Chapter 70
But this time, the results of the end-of-month mock test were far worse than his previous scores—by a long shot.
On Friday, he had lied, claiming that Li Qingxue was distracted by a romance at school, which affected his studies.
Of course, this was proven to be completely unfounded, thanks to the confirmation from Li Qingxue's parents.
Today, with yet another incident at school, it was really giving her a headache.
In contrast, Long Aotian, the so-called troublemaker in the eyes of the teachers, displayed a maturity that was far beyond his years today.
Especially when he stood in front of Class 7's homeroom teacher, he exuded a sense of responsibility.
"Hey, little master, there's more to this chapter! Click to the next page to continue reading; the story gets even more exciting!"
But his words could be quite sharp!
Yet, they were undeniably on point. Thinking back to how Ye Mu had turned pale with anger, she couldn't help but find it amusing.
As educators, they were expected to maintain a certain decorum, which made it difficult to respond to unreasonable people like Ye Mu. It was truly frustrating.
"You know Ye Liangchen well. You should talk to him more and advise him to focus on his studies instead of his little crush..."
Li Qingxue stepped out of the teacher's office.
Taking a deep breath, she walked toward her classroom, feeling a bit down.
Just as she reached the corner of the stairs, she heard a familiar voice and laughter.
Her eyes lit up as she turned to look.
There was Long Aotian, coming up the stairs with Hu Yuying.
"Long Aotian."
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Long Aotian greeted her with a smile upon seeing Li Qingxue.
Hu Yuying glanced at Li Qingxue but said nothing, merely smiling and giving her a slight nod.
Hu Yuying could open up to Long Aotian, but with anyone else, she showed no noticeable emotional response.
"I heard Ye Liangchen and his mom came to bother you. Are you okay?" Li Qingxue asked with concern.
It was an instinctive reaction, which Li Qingxue attributed to her worry for a friend.
"Do I look like someone with problems?" Long Aotian replied nonchalantly. "But I really admire Ye Liangchen's way of thinking. If it were me back then, I would have definitely punched him!"
"Pfft!" Li Qingxue couldn't help but laugh at his words.
It felt like the scales in her heart were subtly shifting...
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**Chapter 84: Stripping the Title**
After chatting with Long Aotian and Hu Yuying for a while, they each returned to their respective classes.
As Li Qingxue reached the classroom door, a heavy, muffled voice came from behind her: "Qingxue, what were you talking about with Long Aotian just now?"
It was Ye Liangchen.
His face was dark, and his voice even sounded a bit hoarse.
After being threatened by Long Aotian, he had no choice but to persuade his mother to go home.
But on his way back, he ran into Long Aotian, Hu Yuying, and Li Qingxue.
Smart as he was, he knew that after his mother had just scolded Long Aotian, showing up in front of him would definitely lead to a beating.
So he had to endure until Li Qingxue and Long Aotian parted ways!
Hearing Ye Liangchen's words, Li Qingxue scoffed, "What I say has nothing to do with you, does it?"
Ye Liangchen frowned. "Qingxue, how can you talk to me like that?"
"Even though I've decided to give up on pursuing you, you’re still my good friend in my heart. Don’t forget, we’ve known each other for nine years!"
It would have been better if he hadn’t said that. The moment he did, Li Qingxue felt even more uncomfortable. "You still remember we’re friends?"
"On Friday, the homeroom teacher called my parents."
"They said I was dating at school and that I affected your studies, which led to your poor performance in the mock test."
At this point, Li Qingxue looked at Ye Liangchen with a mix of grievance and distance.
"Ye Liangchen, be honest with yourself. When did I date anyone? How did I affect your studies?"
"I even lent you my notebook and advised you to focus on your studies, but what did you do?"
Ye Liangchen fell silent.
He admitted that he hadn’t thought this through, but his mother was only trying to help him, right?
Why couldn’t Li Qingxue understand him?
"Qingxue, you know my mom just wants what’s best for me. She may have been wrong in this situation, but you shouldn’t show such an attitude toward an elder."
"After all, she is my mother," Ye Liangchen said, his tone softening a bit.
He planned to marry Li Qingxue in the future and didn’t want to see any discord between her and his mother, so he hoped she would understand that parents love their children deeply.
Li Qingxue shook her head slowly. "She’s your mother, and it’s understandable that you support her, but you can’t just slander my reputation with a few words, can you?"
"That aside, what you did today is making me feel like I don’t even know you anymore."
Ye Liangchen frowned slightly. "What do you mean?"
"I heard from the teacher that you bumped your nose yourself, yet you shifted all the blame onto Long Aotian."
Li Qingxue looked at Ye Liangchen with a hint of unfamiliarity. "You weren’t like this before."
"Are you defending Long Aotian?" Ye Liangchen asked.
"Can you explain why you said I was dating at school? Can you explain why you slandered Long Aotian?"
Hearing this, Ye Liangchen felt inexplicably annoyed.
He considered Long Aotian a loser who could never compare to him.
But why was it that both Hu Yuying and Li Qingxue seemed to side with Long Aotian now?
He was getting angry!
Ye Liangchen was genuinely upset!
He was angry because he had known Li Qingxue for so many years, and now she wasn’t on his side.
He was angry because Li Qingxue couldn’t understand him at all.
She couldn’t see that his mother’s words were meant to help him, to create a situation where Li Qingxue would sit next to him in class and get closer.
"I did this partly for you."
"Do you know what kind of person Long Aotian is? I admit there’s a risk in what I did, but to ensure you won’t be bothered by him anymore, I had to..."
Before Ye Liangchen could finish, Li Qingxue shook her head and took a step back, creating distance between them.
"Stop using the excuse of doing this for my own good to justify your repulsive actions."
"I never said Long Aotian was bothering me. On the contrary, I see him as a very good friend."
With that, Li Qingxue turned and walked into the classroom.
She felt deeply disappointed in Ye Liangchen, who avoided the main issue and didn’t mention the harm his mother’s words had caused her.
Yet he continued to hide behind the guise of doing it for her own good, using slander to frame Long Aotian!
Watching Li Qingxue leave decisively, Ye Liangchen instinctively stepped forward, raising his hand as if to stop her.
But the words caught in his throat never came out.
Taking a deep breath, Ye Liangchen forced a self-deprecating smile and looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle. "One day, you’ll understand my good intentions."
Ye Liangchen wasn’t afraid that Li Qingxue would really cut ties with him and never speak to him again.
Because in her heart, she had already unknowingly fallen for him; she just hadn’t realized it yet.
"Just wait. Once you see Long Aotian’s true colors, once you truly understand what he’s like, when you realize how bad he really is, you’ll wake up and see that the one who truly cared for you has always been me."
That’s what he thought, but Li Qingxue’s attitude and her earlier complaints still pierced Ye Liangchen’s heart deeply.
She was his white moonlight.
In dreams and in reality.
How could his heart not ache?
"You’ll regret saying those words to me one day."
"And when that time comes, don’t blame me for being cruel!"
"I’m already preparing to strip Hu Yuying of her title as the treasure girl. I don’t want to take away your title of white moonlight as well."
Originally, Ye Liangchen had no intention of stripping Hu Yuying of her title, but today, he was the one who had been hurt, the real victim, yet she stood by Long Aotian to criticize him...
Taking a deep breath, Ye Liangchen looked up at the sky.
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