Since Su Meimei was in the next class, Su Rou had a high chance of seeing her every day. She either saw Su Meimei chatting with a few rich girls while painting their nails or saw her flirting with the boys who adored her. Really, couldn't Sister Meimei pay more attention to the occasion?
Blocking the middle of the corridor, Su Rou felt that it was neither appropriate to go forward nor to retreat.
"Yo, what's this little girl doing here?" The boy who was chatting up Su Meimei saw Su Rou and was immediately attracted by her pure and lovely appearance. Especially her big, innocent eyes that fluttered, looking extremely cute.
Su Meimei gave Su Rou a coquettish look, then glanced at the boy who was chatting her up. Just now he was flattering her, but now he was leering at Su Rou... Humph, "What, are you smitten with her?"
"How could that be? Meimei, you've always been the most beautiful in my heart." The boy immediately put on a flattering smile again, looking just like a puppy trying hard to please, almost begging for mercy from Su Meimei with a wagging tail.
Su Rou frowned and looked at the boy, thinking he was so fake! But seeing the two of them continue to flirt as if there was no one else around, Su Rou pursed her lips, squeezed through them, and came to Class Two. "Tiantian!" She called out into the class.
Ling Tiantian was sitting at her seat, boredly flipping through her phone. Hearing Su Rou's call, she walked out. "What's up?"
"Here, the notes for you." Since Ling Tiantian's grades weren't very good, Su Rou would always give her own notes to Ling Tiantian for review. Even after entering high school, she still did the same as before.
Because of family issues, Ling Tiantian didn't focus on her studies at all. So when Su Rou gave her the notes, she suddenly felt a bit annoyed. She forced a smile. "Rourou, I can keep up with the courses now. You don't need to give me your notes in the future."
"Really? That's great. We still promised to take the college entrance exam together!" Su Rou didn't notice the underlying meaning in the other's words. She just thought that Ling Tiantian was determined to improve herself.
"Yeah."
Su Rou was relieved. Seeing that class was about to start, she went back to her own class. No wonder Tiantian hadn't been playing with them recently. Xiao Yun even said that Tiantian might have betrayed them and stopped playing with them. Now it seemed that they had been overthinking.
As soon as Su Rou left, Su Meimei glanced thoughtfully at the girl named Ling Tiantian. She was a bit chubby, and her looks were... just average. Su Meimei didn't even remember there was such a person in the class.
Su Meimei shook off the boy who had been trying to please her and walked into her own class.
"Hey? Meimei, why are you leaving..."
Ling Tiantian had just sent Su Rou away and was boredly looking at her phone again, with her eyebrows knitted tightly. "Ling... Tiantian, right?"
Ling Tiantian looked up and saw the most vain rich girl in the class. "Yes, I am. What's up?"
"Nothing. Are you on really good terms with Su Rou?" Su Meimei leaned against her desk, looking at her perfectly manicured nails while asking casually.
When Su Meimei mentioned Su Rou, Ling Tiantian instinctively felt unhappy. "Su Rou is my good friend. What do you want?"
Su Meimei broke into a smile. "Don't look at me like that. It makes me seem like a bad person."
"Then you..." Ling Tiantian also thought her words might have been a bit too much and toned it down. It was just the beginning of the school year, and she didn't want to have any conflicts with her classmates. Otherwise, how could she survive the three years of high school? Moreover, in No. 1 Middle School, there were all kinds of powerful people. Su Meimei was one of them. Her family was already on shaky ground, and it wasn't a wise choice to go against Su Meimei.
Su Meimei played with her long hair. "Well, I'm related to Su Rou. She's sort of my younger sister. I'm just concerned about her."
Ling Tiantian smiled sheepishly. "Oh, sorry."
"It's okay. I'm Su Meimei." She reached out her hand friendly.
Ling Tiantian was flattered. She knew that this young miss of the Su family had high standards. She quickly reached out her hand and shook it with hers. "I'm Ling Tiantian."
"Then we know each other now. You're Su Rou's friend, so naturally... you're my friend too."
"Yeah!" Ling Tiantian also smiled happily. She never thought she would be so lucky to make a friend from the Su family. She knew that the Su family was very powerful in City T. Maybe... after getting on good terms with her, Su Meimei could even help her family!
Just then, the bell rang for class. Su Meimei withdrew her hand. "Ah, class is starting. I'll go back to my seat first."
"Okay."
The moment Su Meimei turned around, the fake smile on her face disappeared. A look of disgust flashed in her eyes. She took out a tissue from her pocket, wiped the hand that had just shaken Ling Tiantian's, and murmured softly, "Who wants to be friends with you? Really, I don't know what that girl was holding just now. Why is my hand so sticky? Ugh... it's so disgusting!"
"Rourou, why didn't you give the notes to Tiantian?" Xiao Yun asked curiously when she saw Su Rou coming back with her notebook.
"Tiantian said she didn't need them. She can keep up with the teacher's classes."
"Oh? Is our little Tiantian finally going to turn over a new leaf?" Yu Fei said teasingly, crossing her legs.
"Don't you know what kind of person Tiantian is? I think she's probably given up on herself." Xiao Yun rolled her eyes ungraciously. "I feel like she's getting farther and farther away from us."
Su Rou frowned and gently tapped Xiao Yun on the forehead, pouting. "Don't talk about Tiantian like that. She must be feeling bad about what happened to her."
Xiao Yun let out an "ah" sound, reached out and pinched Su Rou's little face, then exclaimed, "Yay—you're so cute. The way our Rourou pouts is so adorable."
"Um (I) 'm telling you something serious..." Su Rou said aggrievedly.
"Okay, I know." Xiao Yun replied with a smile, but when Su Rou wasn't looking, she exchanged a look with Yu Fei. Su Rou was always kind. Protected by the two of them, she couldn't tell good from bad. But the two of them knew very well that if Ling Tiantian gave up on this friendship, then they wouldn't let Su Rou meet Ling Tiantian anymore.