GCLA 49

Chapter 49: Every girl carries him in her heart

“What are you daydreaming about!” Finally, someone spoke, and it was Fu Su. He forcefully tapped my head and said, “Hmph, your ears are red. Could it be… you have a crush on him.” Fu Su maliciously exposed me, his tone full of disdain, as if saying, “I knew you little girls are so infatuated.”

Damn it! I despise myself too, okay! I’m disgusted with those pathetic girls in romance novels who secretly crush on the heartthrob, and now I’m doing the same! It makes me feel so pathetic!

“Xiao Lan?! What are you doing in Beijing too!” Chen Zihan seemed to snap out of his surprise, reaching out to grab my shoulder. “I’ve been wanting to contact you, but why didn’t you reply to me?”

Why should I reply to you?

You’re the heartthrob, you got into Peking University, and you’re even together with the class beauty. Should I still keep in touch with you?

I already thought that having a crush on someone was self-deprecating enough. Shouldn’t I take this opportunity to break free? Should I continue being someone I despise? Should I continue being that friend who silently waits for a chance to be a backup? Isn’t that just seeking my own misery?

I, Xia Xiaolan, refuse!

Although I have a crush on you, your heart belongs to someone else now. I can’t foolishly continue crushing on you! Becoming the pitiful supporting character in a heartbreaking romance novel, of course I reject that decisively. There are plenty of guys out there, you’re just a blade of grass. In my life, there’s still a lush forest waiting for me. I don’t need to act foolishly for love.

So, in order to quickly detach myself from this three-year-long, emotionally exhausting crush, when he sent me a text message, I immediately blocked him, thinking about how annoying and distressing it would be. Out of sight, out of mind, allowing myself to calm down.

But the problem is, I’ve only been in the healing process for a few months! And he appears in front of me again, awakening those feelings. Is this intentional, immortal realm!

“Zihan, who just arrived?”

My heart aches. The class beauty has arrived. I made the right decision. I will never look back, and I will never let old feelings resurface! So, now I have to be cold and ruthless!

Class Beauty: Yuling, the most beautiful goddess in our class, ranked third in the whole school. Not only is she pretty and intelligent, but she also has a great figure.

Suddenly, I feel like this task is not as easy as I imagined. It’s making me face my past crush again, and it’s really heartbreaking!

I really hope to finish this annoying task as soon as possible and go home.

When Chen Zihan heard Yuling’s voice, he glanced at my face with a hint of embarrassment. Yuling had already walked up to him, and when she saw me, she was also very surprised. “Xiaolan?! How did you know we were organizing a Beijing class reunion?!” When she finished speaking, she looked embarrassed too. “I’m sorry, we didn’t know you were in Beijing, so we didn’t inform you. These are all our high school classmates who are studying in Beijing…” She became more and more awkward as she spoke, as if she was thinking, “How does she know?” and at the same time, she seemed to be saying, “Since you’re here, come in quickly!” She said that and dragged me into the room.

I immediately said, “I can’t!”

“It’s Xiaolan!”

“It’s Xiaolan, right!”

Before I could explain, there were exclamations and familiar faces coming at me one after another, like a flood, pushing me back to my high school days when I became popular under the name of being a loser.

“Xiaolan, you’re in Beijing too!” Everyone surrounded me excitedly.

“Wow, Xiaolan, you’ve become so beautiful! How did we not notice before?”

“Xiaolan, that antique-style dress suits you so well, it’s amazing! Where did you buy it?”

“Now that I look at you, your old school uniform really buried your beauty!”

“Xiaolan, where have you been? Zihan couldn’t find you.”

“Yes, yes, Zihan was looking for you and even made Yuling jealous! Hahaha—”

Everyone teased me, and I felt embarrassed because these people are not from my circle.

In high school, the top students had their own circle, and us underachievers had ours. We didn’t have much interaction or conversation between these circles. The only point of intersection was that Chen Zihan and I happened to be desk mates.

Although Chen Zihan didn’t know about my crush on him, we actually got along very well. If it weren’t for the restlessness caused by my crush, we could have been good friends.

When we were desk mates, I even covered for him in many situations and received love letters on his behalf. I even had my share of Valentine’s Day chocolates…

He always treated me as a “buddy…” Behind every handsome guy, there’s always a female “buddy.”

We could have been good friends, but I had a crush on him.

“Don’t make fun of her!” Chen Zihan suddenly became serious, and Yuling immediately said, “I don’t mind, I know they are good friends. Right, Xiaolan?”

Yuling suddenly asked me, and I was taken aback. Immediately, everyone’s gaze turned towards me as if the world was about to collapse. I blinked, regained my composure, and took the opportunity of the silence to ask directly, “Is this not Gu Mingde’s house?”

For a moment, everyone froze instead.

“My brother-in-law?” Chen Zihan looked at me in confusion. “Xiaolan, how do you know my brother-in-law’s name?”

I couldn’t be bothered with small talk, going back and forth. I said directly, “I didn’t know you all were here. I came to find Gu Mingde, who is your brother-in-law! So, your sister’s name is Chen Jing?”

Everyone fell silent, looking at me with confusion. “Xiaolan, you really didn’t know we were having a gathering here?”

Under Chen Zihan’s puzzled gaze, I looked at everyone and said, “Of course, I didn’t know. I’m not part of your circle. But, I’m still pleasantly surprised to see everyone today!”

“What business do you have with Zihan’s brother-in-law?” Everyone asked curiously.

I casually replied, “I’m participating in a social practice activity for Ping An Insurance. They asked me to do customer follow-up, and Zihan’s brother-in-law bought car insurance from Ping An.” Nowadays, it’s either Ping An or People’s Insurance for car insurance.

After I finished speaking, everyone was amazed. “You’re working!”

“It’s unbelievable. We’re still studying like idiots in school, and you’re already making money!”

I put on a formulaic smile. This reason saves a series of troubles. Otherwise, they would ask if I repeated a year, which university I attended, and what major I studied.

Fu su floated over to my side, crossed his arms, and said, “Hmph, is lying the only trick you have? Remember, lying will send you to hell~~~”

I didn’t look at him and continued to smile. I have a good relationship with the King of the Underworld, it’s none of your business, hmph.