Chapter Fifty-One: Melancholy and Power

  The student union people have all left, and the literature club people have also all left.

  In the empty activity room, there were only three people left.

  Cheng Shui Xin was still standing in front of the blackboard, her head lowered.

  Yang Bingbing still leaned against the door, all the student union cadres had left, she chose to stay, her attitude and stance were very clear.

  Su Yifan stood by the window, watching as the student union cadres swarmed around Zhai Yufei as he walked across the playground, his windbreaker fluttering in the slanting sunlight, looking quite dashing.

  As they watched those people's backs disappear into the distance, vanishing at the entrance of the teaching building. Su Yifan suddenly turned around and asked: "That Liang Fangfang, does anyone know her detailed situation?"

  Su Yifan asked questions of two people, but his eyes were still fixed on Yang Bingbing's face.

  Yang Bingbing smiled helplessly: "Do you really want to know?"

  "It's going to be a lot of pressure, right?" Su Yifan shrugged, feeling calm at the moment. "It's better to know anyway, I'm actually more curious why she's so infatuated with Di Yufei."

  Yang Bingbing sighed and said: "I didn't think that Zhai Yufei would come to find you guys' trouble, I thought Chen Xin didn't have anything that could move Zhai Yufei."

  "That means you don't understand them. Not understanding them is not a bad thing."

  Su Yifan glanced at Cheng Shuihan, who was still lowering her head, and said in a low voice: "I don't know if I'm too sensitive, but I feel that Liang Fangfang is deliberately suppressing herself. She should be the kind of person who is used to being high above."

  "Your intuition is not wrong." Yang Bingbing closed the classroom door with a sigh, saying, "If we really want to rank the students in our school by their family background, Liang Fangfang would probably be among the top three."

  "What about Chen Xin?" Su Yifan was quite interested in this gossip and couldn't help but ask.

  "Outside of fifteen people," said Yang Bingbing. "Liang Fangfang's family background is relatively complicated, and not many people know about it. I'm afraid even Chen Xin doesn't know she's a Hong Kong citizen."

  "Hong Kong nationality?" Su Yifan was really surprised this time, "Hong Kong nationality, come to Binhai City to study?"

  "Because of Di Yu Fei." Yang Bingbing also couldn't shake off the innate gossip heart of a woman, explaining, "Do you believe in love at first sight? Liang Fangfang and Di Yu Fei met during an exchange activity in their freshman year, then she decided to come to Bin Hai to study on her own."

  Su Yifan curled his lips: "It's really evil... doesn't your family object?"

  Yang Bingbing shook her head: "I don't know about that. But I can give you a hint, Liang Fangfang's family is in the jewelry business and they are very famous throughout Southeast Asia."

  Liang Tao Ji

  Cheng Shuijin, who had been keeping her head down all along, finally spoke up. Her expression had returned to normal.

  Su Yifan patted his head, that was a jewelry brand often appearing in various TV commercials, very popular among young women.

  "It's really a true white rich beauty... " Su Yifan sighed, "From this point on, I really admire Zhai Yufei for treating Liang Fangfang as a hardworking assistant."

  Cheng Shui Xin's control over her emotions is beyond imagination, and now she can even laugh about it: "Perhaps in her heart, there is a huge masochistic soul."

  Everyone laughed, and after laughing for a few seconds, Cheng Shuiying became melancholic again.

  "What should we do now?"

  Su Yifan couldn't help but laugh: "Now all the contradictions are on me, I reckon they won't bother you again."

  Hearing Su Yifan say this, Cheng Shuiyan felt even more melancholy.

  "It's all because of me, otherwise there wouldn't be so much trouble." Cheng Shuiheng was truly self-reproaching at this time, she hadn't expected things to turn out like this.

  "The mid-term exam is still about a month away, don't worry," Su said reassuringly. "I'll think of a way to make Zhai Yufei speechless."

  Cheng Shui Xin took a glance at Su Yi Fan and thought of his ranking around 400 in their school year, feeling even more disheartened.

  "Never mind, let's just go back." At this time, Su Yifan seemed to be in a better state of mind than anyone else. "Worst comes to worst, I'll just go beat up Chen Xin again."

  Cheng Shui sighed: "I said that the outside world is too complicated, and it's true that even school isn't simple."

  "Let's go back first." Yang Bingbing advised Cheng Shuiying, "Staying here won't solve the problem. I'll report this to the teacher and see how they decide."

  Cheng Shui Xin smiled bitterly: "Diao Yu Fei must have thought of this point already, it's useless for you to go and say anything."

  Yang Bingbing's face turned gloomy and she lowered her head. Su Yifan knew that this was because she felt the sense of justice she had been holding onto in her heart was being desecrated, in a campus she trusted.

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  Su Yifan and Cheng Shuiyan returned to the classroom when Li Peiran was telling a few classmates with flying eyebrows and colors about what happened in the activity building just now.

  When Su Yifan came back, Li Peiran was like an MP3 player that had been paused, his high-pitched tone coming to an abrupt halt.

  Su Yifan didn't even look at Li Peiran and returned to his seat.

  As it was a self-study class, Zhang Chao naturally came over and said: "I heard you dared to argue with the student union president?"

  Su Yifan nodded and opened his laptop.

