There would never be secrets in school.
Within a day, the news of Xiao Yiheng indifferently rejecting a beautiful omega junior in front of hundreds of students quickly spread throughout the entire school.
When Li Cheng entered the class, everyone was noisily discussing it.
Curious, he stopped one of his beta lil’ brothers and asked, “Huang Yelun, what are you guys talking about?”
If the lil’ brothers were to be divided into different ranks, Huang Yelun, who was also a member of the swimming team, would be Li Cheng’s close confidant. He was like an emperor’s most trusted chief eunu⸺ cough, imperial bodyguard. Every day, his task was to conscientiously bootlick Li Cheng and act as his attendant.
Huang Yelun was a person who couldn’t do anything except gossip. He saw that Li Cheng was interested in this matter so he promptly spilt everything that happened in the cafeteria yesterday, about what the junior had said, what Xiao Yiheng thought about it, how the students surrounded them. He vividly described the scene and perfectly imitated them. It was as if he had hidden under the table to listen in on them.
“Li ge, don’t you think that this Xiao Yiheng is too arrogant?” Huang Yelun slammed the table and lamented, “She’s an outstanding beauty! Personality-wise, she’s gentle, generous, cute and shy. Appearance-wise, she’s the most beautiful out of all female omegas in our school! And yet, he said ‘What does you liking me have to do with me?’! The junior cried so much after returning. Today, she asked for leave and didn’t come to school!”
The student next to him nodded, completely agreeing with Huang Yelun.
When they came to HC1, Xiao Yiheng had already gone abroad for his student exchange programme so the students in their class didn’t have any distinct impression of this renowned alpha school heartthrob.
They had heard from their seniors that he had a cold and insensitive nature. However, they only found out from yesterday’s confession that Xiao Yiheng was not only ‘insensitive’, he was simply an iceberg that would never melt. Everyone who tried to pounce on him would only hurt themselves badly.
While everyone was reacting with a sense of outrage, Li Cheng’s mind had already drifted far away.
He remembered the portraits he had seen in the art classroom. He had only caught a brief glimpse of it, but he could still remember it until now.
……It’s normal to be haughty if he had that kind of appearance.
However, Li Cheng wouldn’t speak on behalf of Xiao Yiheng in front of his lil’ brothers. As he thought of the row of trophies in Principal Xu’s office, his dissatisfaction reached the limit and he got enraged.
He immediately changed the topic by asking, “You just said that this junior is the most beautiful female omega in school. Then, who is the most beautiful male omega?”
Huang Yelun: “…”
Other students: “…”
Li Cheng kicked his chair, “What’s wrong? Cat’s got your tongue? I’m asking you something.”
Huang Yelun wanted to cry. He didn’t hate living. He had not fully enjoyed the glorious high school life yet! He badly wanted to say that Boss Li was the most beautiful male omega in their school but he didn’t want to be skinned, dismembered and hung on the city wall under the hot, scorching sun for three days.
He couldn’t bear to say it out loud so he forced himself to say another name. It was a male omega from the neighbouring class who had fine, delicate features. His skin was fair and smooth, evoking people’s desire to protect him. He truly had a good appearance, but he was rather mediocre if compared to Li Cheng.
When Li Cheng heard the name, his brows furrowed as he languidly said, “Him? Apart from having fairer skin than me, where else is he more beautiful than me? I really don’t understand the preference of alphas and betas.”
“Uh…” Huang Yelun was at a loss for words. He had not foreseen that Li Cheng would actually have self-awareness of his own appearance. He initially thought that a person like Li Cheng would never allow others to call him beautiful so others would have no choice but to call him handsome, dashing, heroic, extraordinary etc.
Nevertheless, the school tyrant seemed even more attractive with his self-confidence.
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Xiao Yiheng didn’t expect that the gossip of him rejecting a junior in the cafeteria would rapidly spread. At first, everyone was merely lamenting at his aloof nature and indifferent words, but the situation gradually became baffling.
Wherever he went, students would stare at him and whisper to one another. ‘I didn’t ask you to….., so what does it have to do with me?’ instantly became the most popular greeting on campus. In HC1’s campus forum, this phrase became the first in the HOT list out of nowhere. Many students under a pseudonym would bump posts using this phrase.
It didn’t take long for the teachers to learn of this matter.
In a certain mathematics class, the teacher deliberately called Xiao Yiheng to answer his question, “Xiao Yiheng, come and tell everyone, what does monotonicity of a function have to do with its derivative?”
Xiao Yiheng: “……”
The whole class wanted to laugh but didn’t dare to laugh, so each and every one stifled their laughter until their faces turned bright red. Liu Ke who was Xiao Yiheng’s seatmate found it even harder to restrain himself so he laid his head on the table, burying it within his arms, laughing until his whole body was shaking.
Xiao Yiheng felt that it was truly too difficult for him.
After school, Xiao Yiheng went to the art classroom to paint as usual.
Qiu Xian had given him a spare key so that he could still have a quiet place to paint even when she was not around.
He set up the easel, placed the canvas, prepared the palette and carefully portrayed the setting sun outside the window.
