Confessing To The School Queen In Front Of The Whole School - Chapter 16

It wasn’t strange that Lin Ruoruo had other people with her; who doesn’t have friends? Even if Lin Ruoruo and Tao Yun lived close and were on good terms, they weren’t the same age, after all.

Her friend was a senior student with a great figure.

The senior looked at Tao Yun, nodded in greeting, then looked at Xia Meng, her eyes full of interest.

The senior followed up with an invitation: “Come and sit with us.”

Xia Meng was hesitant and not very keen to go over.

She was shy (around strangers).

She was so shy that since the start of the semester, she hadn’t dared to strike up a conversation with her classmates; she only became close to people who approached her first.

Facing the enthusiastic Lin Ruoruo, Xia Meng found it hard to cope.

With another senior joining, she found it hard to adapt.

Xia Meng started to act a little petulant, but not too obviously. She just tugged at Tao Yun’s sleeve and asked, “Who is she?”

Tao Yun turned her head: “Lu Qian.”

Oh.

Never heard of her.

Xia Meng would be a ghost if she had heard of her.

She cautiously assessed the relationship between Tao Yun and this Lu Qian, and then sadly realized that their relationship seemed to be quite decent.

It seemed she was destined not to have Tao Yun all to herself for this meal.

Tao Yun got her food and led Xia Meng to sit with them.

Lin Ruoruo and Lu Qian were almost done eating and weren’t planning on leaving. Lu Qian looked at Xia Meng with interest and blurted out a question.

“Are you two together?”

“Cough! Cough!”

Xia Meng choked.

Tao Yun reached out and patted her back.

Xia Meng’s eyes were slightly red from coughing. She thought: It could be understood as ‘together.’

But not that kind of ‘together.’

This ‘together’ is not that ‘together.’

She and Tao Yun were good friends who could have friendly tutoring sessions and eat meals together!

Although she had done something like confessing, they could completely turn the page! As Xia Meng’s breathing calmed down, she was about to explain that they had let bygones be bygones and become good friends.

Lin Ruoruo: “Alas, Taotao already has a partner, so that’s wishful thinking.”

Xia Meng: ???

She was unhappy now.

Lu Qian laughed: “That’s true. So, you became friends?”

Xia Meng’s neck started to turn red.

Although she had intended to say that initially, hearing someone else say it made her so angry, and so anxious, that she wanted to defend herself.

What did she have to defend?

It seemed there was nothing to defend.

Xia Meng looked at Tao Yun for help.

Tao Yun picked up a mouthful of vegetables, calmly put it into her mouth, and chewed slowly.

Xia Meng swallowed, helplessly looking away.

Lu Qian: “Tao Yun has friends now! Congratulations.”

Lin Ruoruo protested: “Am I not her friend?”

“Friend? I thought you were her old nanny.”

“Don’t make me sound so old!”

Tao Yun continued eating, unmoved.

Her gaze flickered slightly, curious as to why Xia Meng wasn’t picking up her chopsticks.

Xia Meng picked up her chopsticks.

In her heart, she once again sighed in admiration: Beauty is edible.

Tao Yun was so beautiful that even her manner of eating was elegant and reserved. Xia Meng suddenly understood what she wanted to defend: with someone this gorgeous, their friendship was destined not to be pure.

The only one who wasn’t pure was Xia Meng.

Xia Meng certainly wouldn’t expose herself to be hit; she quietly kept this little secret to herself.

Being friends with Tao Yun was great.

She was very reliable and accommodating to Xia Meng, which made Xia Meng like being with Tao Yun even more.

Xia Meng ate happily.

Lin Ruoruo and Lu Qian talked for a while, then found it boring because the two people in question were just focused on eating and didn’t join the conversation.

They just watched the two people across from them.

They didn’t know why, but they felt the two of them had a great rhythm while eating—a kind of synergy that couldn’t be developed without eating together for ten years.

Lin Ruoruo was amused.

She remembered something: “Oh right, I mentioned joining the student council to you last time. Are you interested?”

The matter had been brought up, indeed.

Xia Meng vaguely thought: “I don’t have time.”

“Come on, even Tao Yun has time,” Lin Ruoruo ruthlessly exposed her.

However, Tao Yun was an exception; she rarely went to the student council. Yet, her brilliance was too dazzling—a perfect School Beauty and Straight-A Student, essentially a ‘Guardian Beast’ of the council. Even if she didn’t show up, the student council could only turn a blind eye.

Normally, joining the student council meant having to go help out after school, just like Chu Yun.

Even if there was nothing to do, they had to report in.

Xia Meng was not Chu Yun.

She wasn’t in Class 1 and hadn’t shown any special talent; if it weren’t for the confession incident, she would be completely unknown.

Lin Ruoruo sincerely suggested, “No one wants to come to high school for nothing and miss out on three years. Aside from becoming a teacher, you won’t get another chance to come back.”

Xia Meng: No, even spending three years as a ‘salted fish’ (slacker) would feel quite meaningful to me.

Lin Ruoruo: “This is also an opportunity to learn and improve yourself.”

Xia Meng: The slacker must strive to become strong.

Tao Yun put down her chopsticks: “Go give it a try.”

Xia Meng: “Okay.”

Only after saying it did Xia Meng realize what she had just promised.

She wondered if she could back out in front of Tao Yun…

Lin Ruoruo nodded: “Then I’ll go tell the president. Come for an interview after school.”

“Ah, there’s an interview?” Xia Meng thought this was a good excuse to back out.

“Of course,” Lin Ruoruo answered naturally, completely unaware that the thoughtless person across from her was preparing to pack up her things and say goodbye.

In the end, Xia Meng still couldn’t bring herself to say goodbye.

