Chapter Fifty-Four

  Unconsciously we walked deeper and deeper, I almost suspected that we had crossed the national border. After all, in the 16 years since I was born, I never knew that my own country also had such a primitive forest.

  The west gradually dyed a faint red, I raised my wrist to take a look, and it was almost seven o'clock. I secretly admired myself and this group of people, who could actually last for five or six hours in a row.

  Although it was midsummer, the night wind was still biting and chilling. I pulled up the collar of my coat. Because it had gotten dark, Master Zhu ordered to set up camp on the spot after a moment's thought. As soon as his words fell, more than a dozen people suddenly appeared from somewhere, quickly finding several flat places to tie down the tents.

  I secretly admired and couldn't help but feel suspicious.

  "Hey, Youxuan, who are those people?" I don't remember seeing them before, did they just pop out of thin air?

  "Ah, they're the ones from Qin Chuan's side, usually in charge of some logistical work." I nodded understandingly and couldn't help but shake my head with a smile. It was clear that they were looked down upon for their appearance, and all matters requiring a presentable face were handled by people like Xiuzhu who had good looks.

  I looked at those busy people, similarly not many of them wore thick clothes, similarly they were all thin and weak shoulders, but what I saw was a different kind of beauty from the delicate and elegant one, it was a strong and self-reliant color!

  I suddenly felt wronged for those students, I want to stand up for them!

  But I was just an ordinary student who had the good fortune of being invited.

  "Xiao Fei, are you okay?" I was startled by this voice and patted my poor chest, glaring at Ye Chenyi: "What's wrong with suddenly scaring me?" Honestly, from the moment we entered this forest, I didn't have a good feeling. If he scared me to death, I'd rather go see King Yama directly.

  Ye Chenyi chuckled twice, then leaned down and whispered in my ear: "Is Xiaofei very concerned about the students on Qin Chuan's side?" I looked at him with surprise, also lowering my voice: "How did you know?"

  "Because of Little Fei, everything is written on your face." I glanced at his smiling face and muttered to myself: Who doesn't know that Cheng Xiaofei is the best at pretending? And yet Ye Chenyi is still so certain?

  "How did you know?" It didn't really matter how he knew this point, I was still most concerned about this question.

  He didn't say a word, just gave a mysterious smile and then walked towards the bamboo forest.

  I saw them whispering to each other for a long time, and Shu Zhu's expression on his face didn't change much, from start to finish it was full of smiles, but I found that when he looked at Ye Chenyi, his eyes were filled with pity and admiration, and there was a feeling of seeing wood finally blooming, just like facing one's own younger brother who has just grown up.

  I secretly whispered: Ye Fenghua is about to be overthrown.

  Suddenly, Shuzhu turned his head and smiled slyly at me, I felt a chill run down my spine. Then our young master Shuzhu spoke up: "Qinchuan."

  "Yes, the president." I looked at the person who responded, an ordinary-looking boy with a pair of glasses on his nose bridge that gave him an intelligent look. His appearance was ordinary, but since he could be the vice president alongside Xiao Yi, he must have exceptional abilities.

  Just as I expected, he stood upright with a seasoned look.

  "Just now, our Young Mistress Ye said she wants you all to participate in the trip together." He smiled slyly, but I felt countless hammers pounding at my temples... Ye family... Young Mistress...

  Looking at Ye Chenyi standing calmly beside him, someone's smile seemed like a plot had succeeded...

  After hearing Shu Zhu's words, everyone looked over here with a swoosh. I rolled my eyes and said, "Don't listen to them, they will make you grow up blind. How can the words of a commoner like me be useful? Besides, how can I possibly match up to Young Master Chen Yi?" I glanced at Ye Chenyi with annoyance, and he was biting his lip, looking somewhat wronged.

  But my words did not have any good effect, on the contrary, they seemed to add fuel to the fire.

  "Hmph, self-proclaimed noble." — This was an accidentally overheard whisper from a female student under Xiao Yi's command.

  "Mrs. Ye's junior ah~" —— This is what Xiao Yi's underclassmen jokingly called her.

  "Hey, Xiaofei, you two have made up? It's really not nice of you, not telling us!" This... was said by a certain two girls who were totally infuriating.

  I looked at the people on Qin Chuan's side, and I was shocked to see some unbelievable and touching things in their eyes. Sweat... Is it really that serious? Besides, it's not what I said, anyway...

  I want to cry but have no tears, Ye Chenyi, you still have the nerve to pretend to be wronged, who's actually more miserable?!