I Might Have Fallen in Love With My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 110 - 106: Awkwardness

Chapter 110: Chapter 106: Awkwardness

Qingran returned to the room to grab her luggage when she heard someone crying inside.

Accompanying Qingran, Ruan Ruan and Zheng Chunming could not hide the confusion in their eyes.

Ruan Ruan asked softly, "Who’s crying?"

After thinking for a moment, Qingran replied in the same quiet voice, "It’s probably that Ruoyi. Among the four of us in the dorm, it seems she’s the only one who didn’t pass."

Having said that, she opened the door from outside, and the three girls entered. Qingran’s guess was right; it was that Ruoyi who was crying.

Wen Shiyi was quietly packing up her things, sitting on the bed without even glancing at Ruoyi.

The one comforting Ruoyi was her good friend Yang Xuetin.

However, Yang Xuetin’s face showed no sadness. She had passed too, and it was a moment of joy for her, so how could she be sad?

Ruan Ruan helped Qingran carry her backpack, while Qingran held a tote bag with daily necessities. The three girls, as if no one else was in the room, picked up their things and were ready to leave.

Rarely, this time Ruan Ruan acted as if she hadn’t seen Wen Shiyi at all, neither of them even glanced around or exchanged greetings; they acted like strangers.

Qingran didn’t know if there had been a falling out between the two, but it was something she didn’t even want to deal with or couldn’t handle.

As Qingran and the others were leaving with their belongings, Wen Shiyi followed them out with her backpack.

At the moment they closed the door, Qingran still heard Yang Xuetin’s scornful voice, not bothering to lower it: "Who knows if the grades will plummet again when we return to school? It would be laughable."

Ruan Ruan couldn’t stand it.

Having stepped outside, Ruan Ruan turned back after hearing this, pushed past Wen Shiyi near the door, and with a kick, swung the door open. She slung the backpack over her shoulder with one hand, an air of ruffian charm that rivaled Song Shize’s in her demeanor.

"Yang Xuetin, what did you just say?"

Yang Xuetin wasn’t one to be easily intimidated. She glared at everyone at the door and responded, "What? Can’t even handle the truth now? If you’re so capable, keep your grades consistent! Then no one can pick at you, can they?"

Qingran also turned to look at Yang Xuetin.

Yang Xuetin stiffened her neck and met their gaze, looking as if she wasn’t afraid of them at all.

Ruan Ruan rolled up her sleeves and stepped forward, ready to fight, only to be held back by both Qingran and Zheng Chunming.

With a smile that lacked any warmth, Qingran turned to Yang Xuetin, "If my grades are so unstable, aren’t you just getting another chance to start betting pools? If you really think that’s the case, you can bet again. After all, it’s been so long, the school’s track could use another cleanup."

"Moreover," Qingran’s expression suddenly turned stern, "what place did you rank in the grade this time? You know it yourself. Are your grades stable?"

Strike the snake at its vital, capture the king first.

Qingran undoubtedly hit Yang Xuetin where it hurt, her face stiffened, and she fell silent, her complexion changing several shades in a moment.

Ruan Ruan and Zheng Chunming sang in unison.

Ruan Ruan: "Definitely worth another bet, especially since some ’sore losers’ from the last time were dragged away one by one by Song Shize in the end."

Zheng Chunming: "Ha! I did hear about that. Someone even recorded it with their phone. When we get back, I’ll suggest they post that video on the school forum so everyone can have a look."

"We’re running out of time, let’s go." Qingran, anxious about leaving at six, pulled Ruan Ruan and Zheng Chunming away.

Wen Shiyi, who had been watching the drama unfold, slowly followed them to the meeting point that the teacher had mentioned.

Yang Xuetin sat with her head bowed beside Ruoyi, at a complete loss for words after being rendered speechless.

From this incident, she began to understand that Li Qingran was the kind of person who would give off the illusion of being a gentle and laid-back girl, as long as you didn’t provoke her. However, if you did provoke her, she could become sharp-tongued and unyielding.

When they had all gone far away, Yang Xuetin too stopped trying to console the still sobbing Ruoyi. She packed up her stuff and turned to ask, "Ruoyi, we’re running out of time, are you coming or not?"

Ruoyi, still sniffling softly, began to pack up her things too.

Yang Xuetin, who had a superficial sisterhood with her, sneered behind her back. What was there to cry about just because her grades weren’t as good as someone else’s?

At 5:56 PM, Qingran and Ruan Ruan got on the bus on time.

This time, Qingran didn’t sit with Xie Ying’an; instead, she and a few other girls sat side by side in the last row of seats on the coach.

Song Shize forcefully squeezed in next to Li Qingmo and, plotting something, wouldn’t stop chattering to Li Qingmo as soon as they were on the bus.

Li Qingmo was feeling a bit down at the moment and paid little attention to what Song Shize was saying, in one ear and out the other, occasionally humming in response, pretending to listen.

Xie Ying’an alone sat in the seat in front of Qingran and their group. Fang Jin did come over again earlier, wanting to sit with Xie Ying’an, but he was straightforwardly rejected.

The boy had become an expert at lying without batting an eye. He bluntly told Fang Jin, "Sorry, I don’t like to sit with others."

"Uh, I forgot," Fang Jin said with an awkward smile and walked away, nose in hand.

But where was the forgetting? Wasn’t it because Fang Jin saw Xie Ying’an sitting with Qingran on the way here and thought that, after so many years, he had overcome his peculiar quirk?

Who would’ve thought it was not the behavior but the person that mattered.

Song Shize, seated just across the narrow aisle, couldn’t help but blurt out irresponsibly, "Don’t like to sit with others? Don’t you mean you don’t like to sit with classmates who aren’t so good-looking?"

With that statement, wasn’t he implying, both overtly and covertly, that Fang Jin was not attractive?

But indeed, a girl with ordinary looks like Fang Jin really couldn’t catch the eye of a spoiled rich kid like Song Shize.

Xie Ying’an closed his eyes to rest, pretending not to hear a thing.

Though they were supposed to depart at six, the bus didn’t start moving until 6:20 PM.

The students on the bus were all hungry, having not eaten dinner. They lay half-slumped in their seats, their stomachs growling. Normally, this would be the time for discussions, but today, they didn’t even have the energy to gather and talk.

Fortunately, Teacher Sun was thoughtful. No one knew when she had managed to buy a big bag of bread, which she distributed to each of the students.

When she was about to reach Li Qingmo, Li Qingmo pushed Song Shize, who was sitting on the outside, and took the outer seat before the confused Song Shize could react.

Without even lifting his head, Li Qingmo said, "Someone will sit here later, find another seat for now."

Song Shize exploded, "Damn it, why didn’t you say so when I was sitting down..."

Li Qingmo gave him a cool glance to cut him off, "I’ll treat you to skewers when we get back."

Song Shize became greedier, "You have to bring your sister along!"

From the side, Xie Ying’an suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Li Qingmo.

Li Qingmo only paid attention to Teacher Sun distributing bread, completely unaware of Xie Ying’an’s gaze. He didn’t hesitate much before he agreed to Song Shize, "Fine, now go."

Only then did Song Shize happily go to the back and squeeze into an empty seat next to Ruan Ruan.

After Teacher Sun finished handing out the bread, without even looking at the empty seat next to Li Qingmo, she walked to the front of the bus.

Li Qingmo’s expression darkened, and with a flick of his wrist, he tossed the bread onto the empty seat next to him, covering his eyes with the back of his hand.

After a while, unable to resist, he picked up the thrown bread and stuffed it into his pocket.

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