The Coveted Gloomy Beta Roommate Chapter 66

Chapter 66: A Good Dog: Still Not Coming Over? Are You Waiting for Me to Arrest You?

Lu Zhi’s face suddenly felt a bit hot. Tang Xingye actually fed him in front of other people?

Lu Zhi didn’t actually like sweets, but seeing Tang Xingye proactively coaxing him like this, his heart was soaked in honey. The corners of his mouth couldn’t be suppressed, and his tone revealed joy: “Mn.”

Tang Xingye was too lazy to coax Lu Zhi. Seeing him throw a tantrum gave him a headache from the noise, so he simply used the pastry to plug his mouth.

Tang Xingye: Sure enough, that guide on training dogs is useful.

Ji Chen’s gaze fell on Lu Zhi’s face, then slowly shifted to Tang Xingye’s fingertips. He narrowed his eyes, feeling slightly displeased.

Pei Lian, peeping: “…”

Lu Zhi really is a good dog, so easily coaxed.

He thought Lu Zhi would make a huge fuss. His face had looked so ugly just moments ago, but in front of Tang Xingye, he acted like a submissive punching bag.

Lu Zhi grabbed Tang Xingye’s wrist, his eyes sparkling, a big tail wagging frantically behind him. He said earnestly, “Choose me as your partner for the school anniversary dance, okay?”

Tang Xingye lifted his eyelids and said straightforwardly, “No.”

Lu Zhi: “…”

Lu Zhi glanced at Ji Chen from the corner of his eye and gritted his teeth. “Then you two can dance, just bring me along.”

Ji Chen, Pei Lian: “…”

Did Lu Zhi want the whole school to watch the three of them spin in circles?

Tang Xingye looked Lu Zhi up and down, frowned slightly, and said dissatisfiedly, “You’re so noisy.”

Lu Zhi hurriedly promised, “I won’t be noisy anymore, I promise.”

Seeing Tang Xingye reject Lu Zhi so directly, Ji Chen pressed down the corners of his lips. “You know how to dance?”

Tang Xingye opened his next subject notebook without looking up. “I’m not dancing. I don’t have that much time for entertainment.”

Ji Chen: “…”

Well then, the biggest rival is studying.

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Shen Qing passed by the study room and saw a strange scene.

Four people were at the study desk. Tang Xingye was solving problems, Lu Zhi was transcribing, Ji Chen had an open book in front of him and was leisurely spinning a pen, while Pei Lian sat on the other side.

Tang Xingye going to the study room and having people sit nearby was normal; she was used to it.

But she couldn’t put her finger on the strangeness before her. After thinking for a moment, she finally realized the reason was Ji Chen.

His muscles were somewhat tense, as if enduring something.

An Alpha who climbed the wall to get some fresh air was escaping the Discipline Department’s capture. Just as he passed the corner, he was tripped by Ji Chen.

The Alpha reacted extremely quickly, supporting himself with his elbow and immediately counterattacking.

“Why are you here? Weren’t you in the study room?” Shen Qing, who had chased after the escapee, was stunned to see Ji Chen and asked.

“He has contraband tied to his calf.” Ji Chen didn’t answer the question directly. He lifted his leg and stepped on the Alpha who was still struggling to get up and run, rendering him immobile.

Shen Qing’s expression instantly became serious as she tied the person up.

Ji Chen helped escort the person to the Student Council, his tone breezy and calm. “I won’t use my shortcomings to compete with others’ strengths.”

Shen Qing was stunned for a moment before realizing Ji Chen was answering her earlier question. She looked at the Alpha, who had been beaten black and blue, and was speechless for a moment.

Ji Chen wasn’t familiar with Tang Xingye’s subjects and projects. Staying there wouldn’t help; aside from making himself look superfluous, it was meaningless.

Lu Zhi was very happy that Ji Chen gave up just like that. He was like a rooster that had driven away a third party and won, his spirits high.

He completed the tasks Tang Xingye assigned extremely quickly, eyes fixed on Tang Xingye, looking exactly like a big dog begging for a reward.

Tang Xingye, gradually mastering the technique, casually patted Lu Zhi’s head to comfort him without taking his eyes off the book page.

