The Jinx
1597 Words
"Girls, hit her!" Ye Zimo, gritting her teeth in anger, waved her hand, and the other girls swarmed toward Su Yixia, punching and kicking her relentlessly.
"Stop!"
Just as Su Yixia was desperately trying to protect herself, a deep, magnetic voice suddenly rang out from behind her.
All the girls immediately stepped aside, sweetly calling out, "Young Master Leng!"
Blood was already trickling from the corner of Su Yixia’s mouth. When she turned around and saw Leng Muhan standing behind her, his expression didn’t seem any better.
Leng Muhan was the famous playboy and campus heartthrob, but she didn’t have much interaction with him. So, she couldn’t understand why Leng Muhan would appear here today.
Maybe Su Yixia was the only one who didn’t remember that Leng Muhan was Cheng Nuo’s best friend?!
"Get lost, now!" Leng Muhan’s face held a mischievous smile, but his aura was commanding. He shot a cold glance at the group of girls, and they quickly vanished without a trace.
Su Yixia awkwardly got up and tried to leave, but Leng Muhan grabbed her hand with a firm grip. "Su Yixia, I have something to ask you!"
"What do you want?" Su Yixia frowned and shook off Leng Muhan’s hand, asking in confusion.
"Did you break up with Cheng Nuo?" Leng Muhan’s main concern was this topic. Cheng Nuo was his best friend, and now his friend was lying unconscious in the hospital because of this girl. Of course, he was furious on Cheng Nuo’s behalf.
"What are you talking about?!" Su Yixia was really puzzled. Why did everyone keep bringing up this person named Cheng Nuo?
She didn’t even know Cheng Nuo!
"Su Yixia, stop pretending to have amnesia!" Leng Muhan moved in front of Su Yixia, staring at her angrily. "Don’t you feel any guilt at all?"
"Why should I feel guilty?" Su Yixia was completely baffled by his words.
"Su Yixia, I told Cheng Nuo not to be with you from the start, but he didn’t listen. He even tried to plan something romantic for your birthday, and now his life is at stake. Don’t you feel any guilt at all?" Leng Muhan was infuriated by Su Yixia’s feigned ignorance. He grabbed her hand again, squeezing it tightly.
"Let go of me!" Su Yixia struggled, feeling the pain from his strong grip, and tried to break free.
"Su Yixia, I heard you’ve been flirting with the new campus heartthrob, Ye Xi. Is that true?" Leng Muhan held onto her hand, demanding an answer.
"I haven’t!" Su Yixia glared at Leng Muhan in dissatisfaction. "Can you let go of me now?"
"Su Yixia, let me tell you, if anything happens to Cheng Nuo, I won’t let you off easily!" Leng Muhan forcefully let go of Su Yixia’s hand. "And one day, you will regret this!"
With that, Leng Muhan turned and left.
Leng Muhan’s words left Su Yixia feeling uneasy. After taking a deep breath, she finally returned to the classroom.
It was her first time appearing in the classroom since she had gone missing.
Su Yixia’s appearance surprised her classmates, but soon they began whispering to each other:
"Su Yixia is really fine!"
"She doesn’t seem to be hurt at all!"
"How strange, wasn’t she in the same car as Cheng Nuo? How come she’s completely unharmed?"
"She’s a jinx, we should stay away from her!"
Su Yixia could feel the hostility in her classmates’ gazes. She knew that her humble background had always been looked down upon here.
"Xiao Yi!" Jingjing, who was carrying her backpack, saw Su Yixia and immediately smiled brightly. She quickly ran to Su Yixia, ignoring the malicious looks from their classmates. "Where were you last night? Do you know how worried I was about you?"
"Jingjing, I’m fine~" Su Yixia stuffed her backpack into her desk, but immediately frowned when she noticed a chemistry book on the desk next to hers. It clearly wasn’t hers!
"Jingjing, is someone sitting next to me?" Su Yixia looked up at Jingjing and asked in confusion.
"Xiao Yi, don’t you know? A super handsome guy transferred to our class!" Jingjing said with stars in her eyes. "You have no idea, he’s so handsome~ Cheng Nuo used to be the most handsome guy in school, but now Ye Xi is number one!"
"Ye Xi?" Su Yixia’s brows furrowed at the mention of that name.
Wasn’t Ye Xi the one who had saved her? And now he was her deskmate?
This world is really too small!
