Chapter 422: Chapter 411: The Best Teacher
"Hey, do you know you bumped into me? How can you be so impolite?" Ye Qiu was grumbling when Li Manyu stood in front of Xuanyuan Junrui, glaring at him, "It’s you again!" Li Manyu furrowed her brows.
Xuanyuan Junrui gave her a cold glance and then prepared to walk around her.
"Hey, don’t tell me you’re just going to walk away after bumping into someone without apologizing?" Li Manyu blocked him again, and Xuanyuan Junrui’s anger was about to explode.
"Ssss, this girl has some nerve!"
"Hmph, I think she’s doing it on purpose, trying to seduce Young Master Jun."
"Get lost," Xuanyuan Junrui growled.
"Xiao Man, let’s just let it go, okay?" Zhao Shanshan came running over, pulled Li Manyu aside, and whispered.
Xiao Man? Hearing this familiar name, Ouyang Yanming, who had been indifferent, looked up, but upon realizing it wasn’t the person he was thinking of, he lowered his head again.
However, that glance from him stuck in Li Manyu’s heart. How could there be someone so good-looking in this world? He looks so gentle too!
Taking advantage of Li Manyu’s momentary daze, Xuanyuan Junrui walked past her and left without looking back.
"San San, who is that?" Li Manyu asked dreamily.
"That’s Xuanyuan Junrui and Ouyang Yanming. Rumor has it they are the school’s heartthrobs, and together with Sima Kai, they are known as the school’s three princes. Most of the girls in the school are part of their Guard Team, and their families are super impressive," Zhao Shanshan’s eyes glinted with envy, and she was totally smitten now that they had left.
"Who’s the gentle one called?"
"Are you talking about Ouyang Yanming? They are easy to recognize. The cool-looking one you blocked earlier is Xuanyuan Junrui, and the one next to him with a melancholic aura is Ouyang Yanming. As for Sima Kai, he’s not here today, but he’s easy to recognize too, being a mix-blood."
"So his name is Ouyang Yanming!" Li Manyu blushed, feeling like she was in love. Was this the feeling of a heart fluttering?
Li Manyu and Zhao Shanshan were excitedly discussing, completely unaware that their conversation had attracted the envious and disdainful gazes of other girls.
"New student, please introduce yourself." Although Ye Qiu had become the principal, he still hadn’t given up his duties as the homeroom teacher. Since Xuanyuan Junrui had stopped causing trouble, and the other students who bullied Liu Tong had been punished, his task had lightened. However, he had a premonition that the stir Li Manyu might cause wouldn’t be small.
"Hello everyone, my name is Li Manyu, my hobbies are singing and cooking, please take good care of me from now on!" Li Manyu greeted everyone with a sweet smile, looking very pretty and confident.
Such a person would normally attract good feelings, but given her earlier behavior in the cafeteria, her background had been grasped by everyone, so besides Liu Tong, there were surprisingly no welcoming applause from the rest of the class.
Li Manyu’s smile stiffened on her face, not understanding why the classmates weren’t welcoming her. The only applause made her feel even more embarrassed, so when Liu Tong smiled at her, Li Manyu did not respond at all.
With Li Manyu’s episode as a precedent, Zhao Shanshan was even more nervous when introducing herself; she quickly stated her name and stepped down from the podium.
"The two of you can take the empty seats at the back for now, and after the first monthly test, we will rearrange the seating," Ye Qiu arranged calmly and then left. He had no classes that day and was about to go deal with cases of campus bullying. He didn’t want to stay longer, and as for Xuanyuan Junrui and Li Manyu, he didn’t want to interfere as long as they didn’t go too far.
Li Manyu slowly walked towards the back seats, and halfway there, she was thrilled to find that Ouyang Yanming was actually in this class too, and not too far from her seat, which made her heartbeat even faster.
Zhao Shanshan was sitting next to Li Manyu, clearly noticing the situation and excitedly shook her arm.
The two were immersed in their own emotions and didn’t realize that the people in this class didn’t welcome them at all.
"I heard your name is Ouyang Yanming, my name is Li Manyu, can we be friends?" Li Manyu boldly asked.
So arrogant! The other girls in the class looked at her with unfriendly expressions, thinking just arrived and already seducing their Prince Ouyang, was she tired of living?
A buzz of voices reached their ears, Ouyang Yanming took off his headphones, and then gave her an indifferent glance before quietly lowering his head again.
"I..." Li Manyu’s voice got stuck in her throat, not knowing what to do.
"Xiao Man, the teacher is coming," Zhao Shanshan tugged at Li Manyu’s clothes.
Hearing the name "Xiao Man," Ouyang Yanming’s gaze shifted back to her, perhaps reminiscing someone, the indifference in his eyes turned gentle.
But Li Manyu misunderstood thinking that Ouyang Yanming had mutual feelings for her.
"Heh~" Xuanyuan Junrui sneered at this scene, thinking this new commoner girl was way out of her league and coveting riches and honor.
Hearing the sneer and seeing that it came from Xuanyuan Junrui, who she had a few run-ins with before, Li Manyu puffed her cheeks and hummed lightly, turning her head away.
"Li, Zhao, my name is Liu Tong, you can come to me if there’s anything you don’t understand." After class, seeing that the two of them were not very welcomed in the class, Liu Tong, feeling a sense of empathy, greeted them with a friendly attitude, especially towards Li Manyu; he heard she also got in based on her academic performance and was extra considerate, fearing she might encounter the same situation he once did.
But this consideration was not recognized by Li Manyu, who found Liu Tong somewhat naggy, disrupting her communication with Ouyang Yanming, and if it hadn’t been for his isolated applause, she wouldn’t have been so embarrassed.
So Li Manyu replied with a distant smile: "Is that so? Thank you, then."
Liu Tong opened his mouth, perhaps sensing Li Manyu’s thoughts, smiled faintly, and then turned to leave.
Li Manyu’s attitude naturally caught the attention of some keen-eyed classmates, who thought she was somewhat ridiculous. Both were commoner students; Liu Tong kindly offered help but she was ungrateful, rather squeezing into Prince Ouyang’s circle — wasn’t this ulterior motives?
Even some students felt indignant on Liu Tong’s behalf; Liu Tong wasn’t bad looking, and he had the best grades in the grade. What right did this new girl, Li Manyu, have to look down on him?
In fact, this was a misunderstanding caused by Li Manyu’s behavior. She didn’t look down on Liu Tong, she just felt she didn’t need his help. Having finally found someone she liked, naturally, she wanted to spend more time with him, which made Liu Tong’s care seem a bit superfluous.
"The second class is about to start, is Ouyang going out now?" Li Manyu saw Ouyang Yanming and Xuanyuan Junrui getting up and hurriedly asked.
Xuanyuan Junrui frowned impatiently, finding the noise around his ears annoying, while Ouyang Yanming, perhaps for some other reason, uncharacteristically explained: "Yeah, don’t feel like attending class."
"But..." Li Manyu wanted to say more, but the two had already left the classroom, leaving her feeling somewhat desolate.
Little did she know, the words Ouyang Yanming spoke to her deeply aroused envy in others.
Just a commoner girl, why should Prince Ouyang treat her differently?