Everyone’s silence was deafening.
Even the red-haired boy stopped looking at Lu Yanzhou, instead staring incredulously at the thing in Shi Liaoliao’s hand.
In this bizarre atmosphere, Shi Liaoliao, the person involved, calmly and unhurriedly tucked the bright red underwear back into her pocket. She glanced around calmly and explained in a composed tone: “Don’t worry, I haven’t worn it.”
Lu Yanzhou: “”
If she had worn it, that would be even worse.
“Pfft—”
“Lu Yanzhou, your subordinate is so hilarious, hahahahahaha.”
One of the group burst out laughing, with a few others joining in, but most remained silent, seemingly holding back laughter.
Lu Yanzhou shifted his gaze from Shi Liaoliao to the one who laughed first, his smile clear as he said: “Wanke, have you forgotten that last year you forgot to zip up your pants and walked around all morning?”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone’s attention instantly shifted to this incident.
“Right, right, Wanke, that Crayon Shinchan underwear you wore—I’d wake up laughing if I dreamed about it at night.”
“Yeah, Wan Shinchan, how dare you laugh at someone else, hahahahaha.”
Wanke himself angrily retorted: “Lu Yanzhou! Didn’t we agree not to mention this again?”
Everyone burst into laughter, especially Yang Qingzhou, who laughed the loudest.
“Hey, what are you standing there for, rude kid? Come over and greet us.”
When Yang Qingzhou said this, Shi Liaoliao, whose mind was still muddled, initially thought he was talking to her. But then a lazy voice suddenly came from behind: “I saw…”
The red-haired boy quickly walked up to Yang Qingzhou, reluctantly and awkwardly calling out: “Brother.”
Shi Liaoliao was stunned.
What?
She glanced at Yang Qingzhou, who was sturdy like a gorilla, then at the handsome-looking boy (aside from his hairstyle), feeling surprised.
【I can’t imagine they came from the same womb】
Lu Yanzhou thought, of course you can’t imagine, because they didn’t come from the same womb.
This group seemed to know the red-haired boy, greeting him one after another.
“Qingcheng dyed his hair?”
“Are your classes manageable?”
The usually defiant boy unexpectedly behaved obediently, answering each question as it was asked.
Looking at Shi Liaoliao, Yang Qingzhou couldn’t help asking: “How did you two end up together?”
This time, Shi Liaoliao answered first: “We met by chance, we’re in the same class.”
The red-haired boy gave her a meaningful look but didn’t expose her.
Lu Yanzhou noticed their exchange, his expression shifting slightly.
“It’s almost time for class.”
He then started walking forward. As he passed Shi Liaoliao, he suddenly reached out and pinched her cheek.
The action was so quick no one saw it, like a sudden prank.
Shi Liaoliao stood there, belatedly turning to look back. Lu Yanzhou was smiling politely, talking to those around him, exuding the aura of an elite youth—as if a ghost had just pinched Shi Liaoliao.
“He pinched the spot I touched earlier.”
The red-haired boy, the only eyewitness, walked over and said to Shi Liaoliao in an ambiguous tone.
Shi Liaoliao was startled, looking up at him.
The red-haired boy looked back, threateningly grinning to reveal his small sharp teeth: “I’m Yang Qingcheng. Don’t secretly call me ‘red-haired’ or other nicknames.”
Shi Liaoliao: So obvious?
“Are you and Young Master Yang biological brothers?”
She couldn’t help but speak up.
“My parents died in a car accident when I was little, and the Yang family adopted me, so my surname is Yang.”
Like reciting lines from a script, the boy spoke rapidly with obvious impatience, clearly having explained this many times before. It seemed that if anyone asked one more question, his fist would fly.
This made Shi Liaoliao feel it wasn’t appropriate to even say “My condolences.”
Yang Qingcheng didn’t need any sympathy and simply asked, “What’s your relationship with Lu Yanzhou?”
Shi Liaoliao had noticed earlier that he greeted everyone except Lu Yanzhou, as if they didn’t get along.
“A master-servant relationship.”
“Just like the saying goes, behind every successful man—”
Yang Qingcheng chimed in, “There’s a manservant?”
“There’s a spine.”
Shi Liaoliao gave him a strange look. “Didn’t you take biology class?”
Yang Qingcheng chose to shut up.
He must have been really bored to be bribed by a breakfast and follow Shi Liaoliao here to stir up trouble.
Shi Liaoliao’s character wasn’t particularly talkative either. The two of them, who seemed like they had nothing in common, walked side by side to class under everyone’s incredulous gazes.
One was a known subordinate publicly defended by Lu Yanzhou, and the other was a weirdo from the Yang family assigned to the F district.
These two suddenly walking together…
Actually, maybe it wasn’t that strange?
Gu Xuezhao had arrived early, completely ignoring Shi Liaoliao and sitting far away, lost in thought, staring blankly.
Shi Liaoliao had more important things on her mind and couldn’t be bothered with her.
[What did Lu Yanzhou mean earlier? Could he really have developed some inappropriate feelings for me?]
Remembering the feeling of his fingers touching her cheek, Shi Liaoliao grew restless. And then Yang Qingcheng had asked such a bizarre question.
Glancing at Gu Xuezhao, who clearly had no intention of paying attention in class and wasn’t afraid of repeating a grade, Shi Liaoliao thought she couldn’t let this continue.
She needed to find the right opportunity to hint to Lu Yanzhou and subtly indicate that she liked girls.
Joking aside, if one day Lu Yanzhou got drunk and tried some forced love scenario, wouldn’t she be done for as soon as her pants came off?
After afternoon classes ended, when she picked up Lu Yanzhou, the young master propped his chin on one hand and said casually, “You seem distracted today.”
Shi Liaoliao’s back suddenly stiffened.
“Not really…”
[Oh no, is it that obvious?]
Lu Yanzhou thought something must have happened.
Was she being bullied?
Although most people feared the Lu family, there might be a few reckless ones who saw Shi Liaoliao as weak and got ideas.
“Young Master, actually…”
Shi Liaoliao nervously rubbed the steering wheel. After an internal struggle, she finally spoke under Lu Yanzhou’s patient gaze—
“Have you noticed that Gu Xuezhao seems…” seems like a girl?
The unexpected name made Lu Yanzhou raise an eyebrow slightly.
He asked with some amusement, “Him? Are you saying he seems interested in me?”
Shi Liaoliao nearly let go of the steering wheel in surprise. “You know?”
So do you know she’s a girl?
Seeing the little manservant react so strongly, Lu Yanzhou thought she must be feeling uneasy.
“You don’t need to worry about it. After all, this is an all-boys school.”
Shi Liaoliao pressed on, “Then what’s your opinion on the matter?”
Meeting her nervous gaze, Lu Yanzhou suddenly found it rather amusing.
Was it because he feared liking Gu Xuezhao that he had been out of sorts all day today?
“I have no interest in him.”
Lu Yanzhou stated firmly.