CHAPTER 264: CHAPTER 263: ENEMIES ON A NARROW ROAD

Because Zhen Yu put out the "fire" in time, Bai Xue quickly calmed down. "Did you hear what I just said? Call a truce with them! Stop making trouble!"

We’ve been desk mates for so long, and now we really are on the same wavelength!

Zhen Yu sighed inwardly as she spoke, "I was just thinking about that! Do you have any way to make them stop?"

"What do you need a way for! Just lay it out for them! Just say you’re not interested in him anymore! And keep his issues out of your life!"

Zhen Yu quickly turned her head to look at Bai Xue, her big eyes filled with astonishment!

No way! Are you serious?!

"...Do you have to be so mad at him?" Zhen Yu asked weakly. She truly didn’t know that Bai Xue was such a straightforward girl when it came to love and hate!

She had already explained that he didn’t intervene for a reason! Moreover, even if someone were to be angry with Han Mingyue, it should be her who’s more upset, right!

This is really like the emperor not being in a hurry while the eunuch is panicking to death...

Chief Bai, newly in charge, said sternly: "Necessary! Even if he can’t intervene openly, he should still help you secretly like I do! Has he? Has he?"

As Bai Xue spoke, her voice started to raise again, startling Zhen Yu who quickly raised her hand to cover Bai Xue’s mouth, "Shhh! Shhh! Lower your voice, my lady!"

Bai Xue pried Zhen Yu’s hand from her face and complained in a low voice, "It’s all your fault! You insisted on stopping me back then! Now even when I speak, I have to be as discreet as an underground worker... I can’t even curse openly!"

Zhen Yu didn’t want to listen to the ’little nag’ complain, so she quickly changed the subject: "Forget confronting them! I always feel like there must be someone leading them, and after all this time, they must be tired too! How about we make a bet, and decide everything in one go."

"What’s this decision?" Bai Xue asked curiously. Could it be that whoever wins gets Han Mingyue? But there are a group of them on the other side! How would they divide him up?

Zhen Yu had no clue that Bai Xue had such wild thoughts! She just spoke the honest truth: "Whoever loses, shall just walk away when they see the other."

Bai Xue’s eyes lit up, "Great idea! I’ll go and find out who calls the shots!"

"Mhm."

——

"Shen Qi! I have something to talk to you about!"

Shen Qi was initially stunned, then turned around immediately with a smile as bright as flowers, "What is it?"

"Follow me." Han Mingyue dropped the words and turned to walk towards a less crowded area on the south side of the playground.

With his tall stature and long legs, Shen Qi couldn’t keep up with his pace and had to call out in a delicate voice, "Han Mingyue! Wait for me!"

Han Mingyue slightly paused in his step, not only did he not wait, he quickened his pace.

Shen Qi felt aggrieved, but couldn’t bear to leave in a huff, so she had to jog to catch up.

By the time she caught up, Han Mingyue didn’t say another word and just handed her a piece of paper folded in half.

"..." Shen Qi’s heart pounded; could it be what she was hoping for?

With a mixture of nervousness and excitement, Shen Qi unfolded the paper...

"You! What do you mean!" Almost in tandem with her question, Shen Qi tore up the paper in her hand to shreds.

"Don’t waste your energy in vain, I don’t only have this one copy! Stop your actions against Zhen Yu right now! Otherwise, I will give a copy of this content to every subject teacher!"

Shen Qi was nearly driven mad with fury! She suddenly cried out recklessly: "Han Mingyue! Do you like her or not! Do you?!"

"It’s none of your business." Han Mingyue’s attitude was aloof from beginning to end, both expression and voice alike.

"If you don’t want to completely ruin your image with the teachers, and if you still want to be the class leader, I advise you all to be kind!"

Shen Qi’s lips quivered, and suddenly he snapped, "Who do you think you are? So what if you’ve written it down? We can simply deny it! Your words are one-sided!"

"What you saw was just a simplified version! The one given to the teacher... the teacher is our witness! Which class, what time, what happened - you don’t think the teachers are all blind, do you? They see everything clearly; they just don’t want to look further into it! But if someone were to report it..."

"...I get it! Let’s end this matter here! If you really dare to submit it," Shen Qi, with a livid face and breathing raggedly, threatened fiercely: "I, we will continue to make trouble for her!"

Han Mingyue stared at Shen Qi with an indistinct look in his eyes but still coldly spat out two words, "Deal!"

——

The negotiation settled, Han Mingyue lifted his legs and walked away!

He had barely taken a few steps from behind the tree when he heard voices talking not far ahead of him.

"Why did you bring me here again?"

"Of course, I wanted to talk to you alone for a while!"

Almost the moment he heard the male voice, Han Mingyue stopped in his tracks. Nowhere to hide, he didn’t need to hide.

Walking out abruptly could startle others; Han Mingyue, with an open heart, chose to stand still and quietly wait for the upcoming encounter.

"Was what you said before sincere?"

"Of course! You’re the only one in the class willing to explain questions to me! So just for you, I’ll definitely work hard to study!"

"I see! Then you better listen carefully when I tutor you from now on!"

"Of course, Han Mingyue!" Fu Yu’s smile vanished as he looked up, and he blurted out the name of the boy opposite him.

The girl who came with Fu Yu hesitated and asked, "Do you, do you know him?"

Fu Yu sneered sarcastically, tugging the girl’s arm as they turned a corner. "Ha! Enemies often cross each other’s paths! Let’s go over there!"

Han Mingyue watched Fu Yu’s retreating back, expressionless and silent.

Fu Yu suddenly turned his head halfway as he walked and cast a meaningful glance behind Han Mingyue.

Han Mingyue swiftly turned around! The smug expression on Shen Qi’s face, standing not far behind him, had not yet faded...

"What are you doing?" Han Mingyue frowned and asked.

Shen Qi deliberately misinterpreted his question, "What can I be doing! I’m heading back to the classroom!"

After saying that, she passed Han Mingyue without looking back and left Yangshulin.

Han Mingyue furrowed his brows in thought for a moment, feeling that a look couldn’t explain anything, and then he too left the woods alone.

——

Fu Yu kept his eyes on the boy and girl in the distance until the two left the woods one after the other before withdrawing his gaze, his face no longer reflecting the joy from before.

The girl was very sensitive, "Fu Yu? What’s wrong? Do you have a problem with the guy we just ran into?"

"Uh-huh." Fu Yu had no thought of denying it.

He and the Han Family Brothers had become incompatible as fire and water, and privately, he and Han Jiaoyang had even come to blows several times, unbeknownst to everyone else.

"What’s it about? Did he offend you?"

"It’s nothing! Just seeing him annoys me!" Fu Yu said irritably: "Total buzzkill! Let’s head back too!"

The girl’s face didn’t look too good, but she reluctantly agreed.

"...Alright then!"