Teasing the Strawberry-Flavored Baby Alpha (ABO, GL) - Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Shen Tian sat in her seat, feeling extremely anxious. If she had known her Little Lu sister would get angry, she definitely would not have explained the problems to Feng Xirui. Now, things had turned out badly—her Little Lu sister was ignoring her.

Lu Ningwan fiddled with the book in her hand but did not manage to read many words. She had only been absent for one day, and already someone had gotten her family’s Tian Tian to explain problems and even left an opportunity to send little cookies the next day. Lu Ningwan thought about her family’s little milk dog who attracted people so easily, and she felt anger rising from every part of her. Yet her family’s Tian Tian truly had no other intentions; she definitely just thought the other person wanted her to explain the problems. What was she supposed to do if her future girlfriend was so pure and always got tricked by others? Lu Ningwan even wanted to go online and post to ask about it.

Shen Tian obediently watched Lu Ningwan. When she saw that Lu Ningwan did not want to pay attention to her, Shen Tian did not dare approach to talk. Instead, she just kept her eyes bright and stole glances at Lu Ningwan from time to time.

Li Mengmeng watched from the back row and nearly burst out laughing. Her childhood friend was too amusing. Lu Ningwan was clearly jealous, yet her childhood friend had not noticed at all. That was just unbelievable.

Soon, the first period ended. The math teacher wrote furiously on the blackboard at the front, explaining the two worksheets assigned the previous day as she wrote. Shen Tian thought about how her Little Lu sister had told her to listen carefully, so she obediently focused on the teacher’s explanations.

Lu Ningwan knew most of the problems on the worksheets. She glanced at the teacher’s solution steps on the blackboard and saw that they matched exactly with the answers she had written on her own sheet. Lu Ningwan could not help but look at Shen Tian and saw her seriously taking notes and listening attentively. This only made Lu Ningwan angrier. So her family’s little milk dog had upset her, and now the little milk dog was calmly sitting there listening to the lesson?

Lu Ningwan glanced at Shen Tian a few times and saw that Shen Tian was immersed in the math problems. Only then did she turn her face away. She was angry, but she could not let that delay her family’s little milk dog from studying.

When the bell rang for the end of class, Shen Tian saw Lu Ningwan sitting coldly in her seat, looking at the problems, with no intention of paying attention to her at all. She rubbed her hands together, feeling somewhat uneasy, and edged closer. In her sweet voice, she called out, “Little Lu sister.”

She tilted her face to look at Lu Ningwan and saw that Lu Ningwan still had a cold expression and ignored her. So she inched even closer. “Little Lu sister, please don’t be angry anymore. I won’t dare do it again. I won’t explain problems to anyone else, and I won’t accept things from others either. Don’t ignore me. I still don’t understand one problem~”

When Shen Tian saw that Lu Ningwan still had no reaction, she pitifully tested the waters by rubbing her face against Lu Ningwan’s arm to act spoiled. Seeing that Lu Ningwan did not stop her, she reached out with one hand, wrapped it around Lu Ningwan’s elbow, and shook it gently.

Lu Ningwan lowered her gaze and looked at the little milk dog who was acting spoiled toward her. A hint of amusement appeared in her eyes, but she quickly suppressed it. She needed to let her little milk dog learn a proper lesson; otherwise, if she was not careful one day, her little milk dog would get tricked by someone else again.

“I’ll explain that problem you didn’t understand,” Lu Ningwan said with a cold face.

Shen Tian felt nervous inside. Seeing that Lu Ningwan was still speaking to her with a cold face made her feel a bit wronged. But then she remembered that she was the one who had upset Little Lu sister first, so she obediently did not dare to feel wronged anymore. A cold face was fine—as long as Little Lu sister was willing to talk to her, that counted as progress.

“This problem, Little Lu sister.” Shen Tian weakly reached out and pointed to one problem on the worksheet in front of Lu Ningwan. This was not something she made up; she truly did not understand it a little. This problem was an advanced one, and the teacher had just said that it was no big deal if one could not master it.

Lu Ningwan glanced at Shen Tian and pushed the scratch paper over. In a flat voice, she said, “Pay attention to the steps I write. This problem requires using four formulas, and there are two steps that involve transformations of the formulas. See here…”

Lu Ningwan explained seriously, and Shen Tian, afraid of upsetting her again, listened even more attentively. By the time the bell rang for the start of class, Lu Ningwan had finished explaining the problem to Shen Tian.

Shen Tian gave Lu Ningwan a sweet smile. “Thank you for teaching me, Little Lu sister.”

Lu Ningwan looked at Shen Tian but said nothing as she turned her head away.

Shen Tian felt sweat beading on her forehead. Whimper, how was she supposed to coax Little Lu sister so that Little Lu sister would not be angry anymore?

