After Transmigrating into a Book, I Saved the Cheap Shou - Chapter 7

In the dormitory, only one warm yellow lamp was still on. Gu Jingning was frantically writing his homework. These past few days, he had focused entirely on Su Chen and fallen far behind in his studies. The mid-term exams were also approaching. Was there any way to handle both things at the same time?

After the placement exam, Su Chen had entered Class 1. However, during the upcoming mid-term exams, he would be falsely accused of cheating by the original Class 5 teacher. Of course, this was all orchestrated by the scumbag gong. Pei Yuanqing had tempted Teacher Zheng with the chance of being promoted to director, using him to force Su Chen back into his grasp. Naturally, Xu Tao would be the one to carry it out — the face-conscious Alpha wouldn’t leave any evidence behind.

This temptation was huge for Teacher Zheng. Because of his careless teaching, bad temper, constant scolding, and habit of sucking up to students with powerful backgrounds, there were already many complaints against him. His students weren’t improving, and the school was already considering firing him.

To Pei Yuanqing, Teacher Zheng was the perfect chess piece. With just a little money, he gained a tool to control Su Chen. Because of this incident, Su Chen — who had finally been able to breathe a little easier after changing classes — was not only ostracized by the top students in the first year but also viewed poorly by many teachers. The once promising genius was now labeled as someone who only got good grades by cheating.

Gu Jingning wanted to complain about this world. Could the scumbag gong brainwash the entire school? Had everyone forgotten that Su Chen had gotten into the school with the top entrance exam score?

Once labeled a cheater, no matter how excellent Su Chen’s future results were, people would always suspect he didn’t earn them honestly. Gradually, due to the false rumors and external doubt, Su Chen’s grades would plummet.

“Ning, you’ve already stayed up for three nights in a row. If you keep burning yourself out like this, how can we sleep with a clear conscience?” Lu Tianhao from the upper bunk couldn’t help but speak up.

“Our Ningning can study however he wants! He’s our Beta pride! Not only does he have the face, but his grades can also crush those Alphas who look down on us! Ningning, don’t listen to him. The honor of us Betas rests on you!” Xu Yuxi from the opposite bunk immediately retorted.

The noisy voices of his roommates pulled Gu Jingning back to reality. He stretched lazily and relaxed as he chatted with them. The dorm consisted of three Betas (including him) and one Omega, Lin Mo. Everyone got along well, especially since he and Lin Mo had known each other since middle school.

“Oh right, have you guys heard? The school started an on-campus part-time program. It lets second-year students supervise first-years during self-study sessions. ‘Supervise’ basically means sitting at the front and doing your own thing. If the underclassmen have questions, you can help them. The hourly pay is pretty good!”

That was it! He could apply to Su Chen’s class. He would be close to the water and get the moon first — he could study quietly and keep an eye on Su Chen’s situation at the same time.

“With your grades, you want to tutor others? More like the underclassmen will end up tutoring you!” Lu Tianhao mocked Xu Yuxi for talking back earlier.

“Hah! You have no right to laugh at me. Who was the one who brought back a test with a big fat zero last time? You couldn’t even guess a single multiple-choice question right. Even a pig is smarter than you!”

“Xu Yuxi, you’re dead meat!”

“Bleh bleh bleh~”

These two childish idiots… Gu Jingning sighed. He had once again become part of this pair’s lovers’ quarrel. Even though they clearly liked each other, neither would confess, and they always dragged him into the middle. He was about to look for Lin Mo for some comfort when he saw that Lin Mo was sweetly texting Jiang Yunhe!

Oh… So in this dorm, the only single dog is me 🙂

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The next day, Gu Jingning immediately applied for the program. Through a mix of effort and sweet talk, he successfully convinced the responsible teacher to assign him to Su Chen’s class.

Full of anticipation, he smoothed the wrinkles on his uniform, put on a handsome smile, and opened the door to Class 1.

“This is your senior, Gu Jingning. He will be supervising you during weekly self-study sessions. Everyone should listen to him. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. He was my student last year and has excellent grades.”

Gu Jingning stood on the platform, his gaze sweeping across the classroom and locking onto Su Chen, who was sitting by the window at the very back, also looking at him. He gave a big smile, bowed to everyone, and said, “Hello everyone, I’m Gu Jingning from Class 1, Year 2. Please take care of me from now on.”

But the very next second, his smile froze.

