Chapter 4: Official Announcement

Shen Ji subconsciously swallowed his saliva and stole a glance at Ye Xi sitting behind him.

Ye Xi’s cold face remained calm, showing no reaction at all, as if the Blood Race the man mentioned had nothing to do with her.

She was even biting a hair tie between her teeth while she tidied her ponytail.

Sensing Shen Ji’s gaze, Ye Xi arched her elegant brows and blinked her beautiful peach-blossom eyes.

She reached out and patted Shen Ji’s shoulder, signaling for him to be at ease.

Shen Ji let out a long breath.

‘The emperor isn’t worried, but the eunuch is. She’s a real member of the Blood Race and she isn’t nervous at all, so why the hell am I?’

“Shen Ji, do you have something to say?”

Hearing the teacher call his name, Shen Ji immediately stood up and stammered, “N-nothing.”

“Why are you so nervous? Although the Blood Race is dangerous, the probability of encountering them is very small. The main purpose of today’s class is to give you a heads-up. If someone goes missing nearby, you must report it immediately.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the class began to chatter about the Blood Race.

In their eyes, the Blood Race was probably more like giant pandas — dangerous, but not deadly, since no one had ever actually seen one.

However, Shen Ji extracted different information from the middle-aged man’s words.

This was quite simply an Open Plot.

If someone went missing, it wasn’t just that a human might have been hunted and disappeared; it could also mean a member of the Blood Race hidden in human society had fled.

As long as someone reported it, The Official could immediately lock down the area and take action against the Blood Race.

But now the question arose again: how did Ye Xi know in advance that The Official was going to move against the Blood Race?

Furthermore, how much did she know about whatever trouble the Blood Race was planning to stir up?

While the middle-aged teacher continued to drone on at the podium, Shen Ji was focused entirely on how to survive this dead end.

He did not even notice the bell signaling the end of class.

Just then, a burly man sauntered over to Shen Ji. He folded his arms across his chest and deliberately raised his voice so the entire classroom could hear him.

“Hey, Sickly Shen, don’t leave after school today.”

Shen Ji’s train of thought was interrupted.

He frowned deeply.

Hearing the man’s voice, the original owner’s memories came flooding back like a tide.

This person’s name was Wang Kai, a sports student and Ye Xi’s most fanatical suitor.

He often skipped class under the pretext of physical training.

Now, someone had likely told him about what happened this morning, so he had come to find trouble.

Shen Ji picked at his ear as if he hadn’t heard a thing.

He had seen many people like this who barked like dogs in his previous life.

The more you took them seriously, the louder they would bark.

Wang Kai was slightly stunned.

He never expected this usually submissive sickly brat would actually ignore him completely.

Sensing the strange looks and whispers from the surrounding students, he felt he could no longer save face.

He slammed his hand on the desk and shouted in a fit of rage, “Shen Ji, I’m talking to you!”

“Get lost,” Shen Ji replied impatiently.

Normally, he would have endured it to properly play the role of the original owner, but now that his very survival was in question, he didn’t care about such things.

The noisy whispering in the room suddenly went silent the moment Shen Ji spoke.

Ye Xi rested her chin on her hands and looked at Shen Ji with great interest.

This was the first time she had seen Shen Ji like this, and the seed originally planted in her heart began to sprout at this moment.

Suddenly, a discordant voice came from a corner in the front row.

“Shen Ji, what are you pretending for? How dare you speak to Brother Wang like that? Just because the School Beauty gave you her leftover breakfast, you think you’re superior to others?”

Everyone’s eyes shifted toward the corner of the classroom.

They saw a boy adjusting his square glasses, his disdainful gaze suggesting he had already seen through everything.

Shen Ji was so angry he started laughing.

This person was named Han Hui, the class overachiever.

He often felt he was superior to others, and believed that only the exceptionally beautiful Ye Xi was a match for him.

The corner of Han Hui’s mouth curled.

Although he usually looked down on Wang Kai as well, he could now expose Shen Ji’s act and earn a favor in the process.

Why not?

Most importantly, he simply did not believe Ye Xi would bring breakfast for Shen Ji.

While Han Hui was lost in his fantasies, Shen Ji spoke up.

“Han Hui, who do you think you are? Why are you over there chirping? Also, who told you that was Ye Xi’s leftover breakfast?”

Han Hui maintained his “all-knowing” look and said with disdain, “Shen Ji, I really didn’t realize you were so stubborn. What other possibility is there besides Ye Xi giving you her leftovers? In what way are you a match for her?”

Shen Ji said nothing.

He first scanned his surroundings with a calm gaze and then let out a long sigh.

To everyone else, Shen Ji’s reaction looked like an admission of the facts.

Wang Kai grabbed Shen Ji by the collar and became even more unscrupulous.

“Keep your hands to yourself from now on. If you ever dare to contact Ye Xi again, I’ll see if you can even stay at Nanjiang No. 1 High School.”

“Shen Ji, aren’t you going to tell them the truth yet?”

Ye Xi’s voice was cold, yet it ignited a flame called curiosity in everyone’s hearts.

What truth?

Could it be that they really…

Shen Ji was even more confused.

‘What truth? That you’re part of the Blood Race? Even if you want to die, you can’t drag me down as a cushion!’

“Wang Kai, don’t pester me anymore. Shen Ji and I are already together.”

As Ye Xi spoke, she stood up and wrapped her arms around one of Shen Ji’s.

A chorus of sharp inhalations filled the room.

‘Did I hear that right? The School Beauty is actually together with Sickly Shen?’

The veins on Wang Kai’s face bulged.

At this moment, he had only one thought: to chop Shen Ji into pieces and see exactly what Ye Xi liked about him.

“Fine, fine. Shen Ji, you’re really something. You dare to steal the woman I have my eye on. From now on, just watch how I play you to death.”

Wang Kai spat out the threat and stormed out of the room.

He had certain scruples while inside the school, but once they were outside, he swore he would break one of Shen Ji’s legs.

Shen Ji’s pupils shrank slightly.

Feeling the warmth of the woman beside him, he forced a smile that looked more painful than crying.

Seeing Shen Ji’s expression, Ye Xi placed a hand on the soft flesh of his waist and gave it a sharp twist.

She stared directly at him and said, “What? You took my first kiss and now you don’t want to admit it?”

‘Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Didn’t you force that kiss on me last night?’

“Hmm? Or are you planning to abandon us, mother and child?”

Ye Xi touched her belly as if it were a real concern.

Shen Ji slapped his forehead.

He hadn’t realized before that this woman was such a drama queen.

To prevent this cunning woman from making up even more explosive lies, Shen Ji quickly tried to argue.

“Ye Xi, you can eat whatever you want, but you can’t just say whatever you want.”

“Ji, don’t you usually call me XiXi?”

The dark lines on Shen Ji’s forehead grew even deeper.

Noticing that she shouldn’t tease him any further, Ye Xi covered her mouth and let out a giggle.

“Alright, be good. I’m just teasing you.”

The crowd stared dumbfoundedly at the two of them putting on a public display of affection.

Han Hui, in particular, had been logically analyzing their relationship one second, only to have his mouth stuffed full of “dog food” the next.

Han Hui’s face turned ashen.

This was the first time in his life he had suffered such a setback.

Especially since the woman he loved was with the man he looked down on the most, the seeds of resentment were deeply planted at that moment.