Chapter 47: Like

After being lectured by the class teacher for half an hour, Hao Ying was a bit downhearted, but Qiao Lan approached him and said he wanted to talk to him, and Hao Ying's mood was instantly lifted again.

From the moment he joined the class, he was not liked by the class teacher and he was often lectured, which he got used to.

Qiao Lan and Hao Ying walked together, causing many people to turn around and look at them again. Hao Ying was in a good mood and greeted a few students she knew.

Qiao Lan turns around and Hao Ying asks if she likes it, but the expression on her face is as sure as if Qiao Lan must like it.

Qiao Lan stood still and turned around, keeping a distance of more than one meter from Hao Ying before looking at her and saying, "I'll transfer the money for the flowers to you by WeChat later."

Hao Ying now curbed her smile, "Why does this say... don't you like it?"

"I don't like it", Qiao Lan was in a bad mood, but in the end she was still a good friend, Qiao Lan still gave Hao Ying some face and didn't choose to say it directly in the class, and now she said it quite subtle, "I prefer a set of three or five exercise books to flowers, I don't mean to ask I don't mean to ask you to send me exercise books, I mean I just want to study hard now and have no intention of falling in love."

Hao Ying looked at her and smiled, "I don't want to be together right now either, I just really like you and wanted to tell you, I didn't want to disturb you and interfere with your studies."

"But it's already disturbing", Qiao Lan said as she crossed Hao Ying's shoulder and saw the curious students going back and forth, "Since last week until today, my WeChat hasn't stopped, and every day there are students at the dormitory door asking me if I'm in a relationship with you. Soon to be the monthly exams, was called by the class teacher for questioning, to set aside time specifically to speak clearly about these issues."

Hao Ying was stunned in place, most likely because he had never thought of these questions.

He was so popular that from the time he was a child until now, there were very few people who didn't like him, especially the opposite sex, and there were too many girls at school who felt very proud of themselves for having known him, not to mention the kind he had explicitly shown affection for.

There is a popular saying on the internet that these days, those who are good looking are called flirting with girls, while those who are not so good looking are called harassing. After he sent flowers to Qiao Lan, his friend, who was close to him, sighed that although she had no interest in Hao Ying, she would feel dignified if Hao Ying sent her flowers in such a high profile manner.

As a result, Qiao Lan didn't feel the so-called glory at all, only the trouble.

Hao Ying had never chased a girl of Qiao Lan's calibre, nor were there any girls around her who studied so well, and only then did she realize that she didn't know Qiao Lan very well.

It's true that they don't understand Qiao Lan's family, her situation and what she will face if she doesn't study hard. In other words, Hao Ying and Qiao Lan are not from the same world. Hao Ying can play around and get through her senior year, but Qiao Lan cannot.

Even if Qiao Lan didn't say so directly, Hao Ying now understood that Qiao Lan didn't like and disliked the romantic way of confession that so many people, including him, felt.

Qiao Lan took out her phone and looked at the time, there were still three minutes left in class, so she decided to say it all at once, "I can't think of any hints I've given you before that have given you the illusion that I like you, but it could be that you're too popular and have this illusion, but I still want to say it clearly so as not to cause any further misunderstanding, Hao Ying, I have no interest in you. I have no interest in you."

Hao Ying is now confused.

After Qiao Lan had made her words clear, she wasted no more time and left Hao Ying, who was still a bit dazed, to go straight back to class.

Xiang Xiaohan looked at Qiao Lan and then at Hao Ying who had not yet returned and asked Qiao Lan curiously, " Qiao Lan, where is Hao Ying, why are you two not back together?"

"Why are we both coming back together?"

Xiang Xiaohan was speechless and subconsciously looked at Tan Mo.

Tan Mo was silent, handing Qiao Lan the prepared nutrient solution as usual, and although he remained expressionless and said nothing, his eyes only fell on Qiao Lan.

Xiang Xiaohan felt uncomfortable all of a sudden.

Qiao Lan already has a schoolboy like Hao Ying in her life, and even if she's not together, she's definitely having an affair, but she's still rightfully taking advantage of Tan Mo.

It's true that people are forgiven for being good-looking, no matter what they do.

I couldn't resist glancing at Tan Mo's face again.

Why does Tan Mo still treat Qiao Lan so well?

The more Xiang Xiaohan thought about it, the more frustrated he became, and when Hao Ying finally returned, Xiang Xiaohan felt he had figured it out.

Hao Ying is not a guy that Qiao Lan can hang on to whenever she wants to.

Xiang Xiaohan was waiting for a good show, but when it came, it was completely unexpected.

Although no one knows exactly what Qiao Lan and Hao Ying said that day, anyone with eyes could see the change between Hao Ying and Qiao Lan.

Hao Ying would still come to Qiao Lan with questions, but Qiao Lan would no longer give Hao Ying questions, she always had various reasons for refusing.

Qiao Lan almost has it written all over her face that I want to stay away from Hao Ying.

