"I'm dood." Chen Ruolan said gloomily as she pulled her long hair to cover her face.
"No, you are doing fine, Lan Lan," Zhou Ya patted her back while looking up at the ranking list pasted on the announcent board in front of them.
"I'm sorry, everyone. I think I will not make it, after all."
Feng Nian clicked her tongue. "This is only a midterm result. You still have the end-term exam to make up for it."
"Even so, I'm 98 out of 278 students. Forget about class A; I might not be able to reach class B at this rate. I will be the only one with a separate class from you guys." Chen Ruolan said weakly. "I hate this, waah."
Zhou Ya sighed. "We still have three months before the next term starts. If we study together regularly from now on, you'll make it."
Li Caiyi nodded. "That's a good idea!"
"No! What about my movies, then? I have a lot of backlogs because I have been busy studying these days. I have to watch them!"
"You are seriously troubleso." Feng Nian massaged her throbbing temple.
"Easy for you to say. You three are in the top 50. A very different class than a re commoner like ," Chen Ruolan pouted before shifting her aggrieved gaze to Li Caiyi, "Especially Caiyi. She is the third in our class and 28th in the overall ranking. Compared to her, I'm just a peasant!"
"Calm down, you peasant. You can level up easily if you just shift your focus on movies to study instead." Feng Nian chided in half irritation and amusent.
"This is where you are supposed to deny that I'm in a lower class than you all. How an."
Zhou Ya sighed in exasperation before looking at the giggling Li Caiyi. "But seriously, I'm amazed you can improve so much in a short ti. All that studying really paid off, I guess?"
"Yeah, I'm surprised too. I have never reached this high, even in my previous—I an, in my whole life."
"Unlike soone else, you have been diligently studying in your free ti and even spent ti in the library after school. You deserved it, Caiyi."
"Uhm, Ya Ya? Can't you praise too? I'm dying here." Chen Ruolan poked Zhou Ya's shoulder, which the latter conveniently ignored.
"Now, what should we do after this? Should we celebrate by going to the ice cream parlor again after a long ti?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, guys. I don't think I can make it today." Li Caiyi scratched her cheek embarrassedly.
"Why? Do you have any other plans already?"
"Well, yes."
Feng Nian leaned in to check on Li Caiyi's expression, and a knowing smirk appeared on her face. "Let guess, a date?"
Zhou Ya and Chen Ruolan imdiately perked up and stared at Li Caiyi with brightened eyes, expecting a reply. Pressured by her friend's hopeful gaze, Li Caiyi answered reluctantly.
"Y-yes, I guess so?"
"I knew it!"
"A date with Dai Zhiqiang? That's so romantic!"
"When did the two of you get into that phase? Spill the tea!"
Their reactions overwheld her, and she quickly raised both of her hands to calm them down. "No, I will only accompany him to buy so presents for his family. After that, we will visit his sick father in the hospital."
"What? He already reached the level where he would introduce you to his parents? Wow, I never knew that a guy could move so fast." Chen Ruolan exclaid in awe.
"You guys looked like a cozy couple, but who knows how passionate you are?" Feng Nian said sarcastically.
Only Zhou Ya, who relatively had a milder reaction. "Oh my god! That's so cute! What kind of gift do you have in mind?"
"Hm, I don't know. Zhiqiang said he wanted to buy sothing nice for them, but I don't know their preferences."
"Is his dad very ill? If yes, then perhaps a gift that will help him pass the ti will be a good idea," Feng Nian added after contemplating.
Li Caiyi also considered that option, but in the end, it was Dai Zhiqiang who knew his father best, so she would consult this idea with him later. "En, I'll think about it."
"But you two really went chummy with each other fast. I bet almost all girls in this school were burned with jealousy towards you." Chen Ruolan folded her arms in front of her chest. "Even yesterday, so upper-class girls went to class 2-A to check on our school's new star. I heard they were chased away ruthlessly, though."
"And that new star is treating our friend gently. In fact, he talked more with Caiyi than anyone else in the school, so I'm pretty sure so will be very jealous," Zhou Ya nodded in agreent.
"Even if Dai Zhiqiang is popular, he beca popular only recently. Thankfully, he still didn't have any fanatic fans yet. Compared to Senior ng's hardcore fans, he is a safer choice, I guess."
Feng Nian snorted at Chen Ruolan's analysis. "Why are you comparing them with their fanbase? In the end, our Caiyi chose Zhiqiang, and that's that."
"I'm glad Caiyi can finally have her springti of youth, but I wonder what you are going to do about Senior ng? Despite the rumor circulating, he seems very determined to chase after you." Zhou Ya asked carefully.
"There's nothing I can do," Li Caiyi sighed. "Even if I rejected him, he would still co back like a ghost. And he actually helped a lot, so this makes feel guilty too."
"Just make sure you tell us if anyone cos to harass you again. If only you told about it, I would go and pick a fight with them." Chen Ruolan cracked her knuckles like a gangster.
"True. Those delusional girls won't understand human language, so it's better to teach their body directly," Feng Nian added with a dark smile.
anwhile, Zhou Ya could only shake her head helplessly. "No, that's a bad idea, you guys. Don't add more trouble to Caiyi's plate."
Although she agreed with Zhou Ya, Li Caiyi felt warm inside, knowing her friends cared so much about her.
As strange as it sounds, Li Caiyi initially thought people wouldn't take her closeness to Dai Zhiqiang kindly. After traumatic experiences with so of ng Renshu's fans, Li Caiyi was highly vigilant about everything now.
However, she might be worrying unnecessarily because nobody expressed their dissatisfaction with her except for giving her snarky comnts once or twice. That alone was enough to give her more space to breathe.
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