Because Tao Yun said: “This way, we will both be student council members.”

Tao Yun was quite skilled at persuading people.

Otherwise, how could she have become the Student Council’s Guardian Beast?

Xia Meng tilted her head up: “But I still have tutoring after school, and midterms are coming up soon.”

Tao Yun: “It won’t be a problem.”

After school, Xia Meng stepped onto the stairs alone.

System.

It won’t be a problem.

Wuwuwu, shut up!

[Host, I have to reward you with survival time just to issue a task, but Tao Yun doesn’t have to do anything?]

The system felt it was very unfair.

It issues a task, and the Host complains and blames it in various ways.

But with one sentence from Tao Yun, she happily chirped, “Okay.” To say this wasn’t a double standard would be the biggest lie under heaven.

Xia Meng walked up to the third floor.

That’s different.

Why is it different?

Because you are the System, and she is Tao Yun.

System: …

Thinking that it was the one who issued that task, which led to Xia Meng and Tao Yun’s successful meeting, the System felt a wave of regret.

It felt like its own child had been abducted.

What kind of strange student council was this? It refused to admit that it had sold its child, so it could only turn its focus onto the student council.

Just casually go through the motions!

Xia Meng was thinking the same thing.

This building not only housed the student council but also various clubs—social activities that Xia Meng had immediately ruled out. The second floor was the music club, with one performance after another, regardless of whether it sounded good or not.

She felt that life in the student council on the third floor was going to be an ordeal.

Therefore, she wanted to join the student council even less.

The student council has high standards; they definitely won’t be interested in me!

Xia Meng thought.

System: I feel like this sentence sounds familiar.

The door was open, and senior students were busy inside. Lin Ruoruo had given them a heads-up, so someone handed Xia Meng a form.

She diligently filled it out, frowning for a long time at the ‘Personal Profile’ section, almost writing down the experience of having won a bottle of soda in elementary school.

Xia Meng suddenly understood the benefit of joining the student council.

This way, when she entered society later, she wouldn’t feel so miserable filling out a job application.

Xia Meng handed the form to the senior. She was well-behaved and sensible throughout, a little naive, and quite likable.

The senior smiled slightly: “Why do I feel like you’re quite timid?”

Xia Meng was embarrassed: “My courage has always been pretty small…”

The senior: “Is that so? I thought your confession was quite loud.”

Xia Meng: “…”

The form was handed in, but Xia Meng couldn’t leave yet.

The student council, which should have been working diligently, was not being honest; people kept finding excuses to strike up conversations with Xia Meng.

“Why do you want to join the student council?”

This question was already on the form. Xia Meng couldn’t say it was because of one sentence from Tao Yun that made her automatically take the bait, so she could only give a false answer: “Because I think you are all very impressive.”

“Not at all, we can’t compare to you.”

System, I suspect they are being sarcastic/passive-aggressive with me.

They were not being sarcastic, but deeply regretful: “You don’t know how many of us wanted to confess to Tao Yun, but absolutely no one dared to! Everyone was chicken!”

“You are amazing. You’ve earned +1 to my admiration score!”

Xia Meng: “…”

Should I be happy about this?

These top students in the whole school were all the same.

A senior secretly pulled Xia Meng aside: “You don’t know, there’s also a girl in the student council who has liked Tao Yun for a long time, but she’s worried about being a girl and is too afraid to confess.”

Xia Meng seemed to know who that was, and she lowered her head.

In her heart, she was frantically trying to back out.

“Senior, please take a look at this report,” a familiar voice rang out. Chu Yun walked over, holding a stack of documents.

Her smile was appropriate, perfectly like someone who had gone through great trials, remaining calm even when a mountain collapses in front of them. She showed no emotional change even when she realized someone was talking about her behind her back.

The senior, however, was a little embarrassed: “Okay, hand it over to me.”

The senior grabbed the documents and quickly left.

Leaving Xia Meng to stand there awkwardly.

She and Chu Yun looked at each other.

The two of them should be rivals.

One had leveled up all her attributes and was ready to challenge the boss, but lacked courage. This young woman was excellent, but overly cautious.

The other was someone who, after collecting the Newbie Village gift package, dared to rush up with a small knife.

The reckless Xia Meng chuckled dryly: “Hello.”

Chu Yun stood silently across from Xia Meng.

People were peeking and looking at them from the doorway.

After a long time, Chu Yun finally bit her lip: “I know.”

Her eyes were red.

Everyone in the student council knew she liked Tao Yun, so how could Tao Yun not know?

Tao Yun knew, but still kept her distance while interacting with Chu Yun. What did that attitude indicate? How could Chu Yun not know? Everyone knew.

That’s why Chu Yun had long been afraid to confess.

She looked at Xia Meng: Why did Xia Meng dare to?

Chu Yun took a deep breath: “I know I did something wrong. I was jealous of you, but I’m not going to apologize. You like Tao Yun too, and that’s good.”

Xia Meng was full of question marks, not quite understanding what Chu Yun meant.

What did she know? She didn’t know anything!

Xia Meng was desperate: “I…”

You have two options.

Xia Meng got stuck.

The System smoothly presented them.

Option One: Say “I like Tao Yun” loudly. Task completion rewards twenty-four hours of survival time.

Option Two: Say “I like Tao Yun” not so loudly. Task completion rewards twenty-four hours of survival time.

System, these two options of yours are practically harassment.

Xia Meng looked at Chu Yun.

Chu Yun glared at Xia Meng, still unconvinced.

It seemed she still didn’t know why Xia Meng was so bold.

Heh heh. Xia Meng let out a cold laugh in her heart. Then let me show you how she got used to public embarrassment!

Xia Meng said in a tiny voice: “I… I just like Tao Yun.”

Her face was bright red.