“Why are you so quiet today?”Qiao Wei asked.


    “Because I’m sad,” An Xin said while walking toward the cafeteria with Qiao Wei.


    “What are you sad about?” asked Qiao Wei with furrowed brows. She opened the cap of a water bottle and we were about to drink when the other girl replied.


    “A cat ate my honey,” An Xin murmured in a depressed voice.


    Qiao Wei choked on water. “Your honey?”


    Damn, what was wrong with this girl? She had a boyfriend?_.


    “The chick I was raising,” An Xin replied, making someone cough in embarrassment. “A cat swallowed him.”


    “Ah, it hurts,” Qiao Wei said, making it seem as if it wasn’t a big deal. “Once I raised a dog, it died because I forgot to feed him. I also felt bad for several days.”


    “How can you forget to feed a dog?” An Xin questioned him.


    “Oh, I even forget to eat food myself,” Qiao Wei shrugged as if it wasn’t a big deal.


    “You are weird!”


    “I’m your Jiejie,” Qiao Wei red at her.


    “Yes, you are,” An Xin hugged Qiao Wei, putting her entire weight on her.


    “Ahhhh!” Qiao Wei shouted.


    “What happened?” An Xin stood up in a startling manner and looked at her friend who had fallen on the ground on her butt. She extended her hand to help her stand up but thetter just pped her hand away and stood up on her feet.


    “The ss President asked me not to take you to crowded ces,” Qiao Wei said, scratching her head. How could she forget such an important piece of information?


    “Why?” An Xin furrowed her brows in co fusion. “I’m scared of water bodies, not crowded ces.”


    “How do I exin this to you….” Qiao Wei scratched her head in bewilderment. It wasn’t because of An Xin but because of the well-being of the entire ss, the ss president took a decision– to protect An Xin from the jealousy or rivalry of famous beauties of Jingyuan High School.


    Boys at this age had a habit ofparing the beauty of two girls. This practice wasn’t limited to boys only, but many girls liked to throw the weight of their beauty, intelligence and money.


    “The girls of the top sses are verypetitive not just in education but beauty too,” Qiao Wei tried exining this to An Xin. It might look like a scene from a novel but it was true.


    “Look at you, you are one of the most gorgeous girls in the school,” Qiao Wei added. ” If they found out that the new transfer student is a girl and too beautiful, they will start makingparisons between you and other girls on the school forum.”


    Qiao Wei shuddered while exining further, “This will not only ignite jealousy between other girls but they might hurt you. Even if they don’t hurt you, your every single action will be captured in the camera. From what you wear to what to eat or what you do in ss will be captured.”


    An Xin trembled as she heard Qiao Wei’s exnation. She didn’t want to be some beauty queen. She just came to this school to study. She didn’t want to be in public attention.


    “Do you know what happened when Song Xueyun became the campus belle in middle school?” asked Qiao Wei.


    An Xin shook her head. She didn’t even know who this girl was.


    “Song Xueyun was the top ranker in thest year of middle school. It was very difficult to defeat her score. Since she was transferred to our previous school in thest year of Middle school, the boys were mesmerised by her as she was the most beautiful girl. She wasn’t just beautiful. She was what every boy liked– an invincible ice princess,” Qiao Wei told her.


    Pausing for a moment she went on, “However, one day when the ice princess was studying in the library, someone locked her there. She was locked in a dark and empty library for one night and day. It’s rumoured that now the ice princess has developed ustrophobia and Nyctophobia. Even the invincible ice princess wasn’t spared by the jealousy of those girls.”


    “What happened to the girl after that ident?”An Xin couldn’t help but ask. She couldn’t imagine how scary it might be for a girl to be locked in a dark me enclosed ce for such a long time.


    “She returned to school after a whole week of fever and now she is back to breaking records,” Qiao Wei said with a scoff. “However, she isn’t the top student anymore. She met two giants in ss Ten A.”


    “An Xin, the ss president is just trying to help you avoid unnecessary attention. Don’t misunderstand him. Gaining public attention might be scary for you,” Qiao Wei said with a sigh. ” And you know what’s more scary? The elections for campus Belle will start soon. You shouldn’t be seen in public until this stupid contest passed. “


    “I don’t want to be a hot topic in school,” An Xin said. After hearing the story of Song Xueyun, she was more certain to not be a school celebrity. She didn’t want to be bullied. “I came here to study, not be some sort of school celebrity. Also, the life of celebrities is very hard.”


    “Then, I will ask Mona and Song Ci to bring our lunch to the old yground. No one ys there anymore as the new one is preferred by yers.”