Novel Full Chapter 121 - The Infamous Ye Mingyu (1)
Su Xiaofei started to wonder if the students from Class 3-1A were really the smartest ones in their grade. It was hard to believe that the other young women on the other side of the court were part of that group, in her opinion.
Thinking about it, in her past life, Ye Mingyu's circle of friends used to boast about how smart she was when they were still attending QCA. However, ever since Ye Mingyu transferred here, Su Xiaofei never saw her studying. Instead, she was busy socializing with other students in the academy as if she was making friends.
Su Xiaofei was making enemies left and right, while Ye Mingyu was befriending everyone using her charm and kindness. Years later, the two harvested the fruit of their actions and Ye Mingyu obviously gained valuable connections in several industries as compared to Su Xiaofei who was facing struggles left and right.
As for why Su Xiaofei chose to play dodgeball this time, it was obviously because she knew that Ye Mingyu would choose this game in the intrams. There was a particular event during the intrams where Ye Mingyu was being praised for her contribution in helping the Class 3-1A win most of the games in the intrams.
A student was allowed to participate in multiple activities and Ye Mingyu took part in most of them. While Su Xiaofei chose to isolate herself and refused to participate in any of them in her previous life, Ye Mingyu used this event to make herself relevant and popular within the academy.
This was the event that escalated the number of admirers who invited her to attend the founding ball together. In the end, she declined all their invitations and chose to go with Feng Xue'er instead, wearing the stunning gown that propelled her to be crowned as the Fairy Queen of the Night.
So how could Su Xiaofei stay still and do nothing, now that she was aware of what Ye Mingyu was up to? In the past, because she had been foolish and had refused to be seen in the same place as Ye Mingyu after the latter transferred to QCA, Ye Mingyu managed to grab every opportunity she needed to become well known in the academy.
'Sure, you can be popular again, Ye Mingyu, but not for a good reason.' Su Xiaofei's cold eyes stared at the young woman on the other side of the court, while Xi Qian was refusing to back down from their argument.
"Stop this nonsense!" Xi Qian exclaimed. "This is a physical game, it's normal to get hurt once in a while. Yeah, I threw the ball at her, but what made you think that I would target her face? Admit defeat now instead of wasting our time!"
"Right! You've been messing up the game for several sets now! If you don't want to play anymore, just forfeit already!" One of their classmates yelled from the crowd.
Ye Mingyu looked at her teammates with teary eyes as she cupped her slightly swollen cheek that was hit by the ball earlier. Thankfully, the ball wasn't strong enough to knock out some of her tooth and make her mouth bleed.
Su Xiaofei was forced to bite her inner cheek to stop herself from bursting into laughter. Xi Qian might have looked petite and thin, but she was way stronger than any of these pampered young misses in this academy.
She also didn't anticipate that Xi Qian was going to target Ye Mingyu's face when she signalled her to throw the ball she had passed to Xi Qian as soon as she caught it from Ye Mingyu's teammate.
Heh, Xi Qian had truly given her something to laugh about later, especially whenever she would recall Ye Mingyu's pitiful look. With the founding ball approaching fast, Ye Mingyu couldn't afford to get hurt now, especially her face.
Ye Mingyu was just like Su Xiaofei in this aspect, she was also very vain when it came to her appearance. So how can she not be upset that it was her face that took the hit from Xi Qian's attack?
She could only cry like this, trying to gain everyone's sympathy, but she didn't get the reaction she wanted, because in everyone's eyes, it was her own fault for not paying attention to the game and got hit by Xi Qian instead.
The game continued, with Ye Mingyu insisting that she was okay despite the obvious redness on her face. In the end, Su Xiaofei's team emerged victorious, allowing Class 3-1A to experience their first loss in the high school level ranking.
Su Xiaofei hooked her arm around Xi Qian's shoulder.
"Qian, have I told you how much I love you?" She asked, deeply pleased seeing Ye Mingyu's ashamed reaction when she heard her other classmates criticizing her for not paying attention to Xi Qian's play.
Because they were all too focused on forcing Su Xiaofei out of the game, they ignored Xi Qian's presence, who ended up giving them the fatal blow, snatching away their chance for a comeback.
"Feifei, you have to be careful with your words. What if your admirers misunderstood you?" Xi Qian beamed her a smile, obviously pleased that she was able to give Ye Mingyu a good hit.
"Let them misunderstand! Who cares what they think of me?" Su Xiaofei dragged her friend away from the court. "Say, Qian. It wasn't an accident, right? You really didn't have to do it for my sake. You are lucky you weren't removed from the game, as it wasn't a head injury."
Xi Qian huffed and looked away, a little embarrassed that Su Xiaofei had caught her.
"Would you hate me if I say I enjoyed seeing her pitiful and pathetic face? I should have thrown the ball harder."
Su Xiaofei laughed at that. She could never hate Xi Qian, although she wasn't sure what to feel now that her friend was acting protective on her stead.
"Then you would make her dumber than she already is"