Returning to School 2

To finally send off this group of headache-inducing kids! Now, being teased like this by Shangguan Xiao made him feel an urge to vent his feelings to her!

Fortunately, Ouyang Xianyu was present; his icy aura helped to slightly cool down his momentarily heated mind!

Ouyang Xianyu always emitted an aura that brought clarity, instantly waking up one's somewhat bewildered emotions!

Of course, just this tiny bit was enough to make him control his restless heart and the sudden impulse to find someone to vent to! Thinking about it now, it truly felt incredible!

Shangguan Xiao seemed to possess a kind of attraction that made people involuntarily want to confess all their secrets to her! After regaining control of himself, Li Mingguo let out a silent sigh of relief.

Thank goodness! Thank goodness he managed to restrain himself! Otherwise, there was no telling if he might have blurted out the head instructor's embarrassing moments! Regarding his words, Shangguan Xiao maintained a half-believing, half-doubting attitude all along.

Nodding evasively and noncommittally, Ouyang Xianyu stood beside her. He gently ruffled her hair, looking at her with doting eyes.

Time was up, and the buses sent by the school were parking successively at the entrance, waiting to take the students back. Upon seeing the arrival of the buses, Shangguan Xiao pouted with a look of dissatisfaction. Goodness gracious!

Time flew by so fast; she hadn't managed to get any answers out of him yet! She looked glumly at Ouyang Xianyu beside her, only to catch a rare, gentle smile from him.

It caused Shangguan Xiao to freeze in a daze, casting all her melancholy completely to the winds. Dizzily captivated, she gazed at Ouyang Xianyu and let him lead her onto the bus.

Without even thinking whether she was boarding the right bus, she just stared foolishly at Ouyang Xianyu. Although the two of them had grown up together since childhood, she was still deeply drawn to his charm.

Very few people could make her so infatuated, and Ouyang Xianyu was the eternal exception. Clearly, they had always been together since they were little, but she felt that the current Ouyang Xianyu was even more mesmerizing.

It truly fit the old saying—beauty is in the eye of the beholder! The more she looked at him, the more she marveled at how incredibly handsome this person was!

Xiao Ai and the others chose seats relatively close to the two of them. No sooner had they sat down than they heard Shangguan Xiao exclaim as if in admiration, "Hey, I say, why are you getting better-looking the older you get?"

Hearing this, several of them turned around in unison. Leaning over the backs of their seats, they cast disdainful glances at Shangguan Xiao.

Hui, in particular, acting as if he had swallowed gunpowder, looked at Shangguan Xiao with utter contempt and said, "I say, that's just beauty in the eye of the beholder, isn't it!"

In truth, he hadn't completely finished what was on his mind! For a guy looking like Ouyang Xianyu, anyone with eyes would praise him for being handsome!

The problem was, no matter when it was, he always wore a stinking face, as if everyone owed him a few cents and hadn't repaid it!

Under such circumstances, he genuinely couldn't see what was handsome about him! This was precisely why Hui was so agitated—who asked Ouyang Xianyu to never smile normally?

Therefore, when Hui heard Shangguan Xiao praising Ouyang Xianyu's eternally expressionless poker face, it truly felt deeply grating to his ears!

Hearing his sour, vinegar-laced tone, Shangguan Xiao deliberately faked a look of extreme astonishment, pointed a finger at Hui, and shrieked, "Oh my god!"

Everyone instinctively looked toward Hui's face. They then heard Shangguan Xiao continue, "Could you be harboring a secret crush on Ouyang Xianyu?! How come I never knew you had this kind of 'sexual' interest! This is simply too astonishing!"

When it came to spouting nonsense with eyes wide open, Shangguan Xiao was absolute perfection. Thus, hearing her say this really made Hui frantic! He hurriedly explained, "Don't listen to her nonsense! I do not have a secret crush on Ouyang Xianyu!"

What a joke, they were both men. Whatever features he had on his body, Hui had them too, so how could he possibly fancy him?

This Shangguan Xiao could joke around, but she couldn't play with his reputation like that! If she scared away all the lovely maidens, how was he supposed to find his other half in the future?

Seeing his reaction turn out much more interesting than she had imagined, Shangguan Xiao couldn't help continuing to tease him, "This is the classic case of 'the protest doth protest too much'! As the saying goes—if you don't want people to know, you shouldn't have done it in the first place! Your behavior couldn't be any more obvious, alright!"

This really was a case of the more he explained, the messier it got! Hui's Chinese proficiency was merely passable; usually, when dealing with others, he could still hold his own in banter. Under normal circumstances, as long as he didn't encounter someone particularly eloquent, he could emerge completely victorious!

Yet, as luck would have it, he had now run into a master! Not to mention her Chinese—having grown up in Country Z since childhood, her command of the language was naturally effortless.

Just look at Ouyang Xianyu, and one would know that even Ouyang Xianyu frequently found himself unable to do anything with her. Let alone a foreigner like him!

Needless to say, he was bound to be drenched in water from head to toe and still have to bow his head to say thank you. Unable to swallow his anger, Hui pointed at the tip of Shangguan Xiao's nose and said indignantly, "You... you are..."

Stammering for a long while, he ultimately failed to squeeze out half a word. Shangguan Xiao made a funny face at him, playfully stuck out her tongue, and said, "What about me? Go on, finish your sentence! You've been 'you-ing' for ages, and I honestly didn't understand a single thing!"

Knowing full well that this was his first time in Country Z and his Chinese wasn't very good, Shangguan Xiao intentionally provoked him. She watched as his eyes blazed with fiery rage; if looks could kill, Shangguan Xiao would surely have been riddled with thousands of holes by now!