  "What's wrong with you?" Zhang Chao was a bit worried for Su Yifan, "Zhai Yufei is very capable both in and out of school. If you go against him, you'll definitely get hurt."

  Su Yifan, who had been quietly waiting for the boot screen to finish, raised his head and said helplessly, "Being bullied to this extent and still not making a sound is just being foolish."

  Zhang Chao was speechless for a moment before saying: "Then you were just being unreasonable back then."

  "It's all right now."

  Su Yifan's determined expression made Zhang Chao stop mentioning the matter, and instead discuss with Su Yifan the thrilling battles of Dota.

  "Let's just drop it for now, I'm going to read a book." Su Yifan suddenly remembered his bet and couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency.

  Seeing Su Yifan ignoring him, Zhang Chao pouted and swapped seats with someone else again. He started drawing game maps and movement routes on a piece of white paper, turning evening self-study into a pre-game warm-up.

  Su Yifan has never been too concerned about his academic performance, just like many of his peers. It's not that he lacks intelligence, but rather that he finds learning uninteresting.

  Students are not very interested in learning itself, which is also a gift of the education system. It's not uncommon for schools to be run like prisons. Su Yifan has many interests and his family is laissez-faire with him, it would be strange if he had good grades.

  After making a bet with Di Yufei, Su Yifan finally took his studies seriously.

  Cheng Shuixin sat sideways and occasionally turned her head to glance at Su Yifan, with a worried look in her eyes.

  Su Yifan spent the entire self-study class reviewing his previous test papers. He found that to reach the top 50 in the school, he needed a breakthrough leap, which obviously couldn't be achieved within a month.

  At the same time, Su Yifan also found that his memory had improved a lot compared to before he started training, and his spirit was more focused, and he would no longer be distracted frequently.

  In the remaining one and a half self-study class, Su Yifan really focused on studying, making Cheng Shuijin look back frequently with a warm heart. When Di Yufei put pressure on himself today, those boys who had shown goodwill to him did not stand up for him, which made Cheng Shuijin have a clearer understanding of the so-called emotions among high school students.

  Only Su Yifan, he didn't say anything and had never made any demands, stood out at that critical moment, without fear of offending everyone in the student union.

  After the school bell rang, Su Yifan packed up his bag alone and was about to leave when Cheng Shuiyan quickly caught up from behind.

  "Thank you very much today."

  Su Yifan could tell that Cheng Shui'an's thanks were sincere, so he slowed down his pace and said: "Don't be polite, I'm a member of the literature club, this is what I should do."

  "No, it's all because of me." Cheng Shuiying didn't know how many times she had repeated this phrase, maybe feeling too powerless, and continued to say, "Even if you lost the bet with Zhai Yufei, I still want to thank you..."

  "No, I won't lose." Su Yifan interrupted Cheng Shui'er, "In a month's time, I will do my best."

  Cheng Shui Xin was stunned, this young man who was firm in his heart and resolute in his tone, was he really the same good-natured person she knew?

  Su Yifan continued walking and said, "Zhai Yufei used a straightforward approach to deal with you, we should also use a straightforward approach to counterattack. The student union will always find fault with various reasons, I can only use this method to drag them for a few days."

  "I'll find a way," said Cheng Shui softly. "If the Literature Club really has to end, I won't give in to the Student Council."

  Su Yifan let out a light breath: "Actually, there's nothing to be afraid of. Zhai Yu Fei thinks he's very impressive, but the more this kind of person is, the easier they are to deal with."

  Listening to Su Yifan speak like this, Cheng Shuiyan was slightly dazed for a moment.

  Su Yifan, who had always been silent, hid a heart under his honest appearance, and Cheng Shui thought that she couldn't see clearly now.

  Su Yifan continued to say nonchalantly: "Zhai Yu Fei is strong only in his attitude, there's nothing to worry about."

  Cheng Shui Xin could tell that Su Yi Fan was genuinely not worried, so she didn't bring it up again.

  At night, Su Yifan didn't have dinner with Cheng Shui'an. His recent cash consumption has exceeded the usual speed, so at night he escaped back home to eat.

  By the way, continue reading books.

  The knowledge in those textbooks is actually not that profound or difficult to understand, most of the time it's just a matter of being familiar with it or not. Su Yifan was working hard to make himself re-familiar with these test questions, formulas, sentences and vocabulary.

  Su Shen couldn't help but feel a little surprised seeing his son working so hard.

  "What's going on?"

  Su Yifan's face was filled with embarrassment: "Study hard and get into a good university."

  Su Yifan's parents were in a free love relationship and had experienced many ups and downs, so they were unusually lenient with their child. Su Yifan grew up in this kind of family and sometimes felt that he was much happier than most people of the same age.

  When he heard his son say something so serious, Su Shen was taken aback and patted his son on the shoulder.

  "It's actually not that important, as long as you can learn to take care of yourself."

  Su Yifan suddenly felt that his old man was the most powerful existence.

  The next day at noon, Su Yifan took Zhang Yao to eat while calling Su Xiaqing. He thought it was necessary to tell her about this matter.

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  Some people actually say I'm writing in a pretentious style!

  Good grief, what a low and common person I am...

  What? It seems like you've learned some bad habits. Can't you just use a single word to describe something lowly? Are you trying to cheat on the word count by writing two words...