Lu Ziyin didn't even stop walking. "Tell him to wait. I have something to do!"

The boy, having received instructions from Zhao Qian, knew Lu Ziyin would refuse, so he immediately ran over, grabbed Lu Ziyin, and said, "Brother Lu, the teacher gave me a strict order to bring you there. Please help me! Just for a little while, just for a little while!"

Lu Ziyin was being held tightly by the boy and couldn't break free for the time being. Her face darkened: "Let go!"

Tang Zhizhou watched from the side, gloating: "Hey, hold on tighter, hold on tighter! Lu Ziyin is strong, be careful he doesn't run away!"

The boy obeyed, hugging her tighter, and looked up pitifully, saying, "Brother Lu, please... just for a little while, really! Just go see the teacher, it won't take up much of your time!"

"Tang Zhizhou, pull him away!" Seeing that Ding Kemeng was about to leave, Lu Ziyin was extremely annoyed.

Tang Zhizhou, standing to the side, gave the boy's sleeve a perfunctory tug, then exclaimed in an exaggerated manner, "That's too strong! He's hugging too tightly, I can't pull him away!"

Lu Ziyin's face had turned as black as ink. Tang Zhizhou was clearly trying to make him look foolish. He glanced towards the stage, but Ding Kemeng had completely disappeared.

"let go!"

"I won't let go!" The boy thought Lu Ziyin was going to refuse him again, and shook his head repeatedly.

Lu Ziyin moved her foot and said angrily, "Let go, I'll go with you!"

"Huh?" The boy was slightly taken aback, then smiled, immediately stood up, and said, "Brother Lu, you promised, so don't lie to me!"

Lu Ziyin was so annoyed by the boy that her forehead was furrowed in a deep frown. "Hurry up and lead the way, stop talking nonsense!" She was in a hurry to confess to the cute girl and didn't want to waste time here!

"Alright!" The boy bowed, held out his hand, pointed in a direction, and said obsequiously, "Brother Lu, this way please~"

The boy dragged her to see Zhao Qian, and after listening to Zhao Qian ramble on and on, Lu Ziyin's head was throbbing. Suppressing her anger, Lu Ziyin asked a girl named Ding Kemeng for directions and went there.

Because of the cultural festival, people from various schools came to Xiushui. Lu Ziyin finally saw Ding Kemeng and was about to go up and greet her when a boy wearing the uniform of No. 1 Middle School walked up to Ding Kemeng first.

Judging from the familiar way the boy and girl seemed to know each other.

For some reason, Lu Ziyin subconsciously stopped and hid.

The boy was very handsome and had a gentle demeanor. He was holding a bouquet of flowers, which he gave to Ding Kemeng, and Ding Kemeng accepted them.

When Lu Ziyin saw Ding Kemeng accept the flowers, his temper flared instantly, and he smashed a piece of bark off the tree trunk with his fist. He wanted to go out and stop Ding Kemeng from accepting the flowers, but he was afraid that if he went out rashly again, he would upset Ding Kemeng, so he suppressed his anger and decided to watch for a while longer.

Ding Kemeng took the flowers, shook her head, and said, "I'm sorry, I won't transfer schools."

"Why?" The boy didn't get angry foolishly, but asked very seriously.

“I like this school. My friends are here.” Nai Nai, Tang Zhizhou, Xie Sichen, Lin Changmao… and most importantly, Lu Ziyin is here.

"But I heard you were bullied at this school. Are you sure you're happy here?" Xiushui High School is different from theirs; it's a private high school, where the sons of wealthy families study. While it can't be denied that Xiushui's teaching quality is good, the students' overall quality varies greatly, especially the children from rich families. They aren't very friendly to ordinary students like Ding Kemeng!

"I'm very happy, and I haven't been bullied at all!" Ding Kemeng frowned. Although she wasn't very popular with the girls in her class, they hadn't really hurt her; they had just given her some minor mishaps.

But how did Xu Yuxuan know all this?

"Kemeng, don't be stubborn. I know a bit about what kind of school Xiushui is. Listen to me, transfer to No. 1 Middle School. That's where you should be. You can study better there!" Xu Yuxuan looked at Ding Kemeng sincerely and persuaded her again.

"Xu Yuxuan, you are not me, you shouldn't impose your subjective assumptions on me! Besides, I've already said that I really like this school, and I don't want to transfer!" Ding Kemeng was a little angry.

Xu Yuxuan looked at Ding Kemeng with a sad expression. "Kemeng, don't you know my heart? I... I like you! I'm doing this for your own good. I won't hurt you. No. 1 High School is really more suitable for you than Xiushui High School! Just listen to me this once, leave Xiushui and go to No. 1 High School. With your grades, you can get much better learning resources at No. 1 High School than you do now!"

Seeing Xu Yuxuan pulling and tugging at Ding Kemeng, Lu Ziyin couldn't contain her anger and was about to leave.

"But I don't like you!" Ding Kemeng raised her voice and suddenly spoke up.

Lu Ziyin was secretly delighted and pulled her foot back after taking the first step.

Xu Yuxuan's expression clearly showed disbelief; did he not like him?

"I don't believe it! If you didn't like me, why did you always study with me before, and even tutor me often? I don't believe you didn't like me!" Xu Yuxuan was convinced that Ding Kemeng must like him!

Tutoring? Ding Kemeng suddenly remembered something from the past. Her homeroom teacher had told her that he didn't want the difference in grades between the first and second place to be too great, and that Xu Yuxuan's family seemed to care a lot about their child's grades.

"That was what the homeroom teacher asked me to do. I was just completing the task he assigned." Since she was no longer classmates with Xu Yuxuan, Ding Kemeng wasn't worried about any problems arising from telling the truth.

"How could this be..." He had always thought that Ding Kemeng liked him, which was why she had always been so nice to him!

"Besides, I already have a boy I like. He's excellent, has a good personality, and is very gentle with me. Most importantly, he's in this school! So, I'm not transferring!" Ding Kemeng was too lazy to say anything more to him, and after learning Xu Yuxuan's feelings, she couldn't even hold onto the flowers in her hand anymore!

Ding Kemeng put the flowers back into Xu Yuxuan's arms and turned to leave.

But she had only taken a few steps when she saw a familiar figure behind the tree: Lu Ziyin!

Ding Kemeng quickly stepped forward, somewhat surprised: "How come you're here!" Could it be that Lu Ziyin heard everything she and Xu Yuxuan said just now, including her saying that she had someone she liked?

"Just passing by." Lu Ziyin's mind was still replaying Ding Kemeng's words: She has someone she likes, someone she likes, damn it! Who has she fallen for!

"Well... how about we go back first?" Ding Kemeng wasn't sure how much Lu Ziyin had heard, but right now she just wanted to get out of this troublesome place as quickly as possible!