My Girlfriend is a Cold and Aloof Sickly Beauty 131

Chapter 131: The Math Exam Ends

All the excuses Xiao Luohan had prepared were rendered useless by Jiang Xue’s guess.

She knew that Jiang Xue’s thinking was often erratic, but she hadn’t expected her to hit the nail on the head so quickly. For a moment, she was speechless, just staring at Jiang Xue.

Her reaction puzzled Jiang Xue. From Xiao Luo’s words and tone just now, she should have been about to confess, but her guess had stunned Xiao Luo?

Jiang Xue quickly reflected. She had taken the Chinese language exam today, and her reading comprehension skills were still sharp. It was possible that she had overinterpreted Xiao Luo’s reaction and exaggerated it with her own assumptions.

So she coughed lightly, trying to smooth things over. “It’s just… haven’t our ‘magical times’ synchronized a few times before? Are you in sync with me this time?”

Xiao Luohan blinked, not answering immediately, but carefully observing Jiang Xue’s expression, becoming uncertain.

Had Jiang Xue truly guessed, or was she just seriously asking about her period?

“Not synchronized,” Xiao Luohan said honestly, shaking her head. There was no need to lie about such a small matter. She tried to steer the conversation back. “But the thing I’ve been hiding from you is indeed related to ‘that time of the month.'”

Jiang Xue immediately sat up straight, ready to listen.

Then she saw Xiao Luohan reach out and pull down her school jacket.

Although it was June, the weather had cooled down recently, and both the exam room and their home had air conditioning. Since it was the second day of Jiang Xue’s period, she was still wearing her jacket.

Although she didn’t know what Xiao Luo was going to do, she obediently stayed still.

Xiao Luohan easily found the amulet Sister Cheng had sewn in. She took it out and showed it to Jiang Xue. “Do you remember this?”

“Of course! This is the safety amulet you asked Grandma Xie for,” Jiang Xue said. She actually preferred calling it a “protective amulet.” It was essentially the same as a safety amulet, but it sounded more powerful. “Sister Cheng sewed it in last night. I’ll be wearing it for all three days of the exam!”

She finished speaking in one breath, then, seeing the subtle change in Xiao Luohan’s eyes, realized that she had interrupted Xiao Luo again. She quickly shrunk her neck and continued, “That… the thing you’ve been hiding from me, is it related to the amulet?”

Xiao Luohan marveled at her sharp intuition again, nodded, and decided to explain everything. “Yes, this is actually a protective amulet that can ward off tribulations. I wanted you to have a smooth college entrance exam, so I asked Grandma Xie for it in advance, just in case.”

She had wanted to be completely honest, but she stopped there, feeling that this was enough. Explaining the specific effects would feel like she was blaming or questioning Jiang Xue.

She fell silent, while Jiang Xue was shocked.

Wait… had her reading comprehension actually yielded the correct answer?!

“Ward off tribulations? How?” After recovering, she immediately hugged Xiao Luohan and asked, “Is my pain being transferred to you? Or will you also…”

“It should just be the pain being transferred…” Xiao Luohan explained softly.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier!” Jiang Xue said, frustrated, but thinking that it was Xiao Luo who had done this, she felt it was understandable and couldn’t help but laugh wryly. “You’re truly… but if it were me, and I knew about this amulet, and you were on your period or sick during a major exam…Pei, pei!! Anyway, I would have done the same.”

She paused and admitted frankly, “And I would have also hidden it from you.”

People were always hypocritical. She and Xiao Luo had both declared that they “disliked being kept in the dark” just a few months ago, but when they encountered situations where they felt that telling the truth would only worry the other person, they would instinctively choose to hide it.

Fortunately, their “hypocrisy” couldn’t overcome their own conscience, and once someone noticed, they would want to confess.

“Actually, when you were still in the ancient world, I had already thought about enduring the pain for you,” Jiang Xue said with a smile, seeing Xiao Luohan lower her head silently, changing the subject. “Even if I couldn’t completely take away the pain, ‘sharing the pain’ would be good. Unfortunately, I didn’t know about this amulet back then, and I wasn’t sure if it would work across time and space.”

Like Xiao Luo, she was also willing to endure hardships for the other person.

They both wanted the other to have a smooth journey through life’s major events.

Hearing these words, Xiao Luohan composed herself and finally asked, “You… you wouldn’t want to remove the amulet’s effect, would you?”

This question was a bit presumptuous, but she felt she had to ask.

“I’d like to, but you definitely wouldn’t want that, so I’ll just owe you one,” Jiang Xue said, smiling at her, then, before she could reply, reached out and placed her hand on Xiao Luohan’s lower abdomen, over her clothes.

“Sister Cheng hasn’t told me yet, so… how much pain did you experience today?” she asked, pressing close to Xiao Luohan, one hand on her stomach, the other arm around her, afraid that Xiao Luo would escape.

“…I took ibuprofen,” Xiao Luohan said, her body trembling slightly even though Jiang Xue’s hand wasn’t doing anything. “I took it in advance, and I also used a heat patch and a hot water bottle.”

