Zhou Qianqian happily carried a sandwich and headed to the dock to pick up her friends.
Her classmates, all dressed in trendy short - sleeved shirts and skirts, were standing on the bustling dock, craning their necks and waiting.
When the class monitor, Li Jiayi, saw Zhou Qianqian coming, she immediately waved at her and shouted.
"Qianqian, we're over here!"
"Monitor!"
Zhou Qianqian's eyes lit up. She pressed down the hair that had been tousled by the sea breeze and ran over with a smile.
There were a total of four classmates on this trip: the class monitor Li Jiayi, the deputy monitor, and their best friend Yu Wenwen.
Zhou Qianqian's eyes scanned each of them, and her smile froze instantly when she landed on the last person.
The last one was the person Zhou Qianqian disliked the most, her arch - enemy Qian Lili.
Qian Lili had a head of dreadlocks, wore exaggerated smoky eye makeup, and was still wearing a leather jacket on Penglang Island, which was in the middle of summer.
Qian Lili's lips drooped. When she saw Zhou Qianqian, she raised a malicious smile, which made Zhou Qianqian think of the times when Qian Lili had successfully played tricks on her.
Zhou Qianqian's face instantly turned ugly. Her lips were pale and her voice was hoarse. "Why are you here too?"
"Why can't I come? Haven't you heard the saying 'a fool passes up a free lunch'?"
Qian Lili gave Zhou Qianqian a disdainful look out of the corner of her eye. She kept chewing gum in her mouth and blew a pink bubble that popped right in front of Zhou Qianqian, making her jump.
"Hahaha!"
Seeing that Zhou Qianqian was scared, Qian Lili let out an unpleasant, taunting laugh.
What a coward!
The class monitor knew that the two of them didn't get along, but she had a good relationship with Qian Lili. Moreover, Qian Lili had actively asked to come to Penglang Island.
Li Jiayi was worried that if she didn't agree, she would have a hard time when school started, so she had no choice but to bring Qian Lili along.
Seeing Zhou Qianqian's face turn even paler, Li Jiayi tugged at the deputy monitor's sleeve, signaling her to help smooth things over.
"Zhou Qianqian, since Qian Lili is already here, don't be so picky."
"This is a good chance for you two to bury the hatchet, clear up all the misunderstandings, and become good friends."
"Yeah, don't be so stingy. Your family is so rich. Adding one more person won't make any difference."
The class monitor and the deputy monitor warmly took Zhou Qianqian's arms.
Zhou Qianqian was mollified by the deputy monitor's words about her family being rich and forced a smile.
She was a rich girl now and wouldn't let Qian Lili bully her like before.
Yu Wenwen saw a huge bamboo basket in Zhou Qianqian's arms and curiously lifted the lid.
"What's in here?"
The class monitor and the deputy monitor also craned their necks to look. When the three girls saw the sandwiches with big pieces of beef in them, they all let out excited screams.
"Wow! Qianqian, you're so thoughtful! You brought us sandwiches!"
Zhou Qianqian, who had always been a wallflower, was surrounded and cheered for for the first time. She felt a bit dizzy with excitement.
"My mom was worried that you'd be hungry after the long journey, so she made these beef sandwiches for you."
Zhou Qianqian distributed the sandwiches. When it came to Qian Lili, she put on a feignedly generous smile and politely offered the sandwich to Qian Lili.
"You can have one too."
She had gone this far. Qian Lili shouldn't cause trouble for her.
"Sure."
Qian Lili just grunted without even saying thank you and spat out the chewing gum in her mouth.
The chewed - up gum stuck to the hot ground. God knows which unlucky person would step on it and get their shoe stuck.
Qian Lili took a big bite of the sandwich, and the cheap black lipstick left a dark mark on the whole - wheat bread.
Seeing the contorted confident smile on Zhou Qianqian's face, Qian Lili wasn't grateful at all. Instead, she thought Zhou Qianqian looked like a clown.
So what if Zhou Qianqian was rich? She still had to pander to her.
The girls walked while eating, admiring the beautiful scenery on Penglang Island.
From time to time, seagulls would swoop over their hats, eyeing the sandwiches in their hands greedily.
After the class monitor finished her sandwich, she casually threw the sandwich bag into the trash can and exclaimed.
"Zhou Qianqian, your mom's sandwiches are so delicious! There's so much beef in them."
She felt full after only half a sandwich.
The big pieces of beef almost filled half of the sandwich. When you took a bite, the juice oozed out, and the aroma filled your taste buds.
"I'm glad you like them."
Being praised by classmates she rarely talked to, Zhou Qianqian felt a great sense of accomplishment. The smile on her lips grew wider.
Maybe after this trip, she could become good friends with the class monitor and walk with the class monitor and the deputy monitor. She wouldn't be a silent wallflower anymore!
Just thinking about it, Zhou Qianqian felt the admiring looks of her classmates on her. She smiled and took out her phone to turn on the camera.
"Let's take a group photo as a souvenir of your first time on Penglang Island."
"Sure."
The class monitor, the deputy monitor and the others actually agreed. But when Qian Lili saw the ordinary domestic phone Zhou Qianqian took out, a sneer appeared on her face.
"Zhou Qianqian, since your family is so rich, why don't you use an Apple phone?"
Hearing Qian Lili's words, Zhou Qianqian panicked. She felt a guilty urge to hide her phone quickly, but that would mean she lost.
Zhou Qianqian forced herself to stay calm and tried to act in a natural and confident way.
"I like domestic phones. Isn't it good to support domestic products?"
Qian Lili was a bit annoyed to see that Zhou Qianqian wasn't as timid as before.
What's so great about using a domestic phone?
"But I think foreign phones are just better than domestic ones."
Qian Lili took out her Apple phone, turned on the camera, and pushed Zhou Qianqian, who was standing in the middle, aside.
"Use my phone. Apple phones take better pictures."
"You..."
Zhou Qianqian was pushed to the corner. Just as she was about to protest, she saw the class monitor and the deputy monitor already posing in front of the camera.
Zhou Qianqian had no choice but to accept her bad luck and secretly held a grudge against Qian Lili.
So what if you have an Apple phone!
You've never lived in a villa!
Qian Lili held up her phone and took three quick photos. The class monitor couldn't wait to say, "Qian Lili, send me the original photos. I'll retouch them for each of you."
"Okay."
Qian Lili was still quite nice to the class monitor and happily sent the photos to them.
When all three of them had received the photos, Qian Lili lazily lifted her eyelids and looked at Zhou Qianqian.
"Do you want them?"
If she said no, it would seem like she was being too picky. Zhou Qianqian bit her lip and nodded. "I do..."
She would retouch the photos of herself and the other three but definitely not Qian Lili's, so that the classmates could see how ugly Qian Lili's exaggerated makeup was.
Qian Lili tapped a few times on her phone screen, stared at Zhou Qianqian with a half - smile, and showed the smile that Zhou Qianqian hated the most.
"Oops, I forgot. I'm not your friend on WeChat."