Chapter 9

“Yu Lengye looks so handsome today too!”

“Look! Did Ye Wenyan get a new car?”

“Chenchen! Mommy loves you!!!!!”

The last time Bai Nianqiu had been this speechless was… the last time.

This classic opening scene from a Mary Sue novel left her hopelessly out of place among a crowd of girls whose voices were even more frenzied than their eyes.

Thank goodness her brother had taken the day off. The mere thought of his figure among that group would have driven her mad.

Bai Muxia, who had stayed up so late writing his observation diary that he couldn’t get out of bed today, sneezed violently.

“Ye, isn’t that your little fiancee?” Feng Zhichen waved to a girl calling his name, then spoke to Yu Lengye beside him.

Yu Lengye glanced at Bai Nianqiu, who was being jostled about in the crowd and had resigned herself to it.

In his eyes, she looked helpless and heartbroken in the face of all these women who adored him, finally giving up on herself in despair.

Bai Nianqiu: All that money, and you still can’t get your eyes fixed. Tragic.

“Come here.” Raising his chin slightly, he addressed her in the crowd as though granting a favor.

Ye Wenyan and Feng Zhichen were surprised. Hadn’t Yu Lengye always disliked his fiancee in name only?

The noisy crowd abruptly fell silent. Gazes brimming with jealousy and envy landed on Bai Nianqiu.

Please stop forcing the heroine’s scenes on me. Thank you.

Bai Nianqiu watched the crowd, which had been too tightly packed for her to take a single step, suddenly open a path as though Moses were parting the sea.

Rolling her eyes, she walked up to Yu Lengye. The moment she met his teasing gaze, she gave a cold little snort, changed direction, and walked straight past him.

Yu Lengye: ???

Ye Wenyan: …

Feng Zhichen: “Hahahahaha! Since when did Bai Nianqiu grow a spine? Hahahaha!”

As Feng Zhichen’s laughter grew increasingly outrageous, Yu Lengye’s face darkened.

Had Bai Nianqiu secretly gone deaf without his knowledge? Hadn’t she heard him call her?

Or perhaps she had thought he meant someone else. After all, he had always ignored her. She must have been so overwhelmed by his attention that she didn’t know what to do, then grown too shy to face him in front of all these people and run away.

Yes. That had to be it.

Who would ignore him, Yu Lengye? He was Yu Lengye, Yu Lengye of the foremost of the Four Great Families!

Beside him, Ye Wenyan watched the entire progression from anger to understanding to a proud little smile.

He patted Feng Zhichen, who was still laughing like an idiot, and pointed at Yu Lengye.

Has he broken?

Feng Zhichen smiled and shook his head.

He’s probably imagining some weird role-play again.

Enlightenment dawned on Ye Wenyan.

The two were perfectly in sync when it came to silent communication. It was a skill Young Master Ye, whose mind was full of nothing but strange role-play, could never master.

Bai Nianqiu couldn’t understand how someone as conceited, arrogant, and idiotic as Yu Lengye had fallen for a weirdo like Ye Xinyuran.

Or had they ended up together precisely because neither of their brains worked normally?

The Law of Beyonder Characteristics Convergence???

A short distance ahead of her, a lively girl with two braids skipped alongside an exceptionally tall, handsome young man. Her tracksuit looked utterly out of place here.

Given her usual taste in clothes, Bai Nianqiu simply couldn’t accept that combination of braids and sportswear.

She knew Ye Xinyuran couldn’t afford a school uniform and had to wear her own clothes. But a pale yellow tracksuit? That was taking things too far.

So when Yu Lengye had spotted Ye Xinyuran in the crowd at the start of the school year, had it really had nothing to do with that eye-catching color???

Remembering that she had a persona to maintain and affection points to earn, Bai Nianqiu hurried up behind the pair.

Yu Qi’s senses were keen. Noticing someone behind him, he turned around at once.

He saw Bai Nianqiu walking alone behind him. His abrupt turn seemed to startle her. She hastily lowered her head, flustered, but he still caught her dejected expression.

Ye Xinyuran realized Yu Qi wasn’t listening to her and followed his gaze over her shoulder.

“Ah!” she cried in fright, quickly pressing closer to him and clutching the hem of his clothes.