Chapter 32: A Substandard Person

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Having endured until the end of the school day, Tang Qianmiao was, surprisingly, not in a hurry to go just yet.
For one, she was reading the news on her cell phone, but also, she wasn’t too fond of squeezing in with the others in the elevator.
Just like her sense of hearing, she had an extremely sensitive sense of smell. Hence the moment she was in a crowded place, she would be bombarded with all sorts of smells. Especially during summer. The complexity of smells in the air simply drove her crazy.
There was a lot of news, so she started with the most important…
[Black Chicken: Boss, the situation is just as you’ve expected. The progress has been successful, it’s almost certain that they won’t be able to sign a deal in the next few days.]
She chatted for over ten minutes before she got onto her feet to leave.
The teaching block was quiet now and there were only a few people around. Still, she did not use the elevator but instead took the stairs down.
As she was reaching the first floor, she heard the sound of people chattering and laughing.
At the foot of the stairs, there were three boys and four girls standing around. Among them were Lin Wenyu and Feng Chuchu. It was almost lunchtime and they had made plans to eat at the restaurant outside. There was one more person who was supposed to join them, so they were here waiting.
Initially, they were chatting and laughing, however, when Tang Qianmiao appeared, the talking faded. All of them had the same expression on their faces, and they shared a common disdain for this girl.
Some of them looked down on her mediocre style of dressing, while others looked down on her tendency to be a loner. There were also those who didn’t even glance at her or acknowledge her presence.
Tang Qianmiao walked past the crowd calmly and steadily, completely ignoring them.
When she had walked some distance away, Lin Wenyu gasped aloud and said, “I was thinking of something else and didn’t even think to invite my cousin to come with us for lunch.”
Feng Chuchu held her back and snapped, “Don’t! If you’re going to ask her to come along, we’ll leave you out.”
Lin Wenyu lowered her head, pretending to look pitiful.
Shi Chengan looked at the both of them. “Enough. What’s the point of arguing over a substandard person? Come on, let’s go for lunch.”
With that, Lin Wenyu looked up and said, “What about Youzheng?”
“He’s just sent me a text. He’s waiting for us at the school entrance.”
…
Tang Qianmiao had been sitting in the cake shop near the school entrance for a short while and ended up ordering herself something to eat. She appeared quite different from her normal self when she was eating like this. In Black Chicken’s words, she looked like a rabbit nibbling at a carrot.
From the time she was a child, she had a love for good food.
Having had her fill, she left the shop and headed towards East Street. To get there, she had to walk past a particular small alley.
As she turned the corner, she saw something interesting…
Lin Wenyu and friends were surrounded by seven or eight unemployed youths, and they were removing the valuables on themselves and tossing them into a bag.
“Hurry! Are you looking to be beaten up!” One of the youths, gripping a cigarette between his lips, held out a stick threateningly at Xu Youzheng.
Shi Chengan stood in front of Feng Chuchu and stared at the thugs icily. “I’m warning you, you’d better let us go immediately, otherwise you’ll regret it!”
A dark-skinned boy laughed aloud and suddenly delivered a punch aimed at Shi Chengan’s stomach. “Warning us, are you? Go ahead!”
Another punch.
Shi Chengan endured it without making a sound and continued to protect Feng Chuchu, who was crying loudly now. The others were also rather frightened and quickly gave up their valuables.
“Big Brother, indeed it was a good decision to come here. It’s really profitable.”
“Tsch, this is nothing. Look at these people – whom among them aren’t the children of wealthy families? This is just loose pocket change for them. Tsk, little sister, what are you crying for? Come over to your big brother here.”
He lunged towards Feng Chuchu, waving his hand.
Feng Chuchu cried in even greater desperation now.
Shi Chengan frowned and snapped, “We’ve given you our money, let us go now!”
The leader smiled and leered at them. “No hurry, no hurry.”
A boy on the other side also started to tease Lin Wenyu and the other girls. Xu Youzheng was punched a few times for trying to protect them.
At this point, someone shouted, “Big Brother, there’s one here who’s even more beautiful!”
All of them turned around, only to be greeted by Tang Qianmiao’s glamorous face.