School Beauty's Peerless Soldier

"What's up? Why so secretive..."

Zhou Keren frowned, gave Xu Fan a curious glance, and then leaned in closer to him.

Seeing her approach, Xu Fan chuckled and then planted a kiss right on her smooth cheek!

With a buzz, Zhou Keren was completely stunned! It took her several seconds to come to her senses.

And Xu Fan had already slipped away.

"You bastard! Don't you run!"

Realizing that her first kiss had just been stolen by Xu Fan, Zhou Keren clawed the air and chased after him!

"Xu Fan! If you dare! Stop right there, for me!"

After a long chase, Zhou Keren still couldn't catch up with Xu Fan and was now standing with her hands on her hips, out of breath.

Just then, Xu Fan stopped, turned around with a sly smile, and said, "Teacher Zhou, I kissed you as a reward for your help, no need to return it. Why be so polite, chasing after me to kiss me back? How embarrassing!"

"You, you, you! You're shameless!" Zhou Keren pointed at Xu Fan and cursed!

She was about to explode with anger! What did he mean, her chasing him to kiss him?

Thick-skinned and utterly shameless!

"I'm going to kill you!"

After catching her breath, Zhou Keren stood up, clenched her silver teeth, and once more gave chase relentlessly.

She didn't know how far she'd chased when suddenly she saw Xu Fan stopping in front. Zhou Keren hurried forward!

Humph, you brat, can't run anymore, can you?

Zhou Keren looked at Xu Fan with dancing eyebrows, raised her hand ready to avenge that kiss!

Just then, Xu Fan bowed seriously to her and said, "Teacher Zhou, I remember everything you just said. I'll study hard and won't let down your expectations!"

"What?"

Zhou Keren was startled and realized that in the midst of the chase, they had returned to Class One's doorway. Glancing to the side, she saw that her students were staring wide-eyed at her.

"Uh..."

In that moment, her hand that was meant to slap Xu Fan's face landed stiffly on his shoulder instead.

Forcing a smile on her face, she said, "Well, don't disappoint me!"

"Thank you for your care, Teacher!"

Xu Fan stood up straight, cheekily wiggling his eyebrows at Zhou Keren, pushing her to the brink of eruption, and then quickly slipped into the classroom.

Zhou Keren didn't follow him in. After reminding everyone to study well, she turned and left alone.

Seated at his desk, Xu Fan guessed that she would need at least two sets of morning exercises to rid herself of that pent-up frustration.

...

Due to Tong Dacheng's earlier threat, Chen Dongdong was sitting nearby, reading his textbook as if he were facing a formidable enemy, wishing he could cram all its contents into his head.

But his foundations were so poor that after quite some time, he still hadn't grasped much of the material, and his face was the picture of dejection.

Xu Fan saw this, patted his shoulder, and comforted him, "Dongdong, don't worry, take it slow, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

Chen Dongdong sighed, nodded, and said, "Boss, I got it..."

After comforting Chen Dongdong, Xu Fan also picked up the textbook on his desk and started studying on his own.

After all, he had to make some preparations for Yan Ruyu's requirements.

Soon, it was time for the morning dismissal.

"Xu Fan, Yanzi and I are going to get our meal first; you and Chen Dongdong should hurry over, okay?"

After greeting them, Guan Shimeng and Zhao Yan followed their classmates out of the classroom, heading for the cafeteria to eat.

Xu Fan acknowledged them, put down his textbook, and was about to call Chen Dongdong to go to the cafeteria together.

But he found Chen Dongdong was actually biting his pen, engrossed in solving problems.

Xu Fan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled with some relief, "Alright, Dongdong, let's go. You still need to eat."

Chen Dongdong knew he was cramming at the last minute, but thinking of the sad faces of his parents after being expelled, he clenched his teeth and said, "Boss, I won't go. The mock exam is just a few days away, I want to work a bit harder, to make my parents happy for once!"

"Okay then, I'll bring you some food later."

Xu Fan nodded, happy that Chen Dongdong had this mentality as a friend.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Chen Dongdong, you sure are aiming high ah, really think that a few days of hard work can turn things around?"

"Hehe, sitting at the very last row, everyday only knowing how to read novels, now that exams are close, you start to panic?"

At that moment, they heard two students from the front row jeer in a mocking tone.

Xu Fan frowned slightly; it's true Chen Dongdong liked to read novels, but that was a personal hobby. What right did these two have to insult someone?

He looked at the two fair-skinned male students and said, "We provoked you, or what?"

"Hehe, we're just stating the facts. Chen Dongdong, why don't you learn from your deskmate and just wait for death, it's much better."

"Exactly! With the time you're spending, you might as well get more sleep. You know, a poor student will always be a poor student."

After saying these mocking words, the two left the classroom. At that moment, Shi Yong walked over.

"Xu bro, want me to teach these two a lesson for you?"

Shi Yong was eager to try! As a member of the underachiever faction, he had no small amount of resentment towards those two guys.

Xu Fan gave the volunteer Shi Yong a look and said, "What's it to you, go away."

"Dongdong, who are these two?"

Not very familiar with his classmates, Xu Fan asked Chen Dongdong.

Having been mocked by the two, Chen Dongdong said with some gloominess, "Boss, those two are Ouyang Hong and Xu Liren, the top students in our class, always in the top thirty of the grade... Learning gods..."

"They both have a bit of a thing for Guan Shimeng. With the school beauty getting so close to you lately, it's natural they can't stand you."

"..."

Xu Fan was somewhat speechless; so Chen Dongdong was mocked because of being associated with him...

But knowing the beauty of that girl, Guan Shimeng, it was understandable that the two scholarly students were jealous of him.

With a bitter-sweet head shake, Xu Fan patted Chen Dongdong on the shoulder and said, "Let them mock, Dongdong. I'm off to eat now and will bring you some food later."

At that moment, Guan Shimeng and Zhao Yan were waiting for him in the cafeteria. Xu Fan greeted them and hurried to the cafeteria.

By the time he arrived at the cafeteria, Guan Shimeng and Zhao Yan had already got their food and were sitting at the table, waving at him.

Xu Fan nodded and walked over.

Seeing Chen Dongdong wasn't following behind Xu Fan, Guan Shimeng and Zhao Yan couldn't help but ask, "Xu Fan, where's Chen Dongdong?"

"Oh, Dongdong is self-studying in the classroom."

Xu Fan casually replied and sat down, ready to start eating, when suddenly a noisy argument erupted nearby.

Looking over, he saw a group of students holding trays at a table not far away, arguing with two boys sitting there.

After recognizing the few people near the table, Xu Fan couldn't help but frown.

This was too much of a coincidence...