In the recent monthly exams, Class Three performed well in the grade rankings, with Shen Huai contributing significantly to the class’s overall average score. Although there were students like Jiang Heng who trailed behind, it didn’t have much impact on the overall results, as other classes also had similar situations.
Keeping his earlier promise, Wang Yong canceled classes on Monday afternoon for Class Three and arranged for them to watch a movie. Wang Yong let everyone choose the movie themselves, but to avoid being scolded by the head teacher, he reminded everyone not to choose anything too inappropriate.
“I won’t be coming this afternoon, behave yourselves!”
“Close the curtains tightly; don’t let the head teacher run from the office to catch me!”
As soon as the lunch break ended, Wang Yong chatted away and left the classroom with a smile. With the good results in their monthly exams, his mood was also upbeat.
“Got it, Mr. Wang!”
“We’ll be quiet and well-behaved!”
“How about watching a horror movie?” Once Wang Yong left, the classroom immediately became lively.
“Is it appropriate? Watching a horror movie in broad daylight? Let’s go for something passionate!”
“Damn, watching a passionate movie in broad daylight? In the daytime…”
The second half of that sentence wasn’t spoken, as several people nearby had already burst into laughter.
“Don’t mess around! We have so many underage students in our class!”
“Damn it! Foolish stuff! What’s on your mind? Quick—”
His eyelids trembled, and his voice lowered a bit, “No games.”
Seeing him looking so tired, Shen Huaizhi glanced at Chen Xingchi and said, “No hitting.”
Before Chen Xingchi could come up with any remedial words, Shen Huaizhi added in a cold tone, as if threatening, “Lower your voice.”
Chen Xingchi: …
On the side, Jiang Heng smirked, “Class monitor, do you still play games?”
As soon as this topic came up, Chen Xingchi suddenly became energetic and disregarded Shen Huaizhi’s words. He started promoting eagerly, like a devoted fan, “He plays, exceptionally awesome.”
“He doesn’t play much, damn, Jiang Heng, you don’t know. The class monitor playing games is like one against four!”
Hearing him say this, Jiang Heng suddenly became interested. He struggled to open his heavy eyelids, changing his attitude from earlier. He fumbled for his phone from the desk and asked, “What games do you play?”
Chen Xingchi couldn’t help but curse silently. Wasn’t this mocking him for being a noob?
Why was there such a big difference between Alpha and Alpha?
After Jiang Heng finished speaking, he looked at Shen Huaizhi again. Due to his drowsiness, everything in front of him seemed hazy and blurred. However, when he looked at Shen Huaizhi, his vision gradually cleared up. The facial features of the other person were framed perfectly within his gaze. This direct and face-to-face gaze made Jiang Heng couldn’t help but mutter in his heart.
Since becoming desk mates, it had become even more convenient for him to gaze at Shen Huaizhi.
Sometimes, when he felt too sleepy during class, he would prop up his head and look at him.
Although he would still feel very sleepy, it seemed that the familiar scent of an Alpha or perhaps the fact that the other person’s appearance was too much to his liking could always pull him back from the brink of falling asleep.
He rubbed his face, then put on a smile, “Class monitor, do you play games?”
“Want to let this noob experience some joy?” He said, his eyelids drooping, “You don’t know, I got brutally defeated last night.”
Shen Huaizhi’s hand was already on the phone. He usually didn’t pay much attention to his phone unless there was something important. However, recently, it seemed like he had developed the habit of keeping his phone close at hand.
Upon hearing Jiang Heng’s words, his hand paused on the phone, “Last night?”
Jiang Heng let out a faint yawn, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes, making the red blood vessels in his eyes particularly noticeable.
He didn’t feel the need to hide anything and honestly reported, “Yeah, last night, I played games all night with some old classmates.”
As he spoke, he yawned again, and even his voice carried a hint of weariness.
A bit soft. Jiang Heng hesitated for a moment, and Shen Huaizhi tempted him again, “Catch Marco on the opposite side.”
Marco was left with a sliver of health, the support was itching to rush up and collect the kill. Shen Huaizhi then sent a “retreat” message within the team.
The support player dared not disobey him, retracting their eager thoughts and heading to the mid lane.
“Go in with your ultimate directly,” Shen Huaizhi instructed as Jiang Heng approached. “He won’t have time to recall.”
The opponent Marco probably thought that Shen Huaizhi’s team wouldn’t come to assist, so he had taken a healing buff and hid under the tower to farm.
Jiang Heng immediately used his ultimate to dive into the tower, and Marco didn’t notice the enemy jungler coming in directly. He was taken down by Jiang Heng.
After securing the first kill, Jiang Heng’s mood improved significantly. “Class monitor, you’re amazing.” He thought for a moment and added, “You’re really good.”
Shen Huaizhi, caught off guard by the unexpected compliment, responded somewhat helplessly, “Uh, when Marco comes out later, I’ll let you know.”
