Transmigrating Into a Book, the Villain Becomes the White Moonlight!

14: Chapter 14 Your mouth has grown back?Mu Xue almost immediately struggled to sit up, ignoring the soreness in her body, and reported her schedule quickly, as if making a vow: ”I... I’ll be helping out at the rice noodle shop next to the school during lunch break. After school, I’ll work at that bakery from earlier for two hours. On Saturdays and Sundays... I’ll also do some other odd jobs. I... I can send you my location and take photos to report my itinerary at any time.”

She was eager to demonstrate her controllability, fearing that the deal they had just settled on would fall through.

”Click.”

The door was gently closed, cutting off Su Bai’s departing figure.

Mu Xue seemed to be drained of all her strength in an instant. She leaned heavily back against the soft headboard and took a long, silent breath, trying to calm her drum-like heartbeat and the tremors throughout her body.

Just then, the old phone by the pillow rang at an inopportune time, the word ”Mom” flashing on the screen.

Mu Xue took a deep breath and tried to make her voice sound steady and normal before pressing the answer button: ”Mom? I’m heading back soon. Um... the cake shop was a bit busy today, I just finished tidying up.”

Her mother’s voice came from the other end of the line, sounding somewhat relieved: ”Okay, then be careful on your way back. I’m still at the hospital with your dad. I have some good news for you!”

”What good news?” Mu Xue asked, following along, her fingertips unconsciously tightening around the bedsheets.

”The hospital said that an anonymous kind person from the community donated over thirty thousand in medical fees! This is enough for your dad for another half a year!” Her mother’s voice carried a long-lost joy.

”Really? That... that’s great.” Mu Xue’s voice rose deliberately, trying to create a tone of surprise, yet there was no expression of surprise on her face, only a nearly numb calmness.

”Have you had dinner? There are some leftovers at home; if you’re hungry, heat them up yourself. I’ll stay at the hospital a bit longer tonight to keep your dad company and head back later.”

”Okay, I’ll heat them up myself when I get back. Don’t worry, Mom.” Mu Xue ended the call with a few words and tossed the phone onto the other side of the pillow.

Silence fell over the room once again.

Mu Xue suddenly pulled up the soft down duvet, covering her entire head, and took a deep, greedy breath in the darkness. The duvet still held the faint scent of the hotel’s aromatherapy and Su Bai’s presence.

Let it be like this, she said to herself in her heart, just another ten minutes...

The bed here was truly soft—so soft that one didn’t want to leave, nor face the world outside.

...

”Look at you all! I’m too embarrassed to even post the results of this midterm exam in the parents’ group! Are you here to go to school?”

Teacher Hu stood on the podium, clutching a stack of thin test papers, his face dark.

He looked around at the students below, who had their heads bowed and their gazes wandering:

”You lot are truly the worst class I’ve ever taught!”

”Slurp—ptui.”

He picked up the thermos on the podium, which was filled with strong tea, took a large gulp, and forcefully spat the tea stems back in.

”Usually, your studies are no good, and now even your physical education tests have been left far behind by Class Two next door! You tell me, what exactly can you do well?”

A low-pressure atmosphere permeated the classroom.

Many students lowered their heads in shame.

One seat, however, was currently empty—needless to say, Su Bai had surely slipped away to who knows where again.

Two months into the school year, everyone had long since become accustomed to this situation.

After spending this much time together, the students in the class were already familiar with one another.

And Su Bai, this unique existence, had long since become a legend that the whole class tacitly understood.

A young master from a wealthy family, a profligate son—these were his most distinct labels.

Even if he occasionally came to school, he mostly stepped into the classroom just as the late bell rang.

As for the afternoon classes, he often left early without waiting for school to end.

The textbooks in his desk drawer were still in the same condition they were in when they were handed out on the first day of school; they were so brand new that he hadn’t even bothered to write his name, and the covers were clean enough to reflect light.

But even so, the seat next to Lin Wan seemed as if it had been enchanted; it was always reserved for Su Bai, and no one could move it.

”Reporting.”

Just as Teacher Hu’s anger was about to reach its peak, a lazy voice came from the classroom door.

”Enter,” Teacher Hu replied crossly.

Su Bai stood at the door with slightly messy hair and sleepy eyes, his face still carrying the daze of someone who had just woken up.

Teacher Hu glanced at him and ultimately suppressed his anger, waving his hand: ”Go in.”

”Yes,” Su Bai replied, walking back to his seat in a relatively orderly manner.

He maintained a basic level of respect for Teacher Hu.

After all, although the man was strict, he never made things difficult for him and turned a blind eye to a special student like him.

Su Bai still knew what proper etiquette was required.

”There will be another unit test next week! Class dismissed!” Teacher Hu dropped these words, picked up his precious teacup, and walked out of the classroom without looking back, as if staying for even one more second would shorten his lifespan.

As soon as the teacher left, the atmosphere in the classroom instantly became lively.

”What’s the situation now? Old Hu’s face turned green with anger.” As soon as Su Bai sat down, he turned his head to ask the informant behind him, Zhou Feng.

Zhou Feng shrugged helplessly: ”What else could it be? The midterm results were disastrous. Oh, you weren’t here that day. Anyway, our class’s average score is at the bottom.”

Hearing this, Su Bai immediately breathed a sigh of relief: ”Good, then this has nothing to do with me.”

Because his score was never included in the average, and he hadn’t even entered the examination hall.

”The main thing is the physical education test,” Zhou Feng added. ”Our class was also completely crushed by Class Two. Old Hu feels like he’s lost face.”

”Physical education?” Su Bai raised an eyebrow. ”Don’t we have several guys who practically live on the basketball court? How could we lose?”

”Sigh, don’t even mention it,” Zhou Feng said with a look of frustration. ”Those animals in Class Two are too fierce! There’s even someone from the School track team among them who goes for weighted runs as soon as he wakes up. How are we supposed to compete with them?”

”If we can’t outrun them, then so be it. What else can we do?” Su Bai didn’t care at all and replied casually.

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold voice tinged with slight anger came from beside him:

”That’s class honor! How could someone like you possibly understand?”

Lin Wan finally couldn’t help but speak up, her brow furrowed, her eyes full of disdain and disapproval as she looked at Su Bai.

”Oh?” Su Bai seemed to have discovered something novel. He turned his head and looked her up and down, his lips curling into a mocking, somewhat annoying smirk. ”You’ve been playing ’silence is golden’ for over two months, and now your mouth... has finally grown back?”

Over these past two months, Su Bai and Lin Wan had been in a state of nearly zero interaction.

If it weren’t for their status as deskmates, they probably wouldn’t have even had this solitary, gunpowder-filled conversation.