School Beauty's Personal Martial Expert
Chapter 454: Thick-skinned

Chapter 454: Thick-skinned

Ling Xuejiu turned her head to look, and sure enough, she saw Zhao Xiaotian sitting in his own seat, and Jack sitting in Leng Xuan’s seat. The two guys were together, but she had no interest in whatever they were discussing. She wanted to make sure they really had come back; she had been seriously reading before, and hadn’t noticed when these two had returned. Confirming their presence in the class, and that Leng Xuan was not there, was quite convincing, given what Xiao Jie had said. With a pout, she wanted to say something but held back, as she was unwilling to admit she could possibly care about Leng Xuan. Pretending to be indifferent, she said to Li Mengjie, "Xiao Jie, are you jealous?"

"Huh?" Li Mengjie was taken aback for a moment, then giggled and said, "Xue Jiu, what are you talking about? I’m not jealous at all. It’s just that he’s your bodyguard, but he’s out flirting every day. Doesn’t he have any professional ethics? Xue Jiu, don’t you think?"

Seeing Li Mengjie in total denial, Ling Xuejiu deliberately wanted to annoy her, so she curled her lip and said with displeasure, "If you care about him just say it. Don’t keep dragging me into this. I don’t want to deal with him, nor can I. Hmph!" After speaking, she picked up the book on her desk and continued to read, but her eyes were hollow as she couldn’t help but fantasize about what Leng Xuan might be doing with Su Yurou...

Li Mengjie, looking bored, pursed her lips and then noticed that Xue Jiu was actually holding a book upside down. Confused and puzzled, she nudged Ling Xuejiu and said with a weak smile, "Xue Jiu, what are you doing?"

Ling Xuejiu gave Li Mengjie an impatient look and said, "Can’t you see? I’m reading a book. Humph, stop bothering me. If I don’t get into college, it’ll be all your fault."

"Hmm~!" Li Mengjie said in amazement and with a laugh, "Really now? Xue Jiu, I just wanted to remind you that you’re holding it upside down."

"Upside down?" Ling Xuejiu paused for a moment, bewildered, and asked, "What’s upside down?"

"The book!" Li Mengjie, with squinted eyes, smiled into two crescents, and pointed a delicate finger at the book Ling Xuejiu was holding.

"Huh?" Ling Xuejiu turned to look and instantly understood that Li Mengjie meant that she was holding the book upside down. Her face flushed red, but she still tried to look fierce and said, "Can’t I? I’m practicing reciting it backward!"

"Does reciting it backward have anything to do with reading it upside down?" Li Mengjie asked, looking confused.

"Is it any of your business? I just like reading books upside down!" Ling Xuejiu retorted irrationally, feeling truly irritated. She huffed, flipped the book right side up, and didn’t bother to argue with Li Mengjie any longer because she didn’t want to be annoyed to death.

"Xiao Xue!" Suddenly, Xu Renjie came into the room, walked straight up to Ling Xuejiu with a playful smile, and said, "Are you reading?"

Ling Xuejiu looked up at Xu Renjie, feeling quite irritable inside, so she responded impatiently, "What do you want?"

Xu Renjie didn’t mind Ling Xuejiu’s impatience at all since he had prepared himself to be persistently thick-skinned. Recently he had suffered continuous setbacks at the hands of Leng Xuan, which embarrassed him in front of the whole school. Originally, he had hoped to regain his lost face and then continue to pursue Ling Xuejiu. However, following the failed assassination in July, the young man realized that if even a professional assassin couldn’t kill Leng Xuan, openly confronting him would be a death wish. At most, he could plot some sneaky scheme against Leng Xuan, but regaining his public image was no longer possible.