Confessing To The School Queen In Front Of The Whole School - Chapter 13

Lin Ruoruo and Tao Yun talked in low voices, “Did you bump into Chu Yun?”

Lin Ruoruo didn’t know what happened between Tao Yun and Chu Yun, only that Tao Yun was intentionally keeping her distance from Chu Yun. Although she was puzzled, she followed Tao Yun’s instructions.

But her heart was itching with curiosity, and she couldn’t help but gossip.

She glanced at the younger schoolmate, Xia Meng, who seemed to be zoning out and wasn’t paying attention to them: “Chu Yun has been looking for me, asking about your whereabouts.”

Actually, in Lin Ruoruo’s mind, Chu Yun and Xia Meng were pretty much the same.

As long as they liked Tao Yun and were willing to be good to her, they were Lin Ruoruo’s friends.

But Tao Yun’s favoritism was so obvious that she felt a slight pang of pity for Chu Yun… She didn’t understand the details of the matter, so she couldn’t draw a conclusion, but if things continued like this, she really wouldn’t be able to hold back!

Lin Ruoruo flushed red: “What exactly happened?”

“You and Chu Yun have known each other for a longer time, so why did the situation change the moment Xia Meng appeared?”

Tao Yun tilted her head, her gaze focused on Xia Meng.

Tao Yun had beautiful, captivating eyes, like blossoming peach blossoms; just looking at them made people’s imaginations run wild, no wonder she attracted so many people. And in her eyes, there was only one foolishly adorable girl.

This was more than just favoritism.

Lin Ruoruo conjured up a grand drama in her mind, with various melodramatic scenarios playing out.

Things like past lives and present, or love at first sight on the first day of school… all seemed a bit out of place for Tao Yun.

Tao Yun said, “I never liked Chu Yun.”

Huh?

Lin Ruoruo was stunned for a moment before she realized: she didn’t like Chu Yun, and it had nothing to do with whether Chu Yun appeared early or late; Chu Yun had lost from the very beginning.

In that case, Tao Yun meant—Lin Ruoruo was greatly surprised: “Do you like Xia Meng?”

Tao Yun’s voice was light: “I don’t know.”

Liking someone is inherently both simple and complicated.

She didn’t know how to spend a lifetime with Xia Meng. Tao Yun withdrew her gaze from Xia Meng.

Lin Ruoruo didn’t press this point further. She brought the topic back: “So why did you suddenly become so cold to Chu Yun? What did she do wrong?”

Tao Yun frowned.

She recalled that day when she went to see Teacher Ji to confirm her participation in the Physics competition and returned to find Chu Yun holding her phone.

This wasn’t a big deal; Chu Yun often borrowed her phone, and she didn’t have any secrets on it, so letting her borrow it was fine. But she actually went so far as to delete someone.

And she deleted Xia Meng.

Tao Yun: “I just suddenly realized that I have my own treasure.”

Her treasure was not for others to covet.

And Chu Yun was that “other.”

To prevent Lin Ruoruo from asking further, Tao Yun made her point clear: “I don’t like people interfering with my life.”

Lin Ruoruo truly stopped asking.

Having known each other for so long, some things could be understood with just a hint.

Xia Meng was oblivious to the conversation happening on the side and was still talking quietly with the system.

Where do you think they’re going?

System:

What’s wrong? Does Cinderella have to be home by six for dinner?

Xia Meng: “…”

She scratched her head, feeling deeply ashamed.

It’s my first time going out to eat with friends.

System:

Then your life is truly tragic.

This system couldn’t say a single nice thing.

Xia Meng fiercely spat in her mind.

Having a social life for the first time, Xia Meng followed behind the two, unsure of where they were going to eat.

She also didn’t know how a tutoring session had turned into a meal.

But she was very much in favor of this decision. People definitely have the energy to do other things after eating, and tutoring was no exception!

The three of them arrived at a small restaurant.

It was very busy inside; the waiters and front desk were bustling. Even before entering, they felt a wave of heat. Xia Meng didn’t know where to put her hands and feet. She watched Lin Ruoruo order, afraid of getting lost, and followed closely beside Tao Yun.

Tao Yun looked back: “…Maybe you should just hold onto me?”

Xia Meng’s face instantly flushed. Was she following too closely?

If it were anyone else, Xia Meng would have thought she was being mocked, but when Tao Yun said it, the feeling was different. Tao Yun’s voice was clear and distinct, and it sounded exceptionally comfortable.

It was a bit like coaxing someone.

Xia Meng didn’t want to admit she was inexperienced. She held her ground for a minute.

Her hand slowly reached out to Tao Yun.

She cautiously gripped the fabric of her clothes.

With so many people, the air was full of mixed smells, but Tao Yun smelled so nice.

Xia Meng twitched her nose and involuntarily asked, “What shower gel do you use?”

Tao Yun: “?”

She was originally looking at Lin Ruoruo’s side. With all the noise in the restaurant, she only heard Xia Meng’s voice a beat later.

Tao Yun was not particular about things like shower gel; she lived a very rough-and-ready life.

Compared to herself, Xia Meng was the one with a sweet fragrance, a fruity scent that she immediately noticed. The fabric near Tao Yun’s waist was firmly held by Xia Meng. She actually wanted to say:

Don’t grab there; it tickles.

Now her waist was ticklish, and her heart was ticklish, too.

Tao Yun took a deep breath, her face not blushing and her heart not pounding, and she pulled Xia Meng’s hand, walking towards Lin Ruoruo: “Let’s go fleece her for a meal.”

“Oh, okay…” The unanswered Xia Meng was obediently pulled along.

The system tutted. It was truly impossible without parental supervision; she was so easily won over.

Tao Yun, who had been labelled as a human trafficker by the system, raised her other hand to hide the smile she was trying very hard to suppress.

