The frivolous and lewd demeanor was enough to make anyone angry. Qian Xiaoguo’s eyes turned red with fury, while Mian Mian pursed her lips, her gaze filled with indignation.
After Yun Bujun left, his classmates began to curse him. Some voices offered comfort to Mian Mian, who grew visibly unhappy. She pulled Qian Xiaoguo out of the restaurant, and they went to the lake on campus. Qian Xiaoguo, seething, said, "I should have punched him in the face just now! He's gone too far! Do you know he was flirting with you?"
Mian Mian shook her head. She was actually quite clever and not foolish. Yun Bujun's actions were likely because he was afraid others would discover their friendship.
He had deliberately acted that way to create a misunderstanding, making people think he was harassing her. That way, everyone would only scold him and not her.
"Mian Mian, what's wrong?" Qian Xiaoguo asked, seeing Mian Mian’s dejected expression. She tried to comfort her, "Don't be angry anymore. We can just stay away from people like Yun Bujun in the future! Don't be unhappy. At worst, I can have my dad warn him! No matter how influential he is, he’s surely afraid of a big shot like your father."
"Xiaoguo, he's not as bad as you think. He's a pretty good person," Mian Mian explained softly.
"How is that possible? He's the worst villain in the world! Don't defend him!" Qian Xiaoguo stated righteously.
"You’ve really misunderstood him. He’s not a bad person," Mian Mian said with some helplessness. She didn't understand why Yun Bujun would ruin his own reputation like this.
"How could that be? You must have been deceived by him… Wait, that’s not right, Mian Mian, you don’t mean… you don't mean…" Qian Xiaoguo looked at her beautiful deskmate in astonishment.
"We're friends. What he did just now was to protect my reputation, even if it meant ruining his own," Mian Mian finally confessed.
"Ah!" Qian Xiaoguo shrieked in fright, her eyes staring blankly at her deskmate, as if she couldn't comprehend what she had just said. When she finally registered it, fear dawned in her eyes. "Mian Mian, are you crazy! How can you be friends with someone like that? Absolutely not! Don't do anything foolish. You're a rich girl, and someone like him, a poor kid, would definitely want to latch onto you! Don't be deceived by him!"
Qian Xiaoguo yelled excitedly. Fortunately, there were few people around, and the other students were still in the cafeteria; otherwise, their conversation would have been overheard.
Not far away, behind a large tree, Yun Bujun curved his lips mockingly. See? Even a foolish girl like Qian Xiaoguo thinks this of me, let alone others. If rumors ever spread that the campus belle and the campus bully were friends, who knows what kind of gossip would arise.
"Qian Xiaoguo! He’s not the kind of person you described. I told you he's my friend. If you continue like this, I'll get angry!" Mian Mian glared sternly at her best friend, her eyes reddening with anger.
She felt heartbroken at how foolish he was, willing to let everyone misunderstand him rather than have people know about their connection!
Qian Xiaoguo was stunned by Mian Mian’s outburst. But seeing Mian Mian upset, she instinctively tried to appease her, "Don't be angry. I get it, I get it. He's not a bad person. Then I won't treat him as a bad person anymore, okay? Your friends are my friends! From now on, Yun Bujun is my friend too!"
"Sigh, forget it. Let's go back to the classroom," Mian Mian sighed helplessly. She wanted to change Yun Bujun's image in everyone's minds, but she felt it was an impossible task.