Chapter 89: Unexpected Encounter on the Drifting Road (Subscribe)

  This heaviness continued to spread until the moment before drifting. When everyone boarded the air cushion boat in pairs, only Bai Xueya was still standing stupidly by the river, at a loss, like a lost little bug.

  "Hey, how's it going?" Jin approached from behind with a suave air, one hand casually resting on her shoulder. "Want to team up with me?"

  Bai Xueya bit her lip, remembering the arrogant look on Jin Zaiyan's face when he walked with Xue Yaodong earlier. She was so angry that her teeth itched.

  His shoulders suddenly shrank back, Jin Yan stumbled, and his handsome pose was completely ruined in an instant.

  "Are you going drifting alone? Auntie won't accompany you?"

  She let out a loud hum, dropped the gold on Yan's face, and stood awkwardly in place for a moment before striding towards the remaining group of boys.

  Need to find a companion who is content with their simple life.

  With this idea in mind, Bai Xiaoya painstakingly searched for her target among the crowd.

  Not far away, Lu-Haochen was standing by the river, his hands coolly inserted into his pockets, posing in a statue-like posture.

  Single girls flocked around him, their eyes gleaming with a wolf-like desire.

  "Haochen... classmate, can we be in a group together? The rafting is so scary..." A long-haired girl walked up, twisting and pulling at the hem of her clothes that was almost torn off, saying shyly.

  Lu Haocen gave her a cold glance and remained silent.

  The girl's heart suddenly cooled down by half, but she still wanted to continue striving, so she took a step forward, lifted her head, and gazed at Lu Haochen with tears in her eyes, almost pleading: "Haochen, can we be partners? If I'm not with you, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on... You're my motivation to move forward..."

  The surrounding area was filled with the sound of girls' disdainful snickers. This girl's face is too thick, right? Haoyuan had already clearly rejected her, yet she still had the nerve to beg him?

  Under her persistent request, Lu Haochen looked at her again. The girl thought that her intention had moved him and was about to smile excitedly, but heard the handsome boy in front of her coldly throw out a sentence:

  "Go away?"

  After finishing speaking, Lu Haocen's face showed impatience as he turned around and left.

  As if a basin of cold water had been poured over her from head to toe, the girl who had confessed turned pale and stiffened on the spot. She weakly watched Lu Haochen walk away, with sadness and embarrassment gradually welling up in her eyes.

  "Deserved it?"

  "Overestimating one's abilities?"

  "Ugly Eight Freaks?"

  ……

  When a girl's confession fails, other girls around her become spirited and start to gloat and kick her while she's down.

  But the girl could only silently shed tears amidst the mocking voices of the crowd, and finally, she quietly left.

  Looking from afar at the group of girls openly competing and secretly fighting, Bai Xueya helplessly sighed.

  Nowadays girls are really brave... they're willing to do anything embarrassing for a handsome guy...

  She helplessly shook her head, suddenly thinking that she had also been one of them, excessively infatuated with Yan Feng's elegance, and her face suddenly flushed red.

  Under the warning of the failed girls, other girls also launched a wave after wave of bombing attacks. There were pleading ones, eye-contact transmitting ones, pretending-to-be-calm ones, and feigning-unintentional ones... Various tricks were performed on those girls, surrounding the cold Lu Haocen all around.

  Finally, this farcical scene came to an end with a sharp scream.

  "What a bunch of annoying people? Get out of here?" As soon as she arrived at the riverbank, Luna saw Lu Haochen surrounded by girls and suddenly became furious, shouting loudly.

  As soon as they heard her voice, the girls stopped one by one and turned their heads to look at her in confusion. When they found that the newcomer was also a girl just like them, each of them showed a contemptuous expression.

  "What's going on? Are you trying to disturb Haoyuan's rest with all this commotion?" A tall and imposing girl walked out of the crowd, her face unkind, and stood in front of the petite Luna, growling.

  Never had she seen such a terrifying sight, Luna was frightened and took a step back. But thinking again, for the sake of Huāng Chén, anything could be done, she gritted her teeth, bravely puffed out her chest and marched forward.