When Qiu Xian walked in, he was right in the middle of elaborating the colours.
With bated breath, she walked towards him and observed his painting.
After becoming familiar with Xiao Yiheng, Qiu Xian discovered that there truly was such a talented person in this world who could give people a glimpse of the true essence of the world with just a paintbrush. His eyes contained light, darkness and a myriad of colours which other people could never imagine, let alone reach.
Xiao Yiheng could not only see the sunlight, he could also see the process of sunlight falling down on him. He would catch every flash of sunlight, seize them and place them inside the painting.
The painting which he had titled as ‘After School’ was a mixture of different shades of orange. The sky was orange. The leaves were orange. The sports field was orange. Even the students playing with a ball were also covered with the colour orange.
This was an extremely wonderful depiction. The paint was piled layer upon layer on the canvas, patiently waiting for him to grant them life.
Qiu Xian quietly watched him for a long time. Xiao Yiheng stopped when the sun had set. It was only then that he realised Qiu Xian’s presence.
“Teacher Qiu,” Xiao Yiheng hurriedly got up to give his seat to the pregnant woman, “I’m sorry. The orange paint that I prepared wasn’t enough so I used yours.”
Since he had taken it without her permission, his face turned red with shame.
Qiu Xian smiled, “I didn’t ask you to take my paint so it really has something to do with me.”
Xiao Yiheng: “……”
Feeling helpless, he sighed, “Who on earth shared this sentence to everyone?”
Qiu Xian: “Ultimately, this matter was still your own fault. You were too cold and indifferent when you refused that junior. You were inconsiderate of her feelings in front of everyone and put her in an awkward situation. It was only natural that her friends would help her vent her anger.”
It was only then that Xiao Yiheng discovered that the reason why this ‘famous saying’ had been spread all over was that the junior’s best friends had also contributed in spreading it, wanting to see him embarrassed.
After knowing the truth of the matter, Xiao Yiheng’s thoughts were that… He didn’t care.
He didn’t care if people liked him, so it was even less likely for him to care if others disliked him.
Just like his response to the junior, whether other people liked or disliked him, what did it have to do with him?
……
It was getting dark so Xiao Yiheng kept the unfinished painting and left the art classroom after saying goodbye to Qiu Xian.
His house wasn’t far from the school. It was only a twenty-minute walk away.
There was a shortcut if he turned left at the school gate. However, this shortcut wasn’t that safe. There were only a few street lights and there was also the malicious incident of a high school student being robbed in that alley.
In addition, not long ago, Xiao Yiheng witnessed a ‘crime scene’ of a second-year junior being bullied by a red-haired hooligan who was said to be Li Cheng’s suitor.
As he was lost in thoughts, he suddenly heard a strange voice from the side of the alley.
⸺”Fuck! Fuck this Laozi!” It sounded like a young man but the speaker had lowered his voice.
Who would be in an alley that had no street lights at this time?
Xiao Yiheng’s heart thumped, worried that he would come across another bullying incident like last time. He hesitated briefly before quickly turning and entering the alley.
Unexpectedly, there was no one in the alley. The alley was a blind alley. One side was the school’s high walls and the other side was a residential building. The alley was very dark, but under the sun’s afterglow, he could see the situation inside the alley with difficulty.
There was truly not a soul in sight.
Xiao Yiheng thought to himself, Could it be that I had misheard the male voice just now?
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly heard the voice from the high walls above him⸺
“Hey, you down there, are you from HC1?”
As he heard the voice, two feet that had nowhere to be placed on top of the wall appeared.
Xiao Yiheng: “……”
Xiao Yiheng: “???”
He looked up and saw a boy, with his back facing Xiao Yiheng, clinging on the top of the school’s high walls, his two feet dangling in the air, seemingly looking for a foothold.
Xiao Yiheng didn’t speak.
He didn’t know what he could say when faced with such a bizarre sight.
The boy saw Xiao Yiheng standing still so he made a ‘tsk’ sound and yelled, “What year are you in? Why on earth are you just standing there? Why aren’t you quickly coming to help me? Are you waiting to see your father make a fool of himself?”
He was evidently in such a difficult position but his tone wasn’t that of someone who was asking for help. It was as if the whole world ought to follow his wishes, totally oblivious to the fact that he looked like a loser as he clung to the wall. He looked extremely stupid.
Xiao Yiheng: “……”
He was silent for a while, wanting to tell the boy that it was highly unlikely for his father to sneakily climb the school wall after school.
In the end, he chose not to say this but instead asked, “How should I help you?”
The boy instructed him, “Can you look around for a ladder? I specially placed it in this spot. If I ever find out who moved my ladder, I will definitely teach that person a lesson!”
So, he was actually looking for a ladder when he was showering curses just now.
Xiao Yiheng looked around and replied, “There’s no ladder here.”
“Fuck, did you look for it carefully?”
Xiao Yiheng looked around once more and answered, “I looked around carefully. There really isn’t any ladder here.”
The school wall was extremely high and there was no ladder. If the boy hanging on the wall rashly jumped down, he would definitely be injured.
