Even though Ye Minjia made it sound incredibly real, Liang Qianqian still couldn’t quite believe it.
Mainly… it was just too absurd.
She and Xiang Di were inseparable every day; Liang Qianqian knew Xiang Di’s personality almost too well.
At the beginning of senior year, Xiang Di had transferred to their class from a parallel class, all alone.
At first, she didn’t know anyone and would stick to Liang Qianqian’s side, coming to talk to her as soon as class ended, and clinging to her wherever she went.
It was only after she got familiar with the other girls in the class that she improved slightly.
What a simple and introverted child! How could she possibly be in a relationship? And even if she were, it couldn’t possibly be with Bo Jiangxin.
And as for Bo Jiangxin, it was even less likely that he’d be in a relationship.
They’d been classmates for three years, and although she wasn’t close to him, she had at least witnessed his popularity among the girls.
In three years, out of over twenty girls in their class, only a handful could even talk to Bo Jiangxin.
Some guessed he had an “arrogant king system” installed and had transmigrated into their world, believing he’d die if he wasn’t aloof.
Others guessed he was a misogynist. In short, there were all sorts of guesses, even some that he and Ye Minjia were a couple.
That.
Given all of the above, how could Bo Jiangxin and Xiang Di, two extremely passive individuals, possibly start dating? Not to mention, Bo Jiangxin was supposedly the one who got dumped.
“I still don’t quite believe it,” Liang Qianqian said.
“You’re saying they’re dating, so one of them must have made the first move, right? Who was it?”
“Do you even need to ask? It must’ve been Xiang Di who pursued Bo Jiangxin,” Ye Minjia said without hesitation.
“Then after she got him, she realized Bo Jiangxin was just a boring straight man with good looks and no sense of fun, so she dumped him. It’s gotten to the point where he can’t even focus on his studies lately.”
Liang Qianqian sneered, “You’re full of it! How could my Xiang Di be that kind of person? It must have been your Bo Jiangxin who seduced my innocent Xiang Di, then didn’t cherish her once he had her, which forced Xiang Di to reluctantly break up with him. That’s when Bo Jiangxin finally regretted it and started his ‘wife-chasing crematorium’ arc.”
Ye Minjia also sneered, “You’ve been reading too many novels, haven’t you? ‘Crematorium’ indeed. Do you have any idea how many girls in this school have a crush on my Bo Jiangxin? He could just crook his finger and plenty of girls would be willing to be his girlfriend. Why would he need to seduce anyone?”
“You don’t need to say another word. My Xiang Di is definitely innocent.” Liang Qianqian crossed her arms, illogically switching into protective mode.
“How could a pure little girl who usually doesn’t even dare to speak to boys be a heartbreaker to your Bo Jiangxin?”
Ye Minjia let out a “ha.”
“That’s hilarious. Your Xiang Di is the shyest and purest, so my Bo Jiangxin deserves to be dumped by her, huh?”
The two fan-girls immediately started arguing, even though there was no concrete evidence of the main characters’ dating scandal.
Both sides had already begun to shift responsibility onto each other.
“Anyway, my Xiang Di is definitely innocent,” Liang Qianqian gritted her teeth.
“Even if they broke up, it’s definitely your Bo Jiangxin’s problem!”
“If your Xiang Di was even a little bit innocent, she wouldn’t have chosen this crucial time to break up, okay?” Ye Minjia said exasperatedly.
“If Bo Jiangxin doesn’t do well on the college entrance exam because she broke up with him at such a critical time, your Xiang Di can just wait for the principal and homeroom teacher to come knocking on her door to demand an apology.”
Liang Qianqian suddenly fell silent.
When she spoke again, her tone no longer held the same argumentative conviction: “…It wouldn’t go that far, would it? Bo Jiangxin doesn’t seem like the type to be so lovesick he’d die over a breakup.”
“Then let me ask you, besides this exam, when have you ever seen Bo Jiangxin score in the sixties? Isn’t that enough to prove how deeply he’s been hurt?” Ye Minjia rolled her eyes. “Besides, what’s wrong with being lovesick? What do you know about a man’s deep affection? Lovesick men are rarer than endangered species these days. How many people are searching with lanterns trying to find a lovesick man to date but can’t? Do you know how wonderful lovesick men are?”
Liang Qianqian: …
She actually couldn’t refute that.
At this point, Ye Minjia added quietly, “Destroying someone’s college entrance exam is like killing their parents.”
Liang Qianqian blinked.
Oh no, her innocent and kind Xiang Di was now going to become a historical sinner, condemned by thousands.
