Chapter 413: The Polar Bear in Sheep’s Clothing
Su Yang’s heart was filled with motivation as he watched his [Affinity points] increase by one with great difficulty, turning from a passerby back to a stranger again.
He studied Guo Xiaoying. When he saw her big eyes, an idea came to his mind as he asked, “Do you find it uncomfortable when your eyes are so big?”
Guo Xiaoying was stunned. “Excuse me?”
Su Yang replied, “Wouldn’t it fall out if you glare at someone slightly?”
Guo Xiaoying was confused
[The Pork Shoulder That Can Roast’s effect triggered: Roast successful, Affinity+1]
‘The [Affinity point] has increased by 1 point again, increasing from 3 to 4. However, the judgement is still [Stranger]. It seems like our relationship as strangers is going to last for a while...’
After that, Su Yang started an awkward conversation. He didn’t care what others thought of him. He just kept roasting Guo Xiaoying.
Guo Xiaoying would ignore him when he roasts her.
When Guo Xiaoying replies to him, he would still roast her.
Su Yang kept on roasting her until she felt ecstatic about it.
However, the strange thing was that Guo Xiaoying didn’t seem to dislike it. She just looked at Su Yang and thought that he was acting strangely. Su Yang thought that it might be due to the effect of [The Pork Shoulder That Can Roast], even though he roasted someone, it doesn’t make them unhappy.
Also, while he was roasting her, Su Yang realized that his roasts would not always succeed.
Sometimes, Su Yang’s roasts would be deemed unsuccessful. Moreover, Guo Xiaoying would look at him with disdain and her [Affinity] would drop as well.
Regardless, Su Yang tried his best to roast Guo Xiaoying during the entire journey, but he only managed to increase her [Affinity] from 2 to 6 since he had some unsuccessful attempts in between. Furthermore, due to his unsuccessful attempts, her [Affinity] dropped as well, causing the final result to be at 6 points.
Su Yang felt disheartened when he saw that her [Affinity] remained at that number.
‘How long would it take for me to see any results at this rate?
‘I thought that he would be able to get 10 [Affinity points] in a day with [The Pork Shoulder That Can Roast]. Then, I would be able to [Drive] after 10 days...
‘It’s all just a dream!
‘Well, I should’ve expected as much, there was no way that the system would give me something that could make me greater within a short period of time...’
However, Su Yang still managed to get Guo Xiaoying’s WeChat account because of the 6 points of [Affinity], including the fact that he was her senior.
When they reached the school and got out of the car, Qu Xuan pulled Su Yang to one side with a black face and helplessly asked, “Mr. President, have you made a mistake?”
Su Yang was puzzled. “No, I haven’t.”
Qu Xuan pointed towards the backs of Guo Xiaoying and Xue Ya as they walked away. “But Xue Ya’s WeChat is the one that I want.”
“Oh...” Su Yang said.” But you saw it yourself, Xue Ya has been buried in her book the whole time, she didn’t even talk to me. There’s nothing that I can do about that. So, my plan is to go through her best friend. I’ll be on good terms with Guo Xiaoying first and ask her for Xue Ya’s WeChat later. ”
Qu Xuan nodded in realization. “That does sound like a plan...”
However, after nodding, he immediately reacted. “Hang on! What about my sister!”
Su Yang was speechless.
‘Hurry up and forget about your sister! You’re just a troublemaker!’
After sending Qu Xuan away, Su Yang walked home.
‘I shouldn’t rush both Qu Xuan’s matter and my own matter. After all, a 1.3 billion yuan project won’t just appear out of nowhere.’
...
Xue Ya was a quiet girl. She did not like to talk much since she was young. She preferred to do everything quietly including reading, listening to music and exercising.
However, she had a close friend who was the complete opposite from her, Guo Xiaoying.
Guo Xiaoying had grown up with her since kindergarten and had never been separated from each other in primary school, middle school and high school. Plus, they had even signed up for the same degree in college.
Under normal circumstances, the characters of 2 people would become closer and closer after interacting over a long period of time. However, this was not the case for these 2 girls. Guo Xiaoying was a sweet girl, but... she had been rather weird since she was a child. She liked to pull pranks, tease people and even loved to backstab others...
Xue Ya remembered someone bullying her when she was in primary school. Guo Xiaoying knew about it but didn’t care. Instead, she even became friends with the bully on her own accord. Furthermore, Guo Xiaoying neither went to school nor back with Xue Ya altogether and would only spend most of her time with the bully.
At the time, Xue Ya thought that her best friend had abandoned her.
In the end, less than a month later, rumors and negative news about the bully began spread like wildfire throughout the whole school. There were rumors about her dating someone outside of the school and how she had already slept with him a long time ago. Also, there were rumors about how she cheated in exams among many other things.
Due to the fact that the rumors had spread like wildfire, the teachers had no choice but to call her parents to handle the matter. In the end... the bully was transferred to another school.
After that, Guo Xiaoying returned to Xue Ya’s side and smiled sweetly as if nothing had happened...
Although Guo Xiaoying did not say anything, Xue Ya knew that she was the one behind everything that had happened.
Although Guo Xiaoying’s methods were very immature, it was enough to ruin an elementary school girl’s image and reputation.
Every time she saw Guo Xiaoying smiling and looking harmless, Xue Ya could not find it within herself to relate herself with a backstabber like her.
However, Guo Xiaoying was her best friend and also the person who had taken revenge for her. She only had feelings of gratitude for Guo Xiaoying, nothing else.
