A woman who showed no interest in anything.
A woman with eyes as cold as winter ice.
Yet at this moment, she revealed a bewitching smile that made one's heart skip a beat. This smile was so enchanting that Su Cheng trembled, momentarily forgetting what she had said.
After a long while...
Ji Qingyi locked her gaze onto his eyes and said in a husky voice, "Those are interesting eyes."
"Thank you."
Su Cheng quickly averted his gaze, his heart pounding wildly, not daring to look into Ji Qingyi's eyes again.
"If you're looking for someone else, then go ahead."
Ji Qingyi said before crouching down again to examine the small herbs in her hand.
Su Cheng stood there dumbfounded, momentarily unable to react, staring blankly at the club president's profile, especially as Ji Qingyi crouched down with her long hair cascading over her shoulders...
Beautiful and elegant.
That posture...
Was incredibly captivating.
Su Cheng swallowed hard, not because he was unable to walk away from women.
Rather, it took genuine courage just to look at such a woman.
So to prove his courage, he naturally wanted to look a bit longer.
Su Cheng's gaze shifted to the mint near Ji Qingyi's black stockinged legs, and he couldn't help but ask, "President, is that mint at your feet?"
Ji Qingyi nodded, "Yes, it can be used to make tea."
"Oh."
Su Cheng suddenly understood.
"Is there anything else?"
Ji Qingyi asked with an indifferent gaze.
"No, I'll be going now."
Su Cheng hurriedly turned to leave.
"Thump~"
Suddenly, a slender figure jumped down from the tree, landing gracefully beside Ji Qingyi.
Ji Qingyi showed no surprise and remained focused on the leaves in her hand.
"Young Miss, those eyes..."
Liu Qingyue said in a low voice.
"Mm."
Ji Qingyi nodded slightly.
Su Cheng's eye ability was remarkably similar to her young miss's, as if it had been copied and pasted.
Ji Qingyi didn't continue speaking.
Liu Qingyue knew better than to say more.
Ji Qingyi picked a few mint leaves, then looked up at Liu Qingyue and said, "But I still don't believe he can win the championship."
With that, she took some mint leaves and leisurely walked toward the teaching building.
Liu Qingyue watched her departing figure, her face expressionless.
But in her heart, she deeply felt how difficult it was to change someone's beliefs, especially someone like her young miss who seemed to be from a different era than her peers.
Ji Qingyi actually knew that Su Cheng would receive rewards for failed confessions.
But due to her mindset and inherent thinking, she still refused to acknowledge it in her heart.
Such beliefs were deeply rooted, and trying to change them through words alone wasn't enough. She needed to let her witness a fact that conflicted with her beliefs, and then change might naturally occur.
The breakthrough point would be the National Archery Competition.
Because even Ji Qingyi couldn't win a national championship after just two weeks of practice from scratch.
Moreover, from these past few days, her young miss had shown great interest in Su Cheng.
"Thank you for liking me, but I can't accept right now. Because we barely know each other. So, can we start as friends first?"
A young girl stood before Su Cheng, speaking nervously with flushed cheeks and sincere eyes.
"You're a nice person, but I'm not content with just being friends, so goodbye!"
Su Cheng delivered the "nice guy" rejection and turned to leave.
"Wait, why are you rejecting my confession?"
The girl reacted, but Su Cheng had already run away, disappearing in an instant.
"Eh? Wait, wasn't he the one who confessed to me?"
The girl stood alone, bewildered in the wind.
[Ding—]
[Confession Failed]
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Su Cheng: "..."
The smile on his face gradually faded. Why was she only D-rank?
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[Amagami Shirayuri]
[Intelligence: 5]
[Charm: 7]
[Physical Strength: 3]
He had thought she would be B-rank.
Su Cheng sighed. After parting with Ji Qingyi earlier, he had found a quiet girl at the school's artificial lake pavilion and immediately went to confess to her.
But her response had scared him.
This girl was actually seriously considering it!
She seemed likely to accept his confession.
Fortunately, she didn't judge purely based on looks, or he would have been in trouble.
The punishment aside, the key issue was having a girlfriend.
Who could handle that?
However, this made him decide.
In the future, he should make sure the target dislikes him before confessing.
"You broke your promise."
Suddenly, an icy voice came from behind.
