Gu Shangyan and Lu Xuan fell silent. They didn��t believe that they forgot about her phobia of water bodies. How could they forget about An Xiulan��s special condition? They shared a look which meant the beach idea was cancelled.
Eventually, the sibling trip was cancelled. Nobody asked the reason and nobody tried to explain it. An Xiulan was cool with it. Maybe, it was for the better.
��Lu Xuan, why are you here?�� An Xiulan asked her brother who took a seat next to her in the cafeteria.
��Why can��t I be here?�� Lu Xuan teased her and took the drumstick from her plate and put it on his own plate. ��Teeny, you will get fat if you eat more meat.��
��Stop being a jerk to her, ��Gu Shangyan glared at him and put the drumstick back in her place. Not just this, he put his own drumstick on her plate too.
��Thank you, Yan Ge, as always you love me the most, ��An Xiulan flashed him a big smile. She turned to Han Zixin and put on his plate, ��Here, eat this. You are a growing boy, you need all the nutrients.��
��Sometimes, I wonder why you even bring lunch with you, ��Lu Xuan bitterly said. ��You give your food to him and buy it for yourself in the school canteen. What do you even get out of this?��
Seriously, why did this boy always get the special treatment? His sister doted on this best friend of hers too much.
��Who said An Xiulan buys her own food?�� Song Xueyun said as she took a seat at the same table. ��It��s Zixin who buys food and drinks for her. She is stingy when it comes to spending on food and drinks for herself. You can say that he has been raising her for two years now.��
Lu Xuan tsked. ��My sister is so pitiful that she needs to be raised by an outsider.��
An Xiulan rolled her eyes and showed more care to Han Zixin much to someone��s dissatisfaction. At least showing care to Han Zixin had a benefit. He would never hurt her. He would always be there to wipe her tears when she needed him. He is the best- bestfriend in the whole wide world.
��Xiulan told me that you guys were going trekking, did you go there?�� Song Xueyun asked Lu Xuan. They were now back to normal friends. It was actually easier to be friends with him than constantly ignore him. He had to pay a huge price for forgetting she existed in his life. Never would she ever let a guy trample on her dignity again. But sometimes we became dumb when it came to the person we liked.
��We didn��t go, ��Gu Shangyan sighed. Because of this trip, he and Yoona had a massive fight and in a fit of anger, he cancelled the trip. Yoona believed that An Xiulan always got priority in his life which wasn��t the case. He agreed that he spoiled her but he knew how to treat his girlfriend and sister. It wasn��t his fault that Yoona has inferiority issues and she couldn��t blame it every time she screwed up.
An Xiulan gave a look to Song Xueyun that said she knew what she was doing but the latter just smirked.
��Poor Xiulan, she shopped for nothing, ��Song Xueyun feigned to be sympathetic. ��Also, Xuan, I��m angry. Yoona was going with you guys but you didn��t even ask me if I wanted to come along. That��s not fair.��
Han Zixin chimed in, ��Yes, they told me that it was a sibling trip and friends can��t go. They are partial to my best friend.��
An Xiulan gaped at her bestie and best friend. Those two are natural actors.
��Well, �� Lu Xuan scratched his head as he didn��t know what to say. It did sound discriminatory.
When the school ended, Gu Shangyan called Yoona who had been blowing his phone since the morning even though she knew that he wasn��t allowed to use the phone on the school campus.
��Yoona, ��Gu Shangyan sighed. ��You know I can��t take your call when I��m in school.��
��I thought you are angry at me, ��Yoona spoke. ��I just wanted to apologise for throwing a tantrum.��
��It��s fine, ��Gu Shangyan said. ��The trip is cancelled. No one is going anywhere. Monthly exams start in a week and I will be busier. How are you?��
��My grandfather��s condition is worsening, ��Yoona whispered.
��Don��t worry, evrything will be fine, ��Gu Shangyan assured her.
��Shangyan, if my grandfather couldn��t make it, my family will go back to London, ��Yoona whispered. ��I know I��m sounding insensitive but it��s the hard truth. Dad and mom are staying here just for him. If something like this happened, would you come with me to London?��
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��Not now but for college, ��Yoona added. ��UK has one of the best colleges for the course you want to study. My dad won��t allow me to study here because I have no family or friends here except for you and your brother and sister. I can��t survive in this country alone. Your senior years will end in nine or so months. Will you come to the UK for me?��
��What if my uncle or aunt doesn��t agree to send me far from home?�� Gu Shangyan asked her. ��What if they agree and I go college there but I don��t want to settle down there?��
��You will fit in. My parents will accept you, ��Yoona quickly said.
��Do you know you are asking me to uproot my whole life?�� Gu Shangyan said. ��I love you and you know it. I can do anything for you but don��t you think sometimes we both need to make sacrifices? I love my family.��
��So do I, ��Yoona replied. ��I��m scared that we will not survive the long-distance relationship. We are so young. We don��t even know the harsh realities of the real world. I don��t want to lose you. You have time to think about this. I will not force you to make any decision.��
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