  "I said it's you girls who would annoy Huang Chen, buzzing around him like flies?"

  Upon hearing this, the tall and majestic girl's eyes flashed with a fierce light. She glared with her eyes wide open, gritting her teeth while pushing and shoving Luna's petite body.

  "What's wrong with you? You're such a cheap person! What are you even made of?! Dare to compete with me for Huai Chen? Want to die or something?"

  Under the pushing and shoving of the tall girl, Luna's face gradually revealed a look of fear. She stumbled backward, her face deathly pale as she stared at the girl's terrifying expression. Her bright eyes sparkled with crystal-like light, as if tears would burst forth at any moment.

  Watching Luna being bullied by a tall girl from afar, Bai Xueya only felt a surge of anger rising up in her chest.

  Her figure is as weak and small as Luna's, in school she belongs to the group of weak girls who are often bullied by tall and big girls. Having seen their ugly faces for a long time, she increasingly dislikes these guys who bully the weak and fear the strong. Now, seeing the delicate and weak Luna being bullied without any power to fight back, how can Bai Xiaoya just stand by and do nothing?

  She gritted her teeth in anger, just about to step forward and stop the tall girl's actions, when she saw Lu Haochen suddenly walking over from not far away.

  She stopped in her tracks, looking at Lu Haochen in confusion as he walked out of the crowd and stood between Luna and the tall girl, his hand grasping the girl's wrist tightly.

  The girl was startled by the sudden appearance of Lu Haochen, and for a moment, she was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to do, and could only stutter: "Haochen... I-I, I did this for you too..."

  "Sorry." Lu Haocen gazed at her flustered eyes, his voice cold and detached. "Please leave quickly, because - seeing your face makes me feel extremely disgusted?"

  Air condenses in an instant?

  A collective gasp echoed through the crowd.

  Everyone stared in shock as Lu Haochen sneered and hooked up the corner of his mouth, then took Luna's hand and walked through the crowd, with the two of them boarding a parked air-cushion boat together.

  The small boat drifted downstream with the current.

  The two figures quickly disappeared from everyone's line of sight.

  On the riverbank.

  The girls looked at each other in dismay, staring blankly at the tall girl who stood frozen in place. She was stiff there, like a discarded wooden puppet, ridiculous and pitiful. A gust of wind blew by, lifting her disheveled short hair, making the scene even more desolate and miserable.

  Not far away, Bai Xueya also froze in place.

  She had always thought that Lu Haochen was a ruthless and heartless guy who would do anything for his own benefit and pleasure, without ever considering others.

  But this time, seeing him stand up for the weak and small Luna, she felt for the first time that this despicable, arrogant, and self-righteous guy was not beyond salvation.

  It's just...

  She suddenly remembered yesterday's events.

  Under the lush big tree, other book friends are reading:

  He suddenly kissed her lips.

  His lips were icy cold, but they left a scorching mark at the bottom of her heart.

  But...

  Such a deep kiss, such an unforgettable memory, although it happened yesterday, it seems to have passed like a century ago...

  Bai Xueya came back to her senses and watched as the crowd gradually dispersed, a wry smile involuntarily spreading across her lips.

  I wonder what she's thinking about?

  Lu Haocen's matter should have nothing to do with me at all.

  The air-cushion boat drifted slowly downstream with the waves.

  Wearing a bright orange life jacket, leaning on the soft inflatable boat, Luna narrowed her eyes and gazed at the surrounding beautiful scenery.

  The lush green mountains, the crystal-clear streams, and the refreshing cool air filled with every breath, making one feel indescribably comfortable. The gentle breeze carried the clear and transparent scent of the stream water, blowing against the light hair, tickling the skin on the face, giving a slightly itchy feeling.

  She smiled slightly and turned her head to look at Lu Haochen across from her.

  He was leaning lazily against the opposite side, with both arms draped over the edge of the boat. Although he was wearing a bulky life jacket, it couldn't hide his handsome and captivating appearance. His body faced me, but his gaze drifted towards the flowing water, his glass-like eyes slightly dazed.

  Luna hung her head in disappointment.

