My sister never calls me brother.

She has her own way of handling relationships with classmates, though it's not exactly ethical.

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"I've finished reading the author's update, but I don't know what to do next?" Xiaoming replied.

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"What's the group number? Tell me quickly!" Xiaoming said.

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"Does the author dress as a woman?" Xiaoming asked.

"Get out!" Xiao Hei shouted angrily.

Chapter Fifty-Nine: A Good Man's Confession

Chen Qing is a very tactful person. In junior high school, he would say whatever came to mind, and he would not speak when there were many people around.

When Lin Nianwei first entered high school, she became a popular figure at school in just one week due to her outstanding appearance and exceptional talent. She was loved by almost everyone, except for the girls.

People who are exceptionally talented are often lonely. Perhaps it is not that they want to be this way, but those around them often isolate talented people for no reason, the reason being, of course, jealousy.

Lin Nianwei's dazzling radiance almost overshadowed all the girls in the class and also attracted the attention of many boys.

Despite Lin Nianwei's repeated attempts to keep a low profile, she still became the enemy of all the girls in the class and was inexplicably isolated.

The girls deliberately excluded her from many activities, so Lin Nianwei could only quietly read books, keeping her distance from the girls, and directly refusing many events.

Although Lin Nianwei made concessions repeatedly, she still suffered a lot of unfair treatment. The girls said many hurtful things about her behind her back and even secretly threw trash at her. Fortunately, there were always boys who would clean up for her before she came to class.

Although she occasionally saw trash, Lin Nianwei didn't care; after all, she was just too outstanding...

The girls lived in Lin Nianwei's shadow for three whole years, but there was one exception: Chen Qing.

Chen Qing also spoke ill of Lin Nianwei behind her back, then spoke ill of the girls in front of Lin Nianwei, comforted her, and said things like the girls were too much in front of the boys.

Therefore, Chen Qing was very popular in the class, which made her very influential, and everyone believed what she said.

Lin Nianwei knew Chen Qing's way of dealing with people, but she didn't care because Chen Qing was the class monitor and simply wanted to get along well with everyone.

The only girl Lin Nianwei could talk to was Chen Qing, who was also her elementary school classmate. Although they weren't familiar with each other back then, Lin Nianwei still had a good impression of Chen Qing, at least considering her a friend.

Lin Nianwei attended the class reunion because it was organized by Chen Qing; otherwise, she wouldn't have come, since there weren't many people she could talk to during junior high.

Zhou Han glanced at the group of people in the distance, which numbered about eight or nine, and there were only four girls, including Chen Qing and Lin Nianwei.

It seems that not many people came to the class reunion.

Chen Qing glanced back at Zhou Han and said meaningfully, "You'd better be careful later, or you'll regret it..."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Han was completely confused.

Chen Qing smiled but did not answer Zhou Han.

The three arrived at the gathering place for a picnic and barbecue. Many boys stopped talking and stared at Lin Nianwei, looking on in a daze, while the girls showed some disgust.

Lin Nianwei looked at everyone, nodded silently, and didn't say anything.

The girls turned their heads away, while the boys couldn't help but want to say something. Although they hadn't seen each other for over a year, Lin Nianwei had really become more and more beautiful.

"Stop! Don't rush to speak." Chen Qing interrupted the boys' attempt to express their emotions and continued, "Let me introduce someone to you first, so things won't get messy later..."

Chen Qing pulled Zhou Han over and said, "This is Zhou Han, and his identity is... Lin Nianwei's boyfriend!"

Clang! Someone dropped a bowl on the ground. The whole room fell silent for five seconds. All the boys' minds went blank. Many of them had only come because they heard that Lin Nianwei was coming, but they didn't expect to hear this bad news right away. The girls were also very surprised. They looked Zhou Han up and down, trying to see what made her so special.

Zhou Han felt very uncomfortable being stared at by everyone with complicated emotions, whether it was jealousy, anger, or disbelief.

"Sorry, class monitor! I have an urgent matter to attend to, so I have to go now..."

I don't know which boy started it, but several boys followed suit with the same excuse and left. Before long, more than half of them had left, leaving only two out of seven or eight boys: one was an ordinary-looking boy, and the other was a well-dressed, handsome boy who looked like a rich young master.

For some reason, Zhou Han felt that this young man, who looked like a playboy, had a slightly bad vibe, and was also somewhat calm and reserved.

Watching the boys leave, Chen Qing didn't stop them, but could only shrug and say, "I knew it would turn out like this..."

Chen Qing understands these people quite well. They've secretly liked a girl for so many years, and then Zhou Han suddenly appears out of nowhere. Who can accept that?

"It's all your fault! My class reunion is ruined!" Chen Qing complained to Zhou Han in a low voice, rolling her eyes at him.

"What does this have to do with me? I didn't say a word." Zhou Han felt it was really inexplicable that the blame was being shifted onto her.

Chen Qing sighed when he saw Zhou Han's innocent look.

Although there aren't many people left, the class reunion will still go ahead.

Everyone was assigned one or two jobs by the petition.

It's unclear whether Chen Qing was angry or not, but she simply dumped both jobs on Zhou Han.

Zhou Han was somewhat dissatisfied and quietly said to Chen Qing, "Why do I have to do two jobs?"

"When you were in elementary school, I always made up for the days you skipped your cleaning duties. Now you're complaining about doing more?" Chen Qing said angrily.

"Uh..." Zhou Han blushed, not expecting that every time he ran away, the duty chores were dumped on Chen Qing. He said awkwardly, "I had a younger sister at home at that time, and I was eager to go home. It wasn't intentional."

