I Might Have Fallen in Love With My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 49 - 45: The Relationship between the Campus Hottie and Qingran

Chapter 49: Chapter 45: The Relationship between the Campus Hottie and Qingran

The quick preliminary exams usually release the results the next day.

Qingran received her test paper, looking at the scores that were worse than the last, completely at a loss for what to do.

How could Old Wu stand by as the performance of one of the top students plummeted like this?

He immediately headed over, standing at the classroom door looking towards Qingran’s seat, his face tensed up: "Student Li Qingran, come to the office with me."

Qingran followed behind Old Wu, keeping pace as they went to the office.

It wasn’t time for class yet, and several teachers were in the office.

Being called to the office by a teacher because of test scores for the first time in her life, Qingran inexplicably felt a sense of shame.

Old Wu cleared his throat, adopting a serious demeanor as he got straight to the point: "Student Li Qingran, after these few preliminary exams, all the subject teachers have been saying your grades have seriously declined, I hope you can provide an explanation for this severe drop in performance."

Qingran didn’t know how to explain.

Would the teacher believe such a mysterious and outlandish statement, claiming that getting close to the female lead in the book led to bad exam results?

He might suspect her of being crazy.

The headteacher of class two always loved to compete with class one, upon seeing Old Wu saying this, her spirits instantly lifted, smirking as she looked over: "Did the student ranked fifth in the grade screw up their exams?"

Old Wu unscrewed his water bottle and took a sip, responding with a nonchalant "Hmm" to the class two headteacher.

The class two headteacher was so thrilled she almost wanted to let out a chipmunk-like squeal.

Because class one had the student ranked first and fifth in the grade, and class two only had the second and seventh, she always felt overshadowed by class one.

If the student ranked fifth in the grade messed up this time, as long as class two’s second and seventh maintained their performance, what difference would it make if class one only had the top student to show off?

The performance of each class was judged by how many students they had in the top ten of the grade, among the two dozen class two headteachers, she would definitely come out on top this time.

In the last preliminary exam, class two’s second and seventh achieved decent improvement, she was just waiting for the midterms to make a statement.

Old Wu softened his approach, "Tell me the truth, has that kid with the last name Song from class seven affected your studies recently?"

Sure enough, if a good student performed poorly, teachers tended to blame the troublemakers.

Thinking of Song Shize’s hooligan-like appearance, Qingran decided what goes around comes around. He had done her wrong once, she wouldn’t wait to settle scores later; she’d settle it this time.

"Somewhat," Qingran said with uncertainty in her voice.

Old Wu was practically exploding with anger. If Qingran wasn’t there, he would have immediately stormed to the headteacher of class seven to demand an explanation.

But since Qingran was there, he had to calm down and comfort her: "Midterms are just around the corner, you need to quickly adjust your state of mind."

Qingran obediently nodded, and Old Wu waved his hand indicating she could go back.

"Wait—"

Qingran had walked a few steps when she heard Old Wu’s voice behind her. She stopped and turned around, "What is it, teacher?"

Old Wu looked at her with a probing gaze: "Has your sudden grade drop something to do with your deskmate Xie Ying’an?"

Qingran was startled, and replied truthfully: "Not at all, sometimes I even ask Xie Ying’an when I don’t understand a question."

With clear and bright eyes, Old Wu finally let out a sigh of relief.

When Qingran returned to the classroom and just sat down at her desk, she heard the snide remarks and cold mocking from Sun Xin.

"It’s really easy for a good student to become a bad one, but for a bad student to become good again, it’s not so simple, right, Fanfan?"

Shi Fanfan lifted her head and glanced at her, choosing not to respond.

But Zhang Li, who sat two rows of desks away, chirped in support, "Xinxin, what you said is absolutely correct, have you ever seen a bad student suddenly improve?"

"Never have, haha~ I’ve only seen good students who suddenly became bad..."

"That just means they were never good at the core."

Qingran picked up a textbook, totally unwilling to engage with them.

She didn’t notice Xie Ying’an, who had just sat down, his face suddenly darkened.

"Get out!" Xie Ying’an’s voice wasn’t loud, but it quieted the entire class instantly.

Sun Xin and Zhang Li fell silent, shrinking their necks and not daring to make a sound while seated.

Xie Ying’an crossed his arms, looking at them with a cold laugh, "What? Can’t understand, or do I need to escort you out?"

