After being lectured for half an hour by the homeroom teacher, Hao Ying was a little dejected. However, when Qiao Lan told him that she wanted to talk to him, Hao Ying's mood instantly soared again.

Ever since he entered this class, the homeroom teacher didn't like him. It was common for him to be lectured, so he gradually got used to it.

Qiao Lan and Hao Ying walked together, instantly attracting many people's attention. Hao Ying was in a good mood and even greeted a few classmates he knew. He caught up with Qiao Lan and asked her with a smile, "You weren't there when I sent the flowers that day. I don't know if you like them or not."

Qiao Lan turned around. Hao Ying asked her if she liked them, but the expression on his face was as if Qiao Lan would like them very much.

They were already quite far from the homeroom teacher's office. Qiao Lan stopped and turned around. After keeping a distance of more than a meter from Hao Ying, she looked at Hao Ying and said, "I'll transfer the money to you on WeChat later."

Hao Ying stopped smiling. "Why did you say that … You don't like them?"

"No." Qiao Lan was in a bad mood. However, they were still good friends, so Qiao Lan didn't embarrass Hao Ying. She didn't choose to say it directly in class. Instead, she said it in a more reserved manner, "Compared to flowers, I prefer a set of 3-5 exercise books. I didn't mean to ask you to send me an exercise book. What I mean is that I just want to study hard now. I don't have any plans to date."

Hao Ying looked at her and smiled. "I don't want to be together right now. I just like you very much and wanted to tell you. I didn't want to disturb you and affect your studies."

"But you have already disturbed me." Qiao Lan looked over Hao Ying's shoulder and saw the students who couldn't hide their curiosity. "Since last week until today, my WeChat hasn't stopped. Every day, there are students at the dormitory door asking me if I'm in a relationship with you. The monthly exam is coming soon, so I was called in by the homeroom teacher for questioning. I have to make time to clarify these questions."

Hao Ying stood rooted to the ground, probably because he had never thought of these problems.

He was too popular. From when he was young until now, there were very few people who disliked him, especially the opposite sex. There were too many girls in the school who felt very proud just because they knew him, not to mention the kind that he clearly expressed his affection for.

There was a popular saying on the Internet: In this day and age, good-looking guys were called flirting with girls.

After Hao Ying gave Qiao Lan a bouquet of flowers, his close female friend sighed. Although she wasn't interested in Hao Ying, if Hao Ying gave her flowers in such a high-profile manner, she would feel proud too.

However, Qiao Lan didn't feel any pride at all. She only felt that it was troublesome.

. '' Hao Ying had never pursued a top student like Qiao Lan. None of the girls around him were as good as her. Only then did he realize that he didn't know much about Qiao Lan.

Indeed, he didn't know much about her. He didn't understand Qiao Lan's family situation, her situation, or what she would face in the future if she didn't study hard.

In other words, Hao Ying and Qiao Lan were from two different worlds. Hao Ying could play around and finish his three years in high school, but Qiao Lan couldn't. Unfortunately, Hao Ying didn't realize this.

Only then did Hao Ying realize that Qiao Lan wasn't pretending to be troublesome. She really found it troublesome. Even if Qiao Lan didn't say it out loud, Hao Ying understood now. Qiao Lan didn't like the way he confessed to her. She even despised it.

Qiao Lan took out her phone and looked at the time. There were three minutes before class started. She decided to make everything clear. "I can't think of any hints I gave you in the past to make you think I like you. Maybe it's because you're too popular. But I still want to make it clear so that there won't be any misunderstandings. Hao Ying, I'm not interested in you."

Hao Ying was stunned.

After Qiao Lan made it clear, she didn't waste any more time. She left Hao Ying, who was still in a daze, and went straight back to the classroom.

Xiang Xiaohan looked at Qiao Lan, then looked at Hao Ying, who hadn't come back yet. She asked Qiao Lan curiously, "Qiao Lan, where's Hao Ying? Why didn't you two come back together?"

"Why do we have to come back together?"

Xiang Xiaohan was speechless. She glanced at Tan Mo subconsciously.

Tan Mo was silent. As usual, he handed the prepared nutrient solution to Qiao Lan. Although he was still expressionless and didn't say anything, his eyes only fell on Qiao Lan.

Xiang Xiaohan suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Qiao Lan already had the school hunk, Hao Ying, chasing after her. Even if they weren't together, they must be flirting with each other. However, she still took Tan Mo for granted.

Sure enough, if a person was beautiful, they could be forgiven no matter what they did.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Tan Mo's face.

Why did Tan Mo still treat Qiao Lan so well?

The more Xiang Xiaohan thought about it, the more sullen she felt. When Hao Ying finally came back, Xiang Xiaohan felt that she had figured it out.

Hao Ying wasn't the kind of guy who could be hung up by Qiao Lan whenever she wanted. If she hung up on him, he might lose interest in her someday. Qiao Lan would agree to Hao Ying sooner or later. After Qiao Lan agreed to Hao Ying, she didn't believe that Tan Mo would still be so nice.

Xiang Xiaohan was waiting to see a good show. In the end, the good show came, but it was completely out of her expectations.

Although no one knew what Qiao Lan and Hao Ying said that day, as long as one had eyes, they could see the change between Hao Ying and Qiao Lan.

Hao Ying still came to Qiao Lan to ask questions, but Qiao Lan wouldn't give Hao Ying any more questions. She always had all kinds of reasons to reject him. It was fine once or twice, but after a few times, anyone could see that Qiao Lan was rejecting Hao Ying.

