CHAPTER 98: CHAPTER 98: 108 WAYS TO MOVE A MAN’S HEART

Song Xi suddenly snapped back to reality, breaking out in a cold sweat.

He pursed his lips and habitually pushed up the bridge of his glasses, saying, "Anyway, you have to challenge someone. Who are you going to choose?"

With the way he asked, one would think she was selecting a consort.

She raised her hand and pointed in the air without much hesitation, "Xie Qingci, he’s a bit less concerned with appearances than you."

Xie Qingci took out his secret manual, while Yu Xia craned her neck to take a look, but couldn’t see clearly.

"By the way, what subjects are your secret manuals based on? You’ve got the triad of Math, Language, and English already."

She thought, surely they must have something like Physics, Chemistry, or History.

Thinking about how those subjects only start being taught in middle school, the basic moves must be at a high level already, right? Wouldn’t she be at a disadvantage then?

But unexpectedly, after two seconds of silence, Xie Qingci seemed at a loss for words and reluctantly said:

"’108 Ways to Impress a Man’. "

Yu Xia was dumbfounded: "......Impress who?"

Men???

Even if he was rebelling by stepping outside the bounds of normal subjects, this seems a bit much, doesn’t it? Shouldn’t it be ’108 Ways to Impress a Rich Woman’ instead?!

Xie Qingci said nothing, looking as if he was about to choke.

Yu Xia, suppressing laughter that threatened to burst out, asked Song Xi, "What about yours? It’s not ’108 Ways to Impress a Woman’, is it?"

Song Xi shrugged off the inexplicable emotions from before. Remembering the name of his own secret manual, his smile froze.

"...Not really."

"Then what is it? You look like it’s hard to explain."

Indeed, Song Xi was at a loss for words. He took out his secret manual, opened it, and read out loud.

"’Balala Little Fairy Cultivation Law’. "

"...Pfft."

She laughed so hard she was bending over, gasping for air while clutching the pillar.

[My goodness, these writers are getting more and more out of hand]

[Hahahahaha laughing hysterically, everyone! Go to school is truly a "big move"! The destructive power is terrifying hahahahaha]

[So young, yet so terrifying! Hahahaha, Ma De, I’m gonna die of laughter]

[I didn’t expect you to be like this, Ning Yunchao. It seems I have another reason to love someone]

[Xie Qingci, is your manual for cultists? Young man, don’t stray down the wrong path!]

[Ha! Watch me use a calculus sword and poke through you all! How dare a mere child use such lowly moves on me?]

[How does Balala Little Fairy cultivate? First move, Fairy Transformation?]

[Looks like Xie Qingci can only lose, unless he finds another secret manual]

[It’s okay, Xie Qingci, some of the ways for men can also work for women; I can help you test all 108 methods! / Heroically sacrificing for science.jpg]

[Hurry up and start the battle! I can’t wait to see Song Xi transform]

[I really want to see you all in a mixed brawl! Are we about to turn this into a morning reading session?]

[...]

Xie Qingci initially felt annoyed talking to her and Song Xi, but seeing her laugh so hard made him find it funny.

After a good laugh, Yu Xia wiped her tears, clapped her knees, and stood up leisurely.

"Come on, Xie Qingci, challenge me. Song Xi, just wait. Once I win, you can challenge him."

She was very curious about their moves at this point.

As she moved forward, Xie Qingci retreated, keeping quite a distance between them.

Poor Song Xi had to move out of the way every time Xie Qingci backed up a little, eventually sitting on the other side watching the two of them.

Yu Xia raised her hand holding the secret manual and said to Xie Qingci, "I’ll let you make the first move."

Xie Qingci: "No, ladies first. Yu Xia, you make the first move."

...Doesn’t this guy get what I’m trying to say? I don’t want to go first!

Xie Qingci, noticing her cold gaze, slightly smirked and, before she could speak again, added, "However, isn’t it that someone who failed a challenge and is waiting cannot initiate another challenge?"

The staff whispered, "Only you can challenge her; she doesn’t have the right to initiate a challenge right now."

"So I should make the first move?" Xie Qingci thought for a moment, opened the secret manual, and dryly recited a move:

"Twist the ears and hit."

Yu Xia was listening attentively. This sentence completely threw her off.

"Your methods to impress a man... isn’t it about hitting them to make them move?"

Xie Qingci: "It should be."

"..." She was genuinely speechless.

Was the original name of this manual ’108 Ways to Teach a Woman How to Knock Sense into a Man’? Or ’When a Man Gets Cocky, I’m Forced to Beat Him into Submission’?

She opened her mouth, but couldn’t utter the adjective that came to her mind, so she simply commented with a hint of admiration.

"Quite something."

Then she pondered what level "twist the ears and hit" might be.

If you’re hitting a man, where do you usually start? The face?

She hadn’t reached the level of swapping blows with any man yet, so she really wasn’t sure.

Hiss, thinking about it, this move is indeed strong.

"Your move isn’t going to be beyond level 5, right?" she said, pretending to understand everything, before unleashing her most powerful move ever, "Then watch my move!"

"C=πd!"

After reciting the formula, her sword-hand gesture seemed to reach Xie Qingci’s chest, as if she truly held an invisible sword ready to pierce through him.

Xie Qingci glanced at the white fingertips near his chest, lifted his head, and slowly clapped his hands, "Wow, impressive."

Completely insincere, Yu Xia felt insulted.

However, the effect was good, and her sixth-grade math move successfully defeated Xie Qingci, earning her a point.

Upon hearing the staff declare the result, she cheerfully put away her manual, sat back down, and playfully said to Song Xi:

"Alright, you can challenge him now and let the audience see how a 180cm man like you becomes a Little Fairy step by step."

Song Xi and Xie Qingci stood facing each other.

They weren’t very different in height; in fact, Xie Qingci was slightly taller and broader, while Song Xi maintained his idol physique, appearing a bit slim.

At this moment, he adjusted his glasses like an old scholar researching the news, flipped through a few pages of the manual, closed it, and, trying to ignore Xie Qingci’s face, recited the move.

"Balala Energy, bing la woo, whirlwind."

Without any emotion in his voice, once finished, he fell silent.

Xie Qingci wasn’t any better, expressionlessly reciting his move for the duel.

"Hit the man’s back with a pillow."

After reading it out loud, he too fell into silence, and the two of them stood there like two frozen popsicles.

There was none of the passionate clash she’d expected.

Yu Xia felt like she’d invited two mute fools to the palace to perform a comedy act.

No sense of immersion, and she felt awkward laughing out loud.

She leaned over and said, "Um..."

Both of them turned their heads to look at her simultaneously.