CH 19

The Vicious Female Supporting Character and the White Lotus Female Lead: Ch 19, Pure Campus Love



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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Luan Qing Xiao’s way of swapping the lunchbox wasn’t sophisticated. Originally she had hoped her third draw would result in skills similar to “Shifting Flowers Replaced With Wood” or “Stealing Goods With Fake”. But the God of Luck didn’t watch over her this time, and Luan Qing Xiao drew on a blank slot.



With Luo Xun's help, another day went by. The following afternoon, the results of the diagnostic test came out.



Their homeroom teacher took the transcript and walked into the Science Rocket Class, her entire face frowning.



She walked onto the podium and rapped on the desk. Her eyes inspecting the class underneath, "You all should know, this diagnostic test determines whether or not you can stay in the Rocket Class. However, I think some students don’t care at all. They wander around everything and do nothing every day. The result? Just look at the scores!"



The class began to murmur about who it could be, and many people looked back at Luan Qing Xiao.



Liu He, who was sitting in front of Luan Qing Xiao, did well in the mock exams last semester. He had just transferred from the Normal Class to the Rocket Class and thought Luan Qing Xiao couldn’t hear him, so he whispered to his deskmate, "The teacher is probably talking about her." 



His deskmate replied, "Even if it's her, there’s no way she would drop down to the Normal Class. Don't you know she has her family?"



"Pei, what's going on in this society? Even the simplest campus is connections ." Liu He spoke louder and louder that he might as well just directly point at Luan Qing Xiao's nose and said he’s  talking about her.



Once inside the Rocket Class, Liu He now feels a bit "nouveau riche." Now, he likes to show off and suppress others.



And isn’t Luan Qing Xiao, who has poor grades, the perfect example to compare with himself?



Luan Qing Xiao never wrongs herself by restraining her own temperament, so she stretched out her long legs and kicked Liu He's seat, knocking him sideways.



Liu He was startled. He stabilized himself first before angrily turning around. Just as he was about to speak, the homeroom teacher on the podium called his name, "Liu He!"



"Teacher, Luan Qing Xiao, she..."



The homeroom teacher reprimanded him, "Look at your grades this time, what qualification do you have to pick on Luan Qing Xiao? Getting full of yourself with that slightly above average score, were you planning to join the Rocket Class for a day’s vacation? Luan Qing Xiao is ranked first in her grade level, while you’re only placed at 91st. You can just pack your bags and return to Class Two!"



Liu He was thrown back.



"Impossible! How can Luan Qing Xiao do so well on the test! Teacher, she must have cheated!" Liu He recovered from his stupor and pointed at Luan Qing Xiao.



"I can confidently assure you Luan Qing Xiao didn't cheat. Liu He, go pack your bags now. With your grades, there’s no way you’ll be able to remain in the Rocket Class."



Liu He still wanted to say something, but his deskmate hurriedly grabbed him at the same table and uttered in a low voice, "Liu He, that’s enough. Just because you haven’t seen Luan Qing Xiao beat up someone, so now you want to try it personally?"



Liu He's hot-headed impulse suddenly cooled. He pursed his lips, and his bloodshot face gradually returned to his normal complexion.



After class, Liu He left Rocket Class and went to Class Two. A girl named Pei Yi Ruo from Class Three later replaced him.



The homeroom teacher hung the report card on the outside wall, and a group of people immediately ran over to look at it after class was over.



"Damn, Luan Qing Xiao really got first in the exam. Nie Zhen'er scored ten scores less than her!"



"That’s inhuman. Nie Zhen'er, with her score of 703, is already considered to be going against the heavens. And Luan Qing Xiao actually scored 713, plus she scored full marks for both mathematics and science comprehension. She’s way too abnormal."



"She used to have such poor grades, how did she suddenly rank so high on this test?" There were still people skeptical of Luan Qing Xiao's grades.



An insider said, "In junior high, I was in a  class with her. Luan Qing Xiao entered Sheng Jia Junior High School from elementary as the top student. Who knows why she suddenly stopped trying anymore, causing her grades to get worse and worse. Then she became the school bully by fighting. . Tsk tsk."



"Sure enough, some things are innate. We have to study to death to maintain our grades, while some people can study when they want to or mess around when they don’t want to study. In the end, with some effortless reviewing, they will easily surpass everyone... God really isn’t fair."



"Do you think Nie Zhen'er will be sad? Luan Qing Xiao and her have a pretty close relationship. Internally she must be uncomfortable from being pushed off by Luan Qing Xiao from first place to the second."



...



Nie Zhen'er was sitting in the first row, even if she didn't want to listen, what they said still drilled into her ears.



