The cafeteria became deathly silent with Chu Nuan's shocking actions. Overwhelmed by surprise, many people watched with bulging eyes. Some even drop their lunches with opened mouths.
Being the first to recover, the female student screeched with anger she asked, "Who are you?! What relation do you have with student Xie?!"
"What do you think?" Chu Nuan questioned with crossed arms. "We're close enough to do this." Saying so, Chu Nuan winked and gave Xie Luochen a flying kiss, causing him to raise his eyebrows.
"Heh. That's it? I don't know who you are, but I've known student Xie since high school." The female student said with pride. Raising her chin up and sticking her chest out, the student introduced, "my name is Ru Yi and I can say with confidence that I've known him much longer than you."
"Oh? Is that so?" Chu Nuan sang, giving a certain someone, a meaningful glance.
Receiving her chilling stare, Xie Luochen pondered for a moment before answering, "I don't recognize her."
"Ah. I see, you don't recognize her." Chu Nuan said purposefully, hand covering her smile. "How unfortunate for you Miss Ru."
Cheeks flushed with anger, Ru Yi exploded. "Y, you shameless woman! Don't you see how distressed student Xie is at your hoodlum behavior? Going around and seducing people just because you have a pretty face. There's no telling how many people you'd fool around with by the way you act. Walking in like you own the place, you think you're all that great? I'm telling you! Anyone who can get into this school is a person with great status and power. You can't afford to offend me."
Hearing such coarse words, Xie Luochen furrowed his brows, just as he was about to say something. Cool fingertips smooth out his wrinkled brows, catching him in surprise. Looking up to see Chu Nuan's pacifying smile, Xie Luochen swallowed his words with difficulty. Giving her a deep look before slowly leaning back on the chair. He folded his arms to see how Chu Nuan would handle the situation.
Turning back to the little girl in front of her, Chu Nuan withdrew her smile. Observing the person standing in front of her from head to toe. She slowly grinned once again, eyes gleaming with a cold light.
"Lei Lin." Chu Nuan said with a laugh.
"Here!" Lei Lin, who was silently enjoying the show immediately sat up straight when she called.
"Lei Lin ah.." Chu Nuan took a step torward Ru Yi. " Today I'm going to teach you something about women that you'll never be able to learn anywhere else."
Resting two fingers on her lips with her head cocked to the side, she continued with a languid voice. "Women ah….. shouldn't argue back so easily. It'll seem as if you're uneducated. They should just-"
"Pa!"
"Deliver a slap to the other person's face. That way, you can let them know the definition of strength. And what it means for you to excel in both civil and martial arts."
Covering her cheek with a hand, Ru Yi looked at the beaming Chu Nuan in horror. "Y, you-"
"Pa!"
"You seem to be lacking in judgment. First of all, the one bothering Xie Luochen is you, not me."
Covering her other cheek, Ru Yi clenched her teeth tightly. Eyes turning red with unshed tears, she started, "How dare you-"
"Pa!"
Chu Nuan delivered another slap. "Second of all, the person who understands him the most is not you, it's me." Your great ancestors haven't even been born yet when we met, she silently thought.
Ru Yi started to stagger from the pain,"how can you…..hit someone without reason…."
"Reason? You're mistaken again, Miss Ru. Didn't I give you a reasonable explanation regarding those two hits?"
"Pa!"
"But there is one thing you've gotten correct, Miss Ru. Anyone who enters this school cannot be underestimated." Chu Nuan tilted her head to the side with disdain flashing in her eyes.
"Pa!"
"You cannot afford to offend me."
Unlike the other three slaps from before, this last hit contained even more strength than normal. The moment Chu Nuan's hand landed on Ru Yi's swollen cheek, this poor cannon fodder ABCD, fainted on the ground immediately.
Afterwards, a wisp of white smoke appeared from her body, trying to disappear.
"Capture it." Chu Nuan commanded spiritually.
Instantly, several invisible black shadows from all corners of the cafeteria rushed towards the smoke. Their actions so fast, even Xie Luochen and Lei Lin can only see a mass of black figures appearing for a second before vanishing into thin air.
Squinting her eyes in contemplation for a moment, Chu Nuan started to hum a small tune happily as she turned towards Xie Luochen. Giving him a cheeky grin, she asked, "did you miss me today."
"..." Ignoring her teasing, his eyes landed on her slightly red palm. "Hurts?"
"Huh?" Blinking her eyes a few times as she thought about the meaning of his words, she opened her mouth to say, "ah. Not really."
She reached for the last sip of black coffee before throwing it to the nearest trash can. "Black coffee isn't bad. But occasionally, savoring a cup of green tea is refreshing too." Chu Nuan said meaningfully.
"About the white smoke and black shadows...." Xie Luochen probed.
"Just a small ghost that got lost. I'll deal with her in a moment."
"I'll go with you." Xie Luochen suggested.
"No need. You still have classes, didn't you hear the bell ring?"
Not expecting her to refuse, Xie Luochen pressed his lips tightly together in silence. Cheeks bulging to a pout.
Seeing such a cute expression, Chu Nuan gave a pleasing chuckle. "I'll see you after school." She said while heading towards the exit.
Seeing her walk their way, students obediently parted on both sides. Gazes filled with stars respectfully sent Chu Nuan out the double doors.
"We saw something amazing today." They all thought, as Chu Nuan's slender figure engraves itself into their simple minds.