NOVEL NEXT Chapter 74: She wasn't sure if it was her imagination, but she seemed to be followed. (1)
On the other side of the classroom, seeing how early that Sheng Xiuyan had showed up today, everybody looked like they had seen pigs flying.
“Brother Yan, how come you are here so early today?” That made no sense.
Sheng Xiuyan glanced over at the one who spoke, coldly, and said nothing – he couldn’t possibly tell him that he had gone to bed early last night before nobody responded back to him in the chatgroup and was, therefore, not able to sleep in this morning.
“Did you have insomnia, Brother Yan?”
“… …
Staring at Wang Yankai in front of him, he looked at him with resentment, “Why are you sitting here now?”
“Lao Chen moved me here. We have a new transfer student joining us; so Lao Chen switched things around some.” Having said that, he added, “That’s right, Brother Yan. You weren’t here yesterday so you haven’t heard yet.”
“We got a new classmate. A girl~~”
A few others joined in the conversation after Wang Yankai had said that.
“And a pretty one too. Keke.”
“Look, Brother Yan, she’s right over there.” Someone pointed in the direction of Gu Xi.
-- Just what does that have to do with me?
Thought Sheng Xiuyan.
That being said, he still looked over at the direction that the others were pointing at.
Then, his gaze stopped.
“It’s her?” It was the girl who had taken the monthly examination the same day as him.
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The others were only casually chitchatting. Little did they expect Sheng Xiuyan to be staring at the new student. The others were dumbfounded and exchanged looks among themselves.
–– OMG! What is going on? Why is Brother Yan staring at her for such a long time?
–– I don’t recall Brother Yan ever staring at anyone for that long before.
–– Did he fall for her? Is this love at first sight? Oh boy.
When all the others were stunned, Sheng Xiuyan turned back around and saw all the gossipy looks on the other guys.
“Brother Yan, are you really interested in the new student?” Someone asked softly.
Sheng Xiuyan gave him a look of contempt before tossing out a, “Brain dead.”
The others, “… …” Alright. That was still that Brother Yan that they have known.
They were mostly just joking nobody paid it much attention after that.
The other boys quickly changed their subject to something else.
“Oh right, Brother Yah. The other day when I walked past the office, I heard that Teacher Chen had you made up for the monthly examinations? Is that true?” asked Zhou Bofan.
“That is correct,” said Sheng Xiuyan.
As soon as he finished saying that, everybody looked regretful.
“Oh boy, my ranking had gone from 378 to 377 this time. If you made up for the examinations, Brother Yan, you are putting me right back where I was before.”
Wang Yankai was not the only one. Everybody in their grade moved forward by 1 rank because Sheng Xiuyan was absent for the examinations this one time.
“Oh, it’s fine on my end. I dropped almost 100 in my ranking this time and my parents beat me up in tandem when I went home. Since I have already been beaten, it didn’t matter whether I drop one further.”
“That being said, Brother Yan. Did Lao Chen tell you your grades this time? What is your ranking?”
“… …” Sheng Xiuyan didn’t say anything.
“No #1 again, is it? We would like some surprises from time to time.”
Sheng Xiuyan still didn’t anything. His look, however, dropped a little visibly.
–– He saw the grade and had found out the ranking.
Surprisingly enough, he was not #1 in their grade. He was ranked #2.
Before he took his made-up examinations, Sheng Xiuyan had taken a look at the ranking for their grade when it was displayed. The #1 on there was from Class #17 and they scored at least 30 points lower than his total.
If he was #2.
Then there was only one explanation… …
Sheng Xiuyan looked back over at Gu Xi. The was only one person who could have scored higher than him.
The others had no idea what was going through Sheng Xiuyan’s mid. When they saw he looking at their new classmate again subconsciously, they were stunned – It was all over. Did Brother Yan really fall for the new girl at first sight?
Our Brother Yan was for real?
Our Brother Yan had truly fallen?
Ignoring the looks from the others, Sheng Xiuyan looked away from her again, put his head down, and went to sleep.