"Yeah~" Jingjing’s eyes sparkled with infatuation. She suddenly pointed excitedly at the classroom door. "Xiao Yi, look, he’s here, he’s here~"
As the handsome and aloof Ye Xi appeared at the classroom door, he instantly captured everyone’s attention, even the boys’.
The girls quickly took out their mirrors, checking their appearance, fearing they’d leave a bad impression on Ye Xi.
But Ye Xi ignored everyone else, heading straight to his seat beside Su Yixia.
"You, how did you end up being my deskmate?!" Su Yixia finally exclaimed in surprise when Ye Xi sat down next to her.
But Ye Xi only gave her a cold glance, not bothering to say a word.
Su Yixia started to doubt if this was the same Ye Xi who had saved her. Why was he so different now? Or did she mistake him for someone else?
"Ye Xi~" Jingjing’s eyes turned into hearts at the sight of the handsome guy. She eagerly approached him, "Ye Xi, can I ask you a few questions?"
"Get lost—" Ye Xi hated it when these annoying humans tried to chat with him. To him, humans were nothing more than prey.
Ye Xi’s attitude shocked all the girls in the class. It seemed this new handsome guy was not someone to be trifled with!
"Ugh~" Jingjing felt wronged, covering her face as she ran back to her seat, crying on her desk.
"Hey, how can you be like that?!" Su Yixia couldn’t just stand by and watch her best friend, Jingjing, get bullied. In front of the entire class, she yelled at Ye Xi.
Given the rumors about Ye Xi and Su Yixia, this outburst only made their classmates more convinced that there was something between them, leading them to despise her even more.
"What about it?!" Ye Xi finally fixed his gaze on Su Yixia, though his expression remained as cold as ever.
"How can you treat Jingjing like that?!" Su Yixia didn’t care that they were in the classroom; she pointed at Ye Xi and scolded him, "Just because you’re better looking than others, does that give you the right to be so arrogant?!"
Although he had helped her before at the bulletin board, his attitude toward Jingjing had completely erased any goodwill she had toward him.
"Are you done?" Ye Xi’s tone remained indifferent, as if completely unfazed.
He wasn’t like humans, lacking any significant emotional fluctuations because his heart had no warmth.
"Not done!" Ye Xi’s nonchalant attitude infuriated Su Yixia even more. "People like you are a curse upon the world. If there were more people like you, it would be a disaster...!"
Before Su Yixia could finish her sentence, Ye Xi suddenly wrapped his arm around her waist, leaned in, and kissed her on the lips.
She was shocked, her eyes widening as she felt the cold touch of his lips against hers, sending a shiver down her spine.
The entire class was stunned by this scene. After a moment, the rumors started flying:
"Su Yixia really is involved with Ye Xi!"
"No wonder she says she doesn’t know Cheng Nuo anymore—she’s hooked up with the new campus heartthrob, Ye Xi!"
"How does an ugly girl get so lucky?"
Even Jingjing, who had been crying at her desk, stopped in surprise. She stared wide-eyed at Su Yixia and Ye Xi’s passionate kiss, suddenly feeling a strange suspicion.
Could it be that Su Yixia claimed not to know Cheng Nuo because she had fallen for Ye Xi?
Oh no! How could Xiao Yi be such a person?
"Let me go!" Su Yixia wanted to push Ye Xi away, but found her body completely unresponsive. Not only did she fail to push him away, but she even found herself holding onto him, passionately returning the kiss.
"Class, settle down~" Just as Su Yixia was starting to feel suffocated, the math teacher walked into the classroom. Ye Xi abruptly let go of Su Yixia, sitting back down with a blank expression.
The math teacher, noticing the scene, was furious. He strode over to Su Yixia, "Su Yixia, you’ve been absent for a week, causing Mr. Li to end up in the hospital. That’s bad enough, but now you’re openly kissing a boy in class! I’m definitely calling your parents about this!"
"Due to your family situation, the school has kept quiet about your disappearance, but now you’ve truly disappointed me!" Su Yixia had never been favored by the math teacher, so naturally, the teacher didn’t show her any kindness.
"Teacher, please don’t tell my mom, I beg you!" Su Yixia was terrified by the teacher’s words. She frowned, looking worriedly at the math teacher. "Teacher, I promise I won’t do it again!"
Ye Xi's cold face instantly froze over with a thousand-year chill. He couldn't understand why, but this girl made his heart ache in a way he had never felt before.
So, when he saw Su Yixia being reprimanded by the teacher, he couldn't help but feel an uncontrollable urge to help her again!
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