The classroom grew even quieter, with even the usually brash Huang Qianyu bowing her head in silence.

After all, as classmates for so long, no one had ever seen Xie Ying’an lose his temper at a girl.

Xie Ying’an was well-mannered; he had a rule against hitting girls and had never gotten too close or had a verbal altercation with any girl. He always maintained a detached attitude towards the girls around him, neither deliberately approaching them nor just deliberately keeping his distance.

Sun Xin and Zhang Li were indeed wary of Xie Ying’an; they left the classroom somewhat humiliated and did not return for the afternoon classes.

Qingran thought it wasn’t necessary; her grades really had taken a downturn, and although Sun Xin and Zhang Li were not likable, what they said was indeed the truth.

After school in the afternoon, after Xie Ying’an and Qingran had left, the few remaining female classmates in the class were almost bursting with excitement.

One girl initiated the conversation: "Ah, I really want to know, what exactly is the relationship between the school hunk and Li Qingran?"

The girl on her right side quickly responded: "I also feel that their relationship is not ordinary, first with Xie offering to sit with Li Qing at the same desk, and then that day..."

Speaking of which, she glanced in Huang Qianyu’s direction. Huang Qianyu hadn’t left yet and was all ears to their conversation.

She shivered, not daring to mention the incident when Xie Ying’an was staring at Huang Qianyu wiping the table.

Seeing that they were on guard against her, Huang Qianyu huffed and walked out with her backpack.

Sixteen or seventeen was the age rife with gossip; a few girls gathered together, their curiosity reaching its peak.

There were about a dozen people left in the classroom, scattered here and there, and the few girls had no more concerns.

"Do you all remember God Ji? The one whose hair looked stunningly handsome even when ruffled."

"Damn, who could forget that unparalleled handsome face?"

"Yeah, yeah, I even changed my phone wallpaper to a picture of God Ji."

"Wow, Qianqian, did you save that picture from the school forum the other day? Quick, send it to me."

"Hey, hey, hey, you’re getting off-topic!"

"Hmm?"

"Do you remember the day God Ji came to our classroom, who he was looking for?"

A few girls tilted their heads and thought for a while.

"Ah, I remember now, he came to find Li Qingran!"

"So, is Li Qingran closer to the school hunk or to God Ji?"

"Seriously... with both the school hunk and God Ji, did Li Qingran save the galaxy in her past life?"

...

Qingran had no time to save the galaxy; she was doing a test paper about thirty meters away from Wen Shiyi’s physics classroom.

Here was a small garden, and Qingran chose a spot right under a streetlight.

Ruan Ruan sat next to her, playing with her phone while keeping her company.

For the third time, she asked: "Ranran, I really don’t get why you’re doing the test paper here?"

Qingran paused the tip of her pen and for the third time helplessly explained: "To soak up the vibes of the top students from over there."

Tch, Ruan Ruan didn’t quite believe it; her desk mate and her own brother was already a top student, so why would she need to soak up any more top-student vibes here?

Unable to figure it out, Ruan Ruan continued to play with her phone, while Qingran went back to her test paper.

Now, Qingran’s grades were even worse than Ruan Ruan’s.

After finishing the test paper, Qingran and Ruan Ruan started walking back before the classroom on the other side had even finished.

Ruan Ruan, who was normally such a gossip, didn’t mention a word about why Qingran’s exam went badly today.

Once they left the school gate, Ruan Ruan glanced left and right, then suddenly whispered to Qingran: "Ranran, I think Wen Siqi’s family doesn’t seem to treat her very well."

Qingran was taken aback and leaned in closer to Ruan Ruan: "What do you mean?"

Ruan Ruan looked conflicted, "This morning when I came in, I saw what seemed like a palm print on her face."

The faint mark of three fingers, which wouldn’t have been clear if Ruan Ruan wasn’t up close.

Qingran couldn’t remember how the heroine’s family background was introduced in the book, but considering Wen Shiyi’s and her step-sister Wen Siqi’s obviously strained relationship, she could guess the situation at home.

The night grew darker; the two girls walked arm in arm under the street lights, not looking back, and of course, they didn’t see the tall, thin silhouette of the boy following behind them.

It wasn’t until he saw Qingran enter her home that Xie Ying’an turned around to walk back.

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