Seeing Su Qingqing staring at him with red, swollen eyes, Chen Nan was taken aback and thought to himself, could this girl have eaten gunpowder?
"What’s wrong with you? I haven’t provoked you, have I?"
"You know very well what you did!" Su Qingqing snorted coldly, turned her head away, and stopped looking at him.
Chen Nan really didn’t understand, what had he done that was so outrageous to make her so angry? Besides, after lunch, he hadn’t seen her at all; there was no chance he could have offended her!
"What exactly did I do?" asked Chen Nan.
Su Qingqing initially ignored him, but after a while, she turned her head and glared at him fiercely, "You dead liar, don’t talk to me!"
Chen Nan felt somewhat baffled, seriously suspecting that this silly girl had taken the wrong medicine, "Where did I deceive you?"
Su Qingqing buried her head in her book, ignoring him.
Looking at the sulky girl before him, Chen Nan could feel that she must have been deeply wronged; otherwise, her eyes wouldn’t be so red from crying, nor would her mood be so downcast.
"Where exactly did I deceive you? If you don’t tell me, how would I know?"
Seeing Chen Nan still looking innocent, Su Qingqing became even more infuriated—in her mind, it was unbelievable that he was still not admitting it on his own initiative!
"Talk to me!" Chen Nan reached out and tugged at her clothes, saying, "You’re really worrying me right now, tell me, what exactly happened?"
Su Qingqing was silent for a while before speaking, "I’m asking you one more time, have you ever lied to me?"
Chen Nan shook his head firmly.
"Then I have nothing else to say to you." Su Qingqing turned her head away with a look of disappointment, focusing on the book.
"But I really don’t know where I lied to you." Chen Nan said helplessly, "Even if you ignore me, you should at least let me know, what I did to upset you, right?"
Su Qingqing remained silent, nursing a sulk.
Chen Nan gently pushed on her arm. If Su Qingqing didn’t speak, he just kept pushing.
After about five minutes, Su Qingqing couldn’t bear it any longer, she turned her head and stared at him, "What exactly is your relationship with Jiang Xiaomi?"
A chill went through Chen Nan’s heart—could it be that Jiang Xiaomi’s coercion for him to be her secret lover had been found out by her?
But there had been no one else in the classroom at the time; she shouldn’t know!
"There’s no relationship at all," Chen Nan shook his head.
"You’re still lying to me!" Su Qingqing’s tone grew harsh. If they weren’t in class, she would probably have screamed out the words, her face full of anger as she said, "I saw everything, you kissing her in the classroom, hmph!"
Chen Nan suddenly realized—it was about that!
"You’re misunderstanding, it’s not what you think. I... I was forced into it."
As he said this, Chen Nan’s voice trailed off a bit, not from guilt but because he himself felt the explanation was hardly credible. A grown man, moreover skilled in martial arts, getting forcibly kissed by a woman?
Although that was the truth, who would believe such a story?
As expected, Su Qingqing gave a cold laugh and didn’t say a word more, clearly disbelieving.
Having no other choice, Chen Nan had to give her a rough account of how things unfolded. After Su Qingqing listened, her expression gradually softened, but she still seemed somewhat distrustful as she said, "Are you telling the truth?"
Chen Nan held up three fingers, "I swear, it’s absolutely the truth."
"Is Jiang Xiaomi really that lustful? She actually tried to force a kiss on you."
"Yeah, she’s just a female pervert!" Chen Nan sighed and said, "Poor me, just like that, I was taken advantage of by her. How tragic."
Su Qingqing couldn’t help wanting to laugh. Knowing that this was just a misunderstanding, the clouds in her heart cleared, and her mood greatly improved.
Staring at Chen Nan, Su Qingqing pursed her lips, pointed at his nose, and said, "You stinky idiot, listen to me, if you dare to lie to me, I will never pay attention to you again."
"Okay, okay, how could I ever lie to you?"
Chen Nan reached out and wiped her face, asking, "Did you just cry? Your face looks like a little calico cat."
Su Qingqing shook her head, as if she felt Chen Nan’s action was a bit ambiguous, and pulled her head back slightly.
"Still saying no, your eyes are all red." Chen Nan asked with some distress, "Why did you cry? Did someone bully you?"
"Hmm, a bastard bullied me."
Chen Nan frowned and clenched his fist, saying, "Which bastard? I’ll go and wipe him out!"
"It’s that guy called Chen Nan." Su Qingqing pursed her lips, hiding a smile, and said, "This guy is especially, especially excessive. He made me think he lied to me. He’s simply a jerk."
Chen Nan broke into a sweat.
A bastard? Turned out, he had been cursing himself just now.
"Aren’t you exaggerating a bit? Even if I did lie to you, you didn’t need to cry like that."
"I like to, it’s none of your business."
Su Qingqing pouted, playfully stuck out her pink tongue at him, turned her head away, and thought to herself: You will never understand how much I care about you, you idiot. You’re just a fool, a block of wood.
At this moment, Zhang Daxin, who was on the podium, had already stopped lecturing.
His eyes were fixed on Chen Nan and Su Qingqing for a full thirty seconds, but the two of them didn’t notice the silence in the classroom at all and kept on chatting, seemingly very engaged.
Although Su Qingqing and Chen Nan were known as cousins in school, Zhang Daxin was unaware, and he was convinced that these two students were flirting with each other.
Not paying attention during class was one thing, but flirting right in front of him, completely ignoring the existence of him as a teacher, was infuriating.
Simply detestable, hateful!
Zhang Daxin’s anger was uncontrollable; he had never liked Chen Nan and even somewhat loathed him.
This guy had talked in his sleep on the first day of class, making him lose face. Now, seeing Chen Nan and Su Qingqing flirting, Zhang Daxin felt he had found a handle to use against them. So he slammed his palm down onto the lectern and roared, "Chen Nan, Su Qingqing, you two stand up!"
Chen Nan was enjoying his chat with Su Qingqing when he was suddenly interrupted, which was understandably annoying, "Teacher, what’s the matter?"
"What attitude is that?" Zhang Daxin glared, pointing at Chen Nan, and said, "I asked you to stand up, didn’t you hear?"
"I heard you!" Chen Nan nodded.
Zhang Daxin’s face turned cold, and he angrily said, "Then why aren’t you standing up?"
"Why should I listen to you?"
Zhang Daxin, in a fit of rage, stared daggers and slammed his palm hard onto the lectern. However, using too much force, not only did he fail to intimidate Chen Nan, but he also hurt himself to the point of jumping up and holding his palm, unable to hold back a curse, "Damn it!"
Seeing Zhang Daxin grimacing in pain and swearing profusely, the whole class was dumbfounded. Where had his professionalism gone?
But before they had time to react—
"Teacher, what the hell?" Chen Nan said, grinning, "You curse so much at school, does your family know about it?"
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