You are still too green to play games with me.

"Hey! Grandma..."

Principal Li completely ignored her granddaughter's protests and left the two of them right there!

When paying the bill, she even ordered two extra cups of coffee for them.

Li Qingxin was so angry she felt like coughing up blood, the majestic curves of her chest heaving violently.

She glared fiercely at Ling Xiao.

"And here I thought you seemed somewhat agreeable! I never expected you to be even more shameless than those other guys, going straight behind my grandma's back!"

Ling Xiao took a sip of coffee, his expression indifferent.

"Don't misunderstand. You are not worthy of me. I have no reason whatsoever to harbor any thoughts about you."

Li Qingxin was taken aback, and her fury threatened to reach a boiling point!

This damned fellow must have gone to her grandma and said something; otherwise, why would her grandma play matchmaker for him?

Now that he had done it, he was refusing to admit to anything. Was there ever such a shameless man?

The heaving of her chest grew even more pronounced. Li Qingxin stared fixedly at Ling Xiao, trying to catch a flash of lewdness in his eyes so she could expose the true face of this perverted and cunning wolf!

However, Ling Xiao's gaze remained as calm as still water, without the slightest change.

This made Li Qingxin sneer inwardly.

Well, well, he really was good at hiding it. Putting on such an indifferent, detached act—did he think that by playing hard to get and acting aloof, she, this young lady, would fall for his tricks?

Ridiculous!

Did he take her for some kind of moronic idiot with an IQ of two point zero?

He was simply underestimating her far too much!

The more she thought about it, the angrier Li Qingxin became. With a cold laugh, she said:

"Spare me this routine. I know you perverts have changed your tactics for picking up girls; playing hard to get is all the rage now, right? I'm sorry, but I have to tell you, you are probably overthinking things!"

"At age sixteen, I was admitted to Cambridge University on a direct recommendation, making me one of the ten youngest recommended students in China's history!"

"It took me only three years to conquer multiple advanced degrees at Cambridge. Even though my family lacks nothing financially, I earned scholarships year after year!"

"And as for looks and figure—even though I am already a teacher at Jiangnan University, I was still voted as one of the top ten campus beauties of Jiangnan!"

"Of course, I'm not telling you this to show off! I just want to make it clear to you that there is no possibility between the two of us!"

Ling Xiao listened to her speech expressionlessly, and out of sheer boredom, he couldn't help but let out a yawn.

"With grades that good, aren't you still just a single dog?"

Li Qingxin slammed her hand on the table and sprang to her feet.

"What is that supposed to mean? Let me tell you, the number of people chasing me could wrap around the entire Jiangnan University three times over, believe it or not!"

"I simply choose not to look. If I wanted to find a boyfriend, I could find one in a split second!"

Looking at her confident face, Ling Xiao could only shake his head.

"Find whoever you want, but rest assured, I won't be the one looking for you!"

Li Qingxin sneered coldly.

"Acting! Keep acting! You think I'm like those stupid, brainless female protagonists in urban romance novels, whose heartbeats accelerate and who develop special feelings for you just because you deliberately pretend to look down on me? You've got it all wrong. Underneath my PhD-level intellect, these hard-to-get tricks of yours are completely useless!"

"I would rather die right here! Jump out of that window! Get run over by a car outside! Be crushed into dried meat and blown into dust by the wind than ever be with you! So..."

"You can just give up on that pipe dream!"

Just as her voice trailed off, a few more figures appeared at the top of the stairs. After glancing at them, Li Qingxin's eyes widened in horror.

*Damn it, why is this guy here?*

Without another word, she immediately ran over to Ling Xiao's side and grabbed his arm.

"Hey, play along and pretend to be my boyfriend."

"..."

At this moment, no matter how cold Ling Xiao usually was, he couldn't help but twitch slightly.

Had this Li Qingxin read herself into a state of utter foolishness?

Yet Ling Xiao had to admit, her figure was quite well-endowed.

With her holding his arm like this, it felt as though his arm had sunk into a marshmallow, providing a rather comfortable massage.

However, he knew very well that this comfort was bound to bring trouble.

"Miss Li, do you have zero principles?"

Li Qingxin's face flushed slightly, and she shot him a fierce glare.

"If you don't speak, nobody will treat you as a mute!"

While they were speaking, those few figures had already noticed this side of the cafe.

The young master leading the group immediately lit up with joy.

"Qingxin, I've been looking all over for you. I heard someone spotted you here, so I came rushing over right away!"

However, when he caught sight of Ling Xiao, his eyes narrowed instantly, and the smile on his face abruptly turned murderous.

"Qingxin, who... who is he?"

Li Qingxin tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear and smiled calmly.

"Sorry, Xu Denghui, this is my boyfriend. His name is Ling Xiao."

"Your boyfriend?"

Xu Denghui's expression darkened even further.

He stared fixedly at Ling Xiao, a trace of chilliness leaking from his gaze.

"You really are Qingxin's boyfriend? How come I've never heard of you?"

Li Qingxin whispered urgently into Ling Xiao's ear.

"Don't you dare blow my cover, or I won't let you off!"

The corners of Ling Xiao's mouth curved upward. Overcome with a sudden wave of mischief, he took a sip of his coffee and said with a faint smile:

"Don't misunderstand, I don't know her at all! It's just that the moment she saw you coming over, she rushed across, threw her arms around me, and gave me two hundred yuan to pretend to be her boyfriend!"

Li Qingxin's face twitched violently. This Ling Xiao actually exposed her directly! How hateful!

Xu Denghui was stunned for a moment, then burst into loud laughter.

"Hahahaha... Qingxin, you're quite the joker, aren't you?"

"Shut up!"

Li Qingxin glared at him viciously, then turned her death-gazing eyes back to Ling Xiao, her pretty eyes shimmering with murderous intent.

"How dare you stitch me up?"

Ling Xiao smiled indifferently.

"How can you call it stitching you up? I'm helping you! Weren't you just saying earlier how much you actually like this young gentleman, liking him to the absolute core? But you wanted to test him first, because the harder something is to obtain, the more a man will care about it! You were waiting until he cared about you the most before accepting him!"

Li Qingxin was so angry she could spit blood. This Ling Xiao was pushing her straight into a fiery pit! Furthermore, he spoke with such smooth logic that even she was almost starting to believe it herself! If things went on like this, Xu Denghui would hound her to death!

Xu Denghui said with a deeply affectionate expression:

"Qingxin, I never imagined you held such deep affection for me. I'm sorry, I misunderstood you all this time! I actually thought you loathed me! From now on, I will treat you twice as well!"

Li Qingxin glared at him fiercely.

"Treat my ass!"

With that, she turned to Ling Xiao and spat out bitterly:

"You surnamed Ling! You just wait, we are far from finished!"