Until they finally sorted out their order, a slightly chubby girl was the first to ask her, “Um… are you Ye Xingmian?”
The young girl fell silent for a moment. She felt that entering the room without her hood was definitely a mistake. However, reality offered no second chances, so she could only give an answer.
“Yes, I am.”
The moment she confirmed it, the crowd immediately burst into a cacophony of discussion.
“Hey, are you really a boy? You don’t look like one at all.”
“Exactly, exactly. Your hair is so long, and the quality is so good. Tsk, tsk, your skin is so supple too.”
“What skin care products do you use? Strange, why didn’t I notice you before?”
“You’re so cute, can I touch you?”
Facing the crowd’s inquiries, she lowered her head in a loss of what to do. She did not respond to them.
She had never encountered such a thing, nor did she have a way to handle this situation. She could only remain silent, waiting for them to leave on their own.
Speaking of which, class is about to start… They shouldn’t be able to stay for long…
Just as the girl was thinking this, a slightly cold voice suddenly came from behind the crowd.
“Hey, what are you doing surrounding her? Class is about to start, everyone go back.”
The crowd turned around and found the newcomer was actually Liu Yinuo. As the class monitor, she still held some authority. Soon, most people dispersed, though a few still lingered. They looked at Ye Xingmian, who was sitting stiffly in her seat, and then at Liu Yinuo, who had come to defend her. Recalling what happened yesterday, someone immediately showed a teasing smile.
“Oh my, actually, you knew all along, didn’t you, Monitor? Student Ye is so good-looking, you were just hiding it from everyone to keep her all to yourself?”
“Exactly! I was wondering why the Monitor was so off yesterday, constantly looking over here. Turns out there’s a secret affair!” A girl made a subtle gesture.
Hearing these nonsensical remarks, Liu Yinuo’s face instantly darkened.
“Get back to your seats! Don’t blame me for not warning you!”
“Fine, fine, fine~ Monitor, you better treat her well.”
The crowd finally dispersed completely, but it would likely be difficult to return to a peaceful life in the future. Liu Yinuo sighed. She felt as though she had done something impulsive again; perhaps it would have been better to just wait for them to leave on their own. But for some reason, seeing them surround the girl and ask all sorts of things made her feel very uncomfortable and angry. She wanted to drive them away.
Well, after all, it was enough for her to be the only one willing to be kind to Ye Xingmian.
The nonsensical thought surfaced in her mind again. She frowned and shook her head, shaking off that strange idea. When she looked at the girl again, her gaze held a hint of apology.
“Student Ye… about this morning… I’m sorry…”
After such a thing happened, it would surely cause the girl to feel resentment. She hoped to gain the girl’s forgiveness through an apology so that her upcoming seat-changing plan could proceed smoothly.
However, Ye Xingmian only kept her head lowered and said nothing.
Unable to see the girl’s expression, Liu Yinuo could only sigh helplessly. She simply stopped persisting and left on her own.
Only the girl sitting in her original spot quietly clenched her fists, biting her lower lip in self-reproach.
It’s all my fault… I’m sorry… Monitor…
She couldn’t think of any other way, so she could only continue to distance herself from Liu Yinuo out of guilt. She would just have to wait until the day she could forget her.
She really didn’t want to keep owing the Monitor, especially now when freedom was so close. After the College Entrance Examination, she could leave the Lin family to see her mother. That was her greatest expectation; by then, she would be liberated.
She didn’t want to bind herself with a chain named “Liu Yinuo” before then.
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In the front row of the classroom, Liu Yinuo had just sat back in her seat and sighed. Just as she was about to take out her test paper, the person behind her suddenly poked her.
She frowned and turned her head. Her mood was not great, so her tone was a bit sharp.
“What is it?”
The girl sitting behind her was Li Li, the one who had run over to gossip last night and was the culprit who caused her to lose sleep all night. Li Li’s expression didn’t seem very pleasant either as she lowered her voice.
“Hey, you still say you and that Ye Xingmian don’t have a secret affair? I’ve seen through it all.”
“What?” Liu Yinuo frowned.
“When you two were talking, you looked completely abnormal. And look at those panda eyes on your face; don’t tell me the two of you spent the night together? Could it be those clothes were a gift from you too? Tsk, tsk, tsk~”
Now Liu Yinuo was truly getting angry. “Don’t talk nonsense!”
“Hmm? Still denying it? Do you dare to say you don’t like him even a little bit?”
“…” Liu Yinuo fell silent. She originally wanted to say she dared, but remembering the things she had searched for on her computer last night, she felt a bit guilty and simply said nothing.
“Hmph, you can’t say it, can you? I don’t know what on earth attracts you to him. A man acting like a little girl, actually making you chase him, and it looks like he’s not even willing!”
“She’s not like that…” Liu Yinuo subconsciously tried to defend the girl.
“Hmph, I think he’s just playing hard to get. Anyway, those clothes must have been bought by you, right? I saw the two of you together when I entered the school gate today. No denying it!”
“…It really wasn’t.”
“Still not telling the truth? Tsk, don’t you want me to help you with some strategies or give you an assist?”
“…No need, I don’t have that kind of intention.”
Liu Yinuo stopped talking. She turned her head back. No matter how many times the person behind her poked her impatiently, she ignored them.
But… strategies? It must be said, for a split second, she really did feel a spark of interest.
But it was only for a second. She really didn’t have that kind of intention toward Xingmian, um…
Perhaps…
It was just that even Liu Yinuo herself couldn’t understand why she felt so much anger when she saw Ye Xingmian with Qin Haiyue. Or why she wanted to take her home and protect her so badly when she saw her being bullied by Lin Ziyan?
The reasons within this, perhaps even she herself did not know.
Their conversation was not hidden from others, and therefore, it was heard clearly by Liu Yinuo’s desk mate, Lin Ziyan.
In a place unnoticed by anyone, Lin Ziyan clenched her fists tightly, her teeth grinding together audibly.
Whether it was the conversation between the two of them just now or what happened afterward, she had seen it all—seen it all clearly.
Just as she had guessed, last night Ye Xingmian had treated her warning like air and gone to Liu Yinuo’s house.
She had even changed her clothes. Then what about the underwear she had given her? It must have been thrown away, right?
Even though it was just two pieces of old clothing, this feeling of having her kindness betrayed was something Lin Ziyan was experiencing for the first time. Having been pampered by her parents since childhood, when had she ever suffered such an insult?
As expected… she couldn’t show that fellow even a bit of a good face…!
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