AOTTFWGB Chapter 27

Si Xuanhe shut off his phone and leaned back in the car seat, closing his eyes in exhaustion. His mind was filled with Xing Yeze’s message:

[Then let’s make a deal too—disappear from both Liang Huan’s and my world.]

Xing Yeze actually threatened him!

Xing Yeze’s meaning was obvious. If he didn’t back off, he would tell his mother.

Xing Yeze clearly knew very well that if his mother knew about his deal with Chen Mengyu, she would be furious and disappointed with him and might even cut him off!

Si Xuanhe wasn’t stupid. Even someone like Xing Yeze, who had never known maternal love, could see that Si Xuanhe’s mother loved no one more than herself. And this deal with Chen Mengyu? It threatened the very thing she cared about most.

Si Xuanhe was extremely angry. No one likes to be threatened!

But he also found it a little funny.

Xing Yeze had changed. In the past, that aloof, pretentious guy would’ve just scoffed and replied: [I don’t care about your business. Talking to Lin Yin makes me sick.]

But now? Xing Yeze had dropped the act and resorted to threats.

[Let’s make a deal too] meant that both sides needed something from each other—it meant Xing Yeze also needed something from him.

There’s a saying, isn’t there? Love gives a person a soft spot and a weakness. Because of Liang Huan, Xing Yeze was no longer invincible.

Interesting……

As the publicly acknowledged heir of the Xing family, Xing Yeze had no freedom to choose his own partner—and Liang Huan’s background clearly didn’t meet the Xing family’s standards for an in-law. So what would Xing Yeze do when the time came?

Kneel down and beg?

Hahaha, I can’t wait!

After Si Xuanhe and Chen Mengyu left, Lin Mingrui, Xiao Budian, and the others all turned into amateur detectives, coming up with all sorts of theories to explain Si Xuanhe’s bizarre behavior of smearing his own name.

“Could it be that Xuanhe is just too popular—constantly harassed by admirers—so he decided to go all in and deliberately crafted the image of a scummy alpha? That way, he could scare off a bunch of Omega pursuers!” Xiao Budian was practically brimming with sympathy for Si Xuanhe. “Aww! My campus heartthrob is just too innocent!”

Liang Huan: “…Hehehe. Then why didn’t our top student do the same? I bet even more people are chasing after him. Why doesn’t Si Xuanhe act all cold and aloof like Yeze—turn himself into Mount Everest? Wouldn’t that scare off a bunch of admirers too?”

Liang Huan rolled his eyes at Xiao Budian, the hopeless fangirl. That silly green tea was clearly blinded by Si Xuanhe’s charm. Even if Si Xuanhe hadn’t marked any Omega, that didn’t erase the fact that he had released his pheromones to suppress Liang Huan and had tried to forcibly mark him.

That was a violation of the Omega Protection Act—a criminal offense, okay?! Sure, it was only an attempted offense, but that didn’t change the fact that Si Xuanhe had criminal intent.

“He’s all warm and sunny to everyone… Ugh, fine, I admit I’m biased against Si Xuanhe. Some people are naturally cheerful and friendly, but I just don’t buy it with him! I suspect his sunshine act is all a facade! I think he enjoys being adored—more precisely, he enjoys being more popular than… other Alphas.”

Speaking of this, Liang Huan couldn’t help but look at Xing Yeze.

The other Alpha refers to Xing Yeze, but unfortunately, it’s not the right time and place to say it clearly.

When Si Xuanhe had suppressed him with his pheromones, he’d already sensed that something wasn’t quite right with Si Xuanhe’s mental state. At the time, Si Xuanhe’s expression had been so excited it bordered on twisted—his smile was so unnerving that even someone like him, the school tyrant, felt a chill run down his spine.

Now, combined with the bloody relationship between Xing Yeze and Si Xuanhe, he could guess Si Xuanhe’s thoughts.

The illegitimate child, jealous of the legitimate one, targeted him under the guise of so-called revenge.

Just as Xing Yeze had said, many of Si Xuanhe’s actions were aimed directly at him—deliberately trying to make his life miserable. And dragging innocent people into it with that kind of motive? That was selfish, plain and simple.

