Seduced the Obsessive NPC and Ran - Chapter 65

Chapter 65

Bai Cheng noticed Yan Jinge’s odd behavior. Thinking of something, he reached for Yan Jinge’s hand, but his grasp met only air.

Yan Jinge had dodged him.

His expression remained perfectly natural as he looked at Bai Cheng. “What is it?”

He looked innocent and bewildered.

Had Bai Cheng not grown well-acquainted with Yan Jinge over the course of the previous worlds, knowing full well that Yan Jinge must have noticed his movement and intentionally avoided it, he truly would have believed the other boy knew nothing.

But this was fine too.

Yan Jinge was guarded. At the very least, it meant he wouldn’t be easily seduced by others when Bai Cheng wasn’t around.

Bai Cheng was quite satisfied.

Yan Jinge slung his backpack over his shoulder. “Let’s go.”

By unspoken agreement, the two ignored the other students in the class. As they walked one after the other through the narrow aisle toward the classroom door, Yan Jinge, walking behind Bai Cheng, suddenly asked, “Where’s your backpack?”

Bai Cheng, who had come empty-handed: “…”

“Didn’t you say we were going to do homework together?” Yan Jinge saw Bai Cheng’s stunned expression, and a hint of a smile couldn’t help but creep into his eyes. It seemed this scumbag wasn’t particularly fond of studying. In that case…

Yan Jinge took the initiative. “Even though your grades are good right now, we need to keep up the effort and maintain your current ranking. Come on, let’s go to your classroom and get your homework first.”

Bai Cheng: “…”

Bai Cheng had been thinking about Yan Jinge all day. He had been watching the clock, and as soon as school was out and he felt the people in Yan Jinge’s class would have mostly left, he had rushed over. He really had forgotten about that.

He looked at Yan Jinge and felt the other boy might have misunderstood something. He let out a low chuckle. “Alright, let’s go to my classroom.”

Bai Cheng was in Class One, located at the very end of the hallway.

Most of the students in Class One were top scholars. The school leadership felt that these promising students should study in peace, so they had deliberately arranged the rooms this way-students from other classes wouldn’t pass their windows when leaving, so their studies wouldn’t be interrupted.

The two headed back down the hall. They encountered several classmates along the way, whose eyes filled with surprise before they began whispering to one another.

Yan Jinge stole a few glances at Bai Cheng, only to find that Bai Cheng didn’t seem to care about the gazes of others at all.

He couldn’t help but frown.

Since Bai Cheng had always claimed to be single and no one else knew that he and Yan Jinge were even acquainted, they should have been keeping their distance, just as they had when getting out of the car this morning.

Why was Bai Cheng acting so abnormally now?

It was as if he were telling everyone in a way that wasn’t exactly high-profile, but certainly wasn’t low-profile either, that Yan Jinge was his boyfriend.

…Strange.

When they reached the door of the classroom, Bai Cheng asked, “Will you wait for me at the door, or come in with me?”

Yan Jinge glanced inside.

The room was brightly lit, and more than half the students were still there. As the two stood by the window, only a few people looked over; most were buried in their studies.

Seeing this scene, Yan Jinge gave a nostalgic smile.

Bai Cheng also took a look. “It’s a critical period for the seniors. They won’t leave until ten-thirty. Forget it, you should wait for me at the door.” It would be quieter if he went in alone than if they both did.

Best not to disturb their studying.

Yan Jinge smiled knowingly and nodded obediently. “Okay.”

While Bai Cheng was inside packing his things, a boy happened to come out of the classroom.

The boy was a bit short, barely reaching 170 centimeters, with round, curious eyes. He looked back and forth between Yan Jinge and Bai Cheng, then tilted his head to ask Yan Jinge, “Hey, are you here with Bai Cheng?”

Yan Jinge gave a simple, “Mm.”

“Oh…”

The boy’s expression shifted to one of realization. He looked at Bai Cheng again, gave Yan Jinge a friendly smile, and headed toward the restroom.

