Chapter Eighteen Give it a try yourself

  The lotus leaves were swaying, rooted in the lake surface, reflecting the willow tree shadows. A boy was propping himself up against a tree trunk with one hand, desperately wiping away tears - it was Su Yan. He had forgotten how long it had been since he last cried, ever since he made up his mind not to let Su Xiang Ran pay so much for him again. But today, after hearing her words, the tears couldn't be held back. It felt like a knife had been viciously stabbed into his heart, the pain was tearing him apart!

  The wind blew across the lake, accompanied by the swaying of large lotus leaves, and the ripples spread out in circles, shattering the reflections on the water.

  Su Yan struggled to hold back his tears, but his collar was already soaked, and the rose emblem pinned on it was also drenched in tears. Just then, two senior students happened to be walking by from the opposite direction. When they saw the rose emblem on Su Yan's collar, they immediately raised their eyebrows: "Freshman, still gray."

  As soon as Su Yan heard the sound, he immediately lifted his head and saw someone approaching from inside. Before he knew it, one of them quickly grabbed his collar with a few swift steps: "Hey, where are you running to? Tsk, tsk, look at this delicate skin, and you're even wearing glasses! No wonder nobody wanted to recruit you into their gang. With this build, you'd definitely lose in a fight against others. But it's okay, our gang welcomes anyone who comes. The more people the better. Hand over your badge, and we'll help you exchange it for a white one."

  "No—" Su Yan grabbed the emblem and held it in his hand. He remembered what Su Zhongyan had said to him, that he should go to a safe place if he could, and he wanted to join the same faction as Su Zhongyan, absolutely not joining them!

  Upon hearing that their suggestion was rejected, the two boys immediately got angry. One of them grabbed Su Yan's collar and lifted him up: "Don't think you can just decline our toast and get away with it, believe me, I'll beat you to death right now!"

  "You can try it yourself." Suddenly another voice came from behind, and the boy who was holding Su Yan turned around, only to be punched heavily in the face.

  He was in so much pain that he quickly let go of his hand, Su Yan was slammed to the ground, and his wrist was scraped off a layer of skin.

  "Damn it, there's actually help!" The boy on the other side swung his fist and rushed towards Su Yanran, who had just appeared. She spun around on her toes and retreated to his back, then directly knocked him out with a palm strike.

  "What a hassle." After patting the dust off his hands, Su Yanran turned to look at Su Ye who was still sitting on the ground: "If you don't want to drag me down, stick closely by my side. Don't just wander off and disappear, I'm not going to put a chain around your neck."

  Su Yan gritted his teeth and stood up from the ground: "I want to take the student union entrance exam with you."

  "What?" Su suddenly stunned, she thought she had misheard: "You want to take the student union entrance exam? I believe your grades should be fine, but can you pass the physical fitness test?"

  "I'll work hard, where you are, I am!" He didn't want to make Su Yanran stop again because of him. If she ran fast, he would do his best to keep up with her speed and absolutely not hold her back.

  Su Yanran shrugged: "Whatever you want, now go back to class first."

  Two people left the lake. Just above where they had just stood, a willow tree was lying horizontally and vertically, with a young man on it, who opened his eyes, curled up the corners of his mouth, and looked at the gradually disappearing back view with great interest.