Shen Tian finally endured until the second period ended. She racked her brains, thinking about how to get closer to Lu Ningwan.

Although Lu Ningwan appeared to be reading a book, her gaze drifted from time to time to the little milk dog sitting uneasily beside her. If she kept ignoring the little milk dog, would the little milk dog cry? Lu Ningwan worried that if she cold-shouldered Shen Tian for too long, her little milk dog would feel hurt. So she simply picked up her cup and asked Shen Tian, “Do you want to go to the water room together to fill up?”

When Shen Tian heard Lu Ningwan speaking to her, her eyes lit up. “Yes, I’ll go with Little Lu sister.”

Shen Tian followed closely beside Lu Ningwan the whole way. She wanted to reach out and hold Lu Ningwan’s arm but was afraid it would make her angry. She rubbed her hand on her pleated skirt and did not dare to do it.

Lu Ningwan saw all of this and noticed her family’s little milk dog acting so cautiously. A trace of amusement colored her eyes. She would see if her little milk dog dared to attract people so casually again in the future.

Once they entered the water room, Shen Tian was not sure if Lu Ningwan’s anger had subsided, so she glanced at Lu Ningwan’s water cup. Lu Ningwan, however, bypassed Shen Tian and filled her own cup.

Shen Tian looked at Lu Ningwan with a wronged expression. In the past, she had always helped Little Lu sister fill her water, but today Little Lu sister had not even used her. Shen Tian felt unhappy. Yet it was she who had upset Little Lu sister first, so Shen Tian did not dare to say anything. She sullenly filled her own cup as well.

As the two of them left, Feng Xirui happened to come in to fill water. She saw Shen Tian and Lu Ningwan and smiled at Lu Ningwan as a greeting. Lu Ningwan merely glanced at Feng Xirui and said nothing more.

“Shen Tian, you’re here to fill water too? By the way, I didn’t understand the last problem on the math worksheet just now. Could you explain it to me again?” Feng Xirui did not mind Lu Ningwan’s cold face and asked Shen Tian with a smile.

Shen Tian had not coaxed her Little Lu sister yet, and seeing Feng Xirui approach again gave her a massive headache. “Um, classmate Feng, I didn’t understand it either. You should ask the class monitor and the others.”

The problem Feng Xirui asked about was exactly the one Shen Tian had just asked Lu Ningwan to explain. How could Shen Tian dare to explain it to Feng Xirui now? If she did, she might lose her Little Lu sister entirely.

Who would have thought that after hearing Shen Tian’s words, Feng Xirui did not back off but pressed forward instead? “Sure, then I’ll ask someone else and have them teach you too. That way, it can be thanks for you explaining the problems to me yesterday.”

Shen Tian nearly cried inside. She really begged her not to mention explaining problems anymore. Her Little Lu sister had only just started paying attention to her with great difficulty—if it went on, she would be done for again.

“No need, classmate Feng. My Little Lu sister will explain it to me later.” Shen Tian immediately refused.

Feng Xirui thought for a moment, and her eyes brightened. “Then let classmate Lu explain it to both of us together. That way, we can save time.”

Lu Ningwan had already grown impatient waiting to the side, and now hearing Feng Xirui suggest that she explain the problem to both her and Shen Tian nearly made her laugh from anger. She replied coldly, “I don’t like explaining problems to strangers. Classmate Feng, you should ask someone else. Tian Tian, the zipper on my jacket is broken. Come over and help me fix it.”

“Okay, Little Lu sister.” Shen Tian had been thinking of a way to escape, and her Little Lu sister had just given her an excuse. Shen Tian was overjoyed, and moreover, her Little Lu sister had just called her “Tian Tian.” That definitely meant the anger had eased a little.

Lu Ningwan leaned against the corridor wall, holding a cup in each hand. Shen Tian obediently bent down in front of her to fix the zipper. How had her Little Lu sister done this? The zipper was stuck in the fabric?

Lu Ningwan leisurely held her cup and watched her family’s little milk dog busy herself for her sake. She did not forget to flash a smile at Feng Xirui.

With Lu Ningwan leaning against the wall and Shen Tian fixing the zipper in front of her, it looked as if Lu Ningwan were being held in Shen Tian’s arms. People in the corridor glanced their way from time to time, but Lu Ningwan accepted it all calmly. She wished everyone would see. Tian Tian was hers alone, and this could make anyone with designs on Tian Tian back off. After all, she had spent quite a bit of effort earlier to jam the zipper into the fabric.