Hearing this, Su Cheng immediately turned around to find a slender figure in his vision, his expression freezing for a second.
Then a strange sense of 'guilt from cheating' welled up, and he gave a dry laugh, saying, "I carefully observed the surroundings, no one would have noticed."
Li Guanqi's eyes were extremely cold. She frowned and put a hand to her mouth, making an angry expression: "Even though I agreed that you could come to me anytime. But you got bored after just one time!"
At this moment, several male students walking by overheard and began whispering among themselves, constantly looking in their direction and pointing.
"Don't say things that could cause misunderstandings!"
Su Cheng couldn't hold back anymore.
Li Guanqi looked at Su Cheng, her eyebrows relaxing slightly, then said, "If you don't want to be misunderstood, then come with me."
With that, she walked straight ahead.
"Eh."
Su Cheng wanted to say something, but the words died on his lips, and he could only follow.
Soon, Li Guanqi stopped at a grass lawn where she usually rested. She smoothed her skirt and sat down, her black stockinged legs long and straight, particularly eye-catching.
Su Cheng sat down too but didn't know how to begin.
He felt like a child who had done something wrong, waiting for his parent's criticism.
Because he had previously promised Li Guanqi not to do anything that would bring shame to the class.
Li Guanqi had also wasted her time to satisfy his so-called 'XP' and provided him with an S-rank reward, all for his sake.
He couldn't bite the hand that fed him.
Besides, he had indeed broken his promise first.
After a long silence, Li Guanqi broke it first: "Am I not enough?"
Hearing this, Su Cheng looked around nervously, and only after confirming no one was around did he breathe a sigh of relief and say, "Well... I don't want to trouble you too often... Last time because of me, you missed your lunch, so..."
"So?"
"This time I carefully selected my target, and she won't tell anyone about the confession."
Su Cheng carefully observed Li Guanqi's expression.
Well, there was no expression at all.
Li Guanqi tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and said word by word: "People who break their promises are puppies."
Why would she say such a cute insult with such a serious face?
Su Cheng was momentarily speechless, then gave an awkward laugh and changed the subject: "So, have you been following me?"
As soon as Su Cheng finished speaking, Li Guanqi's body stiffened, then she said flatly: "Yes."
Then the air fell into a deathly silence.
A promise-breaker and a stalker.
Neither of them was any good.
"Were you there when I was talking to Senior Ji earlier?"
"I've been there since classes ended. You just didn't notice."
Li Guanqi said flatly.
Su Cheng took a deep breath, trying to maintain a calm tone: "If it was just to prevent me from confessing, you wouldn't need to go this far, right?"
Because if she wanted to stop him, she should have appeared before the confession, not after.
"Because I was curious."
Li Guanqi suddenly leaned in closer, her face expressionless.
"Curious about what?"
Su Cheng felt a bad premonition rising in his heart.
However, Li Guanqi just shook her head and remained silent.
This made Su Cheng's heart skip a beat, making him even more nervous.
But finally, he shook his head, pushing those unrealistic speculations to the back of his mind, and said, "Please don't do this kind of thing anymore."
"I understand."
Li Guanqi's face remained unchanged, but Su Cheng still felt uneasy.
After all, having someone with near-invisibility abilities nearby.
Who wouldn't be creeped out?
Fortunately, he wasn't using his spatial abilities at school anymore.
Otherwise, he would have been exposed!
After a moment of silence between them, Su Cheng broke the quiet again: "I can't promise you that I won't confess to others in the future, but I can guarantee to the best of my ability that nothing will happen to bring shame to our class."
Su Cheng spoke sincerely, emphasizing each word.
"I understand."
Li Guanqi's tone remained neutral, then she suddenly turned her head to look at Su Cheng and said, "Actually, I came here to tell you something very important."
"Hm?"
Su Cheng was taken aback.
"You know Liu Qingyue, right?"
"Yes."
Li Guanqi stared into Su Cheng's eyes for a long while, then slowly said, "I just saw Senior Liu with Senior Ji together."
Su Cheng's body stiffened at these words, but quickly returned to normal: "Thanks for letting me know. I understand."
Although he had suspected it already, when Li Guanqi told him directly, his heart still skipped several beats.
However, he wasn't particularly upset about it.
