Chapter 129 - 128: Win Against Me First

“Well, my brother Lu Mian is still the national champion in the physics competition!”

“Exactly—”

The bulky and lean brothers wanted to argue something, but out of the corner of their eye, they caught sight of a slender and delicate tall figure entering through the back door. They lit up like they had seen a savior, their eyes sparking with excitement.

Ding Cai gulped: Uh oh, the little tyrant is back! The situation is about to get out of control!

Lu Mian returned from the principal’s office, still pondering who had taken the files, and upon entering the classroom, she saw everyone sitting quietly with several people standing. She was slightly surprised but didn’t mind it much.

Everyone’s gaze was on her, which she was accustomed to, so she walked over to a seat by the window at the back of the room, hooked a chair with the tip of her foot, and elegantly sat down.

She exuded a carefree and irreverent laziness, disinterested in everything happening around her.

Everyone watched, wide-eyed, as she pulled a romance novel from a stack of books and began to flip through it, engrossed.

Everyone: ?

Hey, leading lady, we’re discussing you here!

With all those strange gazes around her, Lu Mian finally developed some curiosity and lazily lifted her eyelid, asking the bulky and lean brothers, “What’s up?”

“Lu Mian, Su Luo is taking your seat! She wants you to change tables!”

“Oh.”

The girl nodded indifferently, not even glancing at the podium, twirling a page with her fingertip, and leisurely turning it over, a stark contrast to the anxious people around her.

That’s it, just an “Oh”?

Just as everyone’s foreheads were crinkling with question marks, Lu Mian nonchalantly added another sentence.

“Beat me first and then we’ll talk.”

Her voice was soft and her tone was calm, but it carried an aura of arrogance and conceit that drilled into everyone’s ears. This wasn’t a challenge but a calm statement of control and strategy!

Everybody’s eyes snapped back to the podium.

Su Luo felt her competitive desire rise, “Beat you? Hmph…”

The light chuckle that followed was tinged with a hint of disdain.

It made sense, after all. She was a Go princess, having participated in competitions all around the world, accumulating trophies enough to fill a room. Moreover, with her brains working just fine— managing to excel in exams despite constantly being away for competitions —plus coming from the affluent Su family, she practically lived the idealized life every student fantasized about.

For her to beat Lu Mian, it would be a matter of minutes.

“What do you want to compete in?” Su Luo stood at the podium, allowing Lu Mian to pick at will, ready to accompany her in any challenge.

Lu Mian turned another page in her book, speaking listlessly, “Whatever you want.”

Su Luo: “…”

The classroom was enveloped in a tense atmosphere.

Ding Cai: Being this homeroom teacher is so tough…

In the end, it was Ding Cai who took a firm stand, swapping a student who didn’t focus much on studies and had performed poorly in the monthly test to the back row near the back door. He arranged for Su Luo to have the window seat, as she requested, even though it wasn’t the one she truly desired.

What a headache.

Ding Cai rubbed his temples and quickly left the classroom.

After class.

Shouhao and the lean brother kept chattering, encouraging Lu Mian.

“Lu Mian, Lu Mian, we believe in you, you can win anything.”

“Where is this confidence coming from?” Lu Mian laughed.

Shouhao: You gave it to us!

The brothers also exchanged a significant look: If she really can’t beat Su Luo, they still have a trump card!

Hehehe…

Of course, those were all problems for later.

As Su Luo passed by Lu Mian on her way to the restroom, she purposely knocked on her desk. Noticing her engrossed in a romance novel, her expression was quite speechless.

“Lu Mian, I’ll have the competition set up by today. This seat, I’m going to claim it!”