"Senior Lin Tian, wait a minute, could you?" a girl’s timid voice called out.
Though her voice was not loud, it sounded delicate, making it very pleasant to hear, and since so many had already heard her, Lin Tian had no choice but to turn around.
The girl’s features were delicate, but she was shorter than Lin Tian’s shoulders, belonging to a petite and exquisite figure. She looked up at Lin Tian with her big, watery eyes.
"Classmate, what do you need?" Lin Tian asked.
"I’m here to thank you," the girl said, her pretty face reddening slightly under Lin Tian’s gaze but still bravely speaking up.
"Thank me for what? We don’t know each other, right?" Lin Tian felt very puzzled and said.
This girl was very pretty, comparable to the leading beauties at the school like Qi Jing. However, Lin Tian didn’t really pay attention to the so-called school beauty ranking and only knew Xiao Manxuan, Zhang Lingyu, and Qi Jing. Therefore, he had no recollection of this beautiful student and didn’t know what she wanted.
The girl looked around at the onlookers and whispered, "Previously, a delinquent from outside school always bothered me, threatening me to become his girlfriend or he would target my parents, report to the principal, and beat up my younger brother, leaving me unable to continue studying. Yesterday, that guy suddenly came to apologize and said he would no longer bother me."
The girl spoke at length, but Lin Tian still understood: an outsider delinquent targeted her because she was pretty and threatened her to be his woman.
Lin Tian said, "How does this relate to me?"
"Well, I found out through our class group chat that it was Senior Lin Tian who taught them a lesson. Thank you so much; I didn’t know what else I could do," the girl nodded earnestly and said.
Such an outcome was a complete surprise to Lin Tian; he only intended to deal with the bullying, but inadvertently solved other issues as well.
Seeing such an unexpected result made Lin Tian happy, and it was a good thing for this pretty girl.
Lin Tian smiled, adopting a senior’s demeanor, and earnestly advised the younger student, "No need to thank me. If this happens again, you should call the police. The more you tolerate, the more they will push. I’ve got to go now; focus on your studies and don’t think too much."
Guiding a junior, Lin Tian never thought he’d play the role of a serious senior. After speaking, he waved his hand nonchalantly and turned to leave,
but the girl reached out wanting to grab him, feeling too embarrassed, she could only whisper, "Senior Lin Tian, wait a minute."
"Oh, little junior, what else is there?" The term ’little junior’ slipped out casually, and Lin Tian realized it sounded somewhat flirtatious, but the words were already said, and he couldn’t take them back.
So be it if it sounded flirtatious; it was only a saying, not an action, Lin Tian just smiled and offered no explanation.
The girl, addressed as the little junior, blushed and glanced around at the onlooking students. She tried to speak several times but just couldn’t say it.
"Hey, Xiao Rou, you were so confident when you came; why are you silent now? If you don’t speak up, I, as your best friend, will do it for you," another girl approached, grabbed her hand, and called her Xiao Rou, her tone suggesting she had something to tell Lin Tian.
"No, I... I’ll say it myself," Xiao Rou hurriedly stopped her best friend, speaking anxiously.
She looked up at Lin Tian, her expression becoming resolute, and said seriously, "Senior Lin Tian, I like you. Senior, don’t speak, let me finish. I’m afraid if I stop, I won’t have the courage to say it, ever since the first time I saw you playing basketball, I secretly started liking you. I know, you have the beautiful Sister Xiao by your side, but I still like you!"
"This..." Lin Tian was stunned by the sudden confession, then subconsciously glanced at Xiao Manxuan beside him, unsure of what to say.
"Senior Lin Tian, I know you don’t even know me, but that doesn’t matter, it’s enough that I know you. I know you don’t belong to me, I’m saying this so I won’t have regrets because I’ve spoken my heart out, I hope you won’t blame me. Senior, goodbye, I will definitely study hard in the future." After the girl finished speaking, she glanced at Lin Tian again and ran through the crowd.
The onlooking students began to whisper, and Xiao Manxuan also glanced at Lin Tian, saying softly, "Aren’t you going to chase after her?"
"Am I such an irresponsible person? The little girl might just be excited for the moment, and when she calms down, it will be like nothing happened." He spoke softly but looked up at the sky, seemingly recalling something.
In freshman year that morning, Qi Jing had also confessed to me in front of many classmates on this tree-lined path, but what was the result? Lin Tian let out an inexplicable smile.
"Are you thinking about Qi Jing?" Xiao Manxuan looked at the depth in Lin Tian’s eyes and suddenly felt a bit heartbroken. Beneath Lin Tian’s unruly exterior, there was a heart that had been hurt before.
She reached out her hand and held Lin Tian’s hand tightly, seemingly trying to pull him back from his memories, away from the pain.
"Second Miss, were you born with the Mind Reading Technique, knowing everything others think?" Lin Tian let Xiao Manxue hold his hand, turned his head to look at this cute girl, and smiled slightly.
A ray of sunlight fell on Lin Tian’s face, Xiao Manxuan’s eyes met his, and her heart skipped a few beats.
Little girl pretended to be proud, tilting her cute face up, and hummed, "Hmph, I really do have the Mind Reading Technique, so you better not have any dirty thoughts towards me, or I’ll know everything!"
"Really? I don’t believe it, guess what I’m thinking right now?" Lin Tian looked at her slender and tall figure and laughed mischievously.
"You... you’re a big bad guy." Under his bold gaze in front of a crowd, Xiao Manxuan couldn’t resist and backed down.
The surrounding students were dumbfounded; Lin Tian was truly an idol, flirting with the First School Beauty publicly, and she wasn’t even mad. The difference was huge, and the male students were thinking about asking the idol privately how to interact with a beautiful girl.
Lin Tian noticed the male students around him ogling, and a chill ran through him, causing goosebumps all over. He pulled Xiao Manxuan away and quickly left the tree-lined path.
Being watched like that by a bunch of men was unbearable, Lin Tian couldn’t stand them, anyone would think something else was going on.
"Alright, we’ve finally broken out of the encirclement." Lin Tian let out a sigh of relief, then said to Xiao Manxuan, "Second Miss, it’s really not easy for you to go to and from school under everyone’s gaze every day."
But Xiao Manxuan didn’t respond to his words, instead she said, "Bad guy, I could tell, that Xiao Rou just now and Qi Jing are different, she was sincere."
"Is that so? Teacher Fang said, our most important task right now is to study, not to get distracted, but if you’re the one confessing, I might consider it," Lin Tian said unabashedly.
"Hmph, I’m not going to confess, I think Sister Yu is very nice, let her confess instead." Xiao Manxuan huffed.
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