I Might Have Fallen in Love With My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 176 - 172: Can’t Figure It Out

Chapter 176: Chapter 172: Can’t Figure It Out

By the time Song Shize swaggered into Class One, holding two apology letters, Qingran and Ruan Ruan had already left together a long time ago.

They didn’t attend the evening self-study session today because Ruan Ruan was feeling unwell, and Qingran went back with her.

Ruan Ruan’s usually robust health, nearly akin to a bull, gets defeated by her monthly visitor every time.

Unable to find Li Qingran, Song Shize figured he shouldn’t leave empty-handed and settled for looking for Xie Ying’an.

Xie Ying’an walked out from the back door, his youthful features somber, silently taking the apology letters from Song Shize’s hands without a word of thanks before turning to head back to the classroom.

Song Shize: "..."

Crap! Since when has helping him become a thankless task? Wishful thinking!

"Xie Ying’an?!" He quickly strides forward, leaning against the back door of Class One, blocking Xie Ying’an who was about to return to the classroom.

Only then did Xie Ying’an look up at him indifferently, the dark depths of his eyes stormy, his entire bearing exuding a "don’t mess with me" attitude.

"What’s with you?" Remembering the tooth loosened from a previous beating and noticing that not a single lackey was with him, the normally arrogant and conceited Second Generation Son visibly cowered in front of Xie Ying’an.

Xie Ying’an didn’t speak, just glanced at the apology letters in his hand, then ripped them to shreds in a few swift motions before tossing the scraps emotionlessly into the trash can.

"No need for these," Xie Ying’an said coolly, uncharacteristically adding an extra sentence for the clueless Song Shize: "Next time, we’ll write them together."

Next, next time?

Does that mean there’s going to be more excitement to watch?

Song Shize was so thrilled that his facial expressions began to contort. Initially, the area outside the classroom was so hot, and Xie Ying’an’s cold demeanor only added to his impatience. But hearing Xie Ying’an’s words, that irritation instantly evaporated.

Because Song Shize rested on the back door of Class One’s classroom, the door was now wide open.

Some girls, who were physically weaker and sensitive to the cold, had set the classroom’s air conditioning to a higher temperature, so with the back door open for a while, the classroom heated up even more.

A few students who couldn’t focus on their studies now felt the classroom was unbearably hot, losing all motivation to study. They looked back annoyed, but when they saw it was the Second Generation Son leaning against their classroom door, their complaints died in their throats.

Hold on, not right! Why did the Second Generation Son have such a menacing look on his face?

Then they saw Xie Ying’an standing opposite the Second Generation Son.

That explained the fearsome expression on the Second Generation Son’s face—he must have been threatened or beaten up by Xie Ying’an.

In the end, Song Shize couldn’t get a word out of Xie Ying’an. If Xie Ying’an didn’t want to talk, nobody could make him.

It didn’t matter if he got nothing out of him; Song Shize had a backup plan, turning around and heading towards Class Three’s doorway.

Right now, Li Qingmo from Class Three was diligently studying, stepping out of the classroom complaining about Song Shize’s timing, which was neither here nor there, distracting him right when he was most engrossed in solving problems.

Song Shize didn’t bother with his complaints but started insinuating if something was set to happen these few days.

Li Qingmo furrowed his brows, visibly impatient: "If you have something to say, say it. Cut the crap."

Song Shize dropped the act, casually leaning against the wall, repeating exactly what Xie Ying’an had said to him earlier.

Unexpectedly, after hearing it, Li Qingmo’s face showed not the slightest change.

"Just because of what he said, you think something is going to happen?" Li Qingmo waved his hands dismissively, "Go back, go back. Based on my decade of experience with Xie Ying’an, I can tell you very clearly, there’s nothing going on."

Song Shize was somewhat incredulous. He felt that Xie Ying’an’s somewhat gloomy expression did not seem at all like there was nothing going on. But seeing how certainly Li Qingmo spoke, he began to doubt whether he was indeed being overly suspicious?

After saying that, Li Qingmo turned his head and went back to the classroom, leaving Song Shize standing there alone.

What a joke, with the final exams coming up, if he still couldn’t outperform Li Qingran this time, he would completely lose face. Right now, unless the sky falls, nothing else seems like a big deal to him.

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After sending Ruan Ruan home, Qingran also returned to her own home.

At this time, Aunt Liu was still cleaning the house. Seeing Qingran returning, her face lit up with a smile: "Ranran, how come you finished school so early today?"

"There was no evening self-study today, Aunt Liu." Qingran hung up her schoolbag and turned to go wash her hands in the kitchen.

After eating dinner, it was only six-thirty in the evening.

Qingran picked up her schoolbag and went back to her room, sitting at her desk, she first retrieved the letter that Liang Fan had written from the very bottom of her bag.

As soon as she got her hands on the letter, almost as a subconscious reaction, she had torn it into pieces.

The only thought in her head at that moment was that this letter must never be seen by Xie Ying’an or her brother.

If either of the two saw it, another beating for Liang Fan was definitely in order.

The last time they beat Liang Fan, the school took a lenient approach because they had succeeded in the competition with excellent results. But if they beat Liang Fan again, things would become complicated.

Moreover, Qingran believed that she could definitely handle this minor issue herself.

Not only did she plan to handle this matter herself, but she also intended to ask Ruan Ruan to help find some of the key gossip spreaders, having Ruan Ruan take them on a few rounds in a hidden corner, then ’accidentally’ overhear their conversation.

Once these gossip spreaders got wind, it wouldn’t take long for the whole school to be aware.

After all, Liang Fan was the one who was unkind first.

It was Liang Fan who first spread around the school that he liked her. What was more disgusting was that the rumors eventually twisted to the point where some people were starting to say that she might also have feelings for Liang Fan.

Any fool wouldn’t believe there wasn’t someone behind the scenes fanning the flames.

This time, Qingran wanted the whole school to know that it was Liang Fan who was shamelessly pestering her. Despite her repeated rejections, Liang Fan kept persisting...

Give him a taste of his own medicine.

However, there was still something Qingran couldn’t quite get her head around, why would Liang Fan think of asking her out when the plotline had gotten so twisted?

This time, it hadn’t developed according to the plot in the book at all, with Wen Shiyi and Xie Ying’an, the male and female leads, not even having basic contact.

Because none of those events happened, there’s no way Liang Fan wanted to ask her out to humiliate her as the book described, nor did he have any reason to do so.

Since Wen Shiyi transferred here, Qingran had always believed she’d never done anything wrong to him, and she certainly didn’t qualify as a vicious supporting character, much less a stumbling block in the love story of the male and female leads.

The male and female leads don’t even have a speck of romantic interest right now!

Qingran decided not to ponder over things she couldn’t understand, and simply tore the paper in her hands into even smaller pieces, then turned to throw them into the wastebasket. She also threw in a few pieces of scratch paper to cover up the shredded paper completely.