Feng Xirui always felt that the smile Lu Ningwan had given her carried an unclear meaning. The current posture between Lu Ningwan and Shen Tian seemed somewhat ambiguous. Yet she had heard many classmates say they were sisters, and Shen Tian called Lu Ningwan “Little Lu sister” in class. So Feng Xirui still could not figure it out. But seeing Shen Tian obediently helping Lu Ningwan with her clothes made her feel like she could not insert herself.

Shen Tian fiddled with it for a while but could not get the zipper unstuck. Yet she was eager to fix it and make her Little Lu sister happy, so sweat beaded anxiously on her forehead.

Lu Ningwan set both water cups on the nearby windowsill, took out a tissue, and helped wipe Shen Tian’s sweat. “All right, if it won’t open, forget it. Look at you, sweating all over from rushing.”

Only then did Shen Tian straighten up. She saw Lu Ningwan’s expression soften as she smiled warmly and wiped her sweat. Emboldened, Shen Tian inched forward and tilted her neck toward Lu Ningwan. “Little Lu sister, there’s some on my neck too.”

Lu Ningwan looked at the little milk dog obediently waiting for her to wipe the sweat and felt her heart soften. In a gentle voice, she said, “I know.”

When Shen Tian heard the soft tone in Lu Ningwan’s voice, her eyes lit up. “Hehe, I knew Little Lu sister was the best.”

“If you know I’m good, do you still dare to upset me next time?” Lu Ningwan asked as she continued wiping Shen Tian’s sweat.

“I won’t, I won’t. I’ll listen to everything Little Lu sister says.” Shen Tian immediately made her promise.

“That’s more like it.”

The teacher who had given Lu Ningwan her IV drip last time happened to pass by in the hallway just then. Seeing Lu Ningwan and Shen Tian being so affectionate together made her teeth ache a little. Were these really sisters from the same household register?

When Feng Xirui returned to the classroom, she felt puzzled inside. She knew Shen Tian was close with Li Mengmeng and Huang Shuai, so she simply went to the seat next to Li Mengmeng, smiled at her, and said, “Classmate Li, um, are Shen Tian and Lu Ningwan really sisters? Don’t misunderstand—I’m just curious, no other meaning.”

Li Mengmeng did not know why her childhood friend attracted so many people. Not only did love letters keep coming, but others often came to her to inquire about information.

“What kind of sisters are they? I advise you not to have any ideas about Shen Tian. There’s no room for a third person between those two. Classmate Feng, you’d better focus on your studies.” Li Mengmeng did not say it outright, but the amount of information she gave was quite substantial.

After that, whenever she saw Shen Tian and Lu Ningwan interacting, Feng Xirui felt even more unsettled inside. Not sisters, yet so intimate. It really was just as Li Mengmeng had said—there was no room for anyone else between Shen Tian and Lu Ningwan. Feng Xirui sighed. Her first love had not even started, and now it was over.

By the time Shen Tian and Lu Ningwan got home that evening, they were interacting just like usual, with no differences.

Shen Tian finished her homework as always, took a shower, and then went to Lu Ningwan’s room to wait for her.

Lu Ningwan had already been lying in bed for a while. When she saw Shen Tian come in, she set down the book in her hand.

“Little Lu sister, I’m here.” Shen Tian lifted the corner of the blanket and slipped in first, afraid that Lu Ningwan might not let her sleep there because of what happened during the day.

Lu Ningwan watched her family’s quick-moving little milk dog and could not help but laugh. “What’s gotten into Tian Tian? Why are you in such a hurry to get into bed?”

“Nothing. I’m afraid Little Lu sister won’t let me sleep in the bed.” As Shen Tian spoke, she quietly scooted closer to Lu Ningwan’s side.

Lu Ningwan amusingly watched every move her little milk dog made. Before Shen Tian could stretch out her arm to hug her, she stopped the little milk dog’s action. “What does Tian Tian want to do?” Lu Ningwan asked with a smile.

Shen Tian broke into a big smile too. “Hug Little Lu sister and sleep together.” As she said it, she even blinked at Lu Ningwan.

Lu Ningwan returned Shen Tian’s smile. “In your dreams. You upset me today, so no hugging. Be good and sleep by yourself.”

When Shen Tian tried to scoot forward again, Lu Ningwan’s arm blocked her shoulder. Knowing Lu Ningwan was not joking, Shen Tian had no choice but to retreat a little with a wronged expression.

As if thinking of something, Shen Tian weakly asked, “Little Lu sister, is there still a goodnight kiss?”

Lu Ningwan saw the expectant look on Shen Tian’s face and smiled. Just as the little milk dog’s eyes lit up, she replied, “No, you sleep by yourself tonight like a good girl.” With that, she turned off the light.

Shen Tian looked at Lu Ningwan’s back and had no choice but to sleep alone. Next time, she definitely would not dare. Not only was there no hugging, but the goodnight kiss was gone too.