Shen Mianmian chuckled, "Why would I be upset? I’ve said it before, there’s nothing between him and me, we’re just friends."
How could she possibly like a little brat?
"Alright! As long as you’re not upset, it’s all good."
Yang Xiaoxi didn’t dwell too much on this matter.
Before they knew it, the first day of school arrived, and Shen Mianmian and Yang Xiaoxi were lucky enough to be placed in the same class. Oddly enough, they searched the class list for a while but couldn’t find Lu Siyuan’s name. There was someone with a similar name, Feng Siyuan, but he wasn’t in the same class as them.
"Has Lu Siyuan disappeared? How can a living person just vanish like that? Mianmian, you have his grandfather’s phone number, right? I think it’s better to ask and find out what’s going on."
Yang Xiaoxi found this very strange; she had thought that upon arriving at Beijing University, the three of them could continue to be the Licheng Trio, but who would have thought Lu Siyuan had evaporated from the face of the earth.
Shen Mianmian was also somewhat worried, "Maybe he didn’t do well in the exams, and didn’t get into this school."
Lu Yun was doing well with his business here, and Lu Siyuan had saved some money, so life wasn’t too difficult for them. The only explanation was that Lu Siyuan hadn’t done well on the exams.
"Really?" Yang Xiaoxi said, disappointed, as she slumped onto her desk.
"Since when did you care so much about him?" Shen Mianmian asked, puzzled.
"Who cares about him?" Yang Xiaoxi rolled her eyes and humphed, no longer willing to engage with Shen Mianmian.
Being number one in the whole province, at Licheng School, that was a big deal, but here, it was like a stone thrown into a river—people might look twice, but soon they forget about it.
This place was never short of talent.
In the blink of an eye, a week had passed since school started, and the two of them had also made simple acquaintances with their classmates. It was initially thought that with Yang Xiaoxi’s temperament, she might not get along with other students, but unexpectedly, this girl had a knack for socializing and was buzzing with conversation with the students around her.
After leaving No. 3 Middle School, Yang Xiaoxi lost her princess attitude.
Her explanation for this was, "The principal of this school isn’t my dad, he won’t indulge me, if I kept acting the same way, who would cover for me?"
It was then that Shen Mianmian realized the true nature of this princess.
University life was indeed more relaxed than high school life, but for some reason, from the day school started, Shen Mianmian always felt like she was being watched. She mentioned it to Yang Xiaoxi, who teased her for having a "peach blossom" face.
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In others’ eyes, Shen Mianmian was rather aloof, so there were hardly any boys bold enough to approach her and strike up a conversation, leaving Yang Xiaoxi to act as the messenger.
Since He Nan seemed to be quite busy lately, only coming to school once after classes started, the two spent every day together. After school, Xiaoxi would gossip with her about various school matters.
Half a month into school, everyone welcomed military training, and Yang Xiaoxi and Shen Mianmian visibly darkened at a visibly fast rate.
To dodge the military training, Yang Xiaoxi tried faking illness in many ways, but she was always seen through by the instructor, which led to many laughable incidents and still did not allow her to escape the training.
After half a month of military training, the two transformed from white swans into black coal balls. Yang Xiaoxi whined about this every day, and although Shen Mianmian didn’t initially see it as an issue, she couldn’t ignore Yang Xiaoxi’s constant complaining.
Gradually, she started to worry, wondering if Brother He would look down on her in this state.