After the fake young master left home, he discovered that it wasn't raining at all outside.

Although Zhu Yan's solitary figure appeared lonely and desolate, it didn't stop the bustling activity at the main entrance.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, with the blazing sun overhead and the breeze carrying a sense of heat, the leaders gradually lost their patience.

Xu Zhiyuan waited for more than ten minutes, but given what had just happened in the classroom, he kept a great distance from Lu Ze, afraid that if he got too close, those rumors would resurface.

But the longer he waited, the more he felt something was wrong. Zhu Yan was not a person who liked grand occasions. If he were to return, he would never ask for such a grand welcome.

Therefore, he now seriously suspects that the people the school leaders were welcoming were not there for a celebratory banquet at all.

The situation was somewhat urgent, so Xu Zhiyuan didn't bother with anything too complicated, and he didn't want to remove him from the blacklist for the time being. So he simply walked over and whispered in his ear:

"Are you sure you're not mistaken? Is it Ah Yan coming next?"

When Lu Ze heard Xu Zhiyuan questioning him, he immediately became anxious, "You can't question me just because Brother Yan didn't tell you the news. If Brother Yan said he would come, he would definitely come."

"So you're absolutely certain that this group of people is here to pick up Ayan?"

After Xu Zhiyuan said that, Lu Ze really started to have doubts. Yan Ge had only told him that he would come to school today, but he hadn't said when.

He was somewhat prejudiced, after all, Zhu Yan's status was evident, and it had already been spread among the students last week. He believed that the school leaders must have known about it as well, so he really couldn't think of another person who could be so highly regarded by the leaders.

Lu Ze was deep in thought when he suddenly heard his classmates whispering next to him:

"Look, they're standing so close!!! Why can't they just say what they want to say instead of getting so close?"

"Who knows? Maybe they have ulterior motives and just want to get close."

Just because of Xu Zhiyuan's unintentional little action, others imagined a novel about it, and Lu Ze could only admire the imagination of these people.

"Hey gay, you're getting a little too close," Lu Ze said with a hint of disgust.

Xu Zhiyuan rolled his eyes at Lu Ze right in front of him. If he didn't want others to hear his conversation with Lu Ze, who would want to get so close to him?

"Get lost. If you keep yelling like that, I won't hesitate to make sure you can't speak anymore." Xu Zhiyuan was a little dizzy from Lu Ze's comment about being gay, so he replied in a harsher tone, which was overheard by the onlookers.

"Oh? So you can't speak because you were kissed?" Someone added from the side, making the crowd, who were already irritable from being in the sun, burst into laughter.

Lu Ze: ...

Xu Zhiyuan: ...

Only those who know the truth understand how devastated they were.

They've gone mad, they've completely gone mad.

That's absolutely terrifying.

Lu Ze didn't have time to pay attention to his surroundings. Instead, he took out his phone from his pocket, which clearly showed two missed calls from Zhu Yan.

!!!

"Oh no, my phone is on Do Not Disturb mode, I didn't answer Brother Yan's call!" Lu Ze's hands were trembling with panic as he quickly called back.

beep--

It didn't go through.

Because the banquet was canceled immediately.

Lu Ze: ┐(『～`;)┌

Undeterred, he dialed the second number.

Yes, unsurprisingly, Zhu Yan hung up again in a second.

It seems that Brother Yan is a bit resentful.

"Heh." Xu Zhiyuan couldn't help but chuckle as he looked at Lu Ze's discomfiture, unable to suppress the joy on his lips.

What goes around comes around. I was showing off to him this morning, and now I'm getting my comeuppance.

Amid Xu Zhiyuan's merciless mockery, Lu Ze dialed the third number, and finally, Zhu Yan answered.

"Brother Yan just turned off his phone, I really didn't mean to." The moment the call connected, Lu Ze began to explain to Zhu Yan.

"Where are you?" Zhu Yan asked instead of listening to his explanation.

"We'll all be waiting for you at the door," Lu Ze replied confidently.

"...I'm already at the teaching building, what are you answering?" Zhu Yan stood under the empty teaching building, his left foot on the trolley, his arm on the handle, and his right hand answering the phone.

Lu Ze: !!!

What's going on?

"Wait, Brother Yan, you mean you're already at school and in the teaching building???" Lu Ze's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the gray Rolls-Royce slowly driving into the campus. "Then who is this person we've been waiting for?!"

"How would I know?"

Zhu Yan had no interest in this mysterious person. All he knew was that he needed to move the two buckets of water to the classroom on the sixth floor, and he didn't have an elevator card. This meant that unless someone called for help, he would have to rely on brute force to carry the water up the stairs.

The crowd fell silent as the car pulled in. Because of the previous erroneous guess, many people assumed that Zhu Yan was in the car, so they weren't that curious. They were more eager for the big shot to get out and go where he needed to go. They just wanted to escape the sun-baked square.

To their surprise, most of the people who got off the bus were people their classmates didn't recognize at all!

The back door opened, and a boy got out of the car. Lu Ze and Xu Zhiyuan knew this boy.

That's right, it was Xie Shengan.

"Holy crap, how could it be him?!"

The moment Lu Ze saw Xie Shengan get out of the car, he felt nauseous and his vision went black.

What the hell? He'd braved the scorching sun and patiently waited for so long for someone who turned out to be Xie Sheng'an! He was furious.

Xu Zhiyuan was also shocked. He turned his head and gave Lu Ze a "you're dead" look, glaring at Lu Ze fiercely.

Without saying a word, Lu Ze could deeply sense Xu Zhiyuan's resentment.

"I give up, Brother Yan! I was so angry! I thought the big shot the principal was talking about was you, so I waited here with them for ages. But it turns out it was that kid Xie Sheng'an who got out of the car! I'm furious!"

Xu Zhiyuan: I also want to beat you to death.

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Lu Ze kept complaining, but his eyes never left Xie Shengan. He squinted at him, and the contempt in his eyes was almost overflowing!

"Ha, Zhao Xiao." Zhu Yan only sneered when he heard Xie Sheng'an's name. "Ignore him, you come here quickly."

"Okay." Lu Ze hung up the phone and left the scene with Xu Zhiyuan.

Because of the sudden appearance of a stranger, the surrounding students became very curious about him and did not notice Lu Ze and Xu Zhiyuan leaving.

Of course, besides Shen Yan, Song Qian and Qin Ci, when they saw that it wasn't Zhu Yan getting out of the car, they realized something was wrong and searched for Lu Ze in the crowd.

Upon spotting the two figures leaving, he immediately followed. However, Qin Ci was still somewhat reluctant to part with them.

"Hey, wait, he's leaving already? Aren't you guys curious about who this guy is? Judging from his demeanor... he seems to be someone important." Qin Ci's gaze remained fixed on Xie Sheng'an, and she even pulled Shen Yan along, preventing him from leaving.

"Let go, it's up to you to decide." Shen Yan had no interest in Xie Sheng'an whatsoever; right now, he only had eyes for Zhu Yan.

Song Qian glanced at him indifferently before looking away. "What's so interesting about him? Is he even a tenth as handsome as my brother Zhu? Let's go."

Well, Qin Ci was the only one in this group who loved gossip the most. Seeing that everyone else was about to leave, he reluctantly turned his gaze away and left with the two of them.