A Random Idea

As of now, Zhao Chen had already returned his hands to his side the minute Li Meilin turned around to face him.

Smiling at her friend, Meilin replied, "I wish it would be that easy to ignore all of them though. I know I'm not even at fault here, why do I need to bear the consequences of that jerk's actions?"

"That's why I wanted to beat the sh*t out of that annoying jerk," Zhao Chen whispered to himself more than saying it to Li Meilin.

The latter only drew her eyebrows together and asked what he said just now which Zhao Chen only laughed at.

"Let's go inside the classroom now, shall we?" Zhao Chen says with a warm smile which could always make Meilin's day bright.

"Okay!" Thanks to him, Li Meilin's enthusiastic mood was back on track once again.

***

During lunch break, Li Meilin and her small group of friends bravely decided to eat inside the cafeteria just so to prove to her haters that she is not affected by all the snarky comments they will throw at her.

Since it was only her who brought a packed lunch to school at the moment, Zhao Chen and Mi Wei excused themselves first before they joined other students who were now lining up to get their food on the counter.

While being alone at their table, Li Meilin could strongly feel other people's gazes in her direction while they are whispering to each other that starts to bother her once again.

But, as Zhao Chen had said a while ago, she should learn to tune them out if she knows that what they are saying to her is not true at all.

So to pass time, Li Meilin brought out her phone from her bag along with her earplugs and literally tune out her haters by plugging them in her ears and playing one of her favorite foreign songs that was composed by one of her favorite foreign artists, Taylor Swift.

She did try to open her social media account and upon seeing the hate comments she is receiving on some of her recent selfie posts, Li Meilin decided to just deactivate her account in the meantime and will only reactivate it if necessary.

***

[Song: Hey Stephen by Taylor Swift]

Hey Stephen, I know looks can be deceiving

But I know I saw a light in you.

And as we walked, we would talk

And I didn't say half the things I wanted to

Of all the girls tossing rocks at your window

I'll be the one waiting there even when it's cold

Hey Stephen, boy, you might have me believing

I don't always have to be alone

***

After a few seconds of listening in silence, Li Meilin started singing along with the lyrics inside her head as softly as she could.

"Cause I can't help it if you looked like an angel.

Can't help it if I wanna kiss you in the rain, so

Come feel this magic I've been feeling since I met you.

Can't help it if there's no one else.

Mmm, I can't help myself."

As she was listening to this song, an idea had randomly struck her mind. She could almost see a light bulb floating above her head while she was thinking about how to get back at her demon master for putting her into this situation.

Since her master is somewhat into toying with her feelings recently, why don't she just go along with it and show him how the game is really played?

And for Li Meilin, the best way to do that is through music.

When her friends have finally come back to their table, Li Meilin unplugs one of her earplugs from her ear and faced Zhao Chen.

"Hey Chen, didn't you say before that you have a friend from the school band, right?" Li Meilin asked as soon as her friend was already settled in his seat.

Zhao Chen was somehow confused upon hearing Meilin bringing up that topic all of a sudden. As far as he remembers, the last time he mentioned that was last month.

A crease forms in between Chen's eyebrows as he looked at his friend in confusion.

"Yes, I do have a close friend from the school. band. Why did you suddenly ask?"

"Well, let's just say that I have something going on in my mind right now."

A smirk forms on the corners of Li Meilin's lips as she thinks about her brilliant idea at the moment.

"And I wanted you to introduce me to that friend of yours and maybe arrange something for me, pretty please?" Li Meilin added with a huge hopeful smile plastered on her face.

Zhao Chen arched one eyebrow at her and said, "Whatever that is, I hope you better tell us about it."

"Oh, of course!"

"Alright then," Zhao Chen finally agrees. "You got yourself a deal."