OVTTGTBE Chapter 34

Accomplished.

Accomplished.

Bai Yao had prepared two options for today’s presentation.

If Liu Yucheng, under Bai Yao’s guidance, hadn’t taken the initiative to confess, saying, “I’m sorry, I’ve been lying to you all along, I am Peach Milk,” Bai Yao would have presented the other PPT, a normal one with only academic content and no chat history.

He had even added many academic questions to the PPT that Liu Yucheng could definitely answer, allowing for impromptu interaction during the presentation, which could have further improved their collaboration score.

Now, their collaboration score was definitely zero; Bai Yao had also lost the confidence he had when making the PPT, and he didn’t know how many points he would get for today’s presentation.

“It hurts like hell.”

Bai Yao quickly found a table in the school cafeteria and sat down, unzipping his jacket. He wasn’t wearing anything inside, revealing the wound below his collarbone.

Although the doctor had advised him to wait a few more days before removing the gauze, Bai Yao couldn’t wait any longer. He had removed all the gauze from his shoulder, leaving only the gauze around his abdomen, so he could move more easily. The price was that his jacket rubbed against the wound, which was quite painful.

The two female bodyguards exchanged glances and were about to speak when Bai Yao interrupted, “Stop, shut up, don’t say anything. Go buy me a drink, from that store with the Peach Milk sign. After I finish it, we’ll leave. Oh, I don’t want Peach Milk, I want another fruit tea.”

Ever since he came out of the lecture hall, these two women had been chattering non-stop, drying up Bai Yao’s tears and leaving him with no emotional sentiment.

“Young master, so you’re a love brain after all.”

“I think you look more handsome when you keep a straight face. You look so comical when you cry… I couldn’t help but take a few photos just now, I’ll post them on my WeChat Moments later.”

“Does Bai Junyi know that you like men?”

“…Are you two done yet?”

Bai Yao ordered, “Anyway, we’ve already broken up, you’re not allowed to tell my mom. I’m afraid she won’t be able to accept it.”

The two bodyguard sisters were usually taciturn, but when they opened their mouths, they were sarcastic. Bai Yao didn’t expect their hearts to be so black.

There were very few people in the cafeteria at this time, and it wasn’t as noisy as during meal times. Bai Yao leisurely crossed his legs, draped his jacket over his shoulders, and scrolled through his phone while drinking fruit tea.

Hurried footsteps broke the leisure.

Bai Yao, with a straw in his mouth, subconsciously raised his head and looked in the direction of the footsteps.

The curtain swayed, and Liu Yucheng rushed into the cafeteria.

The two bodyguards recognized him again and immediately prepared to chase him away.

Liu Yucheng stopped a few meters away from Bai Yao.

He saw the shocking scar below Bai Yao’s collarbone.

He has a total of six of these scars on his body.

When he chased after him, Liu Yucheng’s mind was blank, driven entirely by impulse. Even if he was beaten to death by these two women, he had to catch up with Bai Yao and say sorry.

But just seeing the scar on Bai Yao’s body made Liu Yucheng feel as if all his strength had been drained.

Bai Yao’s eyes became colder than he had ever seen them.

Yes, how could a simple “I’m sorry” solve this? Even if Bai Yao really said to him, “I forgive you,” Liu Yucheng would not be able to forgive himself. If he had returned to the dorm earlier that night, Bai Yao might not have gone out for a walk and would not have been injured.

There’s no need to go over there, is there?

Bai Yao is such a person who cares about his appearance, and he usually cares about skin care… The more he hates Liu Angran now, the more he should hate himself.

“Young master, he’s crying again.”

The bodyguard said softly.

This distance was a bit awkward for them—they really didn’t know whether to go over and chase him away or stay where they were and protect Bai Yao at close range.

“Tsk, this fruit tea suddenly tastes bad. I don’t want to drink it.”

Bai Yao didn’t respond to her, but accurately threw the unfinished fruit tea into the trash can not far away, and stood up, supporting himself on the table, “Let’s go.”

He pulled his jacket tightly, expressionless, and to avoid passing by Liu Yucheng, he chose to go out through another door of the cafeteria, taking the two bodyguards further and further away.

