Chapter 74.3 – Extra: Sweet Youth (Part 2)

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　　Noticing that she was carrying her school bag, as well as Qiao Jinye and his gang were not around, Liang Jingche’s mood brightened up instantly.

　　“Do you have any plans tonight?”

　　Jiang Dai answered honestly, “No, I’ll be staying at home. Since my dad will be home for dinner tonight, I’ll have to head back early. Otherwise, he’d definitely nag at me.”

　　Liang Jingche stated, “Let’s go, then. I’ll walk you out.”

　　With that, Jiang Dai stood up and walked with him to the school gate.

　　On the way, they began searching for topics to converse about, so much so that Liang Jingche even mentioned the transfer student. “I heard that the new transfer student from Country M is now your deskmate?”

　　On that subject, Jiang Dai’s edge of irritation returned. “Mm… Just treat it as me getting struck by such bloody bad luck.”

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　　“The subway station.”

　　However, Jiang Dai found his words were becoming even more bizarre. “Don’t your family send a chauffeur to pick you up from school every day?”

　　Not a ripple disturbed Liang Jingche’s countenance as he lied, “The chauffeur requested several days off to visit his family, so I’ll be taking the subway for the next couple of days.”

　　“Oh. Alright, then.”

　　Only after traversing a stretch of road with him was Jiang Dai late to catch on. “Wait a minute, why would the bag be heavy? Isn’t it just filled with snacks? There aren’t any drinks in it, right?”

　　Without further conveyance, Liang Jingche grabbed a book out of the back and handed it to Jiang Dai.

　　Flipping through it, Jiang Dai snickered, “Pfft! Is this your notebook?”

　　Liang Jingche replied, “No, it’s a notebook I made specially for you. It contains all the types of questions and key points that I think may appear in the monthly exam that you’ll be taking in half a month, as well as four sets of test papers for Math, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. Since it’s difficult to predict the questions that may appear in the language subjects, I left them out. But your foundation for them is still alright, anyways.”

　　Yet, Jiang Dai was somewhat displeased and shoved it back in his hands. “I don’t want it. Why the h*ll are you giving me this?”

　　‘All I ever wanted was to play video games with you. Things were fine and dandy with you being my support, so why did you decide to become my tutor? Have you lost your mind?’ 

　　However, Liang Jingche was eloquent. After shoving the book back into the bag, he explained, “In any case, the content in this notebook is tailored to your needs, so you’ve got to accept it even if you don’t want to. After all, I’ve no use for it, and I promise you that you’ll have no issues attaining above-average grades for the monthly exam if you were to complete the four sets of test papers and fully comprehend the questions you’ve answered incorrectly.” 

　　Just as his final words fell, Jiang Dai pouted. “I know you’re a straight-A student, Top Student Liang, as well as the Student Union President. You’re awesome, alright? But there’s no need for you to tell me what to do! I’m a mediocre student, so we can have a great time if you accept that fact. Otherwise, just leave it at that.”

　　Lowering his head, Liang Jingche surveyed her face. Despite her blunt words, he was still able to maintain his composure.

　　In her eyes, he had always seemed this way. Regardless of how Jiang Dai treated him, he would still regard her gently and patiently.

　　“It’s not that I can’t accept it, and it doesn’t matter to me, even if you’re a mediocre student.”

　　Jiang Dai asked, “Then why the heck are you doing this?”

　　With a sigh, Liang Jingche extended his hand to pat her head and retracted it swiftly before Jiang Dai was not given a chance to react.

　　By the time she caught on and wanted to refute, he had already retracted his hand and was pretending as though nothing had occurred.

　　On seeing this, she could no longer be bothered to hurl her remarks at him.

　　The young man instead said with much gentleness and warmth, “It’s not like you’re a fool; It’s just that you’re unwilling to put in the effort. You’re clearly an intelligent girl, so all you have to do is just read through the latest key points for each subject. Anyway, I’m not asking you to score exceptional grades. Just somewhat better grades, so you won’t have to sit in the last row anymore. I heard that it’s not good for your eyes to sit in the last row for a long time. You wouldn’t want to become nearsighted at a young age, right?”

　　Jiang Dai pouted, “I’ll just be nearsighted, then. It’s not like I can’t use contact lenses.”

　　After all, she usually did not listen to her lessons, let alone look at the blackboard. Hence, it would not be that easy for her to get myopia.

　　Liang Jingche laughed, “Even if you wore contacts, you’d still become cross-eyed after a long while.”

　　With Liang Jingche’s high EQ, ability to deal with various people, and long-standing understanding of Jiang Dai’s temper, they did not dive too deep into this topic. 

　　In spite of her short temper, Jiang Dai was never one to be unreasonable. She would undoubtedly mull over their words if one attempted to talk some sense into her nicely. However, that was all there was to it. No one could ever force her to study since the decision still lay in her hands.

　　After boarding the subway, Jiang Dai was the first to alight. Watching Liang Jingche place the bag of snacks on her arm, Jiang Dai seemed to hesitate for a moment, pondering whether to return the notebook and test papers to him.

*****

　　At this juncture, Jiang Dai had gotten into a dispute with the transfer student for a total of two days. For some reason, it came to the point where she had disregarded her bottom line of not utilizing special means. 

　　The b*st*rd stood firm like rocky mountains, to the extent where he could disregard all her words and actions.

　　So long as she did not make a move, he would continue to ignore her as though he was deaf and mute.

　　Now, Jiang Dai was ready to mess with him.

　　As for her plan, it was only natural for her two best friends to know of it.

　　When Bai Zhi and Zhao Chuyi heard of her plan, one of them burst out laughing. “Oh man, he’s done for! To think that he was able to provoke our Great Demon King Daidai to this point, haha! This aloof, handsome guy is seriously a goner!”

　　On the other hand, Zao Chuyi disagreed, “The teacher will be redoing our seat arrangements after the monthly exams, Daidai, so why don’t you just bear with it for a few more days? After all, he’s a new student. Wouldn’t this be considered bullying?”

　　Upon hearing that, Jiang Dai’s face darkened. “What’s wrong with me bullying him? I can’t endure it for a day longer! Why don’t you look at that bloody pretentious face of his next to me? Would you believe it if I were to say that I haven’t been able to even sleep and play my games well?”

　　Half a month after the monthly exams, there was still a week to the release of the results and ranking. By the time everything was done, she might even need to wait for a month!

　　With that in mind, Jiang Dai no longer wished to put up with it. As a school bully, she refused to believe that she could not handle a weak and outnumbered transfer student!!

……

　　The next day marked the start of their operation.

　　For her first step, Jiang Dai hid the transfer student’s math homework so that he could not submit it.