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I Like Your Pheromones Ch. 13: Monthly Exam
Soon after, the bell signaling end of class rang.
Duan Jiayan undisturbed and restrainedly commented: “Was it funny?”
Lu Xingci: “It was alright.”
Duan Jiayan: “It seemed like you* were laughing pretty happily.”
*T/N: Duan Jiayan uses the formal you “您” here as opposed to the informal you “你”.
Lu Xingci paused, the smile on his face faded a bit.
He even used the honorific. He must be pretty angry.
The sides of Duan Jiayan’s mouth twitched and his tone was cool and thin: “I’m so stupid. It’s my honor that I am able to entertain you* .”
*T/N: Also uses the formal you “您” here.
His murderous spirit was overbearing. Song Yi was scared witless behind him: “This is it, this is it. The last time I saw him like this, he single-handedly took down four others.”
Chen Yue: “…”
Lu Xingci knew that he was in the wrong and thus asked sincerely, “what should I do to cheer you up?”
Duan Jiayan: “Do you see that microphone left on the platform by Teacher Zhao? Take it and exit the room, turn left and shout three times saying ‘I’m a dumbass goose’, and then I’ll generously forgive you for what you said.”
Lu Xingci: “…”
Duan Jiayan, without any self-consciousness but with immense courage, urged: “Go ahead, little goose.”
This time it was Chen Yue who became silent.
Song Yi said with difficulty: “…Does the class president… beat people up?”
Chen Yue: “…He should.”
As soon as that was said, Lu Xingci leaned forward, his unsympathetic eyelids drooped slightly and he looked straight at Duan Jiayan.
Song Yi kicked Chen Yue’s chair: “This is it, this is it! The class president is going to deal blows!”
Chen Yue: “Don’t kick me. I don’t dare to stop him.”
As the other party approached, Duan Jiayan tensed up.
Alphas naturally bring forth a feeling of oppression. Especially since he has the mark of Lu Xingci, no matter what Duan Jiayan thinks, his body will also admit that this is his Alpha.
Instinctively making Duan Jiayan want to obey this person. Looking into Lu Xingci’s pair of dark and silent eyes, his desire was constantly shouting–
Listen to him.
Duan Jiayan suppressed his messy thoughts and gave a gloomy smile.
Sure.
Oppressing me with your mark?
How dare you little bastard play dirty? Today, Daddy will use actions to let you know what is——
“It’s my fault.” Lu Xingci said: “I shouldn’t have called you stupid.”
What is called instinct being bullshit in the face of violence… Eh???
Duan Jiayan was stunned for a second.
Before he realised what happened.
Lu Xingci was apologizing.
His long eyelashes were dropping from his eyelids yet those eyelashes weren’t considered too curled up. His brow ridge was distinct, making him look more neat and profound.
Seemingly because he rarely said these things, after he spoke, he slightly knitted his brows.
At first, he was really surprised. Duan Jiayan was a bit flattered for a moment, and his ears were unexpectedly hot. Then, he returned to his senses and immediately abandoned this emotion that he shouldn’t have.
Lu Xingci! Is apologizing! To him!
The joy of victory overwhelmed Duan Jiayan, who felt as if he had won a complete victory in this battle.
“Well since you’ve said this, It’s not like I can’t forgive you.” Duan Jiayan thought. He felt increasingly comfortable and said: “Then after you return, reflect upon today’s mistakes daily and remind yourself never to commit them again for the rest of your life.”
“I built you a step ladder, yet you still want more?” Lu Xingci returned to his seat, his voice containing no emotion.
“…”
“Spoilt.” Lu Xingci concluded.
–
The first subject being tested for the Monthly Exam is Language.
Twenty minutes before the exam, the classroom was filled with restlessness. Song Yi asked to confirm for the last time: “Brother, are you sure you don’t want to board the bus? It’s still not too late to buy a ticket which can guarantee that you will improve greatly in the monthly exam’s rankings. “
“I’m fine.” Duan Jiayan refused very simply.
Zhao Minjun came in and asked everyone to wait outside their exam venue. Before leaving their seats, Duan Jiayan poked Lu Xingci.
When Lu Xingci looked over, Duan Jiayan took three pencils and paid a formal respect to Lu Xingci.
After receiving such a formal respect for no reason, Lu Xingci didn’t know whether to laugh or cry: “Is this a new way of cursing?”
Duan Jiayan: “Worshiping the god of learning before I take a test will bless me so that I can pass at the bare minimum.”
Lu Xingci saw that he seemed to really care about the exam this time and asked: “Did you memorize the ancient verses?”
“I memorized a few randomly-chosen sentences. It all depends on my luck now.”
“Try to write as much as you can for the essay.”
“Okay, I’ll write about my class president Lu Xingci. Even though he’s a bit stupid, he’s still a helpful, enthusiastic, and kind-hearted class president.” Duan Jiayan continued: “At the thought of my class president’s peaceful appearance, I can write a complete essay in mere minutes.”
“‘A peaceful appearance is used to describe dead people.”
“…”
“Your Language score is probably done for.”
“…Fuck off.”
Afterward, Duan Jiayan took only a few pens, not even his book, and slowly walked towards the last exam room.
Chen Yue watched as he walked into the distance, and patted Lu Xingci: “Brother, since when did you have such a good relationship with him?”
Before he even finished speaking, Zhou Xingchen ran over quickly. His voice was a little high, and directly covered up the second half of Chen Yue’s words.
“Brother Lu! Which ancient verses lines do you think will be on the test? I’ll write it on my arm.”
Lu Xingci glanced at him: “What were you doing earlier?”
“Isn’t this because I’m depending on your guesses,” Zhou Xingchen smiled mischievously: “I’ll go after what you point to.”
