A Slap Is Pain, a Scolding Is Love

Chapter 29: A Slap Is Pain, a Scolding Is Love

"Su Ke, Su Ke!" Wang Xiaogang shouted as soon as he saw Su Ke enter the classroom, waving him over.

"What?" Su Ke walked over. Wang Xiaogang wore a smug, expectant expression. "So, did you watch the video when you got home?"

Su Ke nodded. The video had nearly kept him up all night. He'd watched it over and over more than ten times, analyzing what he could learn and figuring out how to look even cooler in his next shoot.

"I'm telling you, you're about to become famous at No. 17 High School!" Wang Xiaogang grinned mischievously at him, then winked and whispered, "I uploaded your video to our school's Tieba yesterday!"

"Crap!" Su Ke's heart immediately began to race. A bad feeling welled up inside him, as if something awful was about to happen. Before he knew it, he was breaking out in a cold sweat.

Seeing Su Ke turn pale, Wang Xiaogang was at a loss. "What's wrong with you? After I posted your video on Tieba, you became famous. Just think how many girls will come chasing after you! You have no idea how cool you looked in that video. If I were a girl, you'd have lost your virginity to me already!"

"Ugh, I'm just afraid someone's going to come looking for me!" Su Ke sighed helplessly.

"Su Ke!"

A clear, sweet voice suddenly came from the classroom doorway.

Su Ke looked over and was instantly stunned. A girl stood at the entrance, waving at him. Her face was unreadable.

"See? See? I told you you'd get famous! You have me to thank for it!" Wang Xiaogang turned to look. The girl standing in the doorway had long hair falling over her shoulders. Her face and figure seemed strangely familiar, but he was certain she was beautiful.

Su Ke trudged forward as if he were walking to the gallows, his face unusually grim and his heart pounding with anxiety. The girl, meanwhile, looked perfectly composed, staring straight at him.

As he walked out, he tried to steady his breathing. What was done was done; there was no point trying to avoid it now. You could run from a monk, but not from his temple. At last, Su Ke shuffled up to the girl. "You're here!"

The girl didn't answer. She moved farther down the hallway, away from the students' eyes. Only then did Wang Xiaogang suddenly cry out, "Good heavens, isn't that the school beauty Li Feifei?"

That was right!

This girl was Li Feifei, one of No. 17 High School's ten great beauties—and the victim of Su Ke's two previous butt grabs. At last, she'd found the culprit and come straight to confront him.

Su Ke looked at Li Feifei. Her jet-black hair fell like a length of silk, dividing into several locks at her shoulders. She wore a short-sleeved white chiffon blouse, light and airy, with a white camisole visible underneath. Paired with sea-blue harem pants, her outfit looked fresh and lively.

Li Feifei, however, looked displeased. Her small face was tense, and she stared at Su Ke without saying a word.

Su Ke was terribly embarrassed. He didn't even have to check to know his face was red as a monkey's backside. His heart pounded, and his palms were already slick with sweat.

The moment Wang Xiaogang told him he'd uploaded the video to Tieba, Su Ke had known this day would come sooner or later. At the end of the video, he'd said that he was a student in Class 3-8 at No. 17 High School. Before, he and Li Feifei hadn't run into each other because their classes were on different floors. But now? Heh. Was it really so hard to walk downstairs?

Li Feifei kept staring at Su Ke without a word. It was almost time for morning self-study, and students kept passing by them, casting curious looks in their direction. That only made Su Ke more nervous.

"Uh!" Su Ke took a deep breath, trying to calm down. If they kept standing there like idiots, they'd soon draw a crowd. "Heh, are you all right?"

Li Feifei had been fuming ever since she saw Su Ke. If they hadn't been surrounded by so many students, she would've already blown up at him. Now he was speaking as if he were completely innocent, making her even angrier. Her chest heaved, her shapely breasts rising and falling.

Su Ke's gaze accidentally landed on Li Feifei's chest. He couldn't help looking once, then again.

"Like what you see?"

Su Ke completely missed the murderous edge in Li Feifei's voice and nodded on reflex. "Looks pretty good!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, he knew he was in trouble. Sure enough, Li Feifei, who'd been holding back her anger, suddenly kicked at him. If this had happened before, Su Ke would've taken the kick head-on, no question. But ever since he'd gained Military Boxing Mastery, his reflexes had become much faster. He stepped aside and dodged it just in time.

Li Feifei missed, which only made her angrier. She pressed in close, and Su Ke had no choice but to keep backing away. Lowering his voice, he said, "Don't—don't do this. Think of your reputation! Hey, stop kicking me. The teacher's coming!"

Nothing worked better than the teacher's arrival. Li Feifei stopped and glanced around. There wasn't a teacher in sight. That only made her furious, and she lunged at Su Ke with her arms flailing.

"Wait, Li Feifei! Let's talk this out!" Su Ke stayed out of her reach, watching as she panted. Her willow-leaf brows were drawn together, and her face was flushed. She looked ready to eat him alive.

"What's there to talk about?" Li Feifei did want to confront Su Ke, but how could she tell him in front of everyone that he'd grabbed her butt? She gritted her teeth and spat the words out angrily.

"Calm down first. There are so many people watching, and self-study's about to start. How about we have lunch together?" Su Ke had calmed down after dodging her attacks for a while. No longer feeling nervous, he thought he'd try to smooth things over for now.

Out of the corner of her eye, Li Feifei spotted Wang Xiaogang craning his neck from inside the classroom to peek at them. She turned and glared at him. Wang Xiaogang immediately ducked back out of sight. Li Feifei looked back at Su Ke, who had put on a solemn expression, and finally nodded. "Fine!"

After saying that, Li Feifei turned and stormed away without looking back.

"Phew!" Su Ke wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and finally relaxed. Just as he was about to head back, Wang Xiaogang popped out. "Not bad, bro! I never knew you and the school beauty Li had a thing going on!"

"Get lost. Didn't you see that one kick nearly killed me?" Su Ke waved him away like an annoying fly, then headed back.

"Heh, a slap means pain, a scolding means love, and a kick means she loves you most of all. Don't try to fool me. Come on, tell me how you got together with the great beauty Li!" Wang Xiaogang stuck to Su Ke like a plaster, draped an arm over his shoulder, and followed him into the classroom.

Su Ke wasn't in the mood to joke with him. But as soon as he walked in, he felt someone's eyes on him. He looked up and saw Wei Lan pouting at him, glaring as if he'd done something unforgivable to her.

He managed a strained smile, but all he got in return was an eye roll from Wei Lan. Su Ke was even more baffled. What was that about? Before he could dwell on it any longer, a mechanical prompt sounded in his mind.

He hurried into the Flower Picking System's space, where a new task appeared on the electronic screen.

"Task: Agree to Li Feifei's request; reward: High School Science Subjects (Intermediate)."