Chapter 261: Xu Youxiang: Don’t Go to School!

After a moment of darkness, Xia Yu regained his senses and found himself already inside Xu Youxiang’s body.

Opening his eyes and glancing at the unfamiliar ceiling, Xia Yu sat up, picked up his phone, and called the maid.

He arrived at six o’clock, still quite early.

Two minutes later, the maid entered the room. With the maid’s help, Xia Yu got up, washed up, and sat down to eat breakfast before dismissing the maid.

He then started speaking to Xu Youxiang, “What? Have you gone mute?”

During this entire time, Xu Youxiang had not spoken a single word.

“Did I send you a new PLAY?” Xu Youxiang replied.

Pretending not to have heard that, Xia Yu asked, “Do you have class in the morning?”

“…No.” Xu Youxiang’s reply was hesitant.

“Why is your body so tired? Didn’t you rest well last night?”

“I studied until three o’clock in the morning.”

“In the evening? You still have classes? I don’t understand how studying until three in the morning works.”

“Do you think I’m like you? The teacher only has time to teach me at night!” There was a slight hint of nervousness in Xu Youxiang’s voice.

Xia Yu noticed this nervousness but couldn’t immediately figure out its source.

He asked further details and finally understood how Xu Youxiang ended up studying until three in the morning.

The teacher assigned to Xu Youxiang by An Tianfeng only gave lessons at night, and they were conducted online.

But where exactly did this nervousness come from? Logically speaking, shouldn’t the one feeling nervous be himself, for choosing An Siyao’s campus instead of Xu Youxiang’s?

Besides, the teacher was also a girl.

Wait, could it be that a female teacher wasn’t necessarily a bad thing?

Forget it, he would surely uncover the reason eventually.

After breakfast, he returned to the bedroom and continued sleeping.

At exactly noon, he got up to have lunch.

“Do you have afternoon classes?” He asked Xu Youxiang again.

“…No.” Xu Youxiang answered.

“You don’t have any classes all day?” Xia Yu was surprised.

“Stop nagging. As long as I study with my teacher at night, who needs classes!” Xu Youxiang was somewhat flustered.

At this point, Xia Yu had already grasped the situation.

Xu Youxiang probably hadn’t even gone to school, so she naturally didn’t know about being on a different campus from him.

As for the reason she didn’t attend school, it was obvious—it had to be because of her legs.

“Didn’t I say it can be cured?” Xia Yu said.

Hearing this, Xu Youxiang realized Xia Yu had guessed her thoughts and fell silent.

“Come on, I’ll go with you.” Xia Yu knew that Xu Youxiang was afraid of being laughed at—this girl had too much pride.

She could endure anything else, but she couldn’t tolerate mockery or pity.

As for the condition of her legs, she wasn’t particularly concerned. The reason she had previously attempted suicide was mainly due to her family’s financial situation and the sorrowful looks her parents gave her.

Without answering Xia Yu, Xu Youxiang silently agreed.

Xia Yu summoned the maid, thought for a moment, and then called two bodyguards as they headed to school together.

…

In a classroom of the School of Information Science and Technology, the students of Computer Science Class Three were having a lesson when they suddenly heard a knock on the door.

The teacher at the podium, already displeased, put down his book and looked toward the door.

He had just finished taking attendance; whoever was coming now must be a student skipping class.

The knocking sound came again.

The teacher walked toward the door, grasped the doorknob, and prepared to give the student outside a stern scolding.

However, upon opening the door, all his thoughts vanished.

Looking at the two men standing outside—both over six feet tall, broad-shouldered, crew-cut, and muscular—the teacher swallowed hard.

“You… you… you, who are you looking for?” The teacher wanted to close the door, but his hands wouldn’t obey him.

These two men clearly looked like troublemakers!

Who knows which student in the class had caused trouble—it was just asking for trouble!

Even the security guards, how could they let these two in!

As the teacher trembled in fear, a slightly childish voice came from behind the two muscular men:

“I’m here for class.”

The two well-dressed bodyguards stepped aside in unison, revealing two figures behind them.

One was tall, likely in his twenties; the other was much smaller—perhaps a middle school student?

The tall figure stood behind the smaller one, wearing a maid uniform, clearly indicating the smaller figure was the one in charge.

“Eh?” The teacher couldn’t believe what he had just heard. He looked at Xu Youxiang in the wheelchair, bewildered.

Xu Youxiang had been absent for a year, so all the teachers and classmates were new to her.

“I’m here for class. Xu Youxiang. Is that on the roll call list?” After speaking, Xu Youyu signaled to the maid.

The maid pushed her into the classroom, and the teacher quickly stepped aside, watching as Xu Youxiang, accompanied by two bodyguards, arrived at the back of the classroom.

They took out their textbooks, seemingly genuinely here for class. Checking the roll call list, the teacher indeed found the name Xu Youxiang.

Quietly returning to the podium, the teacher’s previous thoughts of scolding vanished. He first picked up the roll call list and erased the absence mark for this class, then proceeded to erase all previous absence records.

What do you mean Xu Youxiang wasn’t here? She was clearly present for every class!

Putting down the roll call list, the teacher resumed his lecture.

In the classroom, students occasionally cast curious glances toward the back but did so cautiously, avoiding prolonged eye contact.

Although the middle school student sitting in a wheelchair was somewhat attention-grabbing, those two bodyguards were simply too intimidating.

This was exactly the effect Xia Yu had intended.

He deliberately chose these two muscular bodyguards, had them shave their heads and wear suits to intimidate anyone who saw Xu Youxiang.

As long as they appeared strong, no one would dare mock or pity her.

Although this was merely a show of bravado, the effects of the medicine were promising. It was expected that within a year, Xu Youxiang would be able to stand again. This method was only temporary until then.

His plan was highly successful. Observing the reactions of teachers, classmates, and passersby along the way, Xu Youxiang felt reassured.

Although it was a bit embarrassing.

There was only one class in the afternoon. After class, Xia Yu returned to the villa.

“How was it? Can you go to school by yourself from now on?” He asked Xu Youxiang.

“Mm.” Xu Youxiang replied.

“Aren’t you going to reward me?” Xia Yu asked casually.

“Reward you with a scolding?”

“What?!”

Xia Yu felt the need to correct his image in Xu Youxiang’s mind. He wasn’t someone who enjoyed being scolded—it was simply because he found her voice, which lacked malice, sounded cute when she was angry and flustered.

Besides, scolding that wasn’t sincere, merely done for the sake of scolding, couldn’t bring real pleasure.

“Give me a ‘Not Angry’ card.” Xia Yu said.

After Xu Youxiang overcame her anxiety about going out, she would soon discover the matter of the different campuses and would surely become upset.

“Are you a child?” Not realizing Xia Yu’s intention, Xu Youxiang easily agreed.

At 4:30 PM, estimating that the other Xia Yu had finished military training, the real Xia Yu returned to his body.

He returned just in time as the instructor announced dismissal the next second.

However, after dismissal, the classmates didn’t leave immediately but instead looked at Xia Yu together. Not only his classmates, but even students from surrounding classes were also looking at him.

This left Xia Yu completely puzzled until he saw An Siyao standing at the edge of the playground.