Returning to the Villain Omega's High School Days - Chapter 17

Su Wan was even more obedient than Xie Ning had imagined. Xie Ning sat in the back seat, leaning her body back against the seat as much as possible to make room for Su Wan.

Su Wan weighed the space inside the car and also felt that squeezing in would not be a problem. She took off the schoolbag she was carrying, and without another word, Xie Ning reached out to take it and placed it in the space between the front seats for her.

Everyone else’s bags had been tossed in the back. Su Jin sat by the door, turning her head to look outside. Su Xingheng sat in the most cramped middle seat, his legs spread out on both sides. Xie Ning kicked him, and only then did he tactfully bring his legs together and place them to the other side, freeing up space for Xie Ning.

Su Wan carefully squeezed in. She used her hand to hold down the back of her skirt, making sure the skirt was tucked beneath her when she sat, then lowered her head, bent at the waist, and sat on Xie Ning’s lap.

It was a very strange feeling. In such a narrow space, sitting in another person’s arms, with their limbs touching, even the slightest movement could be sensed. At first, Su Wan’s breathing unconsciously slowed. She did not dare move carelessly and worked hard to reduce her presence.

“Sit tight, students,” Uncle Ling said, glancing back before starting the car.

Inertia made Su Wan’s body lean backward. She grabbed the back of the front seat and tried to sit as steadily as possible, but she clearly felt her skirt slide up a little.

The uniforms at noble schools pursued fashion. The girls’ skirts were generally very short, especially after sitting down. They barely covered the buttocks. If it slid up any farther, the flesh beneath her would be pressed directly against Xie Ning’s legs.

Su Wan could not help growing nervous. She brought her legs closer together and freed one hand to pull at the hem of her skirt.

She could feel that Xie Ning was just as uncomfortable as she was. Usually, Xie Ning wore jeans. It was only by coincidence that today, she was also wearing the school uniform skirt.

Her legs were long and slender, but they had a soft fullness to them when touched. Sitting on them did not make Su Wan feel like she was sitting on bone, unlike Su Wan’s own legs, which were thin and small, with a wide gap still left between them even when pressed together. Besides, Xie Ning’s calves were long and slim. When her knees bent, they propped up high, so when Su Wan sat on her, she would not slide forward, only backward into Xie Ning’s arms.

Su Wan did her best to avoid any posture that was too ambiguous, but when the car started, accelerated, and turned, she inevitably bumped into Xie Ning’s arms. Once, her entire body was squeezed against Xie Ning’s chest, her face pressed against the soft flesh of her body.

Su Wan clearly felt Xie Ning’s body go stiff. She lifted her face to look at Xie Ning, wanting to apologize, but when the words reached her lips, she stopped—

Xie Ning’s arms were around her waist. She had steadied Su Wan a little, lowering her eyes to look at her. Her gaze was gentle, and in a nearly murmuring voice, she asked, “Wanwan, can you bear it?”

That thin, soft breath of a voice made the bones in Su Wan’s entire body tremble in tiny waves. She could not describe that feeling. Her whole body was clearly shivering, yet it was incomparably pleasant.

Su Wan’s breathing quickened. Her eyelids trembled, and she carefully moved her gaze to Xie Ning’s face.

For the first time, she observed Xie Ning’s appearance from such a close distance. She watched Xie Ning’s crow-feather-like lashes tremble lightly, her eyes filled with light. The line of her nose bridge was nearly perfect, and the curve of her lips was intoxicating.

Xie Ning really was beautiful.

Logically speaking, she should hate Xie Ning.

She hated girls who were beautiful, had good personalities, and were popular.

This kind of person usually had her own central circle. The people in that circle were either her best friends or a group of followers. They passed gossip among themselves, excluded outsiders, isolated those on the margins, and on the surface, they would even create an image of being friendly to everyone.

Su Wan had met this kind of person before. At first, she had even had a favorable impression of that person.

It was back when she was in junior high. There was a girl who lived in the same dormitory as her. At first, Su Wan thought she was friendly, and because she was also good-looking, Su Wan paid more attention to her.

Su Wan was the type who, even if she had a favorable impression of someone, would never tell anyone about it. Her personality was withdrawn. She did not fit in well and did not know how to interact with people.

Sometimes, after the dormitory lights were turned off and everyone held late-night chats, she could listen to people talk all night without inserting a single word.

And in most people’s eyes, when a boy did not fit in, he was called “cool.” But if a girl did not fit in, then there must be something wrong with the girl.

Su Wan had never provoked anyone, but as time went on, all kinds of rumors began to appear in the class.

At first, people said her personality was strange, that she was a weirdo. Later, they said she snored when she slept, that she was some kind of savage…? Su Wan had slept beside her younger sister since childhood, and no one had ever said she snored!

Later still, people said she sleepwalked and climbed into other girls’ beds in the middle of the night… Su Wan had indeed gone hungry for several days once and woken up from hunger in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. When she came back, she felt her way to the wrong bed and startled someone. But that absolutely was not sleepwalking!

And every single one of these rumors had been spread by that girl to attract attention.

As the rumor that Su Wan climbed into other people’s beds spread more and more, that girl then began telling people everywhere that Su Wan liked her.

At first, Su Wan had indeed had a favorable impression of her, and she did not go confront her either. But that girl spread the story more and more outrageously, and her “buddies” all stood up one after another to accuse Su Wan, surrounding her, isolating her. Her entire three years of junior high passed in that kind of environment.

No matter what, Su Wan would never like this type of girl again.

When she first saw Xie Ning, Su Wan had indeed been stunned by her appearance.

But as for getting along with her, Su Wan knew she would never become friends with Xie Ning.