Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 120 - 117: Flowers Reaching the Sky

Qi Yi and Yan Yan’s high school classmates were mainly special admissions students.

Those students who usually had poor grades and were "ignored," became the heroes of the school during the sports day, captivating a large group of girls.

Activities like class meetings and art performances became the stage for the art-specialty students.

Chu Ying prepared this class reunion rather formally, with both an "art performance" and an emcee, making it resemble the class meetings during high school.

After graduation, organizing a reunion that all 44 classmates could attend was quite challenging.

After all, once everyone started working, they had more responsibilities they could not ignore.

"Class meetings" were still hosted by Jiang Zhaoxue.

Jiang Zhaoxue was the entertainment committee member of class four and also an art-specialty student.

Because of her dance talent, she was guaranteed admission to one of the top art colleges in the country, the Arts College of the People’s Liberation Army, but she chose to take the art entrance examination on her own.

Jiang Zhaoxue’s reason was that the military art institution was too restrictive, and she wanted to attend Beijing Film Academy.

Besides dancing, Jiang Zhaoxue was also very talented in singing.

She was that kind of child who had to fly to Beijing, to places that ordinary people couldn’t access, for performances, making her experience sound legendary to non-art students.

But within their class, Jiang Zhaoxue always stood out uniquely and was rather hard to understand.

The Jiang Zhaoxue that classmates initially saw, and the version rumored about later, seemed like completely different people.

Jiang Zhaoxue was a Sagittarius.

Being fickle is a characteristic associated with Sagittarius, but generally, it’s mostly a misunderstanding by others.

Those seemingly fickle Sagittariuses often cannot find someone to fully commit to.

The Sagittariuses Yan Yan knew were only seemingly fickle on the surface.

A Sagittarius is the type who always remembers their first love fondly.

Being the first boyfriend or girlfriend of a Sagittarius can sometimes be a very happy occurrence, as they might remember you for a lifetime.

However, everyone that comes after must accept the harsh reality that Sagittariuses always have their first love on their minds.

Jiang Zhaoxue also had Sagittarian fickle traits, but before her sudden flirtatious behaviors began, she had never been seen dating anyone.

To say that Jiang Zhaoxue was inherently "fickle" was actually quite an exaggeration.

Because at least at the start of high school, Jiang Zhaoxue still managed to "portray" her role very well.

In her first year of high school, Jiang Zhaoxue was a gentle, quiet, multitalented, and beautiful girl.

She was liked by male classmates, female classmates, and teachers alike.

She was that kind of soft-as-water girl who, when asked about her hobbies, would list flower arranging before dancing and singing.

However, as time passed, Jiang Zhaoxue could not keep up the "act," becoming a classic case of "if she chooses not to care, she stops being humane."

Matching Jiang Zhaoxue’s artistic talents were her exceptionally outstanding external conditions.

The number of people pursuing Jiang Zhaoxue was much higher than those chasing Yan Yan.

During her first year, several boys in the class who clearly liked Jiang Zhaoxue were all rejected by her.

The reasons Jiang Zhaoxue rejected her classmates later became a mystery.

Because in her second year, Jiang Zhaoxue seemed to become a person who didn’t know how to reject others.

As long as someone pursued her, she would agree.

For most people, this kind of behavior wouldn’t be a problem.

Often, when many girls were asked why they were with their current boyfriends, a common reason was "because he chased me."

But this is based on the premise that not too many people are pursuing them.

For someone like Jiang Zhaoxue, who had a line of suitors during her school days, being able to accept everyone was definitely not something ordinary people could handle.

Yan Yan was at one extreme— if she didn’t like someone pursuing her, she would directly reject them.

Even before things were explicitly clarified, Yan Yan would take the initiative to inoculate others by directly informing them of her disinterest in romance.

During her college years, Yan Yan rejected at least a couple dozen suitors.

After Jiang Zhaoxue entered college, the number of people she accepted surpassed the number Yan Yan had rejected.

Such a massive number of ex-boyfriends was certainly astounding.

