âWhy should I tell you?â
âHow am I going to woo you if you donât tell me your name?â Su Qi gave his shocking reply.
The other girl widened her eyes in horror.
âSu Qi, what are you saying?â
I frowned. I really had no wish to get involved with them any longer. âIâm leaving.â
âAbsolutely not.â
Su Qi came around to me, strangely persistent. âYou canât leave until you tell me your name.â
âYouâ¦â
âI already have a boyfriend!â I said in a moment of anger.
âYou have a boyfriend?â
Su Qi looked surprised, and responded brusquely, âYouâre lying.â
âYin Dongyu! Heâs my boyfriend,â I told him. âThere. Are you satisfied now?â
âDongyu?â The girlâs expression turned even uglier. âHow is that possible? Dongyu is our class monitor and a top student. Iâve never heard him mention his girlfriend!â
âCanât top students fall in love? Besides, who are you? Why would he need to mention anything to you?â
The girl was rendered speechless by my words and her expression turned most unpleasant.
âHow could that nerd have a girlfriend? And heâs known to stay away from girls.â
âI do not wish to talk to you anymore! Iâm waiting to go home with Dongyu!â
I couldnât be bothered to argue with him and rushed out the door. He pursued me relentlessly. As we got entangled along the hallway, I unexpectedly heard Dongyuâs voice.
âXiachun?â
As soon as I heard his voice, I turned around and saw him standing at the end of the hallway. He was carrying his school bag and his posture was tall and erect. It was as though I had met my savior. I turned around and ran towards him.
âDongyu!â
I threw myself on him and hugged him.
Behind me, I heard the sound of two people sucking in a breath of cold air. I didnât even have to think twice to guess how surprised Su Qi and the girl were.
I tugged on Dongyuâs sleeve and whispered, âJust say youâre my boyfriend!â
He looked at me blankly and then at the two people behind me. He seemed confused.
âWhatâs wrong?â
âThey wouldnât believe me when I told them youâre my boyfriend,â I said, taking his arm.
Dong Yuâs expression darkened. He lowered his voice and said, âXiachun, stop messing around.â
âIâm not messing around!â
I couldnât wait to get away from Su Qi, the god of plague. I tugged on Dongyuâs sleeve and said, âLetâs go home!â
With that, I grabbed his arm and headed for the school garage.
When we got home, Yin Dongyu pulled me into the study and shut the door behind us. He asked me sternly, âWhat was going on? Why were you with Su Qi?ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Feeling aggrieved, I retorted, âIs⦠is there a need to interrogate me this way?â
Dongyu rarely spoke to me with such a stern expression.
Realizing that he was probably overreacting, he calmed himself down, then said, âFrom now on, keep your distance from that Su Qi. Do you understand?â
âUh huh.â
I objected inwardly.
Even without him saying it, I would have kept my distance from that boy.
But what I didnât know, was that the only reason Dongyu wanted me to keep my distance from Su Qi was because that boy had a bad reputation.
He smoked, drank, got into fights and went around causing trouble.
Su Qi came from an affluent family. Hence, school was just a necessary path in his life.
He did not need to rely on studying to change his fate in life. Furthermore, he didnât fare too badly in his homework, so he spent most of his time playing truant.
Back then, there were many girls pursuing Su Qi. Rumor had it that he changed girlfriends every month and was well known for being a playboy.