I Fall Every Time I Meet an Alpha [Transmigrated into a Book] - Chapter 4

Because Zhong Xiaoxiao was sitting next to him, Meng Yuzhou suddenly became shy. He didn’t even dare to glance her way. His expression became awkward. He clearly liked her but didn’t want anyone to notice. He was afraid of being teased.

Zhong Xiaoxiao also felt extremely uncomfortable. Their seats were right in the center of the room, completely exposed to everyone’s view. She thought to herself, “Big sister-in-law is right in the middle of the people’s spotlight!”

“This question, let’s have the class study representative answer it. Study rep?” The teacher looked around the classroom and finally fixed his gaze on Zhong Xiaoxiao.

Zhong Xiaoxiao thought, “Me? I’m the study rep? Why didn’t I know that? Author, did you skip writing something?”

Over a dozen pairs of eyes turned to look at her all at once. Even Meng Yuzhou looked at her shyly. Zhong Xiaoxiao was no longer able to stay still. It was clear that the teacher meant her.

She slowly stood up from her seat and stared at the math problem on the blackboard. Just one look and her head started spinning. Oh no, it was geometry.

She had studied liberal arts in university and had been working for three years. Altogether, it had been six or seven years since she had last touched anything like this.

What could she say now? She didn’t know how to solve it at all. Half the lesson had already passed while she was lost in thought. And honestly, it wasn’t her fault. If a working adult was suddenly thrown back into school against their will, who wouldn’t drift off?

“Teacher, I… I don’t know,” she said honestly, her voice barely louder than a whisper.

As soon as she finished speaking, a mocking voice came from the back. It was Meng Yuqing. The entire class heard it.

“Wow, even the study rep doesn’t know how to solve it?”

“If big sister-in-law doesn’t know, big brother should teach her,” someone added playfully. Then the whole class joined in, chanting.

“Big brother.”

“Big brother.”

“Big brother.”

The teacher asked, confused, “Who is this big brother?”

“The class monitor,” a student answered.

“Oh.” The math teacher finally understood. He smiled kindly and looked at the class monitor sitting next to Zhong Xiaoxiao. “Then let’s have the class monitor, big brother, solve it instead.”

Meng Yuzhou quietly stood up and walked forward. He stood beside Zhong Xiaoxiao. The two of them stood side by side under everyone’s gaze. It really did look like a couple solving a problem together. The classroom filled with laughter again.

Even someone like Zhong Xiaoxiao, who had been out in society for years, felt embarrassed. Could she sit down now? But the teacher hadn’t told her to. If she sat down and got called up again, that would be even worse. So she just stood there stiffly, letting everyone laugh at her.

She told herself, “If I don’t feel embarrassed, then the ones who should be embarrassed are all of you.”

Meng Yuzhou cleared his throat and began explaining the solution. His thinking was clear and his answer was perfect. He truly deserved to be the class monitor.

Zhong Xiaoxiao listened carefully and started to remember a little. After all, she had learned this before. The knowledge wasn’t completely gone.

The teacher nodded in approval and finally told both of them to sit down. He then continued the lesson.

As Zhong Xiaoxiao sat back down, she felt a cold sweat on her back. It had been so many years since she was called on to answer a question in front of the class. Back in school, she never dared to make eye contact with the teacher. As soon as their eyes met, it usually meant she was going to be called on.

This class only had about a dozen students, but her old high school classes had forty or fifty students. It had been a sea of black heads. The pressure of standing up to answer questions back then had been intense.

She sighed quietly and looked down at her geometry textbook. What should she do now? Was she going to have to relearn all of this? It felt painfully difficult.

But not knowing was not an option either. As the study representative, she couldn’t keep standing up just to say she didn’t know the answer. Seriously, why did the heroine have to be the study rep? Now she had to keep pretending, and it was exhausting.

As she kept thinking, a new idea came to her. The class monitor, who was so good at math, was sitting right next to her. She could ask him for help. Not only that, they were supposed to have a romantic storyline. This could be the perfect chance to build their connection. If things went well and their relationship developed, maybe she could finish her mission and be free.

With that goal in mind, Zhong Xiaoxiao decided to talk to him during the break.

“Class monitor, you were amazing just now.”

She tried to sound really impressed, then quickly added, “My math is pretty bad. Could you tutor me a bit after class?”

“Sure,” the class monitor said shyly. “Just ask me if there’s anything you don’t understand.”

“Great. Thank you so much.”

“You’re welcome.”

Zhong Xiaoxiao looked at this shy young man and thought, “Wow, he’s actually really easy to talk to.” She remembered that the male and female leads were supposed to have a mutual crush. If she took the initiative, maybe she could finally break the tension between them.

Meanwhile, Meng Yuqing watched them chatting so naturally and asked the system, “So… does that mean I’m out of the picture now?”

System 666 replied, “Not even close.”

And sure enough, it wasn’t over yet.

After the next class, a girl from the neighboring class came over and handed Meng Yuzhou a love letter.

The girl was quite beautiful. Compared to Zhong Xiaoxiao, she looked far more attractive.

Zhong Xiaoxiao watched as Meng Yuzhou stepped outside and spoke to that pretty girl. She could not hear what they were saying, but when he came back, he was holding an envelope. It was pink and clearly a love letter.

“A love letter?” Zhong Xiaoxiao asked curiously, her eyes fixed on his hand.

Meng Yuzhou slid the letter into his pocket. Zhong Xiaoxiao looked up at his handsome face. His expression was calm, and she could not tell what he was thinking.

Just then, someone in the class started teasing again.

“Big brother got a love letter. Big sister-in-law is jealous now.”

“Look at that. Big sister-in-law is totally jealous.”

Meng Yuzhou listened to the teasing around him and started to feel annoyed. He did like Zhong Xiaoxiao, and her arrival had made him happy. But now, because of all the teasing, it felt like a wall had formed between them.

People’s words could be frightening.

Because he liked her, he feared the damage that rumors might cause. If he did not care about her, none of this would have mattered.

That love letter completely broke the balance that had existed between them.

Then Meng Yuzhou made a surprising decision. He accepted the confession from the girl in the other class and agreed to date her.

Zhong Xiaoxiao froze. What just happened?

What about me?

This was a ridiculous turn of events.

That storyline definitely did not exist in the original novel.

Could it be that everything started falling apart just because she had crossed into this world?

Even Meng Yuqing was left speechless. On the way home, she asked her brother, “Don’t you like Zhong Xiaoxiao? Why did you say yes to that other girl?”

Meng Yuzhou gave her a calm look and asked in return, “When did I ever say that I liked Zhong Xiaoxiao?”

Meng Yuqing stared at him in disbelief. She turned to the system and said, “Strike this male lead with lightning right now. I am done with him.”

Everyone in the world could see that the male lead liked the female lead. The only person who kept denying it was the male lead himself. How was she supposed to save this situation now? There was no hope left.

System 666 replied, “Stay calm.”

Meng Yuqing snapped, “Calm? Are you kidding me?”

She looked at her brother and said, “Zhong Xiaoxiao obviously likes you. I even threatened her, and she still wanted to be with you.”

Meng Yuzhou’s expression turned cold. “I do not like her. From now on, do not target her again.”

Meng Yuqing refused to give up. “But she likes you.”

Meng Yuzhou replied firmly, “I said I do not like her.”