I Might Have Fallen in Love With My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 154 - 150: Where is Your Bootlicker?

Chapter 154: Chapter 150: Where is Your Bootlicker?

Xie Ying’an brooded all night, but was back to his normal self by the next morning.

When Qingran arrived at school, she unexpectedly saw Ruan Ruan and Zheng Chunming, who normally came quite late, sitting at Zheng Chunming’s desk, both grinning widely.

Without guessing, one could easily assume that it was Liu Luoxi who had forwarded Liang Fan’s photo to them.

Seeing Qingran approaching, Ruan Ruan seemed even more thrilled. She waved to Qingran, who was sitting in her seat: "Ranran, come here, I have something to show you."

Pretending to be unaware, Qingran leaned in to look at the phone Ruan Ruan flashed.

To her surprise, the phone screen didn’t display Liang Fan’s photo but a chat log about Song Shize being locked up by his dad again.

Qingran was somewhat astonished: "Why is Song Shize locked up again?"

It couldn’t be because of the fight with Liang Fan yesterday, could it?

"He’s again pestering the new transfer student," Ruan Ruan sighed, a hint of schadenfreude in her tone: "I don’t know what Song Shize is thinking, knowing the new kid’s background is strong and still provoking him repeatedly. Serves him right!"

Jeez! Does Mr. Song no longer distinguish between right and wrong?

After hearing Li Qingmo explain the whole situation yesterday, it was obvious that Song Shize wasn’t the one who started the trouble. Mr. Song probably didn’t even investigate and just blamed Song Shize directly.

In the end, it could well be because of the many troubles caused by Song Shize himself.

"However..." Ruan Ruan motioned with her fingers for Qingran to come closer again, and then she flipped to Liang Fan’s photo for Qingran to see: "Ranran, this is the transfer student’s photo, can you tell who he resembles?"

Qingran knew Liang Fan somewhat resembled a currently popular young celebrity, but since she wasn’t interested in pop stars, she didn’t know the celebrity’s name and just shook her head at Ruan Ruan: "I can’t tell."

Zheng Chunming was surprised: "Really, Qingran? Can’t you see the resemblance?"

"It’s not that she can’t see it, she probably just doesn’t recognize him." As Ruan Ruan responded to Zheng Chunming, she rapidly tapped the screen a few times, pulling up a retouched photo of a celebrity.

Qingran recognized him, it was indeed that young celebrity that Liu Luoxi had sent her the other day.

Ruan Ruan pointed to the image and asked Qingran: "Ranran, do you think the transfer student resembles him?"

Qingran looked closely: "Yes!"

Very much so, Liang Fan and this young celebrity shared at least seventy percent similarity.

"This is the actor Liu Jiang..." Ruan Ruan was telling Qingran the name of the young celebrity, but suddenly looked up towards the classroom door.

Qingran too turned her head in that direction. At the classroom entrance, Wen Shiyi was being cornered and mocked by Huang Qianyu.

Perhaps because the classroom wasn’t very crowded yet, and the teachers wouldn’t arrive so early, Huang Qianyu spoke loudly: "Yo! How come you’re coming to class on your own today? Where is your inseparable shadow and defender—your bootlicker?"

Wen Shiyi’s grip on her backpack straps tightened, her face resolute: "Liang Fan and I are just friends, please keep your words clean."

"Clean? Ha~" Huang Qianyu scoffed, and she pointed at the podium sarcastically: "Is that what you told your sweetheart about me? When he was here talking about me, didn’t he think to keep his words clean?"

"I never said anything bad about you to Liang Fan, believe it or not." Wen Shiyi braced herself for the worst.

"I never said bad things about you to your sweetheart, oh no, bootlicker is a better fit! Since you’ve never spoken ill of me to your bootlicker? That means your bootlicker is getting ahead of himself," Huang Qianyu rubbed Wen Shiyi’s face in it with every sentence, not intending to let her off easily: "Imagine if your bootlicker knew about this, how heartbroken he would be."

After saying this, she laughed even more heartily, and the few girls following her joined in the laughter.

Wen Shiyi waited with an impassive face until they had laughed enough, then said coldly: "Move aside, please!"

