Chapter 1 The Annoying Little Goblin
Lin Leyao is a white, rich and beautiful woman, with good looks, money and free time. People around her want to use all the beautiful words to describe her, but only she knows that she is just rich.
Friday afternoon was the day for club activities. Before Lin Leyao went to the activity room, she received a call from Jian Yan.
Jian Yan: "Girl, how are you doing in school?"
Lin Leyao curled her lips. He always started with the same sentence every time he called her. There was nothing new about it: "Still the same. You eat and sleep every day. You're almost like a pig."
"Really?" Jian Yan on the other end of the phone chuckled, "It seems like you can't do it without me by your side to push you along."
"Yes, yes, but you are in your Great Britain and I am in my China. Distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, so you'd better not bother." Jian Yan went abroad after graduating from high school. It has been more than a year since they last met, and Lin Leyao has also adapted to the days when he is not around.
She used to think they were best friends and that good friends should always be together. It wasn't until Jian Yan left that she realized that no relationship would never change, including lovers, relatives, and friends. Jian Yan eventually left like her parents to find his own life, which had nothing to do with her.
Thinking of this, Lin Leyao's face involuntarily covered with a layer of "frost", which surprised Qiao Dandan beside her. She carefully poked Lin Leyao and asked in a low voice: "Yaoyao, are you okay?"
"Me? What can I do?" Lin Leyao came back to her senses, gave Qiao Dandan a smile, and then said to the person on the other end of the phone, "Master Jian, I still have things to do. If you called me just to say these meaningless words, then I'm hanging up."
Jian Yan: "Lin Leyao, are you sure you want to be so heartless to your childhood sweetheart?"
"Childhood sweethearts? Ha, I don't admit it." As they got closer to the activity room, Lin Leyao simply said, "I still have things to do" and hung up the phone.
After hanging up, she stared at the caller ID for a while. She didn't pay attention at first, but when she looked closely, she found that the caller ID was not the one Jian Yan often used. However, foreign phone numbers all look similar, so she didn't think much about it and put away her phone.
The club that Lin Leyao belongs to is called the Club Joint Management Committee, or Club Union for short. Its main job is to coordinate the various clubs in the school, and it is also the link between the clubs and the school party committee. Of course, she is not interested in these messy jobs. She is interested in meeting the handsome guys from all the clubs in the school. For example, the center of the basketball team, the manager of the football team, and the volleyball team... In short, it is all pleasing to the eye and beautiful.
"Zeng Jiahao, I'm telling you, you'd better tell me who that little goblin is today, otherwise we're not done with this!" Before I even entered the activity room, I heard a sharp female voice yelling, "Tell me, who among you is that little goblin? Stand up before I get angry, otherwise don't blame me."
"Who is this? So powerful?" asked Qiao Dandan.
"The vice president's girlfriend, Hu Yunxin, looks like she's here to catch the mistress." Lin Leyao pulled Qiao Dandan and quietly opened the door and found a good position to watch the show.
In the crowd, Zeng Jiahao stood there with his neck shrunk like an obedient young wife, while Hu Yunxin looked down upon the crowd like a queen and said loudly, "I know that little bitch is among you. If you have the guts to call me and sow discord between Jiahao and me, then don't hide behind others like a turtle. If you have the guts to call me, you should have the guts to stand up!"
After these words were spoken, no one dared to say a word, and the room became quite quiet.
Zeng Jiahao took a step forward, tugged at Hu Yunxin's clothes and whispered, "Stop making trouble. There are so many people here. Aren't you ashamed?"
"Humph, you don't feel ashamed for cheating on me, so why should I be ashamed if I make a scene?" Hu Yunxin turned her head and glared at him, saying sternly, "Zeng Jiahao, it's fine if you usually chat and talk with the girls, but your little devil called me and told me to break up with him, and you won't let me make a scene?"
"There is no such thing as a goblin. Someone must be playing a prank on me." Zeng Jiahao was a little angry and whispered in Hu Yunxin's ear, "Don't make a scene here. You know I'm going to run for president in a few days. Your making a scene like this will affect my campaign."
"I'm affecting your election?" Hu Yunxin sneered, "Don't use such high-sounding excuses to evade me. If I don't catch that little goblin today, we're not done!"
"How can you say that the mistress is in our student union? Maybe she is from another club." A girl in the crowd spoke in a voice that was not loud, but loud enough for everyone to hear clearly.
Once one voice started, others began to echo it.
"Humph, apart from the people from your community, who else would keep saying that they are our vice president? If you know what's best for you, please stand up quickly so that we can have a good talk. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."
