Thought you were a dragon, turned out to be a worm!

Gou Dachun walked into the classroom with a stony face.

He scanned the room and immediately spotted the troublemaking female student Yao Dazhuang had mentioned earlier.

With a hideous Winter Chrysanthemum blocking the view of an ugly face buried in long hair and slumped over the desk, it was hard not to notice her.

Most university professors prioritized academic research and rarely bothered with classroom discipline.

Gou Dachun usually didn't care either.

But today, an inexplicable fire seemed to be rising within him.

He picked up a piece of chalk and hurled it fiercely toward the back row.

The chalk traced a parabolic arc through the air, heading straight for Lan Qingxin's forehead.

Yao Dazhuang was overjoyed.

His swollen arm didn't even seem to hurt as much anymore.

Heh, you ugly freak. If the big boss won't deal with you, surely the professor can.

However, he didn't even get to be happy for three seconds.

As the arc passed over Ao Xinghao's head, the boy's long, slender arm shot up with a "whoosh," intercepted the chalk, and sent it bouncing to the floor.

Ao Xinghao continued to sleep nonchalantly, as if he had merely swatted away a mosquito in his dreams.

Yao Dazhuang: "..."

Now, not only did his arm hurt, but he was so angry his liver ached!

Gou Dachun was even more furious.

That brat, actually meddling in other people's business.

He wanted to scold Ao Xinghao, but the moment he thought of Ao Xinghao's background... he could only glare and swallow his anger.

He held that anger in for the entire class.

As the period neared its end, seeing that the two slackers in the back row still showed no signs of waking up, their arrogance was more than Gou Dachun could bear.

He cleared his throat: "We've reviewed the key points for the final exam today, so now I'll spot-check your understanding—where can BMP be extracted from? The female student in the last row, answer the question!"

In the last row, only Lan Qingxin was sitting there.

She didn't move an inch at the sound of his voice.

Instead, Ao Xinghao suddenly raised his arm, lifted his hand, and with sleepy eyes and a lazy tone, said, "I know."

Gou Dachun's eyelid twitched: "I didn't ask you, I asked the one behind you!"

Ao Xinghao let out an "oh," curled his index finger, turned around to tap lightly on Lan Qingxin's desk, and lowered his voice: "BMP, Bone Morphogenetic Protein, can be extracted from vertebrates..."

All the female students in the class looked at Lan Qingxin with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

God Ao was so condescending, even offering the answer on a silver platter.

Has this ugly freak saved the universe or something to deserve such treatment?!

Qin Xin had been resting with her eyes closed.

Suddenly hearing the noisy chatter around her, she snapped her eyes open!

A domineering and sharp aura, fueled by the energy she had just been circulating, poured out from the depths of her eyes, unstoppable.

But it was only for a split second.

She quickly tucked that aura away, keeping it firmly hidden.

Ao Xinghao blinked, feeling as though his vision had brightened for a moment, as if he had seen a flash of light in her eyes, but in the blink of an eye, she looked plain and unremarkable again.

He shook his head, unable to dwell on it, and lowered his voice: "The teacher wants you to answer the question, BMP extraction..."

Gou Dachun roared: "No prompting!"

After all, this question was advanced material beyond the syllabus; it wasn't in the textbook and was quite difficult.

As long as no one prompted her, this female student definitely wouldn't be able to answer.

Sure enough.

Qin Xin pondered: "BMP..."

A full ten seconds passed.

She didn't continue.

Gou Dachun sneered: "Sleeping so arrogantly in class, I thought you were a dragon, but it turns out you're just a worm. Since you don't know anything, how do you have the face to sleep?"

The whole class held back their laughter: "..."

Tsk tsk tsk, for a girl to be scolded by a professor in front of everyone for having no shame, she's probably going to cry her eyes out, right?

But.

Not only did Qin Xin not cry, she replied earnestly: "If I knew everything, you'd probably be out of a job."

Everyone: "..." Look at that, is that even something a human would say?

Gou Dachun was fuming, the anger he had suppressed for the entire class finally erupting: "You don't even understand BMP? You deserve a zero on the final exam. A good-for-nothing piece of trash like you should just drop out and go back home to sleep your life away!"

Qin Xin's originally indifferent expression suddenly turned icy at the mention of the words "drop out," as if something had crossed her mind—

[--Mini Theater--]

Lord Qing sneered: You'll find out soon enough who the real piece of trash is.

Bai Chi scratched his head in agitation: This Young Master only wants to know which woman is qualified to be engaged to Jue, wuwuwu! So fair! Pervertedly fair! A girl so dazzlingly fair...

Young Master Jue sneered: Call her sister-in-law.