“I didn’t ask how you dealt with it,” Jiang Xue said, bringing the conversation back. “If you’re embarrassed to tell me, I’ll ask Sister Cheng.”

Having endured the pain, she deserved to know how much Xiao Luo had suffered.

Xiao Luohan simply remained silent, snuggling into Jiang Xue’s arms and closing her eyes.

Jiang Xue was speechless! She couldn’t do anything about Xiao Luo trying to “play cute” and avoid the question, so she simply lowered her head and kissed her, her hand on Xiao Luo’s stomach not idle, moving under her shirt to gently massage her lower abdomen.

The action figure with Elder Sister Red Fox’s soul was in the study. Xiao Linghan had originally been worried that the amulet incident would create a rift between her younger sisters, but now she wished the action figure’s legs could move so she could escape this awkward situation.

Fortunately, she had already set up a “switch” in her consciousness. Even with large emotional fluctuations, they wouldn’t be transmitted to Jiang Mei.

When Jiang Mei asked, she even covered for her younger sisters: “It’s nothing, they’ve talked it through, don’t worry.”

The matter of the amulet was successfully glossed over. Seeing Xiao Luohan’s continued silence, Jiang Xue “threatened” to “hold a grudge,” while thinking about how to alleviate Xiao Luo’s pain.

At least ibuprofen and heat patches were effective, what about brown sugar ginger tea?

So she asked Sister Cheng to make some ginger tea, brought it to the bedroom, and watched as Xiao Luohan slowly drank it.

Tomorrow was the most important and challenging math exam, so Jiang Xue couldn’t stay with Xiao Luohan for too long. After lunch, and after her own emotions had calmed down, she returned to her desk to continue studying.

She had returned after the exam at noon, so she still had the entire afternoon and evening for her final preparations.

After telling her older sister about the amulet and learning the details, Jiang Xue finally felt at ease focusing on her studies.

The amulet was still effective. Xiao Luohan didn’t practice the guqin, but rested as Jiang Xue had suggested. After waking up and feeling better, she sat up and read her theory books.

Time passed quickly as she timed herself and worked on practice problems. Since this was the final stage, and she would be heading to the exam venue as soon as she woke up tomorrow, Jiang Xue didn’t dwell on the difficult problems this time, but focused on memorizing the types of questions she should be able to get full marks on.

At 10:30 PM, she checked her stationery, supplies, and documents for tomorrow one last time, then turned off the lights and washed up.

While changing her sanitary pad, she frowned at the amount of blood, then went and petted Xiao Luo, who had already taken a nap and was now awake.

“Dr. Qi is on standby for all three days of the college entrance exam. Don’t push yourself!” After the reminder, she kissed Xiao Luohan’s forehead, sighed, and hugged her, closing her eyes.

The next morning, Xiao Luohan still saw her off at the school gate, still giving her a hug.

Remembering that Xiao Luohan hadn’t come to pick her up yesterday, Jiang Xue opened her mouth, wanting to tell her not to come if she wasn’t feeling well, to just rest, but then she was afraid it would sound like she was sulking, so after hesitating, she simply waved goodbye to Xiao Luo without saying anything.

If Xiao Luohan could hear her thoughts, she would know that their concerns were surprisingly similar.

Thanks to the amulet, Jiang Xue didn’t feel any period cramps today.

However, the math paper she received gave her a headache, and she could almost hear the math teacher’s voice in her mind: “This is the most difficult test in recent years.”

She had encountered a similar situation during the middle school entrance exam, when the science test makers had collectively decided to be “cruel.” Fortunately, she had a solid foundation, and with the bonus points from Si Ling’s recommendation, she had been admitted to her desired high school. But this was the college entrance exam, and there were countless talented students nationwide. She might not be so lucky this time.

It’s okay, just do your best and leave the rest to fate.

She had been studying so hard, and had even taken the “comprehensive evaluation admission” exam. If all these buffs weren’t enough to get her into N University’s traditional Chinese medicine program, then, according to Grandma Xie and Cang Ling, it was “fate’s way of telling her to take a different path.”

Thinking this, she felt more at ease as she started writing. She skipped the questions beyond her abilities and used the remaining time to check for mistakes and write down as many steps or formulas as possible for the difficult problems.

Thanks to her habit of timing herself during practice, she even numbered the questions on her scratch paper, so her thought process was clear, and she could easily find and correct her mistakes later.

Although she was focused and tense throughout the exam, she felt much more relaxed than during any previous exam.

…Could this also be the effect of the amulet?

Jiang Xue tried to block out all distractions during the exam, but the moment she put down her pen, handed in her paper, and left the exam room, this thought flooded her mind like waves crashing on the shore during a storm.

She hurriedly packed her things and rushed out.

The hallway was filled with flying paper scraps—the end of the math exam meant liberation in every sense, and the students, tormented by high school math for three years, were taking this opportunity to vent.

As for cleaning up afterwards, that was another matter. The homeroom teachers were experienced and would arrange it.

Running through the rain of paper scraps, Jiang Xue rushed to the school gate as quickly as possible.

As she expected, only Sister Cheng was waiting for her at their usual spot.