"I-I..."
Xu Muyan could not stand Chu Bai bragging and really wanted to retort.
But she did not want to agree to Chu Bai's bet.
The stakes were simply too high.
"Stop stammering. Are you in or not?" Chu Bai pressed.
"She's in. My Yan Yan agrees!" Father Xu suddenly said, then added, "It's getting late, and Yan Yan needs to rest. Young man, you'd better work hard."
"Okay, okay. Bye, Uncle Xu. Bye, Xu Muyan."
The call ended.
"Dad, what are you doing? Why did you agree for me?" Xu Muyan felt rather depressed.
"You took forever to answer, so I helped you answer," Father Xu said.
"If I lose, I-I'll become his girlfriend. Are you really my biological father?" Xu Muyan complained.
"Do you think you'll lose?" Father Xu asked.
Xu Muyan thought seriously for a moment, then said with certainty:
"No!"
It was not difficult to rise from the bottom of the class to the lower-middle ranks in a short time if one studied hard. But going from lower-middle to becoming one of the top ten students in the class was impossible! As a top student, Xu Muyan had every right to say so.
"Then that settles it." Father Xu smiled.
The reason he had acted that way was because he suddenly recalled using similar tactics when he had pursued Xu Muyan's mother as a student.
Chu Bai reminded Father Xu of his younger self.
Besides, Father Xu thought quite highly of Chu Bai and felt that he was a decent young man.
That was why he had agreed on Xu Muyan's behalf.
After all, his daughter herself had said that Chu Bai was unlikely to win.
If a miracle happened and Chu Bai really made it into the top ten of the class...
Then that would prove that the young man named Chu Bai truly loved his daughter.
For the sake of pursuing his daughter, he had gone from a poor student to a top student. The effort involved must have been grueling.
A boy like that would be qualified to become his daughter's boyfriend.
Father Xu had always been quite open-minded about his daughter dating.
"Go back to watching your TV. I'm going to bed. Hmph."
Xu Muyan was still a little upset. After making a face at her father, she returned to her room.
Once back in her room, Xu Muyan tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She took out her phone and found Wen Jing's number in her contacts.
She planned to vent to Wen Jing.
After Xu Muyan dialed the number, the ringtone went on for quite a while before Wen Jing answered.
"Jingjing, I didn't disturb your rest, did I?" Xu Muyan asked first.
"I-I'm not asleep yet. Calling this late... what's the matter?" Wen Jing's voice was somewhat choppy.
"Why does your voice sound strange? What are you doing?"
"I'm... eating Spicy Sticks. Wow, they're just too... too spicy."
"Haha, eating Spicy Sticks in the middle of the night? That's so like you."
"I didn't eat enough for dinner. When I got home, I was hungry again, and all I had left were Spicy Sticks."
"Jingjing, let me tell you, something happened just now that left me completely speechless. Do you know how ridiculous my dad is? He actually..." After chatting with Wen Jing for a few moments, Xu Muyan began pouring out her grievances.
"Chu Bai bet Xu Muyan that if he made it into the top ten in the joint entrance examination, Xu Muyan would become his girlfriend?"
Wang Haoran, who was beside Wen Jing, shuddered when he heard Xu Muyan's complaints.
The school exams were coming up. The bottom-ranked protagonist made a bet with a beautiful top student, then stunned everyone with his grades when the results came out, tricking the beautiful top student into becoming his girlfriend for free.
Wang Haoran was far too familiar with this Clichéd Plot.
Chu Bai might be a poor student now, but with his X-ray Vision Ability, he could copy from the high-scoring students in the exam hall. His grades definitely would not be bad.
Chu Bai making it into the top ten of the class was practically a sure thing.
Xu Muyan was doomed to lose!
Wang Haoran was glad he had not let Wen Jing go home today. By a twist of fate, he had learned this important information from her.
There were still several days before the joint entrance examination, giving him plenty of time to prepare and stop Chu Bai's plan.
Chu Bai's reliance was nothing more than using X-ray Vision to cheat.
If he could not cheat, how could his grades possibly make it into the top ten? A while later, Wen Jing ended her call with Xu Muyan.
After finishing up, Wang Haoran opened the panel and took a look.
Villain Points: 1400
He had only exchanged for Wing Chun last night, yet tonight he had already saved up so many Villain Points again.
These Villain Points really came quickly.
Should he exchange them for acting skills, a Youth Preservation Pill, or draw a prize? Wang Haoran considered it and chose to take a draw.
He was still very young, so there was no urgent need for a Youth Preservation Pill.
Acting skills were not something he needed right now either.
Time to test his luck!
After spending 500 Villain Points, the result appeared.
Unfortunately, the host did not receive any reward. Would you like to spend another 500 Villain Points to draw a reward?
"Draw again!" Wang Haoran was getting a little carried away and issued another command.
Ding! Congratulations, host! Your luck has exploded. You have drawn the "God-level Singing Skill," worth 1500 Villain Points. Use it immediately?
At least he had not lost out.
Wang Haoran let out a small sigh of relief, then replied to the system: Use immediately.
He was very satisfied with this God-level Singing Skill.
With his handsome appearance and this skill, if he entered the entertainment industry and became a star, he would most likely become a top-tier celebrity.
But what Wang Haoran valued most was not whether he could become a huge star.
What he valued was how useful this skill would be in flirting with Female Leads.
Boys who sang well were very attractive to girls.
With singing at the level of a god, plus the persona of a top student who was handsome and rich...
How many girls could possibly resist?
Wang Haoran could hardly wait to show off his singing voice in front of Song Zhenyu and Xu Muyan.
"Should I call them and sing to them?" That thought immediately popped into Wang Haoran's mind.
But it quickly faded.
It was too late now. Calling at this hour might get him treated like a harasser.
He could only wait for another opportunity to show it off.
The next day.
As dawn was just beginning to break, Chu Bai got up.
He became the first student to arrive in the classroom.
There was still quite some time before morning class. Chu Bai sat down at his desk and buried himself in his studies.
Chu Bai wanted to make a stunning impression in the joint entrance examination, so naturally, he had to lay some groundwork beforehand and put on a show of studying hard.
It was time for morning reading.
Some students in the class read English, while others reviewed ancient poems and prose. The room rang with the sound of reading.
Holding his Chinese textbook, Chu Bai read the ancient poems and prose with all his might, his voice ridiculously loud.
Amid the chorus of reading, he stood out sharply.
Gradually, some of the students sitting near Chu Bai could not take it anymore.
"Chu Bai, can you lower your voice? My ears are about to go deaf."
"Exactly. With your voice that loud, anyone who knows better would think you're studying. Anyone who doesn't would think you've got rabies."
"Read if you want, but can you keep your voice down? You're disturbing everyone else."
"My ears..."
The surrounding students continuously criticized Chu Bai.
"I like reading this loudly. What the hell does it have to do with you?" Chu Bai shot back.
"Hmph. Your grades are terrible, but you sure have plenty of problems."
"That's right. Poor students just love making a scene."
"Stop looking down on people. The joint entrance examination is coming soon. When the time comes, you'll see who the poor students really are. You bunch of trash, just wait for my report card to slap you in the face!" Chu Bai retorted again.
None of the people criticizing him had especially outstanding grades, so Chu Bai did not take them seriously at all.
Chu Bai had already made up his mind. Once his joint entrance examination results came out, he would definitely use his impressive report card to slap their faces swollen!
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