Xiaoxiao wiped her tears dry and stopped crying, but showed no intention of leaving. She rested her chin in her hands and watched Lin Yi with eyes of passion and obsession.
It certainly made Lin Yi feel uncomfortable. Even more so for Tang Yin, who wondered why the hell there was an admirer sitting at their table and staring at Lin Yi when he was her boyfriend! Could she not eat in peace?
âArenât you eating, Feng Xiaoxiao?â Tang Yin asked, unable to take it anymore. She couldnât really kick her from the table, but she also couldnât just let her watch Lin Yi like this, could she?
âNope! Watching Lin Yi eat makes me happier than personally eating,â Xiaoxiao murmured.
âYouâ¦â Tang Yin didnât know what to say anymore.
After finally getting the awkward lunch over with, Lin Yi pulled Tang Yin away and outside the cafeteria.
âCan you please stop her from following you next time?â Tang Yin couldnât take it anymore. âItâs so weird with her around. I even lost my appetite.â
âYou think I want her to be following me?â Lin Yi smiled bitterly.
Tang Yin made an unhappy face, but there wasnât much she could do about it. She opened her mouth to say something, but was worried that Lin Yi would find her petty. Tang Yin was troubled to see that sheâd gotten more timid recently. Where had her courage and bravery gone?
She used to mock Lin Yi before, without a care in the world. She even stomped on his feet!
Yet she always thought about it before doing anything now. Was she really that worried that Xiaoxiao would come and take Lin Yi away from her?
What am I even thinking? Tang Yin reprimanded herself a little, feeling shy as she tried to push the frustrating thoughts away. There were only a couple of months until the college entrance exams, and sheâd only finished revising the eleventh gradeâs curriculum. There was still the twelfth gradeâs one she needed to go through! She wouldnât make it at this rate.
She rushed back to her classroom and quickly pulled out her studying materials, putting aside her previous thoughts about Xiaoxiao and Lin Yi.
Xiaoxiao got a drink for Lin Yi when she returned to her class. âLin Yi! This is a new fruit juice. It looks good. You want one? I bought two.â
âWhat exactly are you thinking, Feng Xiaoxiao?â Lin Yi took the drink Xiaoxiao offered, but put it aside instead of drinking it.
âWhat? I just want to be by your side, thatâs all,â Xiaoxiao said seriously. âI wonât pull anything on you anymore, donât worry.â
Lin Yi realized from what Xiaoxiao said that continuing this conversation would be useless. He decided to just ignore her.
He thought that Xiaoxiao would only be doing this for a day or two, that if he ignored her sheâd be unable to start the second stage of the plan, that sheâd get tired and back off. But the girl kept it up for a couple days in a row, following Lin Yi wherever he went!
She waited outside the restroom when Lin Yi went, and she was always there when Lin Yi was with Tang Yin! Tang Yin almost gnashed her teeth at her constant appearances, and even started suspecting Xiaoxiaoâs intentions herself.
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Pinliang actually managed to contact somebody in the Fun City staff and got himself a private seaplane. It was extremely expensive, costing around twenty thousand for just one flight. It wasnât much to Pinliang, and it was way better than straight up purchasing a plane. Heâd get to win Mengyaoâs favor too, so spending a bit of money was fine with him.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
It wasnât big, but there was more than enough space to seat the forty students in his class. Pinliang decided that heâd skip the trouble of getting a bus, since it was the same price for renting the plane regardless of how many people he put in there.
The class started getting excited once more when Pinliang announced that they were going to Fun City in a private seaplane.
âBut everybody, please pay attention to the things you bring on the plane. No flammables are allowedâ¦â Mr. Liu started reading out the safety regulations.
The security procedures for a private plane werenât as strict as a public one, but there were still basic rules that prevented dangerous items from going aboard the plane. Mr. Liu had to inform the students about all that to avoid any trouble.
Most students didnât have any dangerous items to bring in the first place, so they didnât really mind what Mr. Liu was saying about those items.
Pinliang, on the other hand, had to make some adjustments to his plan.
He had wanted to bring a barbecue grill and some charcoal for an open barbecue on the beach, but since fire sources werenât allowed on board the plane, Pinliang couldnât bring the materials.
âXiaofu, looks like we canât do the barbecue plan anymore. How am I supposed to get Chu Mengyao and Chen Yushu barbecued shark meat without a grill?â Pinliang asked.
âLiang Bro, I heard that thereâs a new, solar powered barbecue grill now. Maybe we can get one of those?â Xiaofu suggested. âI think itâs not that expensive either, just a couple hundred dollars.â
âReally? Thatâs nice. You go buy one then. Iâll leave it to you!â Pinliang said, relieved that there was a solution to the problem.
Saturday morning, Pinliang and Xiaofu arrived at school with a lot of luggage. Everyone was already gathered at the school gates, prepared to head out to the airport.
Pinliang had wanted to drive there, but Mengyao and Yushu were both taking the bus. He didnât want to stand out that way. He told his fatherâs chauffeur to leave upon driving him to school so he could get on the bus with his classmates.
Xiaoxiao was wearing sunglasses and a panama hat, looking like a vacationing girl with her little backpack, cute and charming. Everyone was glancing at her, and she shared the burden of being looked at alongside Mengyao and Yushu, who, before her appearance, were the only targets for those glances.
Xiaoxiao stood beside Lin Yi, much to everybodyâs envy and jealousy. Lin Yiâs indifference to her being with him made many of these boys want to swap places with Lin Yi.
âLin Yi, I brought a lot of snacks!â Xiaoxiao leaned in, her face red with excitement and joy.
âOh,â Lin Yi muttered.
âI donât know how to swim, so can you teach me later?â Xiaoxiao wasnât lying this time. She really didnât know how to swim.
âOh, really?â Lin Yi said neutrally. âI donât know either.â
âYouâ¦â Xiaoxiao was getting irritated. It didnât matter what she said. Lin Yi never seemed to care! Was he blind? She had even put on makeup just so Lin Yi would pay her more attention, but⦠he didnât even look at her once! What a waste of effort!