I Might Have Fallen in Love With My Childhood Sweetheart-Chapter 9 - 7: Sister-Protecting Maniac

Xie Ying'an's photo was sneakily taken and posted on the school forum during his freshman military training, instantly sparking a wave of excitement on the forum.

From the age of nine, Xie Ying'an was raised by his maternal grandfather, Mr. Zhao, who was an officer renowned for his illustrious military achievements. Even soldiers trained under him who had reached their sixties or seventies still held him in highest respect, which speaks volumes about his authority.

Under Mr. Zhao's tutelage, Xie Ying'an transformed from a somewhat hot-tempered boy into an indifferent and aloof young man, a transition that was undoubtedly challenging.

Xie Ying'an developed many good habits under Mr. Zhao's influence; typically, he went to bed promptly at 10 p.m., woke up at 5 a.m. for a morning run and training regardless of the weather, and he always maintained a straight posture whether walking or sitting.

During the two years in high school, he had never done something as losing face as falling asleep on the desk.

For all freshmen, military training was hellish torture, but for Xie Ying'an, it was child's play. His relaxed posture and striking looks in the photo earned him the title "so handsome it's criminal" on the school forum.

Thus, during the private voting for the school's heartthrob, Xie Ying'an overwhelmingly outscored the previous fresh-faced senior, securing the top spot easily.

The post titled "Is the school heartthrob in a puppy love?" had climbed to over 130 comments when it was suddenly deleted by the moderator without any warning.

Instantly, the original poster and everyone involved in the discussion were outraged, prompting them to start a new thread: "Who is the school forum administrator?"

This post accrued over 600 comments by the end of the school day, with only comment 542 suggesting that the admin might be the senior, God Ji.

Comment 546 scoffed, "Are you joking? That's God Ji; a deity high above the cloud, a world apart from us mortals. He would never bother with such trivial matters!"

Comment 547 agreed, "Right, if you don't know, don't talk nonsense."

Comment 566: "Even if God Ji is the admin, why would he delete the post? The school heartthrob has been mentioned hundreds of times before without issue, and we didn't involve any inappropriate content this time..."

Comment 589: "Let's think, how many names did we mention this time? Let me count: school beauty, H Q Y, L Q R ..."

Just as they reached 600 comments, a system notification informed them that the post was deleted again.

The students who were eagerly tallying the names: "..."

Damn it!!!

Admin, show yourself, I promise I won't beat you up!

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After school, Xie Ying'an was called out by Su Chen and a group of students who often hung out with Su Chen.

Wen Shiyi did come over to ask Qingran where she lived, but upon finding out they were not heading the same way, she walked away somewhat disappointed.

Qingran sat at her seat, organizing her notes from the day, and Xie Ying'an after school had also handed her his physics, chemistry, and math notes, suggesting she could use them for reference.

After flipping through them briefly, Qingran felt that there wasn't much she could learn from them; the thought processes of a naturally smart achiever and her own hard-earned academic prowess weren't quite the same.

Xie Ying'an can easily adapt and expand on the teacher's problem-solving approach, listing different formulas and simpler solving steps, while she can only change the numbers and types based on the original formula.

Xie Ying'an's dream used to be a doctor, so he has always practiced cursive handwriting. Fortunately, the pages he records on are very neat, and he hasn't quite reached the level of a doctor's handwriting, so Qingran can still understand it if she reads carefully.

A shadow fell in front of her, and as Qingran looked up, she saw Huang Qianyu with a mocking smile and her group of friends.

Huang Qianyu, with her arms crossed, looked down at Qingran, her voice filled with mockery: "You're usually so quiet, but this time you actually got Xie Ying'an to initiate being desk-mates with you. Nice tactics, Li Qingran, I truly underestimated you!"

Qingran closed her book, glanced indifferently at Huang Qianyu, and thought about how this scene seemed familiar from the book. However, in the book, Huang Qianyu targeted Wen Shiyi, but today, with Xie Ying'an's desk-mate being her, Huang naturally shifted her hostility towards Qingran.

Huang Qianyu knew that the fierce school bully Li Qingmo was her brother. She wouldn't dare treat Qingran violently like the way the female lead was cornered in the bathroom, so she just scoffed at her a few times.

Wang Yanru, from class eight, standing to the right of Huang Qianyu, was apparently unaware of the school bully's relationship with her siblings. She glared at Qingran, slammed her hand on Qingran's desk, and pointed at Qingran's face: "MD, who are you looking at with that kind of eyes?"

The next moment, her arm was twisted nearly a full circle. Qingran slowly met Wang Yanru's painfully distorted face with a faint smile and leaned in across the desk: "Didn't your parents teach you that pointing your finger at someone is disrespectful?"

Their classmate, Sun Xin, screamed: "Li Qingran, what are you doing??"

"What am I doing?" Qingran released Wang Yanru's arm, looked around at them and asked, "You don't go home after school, so what exactly do you want by gathering around me?"

Huang Qianyu was about to say something but was interrupted by the loud voice of Li Qingmo from outside the classroom: "Li Qingran, what are you dragging your feet for? I've been waiting at the school gate for ages—"

His voice suddenly stopped, then he swaggered in through the back door. His hands pocketed, he leaned against the classroom door, his height of 177 cm seemingly stretched to 185 cm. Narrowing his eyes, his expression was somewhat menacing: "What are you all crowding around Li Qingran for?"

A female classmate of Li Qingmo's blushed slightly and walked a few steps towards him, explaining: "Nothing big, Qianyu just said she wanted to borrow notes from Qingran."

"Ha!" Li Qingmo scoffed, obviously unwilling to give her any face, "Qingran is also someone you can address so casually? What relation are you claiming?"

The girl's face turned even redder, and she stuttered for a moment but ultimately said nothing.

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As a well-known bully in school, Li Qingmo clearly recognized the arrogantly famous Huang Qianyu. His lazy gaze fell on Huang Qianyu's exquisitely made-up face as he said sarcastically, "Borrowing notes?"

Huang Qianyu was calm, warningly glancing at Wang Yanru, who was trembling next to her, then looked at Qingran, who displayed no particular emotion. However, she spoke to Li Qingmo: "Qingran just changed her seat today, we just wanted to ask if she's gotten used to it yet."

Hearing this, Li Qingmo looked towards Qingran, who had been calmly sitting in her seat the whole time. He couldn't tell whether Huang Qianyu was lying or not. Looking a bit impatient yet his handsome features softened when he turned to Qingran: "Let's go home!"

Qingran nodded, packed two notebooks and some test papers into her bag, and followed Li Qingmo out of the classroom.

As the other girls finally breathed a sigh of relief, Li Qingmo stopped in his tracks, turned his back to them, clenched his fist in the air, and threatened the girls behind him: "I don't usually abstain from hitting women, but if I hear anyone of you using physical violence on Li Qingran at school, I will make sure you are carried out of this classroom."

The girls paused in their breathing while only Huang Qianyu clenched her fist tighter, her eyes filled with reluctance.

Qingran, walking behind Li Qingmo, looked at the tuft of hair sticking up awkwardly from his head and thought that his intimidating demeanor as the school bully somehow seemed 70% less effective.