After sorting out her meal card, Zhen Yu was queuing up while pondering. She had to subtly remind Lu Huai that a boy and a girl dining alone together could easily lead to misunderstandings. But before she could speak up, Lu Huai had already finished his meal and walked away on his own. "Phew..." Zhen Yu let out a sigh of relief and found a corner to sit down by herself. Since she was not going home for lunch today, Zhen Yu deliberately slowed down her eating pace because she didn’t want to return to the classroom too early. What if she and Lu Huai were the only ones there, staring at each other? That would be really awkward! However, she had only eaten half her meal when the noise around her suddenly increased. "Hey! Look everyone! That’s the transfer student Lu Tianwang is looking after!" Upon hearing this, Zhen Yu instinctively looked up towards where Lu Huai had been eating. Zhen Yu lowered her head and continued to eat, pricking up her ears to listen. She really wanted to know what was meant by ’the one Lu Tianwang is looking after’! "Let me see... Well! She is quite pretty! But she falls just a little short compared to the school beauty!" One girl wildly guessed: "Do you think she could be a relative of Lu Huai’s family?" "Pull the other one! Have you ever seen him bother with Lu Mei from class four? She’s his own sister!" "What ’own sister’?! She’s clearly his cousin!" another girl corrected with some seriousness. "Cousin isn’t a relative? A blood cousin! Are we clear now...?" The girls started to digress, and Zhen Yu lost interest in listening any further. She quietly stood up and left the cafeteria. Walking on the shaded path back to the classroom, Zhen Yu shook her head and muttered: "Too much fun for an adolescent... Lu Tianwang, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, huh? I wonder what the other three are like..." When school let out in the evening, Gu Qing once again invited Zhen Yu to walk home with her, and Zhen Yu agreed. Thus, on her very first walk with Gu Qing and her friend Li Yueru, Zhen Yu witnessed the charm of the school beauty! At first, Zhen Yu didn’t realize these people were there for Gu Qing; she thought they were boys she had offended during the long break seeking revenge! From the moment they stepped out of the Affiliated School’s gate, groups of boys began to surround the trio, from back to left and right. This unusual phenomenon immediately put Zhen Yu on high alert. She calmly said to the two girls, "You two go ahead! I’ll deal with these guys!" Li Yueru: "What?! You deal with them? They’re here to chase Gu Qing! Not you!" "..." Zhen Yu felt embarrassed! She took a deep breath and strode forward! She left the two girls with a word, "Pretend I didn’t say anything!" Gu Qing and Li Yueru looked at each other, with one glancing at the other, before suddenly bursting into laughter. Li Yueru whispered to Gu Qing, "Guess what? What does she think these guys are here for?" Gu Qing’s eyes twirled around, "Little thugs asking for money?" Li Yueru immediately broke into laughter, "Hahaha..." Their laughter reached the ears of Zhen Yu, who was not far ahead. Her face turned red, feeling she had never been so embarrassed in her entire life, let alone two lifetimes! She couldn’t help but hurry her steps, wanting to get as far away from the two behind her as possible! Ironically, Li Yueru seemed to suddenly find Zhen Yu quite amusing and kept shouting after her, "Hey! Zhen Yu! Slow down! Wait for us!" Zhen Yu hurried along, always two steps ahead of the two girls behind her. She had thought she could maintain this pace until she reached her front door but, to her surprise, halfway there Gu Qing was stopped by someone. "Gu Qing! Be my girlfriend!" Zhen Yu didn’t need to turn her head to know that the boy wasn’t very old. Listen to that awkward, quacking voice of his—it’s so unpleasant! And so loud! Really, she wondered how he could summon the courage to confess his feelings to the girl he likes in a situation ! The first impression could sink down to the Mariana Trench! "Sorry, I’m still a student!" At this moment, Gu Qing’s skill in rejecting people seemed to have leveled up to the max! Zhen Yu stood a few steps ahead of them and didn’t move, just listening to Gu Qing’s standard lines with her back turned. From what Gu Qing just said, Zhen Yu couldn’t feel a single shred of sincerity. It seemed that saying such words and doing such things, Gu Qing had reached the point of mastery... The boy refused to give up and muttered a few more words, but Gu Qing just repeated the same sort of response. "I won’t give up, Gu Qing!" "..." Gu Qing couldn’t follow up on that declaration and chose to respond with silence. Seeing this, the boy said several more passionate statements about waiting for her, but still received no reply, and finally, he had to wrap things up hastily. For the second half of the journey home, similar scenes were repeated twice. The fifteen-minute walk took over thirty minutes, and this made Zhen Yu determined to never walk with Gu Qing again. Every second of Zhen Yu’s time was precious, and she wouldn’t waste it accompanying others in such meaningless acts. Because she returned home late, Zhen Yu had a quick dinner and then hurried back to school for evening self-study. In Zhen Yu’s original plan, after dinner today, she wanted to give Qian Duoduo a call! But now it has to be postponed until after she calls Han Mingyue tonight. She hopes Qian Duoduo doesn’t go to bed too early... Zhen Yu was so busy during the summer vacation that she completely forgot about Qian Duoduo’s potential grade-skipping. If school hadn’t started up again, Zhen Yu wouldn’t have even remembered! What’s more bizarre is that Qian Duoduo and Liu Ting, who had agreed to keep in touch frequently, didn’t even call her once! Even Bai Xue, after the initial call, disappeared without a trace... One person not calling might be forgetfulness, but if none of them do, then there’s a problem! Zhen Yu isn’t stupid! With just a thought, she came up with several guesses. Now all that’s left is to confirm the answers—did Qian Duoduo fail to skip a grade? Or was it Lu Wei?! And if only one of them was successful in skipping a grade, what decision did this couple make? Will they stick together through thick and thin? "It’s really you who answered!" Han Mingyue was very concerned about Zhen Yu’s transfer, "Hmm! You passed the test, right? Are you starting classes tomorrow?" "I’ve passed it yesterday, and I’ve already had a day of classes today." Zhen Yu was blunt, "Because we agreed that I would call you today, I didn’t call earlier." Hearing Zhen Yu’s special explanation, Han Mingyue felt a warm feeling inside. "Which class are you in? Are your classmates easy to get along with?" "Class one, I seem to have a fate with class one..." Zhen Yu laughed as she said this, "Oh, right! I know two people in the class!" "People you know?" Han Mingyue curiously repeated. "You’ve met them both! The boy from the arcade is Lu Huai, and the wonton shop owner’s daughter, Gu Qing!"