Most of the teachers Tang Xingye encountered were gentle and friendly, but his newest elective teacher had a very unique style. Lectures were live-streamed online, every in-class assignment was a short essay, and attendance was never taken. This greatly satisfied students who wanted to slack off for credits.

However, although this teacher was extremely lax and laissez-faire in class, his grading comments were heinously sharp-tongued. The evaluations students received were invariably:

—Your introduction is excellent; it successfully made me lose my direction in life.

—Reading your paper is like riding a roller coaster: first fuming with anger, finally laughing until the rooster crows.

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—Before graduating, never tell anyone you took my class. That would be academic slander.

Tang Xingye didn’t mind the teacher’s laissez-faire policy. Although he occasionally skipped this filler class, he always researched and wrote the assignments seriously.

The in-class assignments weren’t graded immediately. For unsatisfactory work, the teacher would give revision suggestions and ask them to rewrite it.

Tang Xingye opened his assignment. The opening comment was: Did you eat hallucinogenic mushrooms before writing this paper?

Tang Xingye stared at the screen in silence for two seconds, thinking: Oh boy, have to rewrite.

After thinking about it, out of respect for the teacher, he sincerely replied: [Teacher, I didn’t eat any, but if you recommend them, I can try.]

After reading the sharp-tongued comments, he exited the page to prepare for a rewrite, only for a pop-up window to boldly display the assignment grade: A+.

Tang Xingye thought, Or maybe this teacher ate the mushrooms before grading.

Tang Xingye got up to go to the study room. It was break time, and the corridor was crowded with students just out of class.

The heat from the crowd flushed his cool white skin a pale red. The noise weirdly quieted for a moment as Tang Xingye passed. Several Alphas pretended to look down at their phones, but their peripheral vision chased the swaying hem of his clothes; someone kept staring even after the class bell rang until their companion pinched them hard to snap them out of it.

Tang Xingye remained oblivious to the strangeness around him until someone jogged up behind him. “Xingye, wait for me!”

He turned his head and recognized Ai Ke, a classmate from his group discussion. The other’s cheeks were flushed, breathing slightly rapid, saying he was also going to the study room. Tang Xingye nodded slightly, and the two walked side by side for a stretch.

Since Tang Xingye was reticent, Ai Ke, trying to prevent the walk from becoming too awkward, actively sought a topic. “For the dance, have you decided who you’re dancing with?”

When this question was asked, no name popped into Tang Xingye’s mind. He hadn’t thought about it, or rather, hadn’t paid attention to it.

The school anniversary dance was a traditional event. He had never learned to dance. To blend in and not lose face, participating in the dance meant not only dancing poorly but also the embarrassment of stepping on others’ feet.

Tang Xingye answered perfunctorily, “The anniversary is still a while away. I haven’t decided yet.”

Seeing his lack of interest, Ai Ke didn’t pursue the question.

As Tang Xingye passed a corridor, he heard an Alpha’s pained groan, accompanied by the sound of fists colliding, causing a commotion among passersby.

Following the sound, he saw Ji Chen fighting someone—no, accurately speaking, unilaterally beating the other party. His reaction speed was so fast the opponent didn’t even have time to fight back.

Usually, Ji Chen would be dangling a lollipop, looking like a lazy, casual, childish ghost. But right now, his face wore a cold, mocking expression that was chilling. With his sharp brow bone and slightly raised chin, he exuded a razor-sharp aura.

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Was fighting in underground matches outside school not enough for Ji Chen? Was he openly fighting inside the school now too?

Tang Xingye frowned, suddenly realizing his attention was diverted to things other than studying again. Ji Chen was his number one rival; what did his fighting have to do with him?

Ji Chen tacitly kept a distance from him in public. Private fights were held in empty training rooms. Almost no one knew they were roommates, nor did anyone know about the secret mutual aid relationship between them.

Ji Chen’s reputation was bad right now, but it hadn’t affected him.

“A loss is a loss. Sneak attacking from behind—only cowards take such actions.” Ji Chen’s voice was cold.

“I didn’t.” The Alpha gritted his teeth and denied it, trembling.

Tang Xingye quickly understood from the few words that these two Alphas had a disagreement and competed with spiritual power. One party, refusing to accept defeat, launched a sneak attack from behind, was caught by Ji Chen, and was being schooled on the spot.

Tang Xingye recognized the beaten Alpha; he was the team leader for his cooperative project.