The classroom door was suddenly pulled open, and Pei Yuanqing walked in. Seeing Gu Jingning’s stunned expression, the corner of his lips curved up. He strode confidently onto the platform.

Teacher Chen introduced, “This senior will also be helping with tutoring. Since too many people signed up, each class will have two supervisors. We are especially lucky to have the top student in the entire grade, Senior Pei, come to our class.”

Gu Jingning turned to look at Teacher Chen, his eyes clearly asking: Weren’t you saying it would only be me?

Teacher Chen wiped nonexistent sweat from his forehead and gave a light cough.

The students below clapped enthusiastically upon seeing the two handsome seniors.

As expected of the protagonist gong, Pei Yuanqing calmly raised his hand, and the classroom instantly fell silent. His aura was so strong that even the teacher was overshadowed. His gaze was fixed straight on Su Chen, who kept his head lowered and refused to look at him. In a lazy tone, he said, “I’m Pei Yuanqing. Please take care of me.”

The classroom immediately filled with students’ gasps of admiration.

“Wow! So handsome! I heard Senior Pei is an S-level Alpha!”

“With a senior like this, I actually feel motivated to study!”

“I’m so curious what Senior’s pheromones smell like…” someone whispered softly.

Gu Jingning watched Pei Yuanqing continuously exuding charm on the platform, the corner of his mouth twitching. Stop praising him, everyone. The guy’s already turning into a proud rooster.

To Gu Jingning’s surprise, Pei Yuanqing took the tutoring very seriously. Was it to leave a good impression in front of Su Chen?

However, when facing a high-grade Alpha, the students who were just starting to experience romance had endless questions. Thankfully, they were all top students and remained relatively focused during self-study. But the moment the bell rang for break, the atmosphere always turned into an “Alpha Romance Q&A Session.”

“Senior Pei, do you have a girlfriend right now?”

“Hey! That’s sneaky. I wanted to ask too.”

“Haha! I don’t have one yet, but there is someone I’m interested in.” Pei Yuanqing sneaked a glance at Su Chen, who was doing homework by the window. The people around him immediately became interested and started guessing which great beauty had caught the eye of such a top-tier Alpha.

A large crowd gathered around Pei Yuanqing, while only a few Beta students stood around Gu Jingning. They looked at him provocatively.

Gu Jingning felt goosebumps all over. He really wasn’t used to hearing Pei Yuanqing speak in such a gentle voice. Ever since Gu Jingyu went abroad, Pei Yuanqing had stopped visiting the Gu family. If he hadn’t recalled the contents of the book, he would have almost forgotten about this person.

He wrote his notes in boredom. After all, he hadn’t come here to enthusiastically tutor first-years. As long as Su Chen stayed within his sight and remained safe, that was enough.

Suddenly, his desk was tapped by a slender finger. The protagonist of his thoughts stood in front of him, holding an exercise booklet. Those rosy lips parted gently: “Senior, could you teach me this?”

Gu Jingning stared blankly at Su Chen’s mouth, thinking about how there could be such perfect lip shape.

“Senior?”

“Oh! This question, right? Let me see…” His face reddened as he took the booklet and tried hard to push away stray thoughts while focusing on solving the problem.

Before he could explain it to Su Chen, another voice interrupted: “Why doesn’t Junior ask me? I’m much better than your Gu Senior.”

“No need. I’m looking for Senior Gu.” Su Chen’s expression was blank. He didn’t even glance at the Alpha.

Oh? This Omega knows how to play hard to get. Pei Yuanqing raised an eyebrow, intrigued. He snatched the booklet from the Beta’s hand. “For this question, you just need to draw this auxiliary line and then apply this formula…”

Pei Yuanqing’s gaze burned as he stared at Su Chen’s face. Although the temperament was different, this face really looked so much like Ah-Yu…

A harsh scraping sound came from the floor. Gu Jingning stood up abruptly, interrupting the “tender gaze” between the two. He smiled at Pei Yuanqing without any warmth in his eyes: “Stop sitting on my desk. There’s still a whole row of people waiting for you over there. Please go back to your seat.”

Pei Yuanqing gave him a provocative smile, returned the booklet to Su Chen, and leaned close to his ear before leaving: “If you have any questions, come find me. It doesn’t have to be about schoolwork…”

After he left, Su Chen also walked away. Gu Jingning breathed a sigh of relief, only to notice several girls in the class looking in his direction with gossipy eyes.

Why are you looking at him with that kind of gaze?