Volume 2 Chapter 65: Secretly Put It In?
They played a few more rounds, and for a while, the hallway was filled with laughter and happy voices.
Just as Lin Lin was wiping the drawings off the glass and getting ready to start another round, a few girls walked out of the classroom. They were holding their finished hand-written posters, standing at the door, blinking and looking at the scene.
“Huh? Lin Lin, what are you doing?”
“Ah…”
Lin Lin turned her head to look at them and stayed silent for a moment.
Wait, what was she supposed to be doing again?
Ahem!
She quickly wiped away the last bit of drawing left on the glass, then turned around, cleared her throat, and put on a serious face.
“We’re discussing what kind of layout design would be better. Um, classmate, do you need something?”
“Well, it’s like this. We’ve already finished some hand-written posters. Can you take a look and see if you want to choose some to put up later?”
“Okay, okay, I got it.”
Lin Lin nodded and took the big stack of papers they handed over.
Wow, her classmates were way ahead of her. They had already finished the posters, while she hadn’t even started the layout yet.
Lin Lin felt a bit embarrassed. Holding the thick stack of posters, she hesitated for a moment, then looked around in trouble, trying to find a place to put them down. Otherwise, she couldn’t even look through them properly.
Hmm…
After thinking for a while, the classmate who had brought the posters suggested, “How about we go back to the classroom and look at them there?”
Only then did Lin Lin react. She nodded hard, but her arms were already about to give out.
Hey, these posters aren’t stacked properly!
Ah—!
Sure enough, after a short while, a few sheets that weren’t clipped well slipped out and fell. Lin Lin didn’t know what to do. Gao Liang walked over, calmly picked up the papers, and put them back into the stack in her arms.
This guy… actually being useful for once.
Lin Lin snorted quietly in her heart. Just as she was about to carry the stack back herself, Gao Liang suddenly bent down and took the posters from her arms.
Lin Lin blinked.
Hey—you—
Don’t make me carry nothing in my hands!
She hurried after him. The two of them ran all the way back to the classroom. Gao Liang put the posters down on a desk. Lin Lin, who had chased after him, scratched her head and could only stand to the side and… watch.
She couldn’t really find a reason to complain anymore. This guy…
She clearly could have done it herself. He was worrying too much.
Out of habit, Lin Lin picked up a few posters and looked at them. She chose a few better ones and put them aside. But Gao Liang took a glance and felt it wasn’t important yet, so he said,
“Alright, Lin Lin, stop looking for now. Just put these here first. We’ll check them later and pick about ten to put up outside. Let’s go work on the layout first, that’s more important.”
“Mm…”
Hearing Gao Liang’s words, Lin Lin nodded. That did make sense.
So the two of them turned around and left the classroom again. Outside, Lin Lin’s voice could still be heard shouting things like, “Little brother, get to work!”
Lin Lin… has a younger brother?
The girl with glasses sat at her seat, looking at her unfinished hand-written poster, and fell into thought for a moment.
The friends next to her were still chatting noisily, talking about why Sister Kui didn’t come today. One of the stylish girls put down her phone, shook her head, and sighed.
“I sent Sister Kui a bunch of messages, but she didn’t reply at all. Looks like something might have happened.”
“Don’t talk nonsense!”
Another short-haired girl who was quite close to Han Kui rolled her eyes at her and said, “Didn’t she go to take part in that art competition yesterday? She was probably busy all day and got tired, so she took a day off to rest.”
“Huh? But didn’t Lin Lin also join the competition?”
After being talked back to, the stylish girl was a bit unhappy. The short-haired girl sounded even sharper.
“Tsk, that girl? She just talks big. Forget it. She was probably kicked out in the first round. She rested the whole afternoon, so she can’t come to school? Sister Kui must have made it to the afternoon second round!”
“Mm…”
The stylish girl felt that what she said kind of made sense. But if Lin Lin really had no skills at all, the teacher wouldn’t have let her be in charge of the planning, right?
Oh, right! Speaking of that.
The stylish girl suddenly smiled and tapped the desk of the girl with glasses, then said,
“Xiao Bai, while Lin Lin is outside working on the layout, why don’t you go and put your hand-written poster into the pile of posters she already picked out on her desk~”
“Huh?”
The girl called Xiao Bai froze for a moment. Then she looked at Lin Lin’s desk, feeling embarrassed, and said nervously,
“Th… that’s not very good, is it?”
“Oh come on, wouldn’t that mean it gets put up outside?” The stylish girl said softly, then continued, “You worked so hard on it. Wouldn’t it be a waste if it doesn’t get displayed? If you hand it in normally, once Lin Lin sees your name, she’ll definitely reject it. Let me see…”
She leaned over, took a look at Xiao Bai’s drawing, and nodded.
“With this level, it would definitely look good if it’s displayed. If you put it there now, it’ll be chosen right away. When the time comes, she won’t take back something she already picked, it would make her look petty. She wouldn’t dare do that. This is your only chance.”
“But…”
Xiao Bai hesitated. Still, in her heart, she somewhat agreed. Since she was part of Han Kui’s small group, Lin Lin probably wouldn’t choose her anyway.
But…
“Ah, don’t worry. She ran off to draw the layout and will forget how many she picked. Just pretend you’re handing it in and put yours in the middle of the chosen ones. She won’t notice~ And if something goes wrong, just say you put it in the wrong place.”
“Th… that’s true…”
Being urged like this, Xiao Bai started to believe it. After thinking for a while, she finally nodded.
Anyway…
She had already drawn it, and… she really wanted it to be displayed too.
She didn’t know if her work was really good enough to be put up, but… since she drew it, she should at least submit it. Otherwise…
It would be such a waste.
With that thought, she picked up her hand-written poster and walked to Lin Lin’s desk. Just as she opened the pile of posters that had already been chosen—
Suddenly, she heard footsteps at the classroom door. Her whole body trembled, and she stiffened at once. She turned her head and saw Lin Lin walking back in.
She instantly became nervous. Her breathing sped up, cold sweat forming on her forehead. Lin Lin looked at the girl standing by her desk with some confusion.
This girl…
Her last name was Bai, right?
Gao Liang blinked and also felt something was off.
Hmm… this girl is shaking.
“What are you doing?”
Xiao Bai, standing next to Lin Lin’s seat, was clearly very nervous. Feeling guilty, she stuttered and couldn’t speak properly. After a moment, Lin Lin blinked, looked at the situation, and asked in a probing tone.
“Are you here to hand in your poster? Mm-hmm, give it to me.”
“Ah… I…”