Chapter 5

That night, a post related to what had happened in the cafeteria at noon appeared on Jiangcheng No. 1 High School's campus forum. The post quickly racked up more than ten thousand views, with the comments surpassing 999+. Neither of the two people involved had any idea what was happening. Gu Chuqi had only just transferred to the school and hadn't followed the campus forum yet, while Mo Xun simply didn't pay attention to such things. By the time they arrived at school the next morning and heard about it, the post had already gone viral. As soon as Chu Wanning saw Gu Chuqi enter the classroom, she pulled her aside and whispered, “Chuqi, have you checked the school forum?” “The forum? What forum?” “That one! Someone posted about your interaction with the big shot in the cafeteria yesterday at noon on the school's campus forum. It's gone viral now, and a bunch of people are even leaving comments trying to dig up information about you.” _Interaction?_ _What interaction?_ Gu Chuqi was baffled. She and Mo Xun hadn't done anything yesterday! As she wondered about it, Chu Wanning handed her phone over. The screen showed the official forum for Jiangcheng No. 1 High School. At the top was a pinned and featured post. When Gu Chuqi opened it, the thread had already surpassed 999 replies. ### **Post: “The School Bully Is Taken: The Love Story Between the Big Shot and His Little Transfer Student”** **Shocking!** The original poster had suddenly felt like treating herself to the delicious food on the second floor of the first cafeteria at lunchtime. (I normally don't go because the dishes are seriously expensive. My wallet hurts just thinking about it.) But that's not the point. The point is that I accidentally witnessed a side of our school bully, Mo Xun, that nobody usually gets to see. After getting my food, I sat by the window with a friend. The sweet-and-sour pork ribs were seriously delicious. No wonder they were so expensive. If my mom hadn't just sent me my living expenses, I wouldn't have dared come to the first cafeteria. Anyway, blah .. Later, two girls sat at the table in front of us. I didn't pay much attention to them and continued battling my sweet-and-sour pork ribs. That was until the commotion caused by the school bully, Mo Xun, entering the cafeteria made me put down my chopsticks. Guess what I saw? The school bully actually walked over! Ahhhhhhh! He was coming this way! He is seriously so handsome! He stopped about a meter in front of me and placed a bottle of yogurt he was holding in front of the girl sitting at the table ahead of me. Then he quietly said: **“Here.”** Oh my god, I was done for! That deep, magnetic voice almost made me die on the spot. Thankfully, he didn't say anything else. He simply turned around and went to his usual table. Otherwise, I definitely wouldn't have survived. **Attached is a photo I secretly took at the scene despite the big shot's intimidating presence. My hand shook a little, so the picture is somewhat blurry, but that doesn't hide the school bully's handsomeness at all.** **999th floor — Little Ze Who Moves Bricks: ding! I've officially claimed my serving of dog food. **998th floor — Cold Rain Tapping the Window:** Holy crap, why do I actually think this is so sweet? I can already picture the whole scene in my head. **997th floor — Rabbit Who Loves Carrots:** Next time, OP, just get to the point. Don't be so long-winded, okay? ... **666th floor — The One Who Does Good Deeds Anonymously:** Me! Me! I know! The big shot smiled at the girl on his very first day! Can you believe it? I've been classmates with him for years, and I've never seen him smile like that. **665th floor — A Mouse That Doesn't Catch Cats Isn't a Good Mouse:** Couldn't agree more. **654th floor — Six Gold in Hand:** Seriously, this is nothing like his usual style. ... Around eight that night, Xu Hao, Guo Yichen, Zhou Xinxin, and the others were gaming together at Xu Hao's house when they came across the post. Naturally, they couldn't resist leaving a few comments. ... **188th floor — Forum User\_QP6M8A9:** OP, are you still alive after writing all this about the school bully? It's already been two hours since your last reply. **187th floor — Meeting You Was Worth It:** Raise the “Final Exam CP” banner! **186th floor — Luosifen Isn't Stinky:** Does OP have a front-facing photo of the girl? We only have a side profile. We can't even tell what she really looks like. **OP replied to Luosifen Isn't Stinky:** Nope. This blurry photo is already the result of me risking my life to take it. ... **1st floor:** Wow! I