Jiang Ran also didn't know why he was so happy.
It felt like a balloon had inflated in his heart and was expanding away as a product of his happiness. It was only kept under control when he brought Su Yan into his embrace.
He only loosened his hold on Su Yan once he had his fair share of smiling.
He stretched out his hands and pinched her fair cheeks.
The fiery gaze in his eyes weakened and was replaced with a beam. After a long time, she finally heard him say, "Just do what you want to do."
"What if you don't like it?"
"That won't happen."
"Oh."
She listened to his reply and then nodded her head.
The two of them finally bid each other goodbye.
Su Yan returned home. Her parents were not around and only a maid was present.
The original host's parents were involved in business. They were constantly flying abroad and were rarely at home.
The original host was probably deprived of familial love, which was probably one of the reasons why she was an extreme introvert.
Back in her room, she licked her lips.
She tied her hair up, exposing the pearl earring.
"Little Flower?"
"Host, you did well! Keep it up!"
"Okay."
Early the next morning:
The weather was sunny and cloudless, and the sun shone brightly in the sky.
Su Yan got out of bed early, as usual. After having breakfast, she headed to school.
Almost immediately after she stepped into school, five girls surrounded her.
"So, you're Su Yan?"
"Yes."
Following which, these five girls scrutinized Su Yan's figure carefully, as though they were inspecting her.
One of them folded her arms in disdain.
"There doesn't seem to be anything special, ah."
"Right."
"Then what does Jiang Ran see in her?"
"She can't even compare to us, let alone Yao Yufei."
"Pft aiya, you can't make her sound so worthless. What if she was a veteran green tea b*tch [1]? Would we be able to tell at a glance?"
"Ha ha ha ha ha."
The five students formed a circle at the side to pass judgment while laughing mockingly.
Su Yan licked her lips and blinked her eyes to think, before saying, in all seriousness, "Maybe… I'm not as noisy as all of you."
The moment she said this, the five girls immediately quieted down.
One of them became enraged.
"You f*cking say that one more time?!"
Another one of them interrupted her, "Forget it, we're at the school entrance, let's not make a scene. We'll have more opportunities in the future."
As she said this, she glared viciously at Su Yan.
Before they took their leave, she didn't forget to say a few threatening words.
"Su Yan, let me tell you. Only Yufei can stand next to Jiang Ran. You are not worthy!"
In a condescending and arrogant tone.
In the beginning, they were merely curious. They had heard that a girl was behaving oddly with Jiang Ran at the basketball court yesterday afternoon.
Hence, they wanted to have a look and see what part of her was so special.
Now that they had seen her, she couldn't be considered outstanding.
And when they saw how she spoke, they were 80% sure that she was a green tea bi*ch.
The few of them despised Su Yan to the bone.
Following that, the five girls took their leave.
Su Yan retracted her stare and lugged her backpack toward her classroom.
Every now and then, eyes would turn and stare at Su Yan.
It was unknown whether this was due to the incident yesterday evening, or if it was because of the commotion between her and the five girls just now.
When she reached the entrance of her classroom, she heard her classmates talking loudly inside. It was bustling with activity.
However, the moment Su Yan stepped into the classroom, the clamor instantly died down.
Everyone's eyes turned as one to look at Su Yan. Making conjectures, sizing her up, and obviously even more of them were rejoicing in her impending misfortune.
She walked up to her own seat, and not long after.
She heard someone speak up.
"Hey hey hey, Yao Yufei is back."
"Really?"
"Of course!"
"Then Su Yan is a goner."
"Su Yan versus Yao Yufei. It isn't even a competition!"
[1] A girl who appears innocent and charm on the surface, but is actually calculative and manipulative