Chapter 8: Don’t You Know the School Prohibits Early Romance?

Kui Ming stared at the ranking sheet in his hands, double and triple-checking it with wide eyes. He shot to his feet in excitement, causing his chair to make a loud clanging noise. The students in the front rows all turned around to look at him.

Rank 100, just barely made it.

Kui Ming’s breathing quickened, and his face flushed slightly.

The students in the front row shrank back, turning their heads away—what was that expression on Kui Ming’s face? Was he about to hit someone?

Kui Ming got up and walked outside, saying to Xie Jun, “Come out.”

The two of them left, one following the other.

The chubby Lu Yuan looked anxiously toward the doorway. Ever since Kui Ming started sitting with the class monitor, hadn’t they been getting along well? Could it be that Kui Ming’s true nature was resurfacing, and he was going to use violence against the class monitor?!

Should he go help? After all, the class monitor was gentle and refined, and it seemed like he wouldn’t be able to withstand even one punch from Kui Ming. But then again, all he had was his own body fat, and his combat ability might be even worse than the class monitor’s, Lu Yuan thought hesitantly.

Kui Ming and Xie Jun walked upstairs, one behind the other, passing by a slightly ajar iron door that led to their rooftop terrace. It was a place where people rarely came.

As soon as they went up, they found two boys up there smoking. The four pairs of eyes met, and both sides froze for a moment.

Kui Ming frowned. “Don’t you know the school rules prohibit smoking?”

With his stern expression, he looked quite intimidating. The two boys quickly dropped their cigarettes and ran off in a hurry.

Kui Ming then turned and pinned Xie Jun against the wall, leaning in to kiss him.

But Xie Jun pressed a finger against Kui Ming’s lips, and smiled as he said, “The school rules prohibit early romance. Don’t you know that?”

“I want to have an early romance,” Kui Ming declared smugly. “Smoking is harmful to your health, but… early romance… early romance is good for your health.”

Xie Jun couldn’t help but burst into laughter, but the sound was quickly muffled as Kui Ming pressed his lips against his.

Their shadows overlapped into one, inseparable, as if they were a single person.

“Class monitor!”

The chubby Lu Yuan finally gathered his courage and made up his mind, panting as he ran all the way up, ready to rescue the poor class monitor.

“Cla-cla-cla-class monitor.” Lu Yuan’s eyes widened in shock—th-th-th-the class monitor and Kui Ming were ki-ki-kissing…

Lu Yuan let out a hiccup in his astonishment.

Kui Ming turned around and grabbed the chubby boy by his collar, threatening, “You’re not allowed to tell anyone, got it?”

Lu Yuan was so frightened that he let out another hiccup, unable to stop.

Xie Jun grabbed Kui Ming’s arm and pulled him back, saying to Lu Yuan, “Ignore him; he just looks scary.”

Xie Jun gave him a reassuring smile. “You won’t say anything, right?”

The chubby boy covered his mouth, still hiccuping uncontrollably, and shook his head vigorously. “I won’t say anything.”

He wasn’t one to tattle anyway.

However, he really hadn’t expected that the class monitor and Kui Ming were… dating. Lu Yuan glanced at Kui Ming, shrinking back a bit in fear.

“What are you doing here? Are you secretly smoking?!”

A loud voice echoed through the air as the chubby dean rushed up with surprising agility for his size, glaring at them intently.

Kui Ming spoke righteously, “We came up here to see if anyone was smoking.”

The dean gave him a speechless look, his face clearly saying, Do you think I believe that?

“Hic.” Lu Yuan let out another nervous hiccup.

“Oh, Xie Jun is here too,” the dean’s tone softened noticeably. He had a lot of trust in Xie Jun’s character, believing that he certainly wouldn’t be involved in any mischief with the others.

“Teacher, we just came up for some fresh air,” Xie Jun said with an innocent smile.

“Alright.” The dean nodded. “Hurry back down; class is about to start.”

The three of them filed down the stairs.

And from time to time, the sound of the chubby boy’s hiccups could still be heard.