After Biting the Female Lead, the Vicious Female Supporting Character Turned Alpha [Transmigration] - Chapter 37: 037

The St. Lyceum Academy’s city-wide league awards ceremony was finally set for October 20th.

Teachers from each grade screened the submitted reflection papers and handed them over to Xu Jie. Xu Jie ultimately selected three of the most heartfelt and genuine ones to be published in the campus newspaper.

Unfortunately, Gong Linglang’s paper was among them.

On the day of the awards ceremony, St. Lyceum awarded trophies and prize money to Jiang Xuenian, Shi Qingfan, and Meng Baichun through a live broadcast. The three students whose reflection papers were published in the campus newspaper were also invited onto the stage to receive their prizes and take a group photo with Jiang Xuenian and the other two.

All grades participated in this city-wide league, but only the twelfth grade’s process and results were so inspiring. Jiang Xuenian became one of the most frequently mentioned names in St. Lyceum Academy, just like Shi Qingfan.

Jiang Xuenian felt this most deeply the day after the awards ceremony. When she went to eat with Shi Qingfan, people around them were always secretly watching, and some bolder ones even hid their phones in their sleeves to take covert pictures.

Especially when she and Shi Qingfan leaned slightly closer, the photographers’ shutter speed noticeably increased. She could even hear the sound of people gasping around them.

Jiang Xuenian couldn’t quite understand it. Before, when Shi Qingfan was so good at studying, no one dared to secretly take photos in the school cafeteria like they were chasing a celebrity, risking their phones being confiscated. Why was it different for her?

It was Tang Xiuran who cleared up Jiang Xuenian’s confusion before evening self-study.

Even though Tang Xiuran had only been at St. Lyceum Academy for a week, with his cheerful personality and cute appearance, he had already infiltrated several small groups in St. Lyceum and learned quite a bit of juicy gossip.

Everyone else had gone to dinner. They had no appetite today. Tang Xiuran had a loaf of bread in his drawer. He opened it, and they each ate a piece. The four of them sat around a table in the classroom, diligently working on practice problems, preparing for the next monthly exam.

“You don’t know this, but it’s not just your excellence that made you famous at St. Lyceum; there’s another important reason.” Tang Xiuran paused here specifically, waiting to see the reactions of the three in front of him.

Jiang Xuenian calmly worked on her problems while listening to the gossip. Shi Qingfan let it go in one ear and out the other, concentrating on her problems. Only Gong Linglang, who was forced to study with them, urged, “What other reason? Hurry up and tell us!”

Tang Xiuran didn’t care at all about Jiang Xuenian and Shi Qingfan’s indifferent attitudes. He slowly said, “It’s also because someone in our class leaked that Jiang Xuenian and Qingfan are dating, causing many people in other classes to start shipping ‘XueFan CP’.”

“Bullshit! Jiang Xuenian is not dating Qingfan! Tangtang, do you know who’s spreading nonsense out there? Tell me quickly, I’ll go teach them a lesson!” Gong Linglang angrily slammed the table and stood up.

Shi Qingfan’s heart skipped a beat, and her hand stopped writing.

Jiang Xuenian put down her pen, incredulous: “…Are you saying that the news of me and the class monitor dating was leaked by someone in our class?”

Tang Xiuran nodded with a smile: “Yep.”

Jiang Xuenian felt completely wronged. It was true that she and Shi Qingfan had a good relationship and often spent time together. Sometimes, they might not pay attention and get a little too close. She admired Shi Qingfan, but admiration was just admiration; she had absolutely no improper thoughts about Shi Qingfan.

The people in the class actually misunderstood that she and Shi Qingfan were dating. She wondered if they thought too highly of her or too lowly of Shi Qingfan.

“I think the class monitor is a bit wronged, to be paired with me like this. What were they thinking?” Jiang Xuenian couldn’t figure it out and even started to feel indignant for Shi Qingfan. “At least they should pair the class monitor with a equally handsome guy or a great beauty.”

Shi Qingfan’s light brown eyes flickered slightly.

Shi Qingfan occasionally wondered why Jiang Xuenian, who seemed to like her so much, never confessed, leaving her constantly anxious about how she should respond if Jiang Xuenian suddenly confessed.

Now, she finally knew the reason.

Jiang Xuenian was actually so self-conscious that she didn’t dare to confess to her, and she even felt indignant on Shi Qingfan’s behalf when rumors of them dating spread throughout the class.

Shi Qingfan’s heart felt slightly stifled.

Jiang Xuenian had no reason to feel inferior at all.

The handsome men and beautiful women Jiang Xuenian mentioned were merely popular aesthetic preferences. Only Shi Qingfan herself knew how much Jiang Xuenian’s dark eyes and the sexy yet cute little mole on her nose aligned with her own aesthetic.

