Chapter 1001
Pretending to be something you're not
She looked at Gu Mingchuan happily, only to find that his face remained cold, a stark contrast to her joy. Su Lingyi couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. But then she thought back to how Gu Mingchuan had just told her to be his girlfriend.
Thinking of this, Su Lingyi tried to justify herself in her mind. Gu Mingchuan was just this kind of aloof person, so it was understandable that his feelings were completely different from her joy.
She said to Li Meijia, "Thank you, my good sister, we will definitely be good friends in the future!"
Then Li Meijia took the opportunity to tease them, shouting to Su Lingyi and Gu Mingchuan together, "Give them a kiss! Give them a kiss!"
Although the other classmates weren't entirely accepting of the couple, they still enjoyed the teasing and cheering from the group, and joined Li Meijia in shouting, "Kiss! Kiss!"
Li Meijia is Su Lingyi's most loyal lackey and knows Su Lingyi's personality perfectly. The reason she cheered in public like this is because she knows Su Lingyi will like it. So, Li Meijia did this in order to please Su Lingyi.
Although Su Lingyi is usually quite spoiled, she is very shy in front of the person she likes.
Seeing this, Li Meijia said, "Lingyi is shy, Mingchuan, you should take the initiative!"
Gu Mingchuan initially didn't want to respond to his classmates' jeers, but when he saw Bai Susu and Xu Bo'an sitting together, a surge of anger welled up inside him. He reached out and pulled Su Lingyi into his arms, saying to everyone, "We have indeed confirmed that we are boyfriend and girlfriend. As for those intimate actions you mentioned, we only do them at home, so we won't embarrass ourselves here!"
Faced with Gu Mingchuan's sudden action, Su Lingyi turned her head and looked at him in disbelief, her heart filled with joy and excitement. Gu Mingchuan had publicly announced their relationship in front of so many people, which meant that he truly loved her. Su Lingyi felt very satisfied, her face full of shyness. She gave Gu Mingchuan a light kiss on the cheek, and then shyly pulled away.
Seeing this scene, the classmates couldn't help but cheer. A few male classmates who were close to Gu Mingchuan in school teased him, saying, "Mingchuan, look how brave Lingyi is! Shouldn't you, a grown man, give us an even more spectacular performance?"
Gu Mingchuan reached out and slapped a male classmate next to him who was teasing him, saying, "You talk too much! I'm here for a class reunion, not to perform for everyone!"
Upon hearing Gu Mingchuan's words, Su Lingyi quickly said to everyone, "Teasing is fine, but we should know when to stop. If you all want to see it, then come to our house after dinner!"
Hearing Su Lingyi's words, everyone became even more excited and exclaimed, "Wow, these two are progressing so fast! They already have their own love nest!"
"It looks like our next class reunion isn't far off!"
"Yes, yes, next time we can attend their wedding!"
The students chattered away, each offering their own comment, and this topic made Su Lingyi very happy.
Although Gu Mingchuan was looking at everyone, he kept an eye on Bai Susu's facial expressions. As he expected, he saw that Bai Susu's face was not very happy, which proved that Bai Susu still had a place for Gu Mingchuan in her heart. This made Gu Mingchuan feel a little more comforted and his mood was not as irritable as before.
Yes, Bai Susu's feelings were indeed complicated at this moment, but her feelings were not what Gu Mingchuan thought. The reason why Bai Susu was unhappy was because Gu Mingchuan had just been so affectionate towards her, confessing his love, and now, in such a short time, he had become boyfriend and girlfriend with Su Lingyi. No, judging from Su Lingyi's words, the two of them should have already confirmed their relationship.
Before this, Bai Susu thought Gu Mingchuan was a very devoted man. Although Gu Mingchuan's departure without saying goodbye many years ago had caused her great harm, it was not her fault. Moreover, after hearing Gu Mingchuan tell the truth about what happened back then, Bai Susu had already let go of her resentment.
After letting go of her past feelings, she realized that she no longer had the same feelings for Gu Mingchuan as she did back then. These feelings seemed to have shifted to someone else, which made Bai Susu feel a little guilty towards Gu Mingchuan. But now it seemed there was no need for that at all.
When Bai Susu saw Gu Mingchuan like this, the last bit of guilt she felt vanished completely, replaced by a hint of disgust.
Gu Mingchuan, however, mistook Bai Susu's unpleasant expression for her sadness due to jealousy.
Su Lingyi looked at Bai Susu sitting next to the teacher with a smug look on her face. Seeing the ugly look on Bai Susu's face, Su Lingyi was even happier.
Su Lingyi turned to Bai Susu and said, "Susu, the man you brought with you today must be your boyfriend!"
Bai Susu simply replied, "Yes!"
Su Lingyi added, "You were one of the most beautiful and top students in our class back then, so your boyfriend must be pretty good!"
Before Bai Susu could answer, Li Meijia covered her mouth and burst out laughing, saying, "Lingyi, don't joke around. How good can someone's financial situation be if he needs to take out a loan to buy a car?"
Su Lingyi looked at Li Meijia with a somewhat surprised expression and said, "Meijia, who are you saying is taking out a car loan?"
Li Meijia said without any hesitation, "It's Bai Susu's boyfriend!"
At this moment, a male student in the crowd said, "Nowadays, there are plenty of people who take out car loans. It depends on what price range of car they buy."
Li Meijia said, "You've hit the nail on the head. Bai Susu's boyfriend bought a car that cost a little over a million. Guess how much he paid as a down payment?"
After hearing Li Meijia's words, one of her classmates said, "If you're buying a million-dollar car, you have to pay half down payment, otherwise the repayment pressure later on will be too great!"
Another person with average means said, "Yeah, yeah, for ordinary people like us, if we're buying a car, we'll only buy one that's within our budget. We wouldn't even dare to dream of a car in the million-dollar range! We've never experienced taking out a loan before!"
Li Meijia said, "That's right. For ordinary people like us, aside from wealthy people like Lingyi, Ruoyao, and Mingchuan who have enough money to buy luxury cars, who would be crazy enough to spend all their money on one car? Only someone who likes to put on a show of wealth would do something so stupid!" (End of Chapter)