Unfortunately, looks couldn't kill, so Shangguan Xiao still stood proudly right in front of him.

Hui forced a deep breath in, but before he could even exhale, Shangguan Xiao spoke up again, "Are you about to give birth or something? Taking such a deep breath—don't tell me it's premature labor? This is a bus we're on, you know."

The breath he had deeply inhaled got stuck right in his throat, almost choking him to death on the spot! The world was truly this cruel; for someone like him who couldn't speak the foreign language yet could understand it, it was sheer torture.

That feeling of knowing what something meant, but having no idea how to retort, really didn't feel good at all.

Seeing Hui so utterly defeated for the first time, Xiao Ai couldn't help giving Shangguan Xiao a thumbs-up. Stifling her laughter, she praised Shangguan Xiao, "Shangguan, you are truly admirable!"

As she spoke, she kept looking at Shangguan Xiao with adoring eyes, making Shangguan Xiao feel rather embarrassed! She had merely been looking for trouble out of boredom, never expecting anyone to actually praise her.

This truly exceeded her expectations. Originally, she had assumed Xiao Ai would at least step up to speak on Hui's behalf! She never imagined that not only did Xiao Ai fail to help, but she even started laughing.

Hui's face resembled a palette of colors: turning red for a moment, then blue, shifting from blue to purple, and finally from purple to pitch black. The process was much faster than the facial-changing speed of traditional face-changing opera performers!

It delighted the crowd even more; one could say he was the great hero who made everyone happy. Unfortunately, while everyone else was happy, he certainly wasn't feeling great!

Burning with fury, he pointed an accusing finger at the group and roared angrily, "You guys are bullying a foreigner!"

Damnable! Had he known while back in Country S, he should have studied Chinese much harder with his teacher! That way, he wouldn't have to suffer Shangguan Xiao's mockery now!

Clenching his fists tightly, he desperately fought down the impulse to jump out of the moving bus. Honestly, he felt he could no longer survive in this world.

He had lost all his face; what dignity did he have left to keep living? Hearing this, Shangguan Xiao laughed even harder! Pointing at her own eyes, she said to Hui, "I'm not bullying a foreigner, because I'm a foreigner too! Hahaha!"

Barely managing to finish her sentence, she burst into loud laughter once more. Laughing completely without any image left, she clutched her stomach and collapsed into Ouyang Xianyu's arms.

Ouyang Xianyu watched her joyful yet pained expression and could only reach out to massage her abdomen, which was on the verge of cramping.

Perhaps because she had laughed so heartily, Shangguan Xiao appeared much closer and more affectionate toward Ouyang Xianyu.

That sense of complete and utter trust and reliance filled Ouyang Xianyu's heart to the brim. He felt as though his heart had never felt so fulfilled before!

Ouyang Xianyu shifted carefully so that Shangguan Xiao could lean against his embrace in a more comfortable posture. Because the injury on his shoulder had not yet healed, he dared not make any overly drastic movements.

Yet sometimes, the very thing you didn't want to happen ended up happening anyway! Just as everyone was having a wonderful time, the bus suddenly slammed on the emergency brakes for some unknown reason!

This sudden braking simultaneously brought an end to the conversation among them. Hui tumbled back into his seat, somewhat dazed.

Looking at Shangguan Xiao's smile, for some reason, he actually felt his heartbeat accelerating continuously! It was a sensation he had never experienced before!

Yet, deep down in his heart, he subconsciously resisted this feeling. He didn't know why, but he simply felt this was a sensation he shouldn't be having!

She was the person Ouyang Xianyu loved, and right now, she was still his girlfriend! Even if he were casual, he would never develop improper feelings toward his good friend's beloved.

Therefore, before these feelings could even sprout, Hui wisely strangled them in the cradle of his heart, never to be touched again! Because they were friends, and because she was a friend's lover.

Thus, for the sake of their friendship, he killed off those inappropriate feelings! At this moment, Ouyang Xianyu subconsciously hugged Shangguan Xiao tightly, saving her from the tragic fate of colliding with the seat back in front of them.

However, the consequence of doing this was that the wound on his shoulder directly and forcefully impacted the back of the seat. He slammed heavily into it a few times, even bouncing off it with resilient force!

A muffled, pained groan escaped his lips: "Ugh!" Held tightly in Ouyang Xianyu's embrace, Shangguan Xiao suddenly heard his groan.

She hurriedly broke free from his embrace, sat up straight, and began carefully inspecting the injury on his body. While checking, she asked with deep concern, "How do you feel? Did the wound tear open? Let me take a look for you."

As she spoke, her trembling hands gently supported Ouyang Xianyu. Seeing no bloodstains on his shoulder, she relaxed just a bit.

Then, she pulled back his shirt to check the bandage on his shoulder. Seeing still no blood, she truly let out a sigh of relief.

Exhaling softly, she gently hugged Ouyang Xianyu. She was truly terrified; if he hadn't protected her safety just now, he surely wouldn't have collided with his wound!

It was all her fault; if she hadn't been too playful, Ouyang Xianyu wouldn't have suffered like this. Seemingly sensing her self-blame, Ouyang Xianyu raised his arms to hug her back.

He whispered softly in her ear to comfort her, "I'm fine! Don't worry!"

Then, he pressed light kisses to the stray hairs on her forehead, as if this could soothe her startled soul. Shangguan Xiao said nothing further, only holding him tightly, unwilling to let go for even a single moment, as if the second she loosened her grip...