Gong Linglang: “The point now isn’t whether Jiang Xuenian is worthy of Qingfan or not, but that Jiang Xuenian and Qingfan aren’t dating and won’t be dating in the future!”

Jiang Xuenian nodded in agreement: “Linglang makes a good point.”

Gong Linglang’s agitated expression cracked. Was Jiang Xuenian serious? She actually agreed with her? Agreed with her saying that she and Qingfan wouldn’t date in the future?

“Hey, do you really think I’m right?” Gong Linglang asked.

Didn’t Jiang Xuenian like Qingfan? How could she think I’m right?

Jiang Xuenian nodded.

She would differentiate into a Beta, and Shi Qingfan would differentiate into a top Omega. How could there be anything between a Beta and an Omega?

Gong Linglang immediately turned to look at Shi Qingfan.

As Shi Qingfan’s childhood friend, the person who spent the most time by Shi Qingfan’s side, Gong Linglang felt the deepest changes in Shi Qingfan’s feelings towards Jiang Xuenian.

Since returning from the city-wide league, Shi Qingfan had often been unfocused while studying in the dorm. She would frown one moment, smile the next, her emotions changing quickly and frequently, making her much livelier than usual.

With Jiang Xuenian saying this, Qingfan would definitely react.

Indeed, Shi Qingfan proactively took Jiang Xuenian’s hand that was resting on the desk and said earnestly, “You absolutely don’t need to be so self-deprecating.”

Jiang Xuenian met Shi Qingfan’s gaze, slightly startled.

Unlike her cold demeanor, Shi Qingfan’s palm was very hot, and the warmth permeated through her skin, traveling along her veins to Jiang Xuenian’s heart.

“Thump! Thump! Thump!” Her heartbeat grew faster and faster.

The golden light of the setting sun streamed through the glass window, bathing the two girls, and their gazes met in a particularly beautiful moment.

Tang Xiuran, who had been watching the scene like an outsider, suddenly felt embarrassed, his cheeks flushed.

Gong Linglang raised her hand, wanting to pull Shi Qingfan’s hand away from Jiang Xuenian’s, but she didn’t want to directly touch Shi Qingfan and make her unhappy, so she frowned in distress.

“Oh my god, the rumors are true! Jiang Xuenian and Shi Qingfan are holding hands!”

A loud shout suddenly came from outside the door. Jiang Xuenian was startled back to reality, immediately withdrew her hand, and turned to stand up and see who it was.

In a few seconds, a crowd of students from other classes had gathered outside the door, their eyes shining, making it impossible to tell who had shouted.

“What, Jiang Xuenian and Shi Qingfan weren’t holding hands, what a lie.”

“Exactly, exactly! They were even half a meter apart. Spreading rumors is shameful. I got excited for nothing.”

“I heard a scream and ran over, but saw nothing. Who shouted just now?”

“You didn’t see it because you arrived late, hehe, but I personally saw Shi Qingfan’s hand leaving Jiang Xuenian’s. It was so sweet~”

“If only no one had shouted, they could have held hands forever without being disturbed.”

“But if no one shouted, I wouldn’t have even seen them separate.”

“So we should still thank the person who shouted just now.”

••••

These people, emboldened by their numbers, discussed freely and recklessly. Jiang Xuenian watched them become increasingly absurd and had to walk to the door to clarify her relationship with Shi Qingfan.

“Jiang Xuenian is coming over!”

Everyone’s mouths simultaneously snapped shut with a “shh,” holding their breath and staring at Jiang Xuenian, watching what she would do.

Jiang Xuenian reached the door and said, “There’s something I need to clarify. The class monitor and I are not dating. The rumors of us dating are a misunderstanding.”

“If you’re not dating, why did you nervously separate your hands just now?”

“Yeah, isn’t it normal for two girls to hold hands? If you had kept holding hands, we definitely wouldn’t have misunderstood.”

“Exactly! That’s it!”

“Keep holding hands!”

Everyone’s eyes lit up, as if saying this would make Jiang Xuenian go back and hold hands with Shi Qingfan for them to see.

Jiang Xuenian: “…”

Once they made up their minds about something, no amount of explanation would convince them otherwise.

Unable to explain, Jiang Xuenian simply gave up explaining and closed the classroom door, preventing students from other classes from peeking in.

After returning disheartened, Shi Qingfan saw Jiang Xuenian frowning in distress and said, “The clear will remain clear. Actually, what they said just now isn’t entirely without reason. There’s nothing between us originally, and if we avoid each other because of their attention, it will only be seen as a guilty conscience.”

Shi Qingfan finished speaking and looked at Jiang Xuenian with a slight nervousness. She didn’t want Jiang Xuenian to distance herself from her out of fear that the rumors would affect her.