Beauty plus absolute excellence is a perfect hand to start with, but if one doesn't know how to use it, it becomes a dead end.
A shy personality and inability to socialize make one a soft target.
The reason they dared to bully Hu Yuying was precisely because Hu Yuying didn't dare to resist; they just thought she was easy to bully.
A simple example is the beautiful girl they interviewed today.
She was also pretty enough, and her grades were good.
But why did no one dare to bully or ostracize her?
Eighty percent of it was because she came from a good family and received care and love from a young age, which helped her develop an outgoing, optimistic, and confident personality.
Such people can always quickly make friends and form their own small group.
But Hu Yuying was different; in the original novel, Hu Yuying's family background was not good, and her original family shaped her shy and sensible nature.
The child who cries gets candy; the sensible child gets no love.
Even if she was excellent, her plainness, shyness, poor communication skills, unwillingness to contend, and dull personality—these external and internal conditions—would all cause her to be incompatible with her classmates.
Being marginalized, isolated, and bullied was only a matter of time.
"So, to truly change all of this, you must first become strong and confident enough."
Hu Yuying looked at Long Aotian; although he was the same age as her, his words always inexplicably touched her heartstrings.
It was like an elder gently guiding her out of a dead end with warm words.
Guiding her out of the dead end bit by bit.
"I want to change, so I will slowly learn to be strong and confident."
"Don't speak too soon; to change, you must first have thick skin. I think your skin is too thin; you even blush when you speak!"
Hu Yuying subconsciously touched her cheek.
It wasn't hot; she wasn't blushing, was she?
"I can practice slowly."
Seeing Hu Yuying so determined.
Long Aotian nodded in satisfaction: "First, say 'Long Ge is so handsome' and let me hear it."
"Ah?" Hu Yuying's newly mustered courage instantly dissipated by half.
This, this was too embarrassing, wasn't it?
Although Long Aotian was indeed handsome, wouldn't it be a bit too undignified for her to say that?
Thinking of this, her earlobes inexplicably became hot.
She quickly covered her ears with her hands, then secretly glanced at Long Aotian, hoping he hadn't seen it.
"Take your hands away," Long Aotian said.
Hu Yuying's watery eyes were full of innocence, and then she shook her head.
"Take them off quickly, or I'll punch you!"
Hearing this, Hu Yuying bit her lip slightly, her cheeks flushed, she looked up at Long Aotian, and then slowly lowered her hands.
Long Aotian's Adam's apple bobbed; was this girl genuinely naive or deliberately seductive?
Such an innocent expression clearly told everyone that she was easy to bully, didn't it?
As Hu Yuying lowered her hands, Long Aotian turned his head away: "You still say you didn't blush!"
"Watch closely; let me show you how thick Long Ge's skin is!"
After speaking, he suddenly leaned close to Hu Yuying, looking into her eyes: "Hu Yuying, you are so beautiful."
"You are also very excellent."
"Your life deserves the best."
The moment Long Aotian suddenly leaned in, Hu Yuying subconsciously wanted to lean back to create distance.
But to change herself, she forced herself to endure it!
However, as Long Aotian said she was truly beautiful, truly excellent, and that her life deserved the best...
Her heart, her heart was beating violently, seemingly beyond her control.
Her palms unconsciously clenched, meeting Long Aotian's gaze, and her breathing seemed to become difficult.
She panted slightly, forcing herself to look into Long Aotian's eyes.
Suddenly, her heart returned to its normal rhythm, her palms slightly relaxed, and even her breathing was no longer as difficult.
Only because.
Hu Yuying saw that Long Aotian's earlobes also seemed to be flushed...
So she looked at Long Aotian, who was still pretending to be serious, then lowered her gaze slightly, then secretly looked at him again, and finally decided to pretend she hadn't seen it.
"Did you see that?" Long Aotian said cockily: "My skin is rock solid!"
Hu Yuying heard this, subconsciously looked at Long Aotian's earlobes, and then quickly nodded: "I saw it."
"You, where are you looking? Be careful or I'll punch you!" Long Aotian forcefully became unreasonable!
Hu Yuying nodded like a pecking chick, and softly said: "Understood."
Seeing Hu Yuying like this, Long Aotian himself couldn't help but laugh.
This girl is quite good, at least very obedient.
She just lacked someone to guide her; he believed that with his guidance, Hu Yuying would quickly regain her confidence.
His name would also not become a vicious villain or an internet meme!
Thinking of this, Long Aotian took a deep breath and looked out the window.
The sky had already darkened, and the stars and moon emitted faint yet bright light.
He wondered if he could still go back.
This thought only lasted for a second.
Long Aotian was never a sentimental person.
Returning to that world, he would still be his original self, living his original life.
In this world, for his current self, it was a brand new beginning.
After all, he had to live on.
As the self-study bell rang.
Hu Yuying tidied up her own desk.
Then she came over and tidied up Long Aotian's desk as well.
"tomorrow see."
"tomorrow see Long Ge."
Watching Long Aotian's departing back, Hu Yuying also walked towards the school gate.
Just as she reached the stairwell.
"What a coincidence, do you still remember me?"
Ye Liangchen walked out of the stairwell, looking at Hu Yuying with a bright, sunny smile.
Looking at his appearance, Hu Yuying was startled for a moment, finding him familiar but unable to recall him immediately.
Ye Liangchen, who had been observing Hu Yuying, showed a bitter smile: "It's me, I'm Liangchen, Ye Liangchen, we met in the cafeteria today."
After being reminded, Hu Yuying immediately remembered, and then apologized: "I'm sorry."
Ye Liangchen saw that Hu Yuying remembered him, so he smiled and said: "No need for that, we never need to say sorry to each other."
Hu Yuying, who had originally maintained a smile, heard this and the smile on her face gradually faded.
What he said made it seem as if he was very familiar with her.
But she had only met him once, and with this time, it was only twice.
They shouldn't be that familiar yet, right?
"I, I'm going home, I'll go first."
Ye Liangchen wanted to grab Hu Yuying, wanting to tell her that he was actually her salvation.
But his raised hand ultimately did not stop her.
He knew that their destiny was not here.
She was not yet his Treasure Girl, and he was not yet her salvation.
Abruptly saying those words would only scare Hu Yuying.
Watching Hu Yuying's departing back, Ye Liangchen took a deep breath: "It's okay, we still have a long time."
"I just wanted to see you, to see if you were bullied and hurt by that scoundrel Long Aotian; seeing that you're fine, I'm relieved."
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