Chapter 28

  "Is that it? What's going on here?" Wang Zijiao's thinking couldn't keep up with their rhythm, and he felt bewildered by the scene in front of him. What had happened? At first, they were still pointing swords at each other, but now they were starting to introduce themselves. Was it a trend now to introduce oneself before getting beaten up, just in case you didn't know who hit you? Had he fallen behind the times so quickly?

  "Wang Zhiqiao, if you don't speak up, no one will think you're mute." Yang Rui smiled at the crowd in front of him and slightly turned his head to shout at Wang Zhiqiao. This girl, was she here to help or hinder him? He had just managed to shift their attention away, and now she jumps out and starts causing trouble!

  "I didn't do it on purpose." Wang Zhiqiao knew she had misspoken and quickly pulled Yang Rui's arm. Yang Rui rolled her eyes, if she had done it on purpose, she would have kicked her flying long ago, how could she still give her the opportunity to add insult to injury?!

  "Who said we're here to settle scores with you." Zhang Yang saw the two of them whispering to each other, not knowing what they were talking about, so he asked. He remembered that from the beginning, he never said he was looking for Yang Rui to settle accounts.

  "Hey!" Yang Rui's eyes widened, it turned out that they had been fooling themselves for half a day, watching themselves perform, and hadn't even spoken to advise each other. But this also made her heart return to her own belly.

  "Guys, why didn't you tell me earlier? You've had me worried sick for half a day! It would have been better if you'd told me sooner!"

  "We said that, who would have seen such a wonderful performance from you?" Zhang Yang laughed and put his arm on the shoulder of the person in front of him, joking with Yang Rui.

  "You're teasing me, it's really too much!" Yang Rui started to get a bit angry. But before she could finish her sentence, a voice came over.

  "What's with you? Even if we play along, are you going to teach us a lesson?" Yang Rui looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Chu Qi speaking. He had his hands clasped together, making a cracking sound, and Yang Rui's eyelids twitched along with it. This bear child was actually threatening him! Yang Rui would have loved to go over and kick him a few times, dislocating his arm and letting him continue to show off. But she forgave herself for having the heart but not the guts, as she basically didn't have what it took to fight them. A good person has to swallow their pride sometimes. Thinking this, Yang Rui immediately put on a smiling face to greet him. Chu Qi couldn't help but shudder, feeling like she was fawning over him like an old madam from ancient times, giving him the chills all over his body.

  "Look who's talking, I wouldn't dare, with this small and weak body of mine, how could I withstand your teasing? Moreover, I think you big shots won't bother with someone as insignificant as me." Yang Rui batted her eyelashes at Chu Qi, giving him the chills.

  Yang Rui watched his movements, and although he didn't show any expression on his face, in his heart, a flower had already bloomed. You little thing, I don't dare to fight with you, am I still afraid of being outdone by you?

  "Yang Rui, actually we called you out because we think you're not bad, just simply wanting to get to know you." Someone spoke up and explained the reason for this visit. As for why they didn't say that they just wanted to get to know her, it's because they thought she was a good person and wanted to be friends with her. Just like the old saying goes, "hearing something a hundred times is not as good as seeing it once." After meeting her, they found her quite amusing and not like the usual girls they see, who are so pretentious and artificial. Her playful personality also suited their taste.

  "Thank you for your appreciation, I'm glad to make friends with all of you, it's my honor." Yang Rui agreed verbally, but in his heart, he had already started to despise them. Who tries to make friends with such a big show? Everyone thinks they're here to practice on themselves, and naively think they can just get to know each other. Just looking at this group of people, who can be simple and genuine with them? They're obviously not well-educated in language, misusing words everywhere. If it weren't for their large numbers, he would have left long ago, wasting everyone's precious time chatting idly for half a day. This just shows how arrogant they are, completely disregarding others' thoughts. He didn't even have the right to refuse.

  "I don't think I'm so famous or capable, why did you all come to our classroom just to find me?" Yang Rui thought carefully, they came to find her so suddenly, definitely someone must have mentioned her to them. She wasn't that self-absorbed, thinking she had such great abilities, otherwise she would have known them earlier and not waited until now. Who was the one who didn't keep their mouth shut, mentioning her in front of them, causing this incident?

  "This isn't because Li Hui said you..." She had just asked, when someone quickly added a sentence, but before they could finish, they were glared at by Li Hui and realized they had spoken out of turn.

  Li Hui this little man, I haven't offended him recently! What does he want to do, it's actually his own fault for being stupid. Now that I think about it, among the people I know, not many can recognize these famous figures, how can my reputation spread to their ears? Li Hui this big mouth, has brought me trouble, could it be that I've been unlucky recently and encountered a small villain, looks like I need to be more careful.

  "Li Hui, what did you tell them about me?" Yang Rui asked Li Hui directly since no one else was willing to discuss the topic anymore.

  "It's just that I think you and Zhang Yang are quite similar, didn't expect Zhang Yang to be unhappy after hearing it, and insisted on coming to find you, I had no choice." He simply explained the cause of the matter. Chu Qi smiled knowingly after listening to his explanation, saying Li Miao wouldn't be so foolish as to take responsibility for himself. Zhang Yang was indeed a lucky scapegoat.

  "Hey, you guys are too boring! Just for this, you scared me half to death. Why didn't you say so earlier? You think you're funny or something? People's lives have no fun anymore, huh?" Yang Rui started to complain on his own behalf, feeling that he was wronged.

  "I've made up my mind!" Zhang Yang suddenly shouted loudly, and everyone looked at him curiously.

  "What have you decided?" Li Hui was also shocked by his loud shout, and a little curious. Did this guy hear Yang Rui say that, feel embarrassed, and prepare to give her some color? But Yang Rui didn't say anything too much, he shouldn't be like that!

  Zhang Yang shouted at everyone to shut up, then pretended to scan the crowd mysteriously, cleared his throat, and finally opened his mouth with a proud tone, "I want to be friends with Yang Rui."

  As soon as Zhang Yang finished speaking, the whole room fell silent. Wang Zhiqiao felt as if a flock of crows had flown over her head. Li Huan couldn't help but rub his temples, and he really wanted to say that he didn't know him. Chu Qi's face was calm and unruffled, already accustomed to Zhang Yang's various antics, and no longer found them surprising.

  "Yang Rui, introduce us to the girl behind you. She's been standing there for half a day and we still don't know her name." Someone didn't want to bother with this troublemaker anymore and changed the subject.

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