His eyes darkened slightly, feeling it was troublesome. If the team leader was changed due to injury, all data alignment would have to be restarted.

He took a step forward, calmly blocking the space between the two.

Severe pain made the Alpha tremble all over. Fine cold sweat seeped from his forehead, and his eyes held terrified tears.

Seeing someone step out to help him, the Alpha acted like he grabbed a life-saving straw. Disregarding his face, he hid directly behind Tang Xingye.

Now his face and dignity were crushed. He cursed Ji Chen and the Alpha who started the contest viciously in his heart, but on the surface, he looked terrified, daring not let anyone know his true thoughts.

The commotion was too big and alerted a nearby teacher, who strode over, face instantly serious upon seeing the scene. “What’s going on? Student, didn’t anyone tell you fighting is prohibited on campus?”

Ji Chen’s expression was calm as he pointed to his armband. “Teacher, I am fulfilling the duties of the Discipline Department.”

The teacher learned the full story from the other party involved, but his face remained unhappy. “Punishment shouldn’t be executed by you. I will notify his parents about this.”

Ji Chen wanted to sneer, but out of the last bit of virtue for respecting teachers, he didn’t laugh out loud.

The teacher looked at the Alpha hiding behind Tang Xingye. “Are you hurt badly?”

Tang Xingye knew Ji Chen was very careful with his force, precisely avoiding vital points, leaving only hidden injuries that were inconspicuous but painful enough.

Sure enough, the other party held on and said, “N-no… nothing.”

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“You, come with me.”

“Yes.”

Pale-faced, the Alpha tremblingly followed the teacher away.

The air suddenly solidified—

Ji Chen turned to look at the people still present, primarily Tang Xingye. The surrounding breaths tightened instantly. Because Tang Xingye had just helped that Alpha, would Ji Chen take his anger out on him?

Some people cursed the Alpha who caused trouble in the first place. It’s all his fault that Tang Xingye is being targeted by the Demon King!

Now that the poor Beta was targeted, it was foreseeable that he wouldn’t have good days ahead.

Ji Chen suddenly asked, “What is your name?”

His voice was unhurried, yet it raised everyone’s hearts to their throats.

Tang Xingye blinked rapidly. “Octopus.”

The surroundings fell silent for a few seconds. The students watching in secret widened their eyes because of Tang Xingye’s answer.

Ai Ke beside him was startled by Tang Xingye’s answer. mouth gaping, he looked at Tang Xingye in panic, afraid Ji Chen would violently beat him up in the next second.

Ai Ke signaled desperately with his eyes, motioning Tang Xingye not to provoke this brutal Alpha young master.

“Just kidding,” Tang Xingye smiled. “Classmate, I’m Tang Xingye.”

Ji Chen gave an expressionless “Mn” and turned to leave.

The students let out a sigh of relief. Although they didn’t know why this moody, fierce young master suddenly let Tang Xingye off, it was a good thing regardless.

Ai Ke poked Tang Xingye and whispered, “How did you dare to joke just now? He’s so scary; I was worried he would directly…”

He didn’t finish, looking around worriedly, afraid of being heard by the person involved who hadn’t gone far.

Tang Xingye looked at Ai Ke’s still-shaken expression, found it a bit amusing, and suddenly chuckled lightly.

This laugh was shallow and soft, like it had little hooks.

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Ai Ke suddenly felt his ears heat up, cheeks flushing slightly. “Don’t laugh; I’m talking to you seriously.”

“It was just a small joke.”

Tang Xingye glanced in the direction Ji Chen left, the corners of his lips rising slightly. “Besides, I don’t think he was angry.”

Ai Ke shook his head disapprovingly, thinking Tang Xingye was too obtuse to understand the severity of the matter. He would have to watch over him more in the future to prevent him from angering that living King of Hell.

Ji Chen: [Come to the room next door during the lunch break. I have something for you.]

Tang Xingye scanned the message, quickly put the matter aside, and burrowed back into his own little world.

After finishing the paper, Tang Xingye rubbed his stiff neck before remembering to reply. The message on the screen made him pause.

It was from Ji Chen.

[Student Tang, still not coming over? Are you waiting for the Discipline Department to come arrest you?]

The timestamp showed half an hour ago.