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because we're classmates."
"Then please don't investigate any further."
Su Cheng said slowly.
This S-rank danger was something he had brought upon himself.
And nothing had happened that crossed his bottom line.
But it wouldn't be good if Li Guanqi got involved because of this.
Li Guanqi looked at Su Cheng in silence.
After a long while, she finally spoke: "Are you worried about me?"
"Yes."
Su Cheng didn't deny it.
"Please don't worry. No matter what happens, I can protect myself."
Li Guanqi said with certainty.
Upon hearing this, Su Cheng's expression changed slightly, but he didn't speak, instead lowering his head.
After another moment of shared silence, Li Guanqi suddenly spoke again: "Also... my cousin recently used family connections to investigate you."
"?"
This finally broke Su Cheng's composure, and he suddenly raised his head: "Your cousin? Why would she investigate me?"
Li Guanqi fell silent, just staring at Su Cheng without responding, her meaning obvious.
Su Cheng realized: "What did the Student Council President investigate about me?"
"It seems you know more than I expected."
Li Guanqi gave Su Cheng a meaningful look, speaking calmly.
The fact that her cousin was the Student Council President was something their classmates didn't know.
Yet Su Cheng knew.
Su Cheng felt somewhat awkward and continued asking, "Well... I'm just an ordinary person, what could there be to investigate?"
"I don't know either, but I think you'll find out eventually."
Li Guanqi suddenly stood up, brushed off her skirt, and walked toward the teaching building.
"Don't be so cryptic!"
Su Cheng hurriedly followed, calling out after her.
Li Guanqi paused at his words: "I'm not being cryptic, I really don't know."
Su Cheng was at a loss for words and finally stopped, watching Li Guanqi's retreating figure.
Then, he went to the bathroom to wash his face, trying to clear his head. Looking at himself in the mirror, he fell into deep thought.
There had been too much information to process just now.
He needed time to digest it.
He had always been puzzled about one thing.
Why?
How could a failed confession...
Attract the attention of an S-rank?
S-rank Ji Qingyi had sent Liu Qingyue to approach him.
Had him join the archery club, and even carefully mentored him.
Yet they hadn't made any moves to harm him.
Especially today, even the so-called embodiment of justice, the school's "protagonist" Student Council President, had started investigating him.
Why was this happening?
He had no power, no influence, and was just an ordinary person.
Why were they paying so much attention to him?
This was something he couldn't figure out no matter how hard he tried.
Could they have figured out that he was a transmigrator?
That's impossible!?
Su Cheng shook his head to rid himself of this absurd thought.
After all, this kind of thing would be far-fetched even in a novel, let alone in the real world.
"Could Li Zhaohao be planning to invite me to join the Student Council, just like Ji Qingyi did?"
Thinking about this, Su Cheng couldn't help but laugh.
Him, a commoner, in the Student Council?
That would be absolutely ridiculous! It's laughable!
There had never been a precedent for a commoner joining the Student Council.
"Eh? Wait..."
Suddenly, Su Cheng seemed to realize something, and his face showed signs of horror: "That girl... she couldn't be... planning to break the precedent, could she?"
The previous autograph and seal...
As he connected all the dots, he suddenly felt terrified, and Su Cheng couldn't help but shudder.
Ji Qingyi, Li Zhaohao.
One was the school's background ceiling, the other the school's power ceiling.
Yet both had formed connections with him...
Su Cheng felt his scalp tingle as he thought about everything.
"Impossible! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
He shook his head repeatedly.
But deep down, he felt increasingly panicked.
If things were as he suspected, then this S-rank Li Zhaohao might be paving the way for him.
Finally, he washed his face again, forcing himself to calm down, then left the bathroom. However, as he walked, he noticed that the entire first-year corridor was full of Disciplinary Committee Members on patrol, constantly checking each classroom for violations.
Some senior Disciplinary Committee Members even walked directly into classrooms to question the people inside...
"Su Cheng~"
Just as Su Cheng was lost in thought after entering the classroom, a female voice suddenly called out from beside him.
Su Cheng looked over reflexively, was stunned for a moment, then quickly recovered and said, "Do you need something, senior?"
The person was the Student Council member who had thrown the application form on his desk this morning.
"I've been waiting for you. Our president requests your presence."