Chapter One 3
"Ryogo, where have you been all this time?" As soon as I saw Ryogo, I immediately forgot about that group of people.
This heartless guy, although he only disappeared for one summer vacation, he completely forgot about me, his best friend. This is absolutely unforgivable!
"I, I... went home." Ryogo said hesitantly.
"Liar!" I looked at him with contempt. "I went to look for you. The aunt next door clearly said that you moved away. Didn't you say that your parents were working abroad and you wanted to go and live with them? All you had to do was say hello. I spent so much time looking for you..."
“I’m sorry, Chacha…” He took a step forward and looked at me with a guilty look. “After I knew you were going to apply to Jono College, I asked my dad to arrange for me to go to Jono to study, but my dad said that in exchange, I have to leave Linghua City and move back home…”
If you want to go to school in Jono, you have to be rich...
I couldn't help but tighten the straps of my backpack: "Don't be ridiculous, we have known each other since childhood. I even knew that you were wearing watermelon baby's underwear today. How come I didn't know that you had such an awesome dad?"
"Underwear..." Ryogo looked at me in astonishment.
"You're good in everything, except for your habit of wearing the same underwear every day. I've wanted to teach you a lesson since you were little." I started counting my fingers one by one, oblivious to the people around me. "Monday is Spongebob, Tuesday is Dragon Knight, Wednesday is Pokemon..."
"Stop! Stop talking!" Ryogo yelled, interrupting me with a headache, his delicate face flushed red, "I'll tell you everything! Actually, my family is very rich! My dad is the president of the Fujita Group, and I have three older brothers, and I'm the youngest...but my grandfather thought I was too girly since I was a child, and not masculine at all, so he let me live alone in Linghua City, saying that only in this way can I become a man who can stand on my own..."
"Wait...wait!" I shouted with a headache.
The Fujita family? The conglomerate that put ads during prime time on CCMV, selling ridiculously expensive diamonds? Is Ryogo crazy because he can't stand the topic of underwear?
"Cha Cha, I know you won't believe it. This is my admission letter." Liang Wu took out an exquisite white card with embossed patterns, looking aggrieved.
I snatched it and took a look, and it was indeed the admission letter from Jono College, except that it lacked the title of "Jono Star"!
"Are you really..." I raised my head and looked up and down at the tender, chubby face in front of me that I was so familiar with. My heart skipped a beat and I felt something was wrong.
"I'm sorry, Chacha, I didn't mean to hide it from you..." Ryogo said with a sad face, "But my brothers said that if you knew my identity, you might distance yourself from me..."
"So," I interrupted him, my throat tightening a little, "the cod I found in your refrigerator and grilled and ate was not the kind on sale at the supermarket for $14.80?"
"That's the top-quality deep-sea cod that my father airlifted over." He choked for a moment and then answered helplessly.
"Then..." My heart sank, and I didn't dare to ask, "Last time I packed up all the beef and brought it back for Mei Xiang..."
“It’s also top-notch Kobe marbled steak…”
Finished.
All the food I ate has now turned into colorful banknotes, flying around in my mind. I originally thought that I was just looking for something to eat at my best friend's house, but it turned out that I might even owe him a large sum of money... If I add up the food I shamelessly ate at Liangwu's house over the years, it should be a huge sum of money!
I just felt like a row of crows flew over my head. No, I think I'd better pretend nothing happened.
The blush on his jade-white face gradually faded. He waited in silence for a while before he spoke again cautiously: "Cha Cha, aren't you angry?"
"Angry? Angry about what?" I was daydreaming when I was suddenly asked this question and I was a little confused about how to react.
"No, nothing." Liangwu looked at me intently, his eyes were like the clearest glass, flowing with moving light.
However, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and his expression suddenly became nervous: "By the way, Cha Cha, you are in danger now!"
"Huh?" I opened my mouth wide and felt like an idiot.
"Chacha, I've been waiting for you at the entrance of the academy for a long time, just to tell you the news before those people do!" Ryogo blinked his watery eyes and looked at me worriedly, "The Star of Jono is actually the challenge target hated by all the students of Jono Academy!"
My IQ, which I am so proud of, has gone offline. Why can’t I understand what he said? “Why?”
"Because... because," Ryogo bit his lip and looked at me worriedly, "this is the school rule! Because you are a special recruit, the students of Jono Academy must hate you and challenge you!"
"ha?"
"In fact, all of this is a big 'conspiracy'!" He shouted angrily, "You should have noticed that everyone in Shirono Academy, except you, is a young master or young lady from a wealthy family."
"So what?" I looked at Ryogo with an unhappy face.
Even though we are familiar with each other, if you dare to say something wrong, I will beat you up anyway!
"Chacha, don't you understand? You've been tricked!" Liangwu was getting more and more anxious. "Every year's 'Jono Star' is just a 'tool'! A tool to stimulate those bored young masters and young ladies! Chacha, you also know that your academic performance is the first in the national joint entrance examination. An excellent student like you with no background who comes to Jono College will definitely be targeted by everyone! Those arrogant and vain young masters and young ladies have long regarded challenging you as a stimulating sport!"
"Impossible!" I retorted subconsciously, but there was always a voice in my heart telling me that what Liangwu said might be right.
Liangwu didn't say anything, but just looked at me silently, his eyes full of silent accusations.
After a long while, I finally couldn't help but muster up the courage to say, "Even if that's the case, I might as well just admit defeat! As long as I don't accept those challenges, it will be fine!"
"It's not that easy! Every Jono Star has the obligation to accept challenges from others. Even if you don't want to, others will bully you!" He suddenly grabbed my hand, his fair and tender face full of anxiety, "Cha Cha, I will protect you. With me here, I will never let you deal with those terrible challenges alone!"
"Ryogo..." I don't know why, but I suddenly felt a warm current surge in my heart.
It was not until now that I realized that Ryogo has grown taller than me without me noticing. He is no longer the little brat who was always bullied five years ago and only dared to follow me when he was wronged... Now he actually dares to muster up the courage to protect me!
"Chacha, no matter what, you must never take the initiative to admit your identity," Liangwu grabbed my arm and promised carefully, "As for the other things, I have a way to handle it!"
"Really?" I said with tears in my eyes.
"Really!" He gritted his teeth, "At worst, I'll admit that I'm the 'Star of Jono'!"
"boom!"
I gave him a hard slap. Liangwu screamed "Ah" and his eyes were filled with tears. "Why did you hit me?"
"Because you're stupid!" I rolled my eyes.
I rejected the preface. I thought this guy had become more reliable, but I didn't expect him to come up with such a bad idea... Look at Ryogo's slender and weak body. If he were challenged in my place, he would be beaten up every day...
Oh God, you are so cruel to me. I just got rid of the huge troublemaker Ming Meixiang, why do you arrange such a cruel trial for a young girl like me!
