Chapter 7: First Time Ignoring Chu Lian

Shu Shu hadn't experienced this kind of school collective life (morning to evening) since the last time.

To be honest, she still misses it a bit.

Wearing the blue-and-white uniform, she feels fresh about everything she does.

Noon, the cafeteria.

Shu Shu held a plate at the serving window, took a bit of each dish, then found a seat and started eating heartily.

The cafeteria's food has a flavor you can't find anywhere else.

It's not that it's especially delicious; it's just that the flavor is unique.

After finishing, Shu Shu returned her plate and was about to head back to class when she heard a familiar name.

"Look, it's Shu Lingchen."

"He's come again to bring yogurt to Chu, the school belle."

Shu Shu followed the gaze and looked over.

Not far from the cafeteria entrance under a big tree, Shu Lingchen had his uniform jacket open, revealing the black skull-head short sleeve underneath, his hair like a rooster's nest, holding a bottle of yogurt, lounging there sloppily.

"You say whether he's funny or not, but without even checking what a mess he is, how can he dare to pester Chu Eldest Young Lady?"

"Just watch, he'll be rejected again later, tch, clown."

Mocking comments kept coming.

At that moment.

Coincidentally, Chu Lian and her classmates had also finished eating, left the cafeteria, and were heading back to class.

A classmate beside her quietly reminded Chu Lian.

"Shu Lingchen is here again."

All she saw was Chu Lian let out a slight sigh, as if feeling some helplessness after being pestered.

Everyone around stared, waiting to see Shu Lingchen make a fool of himself after being rejected.

Just then.

A slender white hand snatched the yogurt from Shu Lingchen's hand just before Chu Lian reached the big tree.

Everyone was stunned.

Shu Shu twisted open the cap, tilted her head back and took a sip, then tasted it.

It was grapefruit-flavored, with bits of fruit, sweet and sour.

"Hmm, not bad."

Shu Lingchen also stared, looked at his empty hand, stood up, swallowed the "ma" he was about to say, and said: "... This wasn't bought for you."

Shu Shu: "Oh, so I can't drink it?"

"No, if you want to drink it, there's some for sale at the little shop over there." He had given her money yesterday.

Shu Shu repeated: "Oh, so I can't drink it?"

Then, without waiting for Shu Lingchen to answer, she calmly said: "Alright, I know."

After saying that.

Shu Shu threw the yogurt back into Shu Lingchen's arms and turned to leave.

"Ah—"

For some reason, Shu Lingchen's heart suddenly panicked; without thinking, he chased after her, feeling that if he didn't chase, he'd be doomed.

"Are you angry?" he softly called out "ma" from behind.

Shu Shu turned her head to look at Shu Lingchen, wearing a blank expression, her beautiful peach-blossom eyes blinking: "Eh, classmate, who are you? Do we know each other?"

"..."

Shu Lingchen's survival instinct kicked in, and he immediately apologized: "Sorry, I was wrong, you can drink it! Here!"

He handed the grapefruit yogurt back to her with both hands.

Shu Shu didn't take it: "I won't drink it if it's not sincerely given."

Shu Lingchen immediately said: "It is sincere! Twenty-four k Pure Sincerity!"

Shu Shu gazed at the sky and added: "I won't drink it if it wasn't bought for me."

"Then I'll go buy it for you now—what flavor do you want? Strawberry? Blueberry? Or pineapple?"

Shu Shu thought for a moment and said: "Fine, I'll have them all."

As long as his mom isn't angry, everything can be discussed; Shu Lingchen hurried down the steps: "Okay, okay, I'll buy them all."

"I also want two grilled sausages."

"Buy!"

Thus, everyone watched Shu Shu arrogantly cross her arms while Shu Lingchen waddled behind her, and they walked toward the little shop.

This was the first time, in a situation with Chu Lian present, that Shu Lingchen directly ignored Chu Lian.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

"Who is that girl?"

"How come Shu Lingchen listens to her so obediently?"

"Looks like she's a new transfer student in their Class 12, named Shu Shu."

"Wow, she's so pretty! Prettier than the school belle Chu!"

Chu Lian had unknowingly stopped in her tracks; she stood there, the murmurs reaching her ears, her eyelashes beneath her bangs trembling slightly without meaning.

She could hardly believe it.

"Did Shu Lingchen just 'dump' her and walk off with another girl?"

"Before, he was always afraid of misunderstanding and kept his distance from everyone of the opposite sex."

