Caelus was currently the class monitor of Shrek Academy's new student class one, a presence that commanded both sincere respect and even fear from all his classmates.
An inexplicable sense of grievance welled up in their hearts.
They glanced at each other and, with perfect synchronization, released the hands covering their foreheads at the same time.
Then, a pitiful expression instantly appeared on both identical, delicate, and cute little faces.
Those watery big eyes quickly filled with tears, crystal clear and trembling on the verge of falling, as if they were about to burst into tears the next second.
"Sorry... Brother Caelus... we were wrong..."
That voice was soft, waxy, and aggrieved, with a hint of a tremor that made one's heart soften.
The moment Caelus saw them like this, his aura mostly collapsed.
He sighed helplessly in his heart.
'That trick again...'
Since they were young, whenever these two girls made a mistake, they would use this trick against him, and it never failed.
After all, they had the affection of growing up together; that kind of family-like bond was etched into his bones.
Looking at their teary-eyed, puppy-like appearance as if they had been abandoned by the whole World, Caelus's somewhat cold and hard heart eventually softened.
He stopped pressing the matter and simply waved his hand, signaling that it was enough.
"Fine, fine, stop acting and go back to your seats."
Having received their pardon, the twins' expressions instantly turned from gloom to sunshine.
The two looked at each other, both seeing the pride and relief in the other's eyes.
As if granted a general amnesty, they stuck out their tongues and then, like two startled little rabbits, quickly scurried back to their seats, not daring to say another word.
A small storm triggered by gossip was thus quelled.
"Wow..."
Ye Guyi, who sat in front of Caelus, had seen everything that just happened.
She turned her head, her bright eyes filled with wonder and admiration.
"As expected of the class monitor, this aura... it's just too amazing."
She sighed sincerely.
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With just a few words, he had completely subdued that notoriously difficult pair of twins and troublemakers like Zhou Sichen.
This kind of control made her admire him to the point of prostrating herself.
After her exclamation, her heart of gossip began to burn fiercely again, unable to be suppressed.
She extended a slender, fair index finger and playfully poked Caelus's shoulder.
"Hey, speaking of which..."
Her voice was very low, carrying a mysterious tone.
"What exactly is going on between you and Senior Sister Xiao Tao? Why was she in such a hurry to find you? What did you go do?"
"You too?"
Caelus had just sat down and hadn't even had time to catch his breath when he heard this familiar question, immediately feeling a massive headache coming on.
He couldn't help but roll his eyes at Ye Guyi and said crossly:
"I thought you were different from them. I didn't expect you to be so gossipy too."
He secretly grumbled in his heart:
'Is gossip really a common ailment for all women? Regardless of age or personality?'
"I'm just curious."
After being rolled at by Caelus, Ye Guyi didn't back down; instead, she pouted her cherry-like small mouth and leaned forward, getting even closer.
"Senior Sister Xiao Tao is a celebrity in the Inner Court, usually seen only in glimpses. Today she actually came to our new student class one in person to pull someone away, and it was you... This is huge news! Just satisfy my curiosity, okay?"
As she spoke, she blinked her clear, innocent big eyes, trying to move Caelus by acting cute.
If it were any other boy, facing the possessor of the Sacred Angel Martial Soul, a girl with a temperament as pure as an angel in such a posture, they would have probably surrendered long ago and confessed everything they knew and didn't know.
But the person she was facing was Caelus.
"Acting cute is useless."
Caelus wouldn't spoil this little angel and unceremoniously interrupted her fantasy.
His expression was flat, and his tone was direct.
"This matter has nothing to do with you. Don't ask about things you shouldn't know."
Crisp and neat, leaving no room for maneuver.
"You...!"
Ye Guyi's mouth instantly pouted even higher, looking at him huffily like a little squirrel whose pine cone had been stolen.
"Hmph, stingy guy. If you won't say it, then don't."
She turned around huffily, her back to Caelus, using the back of her head to express her dissatisfaction.
Caelus didn't bother with her. Finally getting some peace, he leaned against the back of his chair and let out a long sigh of relief.
However, that breath wasn't even fully exhaled.
A cold, faint voice, like a clear spring in the mountains, rang out from beside him without any warning.
"So, what was it?"
It was Gu Yuena.
She hadn't looked at him from beginning to end, as if she were just asking casually.
But it was this nonchalant sentence that made Caelus's just-relaxed nerves tighten again instantly.
The corner of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.
'Oh my god... how could I forget her...'
Caelus lamented in his heart.
He turned his head to look at the girl beside him with silver hair and purple eyes, who was so beautiful she didn't seem Mortal.
Her profile had perfect contours, and her skin was so fair it seemed to glow.
Those deep purple eyes weren't looking at him, but he could feel an invisible, unignorable pressure coming from her.
Facing Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, he could treat it as siblings' fooling around.
Facing Zhou Sichen and the others, he could use his authority as class monitor to suppress them.
Facing Ye Guyi, he could directly and unceremoniously refuse.
But facing Gu Yuena... these methods seemed... completely useless.
He turned around to face Gu Yuena directly and said with a bitter smile:
"How can even you... Sigh, alright, alright, I'm afraid of you all."
"Actually, it's nothing big."
"I just did Senior Sister Xiao Tao a favor, and she came to give me my reward."
To increase the credibility of his words, as Caelus spoke, he took out that warm white jade box from his storage spirit tool.
He didn't open it, just held it in his hand and gently shook it in front of Gu Yuena.
"Here, this is it, a Heaven And Earth Treasure that's useful to me."
He was telling the truth; it was true he had helped.
It was true Ma Xiaotao had given him a reward.
It was also true that there was a Heaven And Earth Treasure in the box.
Every link was impeccable.
Gu Yuena's gaze fell upon the box that emitted a faint jade luster.
Those deep purple eyes flickered slightly.
With her perception, she could naturally sense that the thing inside this box contained massive energy.
Caelus's explanation was perfectly logical.
But... she also felt it.
Caelus hadn't told the whole truth.
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