Chapter 11

Shi Liao Liao: "..."

I've lived enough for this lifetime.

Before she could say something to lighten the mood, Lu Yanzhou next to her naturally averted his gaze.

[Hmm? Maybe he's just daydreaming and didn't notice?]

"It's still early, go take care of it."

Shi Liao Liao nodded mechanically with a poker face, the tips of her ears peeking out from her messy hair betraying an undeniable blush.

[Oh my God, I'm never calling you grandpa again, you really don't treat me like your grandson ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!]

[Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!]

As the screams filled the air, Lu Yanzhou took out his phone the moment Shi Leliao got out of the car.

He opened the chat window with Bai Liye, whom he had already blocked, and looked through it again with an indifferent gaze.

Then he switched to the search engine, his fingers slightly stiff as he slowly typed—

'What to do if you're gay?'

Response: Recommending the nearest gay bar for you~

Lu Yanzhou: "..."

It's getting cold, Search engine should go bankrupt.

Meanwhile, Shi Liao Liao, with a face full of utter despair, re-tied the bundle of glow sticks.

[Isn't the female lead coming? I can't go on with my life like this.]

Maru Maru also didn't know how to comfort her.

Shi Liao Liao took a deep breath.

"You're right, just think of me as a pervert," she said.

"Our slogan is..."

Maru: "Any time! Anywhere!"

Shi Liao Liao: "Super pervert! Acting against the wind!"

When Shi Liao Liao emerged again, she had reverted to her usual impassive persona, sitting calmly in the driver's seat as if nothing had happened.

Lu Yanzhou cooperated by saying nothing.

"Let's go."

He spoke softly.

Shi Liao Liao nodded and started the car.

Lu Yanzhou thought to himself that he must not show any unusual expression. This was a very normal situation; he had gay friends too, and the little manservant hadn't done anything explicit. All he needed to do was to pretend he didn't know.

However, the little manservant's composure was beyond his expectation. To be able to quickly regain his emotions and return to his job after such an incident was too impressive.

Shi Liao Liao glanced at Lu Yanzhou, who was tilting his head as if looking at the scenery outside the window.

"Don't worry, Yanzhou. Even though I sometimes speak indecently, I'm very pure at heart."

Lu Yanzhou: "..."

Let me correct my previous confession.

It's not that he's too impressive, it's that he's too perverted.

At the start-of-term ball, it was of course not expected for a group of guys from an all-boys school to dance with each other. 

Saint Dun Academy's ball usually involved inviting students from the neighboring girls' school to join.

When Shi Liao Liao parked her car and went to look for Lu Yan Zhou, who had already gotten out of his car in the main hall, she once again encountered the 'little boy' who had previously tugged on her sleeve. 

Shi Liao Liao nodded at her, and the latter's eyes lit up as she walked straight over.

"It's you."

Seeing that Shi Liao Liao was wearing the same academy uniform suit as himself, he blinked.

"You're also a special admissions student."

Shi Liao Liao noticed the 'also' in his words.

"How do you know?"

The boy's mouth curled with a hint of sarcasm: "Only the top students wear the uniform suits provided by the school. Those rich kids wouldn't deign to wear something that's like 'trash'."

Shi Liao Liao didn't agree with his choice of words.

In fact, the suit was not at all like trash; the material was very good and felt comfortable to the touch.

"What's your name? I'm Gu Xuezhao, a sophomore."

"Shi Liao Liao." She responded simply.

Perhaps because he learned that the person in front of him was also a special admissions student like himself, Gu Xuezhao's previous cautiousness disappeared.

The two walked side by side into the banquet hall, and Shi Liao Liao was almost dazzled by the brilliance inside.

The low, mellow sound of a cello drifted into one's ears, a massive crystal chandelier hung from the dome ceiling, and handsome attendants in tailcoats carried silver trays, catering to the needs of boys wanting champagne and girls dressed in lavish gowns.

Looking at the towering cake as tall as a person, Gu Xuezhao murmured softly, "Such a waste. 

So many children in this world can't afford to eat."

Shi Liao Liao couldn't help but ask, "Do you resent the rich?"

Gu Xuezhao shook his head: "I just look down on their behavior; those rich people really know how to bully others."

As he spoke, he seemed to recall some sad memory, and his eyes started to redden.

Shi Leliao's gaze searched for Lu Yanzhou's figure, and almost instantly, she effortlessly spotted the young master who stood out more than anyone else among the bright and beautiful crowd.

He was surrounded by people, and it seemed that Bai Liye, who must have recovered from his diarrhea, had monopolized the spot next to him.

Shi Liao Liao decided not to go over there; it wouldn't be good if her suit got wrinkled from squeezing through.

"Oh, but you like Lu Yanzhou."

He tried to make his tone sound less perfunctory.

Gu Xuezhao reacted as if he had been scalded, jerking his head up, his voice deforming with fright: "How did you know!?"

His voice was so loud that passersby couldn't help but turn their heads to look at him.

Realizing he had been too loud, Gu Xuezhao's face flushed with embarrassment as he lowered his head and stammered, "It's not... I mean... I don't like him, don't talk nonsense."

"And besides..."

He lifted his head again, looking towards the youth surrounded by the crowd.

"He's different."

"I'm different too," Shi Liao Liao said as she took a sip of the champagne that had been passed to her just now. 

Mmm, it's sweet and fizzy, kind of like a soft drink.

At this moment, Wan Wan suddenly spoke up: [Host, don't you suspect that she is the female lead? A special admission student, and she's also disguised as a man.]

Shi Liao Liao suppressed the urge to burp and glanced at Gu Xuezhao, who was next to her, utterly fascinated while watching Lu Yanzhou.

[Not likely. Didn't you notice that after Lu Yanzhou saw her, he didn't tell me 'three minutes, I want all the information on this person'?]

Maru Maru: [...But the male lead is not gay, how could he possibly be interested in Gu Xuezhao dressed as a man?]

[That settles it then. We'll wait until Lu Yanzhou finds out she's a girl and see his attitude before deciding whether she is or not,] Shi Liao Liao said offhandedly.

Besides,

for some reason, she just felt in her heart that Gu Xuezhao was not the female lead.

As she was thinking,

the light suddenly dimmed in front of her, and before she knew it, three boys had walked over and blocked the two of them.

"Hey pauper, why are you wearing those clothes again? Wasn't last year's lesson enough for you?"

The leading boy spoke rudely. Gu Xuezhao clenched her fists and glared at him with eyes full of humiliation and anger: "This is a public place; you can't do that."

The boy sneered: "Wake up, who would care about a pauper?"

As he was about to splash his drink on Gu Xuezhao,

Shi Liao Liao standing by couldn't just watch indifferently.

"The spread of the nuclear contaminated water is so fast, has it reached your brain?" 

she spoke up to stop them, but the person next to her just gave her an impatient glance, and then as if discovering a new world, said: "There's an even more effeminate pauper here."

The eyes of the person next to him instantly became lecherous: "I like this one, give him to me." He said, and started to walk over to grab Shi Liao Liao.

There was quite a commotion, but the people around just watched with cold eyes or ignored it completely, none willing to step forward to help.

The man was about to touch Shi Liao Liao's shoulder when suddenly a male voice came from not far away, causing everyone to show an incredulous expression.

"Shi Liao Liao, you forgot to lock the door when you came out."