2. The fall

"Umm... Lani, who is she?" Opal asked.

"Huh!... you mean the girl in sports uniform?" Lani asked after gaining her senses.

Opal nodded in response. Well, it wasn't hard to guess who can attract others' attention in an odd way.

"Well, she is Layla Chen. The vice-president of the student council."

'Hmm, vice-president. She is quite a... unique vice-president.' More or less, those three had the same kind of thought regarding her. If Lani would have been able to listen their thought, she would also nod her head heavily in agreement.

All of them with having something on their minds again started paying attention to the ongoing incident. This time, a different voice was heard.

"This has nothing to do with you. It's between me and my sister." The boy on the tree snarled. He was furious and frustrated that his plan was foiled even before he could execute them properly.

But right now in front of him was the dead-end of any scheme he could try to think of. He was well aware that she wouldn't let go. Their vice-president was never the type who let things slide.

"These are my sister's meaning it's all between us." he once again emphasized. Trying to give his unreasonable actions a reason.

"Stop wasting time. You think, me being here is a joke or some time pass. No cause I'm not interested in your family drama."

"Then you sho--"

"The sheets, you've stolen do not belong to your sister at all. Those are important sheets of the music club. Meaning, I have the right to involve as well as to punish you for your theft." Layla's patient was running thin. It was clear that he couldn't get away with this yet he was acting like a desperate fish for water. God knows just how much time will it take her to convince him.

If the revelation of his mistake was a shock for him then the next words of Layla shook him deeply. "If you want your sister's pocket money, you should've looked for the way that would not concern us in any way." She revealed a devilish look.

He was shocked. He glanced at his sister then look back at Layla with horror in his eyes. "H-how... di-did..."

"You do not need to know that." She had no plans of saying it with her mouth though he was asking the obvious.

Without wasting any more time, Layla started climbing the tree. Since he refused to come down then she would go up there.

Given her good skills in tree climbing and as well as the fact that the tree wasn't hard to climb, to begin with, she reached the branch he was standing on. It was really surprising for him that she actually did what she said. He got no time to react.

Onlookers were also surprised. Who does that?

"Now, give me those sheets in your hand."

"Don't come here." He warned Layla. Then, he turned to his sister. "Olivia stop crying and say something."

He was anxious. He knew that running here and climbing on a tree would only drag this disaster but now he does not even have the time to think why he did it.

It was true that his ultimate goal was Olivia's pocket money but he never thought that things would go haywire. He did not think that something like...

"Oliver, calm down and listen to me." Seeing his aghast expression, Layla tried to pacify him. She had just climbed the tree and he was already like this.

She was taking small steps towards him in fear that he might fall or ruin the sheets in his hands intentionally or unintentionally.

Meanwhile, Lani also had the same fear. She had no idea how many expressions she had changed during these few minutes. She wasn't sure what should she do. Many thoughts were assaulting her brain. Should she go and call someone for help? Or should she go herself and try to ease the situation when she has no idea how to do so.

Also, it won't be a good idea to ask them for help and it was not known what would they be thinking. She could not take the chance to screw the task she was assigned by Mr. Du.

Luckily, a boy was happened to be passing from there and she was able to stop him. After all, seeing someone roaming on the open ground was not easy.

On the other hand, those three had their own thoughts. In the beginning, Caleb had no thoughts of butting in. After all, it won't look good for a stranger to appear so noisy. But when he felt that the situation has turned serious he wanted to help but was stopped by Zou Haoran.

As for Zou Haoran, he was nothing more than a spectator of the show. He had no other thoughts of doing anything.

And, Opal... she was shocked, surprised, and speechless.

"Fine, I-- take them." Oliver extended his hand to give her the sheets she wanted. Sadly, his mind was too unfocused to see his surrounding.

*Thud*

He fell from the tree and Layla could only grab the sheets as she was also standing on a tree branch.

"OLIVER!!!!" Olivia's scream in her ear was proof that Oliver has fallen.

'Oh no, this is going to be troublesome.' She gulped at the thought of the problem that might arise in the near future.

"Olivia take him to the infirmary." Hearing this, Olivia nodded her heavy head and started to help her brother to get up. The student Lani asked for help also gave her a hand and they took Oliver to the infirmary.

'His skin is scraped. He is limping and crying in pain for once in while.' Layla was trying to figure his actual condition though she failed miserably.

With a heavy heart, she came down.

"Vice-prez!!!" Someone called her in a familiar voice and she was sure who it was.

"Are you alright?" Lani asked reaching near her. 

Layla didn't answer but shoved the sheets in her hand. "Since, it's your club's matter take them and solve your issue." She was not in the mood of holding them any longer when they were like a hot potato in her hand.

'She just ran away... like this.' Lani looked in daze at the spot where she was standing just seconds ago.

"This... umm I'll--" Lani just remembered that she wasn't alone there.

"You should go and do your thing." Surprisingly, the one who spoke this time was none other than the silent Zou Haoran.

"Huh!" She felt that his voice is compatible with his face. Both can attract anyone. "...then let me share some important images. So, who's gonna receive them?"

Lani shared the campus map and timetables with Opal and bid farewell to them.