  At the moment when Lu Haochen took her hand and walked towards the hovercraft, she was numb all over. His skin was slightly cool, but his palm was warm, and the temperature transmitted through the skin, making her whole heart ripple.

  He walked ahead without looking back, and she mechanically followed his footsteps, her eyes dazedly staring at the hands of the two holding each other, at that moment, it seemed as if a light burst forth from the palms of their hands, dazzling to the point of being eye-piercing.

  The small boat began to move under the preparation of the staff, quietly drifting in the clear and transparent stream. From then on, the air was left with only their breath.

  Her heart began to beat violently.

  She didn't dare to raise her head, occasionally glancing at his expression and then nervously blushing and quickly lowering her head.

  She thought that after he pulled her onto the boat, he would have something to say to her. However, five minutes passed, ten minutes passed, and he just kept staring blankly into space across from her.

  The atmosphere has now completely frozen to freezing point.

  Luna came back to her senses, let out a light sigh, lifted her head, and gazed blankly at his handsome profile, opening her mouth somewhat nervously: "Hao... Chen..."

  Her voice was very soft, seemingly squeezed out from her throat with a slight hoarseness.

  Upon hearing the sound, Lu Haocen turned his head and glanced at her indifferently.

  "What's wrong?" with an undertone of unspoken impatience.

  Luna's heart skipped a beat.

  Although she was used to seeing Lu Haochen's impatient look, at such a close distance, seeing his slightly furrowed eyebrows and his disdainful gaze, her heart couldn't help but feel sad.

  "You......" She looked down timidly, her eyes cast downward as she gazed at the stream flowing by her side, her hands clenched tightly together. "You... is there something you want to say to me?"

  "No." Lu Haocen replied without hesitation.

  Luna bit her lip awkwardly, unsure of how to continue the conversation between them.

  The atmosphere fell silent once again.

  The air around her was quiet as if she were the only one left.

  After a long time, Luna raised her head again and saw that Lu Haochen was no longer distracted, but instead looked in a direction not far away.

  She subconsciously turned around and followed Lu Haochen's gaze to see a hovercraft slowly approaching this way.

  There were two people sitting in an inflatable boat.

  One is Lu Haochen's good friend, Jin Zaiyan.

  Another one is... Bai Xueya.

  The two of them seemed to be arguing, exchanging heated words, with Bai Xueya occasionally crossing her arms and pouting, while Jin Zaiyan stood by, smiling and apologizing.

  Looking far away, the atmosphere between two people is surprisingly harmonious and peaceful.

  Luna smiled and turned her head, looking at Lu Haochen with a smile: "Jin Yanyan and Xiaoya really get along well, don't they?"

  "Hey? Put your stinky feet away?"

  In the hovercraft, Baek Ya pointed at Kim Jae-won's toes that had invaded her territory and shouted loudly.

  "Really, really, really?" Jin Yan resignedly shrunk his legs, cramped and huddled in his already small space, feeling that even breathing was becoming difficult in this narrow space.

  "Alas, I'm so bored to death... what's the point of drifting with the tide..." He propped up his chin, looking sorrowful as he let out a sigh.

  Bai Xiaoye rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.

  Although she didn't want to be with this troublesome guy, when Bai Xueya looked around for her companions, she found that only Jin Yanyan was standing alone by the river, posing elegantly and smiling brightly as he waited for her arrival.

  She sighed and finally boarded the hovercraft under Jin Yeon's triumphant gaze.

  It turns out now that following Kim Jong-il's one-boat policy isn't a good thing.

  "Hey? You're still thinking about Xue Yaodong, aren't you?" Jin Zaiyan asked with a hint of concern, waving his hand in front of Bai Xiaoya.

  "What's with the 'thinking'? Obviously, you're in the wrong! You scared him away and now you're blaming me? Xue Yaodong is a pretty good guy, isn't making friends with him also against our agreement? Where does it say that in black and white?"

  As soon as she thought of Xue Yaodong being driven away, Bai Xiaya couldn't help but start attacking Jin Zaiyan with a barrage of words.

  Jin Yan reluctantly curled up the corner of his mouth and surrendered: "This was temporarily added..."

