Actually, Rong Xuan saw his friend request in the early hours of the morning.

It was on Gu Ye’s usual style. Afraid that she wouldn’t know who he was, so he made a note of a brief self-introduction.

It was the same four simple words: This is Gu Ye. But even the words seemed to carry that carelessness he always had.

However, she was working on a math problem at that time. She didn’t want to be distracted, so she put her phone aside. Then as soon as she turned around, she put the matter to the back of her mind. After she was done doing math problems, she went to bed. When she woke up, she completely forgot about the whole matter.

She doesn’t look at WeChat very much because she felt that it was the other Rong Xuan’s social circle and not hers. Though on second thought, it registered to Rong Xuan that she was now the female supporting character Rong Xuan in the novel, so it was logical to assume control over everything that belonged to her. She silently apologized to the other Rong Xuan in her heart.

Rong Xuan first approved Gu Ye’s friend request, before glancing at her phonebook.

To her surprise, there were fewer contacts in it than she had imagined.

Grandpa, Mom, Tong Yue and Class monitor, there were only four people, and one of whom has already gone to heaven and would never be able to respond to her again. The other Rong Xuan did not delete her mother’s number and kept her in her phonebook. And there was now one more person in it, her fiancé, Gu Ye.

Seeing this extremely few contacts, Rong Xuan felt a little sorry for the other Rong Xuan. How tightly closed should her heart be and how much she hated this world that she had so few people she cares about? When she was a child, she was clearly a little princess who could make friends wherever she went.

While Rong Xuan was still looking at her phonebook, Gu Ye sent a WeChat message once again.

【Gu Ye: Little Bride, are you free after school?】

———

Sitting next to Rong Xuan, Rong Yi was holding her phone tightly in her hand, her face full of nervousness and anxiety.

Did Gu Ye saw her message? How would he reply to her?

Would he say hello? Or would he say something else?

Would he feel weird seeing her message him?

As soon as Rong Yi thought this, she immediately denied it. She’s Rong Xuan’s older sister, so it’s definitely not strange at all to contact him.

Why hasn’t he replied yet?

Rong Yi was uneasy the whole way, but until they reached the school, Gu Ye didn’t send even a single word.

Rong Yi felt like there were ants biting her heart and she couldn’t sit still at all. She bit her lip and nervously sent another message, 【Student Gu, I wish you a wonderful day, jiayou!】

After arriving at school, Rong Xuan didn’t wait for Rong Yi, but Rong Yi didn’t need for her to wait either. Getting off the car, Rong Xuan walked directly towards the teaching building. She and Rong Yi weren’t in the same class. She’s in class two while Rong Yi was in class ten. Schools were ranked according to their performance and the higher the class, the better the grades. Judging from her class, the other Rong Xuan’s performance wasn’t bad.

Once she arrived at the classroom, a certain girl sitting in the back row waved to her enthusiastically, “Xuanxuan!”

Rong Xuan guessed that this girl must be the Tong Yue from the phonebook. She tentatively sat down next to the waving girl. There was no strange reaction on the girl’s face so it seemed that this was indeed her seat.

Tong Yue looked anxious. “Xuanxuan, have you done your English homework? Can you let me copy yours?”

Rong Xuan didn’t know what the homework was about or whether she had done it so she directly gave her schoolbag to Tong Yue and told her to find it herself.

Tong Yue let out a shout. She lowered her head and was busy looking for her homework. She said while cheering, “Xuanxuan, you’re so nice.”

———

Gu Ye and the others didn’t sleep and stayed up all night.

During breakfast, Sheng Shihao walked up to Gu Ye and put his arm around his shoulder. “Boss, has sister-in-law responded to your message?”

Today was Gu Ye’s birthday. In previous years, their group would go out to have a good meal and go to karaoke to celebrate. Fearing that Gu Ye had not yet adapted to his status as an engaged person, Mother Gu directly sent a message to remind him not to forget to invite his fiancée.

That was why Gu Ye asked Rong Xuan if she was free after school.

Gu Ye put away his phone expressionlessly without answering. He drank the milk in the table in a few gulps and then stood up straight away, “Let’s go to school.”

Sheng Shihao was completely bewildered.

