Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
âI know, right? Iâve never seen Senior Yichen being so nice to anyone before. Mu Xiaoxiao, does he like you?â
âIt must be so! Mu Xiaoxiao, youâre so lucky. There are so many handsome guys who like you. Youâre also close to Song Shijun and your relationship looks really close. Does he like you too?â
Mu Xiaoxiao chuckled bitterly. âWhat nonsense are you talking about! They donât like me. Weâre just friends.â
âReally?â The girls were in disbelief.
Mu Xiaoxiao said helplessly, âCanât girls and guys just be friends? Qiqing and Shijun hang out together frequently so do they have to like each other romantically?â
âButâ¦â
Mu Xiaoxiao was tired from finishing her run. She didnât want to debate with them and thus waved a hand to interrupt the girlsâ words.
âAlright, letâs not talk about this anymore. Weâre really just friends. If you like Lu Yichen, you can try to get closer to him. Iâm so tired and I want to sit down.â
âSit here. Iâll hold you.â
This time, Mu Xiaoxiao didnât reject them. Her legs felt a little weak and being held made things feel a little more comfortable.
Some of the girls followed her and sat down around her.
Mu Xiaoxiao was a little unused to the sudden friendliness shown to her.
âYou can go and play. I can rest here alone.â
One of the girls stammered, âMu Xiaoxiao⦠about that, how about we go over there to see Senior Yichen play basketball?â
âYou can go there by yourselves. Iâm not going.â Mu Xiaoxiao wasnât very interested in basketball. Also, it was a little more sunny there than here
âButâ¦â The girls looked at each other. âIf you donât go, there isnât any point in us going there.â
Mu Xiaoxiao understood them instantly. They wanted to use her to interact with Lu Yichen.
She thought for a while and stood up. âAlright, letâs go and watch him, then.â
The girls by her side hugged her arms as they beamed. âMu Xiaoxiao, youâre such a good person!ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
When Mu Xiaoxiao was in America, her good friends would often hug her arms like this as well. However, she wasnât close to these girls, and thus felt that such an intimate gesture was a little⦠weird.
However, she didnât shake them off out of politeness.
Thus, a bunch of girls headed to the side of the basketball court.
There was a large tree at the corner of the basketball court that provided shade. The girls chose to sit there.
In the court, Lu Yichen was playing basketball with his classmates.
Because there werenât a lot of people, they played a three-on-three match, with a boy at the side keeping score for them.
Upon seeing Mu Xiaoxiao walk over, Lu Yichen glanced over and waved to her.
Mu Xiaoxiao smiled and waved back.
However, the girls beside her were shrieking.
âAH â!! Senior Yichenâs waving at us!â
âAh,ah! Iâm going to faint from happiness. Senior Yichen is so handsome!â
Mu Xiaoxiao dug at her ears, smiling bitterly with regret.
She wouldnât have come if she had known this would happen.
In the past she had only heard these infatuated screams from a distance. Now however, they were right beside her and the screams seemed as if they were going to burst her eardrums.
She practically asked for this!
However, upon seeing the girlsâ happy and excited faces she couldnât bear to tell them that she wanted to leave.
Alright! She would stay and follow through with her actions.
The basketball match was intense. Lu Yichen wasnât calm as usual and played a little more aggressively.