If Hao Ying's high-profile confession to Qiao Lan was shocking enough for everyone, Qiao Lan's outright rejection of Hao Ying was even more shocking.

To paraphrase the usual phrase used by everyone.

That's Hao Ying!

A girl actually turned down Hao Ying!

Any student who follows school gossip has been talking about this for the past two days, why did Qiao Lan reject Hao Ying?

Some say it's because Hao Ying's confession was so bad that it was like forcing Qiao Lan to say yes, and it's a good thing Qiao Lan didn't turn on him.

But no sooner had this statement come out than it was called back by an overwhelming chorus of objections.

It's true that other people do it to make it look cheap, but Hao Ying doesn't do it at all, okay?

"Even if I have someone I like, if Hao Ying chases me like this one day, it's not too much of a surprise, so don't look too good!"

So why exactly did Qiao Lan reject Hao Ying?

"Hao Ying does have a good family and is very handsome, but there's no rule that everyone has to like him."

"I think it's normal that Qiao Lan doesn't like Hao Ying. It's not like Qiao Lan is just pretty, she's a student, Hao Ying is a student, Qiao Lan probably doesn't want to fall in love, she just wants to study."

"We were in the same class as Qiao Lan in senior year, I'll tell you a secret, Qiao Lan chased Chen Yaoyang, so why did she reject Hao Ying, you know?"

Once this rumour was out, it seemed like everything could be explained in an instant.

Although Hao Ying is handsome and popular, Chen Yaoyang is no worse than Hao Ying, except for her star face, and she is a superb student, at least on the same mental level as Qiao Lan.

Class 18 has been at the centre of public opinion for the past two days, with one Qiao Lan and one Hao Ying already in the limelight, but then Chen Yaoyang, another popular figure, was added to the mix.

Hao Ying has seen Chen Yaoyang look even worse in the past two days.

Chen Yaoyang thought about how Qiao Lan had treated her throughout the whole year and month of her sophomore year, and glanced over at Qiao Lan as if she had thought of something.

I just want to give Hao Ying two words.

Douchebag.

Although Qiao Lan is still living a life of being pointed at and surrounded by people on a daily basis, not being misunderstood by everyone has made her feel much better, especially after the first monthly exam afterwards, when Qiao Lan retained her second place in her year.

However, Tan Mo was not able to beat Qiao Lan by too many points this time, because from the second year onwards, the three science subjects are no longer the 150 points of the first year, but the 100 points, so the difference in points is much smaller than before.

Not only did the essay run off the mark, but even the reading comprehension score was a little low.

The reason is simple, because this time the reading comprehension and the essay, both of which are emotionally oriented.

Tan Mo's expression is very good, if not better than average. He has a huge vocabulary, is very logical and writes essays that, to Qiao Lan, look more like a tightly written essay, which at first glance can give one a sense of self-imposed sophistication.

If the essay topic is fixed and the writing is objective, Tan Mo's essay will get almost full marks, whereas if it is emotionally oriented, Tan Mo's essay will nine times out of ten be off-topic and will get almost half marks every time.

Qiao Lan was very patient, just like she did at home with Tan Mo, and she carefully explained each paragraph to Tan Mo.

Qiao Lan doesn't want to be seen speaking the language to Tan Mo because it doesn't seem like it needs to be spoken at all. She doesn't want people to find out that Tan Mo is emotionally retarded in this area, and her heart goes out to Tan Mo for being emotionally deficient because of her AS, but that doesn't mean that other people will be the same as her when they find out.

Qiao Lan lowered her voice so that Tan Mo could hear her clearly, and got very close to Tan Mo, she pointed out a paragraph to ask Tan Mo about the feelings she wanted to express in this paragraph.

Tan Mo stiffened suddenly, stiffening for a moment before abruptly moving his hand away.

Qiao Lan froze.

She had known Tan Mo for a long time and had even given Tan Mo massages. Tan Mo was familiar with his touch, but lately Tan Mo seemed to be afraid of touching her physically.

This is not the first time that this situation has arisen today.

Qiao Lan paused for a long time with her pen in her hand, but finally couldn't resist asking Tan Mo, " Tan Mo, what's wrong with you lately?"

Tan Mo's pretty light brown eyes seemed to tremble slightly, but Qiao Lan didn't notice, and Tan Mo lowered his eyelashes and said, "It's okay."

Tan Mo sat motionless in his chair until the end of the second period, when Qiao Lan went off to do exercises, looking at the handwriting on the paper that Qiao Lan had patiently written down.

When someone came into the classroom, Tan Mo didn't care, as two students were left to clean up every day during exercises, but when he looked up he saw Xiang Xiaohan.

Xiang Xiaohan took the seat in front of Tan Mo and spoke out of the blue before Tan Mo could tell her to get lost.

"Tan Mo, you like Qiao Lan, right?"

It was as if someone had clutched his heart for a moment and Tan Mo couldn't say a word.