Chapter 007: A Love Letter to the Campus Belle

But just at that moment, a large hand suddenly reached over and, catching Lin Feng off guard, snatched away the love letter he had just finished writing.

Lin Feng turned his head to look—it was Thunder Tiger.

Thunder Tiger had been humiliated at Lin Feng's house yesterday, and now found Lin Feng even more displeasing to the eye. Discovering that Lin Feng was actually writing a love letter to someone, how could he miss this opportunity to mock him?

Holding the love letter, Thunder Tiger walked up to the podium with a face full of contempt and sneered, "Who would have thought that our class's Lin Feng is such a romantic seed, actually writing love letters to girls during class. Now, let me read it aloud for everyone... 'Bai Yichen, hello. I've been noticing you for a long time...'"

If this had been before, Lin Feng would definitely have rushed forward, even at the risk of being expelled from school, to snatch the letter back. But now, having obtained the Peach Blossom Manual, he could foresee his future achievements. Both his heart and vision had broadened considerably. He didn't step forward to stop it, only coldly watching Thunder Tiger's ugly performance on the podium.

The classmates all kept their heads down, not adding insult to injury by looking at Lin Feng with strange eyes. Partly because they were somewhat afraid of Lin Feng, this kind of poor student who had given up on himself, and partly because everyone didn't think writing a love letter to Bai Yichen was anything shameful. Quite a few male students actually admired Lin Feng's courage.

Only Tian Mengqian kept her head down, tightly gripping the ballpoint pen in her hand, her delicate face slightly pale.

After finishing reading the love letter, seeing that the students in class didn't show much contempt for Lin Feng, Thunder Tiger felt unsatisfied. He sneered and said, "What a toad lusting after swan meat. Do you know how excellent Bai Yichen is? You're not even worthy of carrying her shoes, yet you want to pursue her. Have you no shame? Have you no sense of embarrassment?"

At this hot-blooded age, no matter how broad-minded Lin Feng had become, he couldn't remain completely unmoved by honor or disgrace.

Facing Thunder Tiger's vicious insults, Lin Feng stood up and calmly looked directly at Thunder Tiger on the podium, saying, "I merely wrote a love letter to a girl. How does that make me shameless? How does that mean I have no sense of embarrassment? Slandering and defaming your own student like this—is this how you set an example as a teacher?"

After obtaining the Peach Blossom Manual, Lin Feng's confidence had grown much stronger. Facing Thunder Tiger, he felt no pressure at all. Rather than defending himself emotionally, he questioned back with ease.

Not expecting that Lin Feng, who had always endured his cold mockery and sarcasm, would actually dare to talk back, Thunder Tiger's face turned white then black. "So you think you're in the right for dating early?"

"Writing a love letter doesn't equal dating early, does it?"

"You..." Thunder Tiger had been teaching for decades and had never had a student dare to openly defy him. He trembled with anger, pointing at Lin Feng and saying, "If you don't pass tomorrow's exam, don't bother coming back. A bad apple like you staying here is just a menace."

"I haven't committed any major offense. Just because I fail an exam, you want to expel me? Then what if I pass tomorrow's exam?"

"You could pass? Dream on!"

"If I can't pass, I'll voluntarily withdraw from school?"

Thunder Tiger couldn't wait for Lin Feng to withdraw. If he expelled Lin Feng, he was somewhat worried that Lin Feng's mother would report him to the Education Bureau. Although he could deny it, making a scene at the Education Bureau would still have a bad influence. Hearing Lin Feng say he would voluntarily withdraw if he didn't pass, Thunder Tiger, afraid Lin Feng would go back on his word, quickly said, "Good! All the students in class heard it. If he doesn't pass tomorrow's math test, he'll voluntarily withdraw from school."

"But what if I pass?" Lin Feng looked at Thunder Tiger with a half-smile.

"If you can pass, as long as you don't break the law or interfere with others' studies in the future, you can do whatever you want."

"Good."

Seeing Lin Feng's confident appearance, Thunder Tiger couldn't help but feel somewhat doubtful. Could it be that this kid knew about tomorrow's test paper and had already obtained the answers?

That shouldn't be very likely. This hopeless case was too lazy even to cheat.

After thinking it over, Thunder Tiger concluded that Lin Feng was just being stubborn. After tomorrow, this eyesore of a poor student would disappear forever.

Having his painstakingly written love letter torn up by Thunder Tiger, Lin Feng wasn't in a great mood either, and he had no desire to rewrite it. Besides, class was about to end soon, so there wouldn't be time to rewrite it anyway.

Since it was just to complete the mission, Lin Feng pulled out a crumpled notebook from his drawer, tore out a page, picked up his pen, and finished it in less than two minutes.

After class, seeing that Tian Mengqian's complexion wasn't good, Lin Feng asked, "Qianqian, what's wrong?"

"I'm fine." Tian Mengqian's eyes were somewhat evasive as she quickly lowered her head and walked forward.

"Wait." Lin Feng pulled out the newly written love letter from his pocket—just a piece of draft paper folded twice. "Help me give this to Bai Yichen."

"This is?" Although she had heard Thunder Tiger read Lin Feng's love letter to Bai Yichen in the classroom earlier, seeing what Lin Feng was handing her now, Tian Mengqian still felt extremely surprised.

"Hehe, it's a love letter I wrote to the campus belle."

"Ah!" Tian Mengqian reached out and took it. "Can I look at it?"

"Go ahead!"

Tian Mengqian lowered her head and opened the paper. She burst out laughing.

Tian Mengqian felt this wasn't a love letter at all. Even if it was a love letter, it would only have the opposite effect. The sorrow on her face swept away completely as she jogged toward the entrance of Bai Yichen's classroom.

Although she had been named campus belle, Bai Yichen never considered herself as such. She came and left school at precise times every day, turning a blind eye to all the male students' favor.

"Excuse me, are you Bai Yichen?" Just as she walked out of the classroom, Bai Yichen was blocked by a girl. The girl had delicate features and exuded a faint aura of purity and gentleness.

"You are?" Bai Yichen looked at the girl before her with questioning eyes.

"Someone asked me to give you this."

Taking what the girl handed her, if it was a love letter, Bai Yichen normally wouldn't look at it.

After hesitating, Bai Yichen still opened the paper.

It really was a love letter. The content was as follows:

[A Love Letter

You possess both beauty and wisdom, with a transcendent temperament. You are the foremost of the three legendary campus belles of Qinglan Middle School.

I am a genuine poor student, but Thirty Years East of the River, Thirty Years West—who can guarantee that in the future I won't become someone you're infatuated with?

I like you. It's up to you whether you know how to seize this opportunity.

Lin Feng]

Bai Yichen's fair little face showed some astonishment. After a moment, the corners of her beautiful mouth actually curved up slightly in an attractive arc, as if an ancient iceberg had melted in an instant.

In a flash, Bai Yichen's face returned to its previous coldness, and she tossed the love letter into a nearby trash can.

After Bai Yichen left, a bespectacled male student walked forward, retrieved Lin Feng's love letter from the trash can, then pulled out his phone and sent a text message:

Young Master Jun, someone else wrote a love letter to Bai Yichen. Lin Feng from Class 3-1.

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