Lu Xingci said a few lines that might be tested, and then looked over at Chen Yue: “What did you say earlier?”
After such a long delay, Chen Yue’s slight interest dissipated and he simply said: “It’s nothing.”
He just thinks that Lu Xingci is very patient when it comes to Duan Jiayan.
Sometimes, he’s so patient that it seems like he’s coaxing Duan Jiayan.
Students filtered into the exam room not all at the same time, so when Duan Jiayan arrived, several seats were still empty.
To his delight, Jiang Qinian was also in this examination room, and she was sitting diagonally in front of him.
When it’s October in the north, it’s still quite warm in the exam room so Jiang Chinian wore only a light-colored sweater.
Duan Jiayan’s eyes paused.
The neckline of the clothing was a little big, so her bra strap was almost showing.
Seeing that Jiang Qinian was playing with her mobile phone, the boy behind her suddenly kicked her chair. She turned over, and the boy grinned at her, pointing to an eraser by her feet.
“I dropped my eraser. Can you help me pick it up?”
Jiang Qinian didn’t think much about it. She bent down, picked up the eraser, and put it on the boy’s desk. Duan Jiayan was watching the whole time and he noticed that the boy’s eyes were glued to Jiang Qinian’s chest and slid across her bra strap. From time to time, he showed a look that was just disgusting.
Seeing that boy purposefully drop a pencil by Jiang Qinian’s feet again, Duan Jiayan couldn’t sit still anymore.
“I dropped my pencil again,” the boy said: “Sorry to bother you.”
“What’s wrong with him?” Jiang Qinian murmured. Just as she was about to bend down and pick up the pen, Duan Jiayan suddenly walked over to the boy and grabbed the back of the other’s head.
He pressed the boy’s whole head on the table, making a loud “Thump” sound. The boy widened his eyes, fidgeting in an attempt to resist: “What are you doing?! H-hey, are you crazy?!”
Everyone in that exam room was stunned.
Duan Jiayan moved closer, and in a soft voice that only the two of them could hear, he said: “If you stare at her again, I’ll dig out your eyes.”
His threat was soft in terms of volume, but the boy was so scared by it that he didn’t dare to budge. The curse he prepared to swear was also retracted.
He knows who Duan Jiayan is, and has also heard of rumours about him.
Who doesn’t recognize the big shot in their grade?
He just saw that Jiang Qinian was beautiful. Seeing her play with her mobile phone, he thought that she wouldn’t care to pay attention to her actions and wanted to take advantage of her.
Duan Jiayan pressed the boy down with one hand and pulled out his own jacket from under his desk to give to Jiang Qinian with his other hand.
He didn’t say anything, but Jiang Qinian realized it. She looked down at her bra strap and neckline. Her face was a little red and took Duan Jiayan’s jacket quietly.
The proctor teacher entered the classroom at this time to see this amazing scene and hurriedly said: “That classmate, what are you doing? Let go of him!”
The moment Duan Jiayan released his hand, the boy raised his head and was the first to speak: “Teacher! Duan Jiayan has a problem. He beat me up even though I didn’t do anything.”
The teacher’s questioning gaze landed on Duan Jiayan.
Duan Jiayan stayed silent.
This matter involved Jiang Qinian’s privacy. When a girl comes across this kind of thing, he can’t explain the whole story without her consent. Even if the surveillance camera footage were checked, it’d still be hard to see and understand the boy’s secretive move.
He was preparing to be wrongly punished, but then someone in the corner suddenly stood up: “Teacher, he caused the trouble first, not Duan Jiayan.”
Duan Jiayan looked back and when saw who stood up for him, and he was a bit surprised.
It was that tanned person from sports class.
What was his name again? Duan Jiayan doesn’t quite remember. He only remembers that this person was gullible and a bit stubborn. The tanned boy nodded at Duan Jiayan when he saw that Duan Jiayan was looking at him, and his face had an expression as if saying this time, I’m taking your side.
Duan Jiayan: “…”
Duan Jiayan wonders why these people are all so interesting.
Jiang Qinian also said: “Teacher, it was he who looked for trouble first.”
Seeing how both students didn’t cause any big trouble and the two sides didn’t agree, the proctor teacher
“Okay everyone, return to your seats. The exam is about to start. You all need to know your place so whoever makes trouble again will be immediately disqualified from the examination.”
–
When Lu Xingci exited the exam room, some of the students from other exam rooms who had submitted their papers in advance were already standing along the hallway.
When going down the stairs, two girls were walking behind him, and it seemed as if they were super excited, as their discussion was quite loud.
“Ohohoho, isn’t the person in front of us Class Ten’s…”
“Shh, be a bit quieter!” The girl slightly nudged the person beside her, yet she didn’t hold back and sighed softly: “So handsome.”
“The handsome guys of Class Ten are all gathered together. Duan Jiayan is also very handsome.”
“You’re into him? Did you hear about it, it seems like Duan Jiayan got into trouble with someone again.”
“What? A fight again?”
“They didn’t fight, but it was so serious that the proctor teacher had to step up.” The girl who said that wondered: “I think it was because of a girl? She’scalled Jiang something… roughly why so, I’m not sure. I have a friend in the last exam room who said that the big shot’s angry look is very frightening. He directly pressed someone down on the table.”
“Jiang Qinian?”
“Yeah, that’s her.” When the girl heard her friend say the right name, she was even more interested: “Actually, I also think that Duan Jiayan is quite handsome. Plus, he gives people a sense of security. If I was that Jiang Qinian, perhaps after this time, I would also fall for him.”
…
Lu Xingci’s footsteps stopped for a bit.
The author has something to say: He has to be very patient to his wife.