CHAPTER 209: CHAPTER 209: YOUNG MASTER OU COAXES SOMEONE

This deep, resonant voice is practically walking hormones, irresistibly seductive.

Xiyan spoke with a straight face, "Am I okay under the sun? Please stay away from me, stop interrupting me while I work on my test paper, thank you."

Finally, she managed to fling the "Please stay away from me" line back at Ou Jue! What a sweet victory.

"Idiot." Ou Jue maintained his pose, propping his cheek with one hand, while tapping on the test paper with the other. "Your test paper is upside down."

What??

Xiyan glanced down to double-check. She felt like jumping into a river.

It really was upside down!

Ahhh, how embarrassing.

Tears welled up in Xiyan’s eyes, though outwardly she kept a fierce front. "I like looking at questions upside down, can’t I?"

Ou Jue let out a low chuckle.

The sound of his laugh was deep and suppressed—exceptionally pleasant to hear.

"Sure, you can, but with your IQ, I think even if you write until next year, you’ll never finish."

Infuriating.

This guy had zero intention of "winning Xiyan over," yet his tone was still insufferably smug.

Just as obnoxious as ever! I’m going to explode from anger!

Xiyan puffed her cheeks, glaring at him. "Stop underestimating me! I’ll say it again: please stay away from me!"

That said, Xiyan childishly dragged her desk a bit further away, slyly flipping her test paper right-side up in the process.

The class rep was coming to collect test papers before the first afternoon class; she needed to finish hers before then.

Only thirty minutes left.

Xiyan began to panic, her focus gradually shifting entirely to the test paper, completely ignoring Ou Jue.

Ou Jue leaned on his desk, gazing at her with unprecedented patience.

The truth was, from childhood to now, he had absolutely no concept of coaxing others.

It was always people currying favor with him—when had it ever been Ou Jue’s turn to please anyone?

But now—

Damn it, all because she’s Xia Xiyan.

"Hey, really mad now?"

"How do I make you not mad?"

"Xia Xiyan, don’t you dare ignore me."

"Xia—"

"Have you had enough?" Xiyan slammed the desk. "Don’t you see I’m really busy right now? I already told you to stay away—far away! Didn’t you hear me?"

Just then, a bespectacled male classmate walked in and immediately caught sight of Xia Xiyan "roaring" at their beloved Ou Jue.

And Ou Jue... he actually seemed to be indulging her behavior entirely...

The male classmate barely kept his jaw from hitting the floor.

In the next moment, he felt the piercing, murderous gaze of Ou Jue zero in on him.

Nervously adjusting his glasses, he braced himself and began, "Uh, Xia... The homeroom teacher wants you in the office."

Xiyan scratched her head. "What now? My test paper is almost unfinished as it is."

Muttering to herself, Xiyan stuffed her test paper under her textbook, completely ignoring Ou Jue as she walked out of the room.

The classroom now had only Ou Jue and the bespectacled guy left.

Caw, caw, caw...

It was as though a crow flew overhead, dragging its rasping voice behind.

Clutching his arm tightly in fear, the boy, full of survival instincts, stammered to Ou Jue, "O-Ou Jue, I-I-I, I didn’t see a thing just now!"

Ou Jue adjusted his sleeve with a stony expression. His cold stare swept across and landed on the boy. "Disappear from my sight immediately."

"Y-Yes—"

"Wait!"

"Huh?"

"If you dare say anything about what you saw just now, you’re dead."

"I swear I won’t say a word!" Of course, whatever happened earlier must have been his misperception! Otherwise, how could the high and mighty Ou Jue possibly be shouted at by Xia Xiyan, this little troublemaker?

—

When Xiyan returned to the classroom, Ou Jue had already left.

The class rep for math began collecting the test papers.

"Oh no!" Xiyan cried internally, rushing back to her seat.

Frantically, she pulled her test paper out from under her textbook, ready to scribble random answers in a hurry—

Wait, what? Who helped her finish the test paper?!