Li Chao clamoured in shock, tossing the remote control on the floor.
"Hey, Don't throw my stuff like that. And who is this Liz? Your new celebrity crush?" asked Ying Shan.
Hearing his question, Both Li cousins stared at him as if asking him "Are you a fool?"
"Maybe you know her by her real name? Zhang Yuxi? Did it ring a bell?"
"Zhang Yuxi.." Ying Shan mumbled the name. After mulling over it for a moment, he shook his head.
"It does sound familiar, however, I don't think I know her. Oye, you know I am not interested in this celebrity stuff."
Li Chao sighed "It's not about interest, dude. If it were before, it wouldn't be too surprising that you haven't heard of her. But, since her return, she has been a hot topic. There are numerous articles, news about her. How come you don't know about her?"
Li Ran interrupted, patting his cousin's shoulder " Okay, Xiao Shan. I will tell you everything briefly. Liz is a teenage actress, who recently debuted as a singer. I guess it was one year ago, she went overseas to shoot. Before going there, she was short, a bit obese, an average looking teenager."
"However, when she recently returned she shook the entire entertainment industry. She completely transfigured herself. Let me just show you her picture from the airport. There is this article that compares her previous and present self."
He searched up the article and showed it to Ying Shan as he continued "Many people believe that she got plastic surgeries. I mean I can understand why tho."
Ying Shan took the phone and saw the picture. On the left side, there was the obese girl as described by him, she indeed looked like a common girl whom you won't bother giving a second glance at.
On the right side, there was a tall and slender girl with sophisticated facial features. Her long lean legs made her stand out most, if it weren't for her labelled as an actress, he would have that she was some kind of famous model.
"What do you think of her now? Can you believe she is currently in our school and we are here?" Li Chao mumbled in despair.
Ying Shan peered at the picture one last time, before throwing the phone back to Li Ran "Well, what can I say. She indeed made remarkable changes. Good for her."
"Hey!!" Both of them cried out hearing his dull response.
"*Sigh* So, what do you want to do? Go back to school? Do you know what time it is right now?" asked Ying Shan.
"The school break just got over. We need to return to our home and change, then go back to school. It might take one and a half hours. We might get caught but I think taking a glance at her will be worth the shot." uttered Li Chao with a huge grin.
*Slap*
Slapping his head, Li Ran yelled "And you call me the dumbhead. We can just go there when school ends. Why bother doing those nonsensical things?"
"Tsk, Who are you calling dumbhead? I am leaving you this once since you got a fine idea for the first time." Li Chao scoffed.
Ying Shan got up abruptly before speaking "Shouldn't you both get going then?"
"Huh? What do you mean? Are you not coming with us?" Li Ran asked.
"Why would I?"
"Why wouldn't you? You used to be always intrigued when it came to beauties. Now that an angel-like beauty has descended in our school, you don't wanna go?"
"Intrigued by beauties? Me?" Ying Shan was flabbergasted.
"Oye, You have been acting unusual since that day in the internet café. You even got into a huge fire incident. If it weren't for your precise memory, I would have thought you had amnesia and forgot all about yourself." Li Chao interpreted.
Nodding his head, Li Chao added, " Yeah, this morning when we brought you your favourite snacks, you stared at it for like ten minutes, your face was screaming 'Are these really my favourite?' What if you died in the fire and a ghost took over your body. Ow, Creepy."
Ying Shan became speechless as he heard his friend's remarks. Rubbing his head, he shouted " How many times have I told you not to watch those movies and dramas? They mess with your mind. What utter gibberish. Get out of my house."
Just like that, they were kicked out by him.
Hopping on his bed, Ying Shan gazed at the ceiling. He rolled over and grabbed his phone. Opening the gallery, he went through his photo albums.
There weren't many pictures. Some of them were of him with Li Chao and Li Ran while playing video games, some of them were with his parents. Besides those, every other picture was of different types of girls. Be it a foreigner or Chinese.
'Was I a womanizer?' A thought emerged in his mind as he scrolled through those pictures.
'The pictures are not scandalous which means I was not a pervert. Wait, what am I even thinking?' Black lines appeared on his head.
He deleted all pictures of those girls when he came across a familiar face.
The girl in the picture was wearing a school uniform. She had captivating eyes, a high bridge nose, plump red lips. Rather than imitating cuteness, she gave off a seductive vibe. She was smirking in the picture as if she was teasing the one who took the picture.
'Yang Ziyi..'
A name surfaced in his mind as soon as he saw her picture.
"Who is she? I wonder what my relationship is with her." He mumbled softly.
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*Vrooom*
Getting off the motorcycle, Both Li Chao and Li Ran leaned against it, waiting patiently for something.
They started mumbling
"3.."
"2.."
"1."
As soon as they said one, the school bell rang. Satisfied, they looked at each other grinning eye to eye.
After a few minutes, a swarm of students exited the school.
Tiptoeing, they searched amid the crowd for a certain someone. As time passed, the bustling crowd began to disperse. Still, she was nowhere to be seen.
Picking out a student, Li Chao asked " Hey, that actress Liz. Is it true that she enrolled in our high school?"
As Ying Shan's close friends, Almost everyone knew who Li Cousins were. The student was no exception.
He nodded his head as he hastily replied " Yeah, it's true. She studies in class 3-2."
"Class 3-2? Same year, different section? Who made this sh*tty decision?" blurted Li Chao furiously, making the student quiver.
"Hey, We have no time for this. Where is she right now?" Li Ran asked.
"She left."
"She left? But we have been standing here before the bell even rang. When did she leave?"
"I heard she had important matters to handle. And it was P.E as the last period, she skipped it and left the school." He stated.
"Huh?" The nicely outfitted duos looked at each other, disappointment clearly glinting in their eyes.
'Liz, Why did you have to leave so soon?'
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*Achoo*
"Ugh, Being god sure is stressful," Yuxi mumbled.
"Yuxi, Come outside."
"Yeah, coming!"