All My Fault for Being Too Beautiful!

He was so busy coaxing Xia Yao to be happy that he forgot about such an important matter!

Chu He's heart skipped a beat, and the smile on his face almost faltered. His mind raced to concoct a simplified version of the story.

"I did ask," he said, forcing himself to remain calm. But before he could continue, Xia Yao suddenly leaned closer, her delicate nose almost brushing his lips, and took a gentle sniff.

"There's a faint sweet and sour scent on your breath, just like Kachi's," Xia Yao said plainly. However, her clear, cool eyes narrowed slightly, glinting with a dangerous light. "It's faint, but it's there. And why are your lips a little swollen?"

BOOM!

Chu He's mind went blank. Cold sweat instantly broke out on his back!

Damn it, he only remembered to shower, not to rinse his mouth.

"I..." His Adam's apple bobbed, his heart pounding. He tried to feign calmness as he explained, "I just told her directly that I'm your man. She didn't believe me at first and even attacked me. We had a little... uh, a small conflict. She had me pinned down at the time.

"Later, she smelled your scent on me and grudgingly believed me. We were very close then, but I did catch a sweet and sour smell."

"Her expression at the time was priceless, so surprised."

Xia Yao listened, staring at him for a full three seconds. Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, she let out a "Pfft!" and laughed, her tense body relaxing slightly.

"Of course, knowing that gossip queen, she wouldn't rest until she got to the bottom of it, right?"

Chu He nodded vigorously. "Yeah, she kept pestering me, asking how I met you and how we ended up together in less than a day."

Hearing about living together, Xia Yao's laughter abruptly stopped. She thought back to what Chu He had said in the dreamscape. If Chu He knew she wasn't embarrassed at all.

After all, there were no longer any secrets between their bodies.

But the thought of her best friend seeing the explicit movie she starred in was simply unbearable.

"It's over..."

"I still can't accept being seen by my best friend!"

"I have no face to see her!"

Xia Yao wailed and buried her face deep in Chu He's chest, like a startled ostrich.

"She's definitely going to laugh at me! She'll mock me mercilessly when we meet!"

Chu He chuckled sheepishly, stroking her back and trying to comfort her. "This is all my fault. I shouldn't have thought about you... and done those things, even knowing it was a dream!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Yao in his arms suddenly lifted her head.

"This has nothing to do with you."

Chu He was taken aback.

Xia Yao continued, "If anyone's to blame, it's me. I'm naturally beautiful, pretty, and have a great figure. You're a vigorous young man, so it's normal that you couldn't resist thinking about me!"

"..."

Chu He's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

He'd seen narcissistic people before, but never someone so refreshingly self-absorbed and yet so righteous!

Yet, every single word she said was the truth! Still, it gave him a bizarre feeling.

Chu He finally could only nod earnestly. "You're right, that's the logic. It's simply because you're too beautiful."

"Since it's come to this, let's try to avoid the library from now on."

He paused and added, "Oh right, this school is yours, isn't it? Why don't you think of a way to get her out of here? Don't let her stay."

Xia Yao frowned slightly at his words and fell into thought.

After a while, she dejectedly shook her head. "No, I begged her to be the librarian. She's so smart, any excuse I give, she'll see right through me. It'll only make her more curious and less likely to leave."

Hearing her say that, Chu He could only wear a bitter expression.

Who was he kidding? In front of Kachi, he was always at her mercy!

What's more, she had...

The thought of the absurd events in the starry bedroom made Chu He instinctively clench his legs tighter.

But if this little devil wasn't removed from the school, he felt like a knife was constantly hanging over his heart, always sensing that something big was bound to happen sooner or later!

"If even you can't do anything, then we can only take it one step at a time," Chu He sighed.

"Mhm, that's all we can do for now," Xia Yao replied, seemingly unwilling to dwell on her troublesome best friend any longer.

The Principal's Office fell silent for a moment.

