Chapter 30.1

Everyone said that people who looked cold or serious were especially scary.

But when someone who usually seemed smiling and easygoing slowly lost the smile visible to the naked eye, that process could make one’s heartbeat speed up, bringing a trace of unease, and also…

fear!

Right now, Wang Kai naturally felt exactly that.

The alpha girl in front of him had gone from having a gentle aura to one full of aggression. Not only did he, a beta, feel slightly suffocated, even the alphas around them subconsciously took a few steps back. Several omegas almost went weak in the legs and collapsed to the ground, only to be quickly supported by their companions.

Wang Kai stiffened his neck and refused to retreat.

He did not want to back down because of an alpha, especially not in front of Momo.

So what if she was an alpha? If he could have differentiated into an alpha, he would definitely be even more amazing than this woman in front of him.

Thinking this, Wang Kai looked at Xie Shuyun with jealousy in his eyes. It even carried a trace of hatred as he pointed at Xie Shuyun and angrily scolded,

“What do you want to do? You bullied someone, and now you want to hit someone too?”

“…Hah…”

Xie Shuyun lightly closed her eyes, then opened them again, suppressing the alpha’s impulse to rush forward and compete with him. With her arms crossed, she stared at Wang Kai.

“Your name is Wang Kai, right? May I ask, do you understand what happened just now? You came up and took things out of context, acting aggressively. Do you even know what the current situation is? Bullying? Why would we bully someone for no reason? There are so many people here. Is your teammate the only person present? Apologize? What did we do wrong that requires an apology?”

Countless questions came from Xie Shuyun’s mouth like a machine gun, striking Wang Kai directly. Every question made Wang Kai’s face grow redder and uglier. He was so angry his teeth chattered.

“Ah Kai, stop talking. Everyone is watching.”

Momo tugged at Wang Kai’s sleeve. She felt the gazes of the people around them, and unease rose in her heart. She wanted to stop Wang Kai from continuing, but the somewhat agitated Wang Kai shook her off.

She staggered a few steps and almost fell to the ground.

“What are you doing? Are you trying to hurt your own teammate?”

Seeing that the girl almost fell, Xie Shuyun quickly reached out and supported her back, preventing her from truly falling. At the same time, she glared angrily at Wang Kai.

Toward this boy who had suddenly lost his temper and whose behavior was strange, even Xie Shuyun was finding it hard to watch.

Momo, who had never been treated so roughly by Wang Kai before, secretly had a trace of anger flash through her eyes. But feeling the palm against her back, the scorching sensation made her body soften.

While inwardly muttering that Wang Kai, this backup option, finally had some ​Read on BaiLianTales​decent use, she raised her head like a frightened little deer and said to Xie Shuyun,

“Th-thank you… If not for you, I would have fallen.”

“Ah, don’t mention it…”

Wang Kai was infuriating, and Xie Shuyun’s impression of Momo was not very good either. But she was not so petty as to take her anger out on the other girl. She nodded politely.

As a result, from the corner of her eye, she saw a figure charging over.

Cries of surprise sounded beside her ears.

Xie Shuyun dodged Wang Kai’s swinging fist with a sidestep, and also lightly pushed Momo away from herself.

“Stay away from her!”

After missing his first strike, Wang Kai stood in place, his face flushed red as he panted nonstop and roared hoarsely at Xie Shuyun.

His reddened eyes glared at Xie Shuyun. Then, when he saw Momo looking at Xie Shuyun with shyness and hesitation, without even looking at him once, the prideful boy became even angrier.

His eyes fixed on Xie Shuyun like a ferocious beast, as if he would charge forward again in the next second.

Xie Shuyun glanced at him. Her expression did not change in the slightest. Calmly [read the original at bailiantales.com]and casually, she adjusted her clothes.

That relaxed attitude once again stimulated Wang Kai.

Accompanied by an unmelodious roar of anger, he rushed toward Xie Shuyun.

Every time Wang Kai threw a punch, he used all his strength. But he could not even touch the corner of Xie Shuyun’s clothes. Instead, he was always unable to control his own force, stumbling around and nearly falling several times.

Excessive sprinting and exertion made Wang Kai pant heavily. The pink team uniform that already did not suit him became messy and wrinkled. Some areas were damp and sticky from his sweat, clinging to his body and looking even more unsightly.

“You… hah… haah… If you’ve got guts, don’t dodge. You’re an alpha… dodging and hiding like that—what does that count as?!”

His trembling finger pointed at Xie Shuyun. Even his words came out broken, somewhat slurred. Although he looked miserable, his eyes still stared fixedly at Xie Shuyun.

This persistence made Xie Shuyun admire him a little.