“Wait…”

Liu Yucheng opened his mouth, “I have one last thing to say, can I…”

His voice was weak. Bai Yao heard it and stopped, but didn’t turn around.

“I was too stupid, so stupid and slow, and didn’t notice your care all along… I only ask you to give me a chance to make amends. I don’t expect you to forgive me like before, I just want… to make amends until you don’t hate me anymore.”

That’s really interesting. Bai Yao actually didn’t hate him, he just didn’t like him that much anymore, and he didn’t plan to forgive him.

Bai Yao didn’t speak or turn around, but quickened his pace slightly, and left the cafeteria with the two bodyguards.

In the parking lot, the three of them got into the car together.

“See, young master is just a love brain.”

“Tsk tsk tsk, he looked so impressive when he walked out of the cafeteria, but he started shedding little pearls as soon as he got in the car.”

“Can you two shut up if you can’t speak properly?? I just feel sad for myself for the past few days.”

“Young master, may I ask, according to your net worth, the money he wanted wasn’t that much, why didn’t you spend money to buy peace? Besides, you also know who he is, it would be easy to catch him later.”

One of the bodyguards asked curiously, “This body of injuries, it would be so ugly if it left scars.”

Bai Junyi had also asked him the same question that day in the hospital.

“What do you understand, these are my medals.” Bai Yao wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, “Drive, to the new house.”

That day, Bai Junyi understood instantly when she heard him say that.

She covered her mouth and smiled, and said, you are clearly my son, but you said exactly the same thing as Little Ice Pop did back then. Fate is really wonderful.

You have liked helping others since you were a child. How much did you fight so hard with them for the sake of face, and how much was it to protect your classmate from being harmed by his family?

At that time, Bai Yao didn’t answer her question, and couldn’t answer it either.

……

Life in the new house was more comfortable than Bai Yao had imagined. Although it was a second-hand house, the furniture in the house was all newly bought. Bai Junyi asked someone to look at the feng shui, and added a few new green plants to the house before she felt relieved.

Bai Yao lived in the master bedroom with a bathroom on the second floor; the two bodyguard sisters lived in the two guest rooms downstairs, spending a relatively peaceful weekend.

On Monday, Bai Yao’s injuries were still not fully healed, but he could attend class normally. At noon, he had a meal with Zhang Yifang and the others. They agreed that they wouldn’t go home this weekend, and everyone would go to Bai Yao’s new house to play together.

Everyone was very tacit, and no one mentioned Liu Yucheng again.

In the experimental class on Tuesday afternoon, Bai Yao discovered that Teaching Assistant Xu had unusually helped him and Liu Yucheng change groups.

The large-scale breakup speech last Friday had become known to everyone in the school, and there were even videos online. Bai Yao didn’t expect that Liu Yucheng, this ultimate socially awkward person, would ignore the pointing and whispering of other students and appear in the classroom with a calm expression.

Teaching Assistant Xu may have been considerate, or perhaps didn’t want to cause any more trouble, so he transferred Bai Yao and Li Jinyang to a group; and Li Jinyang’s previous experimental partner, the particularly beautiful girl Xia Zhixi, was now in a group with Liu Yucheng.

Bai Yao originally thought that there would be no problem, but an accident occurred about ten minutes after the start of the experimental class.

“Teacher Xu, I want to change groups.”

Xia Zhixi raised her hand, her tone filled with grievance: “This person, he’s like an ice pop, he doesn’t talk to anyone from before class until now. He didn’t even help me score when the group members exchanged scores just now. How can I work with him to do the experiment?”

Bai Yao, who was sitting in the front row of them, also became nervous.

Her description was quite accurate, Liu Yucheng was indeed like an ice pop. Especially with people he wasn’t familiar with.

“The incident last week was exaggerated, I hope you can understand.”

Teaching Assistant Xu asked, “Liu Yucheng, why didn’t you help her score?”

“Liu Yucheng? Are you deaf? I’m calling you!”

Liu Yucheng supported his chin with one hand, and no matter what Teaching Assistant Xu said, he just sat there without saying a word.