Bai Cheng finished packing quickly. “Let’s go.”

The two took a car home. Upon opening the door, Yan Jinge found an auntie at the house. She was busy preparing late-night snacks. After serving them and placing them by the desk, she smiled warmly and said, “Eat something when you get tired of studying.”

Yan Jinge said, “Thank you.”

A moment later.

Bai Cheng nudged his worksheet toward Yan Jinge, his finger pointing at a problem of medium difficulty. “How do you do this one?”

Yan Jinge: “…”

Yan Jinge shot a look at Bai Cheng.

He had chatted with his seatmate today and learned a lot about Bai Cheng-Bai Cheng basically didn’t study at school, yet his grades were consistently in the top ten of the grade level. Their high school was the best key school in the city with a very high college entrance rate. With Bai Cheng’s current grades, getting into a top-tier university was a given. Logically speaking, there should be very few problems on a worksheet that could stump him.

And yet, he was asking Yan Jinge about such a simple problem?

“Why are you looking at me like that? I really don’t know how to do it.”

Bai Cheng leaned back, reaching out to snatch the worksheet back. He muttered to himself on purpose, “Fine, if you won’t explain it to me, then I just won’t do it. I’m going to play games!”

He made a move to stand up.

Yan Jinge arched an eyebrow.

Since the scumbag didn’t want to do his homework, all the more reason to pin him to his seat and force him to do it!

It was just one little problem.

Yan Jinge grabbed Bai Cheng’s wrist. “Sit down.” As he spoke, he pulled the worksheet in front of him and began to give a simple explanation.

The curriculum in this world was slightly different from what Yan Jinge had learned during his own senior year, but the differences weren’t massive. At the very least, Yan Jinge knew how to solve it.

“So that’s how it’s done…”

Bai Cheng suppressed a smile and said, “Then explain this one to me too.”

Yan Jinge: “…”

He didn’t know how to do any of them?
As if.

The scumbag’s rank in the top ten of the entire grade hadn’t been achieved through cheating.

Yan Jinge guessed that the scumbag simply didn’t want to do his homework, so he was intentionally making things difficult. He probably thought that if he annoyed Yan Jinge enough with his nagging, Yan Jinge would stop pestering him to do homework together.

Heh.

Childish.

Did he really think Yan Jinge was someone who gave up that easily?

Yan Jinge didn’t bother entertaining him and said directly, “Do it yourself. I don’t believe for a second that you don’t know how. I’ll check it once you’re done.”

Bai Cheng: “…”

He even had to have his homework checked???

Was this a father-son dynamic???

Bai Cheng suddenly recalled the world where Yan Jinge used to call him “Daddy,” and he couldn’t help but feel a sense of nostalgia.

However, Bai Cheng did need to put coming clean about his identity on the agenda. Otherwise, if Yan Jinge discovered the truth on his own later, he might get angry about being deceived.

He might as well set it for the day Tan Yuxuan confessed to the School Belle.

That seemed appropriate.

With that in mind, Bai Cheng pulled a box out of his desk drawer and handed it to Yan Jinge. “By the way, this is for you.”

Yan Jinge looked at it; it was a phone.

Bai Cheng said, “It’ll make it easier to stay in touch.”

Yan Jinge replied, “Okay. Thanks.”

Yan Jinge really did need a phone; it would make everything much more convenient than before, so he accepted it readily. After unboxing it, he inserted the SIM card, went through the verification process, downloaded a few apps, and added Bai Cheng as a friend.

The entire sequence of actions was smooth and practiced.

Right in front of Bai Cheng, Yan Jinge thought for a moment and changed Bai Cheng’s contact name to “Darling.”

Bai Cheng let out a low chuckle. “Why don’t you say it out loud for me?”

Yan Jinge looked up from the phone. “…Is your homework done? Let me see.”

Bai Cheng: “…Almost, almost.”