“No way,” Liang Qianqian said, turning to walk back. “I need to go back and persuade Xiang Di. Even if she wants to break up, she should wait until after the college entrance exam.”
Ye Minjia quickly pulled her back. “Are you stupid? If you go directly to her and tell her that, do you think she’ll admit her ‘crime’?”
That was true.
Liang Qianqian’s tone was worried: “Then what should we do?”
Ye Minjia patted her shoulder with a serious expression.
“This will depend on the great wisdom of me, your good brother, and you, your good sister.”
Xiang Di’s ride home was forcibly taken away by the class monitor, and Xiang Di didn’t even have time to stop her.
However, whether she genuinely didn’t have time to stop Liang Qianqian, or if it was out of selfish intent that she deliberately didn’t, only she herself knew.
At least her mind was completely blank right now, about being suddenly called over by Bo Jiangxin, who said he wanted to talk to her alone.
What could he possibly want with her? And why did he insist on talking to her alone in the classroom after school?
They didn’t seem to have any common topics to discuss, did they?
Although he had called Xiang Di over, when it came to actually speaking, Bo Jiangxin truly didn’t know how to start.
How could he subtly hint to a girl to give up on him, without hurting her feelings, when she hadn’t even confessed her feelings yet? And, while he was at it, subtly remind her to focus on her studies and stop fantasizing about impossible things?
…It was harder than getting a perfect score on all his college entrance exam subjects.
Bo Jiangxin frowned, his lips pressed into a straight line, his expression dark and unreadable.
Meanwhile, Xiang Di blinked, her sweet, harmless face topped with wide, clear eyes filled with innocence, looking at him blankly.
[Why isn’t he saying anything?]
Many guesses flashed through her mind at once, from “Is he going to confess to me?” to “Heh, you’re overthinking it. Bo Jiangxin confessing to me? The chances are even smaller than an asteroid hitting Earth tomorrow and destroying it. It’s fine to fantasize normally, but don’t be narcissistic now, old baby.”
She was daring in her fantasies, but once she returned to reality, she became terrifyingly rational and cautious.
This was because with secret crushes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
So, she’d rather not think about it at all than overthink, for fear of deluding herself.
It was so late, and he suddenly wanted to talk to her and even walk her home.
Something abnormal was definitely going on. Even if she liked him, she couldn’t let her guard down.
[It’s late at night, a single boy and a single girl walking on the street. What if he has ill intentions towards me and drags me into an alley…]
The more Xiang Di thought, the more absurd it got, and the stranger her gaze became as she looked at Bo Jiangxin.
Bo Jiangxin’s mouth twitched.
Who exactly had ill intentions towards whom? The one who should be afraid of being dragged into an alley should be him, right?
[…And then pulls out a fruit knife and offs me?]
Bo Jiangxin: …
Is there something wrong with her brain?
[No way! I’m still a virgin! I’ve never held a man’s hand or kissed a man’s lips, and I’ve never tasted a man’s flavor! I don’t want to be offed so young, ahhh!]
Thinking this, Xiang Di actually took a step back, trying to distance herself from him.
Bo Jiangxin’s mouth twisted.
A certain self-proclaimed virgin who had never even held a man’s hand or kissed a man’s lips in her life was clearly fantasizing about him doing something to her during self-study.
He too must have something wrong with his head to try and have a conversation with her.
“Um, if you have something to say, maybe you could tell me tomorrow during the day?” Xiang Di suggested softly at this point. “Look how late it is already.”
Bo Jiangxin was expressionless: “What? Are you afraid I have ill intentions towards you?”
[Holy crap, how did he know?!]
Xiang Di’s eyes widened instantly.
She had never in her life imagined that she would one day hear Bo Jiangxin say something about having ill intentions towards her.
…For some reason, the words “ill intentions” sounded a bit suggestive when he said them.
Xiang Di’s cheeks flushed, and she quickly denied: “No, no, I just think it’s not good.”
Bo Jiangxin: “What’s not good?”
Xiang Di cleared her throat: “If the teachers see us both still in the classroom so late, and they think we… have something going on, that wouldn’t be good.”
Bo Jiangxin raised an eyebrow, continuing to ask her: “Think we have what?”
[Ahhh, why does he keep asking? We’re all eighteen-year-olds, don’t you understand this already? Do you even know how to write the word ‘subtlety’?!]
Of course, Bo Jiangxin understood. He just wanted to see how far she could pretend to be innocent.
Xiang Di braced herself and said: “It’s just that they’d think we’re… having an early romance.”
Early romance?
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