After Transmigrating into a Novel, I Am in a Relationship with My Scummy Ex-Girlfriend’s Mother - Chapter 11

“Who are you sending photos to? Is it that person you mentioned before?”

Wei Qingqing looked at her own backpack resting on Huo Quzhuo’s shoulder. “Are you done with it? I can carry the backpack myself.”

“Who else could it be but her?” Huo Quzhuo did not return the backpack to Wei Qingqing. “I’ll help you carry it to the classroom; consider it a thank you for letting me borrow it as a prop just now.”

Wei Qingqing wasn’t the type of person to be overly concerned with such things. After a slight hesitation, she smiled and nodded. “Alright then. Fortunately, my bag isn’t very heavy.”

Wei Qingqing looked up at Huo Quzhuo, who was significantly taller than her. “You all are so tall. I’m usually considered tall when standing in front of others, but how is it that next to you and Shen Junfu, I turn into a little shorty…”

Realizing she had accidentally mentioned Shen Junfu, Wei Qingqing took a cautious glance at Huo Quzhuo. Seeing that Huo Quzhuo didn’t seem to mind at all, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Walking quietly beside Huo Quzhuo, Wei Qingqing couldn’t help but think about the fact that Huo Quzhuo and Shen Junfu used to be a couple. Wei Qingqing realized then that Shen Junfu’s taste was truly exceptional.

When the two left the dormitory building, it happened to be the time when most students were returning to the classrooms. The crowd was quite thick. Huo Quzhuo and Wei Qingqing chatted as they walked, unaware that they had become the focus of discussion for those around them.

“Holy crap, who are those two? Are they from our school? They’re so beautiful and have such great presence!”

“Right? Why haven’t I seen them before? And there are two of them! The tall one is so cool!”

“Huh? The slightly shorter one seems to be Wei Qingqing, the big beauty who just transferred here—the one who has a good relationship with Shen Junfu.”

“Then who is the taller one? Is she new too? They look like such a perfect match.”

“I don’t know, but they really suit each other.”

…

Wei Qingqing’s ears unexpectedly caught that last comment. She turned back in disbelief to look, but Huo Quzhuo raised a hand, draped an arm over her shoulder, and pulled her back. “What’s the use of looking? Is it possible you’re going to go over and explain it to them? Forget it, just pretend you didn’t hear.”

“This…” Wei Qingqing looked up at Huo Quzhuo, wanting to explain indignantly. However, after turning the words over in her mind twice, she realized nothing she could say would be appropriate. She immediately deflated. “That’s true. I can’t exactly run over, grab them, and say we aren’t a match, can I? That would be crazy.”

“The less you care about this kind of thing, the less they will take it to heart. Anyway, a straight shadow doesn’t fear a crooked light; it’s just offhand talk. Let’s go back to the classroom first.”

To make an issue of such things would instead seem like a cover-up. The same logic applied to scandals in the entertainment industry; as long as things weren’t too excessive, the parties involved generally wouldn’t come forward to explain.

Returning to the classroom while enduring a gauntlet of stares and discussions, Huo Quzhuo—who was long used to such things—felt nothing. Wei Qingqing, on the other hand, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before that breath was fully out, Wei Qingqing spotted Shen Junfu, who was already sitting in the classroom—and sitting in Wei Qingqing’s own seat.

Thinking about the previous unpleasantness between Huo Quzhuo and Shen Junfu, Wei Qingqing’s breath hitched in her throat once again.

Handing the backpack back to her, Huo Quzhuo naturally saw Shen Junfu as well. She gave Wei Qingqing a reassuring pat on the shoulder, signaling that it was fine, and then returned to her own seat, sitting down right next to Shen Junfu.

Shen Junfu didn’t understand the meaning of the word “awkward.” From the moment Huo Quzhuo entered the door, her eyes lit up. She quite blatantly glued her gaze onto Huo Quzhuo, not bothering to hide the fact that the two were currently rivals.

