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Chapter 69 - Standing as Punishment
Chapter 69 - Standing as Punishment
Chapter 69: Standing as Punishment
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The day Qiao Yue changed classes was an exciting day. She overheard her new classmates asking Qiao Yu about her in the morning. At noon, she almost revealed her gender. And in the afternoon, someone reactivated an old discussion thread on the forum about her background when she first came to Harvey.
How did Qiao Yue know about this? It’s because Sister Lin taught her new class in the afternoon. She didn’t know if this batch of students all had gossiping hearts, but from the moment Sister Lin entered the classroom, many eyes, whether overtly and covertly, were on her.
In order not to become the center of attention, Qiao Yue pretended to listen attentively until everyone stopped looking at her. Only then did she play with her phone discreetly.
As soon as Qiao Yue clicked into the forum, she saw the words “Illegitimate Child of the Qiao Family”. It was clearly about her. These students were quite free.
Flipping through the forum page by page, Qiao Yue realized that the earliest post was from four years ago, which was when the seniors had just entered Harvey. The school was very good at keeping secrets!
Qiao Yue exited the forum. As soon as she looked up, she met Sister Lin’s eyes. When she turned her head, she saw Qiao Yu’s eyes, looking like he was waiting for a show to start.
“Qiao Yue, if you don’t want to pay attention in class, go stand at the door as punishment.” Sister Lin said to Qiao Yue with a serious face.
Sister Lin’s words were rigid, but Qiao Yue couldn’t ignore the joy in her eyes.
The corners of Qiao Yue’s mouth twitched slightly. She never expected that Sister Lin would give her standing as punishment when she’s a university student.
Taking a deep breath, Qiao Yue walked out of the classroom under the gazes of the students.
Shortly after, the classroom door opened again. Qiao Yue turned around and saw Qiao Yu walking out.
Qiao Yue raised her eyebrows, not understanding why Qiao Yu had come out.
When Qiao Yu was standing next to her, Qiao Yue asked, “What did you do wrong?”
“Just like you, not paying attention in class.” Qiao Yu replied indifferently.
However, Qiao Yu’s situation was far worse than what he said. Not only did he not listen to the teacher, but the entire class heard the sound of him playing games. Although it seemed like an accident, it was no coincidence that Qiao Yu was caught playing with his phone as soon as Qiao Yue was punished.
“You’re going to stand for the entire period?” Qiao Yue asked as he looked at Qiao Yu, who’s still playing games.
“What else?”
Qiao Yu looked up from his phone when he heard Qiao Yue’s question.
“Let’s go boxing!” Qiao Yue suggested excitedly.
Qiao Yu was a little tempted, but his classmates had said that they were going to throw a welcome party for Qiao Yue after school, so he didn’t succumb.
“No, thanks. You don’t go anywhere too. There’s something happening later.” Qiao Yu buried his head in his game again.
Qiao Yue’s curiosity was piqued. But seeing that Qiao Yu wasn’t going to tell her more, she leaned over to look at Qiao Yu’s phone.
Qiao Yu was playing a newly released and locally made MOBA game. Qiao Yue played it with Zhou Lan for a few days during the game’s beta testing phase. But she was beaten so badly by Zhou Lan that she uninstalled the game.
Since Qiao Yu seemed to like it, she reinstalled the game and gave it another try. After all, if she wanted to get her hands on an administrator account for the forum, she would have to start with Qiao Yu.
The school bell rang on time. Qiao Yue and Qiao Yu stood and played the game for the entire period. Occasionally, Qiao Yu would make a mistake, which would attract Qiao Yue’s ridicule.
After the period ended, Qiao Yue and Qiao Yu went back to class to pack their things, but they were surrounded by a group of people.
“Qiao Yue, we’ve booked a private room on the top floor of Qingyue Hotel. We’re throwing you a welcome party for transferring to our class.” The person who spoke first was a peer tutor.
She had a small round face and a pair of large, watery eyes. The way she spoke, with her eyes curved, could melt people’s hearts.
Qiao Yue liked this kind of girl the most, soft-spoken and cute.
But in order not to expose her true nature, Qiao Yue looked at Qiao Yu with a straight face, only to find Qiao Yu staring back at her.
In an instant, Qiao Yue understood. Qiao Yu said that he didn’t want to go boxing because he knew about the welcome party.
Seeing everyone’s expectant eyes on her, Qiao Yue couldn’t bear to decline her new classmates and nodded slowly. The classroom then burst into loud cheers, scaring the students passing by.
The students at Harvey were all from rich and powerful families all over the country. They were all from prominent families, so it was natural for them to be ferried in luxury cars.
Therefore, as soon as school ended, more than a dozen luxury cars lined up and drove to the Qingyue Hotel. Many of them who were close shared cars and had their own cars driven away first.