She's already more capable than so many people, yet she still works so hard. How can her classmates possibly be so carefree and just drift along?
"Huaijiao, you're right. We should learn from you."
One of the students spoke up.
"Yes, you are our idol, and I will try my best to catch up with you."
Another classmate chimed in.
Lu Huaijiao blinked.
She looked at her classmates, who suddenly seemed to have been injected with adrenaline, with confusion, not understanding what had happened.
But it's a good thing that everyone is willing to study seriously and stop focusing on themselves. Let them study; she'll continue being a couch potato...
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After a day of classes, Lu Huaijiao finally regained some energy when school ended in the afternoon. She walked out of the campus with Niu Fangfang, and unsurprisingly, they saw Gu Changzheng at the school gate.
And Xiang Dongcheng, who was with Gu Changzheng.
Lu Huaijiao glanced at Niu Fangfang beside her.
Niu Fangfang's face immediately turned red.
"I...I didn't call him..."
What did she mean by that awkward explanation? Lu Huaijiao patted Niu Fangfang's hair, her teasing tone deepening: "I didn't say you invited Brother Xiang, why are you so nervous?"
Niu Fangfang: ...
Oh right, what is she nervous about?
She glanced up at the man standing outside talking to Gu Changzheng, but quickly looked away after just one look.
The reason she was nervous was probably because she wasn't ready to go public with her relationship.
However, since their parents have already met and given their permission, there shouldn't be any problems with them going public with their relationship now!
The two men who were talking stopped when they saw their respective partners walking out of the campus and started walking towards them.
After Gu Changzheng came up, he naturally took Lu Huaijiao's hand.
Xiang Dongcheng, standing to the side, looked at Gu Changzheng with envy, jealousy, and hatred, then turned to look at Niu Fangfang with pitiful eyes.
Niu Fangfang's already red face turned even redder at this moment.
He blushed as red as a boiled shrimp, his face turning red all the way to the roots of his neck.
"What are you looking at? We're not even married yet."
Niu Fangfang glared at Xiang Dongcheng and spoke to him in a weak voice.
Xiang Dongcheng curled his lips into a smile.
"Fangfang, do you want to get married? Then I'll go talk to your uncle and aunt and ask them to move our wedding date forward a bit?"
Niu Fangfang: ...
Which eye of his saw that she wanted to get married?
Lu Huaijiao glanced at the awkward Niu Fangfang, a smile playing on her lips, and patted Gu Changzheng's shoulder, signaling them to leave first.
"Fangfang, we're going back now. You can have Brother Xiang take you home."
"Oh, Jiaojiao..."
Niu Fangfang was feeling extremely shy. With her best friend around, she felt somewhat confident, but once her friend left, she felt hot all over and didn't know where to put her hands.
Not to mention her darting eyes, never daring to look directly at the man opposite her.
No part of his body could be placed arbitrarily.
A laugh escaped Xiang Dongcheng's throat. He took two steps forward and reached out to grasp Niu Fangfang's hand, which hung limply at her side as if ants were crawling on it.
The large hand completely enveloped the somewhat chubby hand.
"Fang'er, let's go home."
When Xiang Dongcheng took her hand, Niu Fangfang trembled all over, as if she had been set on fire.
They had already kissed in the first year of junior high, so why was she still so nervous? Niu Fangfang couldn't understand it.
Her mind was a jumbled mess, as if it were about to shut down, and she was completely unable to think independently and calmly.
They could only passively let Xiang Dongcheng lead them forward.
"Niu Fangfang?"
A male voice filled with disbelief came from the side: "Who is he? What is your relationship with him?"
The voice was so surprising that Xiang Dongcheng had to stop in his tracks.
Niu Fangfang bumped her head into his back, and only then did she regain her senses, her forehead throbbing with pain.
She raised her hand to rub her sore forehead, and complained somewhat angrily, "Why did you stop when we were walking perfectly fine?"
Xiang Dongcheng found it somewhat amusing, raised his hand to touch her forehead, and slightly raised his eyebrows to indicate that she should look in the direction of the angry boy to the side.
Niu Fangfang turned around suspiciously.
She looked blankly at the young man standing not far away, vaguely remembering that he was a student from the department next to theirs.
It seems to be called something like "Magnificent"?
I forgot.
All I remember is that this person seemed to have a good relationship with Zhao Lei.
Zhao Hongwei looked at Niu Fangfang and saw the blank look on her face, as well as her hand still tightly clasped with Xiang Dongcheng's. He felt betrayed.
"Niu Fangfang, what are you doing?"
Zhao Hongwei tried his best to appear as a gentleman.
He didn't want to end up like his cousin, who couldn't win over the girl he liked because of his bad attitude.
Niu Fangfang looked at Zhao Hongwei, who was questioning her, with a completely bewildered expression.
"What I do is none of your business, classmate? Who are you?" She was genuinely asking who the other person was, implying that her holding hands with Xiang Dongcheng had nothing to do with him.
But while that's what she meant when she said it, Zhao Hongwei interpreted it differently.
Zhao Hongwei felt that his self-esteem had been severely trampled.
"Niu Fangfang, how can you behave like this? You're holding hands with this man, have you ever thought about how I feel?"
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