Are you alright?

Li Lanni was still talking when she noticed Cheng Yu's changed expression. She was glaring daggers at a certain direction. When she followed her line of sight, Cheng Yu was in fact glaring at Ruby Chan... 

"Do you really hate her that much?" Li Lanni laughed. 

"I don't just hate her. I want to kill her." Cheng Yu fumed. Ji Feifei was gone already. The only person who could mess up with Li Lanni's car had to be Ruby or her minions. She wasn't lacking in deadset followers. After all, many people wanted to curry favor with her. 

Her main concern right now was to find an excuse to make Li Lanni stay away from that car. 

Though she wondered, was V in their school right now? If not, now did they know that Li Lanni's car had been tempered with? 

She thought about something else and her heart raced. She could distract Lanni, but what about Li Yuming? She had seen her drop Li Lanni off this morning. Would she be safe?

That was Li Lanni's mother. Of course Cheng Yu would care. 

In attempt to know her whereabouts, she looked at Li Lanni and asked, "Will your mother pick you up after the exam?" 

"I don't think she will. She might be busy later." 

Cheng Yu was relieved but then she wondered, if that was the case, how did V come to that scary conclusion? 

A tasteless snack and a music exam later, Cheng Yu was drenched in her own fear. 

As soon as Li Lanni came out of the music building, she grabbed her arm. "Lanni, how about we take the subway today?" 

If Li Lanni had not realized anything wrong earlier, she would be a fool if she didn't realise it now. Cheng Yu was acting out of the ordinary. 

With her multiplied sensitivity lately, she instinctively felt that whatever was up must be quite serious to make Cheng Yu so worked up.  

After thinking carefully, she raised her eyebrow. Was someone perhaps trying to hurt her? 

Maybe... someone had bribed Cheng Yu to lead her to a dangerous place and use the opportunity to attack? 

She shook her head. Her trust towards Cheng Yu may be very low, but she definitely knew that the girl could not bring herself to hurt a fly. 

The other likely situation could only be that someone was trying to hurt her, Cheng Yu found out and was trying to protect her. Well, that sounded far-fetched too. What were the odds of such a thing even happening? 

As she contemplated whether to follow Cheng Yu and take the subway or not, a figure rushed out from the Literature building and hugged Li Lanni's arm. "There you are. It's been quite long since we last shared a meal. How about we go to my home for dinner? Xiao Yu can come with us too..." 

Li Lanni instinctively pulled her arm away. Girl, I don't know you. Aren't you being overly close? 

The girl didn't mind being pushed away and continued with her persuasion. "If you don't like the food made by the chefs in my home, we can all go somewhere else. Later, I will drop you home."  

'Just great' Li Lanni thought. It was already tiring enough to keep off the guys that kept fawning over her when she didn't remember who they were. Did she have to start dealing with girls too? 

"Hey, Lanni! Lanni, are you not happy to see me?" The red haired girl plastered herself closer to Li Lanni. Any closer and one would start to have strange thoughts. 

Cheng Yu was annoyed now. "Lanni already said she has plans." 

"She didn't say that!" 

"No difference. I did." 

Ruby Chan rolled her eyes. She was probably the kind of pampered princess who felt that everything must go her way. After glaring at Cheng Yu for a while, she let out a long sigh. "Fine. You guys take the subway. Lanni, see you tomorrow!" 

Seeing the girl saunter away, Li Lanni was helpless. "Honestly, this trick of pretending to be close just to dole out a stab in the back is too outdated. Doesn't she think?" 

Cheng Yu expressed that she had nothing to say. 

As they talked, a bodyguard went up to them, looking like he didn't have a choice. "Miss, Master wants you to go home right away." 

Cheng Yu's heart skipped a beat. No way... 

Li Lanni had made a choice. "I'll take the subway with my friend. Don't worry about me: I'll give my mother a call." 

The bodyguard was a bit insistent, making Li Lanni narrow her eyes. Something was really wrong! 

...

In her room, Li Lanni flopped onto the bed. Was it so exhausting to try to be alive? 

The anonymous message sender was at it again. [Lanni, are you alright? Sorry, my carelessness almost let you get hurt again.]