Of course, maybe Si Xuanhe wasn’t completely rotten. Boys their age were often hot-blooded, even a little melodramatic.

But still—he was mad. His bro was just as cool, cocky, and badass as he was, and he would never go out of his way to mess with Si Xuanhe for no reason.

If you have the ability, Si Xuanhe, go take it up with your parents! They’re the ones who made your family a mess—not my bro. So what right do you have to take it out on him?!

And another thing—Xiao Budian is like a little sister to him. How could she be so blinded by Si Xuanhe? What if Si Xuanhe, just to get back at Xing Yeze, ends up hurting her too?

Xiao Budian was speechless by Liang Huan, pouted, and dared not protect Si Xuanhe anymore.

Just as Liang Huan was about to smile in relief, Xiao Yanjing had to stir the pot again: “What if… the Alpha who dumped Chen Mengyu was just really ugly, and Si Xuanhe stepped up to claim he was the one who dumped him—so he wouldn’t lose too much face? I mean, if you got played by someone like Xuanhe, a top-tier Alpha, it’s kind of understandable, right?”

The moment those words left his mouth, Liang Huan practically exploded. He lunged forward, grabbed Xiao Yanjing by the neck, and roared like a lion from the east bank: “Can you stop imagining Si Xuanhe as some kind of saint?! Huh?! He sacrificed himself just so Chen Mengyu wouldn’t be embarrassed? You actually came up with that? Are you brain-dead?! Huh?!”

“Cough—cough—cough—” It was the first time Xiao Yanjing had ever been throttled by Liang Huan. Of the four confidants, he was the most mild-mannered—usually, Liang Huan would go out of his way to protect him.

Wuwuwu… Boss Huan, don’t you think you were kind of brain-dead earlier too?

Did Chen Mengyu lose his memory or something? Or maybe he’s been bought off by Si Xuanhe? “You know how it goes in idol dramas, right? The male lead’s mom asks the protagonist how much money it’ll take for her to leave, and the girl thinks, ‘Well, I’m never getting into your family anyway, so I might as well ask for a lot. Is that what you were thinking, Chen Mengyu? That since you’ll never marry into the Si family, and your marked gland can’t go back to how it was, and you can’t win against Si Xuanhe anyway—then you might as well take his money?”

Are those really the kinds of things a school tyrant should be saying? Honestly, Boss Huan, it’s not just me and Xiao Budian who’ve been blinded by Si Xuanhe. You’ve been dazzled by that ‘kind-hearted’ man too.

The ‘kind-hearted’ man reached out under the guise of offering help and grabbed the tiger’s paw. “Xiao Yanjing is even more delicate than Mingrui—he’s a Beta. If you end up hurting him, you’ll regret it later.”

“That’s right, Boss Huan, just spare Yanjing.” Lin Mingrui also went to smooth things over. He and Da Pang absolutely dare not protect Si Xuanhe. Boss Huan disliked Si Xuanhe very much, and he didn’t know whether it was just because Si Xuanhe tried to forcibly mark him or because of something else.

In order to divert Liang Huan’s attention, Lin Mingrui said again: “Does the top student know Si Xuanhe? He asked Chen Mengyu why he pointed out Si Xuanhe back then. Was he present when it happened? I mean, with how fiercely Chen Mengyu’s been defending Si Xuanhe, none of us would’ve guessed he was the one who pointed the finger at him.”

Liang Huan was stunned when he heard this, thinking that Lin Mingrui is really smart.

“What’s so strange about that? The top student gets perfect scores every time—can you? No? Then isn’t it normal that he’d think of things you can’t? Whether he knows Si Xuanhe or not, how could someone like him possibly be acquainted with someone like that?”

Caught off guard by the sudden blow to his intelligence, Lin Mingrui deflated on the spot…

In the next few days, Xiao Budian and Xiao Yanjing also wilted because Si Xuanhe did not come to class again.

“That’s so weird. I swear I saw Si Xuanhe at the school gate this morning,” a classmate muttered, glancing at the clock on the wall. Morning reading was about to begin, and they couldn’t help but voice their confusion.

