“Vice President.” Shen Zhenzhen immediately fell silent.
In the original novel, Sang Yuan didn’t pay much attention to Su Xiaomo. Moreover, her family was in the gangster business, so the members of the drama club were all quite afraid of her. That’s why Shen Zhenzhen shut her mouth unusually fast.
“Four twenty-three. There are still seven minutes until four-thirty. You all arrived quite early, didn’t you? Are your classes over already?” Sang Yuan glanced at the time and casually found a seat.
Coincidentally, it was right next to Ting Wan.
“Class ends at four-fifteen. It must have been difficult for you all to get here so early.” Sang Yuan leaned back, looking at the group, especially at Shen Zhenzhen, who had been shouting about being late.
That’s right. The last afternoon class at Liu City Girls’ Middle School ended at four-fifteen, and even at the fastest walking pace, it took nearly three minutes to get from the academic building to the small auditorium.
Recalling how this group had looked like they’d been here for a long time when she arrived, the originally listless Ting Wan lifted her eyelids.
Skipping class! So the universally adored female lead skips class, too.
Ting Wan’s gaze swept over Su Xiaomo. Then, as she retracted it, her eyes involuntarily swerved and met Sang Yuan’s.
After their eyes met, she gave Sang Yuan a sweet smile, which baffled the other girl—hadn’t this eldest daughter of the Su family always avoided her like the plague?
But Ting Wan had already turned her head back.
Sang Yuan’s words made the air freeze for a few seconds, but with Su Xiaomo present, it wouldn’t stay frozen for long.
“Sang Yuan, Elder Sister, since everyone’s here, let’s begin!” As if in an instant, Su Xiaomo’s spirits returned, her face beaming with a radiant smile. If she could, Ting Wan would have called it a smile with a built-in soft-focus filter.
“Yeah, yeah.”
The others chimed in with agreement.
However, Sang Yuan did not agree. “I’m not interested in a plot that’s a mix of Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet. I have things to do, so I won’t be participating.”
With that, she stood up and left, as if she had only come to check in.
No one dared to provoke Sang Yuan! If she wanted to leave, who would dare stop her?
Just like that, the group watched with wide eyes as the vice president left. Not even the club president dared to stop her.
Ting Wan was here to get close to the young lady. With her gone, what was the point? Without a second’s hesitation, she said:
“Little Sister, I can’t act either. If you hadn’t said you were scared and asked me to accompany you, I wouldn’t have joined the drama club. Don’t let me ruin your play all by myself. Today’s homework is really hard, so I’m leaving too!”
As her voice fell, she bolted, leaving a crowd of people who hadn’t yet snapped back to their senses.
“Elder Sister!” Su Xiaomo was the quickest to react. Her voice came out, and her eyes were already turning red.
But they weren’t truly close sisters with a deep bond. Ting Wan couldn’t care less. In fact, she ran even faster after hearing her voice.
The universally adored female lead naturally had her admirers to comfort her; a cannon fodder eldest sister like her wouldn’t get involved.
“Sang Yuan!”
Fortunately, although Sang Yuan had long legs, she wasn’t walking fast. Ting Wan managed to catch up to her at a jog.
“Do you need something from me?” Sang Yuan wasn’t familiar with Su Youning, but out of basic courtesy, she stopped and waited for Ting Wan to speak.
Ting Wan took a step forward, wanting to speak in a whisper.
However, seeing her suddenly approach, Sang Yuan instinctively took a step back.
As she retreated, Ting Wan advanced another step. One step forward, one step back, back and forth they went. Seeing that they were about to be pushed against the wall, Ting Wan reached out and executed an unsuccessful kabe-don.
“Su Youning, what are you doing?” If it weren’t for the fact that she was a delicate and frail-looking young lady, Sang Yuan would never have retreated step by step.
With nowhere left to retreat, it was now convenient to talk. Ting Wan stood on her tiptoes, leaned in as close as she could to Sang Yuan’s ear, and whispered, “I… want to join you.”
Sang Yuan didn’t understand what this pampered young lady, who usually acted like a mouse seeing a cat around her, wanted to join. Her first thought, considering her family was in the gangster business and hearing that the two daughters of the Su family had different mothers, with Su Xiaomo being the one spoiled to the heavens, was that she wanted to join a gang to seize the family fortune.
After all, there were precedents for such things in her family’s gang.
“You want to join the White Tiger Hall?”
Sang Yuan’s family gang was called the White Tiger Hall.
Damn it! She was trying to be profound, but the other person misunderstood.
“What I mean is, I want to join your organization.”
If there were a better way, she certainly wouldn’t have been so direct.
The main issue was that the Su family’s move to Hong City was not far off. She had to join the organization early to ensure she could go to Hong City with a shining red star and start doing meaningful things sooner.
Upon hearing this, Sang Yuan’s expression changed instantly.
Her family’s business was a gang. The only thing that could be called an “organization” was the Red Faction she had joined.
However, being someone who had seen her share of trouble, Sang Yuan’s expression quickly returned to normal. “What nonsense are you talking about? I have things to do, I’m going home.”
Would Ting Wan let her go? Of course not.
Given that her current body was that of a pampered young lady, Ting Wan could only hug Sang Yuan’s waist. “No, no, just let me join you. I know how to do makeup. I can make one person look like a completely different person. See, I found out you’re part of the organization, and I didn’t tell anyone. I just want to join. How sincere is that!”
Making one person look like another was a wicked art, known as makeup artistry.
As an outstanding intern who had rotated through various departments of the Interstellar Alliance, she still possessed some basic skills. Even if the cosmetics here weren’t very good, she could make her own.
Ting Wan’s voice wasn’t loud, just enough for Sang Yuan to hear.
Sang Yuan felt helpless about being shamelessly hugged by a delicate young lady; she was skeptical about this delicate young lady’s claim of being able to make one person look like another; but she was very concerned about the fact that this delicate young lady said she had long discovered she was part of the organization.
Were her actions that easy to spot?!
This was a school, not a place to talk. Using her height advantage, Sang Yuan peeled Ting Wan off her, put an arm around her waist, and started walking her out. “Come on, I’ll take you to my place.”
Ting Wan went along with her just like that.
As someone who had thoroughly read the novel, she knew some things about Sang Yuan and was confident she could join the organization. Therefore, she wasn’t the least bit afraid to go with Sang Yuan.
Perhaps as they walked, Sang Yuan felt that having an arm around her waist was like dragging Ting Wan along, so she switched to linking arms with her.
It was for no other reason than the fear that Ting Wan might run away.
The poor girl had never walked so intimately with anyone, arm in arm, in her entire life.
As they reached the main gate, someone called out to Ting Wan.
“Eldest Miss! Where is the Second Miss?”
It was their family’s chauffeur, who had driven them to school that morning.
It seemed that he was also in charge of picking them up today.
Ting Wan hooked her arm back around Sang Yuan’s and called out cheerfully to the chauffeur, “Little Sister has a drama club activity. Sang Yuan and I are going to the White Tiger Hall to hang out. If you wait a little longer, probably just an hour or so, Little Sister will be out!”