Lu Cheng watched Shen Nian walk toward him. He had just been coming over when he vaguely saw her talking with Meng Sijia. He was about to go over, but then she turned and left. "Did she give you any trouble?" he asked.
"Hmm, who was bullying whom is debatable! Don't worry. A trick that dumb could never get to me."
And it was true. Shen Nian had even braced herself for some brilliant tactic from Meng Sijia. Who would have thought it would turn out to be... just that.
'Doesn't Meng Sijia think a little too highly of herself? Does she take everyone for an idiot!'
'And to think, from the way the other families in the compound talked about Meng Sijia, I thought I was facing a formidable rival. What a letdown. A total letdown.'
"So, she tried to bully you, but... she didn't succeed?"
'The result wasn't what mattered. What mattered was the attempt—that she had the thought and made the move.'
"Hmm, that's actually a pretty fitting explanation."
