Chapter 280 - Long Night

The three girls discussed their individual plans for tomorrow. 

They first informed each other of their chosen sites. Next, they suggested plausible activities they could do during the free time.

According to the school trip's timetable, the entire afternoon tomorrow was the allotted free time for the students. It meant that everyone could do anything they wished to do and go anywhere they wanted to go, as long as it was within the vicinity allowed by the school. 

However, by six in the evening, they needed to return to the rest house. For the students' safety, they must report every two hours by sending a message to their own teachers. If the teacher did not receive any message from them within the two hour interval, the security team would track the student down.

Song Xuantin already had her own plans for tomorrow. Xiong Zhi, on the other hand, was very intent in pursuing her main purpose for this school trip—Linfeng's first kiss!

The girl had an indifferent face on, but behind her, flames of blazing enthusiasm were burning.

Finally, Tang Xinyang shared her thoughts.

"I want to go with Jang Shin into the mini forest! We will spend the time there, just with the two of us," Tang Xinyang declared with excitement.

"Oh... Well, Tang Xinyang, are you still playing the role of the 'feminine' type?" Song Xuantin raised her hand and weakly asked.

"Why, of course. Jang Shin likes my bashful smile a lot. He always turn dazed and speechless whenever I smile at him," the girl proudly replied, her face obviously convinced by what she said.

"..."

'Dear sister, whose eyes are wrong? Mine or yours?'

Song Xuantin could still clearly recall how Jang Shin sweated a lot but still tried to force a distorted smile at Tang Xinyang whenever she did that 'bashful' smile. 

He obviously mistook her smile as a threat!

It clearly meant that he was afraid of her!

"Uhmm.. You... do you really think Jang Shin likes you?"

Tang Xinyang looked at her weirdly. "Didn't I say it already? Jang Shin is obviously starting to like me. Isn't it so obvious?"

Song Xuantin did not know how to say her thoughts to the overconfident girl without hurting her feelings. In fact, even if she did tell her, would the girl even believe her? She was so convinced of her conclusion!

Not only that... What if... Jang Shin was an odd one? What if she was mistaken and the guy was in fact a masochist who like Tang Xinyang's kind of a shemale?

Ah, her head was aching. No use thinking about it. In the end, she was still an outsider.

Song Xuantin could only raise a white flag in defeat.

Meanwhile, Xiong Zhi was thinking on another wavelength. If in case Jang Shin really liked Tang Xinyang...

She opened her mouth. "Tang Xinyang, I think, no matter what type of woman you are, your man will love you for who you are." 

It was a sentence she had read off the book that Song Xuantin had given to her on her birthday.

Tang Xinyang nodded eagerly. She was liking this Young Miss of the Xiong family more.

"You are right. My beauty and my strength is the most important. I'm pretty sure Jang Shin also likes these good points of mine." 

"Um. Just don't go overboard." 

Thus, the two dimwitted girls with zero romantic cells inexplicably formed an alliance on this night.

Song Xuantin again sported the same jaded look.

'No matter what type of woman you are, your man will love you for who you are... my ass! If that's true, why bother to plan all this, ah?! In the first place, that is only true if the man loves you head over heels, you know?! How are you guys so sure that he does, ah?!'

The poor girl felt exhaustion washing over her. She shook her head weakly. Forget it. Again, there was no use thinking about it.

If she went on, it would only be ducks talking to pigs.

'Let them be. Who knows, maybe it would result to an unexpected success?'

Once more, she raised her hand and weakly said, "So, it seems that everyone is clear with their plans for tomorrow?"

The two girls nodded, one with obvious eager excitement, and the other with a cool but serious look on her face. Song Xuantin could almost see the burning flames behind them.

"S-since we are already done, let's take our beauty sleep. It's important to stay fresh and pretty for tomorrow. We don't want to have eyebags, do we? I wish you both good luck tomorrow." Song Xuantin, who was bothered by their inexplicable views, finally bid them goodnight. 

Xiong Zhi and Tang Xinyang both stood up from Song Xuantin's bed. 

As Xiong Zhi was about to lie down on the middle bed, Tang Xinyang suddenly patted her on the shoulder.

"Miss Xiong Zhi, can I ask you something?"

Xiong Zhi looked at her with a blank face. She nodded.

"That... The one you are trying to seduce in this trip, is it Linfeng?" Tang Xinyang carefully asked. There was a hint of apprehension and tension on her face, as if she wished Xiong Zhi would deny it.

Xiong Zhi paused, then she nodded.

"Oh. I see. Hehe." Tang Xinyang awkwardly laughed. Her brows faintly frowned, as if worried.

Xiong Zhi tilted her head to observe her. Her suspicious eyes were asking Tang Xinyang if there was a problem.

"Nothing, nothing, I was just curious, haha." Tang Xinyang immediately waved her hand and passed it off like she was just asking for the sake of it. 

However, the subtle frown and her forced smile made Xiong Zhi even more suspicious. 

Xiong Zhi stared at her, her eyes almost boring a hole through the sweating girl. 

Suddenly, she took one step forward to Tang Xinyang. Her white cotton dress followed her light movements.

"Linfeng is mine," Xiong Zhi announced. She wanted to make it clear in case Tang Xinyang got a change of heart and woo her man instead.

Black lines appeared on Tang Xinyang's face. She understood that Xiong Zhi had mistook her intentions. 

For some reason though, those serious eyes staring at her with no waves made Tang Xinyang feel unsettled. 

"Haha... What are you thinking? Of course, he's yours, hehe," Tang Xinyang answered, still with an uneasy smile on her lips.

'Still with that look.' 

Xiong Zhi frowned. This look made Xiong Zhi doubtful of Tang Xinyang.

"And you have Jang Shin. So, why are you curious about me liking Linfeng?" Xiong Zhi could not describe what she was feeling. It was like there something worrying in Tang Xinyang's gaze. 

But this girl liked Jang Shin, did she also like Linfeng?

With this thought, Xiong Zhi said,

"It is not good to be greedy and go for two men. You only have one heart, and it must belong to only one man," Xiong Zhi recited a statement on the twelfth page of the Loyal Wife chapter, still from the book that Song Xuantin gifted her.

Tang Xinyang nodded like a hen. "You're right, you're right, haha." 

Then she added with a wry smile, "Rest assured, I only like Jang Shin."

Xiong Zhi stared for a moment at Tang Xinyang, and was finally relieved when she saw the sincerity in her eyes. 

Perhaps, she was just imagining things earlier?

"Is that so? I'm glad you understand," Xiong Zhi took a step back. At least, she made her stance clear to Tang Xinyang.

"Now, let's go to sleep." 

"Yep, goodnight, haha." 

If Jang Shin and Linfeng was here, they would know that Tang Xinyang was feeling nervous. Whenever Tang Xinyang felt nervous or uncomfortable, she would always make an awkward laugh at the end of her sentence.

Unfortunately, Xiong Zhi did not know that and simply let it passed.

Tang Xinyang laid down to her bed and pulled her blanket over her head. Her eyes flashed in the darkness, reflecting the worries inside her heart.