LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 3: I can't help you.
The students in the class followed Tang Xiaorou's gaze and looked towards the corner where Fang Yu was.
Their eyes naturally landed on He Donglin, who was sitting in front of Fang Yu.
He Donglin was the heartthrob of Class 2, Grade 3. He had a handsome appearance and came from a wealthy family, and was the secret crush of many girls in the class.
Could it be that Tang Xiaorou transferred to this class for He Donglin!?
"Hey, Donglin-ge, it seems that the eldest miss of the Tang family has her eyes on you," Hu Tao, the deskmate, nudged He Donglin with his elbow and said.
He Donglin was also a bit confused.
In Grade 1, he had wanted to make friends with Tang Xiaorou, but before he could even say a word, he was warned by people sent by the Tang family.
Since then, He Donglin knew that Tang Xiaorou was someone he couldn't afford to provoke.
But now they were in Grade 3 and about to graduate. Why did Tang Xiaorou come to him instead?
Could it be that Tang Xiaorou had been paying attention to him for a long time?
Thinking this way, He Donglin immediately straightened his back and casually adjusted his bangs. Although his heart was filled with excitement, he remained calm on the surface.
The students in the class focused their eyes on Tang Xiaorou and He Donglin.
As for Fang Yu and Fatty, they were long ignored.
One of them was a chubby otaku and the other had a withdrawn personality. How could they possibly catch the eye of the goddess Tang Xiaorou?
"Damn it, another beauty can't resist He Donglin's good looks!"
"Sigh, I wish I were as rich and handsome as He Donglin."
"Tang Xiaorou is my goddess... How could she sit with someone else?"
The boys in the class were filled with envy and jealousy, their moods complicated.
The class advisor, Huang Hai, looked at Tang Xiaorou amiably and asked, "Student Tang Xiaorou, do you want to be deskmates with He Donglin?"
Tang Xiaorou didn't say anything. She just walked straight down the podium and headed towards the place where Fang Yu was.
He Donglin was very nervous, his heart pounding. He was thinking about what to say for the first sentence.
As Tang Xiaorou got closer and closer, the corners of He Donglin's mouth slightly raised, revealing a sunny smile. He was just about to speak.
But unexpectedly, Tang Xiaorou didn't stop beside him. Instead, she walked behind him.
"Advisor, I want to be deskmates with Fang Yu," Tang Xiaorou said, looking at Fang Yu with bright eyes.
...
The classroom fell into a deathly silence. The students in the class stared wide - eyed at each other.
What was going on? Tang Xiaorou actually wanted to be deskmates with the unremarkable Fang Yu instead of the class heartthrob He Donglin?
"Classmate, would you like to give me this seat?" Tang Xiaorou said to the stunned Fatty Liu, her voice gentle and sweet.
As a chubby otaku, Fatty Liu was facing a beauty of this level at such a close distance for the first time. His face turned bright red in an instant, and his mouth opened, but no words came out.
"I don't want to be your deskmate," Fang Yu said before Fatty Liu could speak.
"Wow..."
Some boys couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
It was already shocking enough that Tang Xiaorou asked to be deskmates with Fang Yu.
But they never expected that Fang Yu would actually reject Tang Xiaorou's request?
Did he know what he was rejecting?
It was the dream of all the boys in the school!
"Damn it, if you don't want to, I do!"
All the boys in the class were shouting in their hearts.
Tang Xiaorou didn't care about Fang Yu's rejection. She turned to look at Huang Hai.
Feeling Tang Xiaorou's gaze, Huang Hai tensed up.
With Tang Xiaorou's status, even the school directors had to be respectful in front of her. Now that she had such a small request, Huang Hai naturally had to fulfill it.
So, Huang Hai looked at Fang Yu and said in a serious tone, "Student Fang Yu, be more respectful! Student Tang Xiaorou has just joined our class. How can you talk to her like this?"
"You and Liu Dong often whisper to each other in class. I've long wanted to separate you two."
"Just right. Let Student Tang Xiaorou be your deskmate. Liu Dong, move to the last seat in the second group and sit alone! Move now!" The class advisor gave the order, and Fang Yu naturally had no choice but to comply.
A few minutes later, Tang Xiaorou successfully became Fang Yu's deskmate. And Fatty Liu moved to the last seat in the second group all alone.
"Student Tang Xiaorou is a top student from the key class. Everyone must learn from her," Huang Hai flattered again.
For Fang Yu, being deskmates with Tang Xiaorou was undoubtedly a bad thing.
He had been keeping a low profile in this high school for two whole years, so much so that most of the students in the class couldn't even remember his name. But all of this was ruined by Tang Xiaorou.
