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Chapter 308: Chapter 308: Girls Can Add as Friends, Boys Cannot
——Huh?
Any questions I don’t understand, I can just... send a WeChat message to ask her?
To be honest, Chen Li was so baffled when she heard Lu Sheng’s words that she momentarily exchanged puzzled looks with the other girls around her.
And at the moment Lu Sheng’s words fell, the whole classroom suddenly fell into a strange silence.
Many people in the class looked over here.
Their gazes were unmistakably filled with shock and surprise.
"Hmm," Lu Sheng, from the back row of the classroom, didn’t mind the gazes of others, just took out her mobile phone and asked Chen Li, "Do you have your mobile phone with you now?"
Chen Li, recovering from her surprise, subconsciously took out her own phone and nodded: "...I have it with me."
"Then scan my QR code and add me as a friend."
While saying this, Lu Sheng came over with her phone’s QR code screen ready, her tone as usual, "I just approved it now."
"Uh... okay," Chen Li hastily opened WeChat.
For some reason, her hand was still shaking a bit, probably because she didn’t want to keep Lu Sheng waiting too long, and quickly scanned the QR code with the camera.
A ’ding’ sounded——
The scan was successful.
Chen Li glanced at the name card she had scanned.
The WeChat name was simply the two characters Lu Sheng, with a plain cartoon as the profile picture.
For some reason, Chen Li suddenly felt a sobering realization - Lu Sheng, just like them, also uses WeChat.
The profile picture also was the kind that ordinary girls liked.
It felt as if, all of a sudden, Lu Sheng’s image wasn’t so distant and unapproachable, but became more down-to-earth.
Chen Li was somewhat thrilled inside, pressing the button to add as a friend. Then suddenly remembered something, looked up at Lu Sheng and said: "Um, my name is Chen..."
"Chen Li, I know."
Lu Sheng looked at her, smiling gently, "Your Chinese essays have always been great, the teacher has praised you several times before, I remember."
Chen Li really didn’t expect Lu Sheng to know her name, let alone remember such a small matter as being praised by the Chinese teacher.
Her face turned red in an instant, and she even didn’t know how to respond without seeming too stiff.
"Not at all... it’s Lu Sheng who is truly excellent, even scoring full marks in the essay exam for special admissions."
"I was just lucky. I had come across that cartoon before, so it was easier to write about," as Lu Sheng spoke, she operated her mobile phone a bit, "Okay, added."
Lu Sheng raised her eyes and spoke calmly, "As I said just now, if you have any questions during the winter break at home, just send me a WeChat message, I’ll reply when I see it."
"Yes, I will! Thank you, Lu Sheng!"
Hearing Lu Sheng speak like this, Chen Li couldn’t help but nod excitedly.
Seeing this, the other girls exchanged looks and were unable to stay put any longer.
"Um, Lu Sheng, can I add your WeChat as well?"
"Me too, me too——"
"Lu Sheng, can I also add you on WeChat, please?"
Perhaps it was because Lu Sheng had always had such a cold image in front of everyone.
Or perhaps, it was more than just the image.
After all, Lu Sheng’s full marks, piano skills, Boxing King skill... they were all beyond the reach of ordinary people. And just that morning, three top bigwigs had specially rushed to school to recruit her.
And they were all rejected.
The gap between them and her was just too great.
The people in the class had grown accustomed to the fact that a genius should be like Lu Youming.
They don’t like others getting close, preferring to stay alone in the corner, their faces always showing an indifferent and detached coldness as if having seen through worldly affairs.
So they never expected that Lu Sheng would be so patient and friendly to others besides Lu Youming, Huo Yu, Lan Yu, and Han Jing.
Lu Sheng didn’t mind, though, and approved all these girls’ WeChat requests.
However, when she looked up, she felt that the atmosphere in the class had changed.
That is, many people were looking at her.
Unlike the usual sneaky glances or hostile stares, this time the looks were eager.
Humans are complex creatures.
When faced with someone much better than themselves, a small number of people admire and envy, but most harbor hostility or do not want to get close to them.
Not wanting to get closer, whatever the openly stated reasons, is usually based on two subconscious reasons.
Firstly, standing in front of someone dazzling can make one feel an insurmountable gap and ashamed, causing feelings of frustration, disappointment, and inferiority; nobody wants to make themselves uncomfortable.
Secondly, as a self-protective mechanism, overly excellent people are simply not on the same level. If you approach them, they might completely ignore you.
Not to be ignored, better not to take the initiative to avoid embarrassment.
That was the thought process of most people in Class A.
Did nobody truly want to speak and befriend Lu Sheng?
Not exactly.
It was just thought that Lu Sheng was too aloof by nature, only playing with Huo Yu, Lan Yu, and the others, probably looking down on them, afraid of a cold shoulder in response to warm approaches.
But now it was different. Lu Sheng was so friendly even towards the most inconspicuous classmate in the class. 𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
Not only remembering their names but also allowing them to add her as a friend, encouraging them to message her with any questions.
This was not at all what they had imagined.
While these girls were adding Lu Sheng as a friend beside her desk, more people from the class gathered around, all wanting to add Lu Sheng on WeChat.
All of them stood by the desk, almost surrounding Lu Sheng.
Among them was a boy who had earlier prevented the class president from reminding the teacher to turn off the microphone.
This boy was always remembered by Lu Sheng, coming from a wealthy family and always active in the class.
"Wow, goddess, you have such a nice personality! Had I known earlier, I would have come to borrow your study notes!"
"I wanna add you as a friend too!" the boy looked forward with hope, "Having you in my contacts, maybe I could catch some of your luck and my exam scores will soar!"
...Goddess?
This was the first time Lu Sheng was referred to in that way.
But before Lu Sheng could speak this time, suddenly someone’s hand blocked in front of the boy’s phone.
A rather cold voice, betraying no emotion, rang out——
"Girls can add as friends, boys can’t."