Unfortunately, such persistence was not something she could agree with.

“Stop! Stop right there!”

Another punch swung out.

This time, Xie Shuyun did not dodge again. ​unauthorized copy​Instead, she very directly caught the boy’s fist, producing a clear sound of flesh colliding with flesh.

Wang Kai also had not expected himself to be able to hit her.

Before he could feel happy, he realized that what he had struck did not feel like a person, but more like a steel plate. His hand hurt so much it went numb, and he wanted to pull it back.

But in the next second, Xie Shuyun’s hand, which had caught Wang Kai’s fist, tightened. A sour cracking sound of bones grinding together rang out.

“Ah… gaaah!”

A shrill scream sounded from Wang Kai’s mouth. The boy kept hopping in place, tears immediately welling in his eyes. Tears and snot streamed down his face as he twisted his body and struggled nonstop.

“Pain… gaaah! Aaaah!”

As Xie Shuyun’s grip tightened little by little, Wang Kai’s screams grew even more miserable. It seemed the pain had reached its peak, and he used his other free hand to try to pry at Xie Shuyun’s fingers.

Xie Shuyun nimbly avoided his touch and very directly lifted his captured hand upward.

As an alpha, she was already tall and even slightly taller than Wang Kai. She very easily forced the boy to half-curl over.

Looking at that face full of tears and snot, a trace of disgust flashed through Xie Shuyun’s eyes.

Her gaze swept over Wang Kai’s body, which was neither sturdy nor tall, and she slowly said,

“You haven’t trained at all, your thinking is impulsive, and your actions are violent. Believe me, even if you had differentiated into an alpha, you wouldn’t have amounted to much. I really don’t know where you got the confidence to think you could attack someone.”

“Of course, you can call the police. There are many cameras here. They can all prove that I acted in self-defense.”

“From beginning to end, this matter happened because of you. I don’t care what you want to do, but don’t affect everyone else here. No one is obligated to endure your bad temper.”

After Xie Shuyun finished speaking, she lightly flicked her hand and threw away the fist in her palm.

She did not want to look at the boy who had fallen to the ground again. Instead, she turned toward Momo, who was staring blankly at everything.

“Sorry, you may need to find your team teacher and explain the current situation. If there are any problems, you can come find me…”

Before she could finish speaking, the boy on the ground exploded again. He scrambled up from the floor with both hands and feet, wiping at his face messily. It was unclear whether he was speaking to Xie Shuyun or to himself.

“I absolutely won’t compromise… absolutely won’t!”

After saying that, he pushed through the crowd and quickly ran away.

Xie Shuyun only glanced faintly at Wang Kai’s back before withdrawing her gaze. She turned and came before Cheng Lingxue, lightly bending down.

When facing this cold young girl, the strong aura around her [stolen content]seemed to soften and return to its original state.

“Lingxue, sorry. Were you scared?”

Originally, when Cheng Lingxue saw that Xie Shuyun was about to be hit, her fingers had curled, and she had almost stood up. Only after seeing Xie Shuyun dodge the attack and then suppress the other party did her tense heart finally relax.

She lightly pressed her lips together and said,

“I’m fine… Be more careful next time.”

“Don’t worry. I won’t let anything happen to me.”

Hearing Cheng Lingxue’s concern, Xie Shuyun felt warm inside, and the smile on her face became even brighter.

Looking at Xie Shuyun’s face, Cheng Lingxue felt that the wolfdog who had bared her fangs had now turned back into the gentle big dog she usually was.

Cheng Lingxue did not know which one she preferred.

But without a doubt, someone who would not timidly let others bully her was someone Cheng Lingxue could truly look at directly.

The heroic-looking young girl and the cold young girl, one sitting and one standing, looked at each other like this. Their eyes contained emotions only the two of them could understand.

Pink bubbles seemed to surround the two girls, Read on BaiLianTales making the people who had not yet left forget the previous episode. Their gazes toward the two were full of envy.

Unfortunately, this scene was once again interrupted.

After Wang Kai left, the forgotten omega girl still had not gone. At this moment, she came closer and shyly bowed lightly to Xie Shuyun and Cheng Lingxue.

“I’m very sorry. Ah Kai, he… Ah Kai may look like that, but he really doesn’t have any bad intentions. I… I’m truly sorry. I didn’t expect things to turn out like this.”

“You…”

Why are you still here?

That question almost came out of Xie Shuyun’s mouth.

But looking at Momo’s tears swirling in her eyes, she stopped herself in time. Scratching her head, she did not know what to say.

Instead, Cheng Lingxue spoke.

“Then why are you still here?”

Her tone was even colder than before, as if every word carried chill.

