a fairly reasonable excuse.
So Liu Yan just gave her a white look and then turned his gaze away, planning to review what he learned last class.
“Why did you confess to Bai Mengling?”
Liu Yan didn’t answer.
Xia You repeated: “Why did you confess to Bai Mengling?”
Liu Yan was still reading.
Xia You finally tugged at Liu Yan’s sleeve: “Hey! Pretending you can’t hear me, huh?”
Liu Yan took a deep breath, closed his book, and calmly looked at Xia You: “Let me ask you, what does this have to do with you? We’ve already broken up. Why do you care who I confess to? Does it concern you?”
“Did you confess to Bai Mengling just to piss me off?”
Liu Yan laughed.
He found it very absurd.
He never realized Xia You was this kind of person before…
He rolled his eyes and put on a deliberately ugly expression, then said: “Then let me ask you—when you were dating that blind date of yours—uh, I still don’t know his name to this day—did I ever ask you about it? Even if I did, it was before we broke up. Have I asked you about it after we split?
“When you break up, it’s over. A good ex should be as quiet as a dead person. Don’t you understand that? I haven’t disturbed your life, so why are you disturbing mine? Does my relationship with Bai Mengling have anything to do with you?”
Xia You found it unbearable.
In the past, Liu Yan had never spoken to her in this tone.
She could deeply feel the impatience in this man’s voice.
Chen Tang secretly gave Liu Yan a thumbs up.
‘That’s it, that’s the spirit.’
‘Don’t be a pushover.’
“You! Don’t you think about it! What kind of family are you from, and what kind of family is Bai Mengling? Your family is at most upper-middle class, but Bai Mengling is the eldest daughter of the Bai Family! Can you be happy with her? Can you make it to the end? I’m saying this for your own good!”
Liu Yan was stunned.
He looked at Xia You in confusion, about to figure out what this woman meant,
when he heard a sarcastic voice.
“Ooh la la~ Our great School Beauty Xia is now worrying about her ex-boyfriend’s family background? You care who our Liu Yan dates? It’s still better than some typical family with poor conditions and a younger brother, right? At least with Bai Mengling, he won’t have to support poor relatives.
“If you ask me, breaking up with you was the right call. The families are mismatched, I say. Some people just have a bit of good looks. If they don’t monetize those looks, what right do they have to speak?”
“SSSS!!”
A collective gasp echoed through the tiered classroom.
Chen Tang’s attack was a bit too strong.
Even the old professor, who was pretending to prepare for the next lesson, seemed to have his mind off the textbook and was all ears.
Why didn’t he stop it?
College encourages dating, bro.
Marriage certificates give extra credit.
Chen Tang was clearly insinuating that Xia You was selling herself.
Of course, this was a dirty, baseless insult.
And it seemed to accidentally involve innocent bystanders.
But no one was surprised, because this was Chen Tang.
“What’s the matter, School Beauty Xia? Trying to go back to your ex and talking so much? The involved party, Miss Bai, hasn’t said anything. Who are you to butt in? Whether it’s suitable or not, Miss Bai knows it in her heart. What’s the use of you saying all this?
“Don’t you have a fated partner? Wouldn’t it be inappropriate to seduce your ex-boyfriend here? I think this segment of ours will appear on Douyin’s local page soon. I hope your fated lover doesn’t scroll across it.”
Xia You’s face alternated between red and white.
This woman Chen Tang—
Liu Yan’s childhood sweetheart.
A pure demon child…
She had been messed with by her before.
That was also why, after coming here, she hadn’t wanted to greet Chen Tang—she didn’t want to provoke this woman.
But this woman still popped up.
She looked at the gazes of the people around her, wanting to flee.
But she still gritted her teeth and said: “What do you mean by that? Are you speaking up for Liu Yan? I don’t think Liu Yan likes you either. Childhood sweetheart? First he dated me, then he dated Bai Mengling. I read online that childhood sweethearts are destined to be losing dogs. I think that’s right!”
Chen Tang froze.
Liu Yan froze.
They exchanged a glance.
Then Chen Tang laughed.
She laughed so hard she was shaking.
She patted Liu Yan’s shoulder, looking like she couldn’t take it: “Wow! Old Liu! She thinks I like you! Childhood sweethearts, innocent playmates, I like you! Haha~ I couldn’t hold it in~”
Liu Yan also couldn’t hold it in.
‘Huh?’
‘Why is she reacting like this?’
Chen Tang somehow pulled out a deck of playing cards and drew the first one—a colorful Joker.
“Here, Old Xia. Your ID card was lost before, and I happened to pick it up. Here you go.”