Lin Leyao felt a little headache when reading this kind of third-rate novel plot, there was no ups and downs at all. She glanced at Zeng Jiahao, and although there was a little anger on his face, it was too quiet. When she called last night, she was still hoping for a big fight between men and women. At present, it was too boring.
That’s right, the provocative call was made by Lin Leyao, firstly to play a prank, and secondly because Zeng Jiahao always came to her side for no reason, which was really annoying.
She kept staring at Zeng Jiahao, silently shouting in her heart: "You are acting like a man, come on, come on, come on."
"Yaoyao, what are you doing?" Qiao Dandan asked in a low voice, looking at Lin Leyao who looked excited.
"No... nothing, I just thought they might be thirsty after arguing for so long, and I was wondering if I should pour them a glass of water." As she said that, she walked towards the water dispenser, not forgetting to look back at Zeng Jiahao a few more times.
"Zeng Jiahao! You've worn out my patience! Tell me quickly, who is that little devil?" Hu Yunxin asked sharply.
"Hu Yunxin, could you please stop making trouble? Today is the club meeting, and we still have to have another meeting. You go back first. I will definitely get to the bottom of this matter and give you an explanation." Zeng Jiahao still wanted to save some face for himself. Even though he was afraid of Hu Yunxin, he gritted his teeth and let her leave first, otherwise, he didn't know what would happen.
"Hmph, are you trying to chase me away? I tell you, Zeng Jiahao, if you don't hand over that little witch today, we're not done!" Hu Yunxin didn't buy it at all. She put her hands on her waist and squinted at the people around her like a queen. The light in her eyes made her want to burn everyone to death.
"Hu Yunxin! How shameless of you to be so!" Zeng Jiahao finally couldn't stand it anymore.
The show is about to begin.
Lin Leyao forgot that she was holding a cup of hot water. By the time she realized what was happening, her fingers were already red from the heat. She hurriedly put the cup on the tray and walked towards the "center of the war" with it.
"Zeng Jiahao! How dare you be mean to me!" Hu Yunxin's voice changed when she heard Zeng Jiahao's roar, "You were mean to me just to protect that little devil."
"I'm mean to you, so what? Leave quickly, or I'll be rude to you." Zeng Jiahao gritted his teeth and raised his right hand as if he wanted to hit Hu Yunxin in the face. He paused for a moment and then put his hand down heavily, "Are you leaving or not?"
"No!" Hu Yunxin replied firmly.
"You two should drink some water and calm down."
That's right, the person who delivered the water was Lin Leyao, who was there to watch the fun and didn't mind making trouble. What she originally thought was that after delivering two cups of hot water, according to the general routine of the story, Hu Yunxin would definitely pick up the water and splash it on Zeng Jiahao's face. Zeng Jiahao, for the sake of his face, would definitely slap her back.
Then today's meeting would definitely turn into a big melee. According to her observation, Hu Yunxin's backup was among the crowd.
After scolding for a long time, Hu Yunxin was indeed a little thirsty. She picked up the water and was about to bring it to her mouth, but suddenly she frowned, turned her head and looked at Lin Leyao with sharp eyes.
"Who are you?" Hu Yunxin asked coldly.
"Me? I am..."
Before Lin Leyao could answer, the cup of hot water was splashed towards her face. Fortunately, someone pulled her back in time, otherwise the water would have been splashed on her face.
"Hu Yunxin, what are you doing?" Zeng Jiahao frowned, his voice full of anger.
"What? Are you angry? Are you furious when you saw me throwing water at the mistress?" Hu Yunxin asked provocatively.
Zeng Jiahao hadn't figured out what was going on yet, but Lin Leyao figured it out first. She was so focused on making a prank call last night that she forgot to change her voice! Hu Yunxin must have recognized her voice.
It's over! What should I do? What should I do? If Hu Yunxin caught her and made a scene, her reputation would be ruined. She didn't want to have a scandal with the vice president who was always lecherous!
Who can tell her what to do...Also, she seemed to want to thank the person who saved her just now, but before thanking him, shouldn't he let go of her wrist first? It hurts a little.
Lin Leyao turned her head and saw her Adam's apple. She looked up and saw who the person who saved her was. When she saw the other person's face clearly, her eyes widened.
This person...
This person...
He was wearing a simple white T-shirt, and he exuded a familiar smell. He smiled at me. Although I hadn't seen him for more than a year, this smile seemed to have been . It bloomed in front of me across thousands of mountains and rivers, just like... just like...
