A Misunderstanding

As she was in a good mood, and had reaped a lot of benefits she didn't miss the opportunity to ask for more. "So, Zhang Zhengyang, in the future, when we have a celebration or anything, you have to take me out to have fun, ok?"

Zhang Zhengyang didn't want to argue with her so he nodded.

"Then I'll hold you by your word, you better fulfil your promises.

After her time spent in the prince manor was over, she was sent back to her world.

That day at school, her friend Shan Shan immediately came to look for her for gossip.

"Xing Xing, tell me, quickly tell me."

Zhao Xing stared at her as if she had lost her mind. "Why are you being, so jumpy? Tell you what exactly?"

Shan Shan nudged her, then leaned in to whisper to her ears, "How did it go with Jiang Chen yesterday?"

Jiang Chen...

"Oh you mean Chen Chen?"

At the mention of the nickname, Shan Shan felt her heart couldn't take it, this was too much to take. She knew her friend was a little dense, she didn't expect for things to escalate after only one day. This Jiang Chen was truly awesome!

She grinned from ear to ear. Jiang Chen was a quiet classmate of theirs, though he tried to make himself invisible, girls in the class noticed him because of his looks, but because he always seemed flustered when anyone talked to him, they soon lost interest on trying to approach him.

She was happy that this guy came to save her little friend here from her lonesome life. Her heart felt satisfied. Jiang Chen was Xing Xing's boyfriend was her good friend, in the future she'll see to this relationship's success.

Zhao Xing on the other hand only watched as her friend's face changed several times, puzzledly. She shrugged and went pass her to her seat to meet Lu Yang, on her way her eyes brushed through the class looking for Jiang Chen, her new found friend, but it seemed like he hadn't arrived yet.

He was busy reading a book he hid inside his locker. "Xiao Lu, yesterday you guys abandoned me, did you two go out for a date?"

The unexpected question made Lu Yang blush real hard as he remembered yesterday's incident. Seeing his expression Zhao Xing was pleasantly surprised. "Heh, Lu Yang, we're good friends, best buddies, you can't keep such information from me, alright"

But Lu Yang either too embarrassed or just being the person he was, coldly turned his head away without even saying a word.

"Eh? When did you start acting like that smiley face?"

Lu Yang:???

Both Lu Yang and Zhao Xing sat at the last row, just before the last table. This area was perfect for them, as the attenmtion of their classmates weren't on this corner of the classroom of course not, when all the pretty people sat the second row and at the front at that, who would look their way.

Lu Yang looked around, no one was really paying attention to them, Zhao Xing's face was full of eagerness, she really wanted to know. Even he felt that he couldn't keep it to himself, especially because he had questions to ask. He turned to face the window, refusing to stare at Zhao Xing's big round gossip hungry eyes.

"Say, if a girl comes and hold someone's arm, and ask for the person to go get ice cream together what does that mean?" It had taken all his courage to ask this question. But he was too eager for an answer.

Zhao Xing who sat next to him and had craned her neck just to hear him, was so surprised by the news. 'So they really went on a date? No way!'

She turned back to look for Shan Shan who was busy talking to some girls as she laughed happily. Zhao Xing really wanted to stand up and clap. "Classmate Lu Yang, your hard work has paid off"

Lu Yang slowly turned towards her, with eyes that asked for confirmation.

Zhao Xing who had been used to this friend of hers who communicated with expression more than words nodded in approval, she then took his hand to shake and congratulate him. "Lu Yang, now that you know the class flower likes you, you must take advantage of this alright?"

Lu Yang didn't know what to think, and dumbly nodded his head. He was even more embarrassed at his friend's actions.

Well that's how the huge misunderstanding concerning love interests began.

Class soon began and there was still no sign of Jiang Chen.

Zhao Xing thought it was strange. She hadn't taken notice of him in the past, but after their first encounter yesterday she wondered why he suddenly didn't show up today.

She turned to Lu Yang and whispered. "Hey Lu Yang, does Jiang Chen normally skip class?"

Lu Yang looked puzzled for a moment as he tried to recall which classmate she was talking about, he then turned to her and whispered back, "No, he's really punctual, never skipped a class."

"Oh..." She nodded. But something didn't feel right, and she felt a bit uneasy.

