After finding out her address successfully, Lu Zhangting went back to school in a fabulous mood, completely forgetting a certain “weak, cute” friend.

When she arrived to school the next day, Gu Shengyin received a lot of concern from her cla.s.smates. When she was carried away yesterday, her appearance had frightened them.

“Thank you, everyone. I'm much better now. Nothing happened.” She calmly thanked them. Although she was still expressionless, they could see that she was sincerely grateful. (雖然臉上依舊沒什麼表情，但是看的出來，她是在真心感謝)

Those students suddenly felt that Gu Shengyin was not proud and condescending like usual. Perhaps she was just bad with words. (那些同學突然就覺得其實顧盛因也沒有平日裡看到了那麼高傲目中無人，或許她只不過是不善言辭罷了)

Qi s.h.i.+s.h.i.+ looked at Gu Shengyin, who easily obtained a good impression from their cla.s.smates, and suddenly asked: “Sheng Lu, what happened to you yesterday? Suddenly using so much strength to push me away?” (齊詩詩看着輕易就獲得了同學們好感的顧盛因，突然開口問道："盛露，你昨天是怎麼回事？突然用那麼大力氣推開我)

Her words caused their surroundings to quiet down. Everyone remembered the incident of Gu Shengyin pus.h.i.+ng Qi s.h.i.+s.h.i.+, and she, herself, fainting yesterday. (她這話讓周圍都安靜了下來，所有人都想起了，昨天顧盛因推開齊詩詩並且自己暈倒的事情，他們也都好奇，到底發生了什麼事情)

Gu Shengyin's face turned slightly pale when she heard this. When everyone was worried that she would faint again, she tried to stay calm and undisturbed: “It was my fault yesterday. I'm sorry, Qi s.h.i.+s.h.i.+. I will pay for your medical expenses.”

With the way she was speaking, everyone could tell that her state was somewhat wrong, causing everyone to become even more suspicious about the incident.

Qi s.h.i.+s.h.i.+ was reversed. (齊詩詩起了個倒仰)

On the bright side, Sheng Lu's sentence took all the mistakes onto herself, but discerning people who were present that day could see that Sheng Lu's condition was clearly more serious.

The way she said it only made people even more curious as to what had happened, and they would subconsciously sympathize with the weak, being partial towards Sheng Lu. 

Qi s.h.i.+s.h.i.+ was grinding her teeth in her heart: I originally thought that this rich young lady, who was so lofty and didn't eat people. I didn't expect her to be black inside. (齊詩詩心底咬牙：原以爲真是個眼高於頂不食人間煙火的大小姐，沒想到竟然是個內裡黑的)

After this incident, Gu Shengyin successfully established her “amiable and approachable” image.

Although it was not as good as Qi s.h.i.+s.h.i.+'s, nothing happened and even those people who came out to speak was gone. (雖然比不上齊詩詩人緣好，但也不會出個什麼事情，連個站出來說話的人都沒有了)

There was still a cla.s.s in the afternoon with Yuan Chen.

After cla.s.s, Yuan Chen suddenly called Gu Shengyin to a corner of the corridor. (下課之後，袁琛突然在一個走廊拐角處喊住了顧盛因)

“Is something the matter?” Gu Shengyin asked.

Yuan Chen recalled his roommate's words. Thinking that it made sense, for some things, he should ‘strike first and gain the upper hand'1. (覺得有道理，有些事情，還是先下手爲強的好)

“Sheng Lu, I have something I want to say to you.” Yuan Chen gazed at Gu Shengyin somewhat nervously.

“Do you have a boyfriend?” He asked.

Gu Shengyin shook her head.

Yuan Chen was happy but before he could continue, Gu Shengyin was one step ahead and said: “I'm sorry, Yuan Chen. Temporarily, I don't have any thoughts in regards to that.”

Yuan Chen felt like a bucket of cold water was poured over his head. He couldn't hear it clearly. Was this actually a rejection in disguise? (袁琛猶如兜頭被潑了一盆涼水，他何嘗聽不出來，這其實是一種變相的拒絕)

But looking at Gu Shengyin's cold appearance, hope was still ignited in his heart: She didn't say she didn't like me. Rather, she did not want to think about thing right now. Doesn't that mean others will also be rejected since he was rejected? In this case, I still have hope! (但是看着面目清冷的顧盛因，他心裡又燃起了希望：她說的不是不喜歡自己，而是現在不想考慮這些事情。這是不是意味着，自己表白會被拒絕，別人也同樣呢？這樣的話，自己依舊是有希望的！)

Gu Shengyin did not know that the other person's heart had reignited his fiery fighting spirit. She nodded and left.

After turning a corner, she saw a certain man standing there.

Lu Zhangting was carrying a thermo jar in his hand. When he saw her, he faintly smiled and said: “It seems like I did not come at a good time.” (陸長霆手上還提着一個保溫桶，見到她微微笑着說："看來，我來的好像不是時候？)

JMin's Corner:

When things don't go your way… (Qi s.h.i.+s.h.i.+)

Can I say that Yuan Chen is in denial??

Ari's Corner:

1. pursuing her first to gain advantage from other compet.i.tors↩

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