Rong Xuan probably didn’t reply, right? Otherwise, he wouldn’t have reacted this way. If Rong Xuan was present, Sheng Shihao felt that he would definitely clasp his fists towards Rong Xuan as a sign of respect. She’s really too great that she could remain so calm when facing Gu Ye.

She’s the first person ever to do so. He didn’t know where the little mute, Rong Xuan, got her courage. Having a fiancé like Gu Ye was a blessing cultivated over several lifetimes, alright? Yet she was still so indifferent.

Did she really think she could hold onto her position as Gu Ye’s fiancée?

Stop joking, okay?

Sheng Shihao’s favorability towards Rong Xuan dropped a few more degrees. He couldn’t wait for Gu Ye to break off his engagement with her.

———

As soon as he arrived at class, someone discovered that Gu Ye was wearing a ring on his finger.

Gu Ye had always been the center of attention. There were too many eyes focused on him every day. To put it in an exaggerated way, people even notice how much longer his hair had grown every day, not to mention the fact that he had an extra ring on his finger.

The class flower, Yu Rou, was sitting in front of Gu Ye. Her thoughts about Gu Ye were known to the whole class, however, Gu Ye never bothered to respond to her.

Yu Rou turned around and blinked her eyes. “Classmate Gu, you’re wearing a ring?”

And it was even on his ring finger where it indicates that one was either engaged or married.

Marriage was definitely out of the question, and as for engagement…… at Gu Ye’s age, it’s probably also unlikely.

Could it be that Gu Ye was in love?

Gu Ye openly let others look at the ring without any intention of concealing it. He usually has too many peach blossoms^[1]lucky with love. One or two would be fine, three or four would still be okay, however, the girls who pursue him always come together in groups, chattering all the time, which always annoyed him. Now that he’s engaged, his luck with love should be weaker, right?

Gu Ye said carelessly, “I’m engaged.”

!!!

Engaged? Gu Ye was actually engaged?!

Seriously?!

A single stone created a thousand waves.

Yu Rou’s eyes almost popped out of their socket and her voice broke, “Engaged? With whom?”

“You don’t know her.” After saying that, Gu Ye laid his head down on the table to catch up on his sleep, tuning everyone out.

After Gu Ye refused to say anything further, a group of people gathered around Sheng Shihao, Ning Zichen and Hao Qiang.

This was really the news of the year. Gu Ye actually got engaged just like that? If the girls at school knew about this matter, how many of them would be heartbroken?

Since Gu Ye didn’t continue, the others would elaborate, right? Sheng Shihao and the others were good friends of Gu Ye so they must know to whom he’s engaged with.

A group of people surrounded them wanting to know who Gu Ye’s fiancée was, but the three of them were very tight-lipped and no one spilled a word.

In fact, they mainly think that it’s futile to talk about it. Anyway, the person would be replaced sooner or later, so why bother to let others know? There’s no need to waste their emotions.

Thinking like this, all three of them looked unperturbed. They didn’t even say what Gu Ye’s fiancée’s surname was, let alone her first name.

———

It was only after Tong Yue finished copying Rong Xuan’s homework that she suddenly realized that Rong Xuan had been wearing a mask.

She tilted her head strangely. “Xuanxuan, why are you still wearing a mask inside the classroom?”

Rong Xuan slowly wrote a few words on the paper. ‘My face is injured.’

Rong Xuan’s handwriting was delicate and beautiful. Every word was written with precise strokes and it was obvious that she had practiced a lot. Her handwriting was quite similar to the other Rong Xuan’s though slightly better, so Tong Yue didn’t notice any abnormalities.

Seeing these words, Tong Yue exclaimed, “Injured? Is it serious? Show me quickly.”

Rong Xuan blinked, took off her mask to show Tong Yue, and then put it back on.

When Tong Yue saw the injury on Rong Xuan’s face, she was filled with anger. “Is this injury related to your sister? Is she acting like a monster again?”

Rong Xuan never expected Tong Yue would say so. It seems that she and the other Rong Xuan was indeed very close. They must be good friends who talk about everything.

Rong Xuan continued to write, ‘It only looks serious. It will get better in a few days.’

Seeing Rong Xuan write this, Tong Yue was relieved.

She reminded, “Xuanxuan, a girl’s face is important, you must be more careful.”

Rong Xuan nodded with her eyes curved.

After adapting to her new class and new classmates for a while, Rong Xuan took out her phone and sent a message back to Gu Ye.