Before the next periode, Zhao Xing had already planned not to attend class, she hated math, as well as the math teacher, if there was a class she always skipped it would be this one. She felt the explanation weren't clear, and she would always have a headache, no matter how hard she tried to concentrate. Compared to sitting here and frying her brain, she'd be better of buying some snacks and enjoying them at the rooftop.

"I thought you were changing. Now's the time to fight the urge not to attend class, make some small progress everyday." Shan Shan advised.

"Next week, next week, I can't math today." Change was something progressive, she couldn't kill herself with math, she really couldn't.

"Let her be, there's no use" Lu Yang said, "Just don't show up in the class after this, the math teacher is sure to inform Mrs. Lin about your absence."

Tch, Mrs. Lin, their Chinese teacher liked her the most, who was that math teacher before her relationship with her dear Chinese teacher?

She didn't care and walked off, as if she was on her way to the bathroom, and quickly made her way to the rooftop, along with her backpack, where she stored all her snacks as well as the textbooks she was planning to work on.

As she sat on the ground about to open up her bag, she spotted someone sitting at the other side of the roof with his head buried in his arms. The figure looked familiar, for a moment there she had thought that someone had followed her.

That scared her. She patted her chest as she stood up and walked over. It turned out to be a student, as he wore a uniform, but student didn't budge even after clearly hearing her footsteps. She sat next to them, with her legs crossed, "Skipping class, huh?" She asked as she handed over a bag full of snacks their way.

Hearing Zhao Xing's voice the person raised his head abruptly.

When Zhao Xing saw the face of the student she was stunned, "Jiang Chen?"

"Xing...Xing..." Realising that the person was actually not only his classmate but Zhao Xing, Jiang Chen quickly hid his face.

Zhao Xing quickly abandoned her bags as she approached him, "What happened to your face?? You got into a fight?"

Jiang Chen felt extremely embarrassed, he quickly stood up, and was about to leave.

"Hey!" Zhao Xing called out to him in an irritated tone. "Once you walk out of here our friendship is considered over."

Her words made him halt, but after a moment he continued.

Zhao Xing didn't back down, she quickly ran towards him, and grabbed his leg, making him trip and fall. Zhao Xing got up, looking at her handy work with a smile on her face.

"You think you can run? Ha, it was your bad luck getting to be friends with me. You can hide whatever you want from me, but this, I must hear it even if I have to torture you into spitting it out."

Jiang Chen was still on the ground, feeling pain all over his body, so much pain he almost couldn't endure it.

Seeing the person didn't answer, Zhao Xing came back to her senses. He was likely beaten, till his face was full of bruises, now she just made him fall...

She quickly helped him up. But Jiang Chen couldn't stand and only sat down.

"Damn, they really got you beaten up." She bent down, as she looked at all the bruises as well as his dirtied uniform. "Who did this to you?"

Jiang Chen scattered his hair, he didn't want to answer this question. "We were just fooling around."

Zhao Xing's eyes became cold, "Jiang Chen, I can also go tell the teachers what I've found out today." Her words made Jiang Chen alert. "So you better tell me what's going on."

He stared at her for a while and smiled, "Xing Xing is so fierce!"

She was fierce, so what?

"Don't change the subject, come on, tell me, were you bullied? If you tell me, I'll have some of my friends help you out and scare them, what do you say."

"Your friends?" He asked.

Zhao Xing nodded. Since she started being such a troublemaker she had gotten to know a few troublemakers like herself. Though she was less in contact with them since she became friends with Lu Yang and Shan Shan, who took all her time, they were still buddies, consisting of some other kids both in her neighborhood as well as some other schools in the area. They weren't all about fighting, they just liked having fun, but when someone provoked them, they would also fight back, so, many just believed they were delinquents who did nothing but look for trouble.

"Don't worry, if you don't want then we could also go the legal way and tell the teachers."

Jiang Chen didn't want to tell the teachers for some reason. So she didn't force him either. "Aiya, I just thought that, you gave me so much ice cream yesterday, I didn't even do anything to deserve this yet, when I want to repay your kindness, you ruthlessly want to kick me aside."

"Eh, Jiang Chen, who did you offend, won't you tell me?"

Since she had already seen him like this he might as well tell her. "It's just some kids from Amber High School."

"Amber High, that place is far.. how did you offend people from over there?"