Chapter 263: The truth is exposed!

Qin Youliang and four other boys made way for the short-haired girl. One of them bravely asked, “Duan Yi, what are you doing here?”

Xia Yu now knew the short-haired girl’s name. It couldn’t be helped; he often had Tuoguan Yu substitute for him, so he hadn’t made a special effort to memorize names. It was perfectly normal that he hadn’t known Duan Yi’s name just now.

Duan Yi glanced at the boy who had spoken, filled with dissatisfaction.

The boy’s words sounded as if she were some kind of antagonist, carrying a tone of hostility.

Shouldn’t the normal question be “What’s up?”?

“I’m here to find Xia Yu. You guys go do whatever you were doing,” Duan Yi said.

During the military training break, there wasn’t really anything to be busy with, so Duan Yi was clearly trying to get rid of the five boys.

Although curious, the five boys still obediently moved elsewhere.

In the class, boys were in the minority. When a boy and a girl were together, the one usually teased was the girl. But when two girls and a boy were together, the teased one was usually the boy.

In this class, the male-to-female ratio was about one to two. So even though the boys didn’t realize it, they unconsciously gave way to the girls.

Besides the five boys, nearby male students also moved away.

“What’s up?” Xia Yu looked at Duan Yi in front of him. She was an ordinary pretty girl.

Duan Yi didn’t immediately answer Xia Yu but leaned closer, carefully examining his face.

“If you want to look, you can come to my place later,” Xia Yu, slightly annoyed by her gaze, tried to tease her.

“Great, come to my dorm after school. Scared?” Duan Yi was a bold girl who didn’t back down.

This was also because girls had the advantage, just like people from a powerful country facing those from a weaker one, they naturally felt more confident.

Seeing that his teasing hadn’t had the desired effect and instead backfired on him, Xia Yu raised his eyebrows.

He leaned closer to Duan Yi’s face, smiling and activating his Elegance Level 1.

“Great, where’s your dorm?” Looking into Duan Yi’s eyes, Xia Yu asked.

Duan Yi felt as if suddenly a golden veil of sunlight had wrapped around Xia Yu, a warm feeling coming from him.

She couldn’t help blushing slightly and took two steps back.

As she prepared to take a third step back, Duan Yi stopped herself through sheer willpower.

She felt somewhat embarrassed and annoyed; retreating was a sign of surrender, and she had already lost to Xia Yu.

Xia Yu also understood this and stopped teasing her, asking, “Alright, what’s it about?”

Remembering the teasing, Duan Yi got down to business. She raised her phone: “Is this you?”

Looking at the screen, Xia Yu saw a report on the district-wide high school musical instrument competition, with a photo of himself on it.

“It is,” Xia Yu admitted. Denying it wouldn’t have worked anyway; with the same name, same surname, and identical appearance, who else could it be?

Duan Yi hadn’t come primarily to confirm whether it was Xia Yu but had used this as an excuse to talk to him.

After getting Xia Yu’s confirmation, she waved her hand toward the girls.

The girls showed excited expressions and ran over together, surrounding Xia Yu.

They chattered away:

“Never thought I’d actually get to meet you. No wonder it’s Huada!”

“I love your ‘High Priestess Dancer.'”

“What’s your relationship with Liu Manman?”

“Did you and An Siyao get together because of music?”

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Duan Yi could have stopped the girls from asking questions one after another but didn’t. She still remembered her earlier grudge.

Watching with schadenfreude, Duan Yi wanted to see Xia Yu look embarrassed and flustered, but unfortunately, she couldn’t witness such a scene.

With Elegance activated, Xia Yu easily took control of the conversation.

As long as he talked enough, the girls wouldn’t have the opportunity to ask questions, avoiding a noisy, chaotic scene like a marketplace.

“Tsk.” Disappointed, Duan Yi frowned, looking at Xia Yu, who seemed to be glowing.

She had originally thought that the feeling she had just now was due to the angle of sunlight creating an illusion. But now, it seemed this was a charisma Xia Yu could control.

Even prepared this time, looking at Xia Yu still made Duan Yi feel pleasant and comfortable. As for her, the other girls were even less resistant.

This charisma was too unfair. If the other party ever turned to the dark side, he could single-handedly raise an army of women to serve his evil cause.

Hmm, though the premise was that his kidney function also had to be good enough—girls didn’t pursue looks alone.

Duan Yi wasn’t worried that Xia Yu would compete with her for the class monitor position. She herself had no particular interest in being monitor; the girls just didn’t want to support Yi Shiyou, so they pushed her forward instead.

Outside the group of girls, Qin Youliang and the other four gathered together.

The five of them were awestruck, watching in admiration.

“No wonder it’s Xia Yu. In just a few minutes, he’s already charmed all the girls in the class.”

In their hearts, the five became determined to seek advice from Xia Yu.

Beside them, Yi Shiyou also looked at Xia Yu with jealousy.

He was also envying Xia Yu’s ability to charm girls, though not for the same reasons as Qin Youliang—his goal was to get the girls to vote for him so that after twenty days of military training, he could successfully become class monitor.

The remaining five students chatted about games, uninterested in Xia Yu’s situation.

Ten minutes later, the instructor’s assembly call allowed Xia Yu to successfully extricate himself from the group of girls.

“How does it feel to be surrounded by nineteen girls?” At the assembly, Qin Youliang nudged Xia Yu’s shoulder.

Looking at the girls in the front row, Xia Yu shook his head and, in a voice too low for them to hear, said, “They’re just joining in the fun.”

It was like being a fan. In reality, many girls weren’t especially fond of a certain fresh-faced idol; they just joined in the fun with their friends, enjoying the process of idol fandom together.

The sign of this situation was that when the once-popular idol aged and was shelved, replaced by a new fresh-faced idol, they would merely mourn for a moment before diving into the new idol’s good looks.

Who could truly enchant a nation? If anyone really believed they could, reality would teach them a lesson.

However, if the level of elegance were raised, maybe it wouldn’t be impossible.

Elegance was a skill of White Cat. White Cat’s slot had already been deleted, but Xia Yu still had Tina’s slot. He would go check on her once a month; the girl was living very comfortably with White Cat.

Re-logging into the White Cat slot would be no problem at all.

Forget it. He’d deal with it later.

After another round of standing at attention, the instructor announced lunch break, and Xia Yu and Qin Youliang’s group went to the cafeteria together.

Qin Youliang and the other four kept asking Xia Yu for tips. Xia Yu explained that the girls had gathered because of the music competition and claimed he had already been dating An Siyao, and that day was just them playing around.

Hearing this, the five finally gave up.

After lunch, Xia Yu nostalgically took a nap on his small dorm bed.

In the afternoon, he was preparing to sneak away and let Tuoguan Yu attend the military training in his place, but he received a message from his counselor.

The counselor told him that the leave slip had been processed and that he could pick it up after school. From tomorrow until the end of military training on the 18th, he wouldn’t need to attend anymore.

In other words, this was his final half-day of training.

Xia Yu decided to stay and experience it.

During the ordinary training, when there were about half an hour left before dismissal, Qin Youliang nudged Xia Yu’s shoulder:

“Look over there. There’s a cute girl.”

Following Qin Youliang’s gaze, Xia Yu saw Xu Youxiang sitting in a wheelchair.

Xu Youxiang gave him a “gentle” smile.

It seemed the matter regarding the academic district had been exposed.