Chapter 14: Did I do a bad job last night?

The next day, before the first class began, Xia Yu headed straight to the Language Group Office.

Teacher Qiu had assumed Xia Yu came to report back after returning to his male form, but to her surprise, the first thing he said was:

“Teacher, I want to apply to change my seat.”

“Do you know that Mo Yidong is…”

Just as Teacher Qiu reached the crucial point, she suddenly remembered the rule about not mentioning Mo Yidong’s grades.

Her expression grew serious as she calmly asked:

“What’s the reason for wanting to change your seat?”

“Mo Yidong is disturbing my sleep.”

Hiss———

Teacher Qiu squinted, a look of disdain creeping under her eyes.

She slammed her hand on the desk and replied seriously:

“That’s perfect! You’re not supposed to be sleeping during class anyway! That’s not a valid reason to change seats.”

Xia Yu raised his right hand to scratch the back of his head, clearly troubled by Teacher Qiu’s firm refusal to let him switch seats, because he couldn’t think of any other excuse.

“I sleep and disturb his studying, so I’m applying to sleep somewhere else!”

“If you’re disturbing Mo Yidong, he can come and apply to me. Why are you making decisions for others?”

Teacher Qiu’s words left Xia Yu with nowhere to retreat.

Since no excuse would get him a new seat, he simply stood his ground in the Language Group Office and refused to leave!

“If you keep messing around, I’ll move your desk to the hallway to sleep. You can stand and listen during class—believe it or not.”

“Fine!”

Teacher Qiu hurriedly waved her hand, trying to send Xia Yu back to class.

“Go, go… go back to your class. This seat change isn’t happening.”

“Is it really impossible to switch?”

Hearing Xia Yu soften his tone a bit, Teacher Qiu proposed a fair and just method.

“It could be switched, but do you have the ability for that?”

“You don’t mean the exam, do you?”

“Of course.”

There are two kinds of exams at school: the Ability Test plus Academic Subject Scores combined to decide the Total Score.

On the day of the Ability Test, all examinees gather in a special Simulated Examination Hall, a space where they must complete tasks assigned by teachers within a set time to pass.

The other is the regular subject scores from class.

But right now, Xia Yu was failing both, so he had no right to choose his seat.

“Oh, then I’m leaving.”

The two words instantly calmed Xia Yu’s expression.

Without looking back, he left the Language Group Office.

Once Xia Yu was out of sight, Teacher Qiu sighed.

Having a student with excellent grades who wouldn’t study properly but instead went looking for places to slack off…

What a pain…

Sigh——!

Annoyed, Xia Yu returned to the classroom.

Just as he sat down, Mu Yiqiu turned around eagerly, both happy and excited.

“Rain Bro~! Haven’t seen you in ages! I missed you so much!”

“Really?”

Xia Yu reached out to ruffle Mu Yiqiu’s fluffy brown hair.

Seeing his happiness, Xia Yu’s mood lifted quite a bit.

“If you miss me that much, how about you watch me every day?”

Mu Yiqiu didn’t get what Xia Yu meant.

Xia Yu squinted his eyes and gave a meaningful smile.

“What…?”

The bell rang for class.

Mo Yidong returned to the classroom holding his Chinese textbook, wondering if Xia Yu had come to school today.

Suddenly, he noticed his deskmate had been replaced.

“This is…”

Seeing Mu Yiqiu sitting beside him and Xia Yu sitting in front, with his black short hair draped over the summer school uniform, leisurely staring forward, completely unaware of Mo Yidong’s presence.

“Morning.”

“Morning.”

Mu Yiqiu looked up and gave Mo Yidong an embarrassed smile, shyly avoiding the one sitting in front.

Thinking back to just minutes before class, Mu Yiqiu had taken Xia Yu’s seat, feeling completely out of sorts.

“Rain Bro… is this really okay?”

Nervously, Mu Yiqiu sat in the back row, uneasy.

He had just said he missed Xia Yu, but never that he wanted to stare at the back of his head every day.

Also, switching seats without the homeroom teacher’s permission wasn’t very proper.

If the homeroom teacher found out, both of them would be scolded!

During class, Mu Yiqiu kept glancing outside the classroom, genuinely afraid the homeroom teacher would patrol and discover their seat swap.

“What will Teacher Qiu do when she comes in later?”

“It’s fine. She’ll switch back after that class.”

Mu Yiqiu shielded the math teacher’s sight with his textbook, slightly bowing his head and nervously leaned toward Mo Yidong.

“What happened between you and Rain Bro?”

“Nothing.”

They had only known each other for less than two days, yet Xia Yu had already given up his prime sleeping spot.

“Mu Yiqiu.”

“I’m here.”

“Shut your mouth.”

“Yes, sir.”

Xia Yu’s tone sounded displeased.

Mu Yiqiu immediately placed his book neatly on the desk, sat up straight, and stared earnestly at the back of Xia Yu’s head, answering seriously.

Mu Yiqiu couldn’t figure it out.

He only knew that yesterday Mo Yidong took Xia Yu’s backpack and left, apparently going to Xia Yu’s home.

What happened between them was unknown, but the stiff atmosphere now definitely had something to do with last night.

However… Mu Yiqiu hadn’t seen any bruises on Mo Yidong’s body; it seemed they hadn’t fought.

Xia Yu listened carefully, straining his ears to catch the conversation behind him.

He didn’t dare to sleep until it went quiet, fearing Mu Yiqiu might ask something.

Anyway, Xia Yu usually slept every class.

When Mu Yiqiu finally rested his head on the desk, Xia Yu planned to sneakily ask Mo Yidong what had happened.

Coincidentally, this class was almost over, and Xia Yu sat upfront with no intention to sleep.

Amazing!

The bell rang for the break, and finally, it was time for Chinese class.

Mu Yiqiu returned to his seat.

Taking advantage of Xia Yu’s bathroom break, Mu Yiqiu turned and quickly asked Mo Yidong:

“What exactly happened between you two yesterday?”

“Nothing happened.”

“When did you two meet?”

Mo Yidong noticed that the closest person to Xia Yu in the class was Mu Yiqiu.

“This area isn’t safe, right? In the first year, I was often bullied by outsiders, and it was Rain Bro who came to my rescue. Since then, he’s been like my big brother.”

“Has your big brother marked you?”

“What mark?”

Mu Yiqiu blinked, not quite understanding Mo Yidong’s meaning.

“Never mind.”

“What mark?”

“Mark your head!”

Xia Yu returned to his seat and immediately cut off the conversation, wearing a fierce expression that kept everyone away.

Now the whole class knew Xia Yu was in a bad mood.

“Rain Bro, it’s fine if you don’t want to deal with him, but you can’t make me choose sides and isolate the new student!”

“I mean, both of you shut up! You’re too noisy!”

Since arriving, Xia Yu hadn’t spoken a word to Mo Yidong.

Just looking at Mo Yidong’s face reminded Xia Yu of last night’s couch incident, which he really hated.

“Did I do something wrong last night?”

What!?

Mu Yiqiu couldn’t sit still.

He quickly leaned over Xia Yu’s desk to listen carefully to the whispers behind him.

Thinking that last night Xia Yu was a girl and Mo Yidong went to her place, the two of them…

But after a long time with no words, Mu Yiqiu grew anxious inside.

What exactly did you two do last night!?

Xia Yu simply didn’t want to engage and silently cursed in his heart.

Stinky gadfly.