“I…”

“If you truly feel sorry, then when that boy was speaking just now, why didn’t you immediately explain the previous situation? Why did you let him behave recklessly here?”

Placing the booklet in her hand on her lap, Cheng Lingxue stared at Momo with her dark pupils.

Momo felt a great pressure, and her words became stammered.

“At that time… at that time, I was stunned. I really…”

“You were stunned?”

Those three words came from Cheng Lingxue’s mouth one by one, like giant stones smashing against Momo’s back. The girl’s head lowered more and more.

Cheng Lingxue also slowly walked before her and continued,

“Because of those three words, we were falsely accused and pointed at while being insulted. If my partner had not had some ability, would she have had to be pressed to the ground and beaten before the matter was truly over?”

“No, it’s not like that. I really didn’t really…”

Momo suddenly lifted her head. Her trembling pupils looked toward Xie Shuyun, who was standing not far away with her arms crossed, then fell back on Cheng Lingxue in front of her.

She felt that the cold young girl before her was even more terrifying than when they had first met.

In front of the other girl, Momo was like a fragile blade of grass, able to be crushed at will. This feeling made her body tremble slightly.

No…

No, she could not…

Forcing down the fear in her heart, Momo clenched her fists. The sting in her palms made her gradually calm down.

The corner of her eye could not help once again taking in Xie Shuyun’s almost flawless, heart-stirring face.

She and Wang Kai were childhood friends. Their families had a good relationship, so the two of them were often pushed together. Because of this, Wang Kai regarded Momo as his girlfriend and his future wife.

But Momo did not think he was her best choice.

Especially after she unexpectedly differentiated into an omega, she looked down on Wang Kai even more. Her goal was to find a rich second-generation alpha, marry into a wealthy family, and become a rich wife.

And Xie Shuyun was the most perfect target she had ever seen.

Based on her sixth sense, she could feel that Xie Shuyun’s family background was absolutely hundreds of times better than any rich second generation she had seen. No, perhaps compared to Xie Shuyun, those people could not even count as rich second generation.

At the entertainment center and here, seeing how gentle Xie Shuyun was to that omega—

This was the perfect person she wanted to find!

Momo told herself this.

So she could not fail.

She had to snatch this alpha over.

If she could take this person away from that omega, she wondered whether that always-cold expression of the other girl’s would crack because of it.

Maintaining such a malicious thought, tears also slid down from the corners of Momo’s eyes. Her whole person began to sob.

“I know that after something like this happened, you must be very angry. I also didn’t expect it to turn into this… I… I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”

Momo could not help bowing several times toward Cheng Lingxue and Xie Shuyun.

At the same time, she also turned toward the others. Her voice was muffled and carried a crying tone as she kept lowering her head and apologizing.

“I’m really very sorry for disturbing everyone’s preparations before the competition. I’ll definitely explain this matter to the teacher and have them properly discipline Ah Kai. I’m sorry… I’m really sorry…”

The way she lowered herself so humbly made some alphas unable to keep watching, and they spoke up to comfort her.

“Don’t apologize. It wasn’t your fault to begin with.”

“That’s right. You were frightened too. Go drink some water and calm down.”

The alphas present spoke one after another.

In contrast, among the omegas, a few sympathized with Momo because of her actions, but the sharper ones frowned. The temperature in their gazes toward Momo cooled considerably.

With everyone’s support, Momo wiped away the tears on her face and broke into a smile.

“Thank you, everyone. I should go now. Let’s all do our best in the exam later.”

As she spoke, she waved her fist and revealed a playful smile. Only then did she jog in the direction Wang Kai had left.

Furrowing her brows slightly, Cheng Lingxue looked at Momo’s back. A trace of coldness flashed through her eyes.

At the same time, she also felt the faintly condemning gazes that others cast upon her.

The cold young girl’s looks and aura were several levels higher than Momo’s. But because she was someone who could only be admired from afar and not approached, a lively and charming girl clearly made people feel closer. Moreover…

People always tended to lean toward the weak.

Appropriate tears could change other people’s thoughts and attitudes. Clearly, Momo had grasped this point.

Cheng Lingxue’s fingertips pinched the corner of her skirt. Her eyes lowered slightly.

More troublesome than expected.

“…Lingxue…”

Xie Shuyun’s voice came over, causing ripples in Cheng Lingxue’s originally calm heart.

She did not care how others viewed her.

But what if Xie Shuyun looked at her with the same gaze?

Just thinking that made Cheng Lingxue unsure how to describe her mood. For a moment, she actually did not quite dare face Xie Shuyun’s expression.

Unexpectedly, Xie Shuyun directly leaned her head over, making her face appear right in Cheng Lingxue’s field of vision.

