Rejected by the Campus Belle, I Find My True Love-Chapter 52: Turn the Passive into the Active

The suggestive sounds swept over their ears once again, and the images on the computer were even more provocative and explicit than last night! What’s more, they were extreme close-ups!

"!!!!"

"!!!"

Is this what that fool Cui Hao called "more subtle"? I must be crazy to fall into the same pit twice.

After a brief moment of shock, Xue Yang instinctively covered Lin Xi’s eyes.

"Xue Yang, why are you covering my eyes? You said you don’t like watching these things! Making a mistake once is one thing, but could you really have made the same mistake twice? Are you planning to watch it by yourself behind my back?!"

Because he was so flustered, Xue Yang forgot to close the laptop, and those bewitching voices drifted into their ears. They could still clearly hear... those sounds... 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Xue Yang, let me see! Just a quick peek, I’m just curious what you guys actually watch in these movies."

"Kids can’t watch this. When you grow up, you can... No, even when you grow up, you still can’t watch this!"

"Why not?"

"There’s no why!"

Xue Yang let go of Lin Xi to close the laptop, but she pounced on him from behind, stopping him. He tried to close the computer while simultaneously blocking her view of the screen. In the chaos, Xue Yang was flustered and clumsy, but he still managed to keep Lin Xi’s eyes tightly covered.

One look at Lin Xi and it was obvious she’d never seen this kind of film before. If he was the one to corrupt her, that would be awful.

"Xue Yang..."

In her desperation, Lin Xi bit down hard on Xue Yang’s arm. She clung to him, small and fierce like a fluffed-up, cornered Xiao Naimao. She looked adorably ferocious.

This split-second distraction gave Xue Yang the opening he needed. He stretched out his arm, leaned his body forward slightly, and with a sharp SNAP!

Finally, the laptop was shut. The suggestive sounds vanished instantly, and the room fell so quiet that they could only hear each other’s heartbeats.

Panting, Xue Yang pulled up his sleeve to look at his arm, which was throbbing from the bite. A clear set of teeth marks was imprinted on his skin, glistening with faint traces of... saliva. He held his arm out in front of Lin Xi, letting her admire her handiwork up close.

"Your teeth are quite straight."

Lin Xi turned away, embarrassed. "Well, it’s your fault for not letting me watch the movie!"

"Where did you even get the idea to watch these kinds of movies?"

"When I was leaving this morning, I ran into the elderly couple from next door."

Hearing this, Xue Yang had a bad feeling. Sure enough, Lin Xi continued, "The grandmother told me that if a man has designs on you, he won’t be able to control himself."

"So... that made you curious about this stuff?"

"I’m a girl traveling alone with a guy. Isn’t it normal for me to want to test you?"

Xue Yang turned around and stared at her. "I thought you just wanted to write your novel. I never imagined you thought of me that way."

Lin Xi immediately grew anxious and waved her hands frantically. "I... I didn’t... I just... I just..."

Suddenly, Xue Yang pressed closer to her. In the dimly lit room, they could clearly see the expression on each other’s faces. Just as Lin Xi thought he was about to do something, the pressure suddenly vanished.

"Lin Xi, remember this: never try to test a man’s limits, because you will pay the price."

Lin Xi sat up, her gaze fixed on him. "Xue Yang, why aren’t you like other men...?"

"What can I say? I’m a ’good guy.’ And a good guy would never take advantage of someone in a vulnerable position. Lin Xi, you have to get into Yanbei, all right?"

Lin Xi’s eyes widened as she looked at him. Does he mean that if I get into Yanbei, he’ll...

"Don’t underestimate me! I will definitely get into Yanbei!"

Xue Yang patted her head as if she were a kitten. "That’s the spirit. Okay, you should get back to your practice tests."

Lin Xi struggled to her feet.

As Xue Yang started to get up, his hand brushed against a small bag under the pillow. He instinctively pulled it out. "What’s this?"

He brought the object closer to his eyes. It was the very same package someone had given Lin Xi on the night of their camping trip. He remembered putting it in a bag, but he’d forgotten to throw it away. How did it end up here?

Lin Xi turned and looked, equally stunned. She never expected it to show up at a time like this, under these circumstances...

"Xue Yang, listen to my excuses... ah, no, I mean, listen to my explanation..."

She lunged forward to snatch the package, but Xue Yang simply raised his hand, and it was just out of her reach. "So you’ve been after my body all along. See? An innocent boy can’t just bring a strange girl home. His virtue is so easily lost."

"Xue Yang, it’s not like that! I don’t even know why it was under the pillow. After we got back from camping, I meant to throw it away, but I couldn’t find it and then I forgot all about it."

Xue Yang confiscated the item. "Now. Go study. Immediately."

"Roger that! As you command!"

Lin Xi obediently returned to her seat and took out a practice test. Suddenly, she looked up and asked another question, "Xue Yang, why do guys like it when girls call them ’daddy’?"

COUGH! COUGH! Xue Yang nearly choked on his own saliva. This girl truly never failed to say the most shocking things.

"That’s a secret code between couples. If you aren’t actually a couple, you wouldn’t get it."

Lin Xi had a moment of realization, seeming to understand but not quite. At least she didn’t ask any more earth-shattering questions. She picked up her pen and buried her head in her work.

Meanwhile, Xue Yang reopened his laptop, pulled out the USB drive, and continued his assignment for Lin Corporation. The data Master Miejue had shown them were the company’s actual, current figures. Xue Yang needed to memorize all of it before analyzing and processing it.

Even in silence, the atmosphere in the room wasn’t awkward. On the contrary, having each other’s company made the winter feel a little less cold.

After finishing a practice test, Lin Xi would pull out her phone to check her author dashboard. The reading platform’s headquarters was in Yanbei, so the contract had arrived by same-day delivery. By the end of the workday, it was finalized and her novel’s status was updated.

The only thing that hadn’t changed was the data. Her author dashboard showed that her collection count was still 1. And that 1 was from her saving it to her own library. In other words, no one was reading the story she had written.

Lin Xi’s face fell.

Noticing the shift in her mood, Xue Yang asked, "What’s wrong?"

"No one’s reading the story I published. Xue Yang, it looks like you’ll have to support me after all."

Xue Yang encouraged her, "It’s just the beginning, don’t lose heart. A treasure’s value is only seen after it’s been discovered. I believe your novel is the same. One day, it will be loved by everyone."