When Lin Jinran and Su Qinian returned to the classroom, they caught a glimpse of Lu Youchuan sitting in Su Qinian's seat.
He was sitting with his legs crossed, his head craning forward desperately, gesturing wildly, which made Tao Wan and Jiang Xiubin in the front row burst into laughter.
As they got closer, Lin Jinran heard their conversation.
"Do you know what a fly looks like?" Lu Youchuan asked excitedly.
"Isn't it just the usual look?" Tao Wan raised her eyebrows.
Jiang Xiubin pushed his glasses and said gently, "What do you mean?"
"It's so beautiful!" Lu Youchuan exaggerated. He leaned back against the desk behind him, clasped his hands together, and showed an infatuated look in his eyes.
"Big eyes, tiny legs, a slender waist, all kinds of lace, and it even has colored contact lenses. Hehe, that's what a fly looks like."
Tao Wan twitched the corner of her mouth and cooperated, "What a cold joke."
Jiang Xiubin was speechless, looking as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a pile of crap.
The two who had just walked over: "???"
Lin Jinran pointed at Lu Youchuan and then at her own head, silently asking, "Is he crazy?"
Su Qinian shrugged and nodded.
Having grown up with Lu Youchuan since childhood, he knew his character all too well.
He was carefree and lived a happy - go - lucky life.
"Isn't it funny? Isn't it funny? How could it not be funny!" Lu Youchuan was angry and pounded the table when he saw the two in front of him reacting indifferently.
The thumping sound attracted the attention of nearby classmates.
Tao Wan quickly stopped him. An exam was coming up next week, and most of the classmates in the class were busy reviewing. Lu Youchuan was really making the others angry.
Out of the corner of her eye, Tao Wan saw the two standing beside them. Her eyes lit up, and she waved at them, "Hey, Su Qinian and Lin Jinran are back."
"What?" Lu Youchuan turned around. His eyes also lit up when he saw Lin Jinran. "Sister Lin, you're back. We've been waiting for you for ages."
After saying that, Lu Youchuan quickly got up and made room for Su Qinian.
"Waiting for us for a long time? Why, do you miss me so much?" Lin Jinran pulled out the chair and sat down.
"Sure do. Sister Lin is so powerful and domineering. I'll cheer for Sister Lin!" Lu Youchuan walked around and stood beside Lin Jinran, giving her a thumbs - up. "You don't know how excited I was down there. You're really my Sister Lin."
Lin Jinran couldn't help laughing, "Cheer? Is it really that exaggerated?"
"Yes, Lin Jinran. On the second day you came, you gave us such a big surprise." Tao Wan said softly.
She looked so delicate that it seemed a gust of wind could blow her down, but when facing so many people, she spoke out her opinions freely. Her aura was completely different, and she was truly in the limelight for a while.
Su Qinian smiled faintly but didn't say a word.
"I've never seen anyone so bold at a grade meeting like today. It's really strange that the grade director didn't go up to stop her." Jiang Xiubin muttered.
Lu Youchuan had the right to speak on this matter. He said excitedly, "Do you know why?"
"Why?" The other three people except Su Qinian asked in unison.
Lin Jinran turned her head slightly and looked at Su Qinian.
At that time, there was the grade director, Su Qinian, and maybe Zhang Qiaozhi in the audience.
The grade director couldn't just watch things develop in an undesired direction. So there was only one possibility...
Su Qinian nodded, silently confirming her guess.
"While you were all focused on the stage, I was paying attention to what was going on below. I know everything that happened." Lu Youchuan rubbed his chin with one hand, looking mysterious, and spoke slowly.
"Just tell us quickly. Do you want to kill us with impatience?" Tao Wan pushed Lu Youchuan, who was acting pretentious, and said playfully.
"Okay, okay. It was our dear class monitor." Lu Youchuan spread out his hands and pointed at Su Qinian, raising his chin. "I saw everything. The monitor stopped the grade director."
"Because I thought Lin Jinran's words made sense. She wasn't talking nonsense."
The boy's voice was clear, with a slight hoarseness as if moistened by water vapor.
Of course, this was only part of the reason. He added silently in his heart.
"Yes, monitor, you know this best!" Lu Youchuan started to defend Su Qinian.
Su Qinian was stunned. A crack appeared in his calm eyes.
What did he mean by "know this best"? There were so many people around.
His heartstrings were suddenly disrupted. Su Qinian coughed and reminded Lu Youchuan not to talk nonsense.
But Lu Youchuan was in high spirits and didn't listen at all.
"Just count how long the grade director has been keeping an eye on you. If there's any sign of someone confessing their love to you, he'll catch you immediately, and both of you will be punished. He doesn't care about your situation at all."
"Indeed. The grade director is afraid that something might go wrong with you since you're expected to be the top scorer in the college entrance examination." Jiang Xiubin said.
"Lin Jinran, you were really innocent this time. If it happened again, the grade director still wouldn't listen to your explanation. He would only believe what he saw." Tao Wan sighed.
So...
Was this the reason why Su Qinian gave up explaining at that time?
"Why is this so?" Lin Jinran asked curiously. She dragged her chair forward to get closer and hear what the classmates in the front row were saying.
"You're new here, so you don't know. Three years ago, when our grade director was in charge of the senior year, there was a couple in the school who broke up. The girl insisted on breaking up, but the boy didn't want to. They quarreled on the rooftop of the teaching building."
"The boy pushed the girl in a fit of anger, and the girl accidentally fell off the building. The boy was also heart - broken. He probably wanted to commit suicide with her and jumped down too. In the end, the girl died, and the boy became a vegetable. I heard that the girl had excellent grades. She was in the top ten of the grade."
"Because of this incident, the grade director was deeply affected, which made him avoid students in relationships like the plague."
Lin Jinran was so shocked by this incident that happened a few years ago that she couldn't say a word. She could only stare with wide eyes, unable to believe it was true.
After coming to her senses, Lin Jinran said angrily, "That girl was really unlucky to meet such a scumbag. She had such good grades and a bright future, but it was ruined by this guy."
"What terrible luck!" Tao Wan said indignantly.
"Actually, that boy wasn't from our school," Su Qinian, who had been listening for a long time, spoke up and added details. "He wasn't even a student. That night, he slipped a pack of cigarettes to the security guard and got in. After the incident, the security guard was fired."
"Damn it! I'm so angry! I'm so angry!" Lu Youchuan swore and pounded the table hard. "A good person was just ruined like this."
"Lu Youchuan, can you be quiet? I've been listening to your chattering!" Zhang Qiaozhi, two rows away, slammed her book on the table. "If you don't want to take the exam well, we do."