Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 740 - 19 Xiao Ning’s Diary_2

"I can’t believe back in middle school you were a femme fatale," Yan Yu laughed heartily.

"At that time, I didn’t know! I was just in middle school!" Lin Ning pouted in annoyance.

For some reason, her posture made her lips seem even more irresistibly delicate, giving Yan Yu the sudden impulse to kiss her and see what Ningning’s reaction would be.

It was strange; he hadn’t felt this way before. Perhaps it was unlocked by Hongyu, alas!

Yan Yu quickly dismissed the thought. With his worldly experience, there was no way a few nibbles from a woman could relax his Steadfast Will; it must be Ningning’s growing charm causing it. Given her serious demeanor and long, dark, pretty-girl looks, it was easy to guess her thoughts – she would surely not refuse a kiss, so his impulse was quite natural.

"You! Why are you..." Perhaps because he stared too long, Lin Ning also felt shy, and her voice grew softer.

"Femme fatale," Yan Yu remarked with a look of distaste.

"Why are you suddenly cursing me!" Lin Ning argued back, clearly flustered, "They liked me, but they never told me! They were just competing secretly. How could I have known! And that girl was even stranger, suddenly ignoring me and speaking ill of me! I even tried to make amends with her, and she rejected me!"

"Being oblivious to your own beauty is just like that," Yan Yu critiqued sharply, "On one hand, unintentionally radiating strong allure, while on the other hand, playing innocent—’Oh, why would you suddenly like me? I had no idea’—that’s both wanting to be an Oiran and pretending to be virtuous, a truly shameless act."

"Humph," Lin Ning didn’t seem angry at all; instead, she turned her head and said, "Even if you compliment me on my charm, I won’t be happy about it."

You only listen to the first half of the conversation, don’t you? This tsundere kid is really hopeless!

Skipping the part Lin Ning forbade him to read, Yan Yu continued browsing through the pages. Clearly, little Ningning hadn’t felt at fault upon learning the truth in middle school but had quickly found a logic to shift the blame:

Not studying hard enough!

It’s all because you weren’t studying hard, constantly thinking about love, that ruined our friendships!

With this belief in high school, no matter which boy confessed his feelings for Ningning, he was met with her stern academic advice. Although Ningning promised to keep their confessions secret, she recorded them all in her diary faithfully. Yan Yu counted briefly, and just in her freshman year of high school, she had received twenty-three confessions—so many!

Deceiving twenty-three innocent young boys’ hearts, and you still say you’re not a femme fatale!

According to the records, high school Ningning didn’t see it as her fault at all and even felt a bit annoyed and melancholic, coming up with nonsensical thoughts like "Youth, seemingly as sweet as a song, yet as bitter as poetry."

"Can’t you be a little more self-aware?" Yan Yu started tapping on Lin Ning’s head like it was a wooden fish, "People like you because you’re pretty! High schoolers are all about looks. Just reject them directly. Why do you turn it around and blame them for not focusing on their studies? How is that any different from trampling on their feelings?"

"I didn’t know that back then!" Lin Ning desperately shook her head, dodging Yan Yu’s hand, "And isn’t it right for high schoolers to focus on their studies? What’s wrong with what I said?"

"You can encourage anyone to study, just not the ones confessing to you," Yan Yu seriously instructed her, "When faced with someone’s confession, just give a reason that won’t hurt them and reject them nicely. Saying anything else is overkill. Remember that!"

"I understand," Lin Ning thought to herself that your reasons for rejecting me weren’t any better, something like "To match the strongest man of this age, you must be at least the second strongest woman." Back then, I was almost moved to tears because of you!

Of course, these words were something the tsundere sister couldn’t say out loud, so she just swiftly grabbed his hand and flung it away to vent her frustration.

Seeing she had taken his advice to heart, Yan Yu continued flipping through the pages.

Then, a significant event appeared in Lin Ning’s life:

She received a strange acceptance letter.

Of course, it wasn’t delivered by an owl, but by an officer from the school. Like many teenagers desiring Extraordinary Power, Ningning arrived at the Zhen Dong Defense Academy filled with joy and anticipation, where she met someone she would come to both love and hate...

"All right!" Lin Ning suddenly grabbed the diary and hugged it tightly, "That’s enough reading."

"Isn’t there a third left?" Yan Yu frowned, "Let me finish reading..."

"No, no, no, no!" Lin Ning shook her head like a tambourine, "Captain, you can leave now! Remember to keep it a secret!"

The last third of her diary, entirely filled with complaints about Yan Yu, such as bullying, being unreasonable, being unsympathetic, being inexplicable... But also very reliable, making her feel dependent, secure, and trusted, as if by following him, nothing in this world could become a difficulty.

Such thoughts, such sentiments, how could she dare let him know? How could she possibly let him find out? Even if Yan Yu saw a single word, Lin Ning would immediately feel the urge to silence him forever!