Chapter 20: Has the New Student Arrived?

During the break in Class Three of the senior year, the classroom was in an uproar.

“I just came back from the restroom, and at the office door, I saw Old Xie talking to a stunningly beautiful girl—she was absolutely gorgeous!” Yao Panpan stood at the entrance of the classroom, excitedly describing what she’d seen to the crowd around her. “Her face is only half the size of mine! Seeing her made me realize—what I have isn’t a face, it’s a platter!”

“And her skin was icy pale, so fair that if it weren’t for her jet-black, glossy hair, I’d have thought she had leukemia!” Yao Panpan exaggerated her description, making everyone laugh.

“Panpan, is she really that good looking?” The chubby Long Hua squeezed in.

“If I’m lying, I’m a dog! Her eyes, nose, lips… Oh! I’m crushed!”

“Who’s prettier—her or the campus queen?”

Yao Panpan scoffed, “Tch! That Yu Min’er isn’t even in the same league!”

“Heh, I’ve always thought Yu Min’er isn’t as pretty as our Sister Huan!”

Smack!

As soon as the chubby boy finished speaking, a desk at the back was slammed hard. The lively classroom fell silent at once.

A girl in a loose school uniform with a stern face and reddened eyes walked out the back door, her whole body radiating hostility. The students chatting at the back quickly made way for her.

“What’s up with Sister Huan?” the chubby boy asked Chu Yu, who sat in front of Nie Huan.

Chu Yu glanced at him coolly. Yao Panpan came over too, just in time to hear what she least wanted.

“You disturbed Sister Huan’s nap.”

*

At lunchtime, the eateries inside and outside the school were thriving with business.

Chu Yu and the chubby boy bought their meals, while Yao Panpan saved seats.

“Well, if it isn’t Panpan!”

Yao Panpan looked up to see Liu Yichen dragging Lin Ruiyang over to sit beside her.

Liu Yichen and Lin Ruiyang were handsome, came from good families, and ranked in the top ten academically. They were known as the “Twin Stars of Class Eight!”

“So it’s the Twin Stars. Hurry and get up, this table’s full,” Yao Panpan said.

The Scholar’s Eatery was bustling, with reasonable prices and tastier food than the school cafeteria, making it a popular spot among students.

“Come on, big sis, just move a stool over.” Liu Yichen opened his meal and settled in.

Soon, Chu Yu and the chubby boy arrived.

“Chu, want to play ball?” Liu Yichen twisted open the drink next to Lin Ruiyang.

Lin Ruiyang cast him a cold glance.

“Call me when you play. I’ll wait in the classroom.” With that, Chu Yu took two plates of food and left the eatery.

“See, I told you there’d be seats!” Liu Yichen changed the subject, “Are you bringing food for that she-devil in your class?”

“Hey! Take it easy, will you?”

Yao Panpan let go, snorting, “Serves you right for bad-mouthing Sister Huan.”

Lin Ruiyang and the chubby boy exchanged amused glances, while Liu Yichen sighed, “Alright, Sister Huan is the coolest!”

Speaking of Nie Huan, Liu Yichen admired her too. Not long after the classes were split in junior year, Chu Yu’s class played basketball against the seniors and got roughed up. Nie Huan single-handedly forced those seniors to apologize to Chu Yu’s group in front of the whole school.

Since then, Nie Huan’s reputation had spread throughout Fancheng No. 1 High.

She was terrifyingly fierce!

After finishing their meal, the group stepped out of the Scholar’s Eatery. The school was just across the street.

“Hey, hey, hey!” Yao Panpan suddenly got excited.

“What’s wrong? Are you having a fit?”

“No, look over there!”

The group followed her finger.

“Where? I don’t see anything.” The chubby boy stared for a while but saw nothing.

“That girl over there—the really pretty one.”

The chubby boy curled his lip, “How can you tell anything from just her back?”

Liu Yichen moved closer, “What are we looking at?”

“You don’t know yet, do you? We’re getting a transfer student in our class, and she’s stunning!” Yao Panpan said mysteriously.

“Really?” Liu Yichen’s eyes lit up.

The chubby boy hooked his arm around Liu Yichen’s neck. “Not true. Yao Panpan’s been talking about it all morning. None of us have actually seen the transfer student.”

“I really did see her!”

***

As soon as the class bell rang, Chu Yu turned and tapped the desk of the girl behind him.

“Sister Huan, class is starting.”

After a moment, the girl slowly raised her head, her beautiful face still expressionless.

Seeing she was awake, Chu Yu turned back.

The chubby boy tapped Yao Panpan’s shoulder from behind.

“What do you want?” Yao Panpan turned around fiercely, baring her teeth and startling him.

“I seriously doubt your intel. It’s already afternoon, and the new student is definitely not joining our class.”

“Shut up. I heard it outside the office myself. Old Xie didn’t want to take her at first, and she seems to be a delinquent girl.”

“A delinquent?!” The chubby boy was so shocked he blurted it out, and the whole class turned to look at him.

“What’s gotten into you!” Chu Yu glared at him.

The chubby boy shrank his neck and stood up, bowing ninety degrees to everyone.

“Sorry, sorry, heh.”

Yao Panpan rolled her eyes at him, mocking, “Look at you, making a fool of yourself.”

“Hey you—Old Xie’s here.” The chubby boy quickly straightened Yao Panpan’s shoulders.

Xie Mingming was already stepping into the classroom, his belly leading the way.