The three players on the voice chat channel: “…”
Why did they suddenly feel redundant?
Jiang Heng laughed even more, with less drowsiness in his expression. Shen Huaizhi kept his word, and when Marco came out, he had Jiang Heng “catch” him, albeit securing a low-health kill.
Marco on the opposing team couldn’t take it anymore and typed in all chat.
[Marco Polo: Are you done? Can’t you lovebirds stop coming out and disgust people?]
What’s more disgusting than being killed by the enemy laner? Of course, it’s having the enemy laner leave a sliver of health for their teammates!
“Damn, this guy is so annoying.”
Chen Xingchi glanced at Shen Huaizhi’s expression and silently typed.
[Wang Zhaojun: Brothers, meals can be chaotic, but words cannot be spoken randomly. We share pure classmates’ friendship here.]
Damn, this dog thing. Marco doesn’t want his life, and they still want it.
Just as he sent the message, another one popped up.
[Li Bai: Wuwuwu, my husband just wants to give me kills. What’s wrong?]
Chen Xingchi: …Damn.
The other two: …
Jiang Heng seemed oblivious to the sudden frozen atmosphere. He had seen many such quirky operations in games. Last night, when He Ci was caught and killed several times by the opponents, he eventually called the opponent his husband. The opponents promptly gave up on catching him and even comforted He Ci, saying, “Little Omega, don’t cry. Brother will take you flying in the next game.”
If this game had a feature to kill teammates, Jiang Heng would definitely assassinate He Ci in the Rift.
Learn from experience—who doesn’t know this?
Shen Huaizhi, who was about to target a tower, almost accidentally pressed the ultimate skill. It seemed that the opponent Marco was disgusted and started trolling them under the second tower.
Shen Huaizhi was somewhat helpless. “Jiang Heng.”
Jiang Heng was still typing. In a disadvantageous situation, mocking the opponents was normal. In an advantageous situation, you had to mock the opponents weirdly to make them angry. He paused. “Hmm? Class monitor, what’s wrong?”
Using the familiar address, Shen Huaizhi lowered his eyes, and his tone became colder. “Nothing. You can block in-game chat.”
Jiang Heng responded with an “Oh.” “No, I have to let him know the harm of lovey-dovey couples!” He continued typing.
Shen Huaizhi’s fingers swiped across the screen, and after a few seconds, he smiled faintly. “Well, continue then.”
At this moment, Chen Xingchi and the others also realized it was just a game! Who wouldn’t be disgusted by the other side’s behavior!
In this game, with Jiang Heng’s efforts alone, they successfully made the opponent Marco AFK until the end. Marco’s teammates were so frustrated that they were asking for help in reporting him.
Having won a game, Jiang Heng’s drowsiness almost disappeared.
The movie had been playing for about twenty minutes. The female lead had already understood her feelings for the male lead, but due to the others’ urging, when the girl who had asked Jiang Heng before saw him leaving, she grabbed the person sitting next to her excitedly and asked, “Ah ah ah, what does ‘strict management’ mean?”
The person next to her hesitated for a moment. “Literally?”
Clearly, the girl couldn’t pay attention to what the other person was saying, grabbing the person next to her and excitedly expressing her disbelief.
The drive from the school to the escape room facility took more than two hours. As it was a major Saturday event, everyone woke up early, and by now, most people in the car were dozing off in various positions.
Having had breakfast, Jiang Heng lowered his head to discuss today’s escape room plans with He Ci. He Ci had prior experience from playing with others before.
Today, Jiang Heng wasn’t wearing his school uniform, opting instead for a rare gray hoodie that was a bit oversized, with his neck hidden within the collar.
Before 8 a.m., the sunlight streamed through the window, casting a glow that made him appear dazed in the light. Shen Huaizhi pocketed his phone, and his Adam’s apple rolled slightly.
After a moment, he tapped the seat armrest with his fingertip, his voice slightly lower, “Jiang Heng.”
Seemingly aware, Jiang Heng turned his head to look at him, a faint smile still on his face. He looked quite content.
Shen Huaizhi stared into his eyes, and the possessiveness inherent to an Alpha seemed to resurface. Although Jiang Heng no longer had his temporary mark, their bond persisted due to the perfect match. However, it lacked the sensitivity of when the mark was present.
“What’s wrong, Class Monitor?” Jiang Heng said, stifling a yawn inadvertently.
Tired. Still tired.
Shen Huaizhi glanced down at his phone and seemed to recall something, “Didn’t you say you get carsick?”
Jiang Heng paused for a moment, taking a few seconds to recollect.
Damn, almost forgot about that.
Blaming He Ci for this stupidity.
His expression showed a rare hint of panic. Just as he was about to come up with some excuse, he heard Shen Huaizhi ask in a casual tone, “Do you want to sleep?”
As if reminding him of something.
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The author has something to say: Sleep.
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