She was holding a bottle of water in front of Cheng Lingxue.

“Do you want some water? The competition is about to start. Replenish some fluids?”

Cheng Lingxue carefully swept her gaze over Xie Shuyun’s face. Finding that the other girl had not changed at all and still wore the familiar smile, her tense nerves immediately relaxed.

She took the water. The cap had already been thoughtfully twisted open by Xie Shuyun.

She took a small sip. The cool liquid flowed down her throat, making Cheng Lingxue’s slightly furrowed brows slowly relax.

Xie Shuyun, who was glad the matter had finally been resolved, heard Cheng Lingxue speak softly.

“Don’t you think I was too aggressive just now?”

That voice was light and drifting. It did not have its usual coldness. Instead, the ending trembled slightly, as if she carried a trace of uncertainty about the answer to this question.

This feeling surprised Xie Shuyun a little. It was the first time she had heard Cheng Lingxue ask something in this tone.

But she quickly reacted, spread her hands, and said,

“Every word you said was the truth. Besides, we’re the victims here. The fact that we didn’t get angry was already very good. How is that aggressive? If we really have to say it, that person was the aggressive one.”

The name was not spoken, but both of them knew who she meant.

With Xie Shuyun’s words, the uneasiness in Cheng Lingxue’s heart immediately disappeared.

It seemed her whole person faintly became happier, making Xie Shuyun glance at her several times, not knowing why the other girl’s mood had changed again.

Until they entered the competition venue, no one came looking for them.

It seemed Wang Kai’s team teacher probably also felt they were in the wrong and was unwilling to get entangled in this matter any further.

The first round was the individual competition. Teammates would basically be separated.

Xie Shuyun followed the number and found her seat. She looked around.

For the Mathematical Olympiad competition, Z University had clearly put a lot of effort into arranging the venue. Not only were the desks and chairs all new, but the distance between each person was also two meters. One classroom could fit at most thirty contestants.

No wonder they had to use the largest building for the exam. Otherwise, there would be no way to fit everyone.

Taking out her stationery, Xie Shuyun quietly waited for the exam to begin.

As a result…

Wang Kai walked in.

When he saw Xie Shuyun, his steps paused. A trace of fear flashed through his eyes, as if what had happened read the original at bailiantales.comearlier was still fresh in his memory.

They were actually in the same exam room.

Enemies really were bound to meet.

Xie Shuyun sighed inwardly.

But unexpectedly, Wang Kai only clenched the stationery in his hand, then quickly walked past Xie Shuyun. He lightly left behind one sentence.

“I will definitely beat you.”

Uh…

Had she just been challenged?

But weren’t they already competitors to begin with?

Lightly propping up her chin, Xie Shuyun no longer paid attention to Wang Kai’s existence. Instead, her thoughts drifted far away.

She wondered…

How was Lingxue doing?

In another classroom, Cheng Lingxue encountered the same situation as Xie Shuyun. Momo’s chattering voice came from beside her.

“Big Sister, we really are fated. We meet again. My name is Lin Momo. What’s your name?”

The two of them were clearly two meters apart, and Cheng Lingxue maintained an attitude that refused to take in either oil or salt. But Momo refused to give up. She even shifted a little toward Cheng Lingxue’s position, wanting to gather more information.

This situation annoyed Cheng Lingxue greatly.

The brows that had only just smoothed out furrowed slightly again. Without looking sideways, she gave a faint hum and said,

“Keep quiet.”

“Don’t be like that, omega big sister. I…”

“That student, the competition is about to begin. Please sit properly. Otherwise, I will handle it according to the rules.”

The invigilator spoke at the right time, finally letting Cheng Lingxue escape Momo’s pestering.

But thinking of Momo’s purposeful gaze, irritation rose again. Cheng Lingxue’s fingertip lightly tapped the desk, and cold light flashed through her eyes.

The first individual round began very quickly.

Everyone received a booklet one centimeter thick, filled with test questions. The time limit was three hours, and scores were calculated based on the number of correct answers.

When the bell signaling the start of the competition rang, a solemn atmosphere instantly rose.

In the entire classroom, aside from the sound of pages turning and the rustling of pen against paper, there were no other sounds.

Just like that, page after page was quickly scanned. Formulas and answers were rapidly written down.

Only when the bell signaling the end rang did Xie Shuyun finally stop.

She lightly shook her somewhat sore arm.

An official competition really was different from practice. But her thinking had been clear throughout, and Xie Shuyun felt that her condition was very good. She had also completed eighty percent of the questions, so she should be able to get a good score.

At that moment, a figure stood beside her.

She lifted her head, and her mouth lightly curled.

“It’s you again…”