CHAPTER 159: CHAPTER 154: THE FEMALE SUPPORTING CHARACTER OF THE SPIRITUAL SPRING SPACE

"Are you Junior Sister Lian?" Lin Jiayan asked, not quite sure of himself.

Lian Lan’s smile stiffened for a moment, then quickly returned to a shy and gentle expression: "Senior Lin, my name is Lian Lan. The thing is, our publicity department is preparing to organize a rural tourism event. Do you have time to join us?"

"You guys go ahead, I probably won’t have the time," Lin Jiayan said as he smiled and declined her offer.

"Is that so!" Lian Lan sounded regretful, "I originally thought about inviting everyone from our dormitory as well as people from your dormitory to participate. It could serve as a social gathering."

"I seem to remember you and Ye Qiu are from the same dormitory?" Lin Jiayan, thinking of the aloof yet charming girl who had just walked past, felt a surge of interest.

She knew it would be like this! Lian Lan cursed inwardly, wishing desperately that Lin Jiayan would not be seen together with Ye Qiu, but she knew that without Ye Qiu, she wouldn’t be able to invite Lin Jiayan at all.

"Yes!" Lian Lan answered, her tone considerate, "I was thinking that Ye Qiu socializes too little usually, and I wanted to bring her along! Are you really sure you don’t have time, Senior? Everyone is really looking forward to your participation!"

"When is it? I’ll try to make arrangements," Lin Jiayan agreed.

"Next Saturday, Senior Lin, let’s add each other on WeChat, I’ll contact you then," Lian Lan asked cautiously, fearing that Lin Jiayan would reject her.

Lin Jiayan thought to himself, since Lian Lan is Ye Qiu’s roommate, they must have a good relationship, and this way he could also frequently keep informed about Ye Qiu’s whereabouts, so he agreed to Lian Lan’s request.

When Lian Lan returned to the dormitory, Liu Qingqing and Cao Lu were still cheering for Ye Qiu’s victory. The moment she walked in, it was as if someone had hit the pause button, and everything went quiet.

Seeing this scene, Lian Lan felt extremely uncomfortable. It felt like she was being excluded from a dormitory of four, as if she had wronged them in some way. Why did they have to ostracize her like this?

Lian Lan felt extremely aggrieved. Why did everything she try to do fail? Why did everyone like that hypocritical woman, Ye Qiu?

Yet Lian Lan never reflected on herself. Clearly, at the beginning of freshman year, everyone was good friends. Why did they all distance themselves from you?

You say others ostracize you, but isn’t it because you’re the one who assumes the worst of others first? Aren’t you the one who is hypocritical, pretentious, arrogant, and looks down on others?

But now, Lian Lan’s eyes were blinded by jealousy and the superiority complex of being a reincarnator; she was unable to recognize her own faults.

Just like at this moment, if she hadn’t looked at Liu Qingqing and Cao Lu with cold, resistant eyes upon entering the door, they, who had no grievances with her, would likely not ignore you.

In the end, it was Cao Lu who remembered what the class monitor told her and said to Lian Lan: "Lian Lan, the class monitor told me there will be a make-up exam for Marxism on Thursday and advanced mathematics on Friday, don’t forget."

Hearing Cao Lu’s reminder, Lian Lan suddenly remembered she had failed two courses last semester, and her expression darkened instantly.

How could this be? In her past life, she never failed any subjects! Would Lin Jiayan look down on her if he found out? According to her previous life’s trajectory, shouldn’t she have been receiving a scholarship? Where did it all go wrong?

At this moment, Lian Lan failed to recall how many times Cao Lu had reminded her to attend class and do homework last semester. Did she listen? But relying on the fact that she was a reincarnator, she had ignored all of that, striving towards what she thought was a better direction.

"I know," Lian Lan said stiffly, a sense of panic also welling up inside her. Today is already Tuesday; will she have enough time to review? Why? Why didn’t someone remind her earlier? Lian Lan blamed Cao Lu in her heart.

She herself never reflected that the class leader had already sent out the notice in the group chat. Was it because she found everyone in the class annoying and blocked the messages, or was it the class leader being responsible and thinking of her when she didn’t reply, that he specially instructed Cao Lu to remind her!

Seeing her gloomy expression, Liu Qingqing knew she was definitely fostering resentment in her heart again, and disdainfully rolled her eyes.

Lian Lan’s thoughts were in utter chaos at the moment, but even so, she hadn’t forgotten the chance to spend time with Lin Jiayan. If Ye Qiu didn’t go, then it was very likely that Lin Jiayan wouldn’t either.

Therefore, she forced a smile on her stiff face and said to Ye Qiu, "Ye Qiu, this Saturday, the members of the publicity department and some senior classmates from senior year are going to a farm resort. Come with us."

"I..." Ye Qiu was about to refuse when Liu Qingqing sensed something amiss and interrupted her, asking, "Senior classmates from senior year? Who are all going?"

Logically speaking, Lian Lan shouldn’t be so kindhearted, not with the state of their current relationship where they’re barely speaking. Would Lian Lan really be this nice?

"It’s Senior Lin Jiayan’s group from the dormitory. They said it’s for socialization, so everyone can get to know each other," Lian Lan said reluctantly, not wanting to reveal this information but also not wanting to miss the opportunity to interact with Senior Lin Jiayan.

"Lin Jiayan?" Liu Qingqing exclaimed, "He’s socializing with us?" She was nearly ecstatic with this news; even if Lian Lan had some ulterior motives now, she wouldn’t care. If she could meet Lin Jiayan face to face, she’d have no regrets, even in death.

Hearing Lian Lan say this, Ye Qiu also remembered. In the previous life, there had been this same event, and this visit to the farm resort had even become a breakthrough point for Lin Jiayan and Lian Lan’s relationship.

"Let’s go, all of us. Ye Zi, I won’t allow you to refuse," Liu Qingqing declared, extremely excited, before remembering her jealous boyfriend. She asked Lian Lan, "We can bring family members, right?"

"Yes." Lian Lan answered reluctantly.

"OK, we’re all going," Liu Qingqing decided. Ye Qiu didn’t refuse. Now, any chance to give Lian Lan a hard time was welcome. What were Lian Lan’s slight frustrations compared to Zhouzhou’s happiness in the previous life?

Time quickly came to the day of the event. Nobody knew how He Qingfeng managed to persuade Cao Lu, but in any case, he was also participating in the farm resort activity.

"Ye Zi, you cook later!" Cao Lu thought of this first thing; there was good food to look forward to today!

"Sure, sure, sure." Liu Qingqing agreed wholeheartedly.

"What? Are your cooking skills really that good?" Lin Jiayan asked Ye Qiu with a smile, not knowing when he arrived at their side.

"Just average," Ye Qiu replied lightly to him.

"How can it be just average!" disagreed Liu Qingqing, "I guarantee after eating it once, you’ll never forget it."

"Just last week, Ye Zi even won the national preliminary round of the Culinary Competition," added Cao Lu, "and every dish scored highly, leading by a large margin all the way."

"Oh?" Lin Jiayan was genuinely surprised this time, not expecting that Ye Qiu, who looked like a Fairy that didn’t partake in the mortal world’s affairs, was actually a master chef on the inside!

"Would I have the honor to try some later?" he asked.

"Most welcome," Liu Qingqing spoke on behalf of Ye Qiu, where the allure of beauty was concerned, even food had to take a backseat.