Chapter 3: Beginning

Although it was lunch break, there were still a few students in each classroom, but it was very quiet. He didn’t want to run and attract attention.

On each floor, one side of the corridor was the restroom, and the other side was a wide open balcony. If it was the second or fourth floor, then there was a skybridge connecting the two teaching buildings.

By now, he had followed Xiali to the end of the corridor, but Xiali turned into the stairwell and quickly went up to the top floor. It wasn’t the rooftop—the rooftop was usually locked—but the sixth floor typically had a row of empty classrooms used for mock lessons or elective courses. Occasionally, students would come here to study.

As soon as he exited the stairwell, Xiali had already stopped, and he immediately saw that girl.

She had moved a stool by herself and was sitting at an unused table outside the classroom, biting her pen with furrowed brows. The girl was very tall—probably not actually that tall, but her long legs gave her good proportions. She had jet-black long hair, longer than most girls’, currently messy and draped loosely.

She had chosen a good spot—placed herself in the shade, but the sunlight just fell onto the tabletop. The books on the table were neatly arranged, but the messy scratch paper showed she was very irritable.

Her skin tone matched the wall, but her slender fingers and delicate cheeks had a hint of pink. If Su Nian had often eaten with the boys in his class, he might have recognized this girl, because a beauty like her was always a hot topic of gossip.

They weren’t far apart, so the girl noticed Su Nian’s gaze. She impatiently lifted her tired brows, about to glare coldly at Su Nian.

She was stunned for a moment, then slowly spoke, “Is there something?”

“It’s nothing. I just came to get exam papers for the teacher. Sorry for disturbing.”

Su Nian smiled lightly and continued forward. The last room on each floor was the teachers’ shared office, but actually it was a place for teachers to drink tea and chat. However, it stored the materials and exam papers for each class. Even on the sixth floor, there were still some because there were too many to stack.

The girl quickly snapped back to focus and buried herself in her work, but her expression was complicated. She had already recognized who this young man was, so she knew he was lying—this junior shouldn’t be here to get exam papers.

She let out a breath, suppressing her curiosity and shyness, because she thought her face was very puffy right now. She swept aside the messy strands of hair on her cheek and continued anxiously staring at that damned new definition problem.

Su Nian naturally walked behind her, then glanced at the desk. There was a corrected exam paper. He saw the information he wanted: Yun Buran.

Yun Buran? ‘Not dyed? What a nice name.’ Su Nian thought and left without showing any expression.

Xiali followed him to the other stairwell and excitedly said, “It’s her! But I don’t know which demon she contracted with.”

She hadn’t expected to find her so quickly. Xiali thought excitedly that she was one step closer to her plan of going home.

“Don’t rush. I already know her name.”

“She got shy earlier when she saw you. Why didn’t you flirt with her!”

Xiali often felt that Su Nian was definitely the destined savior, because his beauty was irresistible even to demons.

“A kitten of your level isn’t qualified to hiss at me.”

“Huh? I’m talking about serious matters!”

Xiali couldn’t stand this man’s lazy attitude at all times.

“What’s the hurry? We just found the target. First step is to break down the goal. Come on, let’s discuss this carefully.”

Su Nian waved his hand and started walking down the stairs step by step. Xiali jumped onto his shoulder. Though their bickering continued, no third person could hear it.

Hearing the fading voices, Yun Buran took a deep breath and rubbed her forehead in disbelief. ‘What am I doing? I actually started a conversation with a boy.’

…

“Target?”

“Make her fall in love with you?”

“Be precise. Who?”

“Yun Buran.”

Xiali spoke through gritted teeth. This man actually went back and calmly finished the afternoon classes, and only now, during the last self-study period, did he bring her out to escape.

“Alright. The known info so far is that Yun Buran is a senior in her third year. Probably either Class 34 or 35, the two key classes.”

Their school split classes after the first year based on subject selection, then split again in the third year.

“Didn’t you only see her name?”

“From the level of the exam paper. The materials are the same, but teachers of different level classes give different difficulty papers. That was a training paper with all new definition finale problems. The regular classes should still be reviewing solid geometry.”

Hearing Su Nian’s confident analysis, Xiali was convinced. She also calmed down and decided not to rush, because she had learned over the past two days just how excellent this man was.

“Then what do you plan to do? Didn’t you say something about ‘breaking down’?”

Xiali decided to lie down and tuck her paws under her body. She was on Su Nian’s thigh—this bastard smelled good, but Xiali couldn’t describe the scent; she felt it was all psychological magic from that face.

“First, break down. Second, if what you say is true, then we need to come up with a seduction plan. But to what extent? You mentioned earlier that we have to mend their ‘Crack of the Heart’ and squeeze the demon out, right?”

“Something like that.”

“Then to what level?”

“Make them fall in love with you. I think with your face, it’ll be easy.”

Xiali said it as if it were obvious. In her view, if Su Nian had confessed directly just now, she might have already collected the first demon.

Su Nian chuckled lightly. Every angle of his face was flawless. He reached out to stroke Xiali’s fur and asked, “Little Princess of Hell, may I ask what ‘love’ means? Does it count when she says the word ‘love’ to me? Or do we need to become a couple and slowly cultivate? Hugging? Kissing? Or going further? When can it be considered ‘in love’?”

Xiali was dumbfounded. How would a little cat know so much?

“Moreover, given this development, there will definitely be other targets later. You’re only thinking about subduing demons, but what about them? Who takes responsibility for this love? For example, if Yun Buran and I become a couple, how do I seduce the next target?”

“Huh? I don’t care about any of that!”

It seemed demons didn’t care about love—they only cared about themselves.

“Then purely from a profit perspective, if we ignore everything, the difficulty will get higher the further we go.”

Su Nian said helplessly.

“Then what are you going to do?”

Under Su Nian’s petting, Xiali couldn’t help but purr, and her tone softened a bit.

“So, define the true goal. To be precise, it’s about saving these girls’ hearts, not entering their hearts.”

“What’s the difference? Saving will probably also make them fall in love with you, right?”

Ever since she learned to read, Xiali had used her ability to binge a lot of human romance media. She knew that so-called redemption was also a common form of love.

“The difference is, I don’t plan to become their boyfriend, nor do I plan to express love to them. As for them expressing love to me, I have the right to refuse, don’t I?”

The curve of Su Nian’s mouth widened, showing a hint of mischief, revealing the boy’s playful nature. But what bad intentions could he have? Because his smile was so beautiful.

“Oh, you plan to tease them and not take responsibility, right?”

Su Nian regretted giving her his tablet. This internet-addicted girl of Hell still kept the tablet hidden and hadn’t returned it to him.

Su Nian gently patted the cat’s head, feeling unusually excited for the first time in a while.

“In short, after setting the true goal, let’s begin step one!”

“Breaking it down?”

Xiali remembered this time, but she got another pat on the head.

“No, it’s breaking the information gap.”