was there too, and I can confirm it's exactly like the OP described. After briefly scrolling through the post, Gu Chuqi was at a complete loss for what to do. She never expected to become famous on her very first day at the school, let alone in this way. She couldn't help wondering whether the teachers would find out about the post, and whether her uncle would hear about it too. While Gu Chuqi was reading the forum post, Mo Xun had already arrived. For once, he wasn't lying on his desk sleeping. He took the phone Xu Hao handed him. The screen showed the same post Gu Chuqi had just read. Mo Xun didn't bother reading it carefully. After skimming through it, he quickly understood what had happened. No wonder there had been more people looking at him than usual when he arrived at school that morning, along with all those whispers. He raised his eyes toward the little girl sitting in front of him. The sun, which rarely appeared during winter, happened to shine through the window and fall on the girl's neck. Looking closely, even the fine hairs on her ears were visible in the sunlight. _She's fucking adorable._ The notoriously ugly school uniform of Jiangcheng No. 1 High School somehow looked completely different on her. _How can she look so innocent and well-behaved?_ Then he saw the little girl finish reading the post and let out a soft sigh before lowering her head. As though he had suddenly thought of something, Mo Xun immediately pulled out his phone and tapped on the screen. Gu Chuqi was still worrying about the situation when Chu Wanning suddenly spoke. “Huh? That's strange. It was just here a moment ago. Why is it gone now?” Gu Chuqi raised her head questioningly. Chu Wanning explained, “The post I showed you earlier disappeared. Look.” Gu Chuqi took the phone and checked. Sure enough, the post was nowhere to be found. The heavy weight in her heart instantly lifted, and she felt much more relaxed. A faint smile appeared at the corners of her lips. Mo Xun was leaning against the wall at that moment and happened to catch that smile from the corner of his eye. Without even realizing it, the corners of his own lips lifted slightly. _Interesting._ Although the post was gone, most of the students at school had already seen it. As a result, students from other classes would occasionally walk past the hallway outside Class One while staring inside, all wanting to see what the girl who had captured the big shot's heart actually looked like. Once Gu Chuqi saw that the post had disappeared, she no longer had anything to worry about. She devoted herself to listening carefully in every class. After all, she was a transfer student, and much of the course material was different from what she had studied before. With the midterm exams only about a week away, she knew she had to work even harder. Before she knew it, Friday arrived. Gu Chuqi packed up her things and prepared to leave. “Chuqi, do you have WeChat? Let me add you. If we're free this weekend, we can hang out together.” Chu Wanning stopped Gu Chuqi as she was about to leave. Gu Chuqi took out her phone and scanned Chu Wanning's WeChat QR code. Just then, a phone appeared from behind her. “Add me too.” Gu Chuqi looked at him and froze for a moment, clearly surprised by his sudden request. Seeing her reaction, Guo Yichen immediately took out his own phone. “Yeah, yeah, add me too. We're classmates, after all. If you ever need anything, we can keep in touch.” Gu Chuqi then added each of them on WeChat. Mo Xun's profile picture was simply a black image, and his username was **MX**, the abbreviation of his name. Gu Chuqi glanced at her own profile picture—a cute little kitten. Her username was **Chuqi Is Not Chuqi**. Suddenly, it struck her as rather childish. Since it was Friday, Gu Chuqi rode home with her uncle. In the car, Gu Changming asked her, “Qiqi, it's been a week. Have you gotten used to everything?” “I'm doing pretty well, Uncle. The only problem is that some of the material is a little difficult. Everything else is fine.” “Don't rush with the coursework. I've already talked to your homeroom teacher, Ms. Xu. We'll see how you do on the midterms first. Then we'll figure out which areas you're struggling with and have a classmate help you catch up.” “Okay. Thank you, Uncle.” Gu Chuqi answered obediently. Her uncle was a mathematics teacher for the first-year students, while her aunt, Liu Mei, was a homemaker. The family also had a younger cousin, Gu Ziyu, who was in middle school. Her uncle's entire family treated Gu Chuqi quite well, so she was genuinely grateful to her uncle.