Shen Gu Mirai ended up hugging Beichuan Si for a long time.

After all, although this little girl said some things that seemed not so nice, her actions were still decisive and without hesitation.

She hugged him for about thirty minutes, took a few selfies as a keepsake, and then got up to go home.

During those thirty minutes, Shen Gu Mirai had also explained the situation at Kyubei High School to Beichuan Si.

By the time this Saturday and Sunday were over, Kyubei High School was about to have its second exam, and everything would proceed just like the last exam.

Nowadays, as days pass, the second-year high school students should start preparing for university interviews, college entrance exams, and such matters. For current seniors, the days ahead will only get tougher.

"There's something even more interesting, Mr. Temple."

Shen Gu Mirai said cheerily:

"A lot of students are gearing up, saying they plan to sneakily knock you off your second place ranking in the grade."

Shen Gu Mirai might have a bit of a bad temperament and an obsession with paranormal stuff, but her attractiveness was undeniable.

Plus, she's always been seen in class as one of the 'victims bullied by the Beichuan Demon King', which drew even more concern from other classmates.

But what these classmates probably didn't expect was that the girl they saw as a 'victim bullied by the Beichuan Demon King' would turn around and secretly tip off Beichuan Si.

Beichuan Si glanced at the interested Shen Gu Mirai and just nodded:

"Oh, I see."

Seeing Beichuan Si's indifferent attitude, Shen Gu Mirai pouted: "Mr. Temple, how come you're not having a more excited reaction?"

"What reaction would you want me to have?" Beichuan Si, half-sitting on the bed, took out his phone and browsed through messages, asking without even looking up.

Shen Gu Mirai climbed onto the bed, her eyes flickering cunningly before she gestured and said, "Like, 'Hmph, these little things are deluded to think they can climb to my Beichuan Demon King's peak! They're simply courting death...' Ow, ow, ow! Mr. Temple, that hurts!"

Before she could finish her sentence, Beichuan Si had pinched her cheek, and she was powerless to struggle free, which only made her look more aggrieved.

Beichuan Si let go emotionlessly, glanced at Shen Gu Mirai rubbing her cheek, and spoke bluntly: "You've been reading too many of those weird novels."

"After all, I don't really need to waste much energy on such matters. It's quite normal for my academic performance to fall behind given how often I'm absent to attend to other matters."

He continued unemotionally: "So it's not a big deal if someone surpasses me. I'm aware of that much, so naturally, I don't feel anger or discontentment. Someone who doesn't work hard will be overtaken. That's only to be expected. After all, reality isn't like a novel. It's basically impossible to remain second in the grade without studying."

Uh...

Shen Gu Mirai opened her mouth.

Beichuan Si's words were indeed right, but—

Shen Gu Mirai blinked and tilted her head before asking, "So what rank do you think you'll achieve in the next exam, Mr. Temple?"

"Second in the grade."

Beichuan Si responded without missing a beat.

"Huh????" Shen Gu Mirai's eyes widened, she looked at Beichuan Si again and opened her mouth, her fair complexion turning red.

After a while, Shen Gu Mirai said softly: "Mr. Temple, that doesn't quite match what you said earlier..."

Hearing this, Beichuan Si shifted his gaze away from his phone screen, looked up seriously and counterasked: "Mirai, do you like those who are capable of doing well but pretend to say 'I didn't do well this time, I messed up'?"

"No."

Shen Gu Mirai replied immediately.

If you did well, you did well, if you did poorly, you did poorly, there's no need to beat around the bush, not to mention those pseudo-comforting yet subtly boastful comments like 'Oh, I'm just like you, I didn't do well either'...

But then... Shen Gu Mirai had another question in mind.

Why did Beichuan Si only mention second place in the grade? Not first?

She remembered that she only just beat him by a few points last time, so why doesn't Beichuan Si have that confidence now?

Could it be that Mr. Temple...

The sly and cunning Shen Gu Mirai immediately had a bold idea in her head.

But before Shen Gu Mirai could speak out that bold thought, Beichuan Si's voice had already risen.

"It's exactly what you're thinking now."

If being the top of the grade last time was Beichuan Si's narrow defeat, this time he had his own thoughts in mind...

Whoever took first in the grade didn't matter to him, and Shen Gu Mirai was indeed very smart...

Thinking this, Beichuan Si turned his gaze to Shen Gu Mirai.

Under such scrutiny, Shen Gu Mirai's face flushed, and after a long while she just nodded lightly, saying in a tiny voice: "Okay, okay... I understand everything."

So stop looking at me now.

The little person in her heart was bustling about noisily, her heartbeat quickening sharply.

Then—

"I, I'm going home!" Shen Gu Mirai abruptly stood up from the bed, quickly put on her slippers, and hurriedly opened the door and left with small, quick steps.

Beichuan Si watched Shen Gu Mirai's retreating figure, shaking his head after a while.

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