The Vicious Female Supporting Character and the White Lotus Female Lead: Ch 17, Pure Campus Love
On September 2nd, Luan Qing Xiao woke up early to make a bento box for lunch.
Yesterday, 520 issued a mandatory opportunity at the last second; when school started, she must throw away Nie Zhen'er's lunch for a week, until Liang Yan discovered what she was doing a week later and tattled to Nie Zhen'er.
It was definitely necessary to dump Nie Zhen'er's lunch, but she won’t let Nie Zhen'er get into the difficult situation of not having lunch to eat. So she plans on making a nutritious lunch and secretly putting it in Nie Zhen'er's desk.
Luan Qing Xiao asked 520 if this was okay, and 520 only replied,【It’s fine as long as the female lead doesn’t find out.】
Thus, for the following week, Luan Qing Xiao would have to act as a sneaky thief.
The two lunches puffed up Luan Qing Xiao's backpack enormously, causing Nie Zhen'er glanced at her questioningly. Luan Qing Xiao said, "I heard there will be a diagnostic test after the major division."
People were separated by their fields in their sophomore year, Nie Zhen'er and Luan Qing Xiao both decided to choose science. Nie Zhen'er was still in the Rocket Class, while Luan Qing Xiao's mother also put her in the Rocket Class. Liang Yan also chose the same, only Li Ni went to the Liberal Arts Rocket Class.
Nie Zhen'er was a little worried about Luan Qing Xiao’s grades, "Qing Xiao, can you take the exam seriously this time? I don’t want others to say you rely on your connections when you obviously can rely on yourself."
The last time Nie Zhen'er went to Luan Qing Xiao to do their homework together, she realized Luan Qing Xiao was able to do questions extremely quickly as well as having a high accuracy rate. She mused about it carefully, and immediately came to the conclusion that Luan Qing Xiao’s studies always been good, but for some reason, she doesn’t try hard on tests, thus her low score.
With the exception of painting (?), Luan Qing Xiao’s entire summer vacation was spent learning. Not only did she review the textbooks for the first year of high school, she also read the textbooks from sophomore and junior year. The original owner was very smart and so was Luan Qing Xiao, it was easy enough to integrate the high school knowledge. Therefore, after Nie Zhen'er asked, she naturally answered, "Of course, just don't be upset when I surpass you and become first place."
Nie Zhen'er excitedly grabbed Luan Qing Xiao's hand, "Qing Xiao, I knew you were just pretending to be bad at studying. In reality, you’re extremely good at it, right?"
Looking at Nie Zhen'er's expectant gaze, Luan Qing Xiao suddenly became vain, and said superiorly, "Just as long as you know, don't go spread that around."
Nie Zhen'er nodded vigorously, "En! Although I don't know why you’re pretending to do so, you must have your reasons. I definitely will help you keep this a secret!"
Luan Qing Xiao patted Nie Zhen'er's head, wondering how she could bear to deceive such a well-behaved girl.
But not only did she lie, she did it quite gleefully...
Well, to be exact, she wasn’t really lying . According to Luan Qing Xiao's fuzzy memory inherited from the original owner, the original owner was probably actually pretending to be a horrible student.
The first thing after class division was to look at the grade ranking posted on the wall at the class’ entrance.
The bright red poster was written with the person’s name, the score, and grade ranking. There were forty people in the Science Rocket Class. If you exclude those who were in the Liberal Arts Rocket Class and Luan Qing Xiao, they all ranked within 80th place.
Luan Qing Xiao was listed as 81st.
"Tsk, do you think she really did it herself? Even if she did take the test, what qualification does she have to enter the Rocket Class?"
"Some people are really interesting. Obviously they don't have the grades, yet they’re still shameless enough to occupy another people's spot."
"That’s why studying is useless. In front of people with powerful families, school rules can be regarded as nothing."
"I just feel bad for the 80th person. Their ranking made the cut, so why can’t they be in the Rockets Class?"
Someone saw Luan Qing Xiao approaching and hurriedly nudged the few who were talking. They turned around and glanced at Luan Qing Xiao, not hiding the contempt in their eyes at all.
"Let's go, the back door kid is here. Nothing good will come if we continue to stand here." Then, they one by one slowly entered the classroom.
Nie Zhen'er worriedly glanced at Luan Qing Xiao, "Qing Xiao..."
Luan Qing Xiao waved her hand, "It doesn't matter, I have a strong mental state. Those few words won’t be able to hurt me."
