Chapter Eleven: Quarreling Over Trifles

  On Monday in the large classroom, the boys offered their seats to Xinyue who was late, but she declined and sat down alone in a corner of the back row.

  Several bold boys rushed to the empty seats around Xiang Yue with a "whoosh". At this time, the class bell rang and the teacher walked into the classroom with big strides.

  "Stand up!" The class monitor's shout had barely fallen when Qingchi suddenly slipped from the front row to the back row.

  What is he going to do? There's no more space left at the back! The classmates' eyes followed Qingchi as he came to Xiangyue's side.

  Qing Chi picked up the boy next to Huan Yue and said domineeringly: "Go back to your own seat!"

  The boy didn't expect his seat to be snatched away so quickly. All this happened in the blink of an eye, and before he could react, he only heard the teacher say warmly: "Hello, classmates!"

  That boy wasn't stupid at all, he was clear in his mind that if he didn't sit down, he would become the target of public criticism! When the time came, the teacher saw that the troublemaker was not Yin Qingchi but himself! So he made a fist at Qingchi and took big strides to slip into the nearest empty seat while his classmates were answering "Good morning, teacher!"

  "Wow, so daring! Yun Qingchi is indeed Yun Qingchi..." The girls shrieked.

  The teacher's coughing is useless!

  Coughing twice still doesn't work!

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!" The teacher slammed her hand on the desk with a blackboard eraser, and everyone finally turned around.

  "Today we're going to talk about 'materialism'!" The teacher wrote the topic on the blackboard with a flourish and turned around to say: "Do supernatural beings really exist in nature? What do you think? You, please share your views."

  Along with the teacher's pointing, everyone's gaze was fixed on Qingchi again. In their hearts, they couldn't help but secretly laugh at the thought that the teacher wanted to take Qingchi in...

  "It seems like no one has seen it...?"

  "Tell us your views!" The teacher added.

  "I think there's no such thing as ghosts! It's all just a scam!"

  Xīn yuè dà gǎn yì wài tā yǒu xiē qì nǎo de dīng zhe qīng chí kàn. hěn míng xiǎn tā zài fǒu rèn liǎng rén jiāo huàn shēn tǐ de shì jiàn!

  "Doesn't that girl beside you seem to have a different opinion?" The teacher's eyes were sharp and immediately noticed Xiang Yue's dissatisfaction.

  Xīn Yuè was startled and had to stand up, stuttering: "This is hard to say... It's said that there are some..."

  Qingchi couldn't help but burst out laughing at the sight of Kan Yuetian's slightly flushed face, looking like she was about to say something but hesitated. What a silly girl! Can you really speak the truth in a place like this? The sharp theories of Old Horse (Marx) are waiting to criticize you!

  The teacher smiled and said: "Okay, you sit down. Actually I am also an atheist! Let's take a look at what Marx said..."

  Qingchi wrote a note and had it delivered to Xinyue's desk.

  Xīn Yuè opened it and saw the words written on top: "I'm dying of laughter! I'm dying of laughter! Apart from those old fools, which new human would believe in gods? You'd better accept reality!"

  Xīn Yuè also tore down a page and wrote: "You seem very pleased! But I believe that things will eventually come to light!"

  "Then just wait and see! But your complexion isn't looking too good today! Are you feeling unwell? Try to be more open-minded! All I can say is sorry!"

  "Never mind me, I'm fine! Hope you focus on your studies and don't disappoint Dad and Mom!"

  The two of them kept passing notes back and forth like this.

  "Don't worry about my family's affairs! You should focus on your own Xia family instead! Be a good daughter!"

  "I've already humbled myself before reality! You don't have to be on your guard against me anymore!"

  "I think you're getting cuter and cuter! Come to the small woods behind our school this afternoon after class, I have something important to tell you!" Qingchi crumpled up the note and threw it onto Xiangyue's desk while the teacher was writing on the blackboard.

  But at this moment countless paper balls fell onto Xinyue's desk like raindrops.

