"I'm sorry, I'll try to... speak faster."

Xia Lian lowered her head and answered in a low, trembling voice, seemingly a little afraid of the very outgoing girl in front of her.

"Don't be so scared. I don't look that scary, do I?" Yin Tao quickly waved her hand, realizing that she had been a bit too abrupt. "I didn't mean to blame you. Just speak slowly, and we can hear you more clearly, isn't that better?"

"Speak slowly...is that alright?"

Upon hearing this, she slowly raised her eyes, and her previous fearful expression subsided somewhat. At least Xia Lian now knew that the two classmates in front of her had no ill intentions.

"It's okay, it's okay. I was actually worried that you'd think I talk too fast, haha. This guy next to me always says I talk too fast, that my mouth is like a typewriter, hehe..." As she spoke, Yin Tao scratched her head shyly.

"You know you talk very fast, huh? You can spout a bunch of things in ten seconds. I really don't know where you come up with so many things."

The boy next to Yin Tao was very tall, with willow-leaf eyebrows and sharp eyes. It was as if you could feel his coldness from two meters away, especially his expressionless face, which made people feel inexplicably indifferent.

Both are described as having "expressionless faces," but unlike Xia Lian, this boy's expressionless face leans more towards the adjective "indifferent."

Xia Lian, on the other hand, is more like a natural airhead, especially since she looks weak and silly, as if anyone could bully her.

"That's so mean, talking about me like that." Yin Tao pouted, protesting his "slander" in a low voice. Then she looked back at Xia Lian with a big smile on her face, her eyes crinkling as she laughed. "Hey, what's your name? How about we add each other on WeChat later? And you look so petite, haha... Ouch!"

Before she could finish speaking, a chop to the head struck her hard. Yin Tao cried out in pain and squatted on the ground, pitifully rubbing her head.

"You hit me again!"

In Xia Lian's eyes, after the cold-blooded boy gave Yin Tao a chop to the neck, he silently wiped his palm and gave Xia Lian a nonchalant purse of his lips, "Don't pay attention to that idiot, she's too familiar and probably scared you."

The boy took a step closer, and only after they were even closer could Xia Lian gradually see his face clearly.

Although he had no expression, you could sense a faint smile.

"No, it's nothing," Xia Lian waved her hand. "I don't really mind."

That's wonderful.

Xia Lian was sitting on an old bench. The boy sat down next to her naturally, with a little distance between them. "My name is Ye Qingzhou. I don't know your name yet."

Seemingly feeling a little uncomfortable, Xia Lian lowered her head, moved to the side, and whispered, "Xia Lian..."

Seeing this, Yin Tao pouted and looked at the two sitting together with displeasure. "Qingzhou, you still say I'm too familiar with people, but you're sitting at the same table as them!"

As she spoke, she stuck her bottom out and squeezed herself between the two of them, saying, "Make room for me! I want to sit together too!"

"How childish of you!" Ye Qingzhou frowned her handsome brows. "If you want to sit next to me, can't you just bring a chair over yourself?"

"Huh? Oh, okay." Xia Lian blinked blankly, and after a few seconds of hesitation, she got up from her chair. "I'll go get a chair." With that, she turned to leave.

"Hey, hey, hey!" the two people behind him shouted in unison, "Stop! I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about this idiot next to you!"

"Yeah! They're talking about me, you idiot! Something seems off... Anyway, come back first!"

Yin Tao rushed forward and picked her up, immediately giving up her seat and plopping down on the table herself. "You can sit here, I can sit on the table."

As she spoke, she smiled broadly, revealing her canine teeth, and habitually propped one foot up on the table. "Oh dear, Xiao Lian is so cute, hehe..."

Ye Qingzhou pushed up his glasses, his gaze seemingly noticing something, and then fell silent.

“Yin Tao”.

Upon hearing this, Yin Tao blinked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Ye Qingzhou didn't speak, but simply pointed a finger at her lower body and said casually, "Your skirt is revealing."

"..."

A few seconds later, she looked down at the hem of her skirt that was sticking up high, a hint of pink appearing on her earlobe, and quickly put her right leg down.

Unexpectedly, the seemingly carefree girl also had a shy side. This contrasting scene caused many boys in the class to stop what they were doing and turn their attention to her.

A blush crept onto Yin Tao's face, then she shyly turned her head away, covering her flushed cheeks with her hands. Her usually loud voice was instantly silenced, "No, don't look at me..."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their heads back in unison, but they all felt a sense of goodwill towards this girl who had such a charmingly unexpected personality.

"I want to be friends with her."

"She's so cute."

"What's that girl's name?"

Her loud voice had already attracted the attention of many students in the class, and when everyone saw her shy face, which was a stark contrast, she had no trouble making friends.

This is the advantage of being familiar with someone; it makes it easier to get along with classmates in the future. Now, thanks to her own clumsy attempts, Yin Tao has vaguely gained friends from most of the class.

"Looks like you'll have no shortage of friends in the future," Ye Qingzhou teased, a rare smile appearing on his usually indifferent face.

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