The class was already halfway over.
After returning to her seat, Cheng Shimumeng stayed unusually quiet.
She didn’t continue teasing Ning Wanciu; instead, she gave the other girl some breathing room.
After all, she hadn’t even said anything yet, and Ning Wanciu was already blushing.
If she kept going, who knew what would happen?
She only liked interesting things; she didn’t want to actually anger someone.
That’s why, although Cheng Shimumeng always looked like she was flirting with people, she actually grasped the bottom line perfectly.
Just like right now.
Still, there were some things she needed to ask that amazing online friend about later.
When there’s a ready-made master, one should use them.
Looking at the front row, where Ning Wanciu appeared to be listening to the lesson but was actually spacing out, Cheng Shimumeng smiled.
She didn’t even need to ask what the other girl was thinking about.
Because she had seen everything—including that smile An Yu had shown only to Ning Wanciu. Cheng Shimumeng had taken it all in.
The way those two interacted was truly something she could watch forever without getting tired.
Cheng Shimumeng could feel it: every one of An Yu’s actions felt more like instinct.
She simply did what she thought she should do.
And it was precisely because of that naturalness that Ning Wanciu was so affected.
When someone does something they consider completely normal, yet it makes another person’s heart race—this was extremely entertaining to Cheng Shimumeng.
She wanted to keep watching forever, without anyone interfering.
Speaking of which, lately there had been a lot of rumors going around that Chen Yu from the Chen family was a lolicon and had long set his sights on An Yu.
There were also people saying that the Chen brothers were actually competing over An Qing.
If they were really chasing An Qing, Cheng Shimumeng couldn’t care less.
But since she didn’t know for sure, she had to stay vigilant.
Any hint of crisis should be nipped in the bud, right?
Cheng Shimumeng unconsciously curled her lips into a faint smile.
Only… that smile carried a trace of danger.
However, there was one thing: it seemed something had happened at the An family’s recognition banquet that she didn’t know about.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t suddenly be so many rumors.
Unfortunately, there was no way someone like Cheng Shimumeng would attend that kind of banquet.
If it were just a simple recognition party, she might have gone to improve her relationship with An Yu.
But that one wasn’t.
With her status, if she showed up, she would end up just like the Chen brothers this time—spreading all sorts of rumors.
For example, that she liked Chen Yu or Chen Guang, so she attended the An family banquet, etc.
Cheng Shimumeng hated gossip, especially being the center of public discussion.
In any case, she had her own way of doing things.
She looked at An Yu in the front row, who seemed to be secretly playing on her phone, and unconsciously smiled again.
An Yu, who had been idly swiping back and forth on her phone out of boredom, suddenly froze. She blinked expressionlessly.
She kept feeling like someone was staring at her.
Though… she was pretty much used to this feeling by now.
Because An Qing was always sneaking glances at her.
Now there was also was Shen Huahua.
Most likely it was one of those two again.
Whoever it was, An Yu had no intention of paying attention.
In a certain sense, she wasn’t wrong.
Shen Huahua thought left and right.
Even though she wasn’t confident, she finally decided that after class she would look for An Yu and try to talk to her one more time.
Whether An Yu would still be friends with her could be put aside for now—the main thing was she didn’t want An Qing to be misunderstood because of her!
Even though Shen Huahua hadn’t done it on purpose, it really had been her who brought An Qing to meet An Yu that day.
On the other side of the classroom, Huai Xiang was frowning with her arms crossed.
Her seat was quite far from Cheng Shimumeng’s, Ning Wanciu’s, and even An Yu’s.
“Hiss… Could it be that when Shimumeng said Wanciu was on duty today, she actually went to help little An Yu?!”
Only after thinking for half the class did Huai Xiang finally realize what was wrong. She almost cried out in shock.
Realizing she was still in the classroom, Huai Xiang hurriedly covered her mouth.
She nervously looked around—good, she reacted fast enough; nobody noticed.
“Phew…”
Huai Xiang let out a long breath.
No wonder Wanciu and An Yu’s relationship had heated up so quickly!
So Wanciu had been secretly giving An Yu special tutoring! Damn it, why hadn’t she thought of that?
She felt annoyed at her own slow reaction—she had missed a perfect opportunity!
But… if Ning Wanciu had actually gone to do the duty shift,
Didn’t that mean she had done something stupid?!
Back then, she thought she had caught Cheng Shimumeng in a mistake.
In front of Cheng Shimumeng, she had acted all proud and smug, even confidently saying that Shimumeng’s memory was wrong.
Oh god.
“Ugh…”
A wave of embarrassment shot straight to the top of her head.
No wonder Cheng Shimumeng had looked at her like she was an idiot—this was why!
At that time, Huai Xiang had been completely lost in her fantasies about An Yu and hadn’t realized she was making a fool of herself.
Her ridiculously long reflex arc had finally caught up.
She had made a complete fool of herself—in front of her best friends and An Yu, no less!
Right now, Huai Xiang wanted nothing more than to find a crack in the floor and crawl into it!
She dejectedly flopped onto her desk, stealthily glancing at Cheng Shimumeng.
Seeing that the other girl looked normal, she finally relaxed.
Her best friend had only one hobby—mocking people.
For some reason this time, she had actually let Huai Xiang off the hook.
Great! Next time at the arcade, she would go easy on her!
Ever since coming back from the game center, Huai Xiang had been practicing hard.
This time she was a different Huai Xiang!
After all, in her family’s arcade hall, she was undefeated.
None of her dad’s disciples could beat her at that game!
But right now, the important thing wasn’t Cheng Shimumeng.
The important thing was—An Yu wouldn’t think she was an idiot too, right?!
If An Yu started disliking her and didn’t want to play with her anymore, what then?!
No, that absolutely couldn’t happen.
She would ask the moment class ended!
Huai Xiang waited nervously.
As soon as the bell rang, she would bolt straight to An Yu’s side!
Mainly, if An Yu really did dislike her now, she needed to find a way to explain herself!
Huai Xiang rubbed her fists together, staring at the clock, ready to dash at any moment.
5… 4… 3… 2… 1!
Ding ling—
The bell for the end of class rang, but Huai Xiang forced herself to stay still.
“Alright, class dismissed.”
Perfect.
None of the teachers at this school ever went overtime.
The instant the teacher finished his last word, Huai Xiang shot out of her seat like a rocket, her short red hair fluttering behind her.
“An—”
Shen Huahua had just stood up, wanting to say a few words to An Yu.
She only managed one syllable before that red blur stole the spot.
“Little An Yu, little An Yu!”
Hearing the somewhat familiar voice, An Yu turned her head in confusion.
“Xiangxiang, what’s wrong?”
“Ah…”
Huai Xiang laughed awkwardly and instinctively scratched the back of her head.
“Nothing! I just missed you!”
An Yu tilted her head expressionlessly.
“Really?”
They had literally just seen each other earlier, hadn’t they?
“Hehe.”
Huai Xiang let out a silly laugh.
Of course that was just an excuse she blurted out.
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