"Go and check what places we’re in." Luan Qing Xiao stood in front of the red list. People who knew that she had a history of beating others silently moved half a meter away from her, seeing Nie Zhen'er being intimate with her, surprise flashed in their eyes.
Why would the top student who was in first place time after time be close to Luan Qing Xiao?
But in front of Luan Qing Xiao, they didn't dare to say anything. After reading their results, they hinted at each other and left.
Luan Qing Xiao saw Nie Zhen'er's name in the upper left corner without fail, at first place.
"There are seventy-nine people between the two of us. Watch me pk them this time during the diagnostic test."
Nie Zhen'er was convinced of this, "Qing Xiao, you can definitely do it."
There was no need to separate for the diagnostic test. The teacher already organized the tables the day before school started, they only had to take a seat according to their rankings.
Nie Zhen'er was the first one by the window while Luan Qing Xiao was the last one by the door.
There was a whole world of distance between them.
Oh, and including Liang Yan, who was the last one by the window, which created a triangle with the three of them.
In the morning, the two subjects, Chinese and mathematics, will be tested first. Then, there’s a break for one and a half hours at noon. During that time, they can’t stay inside the classroom. Dorm students can go back to their dormitory to rest, while off-campus students will stay in the cafeteria until 1:30.
At noon when the two tests ended, Luan Qing Xiao was urged by 520 to throw away the female lead’s lunch. Only after everyone in the classroom was gone, did she slowly approach Nie Zhen'er and tapped her desk with her fingertips.
Nie Zhen'er quickened her actions, "Qing Xiao, wait for me for a quick second. I’m almost done."
"No need. You go use the bathroom first, I’ll help you clean up."
"You sure?" Nie Zhen'er's hand stopped and looked up at Luan Qing Xiao. Heer cheeks a little red.
"No problem, go on ahead."
Seeing Nie Zhen'er leave the classroom, Luan Qing Xiao went to the international class next door to call Luo Xun over.
"Boss, what are your instructions?" Luo Xun pumped his fist excitedly.
While Luan Qing Xiao paid attention to any movement on the bathroom’s side, she also gave Luo Xun the bento she took from Nie Zhen'er's desk,"Help me throw it away. The farther, the better. After throwing it away, come find me in the cafeteria and I’ll treat you."
Although Luo Xun didn't know why Luan Qing Xiao asked him to throw a bento, whatever Boss said becomes the truth, not to mention Boss is even inviting him to a meal!
Luo Xun went to complete the order as Luan Qing Xiao put the lunch she prepared into Nie Zhen'er's bag, and left the two's backpack on Nie Zhen'er's desk together.
The moment right after the class ended is when there are the most people in the bathroom, so when she headed to the bathroom, Nie Zhen'er was still waiting in line.
The two of them were separated by seven or eight people. Nie Zhen'er came out and saw Luan Qing Xiao, she curved her eyes and said, "How come you’re here? I knew I should have waited for you."
Luan Qing Xiao replied, "I didn't plan on coming...you can head back to the classroom and wait for me. Both of our backpacks are on your desk."
Nie Zhen'er nodded, "Okay."
Both of them were well-known within the sophomores.
Nie Zhen'er was a true whizz, first ranked in her grade, part-time campus belle, and her freshman orientation speech made everyone remembered her.
Luan Qing Xiao had a deep background, a true delinquent and the school bully. Rumours said that she sent several people to the hospital from a fight during the first half of her freshmen year, and she resolved it using money without facing any legal responsibility. Plus, the school didn’t mark it down in her history.
How did these two meet? And even appeared to be rather familiar with each other.
When Luan Qing Xiao came out of the bathroom, Nie Zhen'er already was waiting for her outside with their bags.
Nie Zhen'er looked fragile, with two backpacks covering her upper body tightly. She seemed weak and pitiful like a child laborer being forced to work by a black-hearted boss.
Luan Qing Xiao hurried over to take the bags from her, "Let me carry them."
Nie Zhen'er strolled beside her as they exited the building, and whispered, "Actually, I am quite strong too."
Luan Qing Xiao turned sideways and patted her on the head twice, "This has nothing to do with your strength."
"What does it have to do with?" Nie Zhen'er asked, holding her petted-head.
Luan Qing Xiao lowered her eyebrows and smiled faintly, "It has something to do with my reluctance to see you overexerting yourself."
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Notesback door kid: mocking Qing Xiao for using her connections and staying in the Rocket Class
: get rid of them