Moving On from the Tsundere, I Choose the Perfect Sweetheart

The news had kept her up the entire night, excited beyond compare.

’There was just no way to sleep!’

It wasn’t until this morning that Ye Xiangying’s husband, seeing her still buzzing with excitement, got so scared he skipped breakfast and rushed off to the office.

’There was nothing he could do!’

’He felt like he would die if he stayed any longer!’

’Sure enough!’

’You really can’t mess with a woman in her thirties or forties!’

’The ancients really weren’t kidding!’

...

Recalling the last thing her husband said before fleeing, Ye Xiangying couldn’t help the blush that crept up her cheeks.

However, the students below the stage were still lost in their shock and failed to notice.

’Still, got to be honest!’

’When good things happen, you feel great!’

’They say a harmonious relationship can really improve your skin!’

’I can’t believe it’s actually true!’

Even though she hadn’t slept a wink last night, her skin was still rosy and smooth this morning. She didn’t even feel tired in the slightest!

’But it was hard on my husband. I kept him up all night. Looks like I’ll have to make him a nice meal tonight to make it up to him!’

’Oh, my~’

’What is all this nonsense I’m thinking about!’

Suddenly remembering she was in the middle of class, Ye Xiangying quickly shook her head to clear away the distracting thoughts.

"AHEM, AHEM..."

She composed herself, looked out at the students, and slowly began to speak again. "Right, I forgot to mention. All of these astonishing achievements belong to the same person!"

The students: "..."

"That’s right!"

"You heard me correctly!"

"The student who took first place in the city for total score and first place in the city for every individual subject in this mock unified exam is one and the same person!"

"And he is a student in our very own class, Gu Yifan!"

"In this exam, Gu Yifan achieved the proud result of a perfect score in every single subject!"

Ye Xiangying announced loudly, her voice trembling with excitement.

WHOOSH—

In an instant, all eyes were fixed on Gu Yifan!

"Uh..."

Gu Yifan felt a little awkward, but on the surface, he maintained a calm and unconcerned expression.

"HOLY SHIT!!"

"Perfect scores, first in the city?!"

"Brother Fan, you’re a fucking legend!!!"

Just then, Wang Zibo, who was sitting in front of Gu Yifan, suddenly jumped to his feet and yelled.

The next second, all the gazes that had been focused on Gu Yifan shifted to him.

’That bold, huh?’ Gu Yifan thought, glancing at his best friend in surprise.

"Uh... (°_°)..."

Feeling the searing gazes of the crowd, Wang Zibo snapped back to reality and realized what he had just said.

"Heh heh..."

He blushed, scratched his head awkwardly, and said sheepishly, "Don’t look at me like that, guys... it’s kind of embarrassing..."

At this point, up on the stage, their homeroom teacher Ye Xiangying’s face had already darkened.

"Wang Zibo!"

"This is a classroom!"

"Don’t forget you’re a high school student!!"

"Watch your language!!!"

She said coldly, staring at Wang Zibo.

"Um... Teacher Ye, I was wrong. I’m sorry, I just got carried away, I got carried away..."

Wang Zibo quickly and meekly admitted his mistake.

"I don’t want to hear such vulgar language a second time!"

"If there’s a next time, you can get out!"

Perhaps because she was in a good mood today, Ye Xiangying didn’t punish him further, only speaking with a cold expression.

"Okay, okay, it won’t happen again, it won’t happen again..."

"Heh heh..."

Seeing that ’the old woman’ wasn’t pressing the issue, Wang Zibo secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly gave his assurance.

"Hmph!"

Ye Xiangying snorted and ignored him, turning instead to Gu Yifan behind him. Her face once again bloomed into a radiant smile.

"Gu Yifan has achieved such a stunning result this time!"

"Let’s give him our warmest round of applause to congratulate him!"

she said, laughing loudly.

CLAP CLAP CLAP... CLAP CLAP CLAP...

With that, she began to clap, and the students below, snapping out of their daze, joined in. The entire classroom instantly erupted with thunderous applause.

...

RING—RING—

"Alright, that’s it for this class. If you need water, go get water. If you need the restroom, go to the restroom. We’ll continue reviewing the exam papers in a bit."

As the bell rang, signaling the end of the morning reading session, Ye Xiangying stood at the podium and waved to the students.

The moment her words faded, with a sudden commotion, a crowd of students rushed over to Gu Yifan’s desk and started chattering away.

"So awesome!"

"Gu Yifan, you bastard, you were hiding your skills! Tell us how you managed to get perfect scores on everything!"

"Brother Fan, we were supposed to flunk and be losers together! How could you secretly take off like this!"

"Yeah, yeah! Getting a perfect score in a subject like Chinese, Gu Yifan, you’re just too amazing!"

"Oh right, I’ve never even seen what a perfect-score Chinese paper looks like!"

"Gu Yifan, could you lend me your perfect-score Chinese paper so I can study it?"

"Me too, me too!"

"Yeah, Brother Fan! Old Fan! From now on, you’re my big bro! Pass on some of your study secrets!"

...

A group of them, boys and girls, surrounded Gu Yifan, talking nonstop.

"Uh..."

Gu Yifan looked at his completely swamped desk and listened to the endless stream of compliments and questions, feeling a bit dazed.

’Damn... this is a little too much enthusiasm!’

But he wasn’t angry about it. Although these rascals in front of him could be a bit gossipy sometimes, he knew that deep down, none of them had any ill intentions.

"Stop... stop, stop!"

"The papers are on the desk, just grab them if you want to look!"

"Um... could you... as for everything else, can we talk about it after I get back from the restroom?"

Gu Yifan said with a helpless look on his face to the crowd encircling him.

"Going to the restroom?"

"Let’s go, let’s go! We’ll go with you!"

With that, the boys in the crowd surrounded Gu Yifan and marched majestically toward the boys’ restroom.

As for the girls, they wanted to follow too, but unfortunately, they lacked a certain... appendage.

All they could do was watch as Gu Yifan was escorted away by the boys.

"Hey, have you guys noticed? Gu Yifan seems to have changed."

"Changed? Did he get more handsome?"

"Pfft, Gu Yifan has always been handsome, okay!"

"But he really does seem different lately. Before, even though he was handsome, he only had eyes for you-know-who. He was always cold and distant with everyone else, so he seemed really unapproachable. No one really dared to talk to him."

"But now that we’ve interacted with him a bit, he doesn’t seem so unapproachable after all."

"Yeah!"

"Hey, do you think he started changing after his confession failed?"

"Mm, that’s very possible!"

"But, wasn’t there a rumor going around that he and Su Qinghe from Class 5 got together? Do you think it might be true?"

...

The group of girls whispered amongst themselves as they gazed at Gu Yifan, who shone like the moon surrounded by stars in the crowd.

Even though their voices were low, Han Ning, who had been paying close attention to the situation, still heard them.

Her delicate, lightly made-up face instantly darkened. Her small hand, clutching a gel pen, couldn’t help but tighten, her knuckles turning white...