Shu Lingchen had a big wave of "blood" at the convenience store, snacks filled Shu Shu's desk, and only then did Shu Shu "recognize" him.

Noon break class.

He, in order to be filial, passed a note to Shu Shu.

"Mom, tomorrow is Saturday, want to go out for a stroll?"

Shu Shu replied: "No, I want to sleep."

Shu Lingchen: "……"

He wrote again: "You still haven't told me, where have you been staying these days?"

Shu Shu: "Didn't I say? On the street, what's the matter, you don't go out at night, haven't you seen me on the street?"

Shu Lingchen: "…………"

Alright.

He tore the note into shreds, making sure no character could be read, then lay on the desk to catch some sleep.

These days Shu Lingchen hasn't slept in class, because as soon as he sleeps, Shu Shu hits his head.

That big bump on his forehead still hasn't gone down.

Really, he dares not be angry nor speak.

No way, who let this person be his biological mother?

To avoid daytime drowsiness, he, who originally played games until two or three in the morning every night, even started cultivating the habit of early to bed and early rise.

Saturday.

Shu Shu slept in the Presidential Suite until afternoon.

She came to a street stall, specifically to buy hand-held pancakes.

Shu Shu is no longer that poor little thing who, a week ago, had to earn money by performing to buy a hand-held pancake.

Now she is a wealthy lady who can add meat, bacon, and sausage to her hand-held pancake as she pleases.

"Young lady, it's ready."

"Thank you."

Shu Shu took the hot, fragrant luxury hand-held pancake from the boss's hands, then sat down on the street without restraint and began to nibble.

At that moment, a wave of people walked toward her.

Leading them was Chu Lian.

Beside her followed seven or eight people who looked like students, male and female.

Looking at this entourage, they must be classmates going to Chu Lian's home to visit.

Shu Shu's eyes met with the group for a second, then she looked away and continued to focus on eating her pancake.

Who would have thought.

But Chu Lian walked over herself, smiling lightly, and said: "Is... you Shu Shu, classmate?"

"It's quite a coincidence; I saw you at the school gate that day, never expecting you to be our San Zhong's new transfer student."

Speaking.

She showed a difficult expression: "Regarding that day's matter, I still haven't personally thanked you; if it weren't for you, I really wouldn't know how to respond to Shu Lingchen's confession."

If, before understanding the truth, Shu Shu simply thought Chu Lian had a timid personality, then now—

She sincerely gave Chu Lian a big eye-roll.

Chu Lian clearly knows Shu Lingchen doesn't want to hurt her, yet she deliberately came over to thank her.

By saying that, it indirectly confirms that Shu Lingchen would do something bad, lowering his reputation while making her appear magnanimous and simple.

Sure enough, in this ever-changing era, the green tea remains steadfast.

"What are you doing?!"

A female classmate behind Chu Lian saw Shu Shu roll her eyes, rushed over, frowned: "Xiao Lian is thanking you, do you have any manners?"

The speaker is precisely Chu Lian's friend who scolded Shu Lingchen as a toad that day.

"Lu Lu."

Chu Lian stopped Zhang Lu.

She looked at Shu Shu, biting her lip: "Shu Shu classmate, this should be our second meeting; did I do something to cause your misunderstanding? I just want to thank you, with no other intention."

Shu Shu: "No misunderstanding, it's all fact."

Chu Lian was choked up.

She is San Zhong's school belle, also called Eldest Young Lady by everyone; everyone treats her politely, and few would so bluntly give her face.

"I say, how can you be like this? Originally, seeing that you stopped Shu Lingchen that day, I thought you were not bad."

Zhang Lu stood up again to speak up for Chu Lian, saying, as she glanced at Shu Shu's hand-held pancake, she gave a mocking laugh:

"So uncouth, it seems you eat these unhygienic, poor-people's stuff, no wonder you can hang out with Shu Lingchen that kind of poor ghost."

Zhang Lu, who followed Chu Lian yesterday, also saw the scene of Shu Shu and Shu Lingchen going together to the convenience store.

She felt that being friends with the Eldest Young Lady gave her a sense of superiority in her speech.

Chu Lian heard Shu Lingchen being called a poor ghost, and had no intention to clarify.

Shu Shu had a question mark above her head.

Shu Lingchen didn't bring it up first, but how did the hand-held pancake affect her???

Next second.

Shu Shu gathered the pancake, grabbed Zhang Lu's arm and pulled her to the pancake stall, saying: "Boss, she says your pancakes aren't clean and have a poor-people's taste."