Dedicated to studying, yet forced into a chaotic situation.

Chapter 5 She must have fallen in love with me at first sight.

The thought of hitting someone made Shi Sui a little excited. She was so excited that she felt dizzy and her body trembled slightly. She was thinking about whether she should control her strength so as not to knock out the other person's teeth.

Dental fillings are expensive; it would be terrible if I made her pay for the treatment.

Shi Sui's hands trembled as she was about to say, "That's right, I'm a shrew from the countryside. Watch how I break your head!" But then her palms moved so fast that before anyone could react, she slapped him three times in a row, sending him flying.

However, the bloody scene of being slapped repeatedly, as imagined, did not even have time to occur.

A voice rang out: "Get lost."

His voice was calm, but it revealed an uncontrollable rage.

At this moment, Gu Chenyi noticed Chi Yan. He was stunned and instantly dumbfounded.

It wasn't his turn to leave on his own. Shi Sui saw a tall boy at the front desk, who had already rolled up his sleeves and dragged Gu Chenyi away without saying a word.

Shi Sui was stunned.

What? Isn't Gu Chenyi the male lead in the novel? How come he's so weak? He didn't resist? He was just taken away like that?

Wait! She hasn't slapped him yet!

"Are you scared out of your wits?" Chi Yan looked up at Shi Sui. The girl stood there blankly, her figure very thin and delicate under her oversized school uniform, exuding a sense of fragility.

Seeing her trembling with fear, Chi Yan thought that if it weren't for him, the girl would definitely have cried.

Shi Sui didn't say anything; she was still wondering why someone as weak as Gu Chenyi could be the male lead.

Wasn't he supposed to be the school bully? How did he get dragged away by just some random passerby?

Seemingly quite frightened, Chi Yan pointed to the seat beside him and said, "Come over and sit down."

"Hmm?" Shi Sui came back to her senses. It seemed that he had already agreed to let her sit next to him. She didn't ask any more questions and quietly continued to do her homework.

Chi Yan lazily propped her chin up with one hand and turned her head to secretly look at her new deskmate.

Long eyelashes cast a soft shadow beneath her eyes, and the light from the window illuminated the girl's beautiful profile, gentle and serene.

He pursed his lips, but ultimately remained silent.

Forget it, I'll just treat her like she's invisible.

After waking up, he was wide awake and it was impossible for him to fall asleep at the table again. Seeing Yan Ze return after dealing with the person, Chi Yan asked him, "Who was that man who was shouting just now?"

As the eldest son of the Chi family, Chi Yan's status and position far surpassed everyone else in the school. He only came to school a handful of times a semester, and when he did come, he would just lazily sleep and never care about anyone or anything.

This was the first time Yan Ze had ever seen him ask about someone, and he felt that Gu Chenyi was doomed and mourned for him.

"That man is the eldest son of the Gu family. We were in the same class in the first year of high school. Later, he went to a regular class for Jiang Tianyao. Anyway, you don't know Jiang Tianyao. Jiang Tianyao is that man's fiancée."

"He said he went to the regular class for his fiancée, but we all know that he only went to the regular class because he couldn't stand being in our class. I heard he was quite pretentious among the people in the regular class."

As he spoke, Yan Ze glanced at Shi Sui out of the corner of his eye.

He had just heard Gu Chenyi say that Shi Sui was the adopted daughter of the Jiang family and that she was trying to seduce him.

He had never seen such a shameless man before. His face was swollen with a bright red handprint, yet he still stubbornly insisted that the woman had seduced him.

"Oh, that's all." Chi Yan smiled nonchalantly. "I thought it was someone else, barking like a dog in our class."

Shi Sui had just finished her homework when she overheard the student in front of her making comments about Gu Chenyi.

What? The Mary Sue male lead is really that weak? He couldn't make it in the international class and ended up becoming the school bully in the regular class? Is the title of 'school bully' really that casual in novels?

So who exactly is this Chi Yan? Just now, his aura completely overwhelmed the male lead, making him even more domineering than the school bully in the novel.

