HBWMA -Chapter 187 Celebrities Don’t Secretly Pass Gas

“Xia Xingchen, are you really going to accept the invitation from Yucai and transfer schools? If that’s the case, that would be such a pity.”

The boy in front of him had a clean, refined face, slightly curled hair, and a bright smile.

“I only received the notice. Whether I transfer or not isn’t up to me—it depends on my family’s arrangements.”

“Huh? No way! If you leave, our grade average will definitely drop,” his friends said, crowding around him and chattering all at once.

Xia Xingchen scratched his head somewhat helplessly, a smile lingering at the corner of his lips. “Don’t say it like that. Our school has plenty of top students. How could it depend on me alone to pull up the scores?”

The girls especially liked this kind of bright, clean boy and immediately started teasing him.

“That won’t do either! If you leave, who’s going to hold up the title of Whale Harbor First High’s school heartthrob?”

“Exactly. No one’s more handsome than you.”

Xia Xingchen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He was just about to say a few polite words when an uninvited guest suddenly pushed into the crowd.

“Is that so? Let me see.”

The person moved through the crowd extremely naturally, slipping right up to him in a flash. Before he could even react, she delivered a direct, goddess-level visual impact.

“……”

Xia Xingchen had always been popular at school, usually surrounded by friends. The girls immediately frowned when they saw someone getting so close to him.

“Hey? Who are you? Even if you’re confessing, you can’t be this rude.”

“Confessing? Me?” The girl—Jiang Huashan—turned back to look at her.

Holy crap! How can someone look this good?

The girl froze.

Only then did everyone notice Jiang Huashan’s uniform was different from theirs.

Rose Shield—every detail on her uniform, even the buttons on her shirt, looked exquisitely crafted.

A student from Yucai Academy, the elite school.

The girl quickly let go in panic. Yucai isolated ordinary students through power and privilege, so people were especially wary of its students’ identities.

Jiang Huashan turned back and examined Xia Xingchen.

“This? The so-called face of the school? Is Whale Harbor running out of people?”

Her tone was arrogant, like she was inspecting an item in a storefront. The expressions of those around her gradually turned unpleasant, but not knowing her background, they didn’t dare act out and could only hold back.

Xia Xingchen, however, remained calm. His smile didn’t fade.

“They’re just joking around.”

Jiang Huashan smiled as well and stepped closer. The distance between them shrank to less than the length of an arm.

Xia Xingchen was caught off guard; his eyes trembled slightly.

At the same time, across the way—

Su Miao looked shocked. “Holy crap! Jiang Huashan would really do anything for money!”

“Tsk, got it. So the handsome guys from Yucai are losing just because they don’t know how to smile and act charming. Even if you gave me a hundred million, I couldn’t smile that disgustingly sweet.”

Guan He scanned Xia Xingchen from head to toe through a pair of binoculars. The binoculars were military-grade tactical equipment, and from this distance they could precisely calculate every detail of Xia Xingchen’s smile angle. Guan He specifically checked the data—it was always 38.5°, never changing.

“……”

“Alright, I’ve seen the person. I’ve got things to do back at school, I’m leaving. The plane’s on the hotel rooftop—call me if you want to head back early.”

Su Miao couldn’t wait for him to disappear. “Bye, Brother He.”

Guan He could tell she was trying to get rid of him and clicked his tongue. He took two cards from his pocket.

“Here. Don’t say I don’t take care of my little sister.”

Su Miao was confused. “What is this?”

“What, still pretending? Relax, this place is absolutely safe.”

With that, Guan He shoved the cards into her hand and left stylishly.

Safe?

Su Miao looked at the two cards in confusion. Suddenly her face went green, then red.

That idiot—why did he give her hotel key cards?

Meanwhile, as Jiang Huashan leaned closer, Xia Xingchen’s breathing slightly faltered.

She said softly, word by word: “I suggest you don’t come to Yucai and lower our school’s average looks. Our school doesn’t welcome ugly, inferior people.”

Xia Xingchen’s trembling gaze locked onto her.

In that instant, the faint fragrance that had just disturbed his mind turned into a tightening noose.

“……”

Xia Xingchen said nothing, quietly watching her without a trace of emotion.

Jiang Huashan took a step back, still wearing that lofty, superior expression.

“Remember, I’m not joking about what I said.”

With that, she curved her lips into a faint smile and looked at the girl from earlier.

“Excuse me.”

The girl, intimidated by her imposing aura, slowly stepped aside to make way.

Jiang Huashan walked out of the crowd and casually waved at Su Miao. Su Miao crossed the street, walked over with an arrogant air, and swept a glance over the crowd before grabbing Jiang Huashan’s wrist.

“Let’s go. That annoying pest is gone—we should leave too.”

The two walked to the opposite side of the street, hailed a taxi, and left without looking back.

After quite a while, the students of Whale Harbor First High gradually started talking again.

“That girl just now was from Yucai too, right? Isn’t Yucai holding classes today? Why are they all at our school?”

Someone tried to ease the atmosphere. “Could it be that she heard Xia Xingchen is transferring and came specifically to see him?”

Xia Xingchen was handsome and talented. It wasn’t uncommon for girls from other schools to come secretly see him out of curiosity. There had been girls from Yucai before too—but someone that beautiful and that bold was a first.

The girl who had stepped aside asked casually, “Xia Xingchen, what did that girl just say to you? Does she like you too?”

What did she say?

She had specifically run up to him and told him he was an ugly, despicable person.

Xia Xingchen suppressed the darkness in his eyes and curved his lips into a harmless smile.

“I don’t know. She said some strange things.”

That answer was vague enough to be ambiguous. The girl who asked immediately looked unhappy, and the surrounding boys exchanged knowing looks.

One of them couldn’t help but jump in and pin him in a playful chokehold.

“Damn, bro! You’ve got it good.”

Xia Xingchen laughed along and played with them, not offering any further explanation.

—

In the car.

Su Miao took out her phone.

“What’s your payment code?”

Jiang Huashan, who had just been lost in thought, immediately perked up at the mention of money and pulled out her phone to show a QR code.

Su Miao scanned it and hesitated for a moment before changing the agreed amount of fifty thousand to one hundred thousand.

This was hard-earned money—she couldn’t be stingy.

But when she entered her password…

She froze.

Insufficient balance???

Su Miao calmly deleted the 100,000 and changed it back to 50,000. Principles mattered.

She entered her password again.

Again—insufficient balance.

Her expression stiffened as she exited to check her balance.

And nearly laughed herself sick.

Balance: 0.34 yuan.

“……”

Why was she this poor?

Then she remembered—because Shen Guiling wasn’t replying to her messages, she had gone on a revenge shopping spree yesterday and spent all her pocket money for the month.

Jiang Huashan, seeing her hesitate for so long, frowned.

“What? You trying to renege?”

Su Miao rolled her eyes. “I’m not that petty over this little money.”

Jiang Huashan: “Then transfer it.”

“……”

Unable to admit she was broke, Su Miao forced out an excuse.

“I changed my card. Add me on WeChat first, I’ll transfer it when I get back.”

Jiang Huashan looked at her suspiciously.

“……”

Su Miao snatched her phone, scanned it, and muttered,

“peace? Heh, with a username like that, even a dog wouldn’t add you.”

Jiang Huashan took her phone back, and a friend request popped up instantly.

“Celebrity Don’t Secretly Fart has sent you a friend request.”

Jiang Huashan tapped accept.

“Huh, you’re ruthless—your username even insults yourself.”

Only then did Su Miao react.

“……”