Qiao Lan almost wrote the meaning of "stay away from Hao Ying" on her face.

If Hao Ying's high-profile confession to Qiao Lan was enough to shock everyone, then Qiao Lan's direct rejection of Hao Ying was even more shocking.

To use a phrase that people often used.

That was Hao Ying!

There was actually a girl who rejected Hao Ying!

Almost all the students who paid attention to the school's gossip were talking about this for the past two days. Why did Qiao Lan reject Hao Ying?

Some people said that it was because Hao Ying's confession was too lousy. It was like forcing Qiao Lan to nod. It was already good enough that Qiao Lan didn't fall out with him.

But as soon as this statement came out, it was scolded back by overwhelming opposition.

If other people did this, it would be cheap, but it was impossible for Hao Ying.

"Even if I have someone I like, if Hao Ying pursues me like this one day, it wouldn't be rude at all. It would be too embarrassing!"

So why did Qiao Lan reject Hao Ying?

"Hao Ying does have a good family background and is very handsome, but there's no rule that says that everyone has to like him."

"I think it's normal that Qiao Lan doesn't like Hao Ying. Qiao Lan isn't just beautiful. She's a top student, okay? Hao Ying is a bad student. Qiao Lan probably doesn't even want to date. She just wants to study hard."

"Qiao Lan was in the same class as Qiao Lan in the first year of high school. Let me tell you a secret. Qiao Lan pursued Chen Yaoyang before, so why did she reject Hao Ying? Do you understand?"

As soon as this rumor came out, it seemed that everything could be explained in an instant.

Although Hao Ying was handsome and popular, Chen Yaoyang was no worse than Hao Ying except for the fact that he didn't have a celebrity face. He was even a super top student. At least in terms of spirit, he was on the same level as Qiao Lan.

Class 18 was the center of public opinion these days. Originally, Qiao Lan and Hao Ying were already lively enough. But now, another popular figure, Chen Yaoyang, was involved, so it became even more lively.

Hao Ying's face became worse when he saw Chen Yaoyang these days.

Chen Yaoyang remembered Qiao Lan's attitude towards him in the first month of high school. He thought of something and glanced at Qiao Lan. As expected, he saw Qiao Lan talking to Tan Mo.

He only wanted to say two words: Hao Ying.

Idiot.

Although Qiao Lan still lived her daily life of being pointed at and watched, not being misunderstood by others made her feel much better. Especially after the first monthly exam, Qiao Lan kept the second place in the grade. Qiao Lan's mood became even better.

However, this time, Tan Mo didn't beat Qiao Lan by too much. Because starting from the second year of high school, the three science subjects were no longer 150 points like in the first year of high school. Instead, it was 100 points. The difference was much smaller than before. The biggest reason was that Tan Mo's essay was off topic again.

Not only was his essay off-topic, but his reading comprehension score was also somewhat low.

The reason was very simple. It was because this time, the reading comprehension and essay were all about emotion.

Tan Mo's ability to express himself was very good. In fact, he was even better than the average person. He had a large vocabulary and was very logical. In Qiao Lan's eyes, the essay he wrote was more like a formal thesis. At first glance, it gave people a sense of superiority.

If the topic of the essay was fixed and the content was objective, then Tan Mo's essay could almost get full marks. However, if the topic was about emotion, then Tan Mo's essay would be off-topic most of the time. Every time, he would only get close to half the marks.

The teacher went through the questions very quickly. Especially since everyone's reading score was very high this time, Qiao Lan went through the entire essay from beginning to end for Tan Mo. She was very patient. Just like when she was doing emotional identification for Tan Mo at home, she explained every emotional thought to Tan Mo seriously.

Qiao Lan didn't want others to see her explaining language to Tan Mo. In other people's eyes, it didn't even need to be explained. She didn't want others to find out that Tan Mo was slow in the emotional aspect. She felt sorry for Tan Mo because of his AS, but it didn't mean that others would feel the same way when they found out.

In order to let Tan Mo hear clearly, Qiao Lan lowered her voice. She was very close to Tan Mo. She pointed out a paragraph to ask Tan Mo about the feelings he wanted to express. Tan Mo didn't say it very accurately. Qiao Lan took the pen from Tan Mo's hand. Her fingers naturally touched Tan Mo's cold fingers.

Tan Mo suddenly froze. After a moment of stiffness, he suddenly moved his hand away.

Qiao Lan was stunned.

She and Tan Mo had known each other for so long. She had even massaged Tan Mo before. Tan Mo was very familiar with her touch. However, recently, Tan Mo seemed to be very afraid of touching her body.

Today's situation wasn't the first time.

Qiao Lan paused for a long time with the pen in her hand. In the end, she couldn't help but ask Tan Mo, "Tan Mo, what's wrong with you recently?"

Tan Mo's beautiful light brown eyes seemed to tremble slightly. However, Qiao Lan didn't notice. Tan Mo lowered his eyelashes and said, "Nothing."

After the second class, Qiao Lan went down to do her exercises. Tan Mo looked at Qiao Lan's patient handwriting on the paper and sat motionless in his chair.

Someone came into the classroom. Tan Mo didn't care. Every day, he would leave two students to clean the classroom during exercises. However, when he raised his head, he saw Xiang Xiaohan.

Xiang Xiaohan sat in the seat in front of Tan Mo. Before Tan Mo could ask her to get lost, she suddenly said,

"Tan Mo, you like Qiao Lan, right?"

Tan Mo couldn't say a word. It was as if someone had grabbed his heart in an instant.