There’re Always Paranoid Thoughts to Monopolize Me - Chapter 70.2

The homeroom teacher, Song Qisheng, was standing by the hall door. Seeing Qin Ke and Gu Xinqing walking over with their arms linked, a smile appeared on his face, “Qin Ke.”

“Teacher Song, long time no see.” Qin Ke politely greeted Song Qisheng.

“I only knew you were back when I heard Gu Xinqing on the phone with you,” Song Qisheng asked with a smile.. “The coursework at A University Affiliated High School must be very intense, how did you find time to come back?”

Qin Ke.. “I came back to the school to handle some paperwork.”

“I see.” Song Qisheng didn’t pursue the matter further, “Well, don’t just stand at the door, come in and say hello to everyone.”

“Alright.”

So Song Qisheng walked in front, with Gu Xinqing pulling Qin Ke behind.

The private room was set with many tables, and familiar or unfamiliar faces all turned to look as the voices in the hall gradually quieted down.

Song Qisheng stopped and gestured behind him, “This is Qin Ke from the current second year of high school, you know her, right?”

“How could we not know her!”

From a table far away, a boy stirred up excitement—

“She’s the former school beauty of our Qiande High School!”

Song Qisheng swept his gaze over, “What, now that you’ve graduated from high school, you think I can’t manage you anymore?”

Everyone could hear the joking tone in Song Qisheng’s words, so no one took it seriously, and they all burst into laughter.

Meanwhile, Gu Xinqing led Qin Ke to her table.

A chair was specially brought for Qin Ke, along with an extra set of bowls and chopsticks, but Qin Ke still remembered that Huo Jun was waiting for her in the parking lot, so she didn’t touch the chopsticks.

“No need to trouble yourselves, I’ve already had lunch.”

The students at the table were all from the previous second-year elite class with Qin Ke. At first, there was a bit of unfamiliarity and distance, but with Gu Xinqing warming up the atmosphere, everyone became lively after a short while.

The classmates curiously asked Qin Ke about things in the Sijiu City, and Qin Ke patiently answered one by one.

After an unknown amount of time, Song Qisheng seemed to have left the table to answer a phone call. The private room was left with only this group of first, second, and third-year elite class students, and the noise became even more boisterous.

Qin Ke had originally just come up to greet Song Qisheng and say hello, and to see Gu Xinqing in passing. Seeing that the time was about right, she slightly turned her head and whispered to Gu Xinqing.. “I have something else to do later, you guys continue to have fun. Didn’t you want to come to Sijiu City for summer vacation in a few days? We can chat privately then?”

“You’re leaving already?” Gu Xinqing asked disappointedly. But after asking, seeing the noisy atmosphere in the banquet hall, she also sighed, “But it’s indeed hard to chat with you here—Alright then, I’ll definitely come to Sijiu City to find you next week!”

“Mm.”

Qin Ke smiled with curved eyes and stood up.

Gu Xinqing.. “I’ll see you off.”

The two of them pulled out their chairs, but before they could take the first step, they suddenly heard a male voice from afar—

“Qin Ke, why are you leaving so soon after just arriving?”

“……”

Qin Ke paused, her gaze falling over.

Seeing clearly the boy who had spoken, a hint of confusion arose in Qin Ke’s eyes—she didn’t recognize this person, only managing to confirm based on her excellent memory that he should be a graduating student from this year’s senior class.

But she was certain that she and this person should have had no interaction, possibly not even having exchanged a single word—so Qin Ke was even more puzzled about where this person’s confidence came from, assuming that Qin Ke would definitely respond to him.

Just as Qin Ke was doubting herself, wondering if she had remembered incorrectly and they actually had interacted before, she heard Gu Xinqing whisper in her ear, not hiding the disgust in her tone at all.

“This is from this year’s senior class, called Fang Sicheng—it’s normal that you don’t remember him, he used to be quite low-key in school, quiet and all, but this year in the college entrance exam, he got the top score in science for the whole city—you should have seen him before you came, his tail was almost up in the sky, looking at himself so highly. When he talks to girls, it’s like an emperor selecting concubines—pooh.”

“……”

Hearing Gu Xinqing say this, Qin Ke couldn’t help but smile.

If even the easy-going Gu Xinqing disliked him this much, then even without seeing Fang Sicheng’s previous behavior, combined with these two sentences just now, she could guess how he was acting like a nouveau riche.

Thinking this, Qin Ke only smiled slightly on the surface, not wanting to pay attention to him.

However, seemingly seeing Qin Ke’s intention, that boy stood up from the table and quickly walked over.

“Junior, don’t be so unfriendly… Sit down and have a drink together, and I can pass on some study experiences to you all.” Fang Sicheng deliberately paused, “Oh right, junior, you’re not at Qiande High School anymore, so you probably don’t know, I’m this year’s top scorer in the college entrance exam at Qian City.”