Xiao Yiheng couldn’t figure out what the boy wanted to do after leaving the school, but he was certain that the boy hadn’t been issued a permit to leave the school by a teacher. If not, he wouldn’t be so desperate as to take the risk of climbing the school wall.
Just when Xiao Yiheng was about to advise him to go back, he suddenly heard the boy say, “Come here.”
Xiao Yiheng didn’t know what he was planning to do, but he still walked towards him and looked up at the boy’s back.
From Xiao Yiheng’s angle, he couldn’t see the boy’s face clearly. He could only see the long legs that were veiled by his school uniform and the bottom hem of his pants that were dirty with dust after being rubbed against the wall.
The boy asked, “Are you an alpha or beta?”
Xiao Yiheng was even more puzzled, “Alpha. Why?”
The boy apprehensively whispered, “Alpha? Alphas are usually physically strong. Hopefully, this one’s not a weakling. ⸺Hey, you down there!” He raised his voice and ordered, “I’m going to jump. Catch me!”
Xiao Yiheng’s eyes narrowed sharply, “Wha⸺”
Before he could even react, the person hanging from atop the wall let go and his body fell quickly!
Out of reflex, Xiao Yiheng reached out. The next moment, a boy who had dazzling golden hair fell into his arms.
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Like a bolt of lightning 😄
Thanks for the chapter!!!
Aawwwwsssh!! They finally meet!!
Thanks for the chapter ❤❤
AHAHAHA OH MY GOD LITERALLY FELL FOR HIM ψ(｀∇´)ψ
thx for the chapie~
Cute first meeting lol
Thanks for the chapter!
Woah, LiChenhcheng fell from the sky
This part of the story best describes this quote, “An Angel fell from heaven to give color to my life”😍
Quickly! A wild Li Cheng fell from the sky!!! Catch himmm!!! XD
I laughed so Hard. Xiao Yiheng deserved it, though. He was too cold hearted.
What’s with this shoujo manga scene? Falling from the wall?! That’d surely leave an impression.
Thanks for the chapter!
No, Xiao Yiheng had every right to reject that omega girl after she literally cornered him with her confession in public. Who in their right mind would spread their pheromones everywhere in public in an a/b/o universe? It’s not “bold” and “cute”, it’s harassment. Just because she has pretty privilege doesn’t mean she gets a free pass to do whatever she wants. It’s not like they even know each other.
“I’m going to jump. Catch me!”
make me laugh so hard
😂
Lol a laputa moment hahahaha
Thank you so much for the chapter!!~ 🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇
thank you for the chapter
Seems like an orange (LC) is here to make up for XYH’s lack of the colour xD
Thanks for the chapter! 🙂
HAHAHA good one!
Thanks lol
Why did this remind me of Wei Wuxian and Lan Zhan for a moment?
oh you right! troublemaker li cheng (wwx) x studious xiao yiheng (lz)
Oh myyyy! Thanks for the chapter. The next chapter will be a good one too 💕💕
I love itttt HAHAHAHA
aaaa they metttt
I almost thought they would only know rumours of each other ;;;;
thank you for the chapter!
Way to make an entrance Chengcheng 🤭
when LC said he was jumping, I CACKLED lololol he’s really…….falling for Xiao Yiheng 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The angel has descended from heaven!😂😂
Thank you for the chapter
I’m excited, I love Li Cheng. He is so gorgeous with his dazzling self confidence, arrogance and skills. I’m looking forward to getting to know Xiao Yiheng more
I really admire writers, because they can depict everything so good, I saw many beautiful arts and I even drawn many years(my drawing is worst) but I can’t imagine how drawing can be so good and inspirational.
Wow, (future) husband fell from sky just into Xiao Yiheng’s hands.
Oh! Vaya ese fue un bien primer encuentro.
Kyaaaaaaaa~!!!!!! This was just sooooooo sweet and coooolllllll!!!!!!
I really wish to watch it live!!
An angel—no, a daredevil fell from the sky 😂
not enough orange paint? well here’s a little orange =)
Yay fateful meeting!
Thank you for the chapter!
Same reaction, XYH. Same reaction.
WHA— AHAHHAHAHAHA!!
How I met your Mother:
Xiao Yiheng: He (Li Cheng) fell from the sky.
So many oranges. I’m craving to eat some •q•
AAAAAAAAA
Thank you for your hard work.
Such a weird shoujo manga scene but so heart fluttering HAHAHAHA
That teacher is nice but how is that Xiao Yiheng’s fault? I mean, public proposals and confessions are pretty common in my country but people in my generation mostly learned that it is disrespectful to the receiver and manipulative. I have no respect for people who do public confessions. They deserve whatever rudeness the receivers gives them. If they want to be treated with consideration, they should give the receiver consideration first.
LITERALLY HEAVEN SENT LMAO
How Xiao Yiheng met his husband.
oh wow what a romantic meet-cute
Someone is already offering himself. Fufufu how bizzare encounter!
What a first meeting xD
Thanks for the chapter!
An angel sent by God LMAOOO
THANNNKK YOUU FOR THE CHAPTERR
“He fell first, but he fell harder” moment
Fallen angel