"Tch!" Chen Qing was too lazy to listen to Zhou Han's explanation.

After the tasks were assigned, everyone got busy.

Zhou Han was in charge of cleaning the ingredients, and the ordinary-looking boy next to her was skewering the ingredients.

"Um..." the ordinary-looking boy suddenly asked, "Are you really Lin Nianwei's boyfriend?"

Zhou Han was stunned. He didn't expect to be talked to. He subconsciously wanted to deny his relationship with Lin Nianwei, but then he suddenly remembered that the two of them were pretending to be lovers and couldn't give themselves away.

“Yes…” Zhou Han replied.

"I'm so envious of you..." the ordinary-looking boy exclaimed. "I've been Lin Nianwei's deskmate for three years and never had a chance. I never expected you to succeed in just one year. To be honest, I can hardly believe it..."

Zhou Han quickly looked at the boy and was surprised to find that he was Lin Nianwei's deskmate in junior high school. She felt it was necessary to get to know him. "What's your name?"

"Miao Mingxuan," the ordinary-looking boy answered. He continued, "What method did you use to make Lin Nianwei fall in love with you? To be honest, I cleaned up the trash for Lin Nianwei no less than 500 times in the past three years, but we're still just ordinary friends."

"Pfft—!" Zhou Han was startled. "500 times? What the hell? Is Lin Nianwei that dirty?"

"No, no, no, you misunderstood. It was the girls who threw it maliciously..." Miao Mingxuan quickly explained.

Were the girls throwing it maliciously? Zhou Han didn't say anything, thinking to herself—

What did Lin Nianwei experience in junior high school?

Chapter Sixty: Slapping Faces with Words

"So I envy you, but I'm also very curious. I've tried so hard but I still can't win over Lin Nianwei. How did you manage to do it?" Miao Mingxuan asked, full of doubt.

“This…” Zhou Han paused, needing a reasonable explanation. He thought for a moment and said, “Maybe… Lin Nianwei and I have known each other since we were little…”

"Childhood sweethearts?" Miao Mingxuan asked.

"Uh...I guess so," Zhou Han replied vaguely.

"I see!" Miao Mingxuan exclaimed, seemingly enlightened. "So it turns out I lost at the very beginning, not because I did anything wrong..."

Zhou Han was speechless, thinking to herself, "Why do I feel like something's not quite right?"

Someone hummed a tune and walked towards Zhou Han. It was the boy who looked like a rich young master. He placed the bamboo skewer next to Miao Mingxuan.

The young master looked at Zhou Han with a smile and said, "Um... what's your name again..."

Zhou Han glanced at him and said, "Zhou Han."

"Oh, right, right!" The young master nodded and said, "You're so ordinary-looking and dressed so shabbily, why would Lin Nianwei like you?"

Zhou Han sensed the hostility in the guy's tone and retorted in a similarly unfriendly manner, "Is it any of your business?"

"How about this?" The young master spread his hands and said, "Name your price, and I'll satisfy you, as long as you break up with Lin Nianwei, how about it?"

Zhou Han glanced coldly at the young master and slapped him across the face. He was furious that he had been insulted by money. If it weren't for the fact that he was Lin Nianwei's classmate and that it might have a bad influence on Lin Nianwei, she would have pulled out her baton and beaten this bastard to a pulp.

This young master is handsome, but Gu Bai is even more handsome and his personality isn't this bad. Zhou Han can't understand it.

Zhou Han wanted to punch the young master a few more times, but Miao Mingxuan stopped her.

The young master was dazed by the slap. After recovering, he covered his face, pointed at Zhou Han, and said, "Not bad! So you're a violent maniac. What kind of skill is it to rely on force?"

Zhou Han was so angry that she wanted to break free from Miao Mingxuan and beat this young master into submission.

When the young master saw that Zhou Han was about to hit him again, he ran away in a flash, saying as he ran, "I'm not going to stoop to your level!"

"Let go! You're in cahoots with him!?" Zhou Han exclaimed angrily.

"No!" Miao Mingxuan released Zhou Han and said, "You are Lin Nianwei's boyfriend, how can you hit someone like that? Besides, we are classmates, I hope you can think about Lin Nianwei before you do things."

"I've already considered the consequences, otherwise that bastard would be in the hospital by now!" Zhou Han said angrily.

"Never mind him. That guy confessed to Lin Nianwei before and got rejected. Now he's just jealous of you," Miao Mingxuan said seriously.

"Tch!" Zhou Han was furious, but she didn't deny that Miao Mingxuan had a point.

After a while, Zhou Han calmed down and suddenly realized something, asking Miao Mingxuan, "Aren't you jealous of me?"

Miao Mingxuan paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of course I'm jealous, but love is a game of winning and losing. I lost, and that's it. After all, clinging on won't do any good..."

Zhou Han was silent for a moment, then said, "You're actually a pretty good person..."

“Really? That’s what everyone says…” Miao Mingxuan smiled.

After finishing washing the vegetables, Zhou Han went to the grill pan to prepare for the final step – grilling.

To be honest, this was a bit difficult for him because his cooking skills were really bad, which worried him a lot.

"Do you need any help?" Lin Nianwei appeared behind Zhou Han without him noticing.

"Yes! Yes!" Zhou Han nodded vigorously.

Lin Nianwei took the plate from Zhou Han and placed the raw meat pieces one by one into the baking pan.

　 Zhou Han glanced at Lin Nianwei beside her, then hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

"Why are you looking at me?" Lin Nianwei's face flushed slightly.

“Um…” Zhou Han paused, then said, “I heard that girls threw trash at you in junior high…”

"So what?" Lin Nianwei's expression darkened.