"You're praising me for being amazing!" Bai Tang pretended not to understand what he meant.
Sheng Qi took a deep breath, then said, "The total score is 150, and you got 23. What makes you think I'm praising you?"
"Your Tangtang is so drop-dead gorgeous, and you're ignoring her beauty?!" Bai Tang sighed.
Sheng Qi gritted his teeth. "I really want to hit you, seriously!"
"Corporal punishment of students isn't allowed anymore. Doing that would be wrong!" Bai Tang said with a straight face.
Sheng Qi pressed his lips together, glanced at Bai Tang, then down at the test paper in his hand, grinding his teeth. "Get out now. Go run ten laps around the track outside and clear your head!"
Bai Tang: "..."
Uh...
"Beauty, I think I was wrong!" Bai Tang cleared his throat and corrected his attitude.
"Get out!"
Sheng Qi said coldly.
Bai Tang pouted, had no choice but to stand up and leave.
What a temper, so irritable!
Once she was gone, Sheng Qi scanned the paper again. Thinking about Bai Tang's last-place score, he felt a headache coming on.
As someone far more formidable than a top student, Sheng Qi had been known as a prodigy since childhood. He had skipped several grades starting from elementary school, and continued skipping through middle school. If not for his family worrying that he was too young and cold, afraid he wouldn't fit in with other kids, he would have skipped high school too and entered college early. Even so, after entering university, he was still much younger than his peers.
For Sheng Qi, in academics, there was only first place—never second! His scores were at a height that even top students could only dream of.
Math? Perfect score. Sheng Qi had never lost more than five points!
A score of 23—he had no idea how Bai Tang managed to get it!
What was in that head of hers?
Taking another deep breath, Sheng Qi put down the paper and walked outside.
He had assumed that by now, she'd be alone on the track, exhausted and out of breath. He only meant to give her a small warning, to call her back.
But what he saw instead was a group of his own men running alongside Bai Tang.
The girl was in the middle, a bright, youthful smile on her lips, surrounded by a crowd chatting and laughing. There was no sign of fatigue or struggle on her—just that ever-present smile.
Sheng Qi pressed his lips together, feeling inexplicably annoyed.
"Chuyi, Chu'er, Youyu, Xiaoxi—do you have nothing to do?" Sheng Qi said coldly. "Bored lately, are you? Don't need to practice driving?"
What's up with the boss?
That voice, the anger level is high!
"Boss, we're running with the sister-in-law!" Chu'er said cheerfully, his tone carrying a hint of seeking credit.
Chuyi glanced sideways at Chu'er, looking at him like he was an idiot.
Then, Chuyi quickly ran off.
Youyu glanced at Sheng Qi and also left in the opposite direction. Xiaoxi, sensing Sheng Qi's murderous aura, hurriedly slipped away.
Chu'er was still staring at Sheng Qi, not noticing that the other three had already "abandoned" him.
"Boss, the sister-in-law has great stamina!" Chu'er, thinking he should build a rapport with his future sister-in-law, praised her relentlessly. "I like girls like her—tough, not all delicate and whiny!"
Bai Tang chimed in from the side, "Sorry, I only like beauties!"
Chu'er: "...I was praising you!"
"Even sweet talk, I only accept from beauties!" Bai Tang stood firm.
Chu'er: "..."
Come on, I'm praising you, not hitting on you!
"Chu'er, come here!" Sheng Qi said expressionlessly.
Chu'er smiled and jogged over to Sheng Qi, looking a bit clueless. "Boss, what's up?"
"The cars in the garage—wash them by hand!" Sheng Qi said flatly.
Chu'er: "...Boss, what did I do wrong?"
"Scram!" Sheng Qi was sparing with his words.
Chu'er felt wronged, turned to look at Bai Tang, and pleaded, "Sister-in-law, save me!"
Bai Tang looked at Sheng Qi, her sweet talk flowing freely. "In our house, whatever my beauty says goes!"