Ben10: A Romantic Adventure with a Gender-Swapped Class

Seeing his alarmed expression, Su Zixuan finally couldn't hold back and burst into laughter, bending over with a "pfft".

She took a few steps forward, deliberately lowering her voice, which carried a hint of reassurance and an unquestionable tone.

"You're only starting to feel scared now?"

"Too late!"

"However—" she drawled, winking mischievously, "as long as you obediently fill in Chongwen University as your application, I promise I absolutely won't pack you up and send you to some weird campus for dissection."

"So, what do you think? This deal was a great deal, wasn't it?"

The warm whisper entered her ears, and Mo Bai felt an immense, invisible pressure descend upon her.

He was like a small animal whose neck had been grabbed, unable to even muster the thought of struggling. He could only resign himself to shrinking back, his voice barely audible, filled with uncertainty about himself.

"Okay... but if I don't get accepted, don't blame me..."

The girl beside him seemed to have heard some great news. Her eyes lit up instantly, and she patted his shoulder twice with great encouragement. Her tone was so confident that she seemed to be the one holding the acceptance letter, even more confident than the person in question.

"Okay, okay, don't worry~"

"Be more confident in yourself, and you're guaranteed a job!"

After saying that, Su Zixuan let go of her hand, turned around neatly, and prepared to get into the car and leave.

"The senior student is leaving now; she has things to do at school."

Mo Bai's lips moved slightly, as if she had something stuck in her throat. Her eyes showed struggle, as if she wanted to call out to her, but seemed to be held back by some invisible concern.

However, just as Su Zixuan's hand was on the door handle and the car door opened with a soft "click," Mo Bai's heartstring snapped. The sound wasn't loud, but it carried a sense of desperate urgency.

"Wait!"

The call made Su Zixuan stop in her tracks.

She pulled back half of her body that had already leaned into the car, held onto the door frame, tilted her head slightly, and looked at the boy standing there with a hint of confusion.

"Ok?"

Mo Bai took a deep breath, as if he had finally made up his mind, and looked directly into her eyes, asking the question that had been lingering in his mind.

Why are you so concerned about whether I go to Chongwen University?

As soon as he finished speaking, the air around him seemed to freeze instantly.

The afternoon cicada chirping and the distant car sounds blurred into the background.

The two stood a few steps apart, silently gazing at each other, their eyes searching for that fleeting answer.

Silence, like a thin veil, gently enveloped them.

After a while, the tense expression on Su Zixuan's face suddenly melted away, and she broke into an incredibly bright smile, even with a hint of happiness and sweetness.

She simply relaxed her body, like a lazy cat, casually propping her elbows on the roof of the car and tilting her head slightly.

The afterglow of the setting sun cast a thin, almost transparent blush on her cheeks, and her upturned eyes were filled with an indescribable light.

"Because," her voice held a light, amused tone, yet seemed to conceal something else, "I just really like your style~"

She paused, as if organizing her thoughts, or perhaps admiring Mo Bai's stunned expression, before using a strange metaphor.

"It's like... if someone suddenly asks you whether aliens exist, how would you answer?"

She asked and answered herself, her smile carrying a mixture of mischief and seriousness.

"Hard to believe, isn't it?"

"Anyway," she said, her half-joking, half-serious expression fading, her tone light yet firm, "see you when school starts."

Before Mo Bai could react, she nimbly bent down and slid into the driver's seat.

The car door slammed shut, the engine roared, and the car sped away from the street like a silver arrow, leaving only a few fallen leaves swirling in its wake.

Mo Bai stood there blankly, staring in the direction the car had disappeared. The phrase "I just like your taste" and the strange question about aliens were still echoing in his mind. The evening breeze brought a chill, but it couldn't dispel the bewilderment on his face and in his heart.