Well... there was actually a change if one were to be critical about it. She knew that someone was going to be in trouble whenever she saw Guo Xiaoying smiling brightly...
The same had happened on that day.
‘Initially, when Guo Xiaoying and myself had arrived at the new student’s reception area, a handsome senior came and offered to help us. However, she rejected him without hesitation and chose to speak with another ordinary looking senior instead.
‘Actually, I’ve noticed the first senior several times, I thought that he was quite handsome and looked bright. I have no idea why she chose 2 ordinary looking seniors instead of him.
‘Then, she whispered to me when we were on the bus that the handsome senior is obviously a scumbag and that his eyes were shining so much as if he had found his prey.
‘On the other hand, the other two second-year students seemed very simple and easy to fool. Therefore, she could communicate with them more to understand the school’s situation. She would then kick her away like a piece of trash after she was done with them.
‘I did not comment although I don’t think she’s right since she never listened to me anyway.
‘Also... I don’t think the handsome guy’s a scumbag, he seemed pretty nice...
‘Then, things got really strange. The ordinary looking senior kept chatting with Xiao Ying after he got on the bus. He even... mocked her continuously.
‘I was shocked to see him mock her continuously.
‘Does he resent being alive?
‘Otherwise, why did he have to do such a suicidal thing?
‘The woman before him isn’t a harmless little lamb. She’s a polar bear in wolf’s skin!
‘She’s the kind that can kill someone when she goes berserk!’
Xue Ya looked at the book and glanced at the ordinary looking senior through her glasses and silently prayed for him.
‘I hope he’d be shown some mercy when he gets killed...
However, It’s strange that Guo Xiaoying wasn’t angry at all even after the senior mocked her during the entire journey.’
This made Xue Ya, who understood her best friend the most, confused. ‘Has the tiger lost his fangs?’
They got out of the car and went to the school’s reception for new students to report in. After being allocated their dormitory, the two of them were very lucky to be placed together.
After Guo Xiaoying sweet talked a few pitiful seniors, they were “used” to help carry their luggage to their dormitory.
Xue Ya thanked them sincerely and pitied the seniors who were still secretly looking at Guo Xiaoying. ‘I pity them...’
Perhaps the two of them had arrived a little early since their dorm mates had not arrived yet.
Xue Ya tidied her bed and asked Guo Xiaoying, “Little Ying, you’re acting weird today.”
Guo Xiaoying was sitting on a chair as she hummed a song and played with her phone. Her bright eyes were shining as she casually asked, “How so?”
Xue Ya adjusted her glasses. “That senior has been mocking you continuously, but you don’t seem angry at all.”
Guo Xiaoying turned to Ya Ya and said with a smile, “Ya Ya, that’s not called mocking, it’s roasting. But... that senior is really bad at roasting others.”
“I’m really curious as to who had given him so much courage to keep on roasting when he’s so bad at it. Could it be Liang Jingru?.”
Xue Ya was speechless.
Guo Xiaoying blinked and said, “I’m able to roast a lot better than him.”
Yaya shook her head. “You’re both about the same.”
Guo Xiaoying laughed and jumped over to hug Yaya. She rubbed her head against Yaya’s neck and said happily, “You’re the best. I’m so happy that we spend most of our time together.”
Xue Ya knocked on Guo Xiaoying’s hands which were moving upwards on her body. “Behave yourself. I’m packing.”
Guo Xiaoying let go of Xue Ya but sat down on the blanket that Xue Ya had just laid out. She ignored Ya Ya’s helpless expression and said, “Ya Ya, don’t put it like that. I find that senior really interesting. Even though he’s bad at roasting and is also a boring person to chat with, the look on his face when he’s putting in his effort to attract my attention is quite cute.”
Xue Ya looked at Guo Xiaoying in surprise. “Little Ying, you...”
Guo Xiaoying looked at her and smiled slyly. “I’m guessing that he isn’t popular in school, has no friends and lacks presence. That’s probably why he is so eager to show off in front of me.”
After saying that, Guo Xiaoying went deep in thought before she said, “It’s also possible that he doesn’t have any female friends, so he keeps sticking to girls whenever he sees one. How do you think we should tease him?”
“He’s such a cute guy, we shouldn’t scare him off. We should play with him for a while longer!”
Xue Ya was speechless.
‘I knew that I had thought too much, she’s still the same devil as usual.
‘Also, why is it “we”? It’s clearly “you”...’
Guo Xiaoying had no idea that her best friend was ridiculing her. After planning for a while, she jumped out of bed and reached out for her phone. “What’s the senior’s name again? Su Yang? I need to find out more about him!”
Xue Ya silently continued to tidy up her bed and prayed for her pitiful senior. ‘Senior, you’re a good person, but you’ve really met a bad person this time...’
However, before she could say more, she heard a scream. “Ah!”
Xue Ya turned to look at her best friend. “Again? What now?”
Little Ying glared at Xue Ya. “I don’t want to hear the word “again”!”
Xue Ya was speechless.
That’s right, although there was nothing wrong with her friend, she hated it when others said the word “again” to her.This is because she would feel that they were blaming her for repeating her mistakes and that made her very frustrated.
Xue Ya tilted her head to look at her, trying to make her tone sound like she was coaxing a child. “Then, what happened to you?”
Xiao Ying raised her phone and showed it to Xue Ya. “Take a look! That senior, Su Yang is a famous figure in the school!”