Chu He suddenly asked, "What should we do next? It's only a little past four in the afternoon."

Xia Yao's eyes suddenly lit up, then quickly dimmed. Her tone held a mix of longing and fear. "I'd love to take you to see my hometown, but... I'm afraid of my mom."

"Huh?" Chu He was stunned. "You're afraid of your mom?"

In his eyes, someone like Xia Yao was already at the ceiling level. How could she still have emotions like "fear"?

"It's not the kind of fear you're thinking of," Xia Yao shook her head and explained. "She's very strict with me, but she still loves me very much. What I'm afraid of is... if she finds out about us, you'll be finished."

She looked at Chu He, her expression incredibly serious. "You'll be killed."

"Moreover, in front of her, I don't have the slightest ability to resist. Once, because she was unhappy and just frowned, an entire Anomaly race near our hometown, along with the space they occupied, was wiped out without a trace. If she dislikes someone, she'll kill them without any reason, and I... I can't stop her."

Hearing these words, Chu He felt his blood freeze instantly, his hairs standing on end.

Xia Yao was straightforward and never lied. He would sooner believe pigs could fly than believe Xia Yao would lie.

This was the ultimate trump card!

Even an SSS-Class Anomaly like Xia Yao had no power to resist in front of her, so what kind of terrifying existence must that be!

Chu He felt utterly miserable.

He thought that by clinging to Xia Yao, this golden thigh, he could walk all over this Anomaly-filled world.

But now, Xia Yao was telling him that there was someone "above" her, someone even she couldn't resist.

What was this situation? Despair, a complete and utter sense of hopelessness, washed over him.

Just as Chu He's heart turned cold and he felt like he was suffocating, a flash of lightning struck his mind.

He remembered his [Kiss of the Bewitching Ghost].

This thing that he now both loved and hated.

Yeah, what was there to fear?

This world was inherently unreasonable! Rules were meant to be broken!

So, for the sake of survival, what was wrong with kissing an Anomaly?

To hell with morality and ethics, to hell with being a pure young man! In the face of death, everything was bullshit!

No matter who she was, whether it was the King of Heaven or his future mother-in-law, as long as she was a woman... no, regardless of gender, if she dared to harbor murderous intent towards him...

Kiss!

He would kiss them!

As he thought of this, Chu He's heart, which had sunk to the bottom, began to stir uncontrollably.

At this moment, he had grown a lot, shedding all the shackles that had been instilled in him since childhood.

He even began to fantasize uncontrollably.

If Xia Yao's mother really wanted to kill him, he would... pucker his lips, and the world would be at peace.

Hiss--

The scene was too beautiful to even imagine, but he had no choice but to do it.

When the enemy attacks, we parry. When the water flows, we dam it.

Whoever comes, he'll kiss them!

Chu He's gaze gradually shifted from fear to a desperate resolve, and finally, even carried a hint of an indescribable, pathological fervor.

Not only was he no longer afraid, but he even felt a slight, perverse sense of anticipation.

Xia Yao was already SSS-Class, so what level would her mother be?

Super SSS-Class?

Seeing Chu He's pale face and rapid breathing, Xia Yao mistook it for him being scared by her words.

Her clear, cool eyes instantly filled with heartache and self-reproach.

She reached out, somewhat clumsily, wanting to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and her voice softened, "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I shouldn't have said those things to scare you."

Chu He snapped back to reality when her cool fingertips touched him.

"It's okay." Chu He looked up, his eyes already calm, even carrying a depth that Xia Yao couldn't understand. He clasped her cool hand in return, his voice steady, "We can't hide from it. These things will have to be faced eventually. I will make her acknowledge me and like me."

Seeing him recover so quickly, Xia Yao's heartache intensified. She thought he was just putting on a brave face to avoid worrying her.

She nodded heavily, making a firm promise, "Yes! Don't worry, before that happens, I will definitely find a way to get my mother to agree to us being together!"