Dropped

"Let's all study! Together!"

End of class.

Ye Qingle pitched her idea in front of her 4 friends in class.

Ren Weiwei smiled. "Sure, that sounds fun."

Zhang Ying shrugged. "Whatever."

Lu Xifa started picking her nose with her pinky. "..."

Lan Xiang's snores became louder. He wasn't listening.

"..." Ye Qingle. "It's decided then, we'll all go. Whose place is it gonna be?"

"Let's play rock paper scissors tournament." Lu Xifa suggested.

"Sure, but remove the snot from your finger first please." Ye Qingle glanced at Lu Xifa's hand.

Lu Xifa discreetly wiped her finger on her skirt.

Lan Xiang raised his head, just in time to see the scene. "Xifa, wash your hands in the restroom."

Lu Xifa turned red. "Hmph."

She headed for the bathroom.

Eventually, the rock paper scissors tournament ended safely, with Lan Xiang's house being chosen as the venue.

"Well, yours is the biggest anyway."

Everyone agreed on Ren Weiwei's comment.

Lan Xiang sighed. "So when are we going?"

"Right now!" Lu Xifa dragged Lan Xiang as the rest followed them into the garden.

She opened up a portal on the ground, with Ren Weiwei widening her eyes.

All of them dropped down the portal and landed outside Lan Xiang's mansion.

Lan Xiang landed like he was Ir*nman as usual. Ye Qingle and Zhang Ying hugged each other for stability. Lu Xifa didn't seemed fazed as her feet crashed into the ground, while Ren Weiwei fell onto her butt, not expecting the portal at all.

"You, Xifa, you have portal powers?" Ren Weiwei looked at everyone else. "And why aren't you all surprised?"

Ye Qingle whistled innocently. Zhang Ying didn't meet her eyes.

Lu Xifa sighed. "Sorry, Weiwei, I forgot to tell you. Actually, no, I didn't forget. I just didn't find a good opportunity to bring it up."

While Ren Weiwei pouted, Lan Xiang stood up hurriedly. "Ah, Xifa, what are you doing? I haven't told Jian'er yet that there will be visitors.

"All of you, stay here. I'm gonna inform her first."

He rushed into the house, leaving the four girls outside.

Not a minute later, he went back outside. "Guys, it's fine, you all can come in. Remove your shoes and put them in the shoe rack."

Ren Weiwei was excited. She finally could visit a big house. And not just any big house, but Lan Xiang's house.

Ye Qingle and Zhang Ying were excited too, but for a different reason. They were about to meet Xie Jian! ...again.

Lu Xifa was interested.

"Didn't Xiang keep blabbering on and on about his girlfriend living with him? I finally get to meet her." Somehow, there was a sense of uneasiness in her interest.

They all entered the house, removing their shoes and socks and placing them into the shoe rack.

"...This is much bigger than I thought. Ah, there's maids! What is this, a chandelier? Wow..." Ren Weiwei marveled her eyes.

Xie Jian heard the myriad of new voices entering the house from behind her room door. "...Weird. All of the voices are female!"

She called up Lan Xiang.

> "What's up?"

"Xiang, are all of your friends... girls??"

> "Um... yeah, why?"

Xie Jian noticed the slight pause, like he went to check whether all of them were girls or not. "So you really didn't notice?"

> "Yeah, it kind of just happened. What, are you jealous or something?"

"..." Xie Jian hung up.

She walked around her room before ultimately deciding that she should go and meet them all. "I need to monitor the enemy..."

Her eyes glowed as her entire body covered itself in a reflective water. She was effectively invisible.

Bravo six, going dark.

She opened the door and walked to the room where Lan Xiang told her they'd stay in. Even though she knew no one could see her, she couldn't help but sneak around tiptoeing.

The door to the room was still wide open, which was a relief for Xie Jian. She didn't have to wait for it to open any more.

When she entered, she widened her eyes.

There were four girls! Four of them!

She bit her lip and continued her monitoring.

"This is... Ren Weiwei, the one I met on the weekend.

"This... it's Qingle and Xiaoqin? What are they doing here?

"The only one I don't recognize is this girl."

Xie Jian examined Lu Xifa. "She's especially beautiful...

"Wait. Now that I mention it, all of them are especially pretty!"

Xie Jian felt a sense of danger coming from these four girls. She trusted that Lan Xiang's love for her was unwavering, but with these girls in front of her, she wasn't so sure anymore.

"So Xiang, where's this Jian'er you keep talking about?" Lu Xifa interjected as she opened her textbook.

Xie Jian was alarmed. She didn't think anyone would mention her name. "But Xiang keeps talking about me at school? Seems like I'm safe for now."

She let out a sigh of relief.

"Well, I don't think she's gonna come. She looked pretty haggard when I saw her earlier."

Hah? What do you mean haggard? I look perfectly fine! Xie Jian pouted in the corner of the room.

Ye Qingle and Zhang Ying were disheartened. I wanted to see her, but I guess not today.

The five started to study, with Xie Jian spectating them from the corner.

"Wow, Xiang! I didn't expect your grasp of this subject to be this advanced!" Ren Weiwei was honestly surprised. The whole year before, Lan Xiang kept failing every test, but now, he could easily ace those tests!

Xie Jian was also surprised. She, too, knew of Lan Xiang's horrible comprehension skills way back when.

"Ever since he woke up from his coma, he seemed to have been possessed by a genius..."

She could still recall Lan Xiang's amazing feat of saving her grandfather from the incurable disease of QDD.

And so, because Lan Xiang was the best in that subject, all four of the girls kept asking questions from him, which irked Xie Jian.

"Should I reveal myself? I can also teach them...

"Especially these two, Qingle and Xiaoqin."

She kept glancing at Ye Qingle and Zhang Ying, thinking it weird that they were here. "Shouldn't they be at the capital? Moreso for Xiaoqin, I'm pretty sure she qualified for the Annual Yanying City Tournament. Why is she here?"