"You..."
Su Qian Qian looked at the boy across from her.
"Who?"
Wenren Yu looked a little flustered.
Did Su Qian Qian not remember this boy?
She hesitated over whether to go up and remind Su Qian Qian...
But what happened next let her breathe a sigh of relief.
She lowered the foot she had slightly raised.
"Ah!?"
Su Qian Qian didn't recognize Xiao Xiao, but the short-haired girl and the ponytailed girl did.
The short-haired girl especially.
This boy was practically her savior.
She cared a lot about saving face.
If she'd really been slapped in front of a crowd—and by one of her own friends, no less...
She would have been mortified.
"It's you..."
The short-haired girl murmured.
"What are you doing here?"
The ponytailed girl recognized the boy.
Back then, when Su Qian Qian had nearly slapped the short-haired girl, this boy had pulled her aside, helping her dodge the slap.
She remembered it vividly.
It had all happened so fast.
The boy's reflexes were astonishing.
Especially since he had just stopped another girl from getting slapped, too.
It was hard not to be impressed by him.
The ponytailed girl looked at the crowd gathered around them.
The sea of heads made her brow twitch.
People really did... love watching a spectacle.
But being the spectacle was hardly a pleasant experience.
Even if she wasn't the one at the center of it.
In everyone else's eyes, they were all part of the same group.
Who would bother to make that distinction?
"He came looking for me."
Xiao Xiao lowered his eyes to glance at the little boy.
With Xiao Xiao by his side, the little boy instantly felt emboldened.
He glared fiercely at Su Qian Qian.
Like a little beast baring its