In a passageway at New York's Central Station, Gu Yueyan stopped unhappily and grabbed Lin Xianyu, who was still trying to keep walking. "Why did you suddenly drag me away?"
"If I hadn't dragged you away, what were you planning to do, Class Monitor?" Lin Xianyu asked in return.
"Have a proper talk with Qiao Muyi!" Gu Yueyan said, slightly angry. "She's been mocking me on and off these past few days. I've put up with her for ages. Can't I reason with her?"
"But is Sister Qiao someone who reasons?" Lin Xianyu smiled. "Class Monitor, you can always identify the key points when taking study notes, yet when it comes to little matters like romance, you can't find the principal contradiction."
Gu Yueyan muttered, "If romance were as easy as studying... then tell me, what's the principal contradiction?"
Lin Xianyu patiently guided her. "Class Monitor, think carefully. What's the real reason you and Sister Qiao are arguing? Is it because she looks down on you?"
"No. Sister Qiao is the sort of person who looks down on everyone, but she specifically targets you because your core interests clash. Or rather, apart from me, all of you have conflicting core interests on this trip. After all, there's only one cake, but five of you want to divide it, and even Little Jiu wants to come over and lick some frosting."
"But this cake had already been divided by unspoken agreement according to everyone's performance. Yet Class Monitor, you've been doing better and better these past few days. Sister Qiao was the first to notice your threat and suspect that you wanted a bigger slice, so she subconsciously started picking on you to suppress you."
Gu Yueyan crossed her arms and leaned against the wall, turning away with a huff. Her