Lin Leyao didn’t know what her mood was at the moment. She felt her heartbeat quicken a little and her eyes felt a little itchy, as if there was something foreign in them.
"Don't you recognize me?"
Lin Leyao remained in a daze and did not answer.
"Or are you too excited to see me?"
Lin Leyao still didn't speak.
"You are always restless." Jian Yan sighed lightly and pulled her behind him. His tall body was enough to block her from being discovered by others.
Lin Leyao finally came back to her senses from her stupor. She knew the seriousness of the matter, so she quietly hid behind Jian Yan, waiting for the opportunity to sneak away. Hu Yunxin was scary, but she didn't want to see Jian Yan even more.
Hu Yunxin was very puzzled. How could that little devil disappear in such a short time? She stared at Jian Yan. He looked handsome and harmless, but why did he give her such a strong sense of oppression that she couldn't just ask him to move away.
The appearance of Jian Yan made those who were watching the show couldn't help but turn their eyes to him, recalling whether they had seen this person in school, guessing his origins, and waiting to see how this "hero saves the beauty" show would continue.
Maybe the male lead was so attractive that no one noticed that the female lead had quietly slipped away.
After walking out of the building and running forward for a while, Lin Leyao stopped. She patted her chest and breathed deeply. The hot weather made a layer of sweat appear on her forehead, but she was not in the mood to pay attention to it.
Escaped, finally escaped.
She was thankful, but she didn't think carefully about why Jian Yan appeared here, why he happened to "save" her, why...
Forget it, why think so much, things will work out when the time comes. She can still avoid people she can't afford to offend, but it's not a good time to show up in the club. Thinking of Hu Yunxin's aggressive look just now, she couldn't help but shiver.
Looking up, the sunlight shone through the leaves, making the ground mottled. She had also seen such mottled patches on the day Jian Yan left.
Hu Yunxin tried her best to get behind Jian Yan, but she didn't see Lin Leyao. She was very disappointed but there was nothing she could do. A farce came to an end because the instigator escaped. According to Hu Yunxin's character, she would never end it so easily. Lin Leyao, she remembered it.
The crowd gradually dispersed, and Jian Yan smiled faintly as he left under the burning gazes of several girls. After leaving the building, he stood downstairs for a while, thinking about how to catch Lin Leyao back. At this time, a familiar voice came from behind him: "Jian Yan."
He turned around and saw a very familiar person.
The two older boys bumped their fists, then clasped their right hands together and laughed.
"You are really back. I just came back from the Dean's office. He was still complaining about why you didn't report to him. But I know that the first thing you will do when you come back is to see your childhood sweetheart. No one can stop you." Ma Ruge said with a smile, "How is it, did you see her?"
Jian Yan nodded, chuckled and said, "This girl is still so worrying."
"What's wrong? Have you made trouble again?" Ma Ruge asked.
Hearing the word "again", Jian Yan knew that Lin Leyao must have caused a lot of trouble this year. When he left, he asked Ma Ruge to take good care of her. It seems that Ma Ruge has also helped her clean up a lot of messes.
He briefly told Ma Ruge what happened in the Social Union, and the other party shook his head and sighed.
"This girl, who wouldn't be easy to mess with? She specifically picks on Hu Yunxin. This girl is very aggressive and will take revenge for any slight. Your little childhood sweetheart will have a hard time in the future." Ma Ruge sighed. He looked up and saw Jian Yan's gaze, then he realized that he was worrying too much. With him around, let alone Lin Leyao offending one Hu Yunxin, even if there were ten Hu Yunxins, she would find a way to deal with the person in front of her. He had seen Jian Yan's methods many times.
There is a saying that goes, gangsters are not scary, but gangsters with culture are scary, especially if he is a gangster who is both good-looking and cultured, that is really scary.
When Ma Ruge was feeling emotional, Jian Yan smiled and said to him, "I'm new here, and I don't know much about some things yet. I'll rely on you for that Hu Xin thing."
Ma Ruge firmly objected: "Now that you're back, I won't get involved in this mess."
Jian Yan was still smiling, and asked back: "As my good friend, can you really bear not to help me?"
This smile made Ma Ruge feel a little guilty, and the words he said were obviously not confident enough: "You can handle it yourself, so don't cause trouble for your brothers."
"Really?" Jian Yan was still smiling.
Jian Yan's smile made Ma Ruge completely collapse. How could he become good friends with such a smiling tiger? It was simply a sin. He knew that if he didn't do it, Jian Yan wouldn't do anything to him, but he just couldn't refuse.
