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"What rotten luck, early in the morning, almost at school, and we hit a traffic jam!" After parking the car at the school gate, Li Mengjie got out and couldn’t help but complain.
Ling Xuejiu said, "Come on, let’s hurry to the classroom, we’re already late!"
Li Mengjie huffed, then suddenly, she saw a white BMW drive up and stop not far away. Out came a man and a woman. Upon closer inspection, wasn’t that man Ling Xuejiu’s countryside bodyguard, Leng Xuan?
"Xue Jiu, Xue Jiu..." As if she had spotted an alien lifeform, Li Mengjie tugged at Ling Xuejiu’s skirt, her face full of surprise, "Xue Jiu, look quickly..."
"Look at what?" Ling Xuejiu turned her head and immediately her eyes widened, she simply couldn’t believe the scene before her was real.
"Who would have thought that at Tenglong High School, one of the top four beauties, Su Yurou, would actually end up with that country bumpkin! Oh my God, am I seeing things?" Li Mengjie rubbed her eyes as she spoke.
As soon as Ling Xuejiu saw Leng Xuan, she became angry, and her dislike for Su Yurou grew accordingly. She snorted disdainfully, "One of the top four beauties? With taste that bad, does she even deserve the title?"
Li Mengjie pursed her lips, her face full of contempt, "Exactly, and she has the nerve to be ranked third."
Among the school’s top four beauties, Li Mengjie also had a place on the list, though she was at the bottom, which irked her. In her eyes, there was no reason she couldn’t rival Su Yurou, and even compared to the second-ranked classical school beauty, Luo Shuixi, she felt that, though the other girl’s appearance and demeanor were slightly better than hers, her own impressive figure was unparalleled.
As for Ling Xuejiu, who was ranked first, Li Mengjie felt quite frustrated. How could this wretched girl eat whatever she wanted and barely exercise, yet the only places on her body that put on weight were her chest and hips? And that fair, translucent oval face with its exquisite features, tsk tsk, truly a masterpiece from heaven, utterly faultless, it left her feeling both envious and jealous, and utterly without recourse!
On the other side, Leng Xuan had actually noticed Ling Xuejiu and Li Mengjie as soon as he got out of the car. He was wondering why they were only just arriving, considering they usually came to school half an hour earlier than him. Just as he was considering whether to go over and greet them, he heard Su Yurou say, "Brother Leng Xuan, hehe, can I call you that?"
Hearing her suddenly address him as ’Brother’ caught Leng Xuan off guard, but then he slightly embarrassingly smiled and said, "If you’re not afraid of others laughing at you for having a country bumpkin brother, why would I mind?"
"Country bumpkin brother?" Su Yurou was obviously taken aback, and then she burst out laughing, her beautiful eyes nearly forming crescents, radiating an irresistible charm. She laughed, "Brother Leng Xuan, how can you refer to yourself as a country bumpkin?"
Leng Xuan was momentarily captivated by her smile, spacing out, but he quickly came to his senses, thinking, ’Right, why am I showing such an inferiority complex in front of her? Could it be, that I’ve taken a liking to this young lady?’ The thought alone prompted immediate denial. They had only seen each other twice, and she was a lofty young lady while he was just a man from a different world—how could he be worthy of her?
With a wry smile, Leng Xuan changed the topic, "Since you’ve called me ’Brother,’ shouldn’t you tell me your name too?"
Su Yurou’s face turned red, then she cutely laughed, "I’m Su Yurou, Su as in Suzhou, Yu as in rain, and Rou as in gentle. Don’t forget it, Brother Leng Xuan!"