Chapter Eleven: A Special Friendship

  "I am not from the same world as you guys..."

  A flash of sadness quickly passed through his eyes, but I caught it. I felt a sense of emotion, after all, how much hardship had he experienced? The strong light in those eyes would reveal pain, can't our world really accommodate him?

  "We so-called nobles aren't always nobles generation after generation, everyone has experienced commoner life, isn't there a saying that 'poverty doesn't last more than three generations, wealth doesn't last more than three generations'? Commoners are also human, nobles are also human, it's just the environment they were born in is different, what difference can there be? What truly makes one proud isn't their background, but their own abilities, right?"

  "Hehe, you... are very special..." He smiled lightly.

  Actually, taking a closer look, his smile is still quite good-looking. If he dresses up properly, won't he be even more handsome?

  Good grief, what's wrong with me? When did I become so weird...

  "What I said today is from the bottom of my heart!"

  "What's wrong?" He looked at me with some confusion.

  "I'll protect you!" I said firmly, looking at him.

  "Protect me?" He looked somewhat amused.

  "Hmm! I'm also the big boss of the school after all, and there are still many people who are afraid of me. As long as I'm around, they won't dare to bully you!"

  "Thank you for your kindness, but I don't want to accept your protection."

  "Why? Is it because I'm a girl? It doesn't make sense that girls can't protect boys!" His refusal made me somewhat anxious.

  "No, I just... want to protect myself." He explained faintly.

  "But what will you do if something like this happens again in the future?"

  "Don't worry, this kind of thing doesn't happen every day, and even if it does, it won't be a big deal..."

  Looking at his unworried appearance, I was even more worried for him. But seeing the strong glint in his eyes made me unable to say anything else... Just as I was silently applying medicine for him, he hesitated and spoke up:

  "Can we... be friends?"

  "Alright!" I readily agreed with him.

  "Don't you mind who I am......?" He asked me cautiously.

  "If I really cared, I wouldn't be putting medicine on you here!"

  "Thank you!" He looked at me with gratitude, his tone slightly excited.

  "Now that I've agreed to be your friend, can you promise me one thing?"

  A sharp glint flashed in my eyes as I asked with a sly smile.

  (Xin Xin: Creepy... creepy... definitely thinking of something bad...; Hui Zhen: Hey, it's not that exaggerated!; Xin Xin: Hehe......)

  "Possible, as long as I can do it, I will definitely promise you." He replied firmly.

  "Actually, there's nothing much, I hope you can transfer to our class!" Upon hearing my words, he was somewhat surprised.

  "Me?" he retorted.

  "Uh, I hope we can be in the same class, so everyone can get along and improve our friendship!"

  This is just an excuse, actually I hope he can be by my side, and I can silently help him...

  "Can I?" I looked at him expectantly, implying that he had to agree.

  "Okay." Seeing the hopeful look on my face, he couldn't help but agree with me.

  "From now on we're good friends, let's make a pact!" I happily stretched out my little thumb.

  He gazed at me with a gentle smile, his large hand wrapped around my small one, marking the beginning of our destined fate...