CHAPTER 440: CHAPTER 439: MERGE INTO ONE

Lu Huai quickly approached and immediately said, "Zhen Yu! Congratulations! You scored the top scorer in the city!"

Despite trying his best to act nonchalant, Zhen Yu saw right through him! Because while he was verbally congratulating Zhen Yu, his eyes just couldn’t stop glancing over at Bai Xue!

His behavior was so obvious that even the onlooking Han Mingyue started to notice Lu Huai’s unusual behavior!

He pulled Zhen Yu aside and whispered in her ear, "Why do I feel like he’s into Bai Xue..."

With a very slight downturn of her mouth, Zhen Yu nodded unhappily at Han Mingyue.

And just within that short moment, Lu Huai had already started chatting with Bai Xue!

"Hey! I’m Lu Huai! We’re in the same class!"

"I know!" Bai Xue had already figured out Lu Huai was her classmate, and since she saw him know Zhen Yu, she straightforwardly blurted out the blunt truth, "Your self-introduction earlier was pretty funny!"

"Hehe..." Lu Huai scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly. At that time, he hadn’t noticed that there was such a pretty girl in the class, so he kinda let himself loose...

Just as he was about to say something else, Zhen Yu suddenly gave him a cold look and scolded, "Stop laughing! Stay away from Bai Xue!"

Bai Xue blinked at Zhen Yu in confusion: "What’s going on?"

Before Zhen Yu could respond to Bai Xue, Lu Huai immediately became anxious!

"Your friend is my friend! Don’t worry, I"

"Stop bullshitting! The least trustworthy person here is you!" Zhen Yu cursed out of worry.

She’s an adult! How could she not see what that brat Lu Huai was up to?

It’s not like Zhen Yu wanted to meddle too much in Bai Xue’s romantic affairs out of idle concern!

The key issue is... whoever gets close to Lu Huai ends up unlucky!

So Zhen Yu felt that she couldn’t just stand by and watch Bai Xue being entangled by this jinx...

As soon as Zhen Yu spoke, Lu Huai suddenly felt a burst of shame as if his intentions had been exposed! His face instantly flushed to a deep red, and he was at a loss for words.

Seeing his reaction, Zhen Yu realized her words might have been ambiguous. To prevent Bai Xue from overthinking, Zhen Yu quickly turned to her and added, "Bai Xue! There’s nothing wrong with Lu Huai’s character! But anyone who becomes his friend ends up unlucky!"

Lu Huai’s complexion just turned from red to white, then immediately from white to blue.

It seemed that just as Zhen Yu pulled him out of one ditch, she pushed him right into another!

"Zhen Yu, how could you say that?! How is other people being unlucky my fault?!"

Zhen Yu lifted her eyelids and gave him a look—You know if it’s related to you or not!

Lu Huai opened his mouth, suddenly feeling somewhat powerless to retort.

It seems like maybe, possibly, probably... Zhen Yu’s bad luck has had something to do with him once or twice.

Everyone was silent, and the scene quieted down for a moment.

But Lu Huai couldn’t hold back the desire to impress the girl he fell in love with at first sight after just a short while. So he picked what he thought was an easy topic and asked Zhen Yu, "By the way! I don’t have any classmates from Affiliated School in my class 10! Do you know anyone in class 1?"

Zhen Yu: "..."

Can she just not answer that question?!

Clearly, she couldn’t!

Because the moment Han Mingyue saw her slight expression, he realized there was something going on at her end!

So he immediately asked, "Xiao Yu! Who are you in class with?"

"...Shen Qi."

"Ah? How are you in the same class with her again!" Bai Xue immediately voiced her indignation on behalf of Zhen Yu: "She’s the worst! Back at Siying School, she targeted you,"

Now the entrance of the barber shop was filled with students from First High School! Zhen Yu quickly interrupted her, "Bai Xue! Don’t talk behind people’s backs."

"Oh!" Bai Xue reluctantly closed her mouth, but she still shut it.

But she could only hold back for two seconds before she wanted to talk again!

Since Zhen Yu couldn’t talk about it, she asked Han Mingyue instead! "Han Mingyue! Do you know anyone in the class?"

Han Mingyue frowned upon hearing this, not very happy, and spit out two names.

"Gu Qing! Kang Jian!"

Bai Xue was puzzled: "Who are these two?"

"Her?" Lu Huai was first surprised, then gritted his teeth! "That jerk! Both of these people are from the Affiliated School... Wait, aren’t you in the same class as Zhen Yu?"

"I’m in Class Two."

"Oh." Lu Huai nodded perfunctorily, obviously just asking casually.

Right at this moment, the salon staff came out and called: "It’s your turn! Come on in! Who’s first?"

Seeing such a good opportunity to show off, Lu Huai naturally wouldn’t decline! He immediately said loudly, "I’ll go first!"

The barber, without saying a second word, pushed him onto the chair and started cutting!

It seemed not only the students were in a rush! The salon staff was also rushing — busy trying to make more money!

After Lu Huai had his hair cut, Han Mingyue then directly sat on the chair.

As his hair gradually shortened, the person in front of Zhen Yu suddenly overlapped with the young man in her memory, and gradually... merged into one.

—

In her past life, during the National Day holiday of Zhen Yu’s freshman year in high school.

"Xiao Yu!" The boy with a buzz cut waved with a light smile.

The girl just walking out of the school gate slowly raised her head, only to be dazzled by his smile! After a moment of stunned silence, she quickly walked up to him.

"Xiao Yu, congratulations on getting into Second High School!"

"...Your hair?"

"Ah? I cut it at the start of the school year! I’m used to it now!" The boy touched the short stubble on his head, still familiar to the touch.

"How about it? Are you getting used to high school life this month?"

The girl took a deep breath, and her lip-biting motion stopped immediately!

"It’s okay."

The boy’s gaze flickered for a moment, but the smile on his face did not fade at all.

"Come on! It’s the holidays, I have to show some hospitality as a host! Let me treat you to something tasty!"

The girl instantly refused!

"No need."

Hearing these three words, the boy with the buzz cut suddenly became serious and his smile faded! "Xiao Yu! We’ve known each other for so many years, can you not be so distant with me? I’ve said that I would take care of you for Zhen Yan, and I will keep my word!"

The girl was silent for a while before asking: "...Did Uncle Han ask you to do this?"

The boy hurriedly defended: "It’s my own idea! It has nothing to do with adults!"

"Then there’s even less need!" The girl quickly retorted! "I’m not an orphan! Even if I were, I don’t need anyone’s pity!"

"Xiao Yu!" The boy’s gaze was both pained and conflicted! He said somewhat hurt: "I’m not pitying you! We are friends! Shouldn’t we take care of each other?!"

"...There’s no mutual, only you taking care of me!"

The boy opened his mouth to speak, but the girl raised her hand to stop him!

"Let me finish speaking!"