Chapter 449: Chapter 449: Fiery Spoiled Girl VS ‘Affectionate’ Best Friend (Part 8) Chapter 449: Chapter 449: Fiery Spoiled Girl VS ‘Affectionate’ Best Friend (Part 8) Gu Shengyin could hardly contain her laughter inside, though she maintained a puzzled expression on her face, “Why is that, Uncle He? Teacher Seow Seow said we should love our classmates dearly.”
He Junyan smiled tenderly, “Be good, Qingqing. What your teacher means is that you shouldn’t throw tantrums at school, and you should be generous and sincere towards others. You still need to maintain the proper distance.”
Gu Shengyin stopped teasing him and obediently nodded her head.
Gu Shengyin’s junior high career went very smoothly.
She was good-looking and performed well academically. She was especially generous toward her classmates, and even though she had a bit of a proud temperament, with her delicate and exceptionally beautiful face, everyone just thought she had an honest character.
Su Qing was not so happy, though. Although there was only one character difference in their names, Su Keqing outshone her in everything.
Even people she knew from other classes were aware of the highly-famed Su Keqing in class one, and some even mistook her for Su Keqing.
The most displeasing thing for her was: during the election for class officials, Su Keqing secured eighty percent of the votes by herself. Although Su Qing came in second, the gap was excessively large.
It could have ended there, but Su Keqing actually announced after the results that she hadn’t signed up and didn’t wish to be the class president.
Su Qing got her wish to become the class president, but when she heard Troupe leader Seow Seow announce the result, there was not a hint of happiness in her heart: it was a position that Su Keqing didn’t regard highly and had casually discarded to her.
What Su Qing wanted was something she should have earned for herself, fair and square, not thrown out like trash by someone else.
Su Qing’s experience as class president was extremely frustrating.
One of Gu Shengyin’s daily pleasures was watching Su Qing be deflated.
A second joy was her food-loving deskmate Zhang Susu.
A third delight was teasing a certain serious-minded uncle.
Perhaps it was due to her young age, Su Qing didn’t harbor that many ill intentions at this point; although she didn’t like Su Keqing, she couldn’t really say she hated her. Moreover, Su Qing never got the chance to get close to Su Keqing’s heart because she was so different in character and from the script.
Gu Shengyin was much more straightforward; she made it clear that she didn’t feel close to the classmate who shared a similar name to hers.
Maybe it was because she showed such a simple disposition, where she liked what she liked and disliked what she didn’t, that everyone in the class loved being friends with her.
Everyone understood her coolness towards Su Qing, saying: “Honestly, with Qingqing being such a spoiled young lady, it would be strange if she were fond of Su Qing, who shares a similar name with her.”
In her third year in junior high, at the age of fifteen, Gu Shengyin made significant progress on her task.
Two years can indeed change a lot.
For instance, Su Keqing evolved from a delicately carved doll to a svelte, exquisite-eyed young lady. Despite retaining her haughty demeanor, she attracted more and more gazes.
Then there’s Su Qing, who always had a mild temperament. Having been class president for a few years, she gained considerable respect among her classmates.
However, the most drastic change was in the chubby Zhang Susu.
Starting from his third year in junior high, no one knew what he did or how he grew, but his shape suddenly slimmed down rapidly, and his fat disappeared within half a year, transforming the chubby boy into a handsome, youthful teenager.
At the ages of fifteen and sixteen, when young hearts begin to flutter with affection. Especially since Zhang Susu believed his father’s words from the start and harbored a certain affection for Gu Shengyin.