Chapter Thirty-One: Piercing Through

  The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and Wang Xuebing was also clever. He immediately cleared his throat, disrupting the girls who were in a daze at this moment. "Hehe, I see, Xue Yang's friend is really nice, with a very easy-going personality!"

  He thought to himself, so that's how it is. His previous apprehension towards Su Can had vanished into thin air. Whatever happens, happens, he didn't worry too much about it. It was like when you're on a date with your girlfriend, would you be worried that some scavenger by the roadside would snatch her away from you?

  This unequal gap has already explained the problem.

  Suddenly, Wang Xuebing became affectionate with Su Can, and sometimes this kind of unguarded enthusiasm is the most hurtful.

  "Oh, is that a student from No. 3 Middle School?..." Li Aipi said with a forced smile, adding at the end, "No wonder they played cards so well!"

  At once Su Can's status was reduced to a very low level. The difference between elegance and vulgarity is indeed determined by one's status.

  Li Ai secretly added fuel to the fire, and the expressions of the other girls changed as they looked at Su Can.

  Xue Yi Yang and Liu Rui were at a loss for what to do. He had originally planned to cover up the fact that Su Can was a student of Municipal Third Middle School, after all, he knew that in this circle, there were some pragmatic and self-interested people who would look down on someone from a lower-ranking school with colored glasses. Although he usually looked down on Su Can's grades and his school, it was limited to himself personally; if so many people looked down on Su Can because of this, he wouldn't be happy about it either.

  Who would have thought that Su Can would take the initiative to introduce himself, and Xue Yi Yang's heart sank, feeling a bit uncomfortable. However, looking at Su Can again, he seemed completely at ease, as if he didn't care about being a student from Municipal Third Middle School and not fitting in with them from First Middle School. Instead, he felt more at peace inside.

  Su Chan only found that Chen Ling Shan's originally bright eyes suddenly turned grayish and dimmed. Her gaze towards him was also not as frequent as before.

  Chen Lingshan's disappointment was inevitable, not because the students of the Third Middle School were so bad, nor did they necessarily kill people and set fires. But when it came to reputation, there was a big difference between this school and Municipal No. 1 Middle School. Chen Lingshan had a bit of vanity, and several good friends around her who were all praising Su Can's words, while the boy secretly admired herself. If she said she didn't feel superior at all, that would be fake. The boy's mysteriousness, his speech and behavior, his smile and frown, all made up the reasons why he was so attractive now.

  However, when a person's mysteriousness is stripped away, their identity originally had a kind of path leading to endless guessing and speculation, but suddenly becomes clear and realistic. This definition of expectation and longing for them instantly becomes blurred.

  "Su Chan... Su Chan..." A slightly chubby girl with glasses muttered to herself, as if suddenly remembering something, "Ah, isn't your mom working at Xia Hai Trading Company? With the surname Zeng?"

  This sentence caught Chen Lingshan's attention, she perked up her pointed ears and looked at Su Can.

  "Yes."

  "Hey, my mom also works there, that's why your name sounds so familiar! Aunt Zeng and my mom used to be in the same finance department, my mom is called Huang, they both call her Director Huang!" The chubby girl said excitedly, looking at Su Can with eyes full of interest, with a hint of flirtation, while also nudging Chen Ling with her elbow, "Ling, Su Can's mom is also in your dad's company! Hehe, what a coincidence!"

  Li Ai, Zhang Xi, Wang Xing and Sun Zi Yi's faces smiled even more, no matter what, a mother who is still working in someone else's company, her family is from a wealthy background, this starting point makes her stand seem precarious.

  Someone even directly mentioned, "Oh, his mom is an employee of Ling Shan's dad's company!"

  It is unknown whether this sentence has any other meaning, but Chen Ling's facial expression became complicated.

  It's very dangerous to deceive a beauty, because once you're exposed, everything you've done to her, whether it's coveting, plotting or being kind-hearted, will only bring crushing disappointment!

  Su Can didn't intend to deceive Chen Ling Shan at first, but rather Chen Ling Shan willingly took him as another person. However, Su Can couldn't explain everything from the beginning and make things right with her, even though he had already seen the bad signs.

  Chen Lingshan's eyebrows furrowed, apparently as Su Can's identity, a father who had once discussed business with her dad, it was impossible for his mother to work in his dad's company.

  Chen Lingshan is a beauty, and beauties also have times of memory confusion. Of course, beauties are not stupid flower vases, they also have the ability to sort out and clarify things in the midst of memory confusion, especially when it's necessary for her to quickly clear up past memories now.

  Su Can felt that time was no longer important now, Chen Lingshan's thinking required time, and the degree of enthusiasm around people also cooled down rapidly during Chen Lingshan's memory sorting.

  Su Can finally understood the pressure that this circle represented, and knew why many people couldn't even continue studying in this school. Maybe there wasn't violence every day, but just the gaze and gossip of the people around could easily destroy a person's life.