"Move?" Huang Qianyu lifted her chin high, her face full of arrogance: "You ask me to move and I just move? What are you thinking, do you think I am that bootlicker? Listening to everything you say."

Wen Shiyi’s eyes reddened with humiliation; she lowered her head and stood firm against Huang Qianyu. The pitiful appearance of the delicate flower made it distressing to watch.

Qingran frowned but before she could speak, Ruan Ruan couldn’t stand it anymore and slammed the table—

"As classmates, Huang Qianyu, haven’t you done enough?!"

Huang Qianyu glanced at Ruan Ruan with disdain, "Don’t poke your nose into others’ business. It’s none of your concern; what are you pretending to be the good guy for? Weren’t you the one those ’lickspittles’ cursed that day?!"

Ruan Ruan could only take several deep breaths after being slammed by Huang Qianyu, with no words to retort.

With Ruan Ruan silenced, Huang Qianyu didn’t plan to let her off: "I’d advise you to hang out less with some certain saintly mothers, or you might become one yourself. Better to mind your own business."

After saying that, she glanced at Qingran with obvious meaning; the ’saintly mother’ she referred to was clearly Qingran.

Qingran hadn’t planned to speak up for Wen Shiyi, as it was best to stay out of the main character’s business if possible.

But now that the bullying had reached her doorstep and Huang Qianyu had all but pointed her finger and called Li Qingran a ’saintly mother,’ how could she just sit idly by?

Seeing Qingran look over, Huang Qianyu lifted her chin with a provocative raise of her eyebrow.

Qingran crossed her arms in front of her chest, leaned back against the desk, and sneered, "It was the transfer student who scolded you; why are you taking it out on Wen Shiyi? Is it because you know the transfer student has a strong backing and you’re scared to provoke him? So you’re picking on the softer target?"

Huang Qianyu locked eyes in fury, and their showdown officially commenced.

The few students who were present in the class nearly boiled with excitement. Everyone knew Huang Qianyu wasn’t easy to provoke, but after the previous direct confrontation between Li Qingran and Huang Qianyu, they all learned that Li Qingran wasn’t as pliant and harmless as she appeared on the surface.

If it came to a head-on clash, Huang Qianyu might not be a match for Li Qingran.

Unlike Wen Shiyi, Li Qingran came from a family just as wealthy as Huang Qianyu’s; she had good grades and was a teacher’s pet, and even more infuriatingly, she had a school bully brother who was overly protective.

Seeing Huang Qianyu facing off against Li Qingran again, Sun Xin and Chen Xiweng were somewhat panicked, having spent so much time with her, they knew Li Qingran was not an easy target, and attempting to do so might very well result in getting pinched back.

Wen Shiyi also looked towards Qingran with an indiscernible look in her eyes, devoid of her usual caution.

Huang Qianyu stopped blocking Wen Shiyi and walked up to the podium, looking down at Qingran with narrowed eyes, "Li Qingran, why do I feel more and more irritated the more I look at you?"

Irritation is mutual, Qingran was indifferent: "The feeling is mutual!"

Huang Qianyu’s face turned sour; she was pretty and well-off, surrounded mostly by flattery, who had ever dared to oppose her like this?

Now, apart from Li Qingran, there was Wen Shiyi and her bootlickers opposing her.

Before Huang Qianyu could speak again, Xie Ying’an, who had been stopped at the staircase by Su Chen, walked into the classroom from the back door.

The atmosphere in the classroom was unusually quiet. Xie Ying’an acted as if nothing were amiss and, after sitting down at his own seat, side-glanced at Qingran.

Qingran didn’t look at him but glared at the podium instead.

Xie Ying’an also looked at the podium, where Wen Shiyi had already returned to her seat. Huang Qianyu, after seeing Xie Ying’an, took back all the harsh words she was about to say.

In front of someone they liked, even the most defiant girls would restrain themselves. Huang Qianyu shot Qingran a fierce glance and grumpily sat back down in her seat.

Xie Ying’an turned to Qingran and asked, "Did she bully you?"

It was clear who he referred to in his question.

"No," Qingran replied indifferently, opened her notebook, with no intention of continuing the conversation.

It seemed that even without the male lead, the struggle between the female lead and the supporting actresses, or amongst the supporting actresses themselves, was inevitable.