Shi Sui tried hard to search her memory, but she couldn't think of anyone like that.

It's time for the system to answer your questions: [Host, Chi Yan is just a minor character. He doesn't usually attend school, so he's not described much in the novel.]

The system then says: [The novel begins in a regular class. After the placement exam next month, the female protagonist, Jiang Tianyao, improves through hard work and enters the Evergreen class. The story will then take place in the Evergreen class.]

[The novel revolves around Jiang Tianyao, who has never attended an international class, therefore the students in the international class are not given much attention in the novel.]

Shi Sui understood; he was just a passerby, with less screen time than the villainous supporting actress.

Just as Chi Yan was about to put on his noise-canceling headphones, he noticed that his new deskmate was staring at him with a complicated look in his eyes. His gaze was bold and undisguised, and he was just staring straight at him.

one second.

two seconds.

three seconds.

...One minute! She actually stared at his face for a whole minute, completely mesmerized?

Have I fallen for him?

Did she fall for him because he helped her chase that guy away?

It's clear that the man had been harassing her for a long time and even humiliated her in public, and yet he helped her solve such a big problem; she should definitely like him.

And he's so handsome.

He felt a little smug inside, his ears turning red, but on the surface he maintained an extremely impatient expression: "What are you looking at?"

"Oh." Shi Sui quickly turned her head away, thinking that her deskmate had a really bad temper and she should never provoke him.

But even if she offends her, she might not necessarily be unable to defeat him.

Seeing her turn her head so quickly and stare at the textbook on the table, Chi Yan understood: would anyone in the international class read books? No, so why would she be reading?

She's definitely shy and trying to look away.

After a midday of preparation, the afternoon classes were much easier.

Just as Shi Sui put down her pen, a wonderful system voice sounded in her mind.

[Congratulations, host, for completing Task 1x4: Attentively listening to 4 lessons and completing 8 pages of neat notes. Reward: 60 yuan.]

If she didn't only have four classes in the afternoon, with the last class being a self-study period, she could have earned another 15.

Generally speaking, self-study periods are for teachers to explain problems. In regular classes and advanced classes, there will be teachers giving lectures. However, in this international class, self-study periods are equivalent to free time.

After being woken up at noon, Chi Yan was not very energetic in the afternoon, but she couldn't fall asleep while lying on the table, so she quietly observed her new deskmate all afternoon.

Good heavens, apart from that one affectionate minute at noon, she didn't look at him once all afternoon. Just as she said, she treated him like he wasn't there.

Could it be a misunderstanding? She doesn't like him, yet she still wants to be his deskmate?

Forget it, he'll just treat her like air, keeping quiet and not making a fuss, just like the air itself.

Chi Yan was a little thirsty, so he stretched out his leg and kicked the chair in front of him, saying, "I'll give you a bottle of water, here's a hundred, and the rest is a tip."

He casually pulled a hundred-yuan bill from his pocket.

Yan Ze's chair was kicked. He put down his phone, picked up the ball beside him, turned around, and asked, "Want to play ball? I'll buy you some water."

He had just reached out to take the hundred yuan when someone beat him to it.

Shi Sui held a hundred-yuan note between her fingers, turned to look at her deskmate, and asked, "Can I go buy you some water?"

She knew she shouldn't have too much contact with Chi Yan, after all, he seemed like someone not to be trifled with.

But this is 100 yuan—more than you could earn in an afternoon of classes.

The body is always more loyal to money than the brain. Even if it goes against the brain's judgment, it will act first and get the money.

Chi Yan was slightly taken aback.

As the girl approached, a faint fragrance wafted towards me without warning, like a blanket that had been sun-dried all day—it smelled wonderful and warm.

She looked over, her eyes sparkling. When she smiled, the corners of her eyes turned up slightly, giving her a touch of natural girlish charm.

Chi Yan suddenly understood.

Ha, they even pretended not to like it, while everyone was vying to buy him water.

"Oh, then go ahead." He turned his face away, pretending to be nonchalant, hiding the smugness and happiness in his heart.