Actually, after representing the outstanding students with a speech on the podium, Zhu Yaya became quite famous from that event. At the time, her popularity even surpassed Shen Wandan's, and she received quite a few love letters. However, she had never been confessed to face-to-face like this before.
Zhu Yaya felt a little thrill inside, but when she saw who was confessing to her, she was utterly flabbergasted!
The person confessing to her was actually the male supporting character, Ling Yiming. His flowing long hair was tousled by the winter wind, and he wore a large red floral-patterned cotton-padded jacket—clearly from the Northeast. Gazing at Zhu Yaya with deep affection, he said, "I, Ling Yiming, have fallen in love with you. Will you be my girlfriend?"
Zhu Yaya: ...
Hello? Is this the police? There's a creep harassing me! Please, someone save this child!
However, Ling Yiming, who was infatuated with Xu Chun, would actually confess to a bystander like her, whose name didn't even appear in the original story—something was obviously off.
She heard the sound of girls screaming and sour, jealous remarks not far away.
Zhu Yaya: Wait, she seemed to understand something.
She rolled her eyes upward: "Come on, since you like me, please tell me my name."
Ling Yiming stammered: "Uh, Fang Jie? Bai Xiaoxiao? Oh~, I know, you're called Zhu Yingtian! I love you, Zhu Yingtian!"
Zhu Yaya: Heh heh heh.
She slapped his hand off her shoulder hard: "Get lost! You don't even know my name, and you dare say you like me!"
Ling Yiming's face showed panic. He hurriedly blocked Zhu Yaya, who was trying to leave, and explained: "Actually, I fell in love with you at first sight just now!"
Zhu Yaya: Heh heh heh.
Do you think I'm stupid?
Murong Beichen and Xu Chun stood side by side.
A look of surprise was on Xu Chun's stubborn little face: "Ling Yiming, so you like Zhu Yaya!"
Zhu Yaya: No, he likes you! (Waves goodbye manually) Wait, Xu Chun remembered her name!
Hearing this, Ling Yiming gave an oily wink: "So, your name is Zhu Yaya! Yaya~, Yaya, your name is so beautiful! Say yes, okay? My sweet little darling."
Zhu Yaya almost threw up her breakfast. Then, she felt numerous jealous gazes instantly land on her.
Zhu Yaya: Hey! You're jealous of the wrong person!
"Sakura, sakura, aishiteru yo, iya da kimi ni i masu gu..."
Hearing the familiar melody of the Japanese song "Sakura Sakura, I Want to See You" again, Zhu Yaya could guess who was coming just by wiggling her toes. What was going on today? The male lead, female lead, male supporting character, and female supporting character were all here. She nervously hugged the fruit box in her hands. Was there another mission?
Today, Shen Wandan, draped in a pink furry cape coat, lifted her noble chin and walked through a shower of cherry blossoms diligently created by a security guard.
Zhu Yaya heard the howls of all the boys in the class. Li Hao—whom she had taught her methods for pursuing girls—was no exception, but his conspicuous behavior was soon swallowed up by the other frenzied boys.
When Shen Wandan saw Zhu Yaya, she gave another disdainful laugh: "Ling Yiming, are you blind too? You've actually taken a fancy to such a plain, low-class nobody. She's only with you for your money!" As she spoke, her eyes, intentionally or not, flickered toward Xu Chun, who was not far away.
Zhu Yaya thought to herself, as if she'd even want Ling Yiming? She wouldn't take him even if he paid her!
Ling Yiming put on a serious face: "Shen Purple Butterfly Wandan, please don't slander the pure feelings between us."
Zhu Yaya was full of question marks: Bro, when did we ever have feelings? She didn't know about that!
Shen Wandan was so angry she elegantly rolled her eyes: "How many times do I have to say it! Today, my name is Shen Yu Han Ling Xue Li Chi Mei An Ta Li Ya Shang Meng Xun Wandan!"
Ling Yiming struggled to say it: "Shen Yu Han Ling Xue something, something Li Ya---"
Murong Beichen prompted from the side: "It's Shen Yu Han Ling Xue Li Chi Mei An Ta Li Ya Shang Meng Xun Wandan."
With Murong Beichen's help, Ling Yiming finally managed to say Shen Wandan's full name for the day.
Shen Wandan gave Ling Yiming a haughty, mocking smile, but when her gaze fell on Murong Beichen, she dropped the haughtiness and said in a girlish manner: "As expected, in this world, only Brother Chen can say my full name correctly."
Zhu Yaya: ... Don't tell me you fell for Murong Beichen just because he got your complicated name right!
Zhu Yaya glanced meaningfully in Li Hao's direction. Great, maybe Li Hao could finally get his wish and win over the girl of his dreams.
Buried in the crowd of boys, Li Hao sneezed violently and was pushed aside in disgust by the boy next to him.
Fortunately, Yan Heng, who had gone to find the homeroom teacher earlier, returned just in time. Otherwise, Zhu Yaya felt she would have gotten seriously ill again, messed up by Murong Beichen and the others.
Seeing the scene before him, a flash of ruthlessness passed through Yan Heng's eyes.
"Get lost!" He stepped forward, placing himself protectively in front of Zhu Yaya, separating her from Ling Yiming.
His tone was heavy, filled with restrained anger.
Seeing Yan Heng arrive, Zhu Yaya was finally freed from Ling Yiming's pestering and this whole farce.
Hiding behind Yan Heng, she peeked out and complained to him in a pitiful tone: "Brother Yan, it's him. He kept pestering me. He didn't even know my name, yet he said he liked me."
"He said he likes you?"
For some reason, Zhu Yaya felt Yan Heng's tone suddenly turned somewhat sinister.
"Yes! I suspect he was fooling me!" Zhu Yaya said discontentedly.
Yan Heng narrowed his eyes dangerously: "Ling Yiming?"
He stepped forward and grabbed Ling Yiming by the collar. Ling Yiming was already a bit shorter than him, and now he completely lost his nerve, trembling. Ling Yiming remembered the time he and Murong Beichen had tried to corner Yan Heng but had ended up getting beaten up instead.
Zhu Yaya whistled inwardly.
Ling Yiming pointed at Zhu Yaya, stammering: "N-no, I didn't confess to her! I don't even know her!"
Yan Heng snorted coldly, released his grip on the collar, and warned: "Stay away from her!"
Ling Yiming nodded frantically and scurried away in a panic.
Yan Heng's gaze swept over Shen Wandan. Shen Wandan's heart fluttered with panic, but to maintain her noble image, she merely snorted and left with her cherry blossom shower.
Xu Chun stood off to one side and tried her best to make herself as small as possible.
The farce that began with Ling Yiming's confession finally came to an end.
Although Zhu Yaya was a little disappointed at not unlocking a bystander mission, she still smiled and thanked Yan Heng.
"Where did you go earlier?" Because of that, she got played by Ling Yiming and caused misunderstandings with some female classmates. You should know, at Scott High School, Ling Yiming was also very popular among girls, not losing out to Murong Beichen in that aspect.
"Sorry. I went to find the homeroom teacher earlier," Yan Heng said calmly.
"Was there anything else?"
Yan Heng shook his head lightly: "Nothing much. I just wanted to talk to the homeroom teacher about the financial aid scholarship."
The financial aid scholarship was a grant provided free of charge by Scott High School for outstanding students from poor families.
Zhu Yaya felt somewhat relieved. Yan Heng had learned to seek help from others. This way, his burden would lighten.
Although Ling Yiming eventually retracted his statement under Yan Heng's threat, the rumor of his confession to Zhu Yaya had already spread far and wide.