“Hey, we can’t delay the class.” Teaching Assistant Xu said helplessly, and said to Xia Zhixi: “Just bear with it for a while, I’ll help you correct your questions later.”

“Their quarrel is their business, what does it have to do with me? You can’t sacrifice me just because they’re having a conflict!”

Xia Zhixi was aggrieved and kept shedding tears, pointing at Liu Yucheng, and said: “I don’t want to be in the same group with him! I want to switch back! I want Li Jinyang!”

Li Jinyang heard this and turned his head to look at Xia Zhixi as if he had encountered the most glorious moment in his life.

Seeing her teary-eyed appearance, Li Jinyang felt very sad; but he and Bai Yao were brothers, and if he took the initiative to switch back at this time, he would be letting his brother down.

“Then, are you willing to be in a group with me?”

Bai Yao thought for a while and asked her, “My grades are also good, I won’t hold you back.”

Who knew that the girl would cry even more, pointing at the two women standing outside the classroom, shaking her head desperately: “I don’t!! Who in the school doesn’t know that you’re in the underworld? You even bring two bodyguards when you go out, and you might hit someone, who wouldn’t be afraid?”

Bai Yao: “…???”

He is such a sunny and upward-looking good young man, who the hell is spreading these rumors?

Li Jinyang was almost moved to tears, looking at Bai Yao expectantly, and said, “I… didn’t treat her well for nothing.”

The situation fell into a deadlock, and some students were already impatient; but Xia Zhixi kept crying, and the more she cried, the more aggrieved she became. Teaching Assistant Xu had no experience in this area and couldn’t coax her at all, so the experimental class couldn’t continue.

In the end, Bai Yao had no choice but to stand up, pick up his textbook and notebook, “Let’s switch back, don’t cry.”

His ears were a little uncomfortable. But the girl was defending her rights, and in Bai Yao’s view, she didn’t do anything wrong.

And that big ice pop who had been sitting there posing all the time, finally showed a trace of waves in his eyes.

Xia Zhixi was still shedding tears, but she finally calmed down. Teaching Assistant Xu breathed a sigh of relief and continued his class.

Li Jinyang, however, felt an inexplicable fire in his heart and couldn’t help but glare at Liu Yucheng.

This person didn’t do anything, but forced Bai Yao to switch back to the original group, and let him get his way.

He finally changed groups, but after this commotion, he switched back again. Bai Yao had no choice but to sit far away from Liu Yucheng. At this time, he was no longer in the mood to listen to the class, so he began to observe Li Jinyang and Xia Zhixi, wondering how Li Jinyang planned to coax her.

“Don’t you want to be in a group with me anymore?” Xia Zhixi looked at Li Jinyang pitifully, “No, you can’t leave me.”

“My lord, please be aware, I am wronged, I absolutely don’t want to not be in a group with you.” Li Jinyang comforted in a low voice, and directly took out an unopened chocolate from his pocket and handed it to her.

“This was brought back by my dad when he went abroad on a business trip. He only went there once, and I’ve always been reluctant to eat it. I’ll give it to you. Let’s not cry, okay? You’re not allowed to eat it in the lab, eat it after class.”

He stuffed the chocolate into Xia Zhixi’s hand, and Xia Zhixi really smiled through her tears and whispered thank you to him.

Observing this, Bai Yao admired him to death, and kept sighing in his heart that although Li Jinyang had never been in a relationship, he was actually a great lover!

Xia Zhixi was not only coaxed well by him, but the look in her eyes when she looked at Li Jinyang just now was full of stars.

Liu Yucheng was secretly observing Bai Yao’s expression, and then silently tore off a small piece of paper from his notebook.

The note was handed to Bai Yao, and even if Bai Yao didn’t want to look at it, his eyes inevitably read the words on it.

His handwriting was very neat: You don’t need to envy them, open the cabinet on your side and take a look, I also have a gift for you.

There is a small cabinet on the left and right sides of the experimental table, which is usually used to store microscopes or other experimental equipment.

Bai Yao threw the note back directly.

Look at what? I won’t look.

Who cares about his gift.