  Xīn Yuè also didn't know who was who. She casually picked up a note and saw that it read: "Little Xīn Yuè, you're so cute! What to do? I've already been captured by you......"

  Xīn Yuè didn't finish reading it and threw it aside. Then she unfolded the second one: "Princess, how about we meet up? I definitely won't let you down! Come find me at the small woods behind the school after class!" There was no signature.

  When Xīn Yuè picked up the note that Qīng Chí had written to ask her out for the first time, she didn't know it was from him because he hadn't signed his name. She furrowed her brow and then simply crumpled all the notes into a big ball, both those she had read and those she hadn't, and casually tossed them into her backpack, planning to throw them away after class.

  Bingling's ability being depleted indeed made Xiangyue feel a bit disheartened. But what can be done? Life has to go on, right? Fortunately, she had also developed feelings for the Xia family, and apart from not having the luxurious lifestyle as before, there wasn't much of a difference... Maybe Bingling's ability would grow with time! Returning it was only a matter of time, and being a beauty now was quite an interesting thing to do...

  Xīn Yuè was lost in thought throughout the whole class. As soon as the class ended, she was rushed out of the classroom by Zhì Méng and a group of girls.

  "What did Yin Qingchi say to you? Is he pursuing you?"

  "How far have you gone?"

  "First base? Second base? Or... Wow, third base?!"

  The girls were chattering away, Xiang Yue didn't know how to respond when suddenly a commotion came from the teacher's office. Someone shouted: "It's started! It's started! The coolest duel of this century!"

  Originally after class, Qing Chi was collecting books but didn't expect the boy he had just scolded to come up and punch him. In an instant, the books scattered all over the floor.

  Now Qingchi is no longer a thrifty lamp, he can't bear the pain of being hit by a carp jumping up and punching back with a round arm.

  The classmates next to him were scared and screamed, while others were excited and eager to watch a good show! This Yin Qingchi usually looked down on everything, it's about time someone came out to teach him a lesson!

  That male classmate of yours is no match for Qingchi. Wait till he swings his hand again and gets caught by Qingchi, who will grab his wrist and twist it back with a loud crack, rendering him immobile at once.

  "You stinky little brat dare to sneak up on me! You don't even know your own weight!" Qingchi cursed as he loosened his grip.

  Who would have thought that the other party's face was lost and he wasn't afraid of anything anymore! He suddenly jumped onto Qingchi's back, his two hands grasping his neck, and bit down on his ear...

  Qingchi shouted like a pig being slaughtered. The nearby onlookers, including He Tong, immediately rushed forward and pulled the two apart.

  Qing Chi completely disregarded the injured ear and rushed over, kicking the poor devil to the ground before straddling him and raining down punches like a copper gong.

  "Blood! It's bleeding! Qing Chi! Stop hitting!" Xinyue shouted in fright.

  That day, the sound of the flute seemed to contain infinite magic power. The turbulent emotions in Yun Qingchi's heart suddenly vanished into thin air! He first took over the book that Huoyang had picked up from the ground, hesitated for a moment, and then took over the paper towel handed over by Xinyue. Calmly looking at Xinyue with both eyes, he then covered his bleeding ear with the paper towel without saying a word and walked past her side.

  "My goodness! They're fighting over you, aren't they? Xiang Yue, you can be said to have captivated the entire school and class!" Zhi Meng exclaimed.

  He Tong also caught up with Qing Chi and said: "You little brat, are you crazy? You don't like her anymore, why would you do something like this?"

  "Who said they didn't like it?"

  "You're not talking about Yīnghánxiāng and Xiǎoyōu..."

  "They're just them..." Qingchi said vaguely.

  "You think you can win them all over? Alright, let's see how things turn out in three days! I must say, you've really improved! You're even more charming than me! But I won't allow you to hurt the kind-hearted Xiang Yue!"

  "Never mind! Who are you to her? Don't waste your time and energy! Keep a distance from her, like a stray dog..."

  "Coughing dog bites Lü Dongbin, unaware of good people's hearts..."