  Although Su Can has a heart that is not affected by the venom of the old oil slick, he still feels overwhelmed by the current situation. The crowd's gaze turns cold, and even a few people who are more familiar with him look at him awkwardly, as if they were good friends who could die together, but because of his lies, they also feel embarrassed for him.

  The chubby girl still wanted to break the awkwardness of this moment, and said, "Uh, I remember my mom saying that you guys used to live in their financial room back then?"

  The fat girl's mother complained that the company allocated a financial room for their family of three as a snail nest, which would affect bad things, and was naturally heard by her.

  This sentence became a timely clue for Chen Ling-shan to recall her memory.

  At that moment, the hazy summer day, the Posimia cake skirt, the girl with a headscarf and long hair flowing to her shoulders, even the gray-toned painting in front of her, a boy wearing dirty clothes, an excited little dog, all superimposed on each other, even the smile of that dirty boy in memory can overlap with Su Can in front of him, like two overexposed negatives.

  It's as if Su Can would subconsciously forget the scene of his family crying and holding their heads in despair after losing the middle school entrance exam, Chen Ling Shan would also subconsciously forget being beaten by her father when she was young, the piggy bank for saving money being smashed into pieces, her favorite doll being torn apart by the washing machine, or something like a beautiful afternoon being ruined by a dirty admirer with his dog.

  But as soon as I remembered it, it was like biting into an apple and finding half a worm left inside, and suddenly my mood wasn't good anymore.

  "Are you... the one who lives in the company dormitory?" she said subconsciously, Chen Lingxuan may not remember what the boy who lived in the company's basement looked like back then, but hearing her father express dissatisfaction with this family many times, combining it, she could roughly associate Su Can.

  Su Can smiled bitterly and nodded, the thing he least wanted to happen had still happened after all.

  "Oh." Without much language, Chen Lingshan replied with an unperturbed expression and turned her head away.

  This sentence may be unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Li Ai and Zhang Xi couldn't help but laugh, thinking it was that background awesome guy, but it turned out that at home he was just a small role in Chen Lingshan's company, and he really could pretend to be one of them, fooling all of them.

  Some people whispered in private circles, "It turns out that Jia is from Ling Shan Company..."

  The white horse prince or the black horse prince may never have appeared in this world, and Su Can's veil was torn open, exposing him nakedly to the gaze of a group of people. Xue Yi Yang and Liu Rui regretted that they were like two fools, but they couldn't offer any help to Su Can.

  Zhang Xi, Li Ai, Sun Zi Yi and Wang Xing looked towards the entrance of the barbecue plaza, their faces turning serious.

  A group of four or five men, all with different shapes and colors, roughly the same age, but with a more prominent temperament, walked in. The leader was wearing a black silk vest, tight-fitting Versace jeans, and had a handsome face. He looked at the person next to him and said, "If you don't want to come in, just wait for me by the door."

  These people usually have a high self-esteem, and without the kindness of this young man in front of them, they didn't plan to interact with the crowd in this barbecue square. Upon hearing what the boy said, they simply stood outside the door.

  As soon as he entered, the young and handsome man immediately saw Zhang Xi and others, haha smiled and greeted them.

  Zhang Xi and several others smiled and welcomed him.

  A young man patted Zhang Xi's shoulder in a very friendly manner, which made him feel even more honored. The person in front of him was unusually affable. Zhang Xi and Li Ai knew that the people standing outside were mostly self-important and didn't want to have anything to do with them. They didn't think it was an issue, after all, the other party's status was evident. "Zhang Shao, is this a class reunion? It looks like a lot of fun! I'm playing with friends nearby today, and you just sent me a text message. What a coincidence that you're also here, so I came over to take a look at you. There are many people, let's have some fun today, it's on me."

  The barbecue square was suddenly in an uproar, with everyone shocked. This handsome boy wearing a black shirt seemed to have descended like a prince, and with a wave of his hand, he paid for all their bills, making everyone feel that they had seen the so-called "prince" today. In comparison, Su Can was like a fleeting moment, a small figure.

  Zhang Xi and Li Ai were overjoyed, feeling even more proud, thinking that today they had opened everyone's eyes to see what a real wealthy family's son was like.

  The young man who had originally planned to just come over and say hello as a personal favor was about to bid farewell and leave when he inadvertently caught sight of several acquaintances at the barbecue plaza.

  They were waiting for the man to bid farewell and make some polite conversation, but instead of leaving, he walked straight up to their table, stretched out his hand to Su Can, and said, "You've been fooling me so badly, how come I couldn't find you no matter how long I waited?"

  After finishing, seeing Su Can, Liu Rui, Xue Yi Yang's face was dull, thinking that the three had forgotten him. He jokingly added a sentence, "I am Wang Weiwei, the one you scolded!"

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