After saying this, Fang Sicheng unconsciously puffed out his chest and raised his head, waiting for Qin Ke to praise or express amazement.

However, what he didn’t expect was that after hearing this, Qin Ke’s expression didn’t change at all.

“I’ve heard, congratulations senior. But I’m sorry, I’m not of legal drinking age yet, so I can’t drink alcohol.” After saying this, she turned her face towards Gu Xinqing, “So if there’s nothing else, we’ll just…”

“Hey—Junior Qin, what’s the rush!”

Fang Sicheng’s hand directly grabbed onto Qin Ke’s wrist.

Qin Ke’s face immediately turned cold, and she swiftly pulled her arm back, looking at him with a cold gaze.

Fang Sicheng was intimidated by Qin Ke’s look and unconsciously took half a step back. After coming to his senses, he couldn’t help feeling embarrassed and angry—

“You, as a junior, can’t even take a joke?”

As his voice raised, the banquet hall quieted down, and everyone’s eyes turned towards them.

Qin Ke was not intimidated at all and met their gazes.

“Senior, I think you should understand a principle—jokes are made between friends, and only when both parties find it funny can it be called a joke—it’s not an excuse for you to casually cover up rudeness and offense!”

“You……”

Fang Sicheng’s face turned red and white from Qin Ke’s accusation, but he couldn’t refute. After a long while, he finally found his voice and withdrew his hand with a cold laugh.

“I just wanted to make friends with you, do you need to be so sensitive?”

Qin Ke laughed lightly, but her eyes were cold.

“I don’t make friends with just anyone.”

After saying this, Qin Ke turned to leave—she didn’t pull Gu Xinqing along, worried that if she left with Gu Xinqing now, it would only cause this arrogant boy to vent his anger on her friend later.

However, Fang Sicheng had no intention of letting her leave just like that.

“I can’t be your friend? Then who do you make friends with?” Fang Sicheng’s face turned red, but he forced himself to squeeze out a laugh, “With a little punk like Huo Jun?”

“—!”

Qin Ke’s figure suddenly stopped.

And the other people in the small banquet hall, upon hearing this name, almost all had various and fascinating expressions.

But there was also a part that was a bit confused.

These were the first-year elite class of this year—when they entered the school, not to mention Huo Jun from the previous senior class, even Qin Ke had already transferred to A University Affiliated High School in Sijiu City.

While Huo Jun’s reputation had always been present in the school, they had never seen him in person, only heard about this senior’s fierceness and hot temper, but no one knew he had any relationship with Qin Ke.

Fang Sicheng naturally knew this situation.

So after he finished speaking, he turned towards the banquet hall and said with a cold laugh.. “The first-year kids probably don’t know, right? That famous Senior Huo Jun from Qiande High School, back then, for the sake of our Junior Qin Ke, in a fit of anger for his beauty, almost threw a boy directly from the fifth floor of the teaching building.”

He turned back with a laugh, his eyes jealous and distorted.

“Tsk tsk… How cool, but where is he now? Juvenile detention? Oh no, he’s an adult now, so he should be eating government food in some prison, right?”

Hearing him belittle Huo Jun like this, Qin Ke finally couldn’t bear it anymore.

She suddenly turned around, took two steps forward, and in front of all the students, amidst gasps, she grabbed the boy’s collar tightly—

“Apologize!”

Fang Sicheng was stunned.

He had always been a bookworm type in school before, with no strength to truss a chicken, as the saying goes. Now, having his collar grabbed, he was almost frightened by the girl’s look and aura.

After several seconds, he finally came to his senses, reaching out to pull back his collar, his face ugly as he said..

“Apologize for what? Isn’t what I said the truth?”

In front of so many classmates and juniors, having lost face to Qin Ke several times, he was almost hysterical with embarrassment and anger—

“Why don’t you ask the second and third-year students here, who doesn’t know what kind of person Huo Jun is! Back then in school, he was lawless—How about it, now that he’s graduated from high school, has society taught him how to behave! Can he still act so arrogantly now!?”

“……”

Qin Ke was furious, almost squeezing out each word through her teeth..

“You didn’t dare to say these words in front of Huo Jun back then, and now you’re gossiping behind his back—Fang Sicheng, right? You’ve only gotten the top score in the city, who do you think you are!?”

“……”

Fang Sicheng’s face changed colors several times before he finally let out a cold laugh.

“Who says I don’t dare? Back then, I just didn’t want to associate with people like them. Even if Huo Jun were in front of me today, I would still—”

“Hmm, who’s calling me?”

A familiar voice suddenly came from outside the banquet hall.

Everyone held their breath and looked over.

A young man with a familiar, handsome appearance leaned against the hall door, looking down with a half-smile.

He curved his lips—

“Something wrong?”