Bai Cheng buried his head back into his work, finally stopping his antics and starting to answer the questions seriously.

Yan Jinge stared at the other man’s profile, momentarily dazed.

He thought to himself that this scumbag really didn’t fit the traits of a scumbag. He had previously thought that the man’s ‘scummy’ point was his unwillingness to go public with Yan Jinge, but throughout the day today, many students at school had already seen them together.

…He wondered when exactly the scumbag would finally show his true colors.

By now, it was getting late. Yan Jinge had finished his own homework, so he packed his bag and went to take a shower first.

When he stepped out of the bathroom, he immediately saw Bai Cheng still in the room.

Bai Cheng’s lips curled into a smirk. “Checking my homework?”

***

On the other side of town.

It was already past eleven at night, yet Yuan He and the others were still in a private room at an entertainment club with Tan Yuxuan, blowing up balloons.

Tan Yuxuan was exhausted and hadn’t done his homework. He was incredibly resistant to the whole ordeal. After finally finishing one balloon, he glanced at the people beside him and felt even more frustrated. He asked, “Can’t we just do this on the weekend? If it’s really not possible, we could buy pre-inflated ones or just hire someone to come and blow them up…”

Was there really a need for him to do it personally?

Yuan He shook his head. “How could that be the same?”

He said earnestly, “Brother, you’re going to confess to the School Belle. Naturally, you have to let her see your sincerity. These things are definitely more moving when you do them yourself! Even the few of us can’t help you, or wouldn’t that be a desecration of your love for her? Besides, this Friday is the School Belle’s birthday. We obviously have to have the confession site ready before Friday. If you wait until after her birthday to confess, the atmosphere definitely won’t be as good as it would be during the birthday itself!”

“When the time comes, the few of us will be right there to cheer you on. We’ll tell her how hard you worked to decorate this room and how you planned all of this for her. Then, it’ll be a done deal!”

“Exactly.”

“If you’re chasing someone, you have to do it properly. Besides, she’s the School Belle. If you’re too casual about it, she definitely won’t agree!”

“Pair of Aces!” Yuan He suddenly shouted.

Tan Yuxuan, who was almost convinced, was startled by the sudden outburst.

Yuan He, however, was very happy.

The other three people he had brought along were all sitting around a table with him.

He had handpicked these three; they were all night owls who didn’t care much for studying. They usually spent their days sleeping in the classroom to catch up on rest, so it didn’t matter if they spent the night here with Tan Yuxuan.

Thinking about the rumors of how Tan Yuxuan used to badmouth Yan Jinge and Bai Cheng’s attitude toward Yan Jinge, Yuan He couldn’t help but feel smug-he really was a clever little devil, seeing through Brother Bai’s thoughts in an instant.

If Brother Bai knew how he was messing with Tan Yuxuan, he would surely reward him!

To the side, Tan Yuxuan’s face was ashen as he frantically blew up balloons.

Tan Yuxuan had actually considered what Yuan He just said.

But they were currently in their third year of high school, and the daily workload was extremely heavy. He wanted to confess, but he didn’t want to waste time on this. In Tan Yuxuan’s view, even if he didn’t blow up these balloons himself, as long as they didn’t say anything, how would the School Belle know?

When the time came, he would just insist that he did it all himself. She wouldn’t have any evidence to prove otherwise.

So it was unnecessary-completely unnecessary.

Tan Yuxuan looked at the others sitting together, happily playing cards, and anger flared in his heart.

He understood now.

Yuan He and the others claimed they were helping him chase the School Belle, but they were actually just trying to torment him! Look at this-he was the only one working in the entire venue. What about the others? They were just flapping their lips.

Was this called helping?

They were clearly just here to watch him make a fool of himself!

Tan Yuxuan gritted his teeth in hatred.

Bai Cheng!

This must have been done on Bai Cheng’s orders.

He would remember this!

If it weren’t for the fact that he didn’t come from as good a background as Bai Cheng, he would have stopped taking this crap a long time ago!