  "Are you a big-headed ghost?" Bai Xiaoya's "big-headed ghost" symptoms started to relapse again, "Auntie, I've received my first confession for the first time! Ah, don't you feel like your hands are going soft from receiving gifts? Do you understand what it means by 'first time'?"

  Under Bai Xueya's roar, Jin Yanyan subconsciously shrunk his body and sat even lower with no air.

  "Xue Yaodong is not the kind of person you think he is..." He muttered softly.

  "Then which one is it?" Bai Xiaoya stared with wide eyes.

  "Is it a dandelion?"

  "Flirtatious?!" Bai Xueya subconsciously overlapped the words "flirtatious" and "Xue Yao Dong", finding that no matter what, they didn't match.

  "You're the one who's a flirtatious big radish, Golden Hair?"

  "... Jin Yan was completely speechless. He, the proud number one handsome guy of Ikegawa High School, had become a 'golden retriever' in Bai Xiaoya's mouth..."

  Golden Golden...

  No matter how I listen to it, it sounds like a pet dog...

  He let out a sigh and the old man with the surname Su honestly hid in the air cushion boat, no longer daring to make a sound.

  The air-cushion boat continued to drift downstream.

  The combination that set off first has already reached the finish line, while Bai Xiaoya and Lu Haocen's group are still leisurely strolling behind.

  It's unclear whether it was a problem with the water flow or the overall weight of the boat, but Bai Xueya's team had originally started behind Lu Haocen, yet somehow they managed to overtake him and move ahead.

  However, this transcendence brought about a series of chain reactions——

  As the turbulent water washed over the hovercraft, speeding past Lu Haochen's group of hovercraft, Bai Xiaoya suddenly realized that their boat was getting closer and closer to the one in front.

  On that boat, Sun Yuyang was staring at himself with a gloomy face.

  She subconsciously turned her head away, not wanting to meet Sun Yu Yang's gloomy gaze. In her heart, she silently prayed that the boat could bypass Sun Yu Yang's boat and get as far away from her as possible.

  However, contrary to their wishes, their ships did not move further and further away, but instead seemed to be equipped with magnets, getting closer and closer.

  At last, the two boats crashed into each other with a "bang" while drifting naturally.

  The forceful collision made both groups of classmates sway, and after stabilizing, Sun Yuyang glared at Bai Xiaya, then looked at Jin Zaiyan, and the resentment in his heart finally burst out.

  "Hey? Are you blind? Can't you see our boat is ahead? Why don't you choose another route? Are you looking to die?"

  Bai Xueya was too lazy to bother with her, and disdainfully rolled her eyes, stretching out her hand to paddle the water, wanting to quickly escape this place of trouble. However, her hands were too small, and she couldn't control the direction of the boat at all. So, sweating profusely, she paddled for half a day, but the inflatable boat was still spinning around in circles on the spot.

  Seeing her words being ignored by Bai Xueya, Sun Yuyang was even more furious, her teeth itching with anger. She glared at Bai Xueya, her hand clenched into a fist at her side, and after a long while, she suddenly picked up something hard from the boat and threw it out with force.

  That thing was flying at a rapid speed and was about to smash into Bai Xiaya's head, who was completely unaware.

  In the blink of an eye

  Jin rushed forward and violently pinned Bai Xiaya's body to the ground.

  It whizzed past Jin Zaiyan's occipital bone and fell into the water with a "plop".

  "What a close call..." Jin Yanping straightened up, and at the same time pulled up Bai Xiaya who had been pressed down by him. The two of them stared blankly as the black thing disappeared into the water in an instant, vanishing from sight.

  Things were smashed empty, Sun Yuyang was even more furious, his face turned white and his whole body trembled.

  Jin turned his head, looking at Sun Yuyang with a tense expression, and scolded: "Do you know what you're doing?"

  Sun Yuyang subconsciously gritted her teeth. In front of Bai Xiaya, she had always been arrogant and domineering. But everything she did was for Jin Zaiyan, to get his attention, but now... Jin Zaiyan actually scolded himself in anger for the sake of Bai Xiaya, which not only made her feel extremely humiliated, but also deepened her hatred for Bai Xiaya.