She worriedly glanced back in Luan Qing Xiao's direction as she really wasn’t annoyed with Luan Qing Xiao. In fact, she was happier than anyone else when Luan Qing Xiao did well on the test.



The new classmate Pei Yi Rou has a cheerful and outgoing personality. After seating herself in Liu He’s former position, she smiled brightly and greeted the people behind her. The back table-Luan Qing Xiao raised her eyes lazily and gave her an "oh," and lowered her head and resume working on the mock exam.



Pei Yi Ruo didn’t get offended, but thought that a girl like Luan Qing Xiao was so cool.  It must be rather difficult to be friends with such a girl. After all, she likes challenging things the most.



In the next few days, nothing went wrong when swapping the lunch boxes. Although Nie Zhen'er’s gaze at Luan Qing Xiao's became more and more suspicious, she didn’t have any evidence. And like that, the first six days went smoothly for Luan Qing Xiao.



On the last day, Luan Qing Xiao had to be caught in action by Liang Yanren while throwing away Nie Zhen'er’s lunch.



Since school started, except for some occasional bitter glare at Luan Qing Xiao from him, Liang Yan never took the initiative to approach Nie Zhen'er again. He would usually study earnestly both during and after class. Luan Qing Xiao guessed that he was saving all his energy to surpass Luan Qing Xiao for the throne of the top student.



Noon that day, Luan Qing Xiao asked Nie Zhen'er to wait for Luo Xun in the classroom for a little while. She first went to the cafeteria to occupy a table, and as usual she carried the backpacks.



Liang Yan has OCD, so he has to eat at the same place every time he comes to the café. If that place is taken up by someone else, he would wait by the side until the person leaves.



Right now Liang Yan's position was occupied, so he was standing aside and waiting. Luan Qing Xiao walked past him on purpose and found a spot where Liang Yan could easily see her.



Of course, Liang Yan recognized Nie Zhen'er's bag. When Luan Qing Xiao walked past him, the first thing Liang Yan noticed was Nie Zhen'er's schoolbag, and then he saw it was Luan Qing Xiao holding the bag.



He scanned around, but didn't see Nie Zhen'er, his eyes instantly began to stalk  Luan Qing Xiao.



Luan Qing Xiao opened Nie Zhen'er's backpack and took out the lunch box inside before taking the lunch box and walked to the trash can on the right side of the window. When she loosened her hand, the lunch box fell into the trash can.



Liang Yan only felt that his blood pressure soaring. His face instantly flushed red and he sprinted to her before grabbing Luan Qing Xiao’s wrist. He yanked hard, but she didn’t budge at all...



Liang Yan furiously interrogated Luan Qing Xiao, "Why are you throwing away Zhen’er’s lunch box?"



Luan Qing Xiao smiled faintly and removed Liang Yan's hand from her wrist. She saw the red mark imprinted on her wrist that Liang Yan left, and retorted in displeasure, "What does it have to do with you."



Liang Yan originally thought now Luan Qing Xiao was ranked first in their grade, it meant she had changed her old ways. Therefore, he should no longer prevent Nie Zhen'er from being friends with her, but he never expected that Luan Qing Xiao would do such a thing!



Luan Qing Xiao rubbed her wrist and walked off to her table. Liang Yan followed behind, and kept blabbing as he walked. "Luan Qing Xiao, do you know how difficult life is for  Zhen'er? Her family condition isn’t good, and she was almost sold to human traffickers from a run-down art studio’s owner in elementary school. It was only in junior high that she was allowed to join a famous studio after winning more and more prize money. I can see Zhen'er really likes you. I even thought you actually wanted to be friends with Zhen'er. If Zhen'er knew what you’re doing, she definitely would be heart-broken..."



Luan Qing Xiao stopped in her steps. She turned her head and looked stern, "Abducted by the studio owner for trafficking? What about it?"



Liang Yan was shocked by her and responded, "I only overheard it from my parents saying because she looked so beautiful, the studio owner wanted to sell her since he lost significant money while gambling. Fortunately, Zhen'er  ran away by himself, otherwise..."



Luan Qing Xiao did not expect that Nie Zhen'er had experienced so many unlucky events and can still act this normally. She only introduced herself to her studio and only said she started learning to paint for four years since junior high. If it wasn't for being drunk, maybe that night she wouldn’t have complained about her pains to her.



Luan Qing Xiao felt pain from the deepest part of her heart.



_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NotesShifting Flowers Replaced With Wood (移花接木): A stealing technique where you replace what you steal with another object



(偷梁换柱): Another technique where the item you substitute the object you steal with a fake