Xiao Budian stared wistfully at the empty doorway and sighed, “Maybe he is handling his transfer paperwork.”

Liang Huan shot a glance at the dejected Xiao Budian, clearly unimpressed.

When the homeroom teacher, Ye Huang, came to class, Xiao Budian recovered a little bit of vitality, “Teacher! Has Xuanhe transferred schools?”

Ye Huang: “No.”

“Yay, that’s great news!” The legendary duo class erupted in cheers.

But Ye Huang hesitated for a moment, then added with a twinge of guilt, “Uh… although Xuanhe didn’t transfer schools. He just transferred to Class 16.”

“What?!”

“Everyone, don’t get too worked up,” Ye Huang tried to soothe them. “The Education Bureau canceled elite classes a long time ago. Our class already has two extraordinary students who don’t quite fit the mold, so after a unanimous decision from the school leadership, Xuanhe was moved to Class 16. Come on, you guys in the legendary duo class shouldn’t be too greedy—having both the school tyrant and the top student in one class is already something the other classes can only dream of, right?”

In fact, he didn’t know the reason why Si Xuanhe transferred. A few days ago, he received a call from Si Xuanhe. After asking for leave, Si Xuanhe said he wanted to transfer to Class 16.

Having heard that Si Xuanhe has strong backing, neither Ye Huang nor the homeroom teacher of Class 16 dared to object.

Class 16 is not in the same school building as Class 3, the legendary duo class, which makes Xing Yeze a little relieved.

So it turned out that transferring schools wasn’t that easy—it would draw Lin Yin’s attention. He had already attacked Si Xuanhe’s gland once, which had made Lin Yin furious. If Si Xuanhe, having just transferred to No. 1 High School, suddenly tried to transfer out again, there was no guarantee Lin Yin wouldn’t step in.

What if Lin Yin found out that Liang Huan was caught in the middle of his conflict with Si Xuanhe—what if that ended up hurting Liang Huan?

In short, everything had to be handled with patience. He and Si Xuanhe had struck a deal: for now, Si Xuanhe would stay in Class 16 for a while, and later they’d find a reason for him to transfer schools.

The classmates had no idea about the deal between Xing Yeze and Si Xuanhe. Their sharp-witted homeroom teacher had smoothed things over so well that no one suspected a thing.

And it made sense—under the top student’s leadership, their class consistently crushed the others in grades. Even with a few students ranking near the bottom, the average score was still sky-high thanks to the top student’s god-tier perfect scores, leaving the second-place class in the dust.

We’re not greedy, not greedy at all. Having the top student is already more than enough—he’ll always be our number one campus heartthrob, top of the charts…

“Today I want to severely criticize a classmate! Yeze, tell me what’s wrong with you these days; why have your grades plummeted?”

What?!?!?!

The students were even more shocked than hearing that Si Xuanhe had transferred classes.

How could their eternal number-one top student possibly fall behind? They were sure they hadn’t remembered wrong—ever since the start of senior high, he had ranked first in every subject, in every single exam, across the entire school!

“You handed me the blank paper in the physics test last month. You didn’t hand me the blank paper this month, but you got 80 points! Where is your full score? Ah! Tell me, how did you throw away your other 20 points? And! I heard that your grades in other subjects have also declined!”

Hidden behind the lenses, Ye Huang’s eyes gleamed with quiet cunning as he put on a stern face.

“This time, the top score in the physics test goes to Lin Mingrui—87. Let’s give him a round of applause.”

The students clapped in a daze.

Lin Mingrui couldn’t help the joy bubbling up inside him—but the moment he caught Liang Huan’s gaze, his heart sank like a stone.

Liang Huan stared fiercely at Lin Mingrui.rcely, as if scolding him for daring to get better than Xing Yeze in the exam.

…Sigh. Boss Huan, you’ve changed. Back then, if I’d scored higher than the top student, you’d have been over the moon.

Liang Huan couldn’t help but glance back at Xing Yeze, worry clouding his expression…