Fu Jiang was furious. After hearing Lin Ze's words, she was about to hug him again in her dream, but then she woke up? She tried to go back to sleep to continue that dream, but what kind of nonsensical dream did she have? She dreamed of a female ghost with disheveled hair chasing after her? It scared her so badly, she almost couldn't handle it.
If only she could stay in the dream forever, or even if the dream were real, at this moment Fu Jiang desperately yearned for the her in the dream, who didn't have to pretend, could cry, could make a fuss, and could boldly hug Lin Ze, without fear of any consequences.
Fu Jiang was actually hesitant about whether to go to school today. She was afraid that it was all just a dream after all, afraid that she would still hear rumors and face those malicious eyes like wolves.
But she was already on her way. Mainly because she had promised to bring the novel to Huazi and do makeup for Gajeon today. She was a person of her word, absolutely not because she wanted to see Lin Ze.
Fu Jiang didn't dare go straight back to the classroom, instead she went directly to the activity room to wait for Gajeon.
"Gajeon? Why are you here so early?"
As soon as she opened the door, Fu Jiang saw Gajeon inside, looking nervous. She checked her phone and saw that it was still ten minutes before their appointment. She thought she had come early enough, but Gajeon was even earlier?
"I...I was afraid that Fu Jiang-san would arrive early, so I came early to wait for her." Hearing Fu Jiang's voice, Gajeon was startled and turned to look at Fu Jiang, nervously explaining.
For Gajeon, Huazi's initiative and enthusiasm made her quickly accept, so she accepted Huazi very quickly. But Fu Jiang, to her, was like a dazzling, bright moon, while she was just an inconspicuous star. Therefore, she couldn't accept Fu Jiang as quickly, especially when Huazi wasn't around. She couldn't help but feel inferior when facing Fu Jiang alone.
"How long have you been here?"
"About...half an hour."
Fu Jiang suddenly became speechless. Lin Ze's description of Gajeon from last night's dream suddenly appeared in her mind, "Gajeon is sick. She's insecure and timid, she doesn't have any opinions about anything, she's socially anxious and doesn't want to communicate with the outside world, and she's extremely lacking in love."
"Gajeon, just call me Fu Jiang." After a long silence, she awkwardly took the initiative to speak, "We're friends, you call Huazi and Lin Ze by their names, right?"
"Huh? Oh, okay."
"Oh, never mind. Has Huazi come yet?" Since the words had already been spoken, Fu Jiang decided to skip over this awkward part.
"No, Huazi should be coming a little later. She said she likes to sleep in."
Fu Jiang's eyes rolled around. She patted her backpack, "Then I'll start doing your makeup. Let's give them a surprise when they arrive. I brought my whole makeup bag."
"All...all listen to Fu Jiang-san...Fu Jiang!" Like a student who's caught daydreaming and suddenly gets called on by the teacher, Gajeon was so nervous that her whole body was tense.
Fu Jiang put her things down and sat in front of Gajeon, who was tightly closing her eyes. Upon closer inspection, she realized that Gajeon's skin was surprisingly good? Not even a single pimple or mole, and her skin was very white, very white...unhealthily white.
Fu Jiang pursed her lips and began to work.
"Gajeon, what do you think of Lin Ze?" As if she felt a bit awkward just staying silent, or as if she was trying to find out something, Fu Jiang asked as she did Gajeon's makeup.
"Lin Ze? Lin Ze is a good person. He's very kind, he's very thoughtful of others, um...he's also very brave, he...he's also pretty handsome, he's sunny, and he studies well too..."
"Stop, stop, stop." Fu Jiang laughed and looked at Gajeon, "So he's perfect in every way, right?"
When it came to Lin Ze, Fu Jiang found that Gajeon had relaxed. It seemed that this topic had captured all her attention, and now she dared to open her eyes and look at her.
"I think he's a bit mischievous, always picking on me."
"No." Gajeon was eager to refute, her movements were a bit too big, which startled Fu Jiang.
"Okay, okay, don't move, you'll ruin the makeup." Fu Jiang could tell that Lin Ze was important to Gajeon, but she didn't expect that just talking about him could excite Gajeon so much.
Gajeon, realizing her mistake, felt a little embarrassed, "Sorry, Fu Jiang, you...you must not know Lin Ze, Lin Ze just likes to joke around. You didn't know this yesterday after school, because someone was talking bad about us, Lin Ze almost fought with them."
Fu Jiang's hand paused for a moment, "Us?"
"Yeah, that person was really bad. He cursed at Lin Ze, me, and Huazi, but the things he said about you...were really nasty. Then Lin Ze went up to him and confronted him. In the end, the principal came and took those guys away." Gajeon was afraid that Fu Jiang wouldn't believe her, so she looked straight at Fu Jiang with courage, and said seriously, "Lin Ze truly considers Fu Jiang a friend, otherwise Lin Ze wouldn't be so angry."
"Cut it out, then...it's impossible that he only did it because of the three of us?" Fu Jiang still pretended to be tough, but her heart was a little happy.
"I know Lin Ze, Lin Ze wouldn't joke around with strangers. It's because he considers Fu Jiang a friend that he's joking around. Lin Ze and Kobayashi Junsuke often kick each other and make fun of each other, but they never do that to classmates they don't know well. Besides, after we left the school gate that day, Lin Ze asked where you were."
Gajeon just wanted to let Fu Jiang know how good Lin Ze was. She didn't care about strangers, but she didn't want anyone around her to misunderstand Lin Ze.
"Really...okay, okay, I believe you." Fu Jiang's face broke into a smile she didn't even realize.
"I admit he's pretty good, alright. You can tell just by how anxious you are to explain for him." Fu Jiang's mood was particularly good right now, the dream last night was indeed a precognitive dream.
"No...no, I'm just telling the truth."
"He's really good to you, it's so nice...to have someone care about you like that." Fu Jiang envied Gajeon, but Gajeon like this was worthy of Lin Ze's treatment, wasn't she?
"I did a light makeup for you, Gajeon. You're already beautiful, so you don't need to wear heavy makeup like me. Also, here, this is makeup remover. Take these hair clips and this lipstick too." Fu Jiang glanced away, but her hands were still stuffing the things into Gajeon's hands.
"No, no...I...I don't need them." Gajeon hurriedly returned the things to Fu Jiang.
"Take them! I'm not short of these things. How will you remove your makeup when you go back? Take these hair clips too, why are you so beautiful and hiding your hair all the time?" Fu Jiang seemed a bit annoyed and stuffed the things back into Gajeon's arms.
"I...I'm not beautiful..."
"Who says? They just don't have good taste!"
Gajeon didn't say anything, just stared blankly at Fu Jiang. Fu Jiang felt uncomfortable under her gaze.
"What? I'm telling the truth, don't look at me like that." Fu Jiang pretended to be fierce towards Gajeon.
"Fu Jiang, is also a very good person." Gajeon suddenly felt that letting Fu Jiang join the club was the right thing to do.
"Huh? What are you suddenly saying stupid stuff for!"