【No time.】

The reason why she only replied to him now was not because she was playing hard to get with Gu Ye, nor because she was too lazy. It’s proper etiquette to reply to someone when they sent a message. It’s really impolite to say nothing back.

She only did it now because she wasn’t sure what attitude to use to respond to Gu Ye. After thinking about it for a while, she thought it would be better to just follow her heart.

Just do what she wants and let nature take its course.

She had no interest in the male protagonist and the tone of her reply was her attitude towards him.

Rong Xuan really didn’t have time after school. She wanted to go to the hospital to check the injury on her face and also have her throat examined. It was really too uncomfortable being unable to speak.

Thereafter, she started studying seriously. After a day of studying, Rong Xuan gained another friend, a cheerful girl named Mu Xiao, who was seated in front of her.

Mu Xiao patted her chest. “Rong Xuan, I always thought you’re difficult to reach so I usually didn’t dare to talk to you. I didn’t expect that you’re actually quite nice ah.”

Rong Xuan pursed her lips and wrote on the paper, ‘Thanks.’

The beautiful font filled Mu Xiao’s face with surprise, but what surprised her even more was Rong Xuan’s smile.

“Rong Xuan, your eyes are so pretty when you smile. You should smile more often.”

Rong Xuan lowered her head and wrote seriously, ‘I got it.’

She earnestly listened to the other party’s suggestion. Seeing that Rong Xuan was so serious, Mu Xiao felt a bit shy. “Tee hee, Rong Xuan, let’s add each other on WeChat. If I don’t understand a question in the future, I’ll ask you, okay?”

The word ‘All right’ fell on the white paper.

After adding each other’s contact number, Rong Xuan had a sixth person, Mu Xiao, in her phonebook.

See, life wasn’t that bad.

There were still many sunny and kind people in this world.

———

After school, the driver obeyed Rong Yao’s words and sent Rong Xuan to the Municipal People’s Hospital.

Originally, the driver wanted to wait for Rong Xuan to see the doctor before taking her back together. However, Rong Yi kept urging the driver to go home quickly.

Rong Yi had always been dissatisfied with spending time with Rong Xuan even after school.

It’s not that the family didn’t have extra cars or that they couldn’t afford another driver. They have many empty cars at home and paying a driver every month didn’t cost much. Their family could afford it.

However, Rong Yao pays great attention to appearance. He was very attentive to everything that outsiders could see and would never let others talk.

He believed that two sisters going back and forth school together showed their good relationship, so he always let them do so. As for how things were at home, he didn’t care. No one else could see it anyway.

Rong Yi and Rong Xuan had always shared a car and a driver. Rong Yi sneered. Good relationship? Maybe in the next life.

She didn’t even bother pretending to have sisterly affection in front of outsiders.

Rong Yi glanced at her phone. Gu Ye still hadn’t replied to her messages.

The disappointment on her face could no longer be concealed. It had already been a day. Did he not want to reply or did he just not see them?

Rong Yi could continue to deceive herself and think that Gu Ye didn’t reply to her because he didn’t see her messages, but the thought of Rong Xuan being Gu Ye’s fiancée made her nauseous as if she had swallowed a fly.

Rong Yi’s face was full of impatience. “Let’s go. She’s big now, it’s not like she won’t be able to return home.”

The driver hesitated. “But—”

Rong Yi interrupted mercilessly, “But what? We don’t know how long it will take, so aren’t we just wasting time here? I need to go home to review since the final exam is coming soon. If I didn’t do well in the exam, I will definitely tell my dad that it’s your fault! Because of you I’ve lost so much review time.”

The driver was speechless. He naturally knew that Rong Yi was being unreasonable. What could this little time delay her? However, he’s just a paid driver. Even if he knew that she was making trouble for no reason, he couldn’t refute anything.

Rong Yi said sharply, “Are you driving or not? If you don’t, I’ll call my dad and ask him to deduct your salary!”

After hearing this, the driver stepped on the gas pedal and drove away.

Between Rong Yi and Rong Xuan, he chose Rong Yi in the end.

Rong Yi was more favored right now and her mother was Rong Yao’s current wife. As for Rong Xuan, she’s someone who lost her mother and a mute who couldn’t speak.

Even fools knows which one to choose between the two.