Chapter 440 — Feng Xiaoxiao's Strange Behavior

Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu returned to the classroom, watched the MP4 for a while, and then each took out their review materials and began to study. The single-plank bridge of the college entrance exam would not widen just because they were pretty, and neither of them wanted to rely on their families—they wanted to earn good results on their own.

Tang Zhi and Wei Zhao finished planting the saplings, and then Tang Zhi wanted to go back to the classroom to study. Lately Tang Zhi had been busy with her father's surgery and with the tangled mess of her feelings for Wei Zhao, and had not put much thought into her studies. If she did not buckle down now, her grades would probably start to slip.

So although Tang Zhi also wanted to spend a little more time with Wei Zhao, what if she failed to get into university?

After eating lunch in the cafeteria, Tang Zhi and Wei Zhao went to see Tang's mother at the snack street behind the school, and then each returned to their own classroom.

Feng Xiaoxiao sat in her seat eating a boxed lunch, all alone and very quiet, with no one else nearby. Wei Zhao walked over; Feng Xiaoxiao merely raised her head to glance at him, then lowered it again and went on eating by herself.

"The boxed lunches from this place aren't clean. I ate there once and found a fly in mine." Wei Zhao glanced at the brand on the lid of Feng Xiaoxiao's lunch and said with a smile.

"Pff—" Feng Xiaoxiao spat out the piece of pork rib she had just put in her mouth, then glared furiously at Wei Zhao. "Are you doing this on purpose?"

"Ha, I was just giving you a kind reminder." Wei Zhao shrugged. Sharing a desk with Feng Xiaoxiao always left him uneasy; he had to find a way to drive her off.

Feng Xiaoxiao shot Wei Zhao a resentful look. Fine, then—you brought this on yourself. I was originally a little reluctant to blow your backside into a blooming flower, but since you're so nasty, tonight I'll make sure you lose face but good. Hmph.

Around the time of evening self-study, Zhong Yongliang had everything ready and sent Feng Xiaoxiao a text message, telling her they could proceed to the next step of the plan. Feng Xiaoxiao was not worried that Wei Zhao would fail to go out and watch the fun; since both Shen Yushu and Gu Mengyao were going out, Wei Zhao, the bodyguard and tagalong, could not possibly stay behind.

Sure enough, Shen Yushu also received a text from Zhong Yongliang: "Sister Yaoyao, let's go out and get some fresh air, shall we? It's so stifling sitting in the classroom."

"Now?" Gu Mengyao frowned. She had just started a set of math mock exam questions, and before she had even worked out the answer to the first one, Shen Yushu wanted to go out?

"Yeah! I heard someone's setting off fireworks on the sports field. Let's go take a look?" said Shen Yushu.

"Fireworks? Don't tell me it's that Zhong Yongliang again?" Gu Mengyao was no fool; she guessed the gist of it at once.

"Hehe, that's right. Sister Yaoyao, are you coming or not?" Seeing that Gu Mengyao had guessed, Shen Yushu did not bother to hide it.

"I don't want to go." Gu Mengyao shook her head.

"If you don't go, I can't very well go alone, can I? It's already dark outside—it's so scary. What if I get frightened?" As she spoke, Shen Yushu grabbed at Gu Mengyao, trying to drag her out by force.

"You, get frightened?" Gu Mengyao did not believe it for a moment. "In the haunted house at the amusement park, you beat the ghosts to death."

But Shen Yushu insisted on going, and Gu Mengyao, having no choice, could only stand up and go along with her.

"Zhong Yongliang is going to set off fireworks to confess his feelings to Gu Mengyao. Aren't you going to follow along and watch?" Seeing that Wei Zhao showed no intention of getting up, Feng Xiaoxiao had to explain it to him.

"Fireworks?" Wei Zhao had assumed the two girls were just going to the restroom and had paid it no mind, but hearing Feng Xiaoxiao say this, he really did need to follow and take a look.

As for how Feng Xiaoxiao could know about this in advance, Wei Zhao was not the least bit surprised; she and Zhong Yongliang were always mixed up together, so of course she would know his plans.

It was just that Wei Zhao found it a little odd—why would Feng Xiaoxiao be so kind as to remind him? Could she have some other purpose?

Wei Zhao had no sooner stepped out of the classroom than Feng Xiaoxiao followed on his heels. Sensing someone behind him, Wei Zhao caught Feng Xiaoxiao's figure through the stairwell glass at the corner as he went downstairs.

She had indeed followed him. Wei Zhao smiled faintly. Feng Xiaoxiao would most likely not let yesterday's matter rest; her silence all this time had been nothing but a preparation to erupt at the proper moment.

In the woods behind the school, students who had caught wind of it were already packed in tight, from freshmen all the way up to seniors; even some middle-schoolers who had already been let out for the day had been drawn over.

It seemed word of the fire-tree-and-silver-flowers spectacle Zhong Yongliang meant to put on had long since gotten out, drawing this much attention.

Zhong Yongliang and Gao Xiaofu stood beside a tree hung all over with fireworks and slips of paper. At this moment Zhong Yongliang loathed Shen Yushu beyond words; his backside had nearly been ruined by her needle, and it was still swollen up high.

Could the needle used to inject trees really be jabbed into a person too? Yet however furious Zhong Yongliang was, he still had to keep a smile on his face with Shen Yushu. If he wanted to invite Gu Mengyao to come watch the fire-tree-and-silver-flowers, night-without-end courtship gala, he truly could not do it without Shen Yushu's help.

"Brother Liang, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu are here, and Wei Zhao is following not far behind them," Gao Xiaofu said quietly to Zhong Yongliang.

"I see them. Go bring Gu Mengyao and the others over, and have Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao come in too while you're at it. I've already arranged with Feng Xiaoxiao how the rest of it will go — we just wait for Wei Zhao to get what's coming to him," Zhong Yongliang instructed in a low voice.

"Right, Brother Liang." Gao Xiaofu nodded, then parted a path through the gathered students: "Everybody move aside, let today's leading lady through."

Within the school, Gao Xiaofu's word still carried a good deal of weight with ordinary students.

"Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, Brother Liang is all ready and waiting for you to come over," Gao Xiaofu said, gesturing for them to proceed.

"Let's just watch from here. We won't go over." Gu Mengyao had no wish to get closer; she had not the slightest interest in any fire-tree-and-silver-flowers, night-without-end courtship gala.

"Sister Yaoyao, let's go over. You can't see clearly from here anyway..." Shen Yushu, however, tugged at Gu Mengyao and without another word dragged her along: "I still want to keep giving Zhong Yongliang his IV drip."

"..." Gu Mengyao had no choice; Shen Yushu hauled her over, and she knew her best friend's temperament well enough — the girl simply loved watching a spectacle, and was not doing any of this to help Zhong Yongliang.

Wei Zhao followed along far behind, and Feng Xiaoxiao walked over as well — except this time Feng Xiaoxiao went straight past Wei Zhao and set to bustling about helping Zhong Yongliang.

Wei Zhao was somewhat puzzled by Feng Xiaoxiao's volunteering to help. From what had happened before, although Feng Xiaoxiao and Zhong Yongliang were named together among the school's Four Great Young Devils, Feng Xiaoxiao was the leading one and Zhong Yongliang second to her. Why would Feng Xiaoxiao take the initiative to help Zhong Yongliang with all this?