Lin Ruoruo took a lot of effort to order the dishes: “The food here tastes great. I come here often. Highly recommended!”

Then she looked down and saw Tao Yun and Xia Meng holding hands.

…

Damn it. Why did she think it was a good idea to bring these two to eat with her?!

Lin Ruoruo suspected she had drunk a bottle of white vinegar; she was so sour.

This wasn’t liking someone? If this wasn’t liking someone, she’d write her name backwards! Seeing Tao Yun calmly nod, Lin Ruoruo was extremely worried.

You have the guts to hold hands, and you can casually make all sorts of little gestures.

Is getting a marriage certificate that difficult for them?

Lin Ruoruo was furious, shouting in her mind that Tao Yun was truly disappointing!

Fortunately, the chef’s skills at the restaurant were genuinely good.

Lin Ruoruo turned her sadness into appetite and ate three bowls of rice in one go.

Xia Meng was also enjoying her meal. The chef had added a lot of chilli, and she was slightly scalded by the spice, but she didn’t stop eating. She just kept exhaling through her small mouth, and crystalline tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

Tao Yun watched out of the corner of her eye.

She pulled out a tissue and wiped away her tears. Xia Meng obediently let her do it. When Tao Yun withdrew her hand, that dish no longer smelled as appealing.

Her attention shifted to Tao Yun: “Aren’t you eating?”

Tao Yun was still looking at Xia Meng’s flushed tear ducts: “I can’t eat spicy food very well.”

Xia Meng bit the tip of her tongue.

She stopped the spreading heat of the spice and also the constant thumping in her heart. She was a little nervous. Why was this person so restless even during a meal?

She casually picked up a piece of food with her chopsticks and didn’t continue eating.

She just stared blankly.

Tao Yun thought she had finally given up on the spice. She asked a waiter for a bowl, poured water into it, and handed it to Xia Meng.

Xia Meng rinsed the food with plain water and ate with her head down, the tips of her ears all red.

Xia Meng:

System.

The system sighed. This was truly a case of a girl grown up being impossible to keep at home.

It perfunctorily answered.

Xia Meng:

Do you think Tao Yun really likes me?

The way she acted looked like a response to her confession. Xia Meng couldn’t understand why Tao Yun would like her, or why she was so happy.

She only knew that if things went on like this, something big was going to happen.

Xia Meng ate the food that had been stripped of all its salt by the rinse water, tasting nothing.

Lin Ruoruo looked at the two of them and burped loudly.

So why did she have to suffer and treat these two to a meal…

Ptooey. Paying for a date, on the house.

After dinner, it was time for tutoring.

Lin Ruoruo immediately forgot how many bottles of vinegar she had drunk just now, and enthusiastically invited them to her house for tutoring.

She seemed to be getting addicted to the public displays of affection.

Tao Yun often went to Lin Ruoruo’s house and didn’t object.

Xia Meng.

Xia Meng was fine with anywhere; she wasn’t picky.

The tutoring ended at ten in the evening.

Xia Meng had already called home. When the time came, the driver arrived to pick her up. Lin Ruoruo sighed: “I wonder if I can experience that kind of treatment.”

Xia Meng glanced at the distance between the car and Lin Ruoruo’s front door.

“Hop in. I’ll ask the driver to turn around, and he can drop you off at home.”

Lin Ruoruo: “…Forget it. I don’t feel like going out anymore.”

Xia Meng became twisted again. She hesitantly looked at Tao Yun, speaking at a pace that could make one anxious: “Let me drop you off home first.”

Lin Ruoruo: “I think that’s a good idea. Ask the driver to turn around and drive to the end of the street to drop her off.”

Xia Meng: “Ah? It’s that close?”

She miscalculated. Was it too late now to persuade Tao Yun to move house, giving her a chance to show off?

Or what was the success rate of persuading Mom Xia to move house?

Xia Meng felt envious: “I really want to have a neighbor, too.”

Lin Ruoruo was enlightened: “So rich people don’t have neighbors?”

Of course, it wasn’t that exaggerated. Xia Meng just wanted a neighbor like Tao Yun.

Someone she could occasionally peek at over the wall.

How wonderful.

Having lost the ceremony of dropping someone off, Xia Meng was extremely disappointed. She said her reluctant goodbyes and got into the passenger seat.

Then she let out a hehe laugh.

Driver: “…”

He rarely saw the young miss laugh like this. It was a bit like a giddy, slightly perverted, fanatic.

He tentatively spoke: “Congratulations, Miss, on making a friend…?”

Xia Meng covered her face, still recalling everything that happened today.

The heat on her face wouldn’t go away. She revealed her eyes, staring brightly at the cars ahead.

Hearing the driver’s words, she blinked: “Friend?”

The driver opened up the conversation: “Yes, my daughter often acts like this when she plays with friends, too. They laugh about who knows what. Alas, the world of young people is hard to understand.”

Xia Meng thought seriously: Was she so happy just because she made a friend?

Lost in thought, she didn’t hear the driver continue.

“I think they’re discussing their favorite idol. As long as she doesn’t like a boy from school, I’ll let her be.”

Xia Meng thought to herself.

Were all her reactions to Tao Yun just because it was the first time she made a friend?

It turned out she was still straight!

Xia Meng: “Yes, a very good friend!”

She liked Tao Yun the most—her first, and only, best friend!

The driver was stunned for a long time: “Ah, is that so—”

Just now, wasn’t she talking about how her daughter would blush, her heart pound, and she’d want to pounce when she liked an idol? How did it revert back to the friend topic?

Did the young miss like that person, too, and did she have a common topic with her friend, which was why she showed the same smile as his daughter?

It looked a bit like puppy love.

The world of young people was becoming increasingly difficult for him to understand.