Just like now, although the class was still in session, Fang Yu could feel that many pairs of eyes were fixed on him.
"Sigh," Fang Yu sighed and rubbed his temples.
After class, under the gaze of all the classmates, Fang Yu and Tang Xiaorou left the classroom one after another and came to the rooftop of the teaching building.
"I know why you came to me, but I can tell you that I can't help you," Fang Yu said straightforwardly.
Tang Xiaorou bit her lips gently and said, "You're the Medicine God's apprentice. You must be able to save my grandfather."
"I've said it before. I'm not Xia Xiuzhi's apprentice. I'm his friend," Fang Yu shook his head.
"Don't lie to me. You could tell at a glance that my grandfather is in the late stage of lung cancer and only has less than three months to live. Besides the Medicine God's apprentice, who else can do that?" Tang Xiaorou said firmly.
Fang Yu regretted it. He shouldn't have said that sentence in the first place.
"So what? Being able to tell doesn't mean anything. In the late stage of cancer, no one in the world should be able to cure it, right?" Fang Yu raised his eyebrows.
"I, I don't ask you to cure him either. I just hope... you can extend my grandfather's life, let him live a few more years... Please, we really have no other way..." Tang Xiaorou's beautiful eyes turned red and she said with a sob.
Over the past year, the Tang family had spent a lot of money to invite many well - known experts at home and abroad to diagnose the old master Tang, and the conclusion was the same: the old master Tang's illness was incurable.
After that, they went through a lot of hardships to find the residence of the Medicine God Xia Xiuzhi, but unexpectedly, the Medicine God had already passed away.
Now, Fang Yu, who appeared at the Medicine God's residence and could tell the old master Tang's illness at a glance, was the last straw.
With a beauty like Tang Xiaorou on the verge of crying, looking so pitiful, any normal man would be moved.
However, Fang Yu was not an ordinary man. He was an old monster who had lived for almost five thousand years.
"Sorry, I still can't do it," Fang Yu said. There were so many unfortunate people in the world. Fang Yu couldn't save everyone, nor did he have the obligation to.
Fang Yu just wanted to live an ordinary life and hoped to break through the Qi - refining stage one day.
He wasn't a hero, nor did he want to be one.
"No matter how much reward you want, we can afford it!" Tang Xiaorou said again.
"I really can't help you, and I don't need money," Fang Yu replied indifferently and turned to leave.
After walking two steps, he turned back and said, "Oh, I hope you can move away. I don't want to be your deskmate. I really... hate trouble."
Seeing Fang Yu leave without looking back, Tang Xiaorou was so angry that her face turned pale.
As the eldest miss of the Tang family, she had never begged someone so humbly, and she even shed tears.
But this Fang Yu was completely unmoved and looked so calm.
"Hate trouble? Then I'll make trouble for you on purpose!" Tang Xiaorou gritted her teeth.
The two returned to the classroom. In the next few classes, they didn't communicate at all.
Until the end of the last class in the morning, Fang Yu was still lying on the desk sleeping, while Tang Xiaorou tidied up her books and then poked Fang Yu's shoulder with her slender fingers.
"Fang Yu, let's go have lunch together," Tang Xiaorou said in a sweet voice.
Fang Yu raised his head and looked at Tang Xiaorou, who was smiling like a flower. He had a bad feeling.
"Forget it. You were too tired last night. Keep sleeping. I'll bring you food later. Just wait obediently," a hint of cunning flashed in Tang Xiaorou's beautiful eyes as she got up and left the classroom.
In the classroom, the students who heard these two sentences from Tang Xiaorou went crazy.
The information in these words was too much!
What did "too tired last night" mean? And what did the shyness and blush on Tang Xiaorou's face mean when she said this!?
Could it be that Tang Xiaorou had already...
Facing the jealous and resentful gazes of many boys in the class, Fang Yu remained calm.
It seemed that Tang Xiaorou was determined to make trouble for him.
However, in order to create misunderstandings, Tang Xiaorou was even willing to ruin her own reputation. She was really ruthless.
But Fang Yu didn't care at all.
He hated trouble, but that didn't mean he was afraid of it.
So what if he became famous in school and was envied by a bunch of young kids who hadn't even grown up yet?
What was that?
If a person who had cultivated for nearly five thousand years couldn't handle the tricks of a teenage girl, he might as well find a piece of tofu and kill himself. Fang Yu stood up, wanting to go to the cafeteria with Fatty Liu for lunch, but was stopped.
"Hey, Fang Yu, I want to discuss something with you. Can we talk in the corridor?" The one who spoke was He Donglin in the front row.