Is this what you call personal charm?
Ma Ruge quickly rejected this idea. What kind of personal charm is this? He is just a beast in human clothing. When his beastly nature bursts out, as an ordinary person, one can only accept his fate.
Of course, Jian Yan didn’t know what Ma Ruge was thinking . He was still thinking about how to make Lin Leyao appear in front of him and stop hiding from him.
Hu Yunxin is a chess piece that can be used, but if she is not well controlled, it is easy for Lin Leyao to get hurt. How can she keep things under her control? It is worth pondering.
It's over, the beast is plotting against people again. Ma Ruge knew that someone was going to suffer.
The story of Jian Yan's heroic rescue of the damsel in distress was soon spread into several versions on campus. The sudden appearance of a strange handsome guy made many girls excited. Of course, some people were also wondering what the relationship between this handsome guy and the rich man Lin Leyao was. Was his heroic rescue of the damsel in distress a coincidence or had they known each other for a long time?
Such speculation divided the gossiping girls into two camps. One camp believed that the handsome boy wanted to stand out in the school and that was why he saved the beauty, and it had nothing to do with whether the other party was Lin Leyao. The other camp believed that the handsome boy was Lin Leyao's suitor and had been silently paying attention to her for a long time.
Of course, no one wants to admit the latter. After all, there are too few handsome guys with such high quality and who are single.
It was also because of the girls' gossip that Lin Leyao learned that Jian Yan was returning to China as an exchange student, not just for fun. This meant that they would be living in the same school in the future.
Living in the same school...
Thinking of this possibility, Lin Leyao didn't know whether she was happy or unhappy, she just felt a little stuffy in her chest.
"Yaoyao, have you known that handsome guy named Jian Yan before?" Qiao Dandan asked after holding it in for a long time.
Xu Ying at the side also asked: "I heard that he is very handsome, but I haven't seen him yet. Do you have a photo of him?"
"Boring." Han Qiuya pushed his glasses and walked out of the dormitory with a book.
There are four people in Lin Leyao's dormitory: the sporty girl Qiao Dandan, a basketball fanatic, has a special liking for the 1.9-meter-tall center of the basketball team and is always obsessed with him; the gossip girl Xu Ying is a typical foodie, a gossip fanatic, and a star-chaser. Her walls are covered with all kinds of celebrity posters, such as Big Bang and EXO. The first thing she does when she returns to the dormitory every day is to admire the posters; there is also a man named Han Qiuya, a typical academic bully, who doesn't interact much with the other three. She spends every day in the classroom, dormitory, and library, always giving people the feeling that she is still working hard in high school; the rest is of course Lin Leyao, who is summarized by two words - nouveau riche.
Seeing Han Qiuya leave, Xu Ying curled her lips in disdain, then cast her eyes on Lin Leyao: "Yaoyao, just tell me, did you and Jian Yan really know each other before? Did he go to save you that day?" After saying this, she seemed to feel something was wrong, "I heard that it was his first time to come to school that day, did you guys discuss it in advance?"
"No, I didn't know he had returned." Lin Leyao said lightly. She didn't know when he returned, nor did she know that he was going to be an exchange student, and she didn't know why he appeared in the club activity room that day. As for him, after knowing him for so many years, she seemed to have never seen through him.
"Does that mean you two have known each other for a long time? Oh my God, you actually knew such a handsome guy and didn't tell us, are you afraid that we would snatch him away from you?" Qiao Dandan cast an ambiguous look at Lin Leyao, and seeing that she looked a little dazed, she tactfully stopped talking.
Instead, Xu Ying kept asking, "Are you classmates? Or did you know each other in some other way? And Yaoyao, are you really the mistress of your vice president and Hu Yunxin? Did you really call Hu Yunxin?"
"Xu Ying, stop asking." Qiao Dandan gave Xu Ying a wink.
Xu Ying suddenly said, "Oh, I'm sorry. I've heard too much from others recently and I couldn't help but ask. Yaoyao, don't mind it." Although she appeared worried on the surface, Xu Ying knew that Lin Leyao would not care about the question she asked. She had already eaten Lin Leyao to death.
"It's okay." Lin Leyao shook her head, stopped talking, and sat on the bed in a daze.
The fact that she was a mistress was not a big deal in the school, and she was a little surprised when she heard that Hu Yunxin didn't say much after returning. However, these surprises seemed less important than Jian Yan's sudden appearance.
She was just wondering, who was she to Jian Yan? And who was Jian Yan to her?