There hadn’t been rumors about Jiang Zhaoxue dating multiple people at the same time.

That left only one possibility.

The speed at which Jiang Zhaoxue changed boyfriends was unmatched.

Often, Jiang Zhaoxue would agree to be with someone, and not long after, she would tell them, "Although you have many good qualities, there’s still a big gap between you and the person I want in my heart," and after giving them the "nice guy" card, she would swiftly dump them.

Such "atrocious" behavior from Jiang Zhaoxue had occurred two or three times during high school, involving male students from other classes.

Jiang Zhaoxue’s breakups were high-profile, but the rumors weren’t too scandalous.

Apart from Teacher Ge from Class Four, teachers from other classes were very opposed to students "dating early," so the rejected boys were relatively restrained and didn’t come forward to demand explanations or make a scene.

In the particularly innocent days of high school, many students from other classes thought Jiang Zhaoxue’s subsequent actions were as legendary as her performance experience.

Class Four in the senior year wasn’t a class that targeted anyone specifically; initially, when it comes to rumors about Jiang Zhaoxue from other classes, most students chose to laugh it off.

After all, the Jiang Zhaoxue they first knew wasn’t like that.

After entering university, the frequency of Jiang Zhaoxue breaking up with people started to increase dramatically.

Just because her own classmates didn’t spread rumors didn’t mean other classes wouldn’t.

Although the students of Class Four felt that Jiang Zhaoxue had been acting a bit weird since the second year of high school,

as long as the male students didn’t target Jiang Zhaoxue as a romantic pursuit, she was still unobjectionable as an attractive beauty.

People from other classes said that Jiang Zhaoxue was easy to pursue, and it was always a sure thing, but everyone just took it as a joke, having never actually seen Jiang Zhaoxue with any boy from the class.

Once in college, the rumors about Jiang Zhaoxue really started to blow up.

Each class had students studying in Beijing, and these individuals, whenever chatting with their former high school classmates, would invariably bring up, "You know, Jiang Zhaoxue, the special art recruit from our high school... from Class Four in the third year..."

Such a preamble inevitably led to nothing good.

The gossip that Jiang Zhaoxue would agree to date anyone who pursued her nearly reached the ears of everyone who had ever heard of her.

However, Jiang Zhaoxue’s fickle behavior abruptly ceased after the first year of university.

As if overnight, the beautiful and understanding Jiang Zhaoxue had returned.

There were rumors that Jiang Zhaoxue had become a psychological counselor and occasionally, that she was a very helpful person.

The Jiang Zhaoxue in the rumors, and the Jiang Zhaoxue classmates met after graduation, seemed to be entirely different people.

Although previous rumors gradually faded, Jiang Zhaoxue’s reputation for being a heartbreaker had already taken deep root and was hard to change.

At least, among the male students of Class Four, no one dared to pursue such a Jiang Zhaoxue.

When young, it’s quite normal to have a crush on a girl and not win her over; plenty of people harbor unrequited love.

But being dumped just a couple of days after starting a relationship would be a huge blow for any boy experiencing the dawn of romantic feelings.

There was another particularly vocal individual about this matter.

If Jiang Zhaoxue truly agreed to date anyone who asked her, only to dump them shortly after, it meant she was only concerned with her happiness, disregarding others’ feelings entirely.

Having a roving heart is one thing, but such irresponsible behavior was still hard for classmates to accept.

Chu Ying had organized this class reunion worried not only about overseas classmates being unable to return but also whether Jiang Zhaoxue would attend.

After all, along with the flurry of rumors that disappeared after her first year, Jiang Zhaoxue also stopped being the lively spirit she once was in the class chat.

Gathering again, everyone could ask why Yan Yan had kept Qi Yi to herself or how she managed to charm him away again.

But it was inappropriate to outright ask Jiang Zhaoxue if it was true that she agreed to date anyone who asked.

Thus, no one knew which was the real Jiang Zhaoxue – the empathetic one or the flirtatious one soaring high above.