As he sighed, a familiar voice suddenly reached his ears.
"Baby Xu Su, you're here!"
Xu Su was instantly startled. "?! What's this guy doing here?!"
Huo Yuchen wanted to explain, but the moment he cast a disdainful glance toward the hall, the person inside followed his gaze and rushed out.
"Baby Xu Su! You're really here!"
Faced with that overly enthusiastic tone, that sprinting figure, and that wildly excited expression, Xu Su ducked behind Huo Yuchen without a moment's hesitation or another word.
Once safely hidden, he added, "You'd better hold him off! If you let this guy hug me, I'm finding a noodle to hang myself with right now!"
Huo Yuchen had been a little displeased, but his mood instantly improved at those words.
Gu Xingfan, however, felt thoroughly frustrated. He had finally waited long enough for Xu Su to arrive, only to be unable to touch him?
He glared with his big, round eyes. "Move aside! I want to-"
"Shut up."
Huo Yuchen cut him off and said coldly, "I'll say this one more time. Don't call him that."
Gu Xingfan puffed out his chest. "Who are you to tell me what to do!"
Huo Yuchen narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking, If not for the friendship between our elders, you'd be dead already.
Just then, Xu Su poked his head out and gave Gu Xingfan a questioning look.
"...Why are you here?"
It was an ordinary question, without the slightest hint of anticipation.
And if one insisted on analyzing it, it was also filled with a considerable amount of disdain.
Most people would generally have responded, "Why can't I be here?"
Gu Xingfan was different.
He was from Class Nine, so his answer went beyond ridiculous into a whole new realm of absurdity-
"I was waiting here