Watching Huo Quzhuo sit down beside her, Shen Junfu gave a somewhat self-satisfied snort. “My taste was indeed correct. This physical appearance is only a tiny bit inferior to mine.”

Sometimes, Huo Quzhuo truly felt she couldn’t understand the peculiar brain circuitry of this eldest young lady, Shen Junfu. She had no idea what was going on in that head.

“First, we have already broken up, which proves your taste is actually not that great. Second, I don’t think I’m ‘inferior’ to you at all.” Huo Quzhuo really couldn’t stand Shen Junfu’s mysterious pride and ruthlessly threw a bucket of cold water on it.

But this didn’t have much of an impact on Shen Junfu. In fact, her mood remained quite good, as if there was something worth being happy about.

However, the fact that there was something wrong with Shen Junfu’s head wasn’t a new development. Huo Quzhuo didn’t care to bother with it and simply let her be, so long as she didn’t disturb her.

As for the reason for Shen Junfu’s good mood, it was simple. During noon, she had visited the Principal’s office. The Principal told her that Shu Yueqing had agreed to attend the opening ceremony. Not only that, but for Tuesday’s preliminary auditions, Shu Yueqing would also serve as one of the judges.

It had to be said that for Shen Junfu, this was a perfect opportunity. She wanted to fairly and squarely defeat Huo Quzhuo in front of Shu Yueqing, and then make Huo Quzhuo fulfill her promise to never go near Shu Yueqing again for the rest of her life.

While Huo Quzhuo and Shen Junfu each harbored their own schemes, Shu Yueqing, who was still at the company, had just finished her afternoon nap.

Tidying her clothes and picking up her phone, Shu Yueqing received a message from Huo Quzhuo.

Looking at Huo Quzhuo’s flamboyant smile on the phone screen, a flash of amazement crossed Shu Yueqing’s eyes. Although she had previously known that the youngster seemed quite well-behaved and pretty, she hadn’t expected that after revealing her full face, she would possess such an aggressive beauty.

Looking at the sentence Huo Quzhuo sent afterward, Shu Yueqing blinked in confusion. Why did this youngster feel the need to specifically send a message to tell her she was going to class?

[Shu Yueqing: Study hard.]

She truly didn’t know how else to reply, but Shu Yueqing felt that if she didn’t reply, the youngster might be disappointed. After sending it, Shu Yueqing looked at her extremely “old-timer” style message that was sure to annoy any student, and felt it might have been better not to reply at all.

“President Shu, these are the meeting materials for the upcoming session. Would you like to look them over?”

The assistant, who had been waiting nearby for a while, had seen her boss staring at the screen with a slight frown for quite some time and hadn’t dared to interrupt. However, the time was indeed pressing, so she could only brace herself to remind her.

Closing her phone, Shu Yueqing glanced at the clock. She temporarily stopped dwelling on this minor matter; after all, it was working hours, and work came first.

Huo Quzhuo and Shen Junfu were once again sitting at the same table, but there was a distance of ten thousand miles between them. Even a blind person could see their mutual disdain for one another.

However, this time, the versions and topics of gossip among the crowd were much richer. After all, in the span of a single nap, Huo Quzhuo had become a completely different person, which was indeed a significant point of discussion.

While the crowd gossiped, it had zero effect on the two parties involved. Shen Junfu even poked Huo Quzhuo. “What act are you planning to sign up with? I plan to sign up for the same thing as you; that way, I can defeat you more directly and pointlessly.”

The look in Huo Quzhuo’s eyes as she turned to Shen Junfu was as if she were looking at a three-year-old child. “I plan to perform jumping through fire hoops, treading on blade edges, entering a vat of boiling oil, and dancing ballet on a tightrope. Why? Do you want to perform that too?”

“I…” Shen Junfu clenched her fist and shook it in front of Huo Quzhuo. Then, with a cold snort, she turned her head and went to sleep on the desk.